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The Fantasy Film provides a clear and compelling overview of this revitalized and explosively popular film genre.Includes analyses of a wide range of films, from early classics such as The Wizard

The Fantasy Film provides a clear and compelling overview of this revitalized and explosively popular film genre.Includes analyses of a wide range of films, from early classics such as The Wizard

In this path-breaking new history, Maja and Reuben Fowkes introduce outstanding artworks and major figures from across central and eastern Europe to reveal the movements, theories and styles that have

How to Paint Landscapes Quickly and Beautifully with Watercolor and Gouache reveals quick and effective painting setups and techniques to depict any landscape. From simplifying complex scenes and maki

A look, through the work of Ilona Nemeth, at the transitioning social and economic infrastructure of Eastern Europe.The dramaturgy of neo-liberal capitalism's spread throughout Central and Eastern Eur

Learn what type can say about a brand or product Expressive Type showcases the work of major international designers working with typography in branding and advertising, environment, packaging and pro

This revisionary perspective on South Africa's celebrated Constitutional Court draws on historical and empirical sources alongside conventional legal analysis to show how support from the African National Congress (ANC) government and other political actors has underpinned the Court's landmark cases, which are often applauded too narrowly as merely judicial achievements. Standard accounts see the Court as overseer of a negotiated constitutional compromise and as the looked-to guardian of that constitution against the rising threat of the ANC. However, in reality South African successes have been built on broader and more admirable constitutional politics to a degree no previous account has described or acknowledged. The Court has responded to this context with a substantially consistent but widely misunderstood pattern of deference and intervention. Although a work in progress, this institutional self-understanding represents a powerful effort by an emerging court, as one constitutiona

Whether you’re an aspiring artist or new to the medium, seasoned instructor and accomplished artist Nathan Fowkes makes drawing portraits in charcoal not only accessible, but also a real pleasure! Fro

In a comparative study of Central European neo-avant-garde artists' engagement with ecology, Fowkes seeks to identify an ensemble of outstanding and complementary artistic approaches that could help p

Expanding the horizon of accounts of art under communism, The Green Bloc uncovers the history of artistic engagement with the natural environment in the Eastern Bloc.

This collection of documents on Weimar Germany presents the governmental politics of the Social Democrats and the revolutionary politics of the Communists, as well as the attitude of the left to a num

Part inspiration and part workbook, the images of hand-drawn type will inspire and excite any designer to draw and explore type. Drawing Type features real-world projects and sketchbooks of well-known

Waking one morning with a strong craving for their favorite food, best friends Bubble the dog and Squeak the mouse are devastated when they discover that the refrigerator is empty, forcing the hungry

Here is an essential short guide to the history of Eastern Europe under the early decades of communist rule. The study explores the communists attempt to transpose a uniform economic and social system

What has been happening in the last ten years in former communist Eastern Europe? Has the process of transition been completed successfully? What are the prospects for the future? In trying to give so

The photographs in this volume of Steam in the East Midlands and Lincolnshire cover an area beginning at Derby Headquarters of the Midland following the Midland line to Nottingham and its environs, pa

‘Like so many other boys of my generation, I wanted to be an engine driver; my dreams, however, were dashed in 1956 when I went for a medical at Derby. So much depended upon having perfect eyesight ..

The German Left and the Weimar Republic illuminates the history of the political left by presenting original documents on various aspects of socialist and communist activity in Germany. This collectio

Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, the 2nd Duchess of Portland (1715?1785), was one of the wealthiest women in eighteenth-century Britain. She collected fine and decorative arts (the Portland Vase was her m

With its control of sugar plantations in the Caribbean and tea, cotton, and indigo production in India, Britain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries dominated the global economy of tropical agri

This study of colonialism and art examines the intersection of visual culture and political power in late-eighteenth-century British painting. Focusing on paintings from British America, the West Indi

An interdisciplinary study of visual representations of British colonial power in the eighteenth century.

John Donne's standing as one of the greatest poets in the English language is now thoroughly established, and critics such as T. S. Eliot and F. R. Leavis have found in Donne's poetry qualities profo

Capital, one of Marx's major and most influential works, was the product of thirty years close study of the capitalist mode of production in England, the most advanced industrial society of his day. T

A gorgeous new series introducing the dazzling circus acrobat, Esme Miranda-Maclinkey, and her trusty side-kick, Donk - the ugly but loveable donkey!

Reprint of the 1985 edition with a new (5 p.) preface by Hroch (history, Charles University, Prague). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Rejecting traditional notions of what constitutes art, this book brings together essays on a variety of fiber arts to recoup women's artistic practices by redefining what counts as art. Although schol

The publication of an English translation of Marx’s original manuscript is an important event in Marxian scholarship. English-speaking Marxist scholars can finally compare Engels’s Volume III with Mar

The history and topography of the small market town of Bolsover in north-east Derbyshire and four parishes immediately to its north (Barlborough, Clowne, Elmton - including Creswell - and Whitwell) ar