The motorcycle can lay claim as the most influential form of mobility becoming the embodiment of liberation and rebellion; never more so than in the 50s and 60s with the era of rockers, ton-up boys, the 59 Club and cafe racing.
You and your clothes can always look their fabulous best with the wisdom of Alicia Healey, a lady's maid and wardrobe consultant who trained at Buckingham Palace and now works with clients around the world.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in MemoirOne of The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st CenturyA deeply moving memoir about growing up in the 90s, written in the wake of the senseless killing of a beloved friend.
A uniquely personal account of the life and enduring legacy of the Renaissance libraryWith the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe's cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and pandemics.
Seit Anbeginn der Zeit hat die Menschheit vom Ende der Welt erzählt – von Sintfluten und Feuerregen, von kosmischen Katastrophen und selbstverschuldeten Apokalypsen.
El presente documento tiene como propósito plantear elementos de discusión cuyo objetivo de largo aliento es ampliar los estudios en torno a la forma como la publicidad puede dar lugar a la descripción, el análisis y la interpretación de las prácticas sociales y culturales que caracterizan cada época.
"Renaissance, Niedergang, Transformation, Deinstitutionalisierung, Entprivatisierung, Bricolage - die Erwartungen an das Schicksal der Religion in der modernen Zivilisation sind vielfältig.
Argo meets Spotlight, as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent questions about what happens when foreign meddling in elections goes unpunishedArgo meets Spotlight, as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent questions about what happens when foreign meddling in our elections goes unpunished and what gets remembered when the political price for treason is victory.
A comprehensive tour of North American spiritual groups that use psychoactive drugs in the search for higher consciousness*; Explores prominent psychedelic churches and sects in depth, including the Native American Church and their peyote rituals, the cannabis-sex temple known as the Psychedelic Venus Church, and the Church of Naturalism, an LSD-therapy cult that came to a murderous end*; Presents an encyclopedic survey of dozens of minor organizationsmany of which have never before been documented in an authoritative source*; Shares personal interviews and anecdotes about the strange, outrageous adventures of religious psychonauts, alongside rare photos and illustrationsFrom LSD-powered guru Timothy Leary to cannabis sex cults to psychedelic outlaw churches, Mike Marinacci presents a comprehensive tour of North American religious sects and spiritual groups who use entheogens and psychoactive drugs in the search for higher consciousness, mystical insight, and spiritual enlightenment.
A rich history of underwater filmmaking and how it has profoundly influenced the aesthetics of movies and public perception of the oceansIn The Underwater Eye, Margaret Cohen tells the fascinating story of how the development of modern diving equipment and movie camera technology has allowed documentary and narrative filmmakers to take human vision into the depths, creating new imagery of the seas and the underwater realm, and expanding the scope of popular imagination.
Explore the monumental work of The Cambridge Modern History, a multi-volume series that offers an in-depth account of the world's history from the 15th century to the modern era.
In ›Die Erfindung des Ku-Klux-Klan‹ wird eine tiefgreifende Analyse der historischen Wurzeln, Entwicklung und Auswirkungen einer der kontroversesten Organisationen in der amerikanischen Geschichte präsentiert.
Un grupo de jóvenes viajeros, pertenecientes a una élite transnacional que Camila Ponce denomina nómadas globales, se destacaron en un pequeño pueblo por desafiar de manera sutil las normas y expectativas sociales que se impusieron durante la pandemia.
Lectura de narraciones transmedia: ruptura de fronteras y flujo de sentido es una exploración del fenómeno transmedia, que cruza las líneas entre arte, narrativa y tecnología.
'He created his own universe and became its star' David Cronenberg, GuardianAndy Warhol carried a camera with him everywhere he went and, taken from ten years of extraordinary shots, his America aspires to the strange beauty and staggering contradictions of the country itself.
How an ancient myth about a sexually voracious, baby-slaying, loudmouthed demoness became the defining misogynistic archetype of Western civilizationFor as long as human societies have been telling stories, the patriarchy has felt threatened by women.
How an ancient myth about a sexually voracious, baby-slaying, loudmouthed demoness became the defining misogynistic archetype of Western civilizationFor as long as human societies have been telling stories, the patriarchy has felt threatened by women.
The fascinating story of sophistication in the United States, from the founding to the presentIs there such a thing as ';American sophistication'or is it a contradiction in terms?
An influential introduction to Marxist cultural criticism by the acclaimed literary theoristIn Marxism and Form, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, offers a pioneering look at major European Marxist and Frankfurt School thinkersAdorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Bloch, Lukacs, and Sartre.
'Profound and timely' Tony Juniper'A tour de force' Lorna GibbA panoramic history of life, revealing the forces that have shaped our world and could shape it againLife evolved in two phases.
This collection of killer cocktails is the perfect sidekick for slaying your soirees, enlivening a murder mystery party, or sipping solo with a twisty book or movie.
The fascinating story of sophistication in the United States, from the founding to the presentIs there such a thing as ';American sophistication'or is it a contradiction in terms?
An influential introduction to Marxist cultural criticism by the acclaimed literary theoristIn Marxism and Form, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, offers a pioneering look at major European Marxist and Frankfurt School thinkersAdorno, Benjamin, Marcuse, Bloch, Lukacs, and Sartre.
A sweeping history of global interdependence from the late eighteenth to the twenty-first centurywith essential lessons for todayIn The Capitalist Era, leading global historian Jeremy Adelman puts the world's current unwinding in much-needed historical perspective.
A sweeping history of global interdependence from the late eighteenth to the twenty-first centurywith essential lessons for todayIn The Capitalist Era, leading global historian Jeremy Adelman puts the world's current unwinding in much-needed historical perspective.
A beautifully illustrated look at how weaving has influenced art, industry, and society worldwideWeaving is one of humanity's oldest technologies and remains central to our global economies.
A beautifully illustrated look at how weaving has influenced art, industry, and society worldwideWeaving is one of humanity's oldest technologies and remains central to our global economies.
How Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers are reviving their ancestors' methods of growing foodand fighting climate change in the processA powerful movement is happening in farming todayfarmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change.
How race, class, gender, and place shape the ways working-class young people in Britain envision their transition from education to workHow do the effects of deindustrialisation and neoliberalism influence young people's perceptions of work and education?
How Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian American farmers are reviving their ancestors' methods of growing foodand fighting climate change in the processA powerful movement is happening in farming todayfarmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change.
How race, class, gender, and place shape the ways working-class young people in Britain envision their transition from education to workHow do the effects of deindustrialisation and neoliberalism influence young people's perceptions of work and education?
A groundbreaking critical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism by the acclaimed literary theoristIn The Prison-House of Language, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provides a thorough historical and philosophical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism.
A groundbreaking critical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism by the acclaimed literary theoristIn The Prison-House of Language, Fredric Jameson, one of the most important literary and cultural critics of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, provides a thorough historical and philosophical introduction to Structuralism and Russian Formalism.
