Peter Jefferson presented The Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, and his familiar voice continued to be heard reading quotations on BBC Radio 4's Quote.
The book is based on extensive field work among the forest dwelling Rabhas of North Bengal conducted in 1982 and 1983 during the collection of their traditional cultural artifacts (ethnographic object) as the museum specimens.
Si la danse est l'art accompli du mouvement, inhérente à l'humain, elle est une voie privilégiée pour réaliser la réconciliation entre le corps et l'esprit, la reliance entre l'intime et l'universel.
"Les Massacres de St-Domingue, ou l'Expédition du général Leclerc" est une pièce qui raconte un épisode important de l'histoire coloniale franco-domingoise.
Rares sont les grands personnages de l'histoire, et notablement les artistes, qui n'ont pas croisé à un moment donné de leur vie la personne qui voyait en eux un génie.
In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi painted a beautifully textured portrait of the childhood that moulded her into a novelist and fearless campaigner for freedom and the rights of women.
Ellis Amburn's magnificent biography of the Academy Award-winning actress and legendary beauty captures the unparalleled Elizabeth in all her tragedy and splendorher tumultuous loves, her doomed affections, her shocking excesses, her courage, and her inimitable style.
This book examines the history of the Freie Volksbuhne (Free People's Theatre), Berlin, from 1890-1914, in the light of the cultural theory and practice of German Social Democracy in Imperial Germany.
In 1980, Syrian filmmaker Mohammad Malas traveled to Lebanon to film a documentary about the country's Palestinian refugee camps, during which time he kept a diary of his impressions.
Cet ouvrage ouvre la route vers un mouvement artistique qui a voyagé même avant son développement dans les années 1970 et ensuite un peu partout dans le monde à travers sa commercialisation et ses migrants latino-américains.
Un chien, appelé Napoléon, est assigné en justice par son maître, Tadeus, pour avoir trahi sa nature fidèle en rejoignant l'ex-épouse dudit maître chez qui il exerce de nouvelles fonctions.
In this companion volume to the successful Images of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East (AUC Press, 1998), historian and ethnomusicologist Sherifa Zuhur has once again commissioned and edited authoritative essays from noteworthy scholars from around the globe that explore the visual and performing arts in the Middle East.
From Muscle Beach to Hollywood superstar to The GovernatorIan Halperin, investigative journalist and # 1 New York Times bestselling author, reveals the untold story about the outsized and often outrageous Arnold Schwarzenegger.
