When you imagine these graceful, elegant birds, perhaps you picture them in shallow water, standing on one leg, waiting for fish--but there's much more to these cultural touchstones.
This innovative book examines the ways in which African photography, film, and literature are resisting environmental extractivism, using themes of interrelationality.
When you imagine these graceful, elegant birds, perhaps you picture them in shallow water, standing on one leg, waiting for fish--but there's much more to these cultural touchstones.
This revised and updated second edition traces the growth of feminist criminology from the 1970s to the present, examining the diversity of feminist criminologies that have developed, the ways they have responded to and built on one another, and the future directions for research and activism to which they point us.
This collection of primary sources brings together a series of documents derived from archives, journals, newspapers, out-of-print books, memoirs, letters, and other written materials pertaining to the circus during the long nineteenth century (1789-1919).
Following the success of A Dog a Day and Old Dogs, Sally Muir returns with an adorable collection of beautiful rescue dog portraits that will melt even the coldest of hearts.
In Dogs of the World, animal illustrator Lili Chin introduces more than six hundred breeds of dog from around the globe in a captivating canine gallery, from the English Springer Spaniel and Moroccan A di to the Thai Ridgeback and the New Guinea Singing Dog as well as those dogs with no defined breed at all.
Visual Arts Practice and Affect brings together a group of artist scholars to explore how visual arts can offer unique insights into the understanding of place, memory and affect.
The spatial turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences has produced a considerable body of work which re-assesses space beyond the fixed Cartesian co-ordinates of Modernity and the nation state.
The spatial turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences has produced a considerable body of work which re-assesses space beyond the fixed Cartesian co-ordinates of Modernity and the nation state.
Visual Arts Practice and Affect brings together a group of artist scholars to explore how visual arts can offer unique insights into the understanding of place, memory and affect.
Highly respected illustrator Anna Koska is best known for her drawings of fish and fruit and is widely celebrated by food journalists and restaurateurs.
A compendium of step-by-step drawing exercises from the best-selling Draw 50 series that features easy-to-follow lessons for rendering animals including cats, dogs, horses, prehistoric creatures, and more.
Another volume in the widely-read New Naturalist series, this book is an in-depth study of the natural developments and history of Galloway and surrounding areas.
The stunning, specially commissioned cover illustrations are one of the great joys of the New Naturalist series, lending it a distinctive style which has inspired nature enthusiasts for many decades.
Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil.
From the critically acclaimed author Sally Bayley, The Green Lady is a poignant, brilliant exploration of the relationships between children and their teachers.
Kevin the Koala discovers the joy of journaling as he begins to capture the wonders of his forest home, from the sunlight dancing through eucalyptus leaves to the playful movements of insects and birds.
En este taller de dibujo encontrarás 60 lecciones para principiantes sobre cómo dibujar hermosas flores, simpáticos animalitos y algunos utensilios habituales del jardín.
«Esta mañana de mis setenta años ha amanecido en calma y sin viento: el mar es azul pálido y, aunque los campos todavía se ven de color tierra parda, por fin empiezan a asomar los primeros narcisos.
Offering a new view of nineteenth-century American landscape painting, this book focuses on the praxis of open-air painting and its distinctive role in generating and invigorating a new conceptualization of American landscape painting in the late nineteenth century.
Offering a new view of nineteenth-century American landscape painting, this book focuses on the praxis of open-air painting and its distinctive role in generating and invigorating a new conceptualization of American landscape painting in the late nineteenth century.
Step By Step: A Pastel Scene Demo by Fee O'Shea is a warm, practical, and highly accessible guide that takes readers through the complete process of creating a pastel painting from start to finish.
