| 'Troy. City, Homer and Turkey' presents the latest insights and discoveries relating to both the historical and the legendary Troy. |
Former US Open winner Timothy Taylor offers an instructive and entertaining account of how to improve both your understanding of chess and your results.
'The frisky Oss appeared – the dancers and drummers in a kind of shamanic trance (induced by a day of drumming, dancing and beer). They were wilder than ever; the atmosphere was positively Bacchanalian and I felt we had all become lost in a kind of collective folk consciousness.' On two wheels across Britain 'Bard on a Bike' Kevan Manwaring searches out the places and people who mark the seasons and cycles in their own special way - in ceremonies and festivals both private and public, large and intimate, ancient and modern. Along the way, he experiences and relates moments of sacred time found in the unlikeliest of places and circumstances, showing how it is a state of mind that can be experienced not only at sacred sites, but in the everyday. A collection of reflections about being fully alive in the Twenty First century, as much a useful guide for the curious, Turning the Wheel is a wise and witty account of a leather-clad time-traveller.
| This volume is about the history and cultural use of turquoise in Mexico and North America. |
Jakarta's darker hues are brought to light as Mochtar Lubis touches upon the fragile truths of politics, poverty, corruption and crime. Through the eyes of a fictional character, Suryono, Lubis plunges into the depths and unmasks Jakarta, revealing more to the cultural beauty and vivacious lifestyle.
| Twilight of the Wolves follows three people's journey through a world ravaged by war as they try to understand what humanity is. |
| Two Hearts in Tuva shares an extraordinary journey taking you through the distant land that borders Mongolia. It bears witness to the power of shamanism as the writer travels deep into the heart of the country with the renowned female shaman Ai-Churek, also known as Moon Heart. Describing events that question our notion of reality, page by page a truly incredible story unwinds sharing sacred ceremonies and magical moments. |
| Collects together the published essays of Stephen Lee Naish, into a narrative that explores the political and humanistic elements of modern cinema. |
Documentation as art: Ugo Mulas' reportage on the exhibition "Vitalità del negativo nell'arte italiana 1960-1970" (Rome, 1970) and the Italian avant-garde.
Covers central, southeast, southwest and northern Umbria—including Assisi, Perugia, Spello, Norcia, Erni, Gubbio, and Monte Cucco—as well as inland and costal Marche, Urbino, San Leo, Pesaro, Ancona, and more.
If we remember them at all, the Sheffield pop group Pulp are remembered for jolly class warfare ditty 'Common People', for the celebrity of their interestingly-named frontman, for the latter waving his arse at Michael Jackson at the Brit awards, for being part of a non-movement called 'Britpop', and for disappearing almost without trace shortly after. They made a few good tunes, they did some funny videos, and while they might be National Treasures, they're nothing serious. Are they? This book argues that they should be taken seriously —very seriously indeed. Attempting to wrest Pulp away from the grim jingoistic spectacle of Britpop and the revivals-of-a-revival circuit, this book charts the very strange things that occur in their records, taking us deep into a strange exotic land; a land of acrylics, adultery, architecture, analogue synthesisers and burning class anger. This is book about pop music, but it is mainly a book about sex, the city and class via the 1990s finest British pop group.
| This book is about the perception of Japan in the sixty films set there by gaijin (foreigners) —outsiders who almost always do not speak or read Japanese. My area of attention is directed to films depicting post World War II Japan and the Japanese, and, in many cases, films showing how foreigners in the same time frame respond to Japan. Why have a substantial number of films been set there by strangers? As a body of work, what do they tell us about contemporary Japan and about cinema? These films certainly provide a new cultural history of the West’s reaction to Japan, but, even more, they are constructions that demonstrate how the West gazes at Japan. As such, more information can often be derived about the onlookers as on those looked-upon. |
| Sleepy seaside Seafordby is hiding dark secrets. Can Will uncover the truth before it's too late for him and his love? |
| The Second World War was not the 'Good War' of legend. James Heartfield explains that both Allies and Axis powers fought for the same goals - territory, markets and natural resources. |
| Hold on to your credit card and man-meat, if you dare to pay the unusually hot price of erotic pleasure. |