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'One of the best novels I've read in years: obsessive, intimate and very funny' Blake Morrison, Author of Two Sisters'Stunning . . . it almost feels transgressive' Anthony Cummins, Daily Mail'One of the most startling novels I've read this year' Frances Wilson, TLS'This book is brilliant - brave, truthful and intelligent' Wendy Cope'Funny, philosophical, sobering and wise, Crazy is crammed with insight and laced with great sentences' Claire Kilroy, Guardian'I will break him; he will break me, and when we are broken, we will be even, and then we can be put back together again'Jane has been accustomed to clever, undemonstrative men. So when, as a young woman, she meets Ardu, she is instantly bewitched by his intellect and detachment. What starts as a crush turns into something far darker, an all-consuming obsession, from which, years later, she is still reeling.Crazy is a work of autofiction, a startling story of obsessive love, addiction, motherhood and work. It is a reckoning with fict

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZEIn this brilliant second and final volume of the definitive biography of Lucian Freud—one of the most influential, enigmatic and secretive artists of the t

William Feaver, Lucian Freud's collaborator, curator and close friend, knew the unknowable artist better than most; and over many years, Freud narrated to him the story of his life, 'our novel'. The r

The story of an epic life, and the story of century told through one of its most important artists, The Life of Lucian Freud is a landmark not simply in the story of its subject but in the art of biog

When a girl is sent to find a well at the end of the world, simple acts of kindness lead her to more than she expects. A lost daughter captures the heart of a prince, but will she be reunited with her

Enchanting, pitch-perfect tales of discord and discomfort in a small rural town ?There is more going on in rural Buckleigh than meets the eye. Distinguished by its Silver Band, whose presence is felt

Featuring the paintings of the Ashington Group-a group of miners from an isolated village in Northumberland in England who took an art appreciation class in the 1930s-this revealing history chronicle

This is the most comprehensive publication to date and the only book in print on the work of Frank Auerbach, a painter who in recent years has become one of the preeminent artists of our age, widely

This volume, with more than 400 reproductions, will be the most comprehensive publication to date on Lucian Freud, covering a span of seventy years and including many works not previously reproduced.

Split between dark and light, this book records the dichotomy of human experience with unflinching force and clarity. It deals with break-up, depression, illness and death. But it also reveals an intense involvement with nature and a capacity for healing and love. There are intimate personal poems reflecting on relationships with people and creatures; poems which enter the lives of real and imaginary characters, Keats and Medea and Blodeuwedd, for example; and also poems which engage with paintings and political events.Set in a territory which connects child with adult, myth with reality, the personal with the universal, the book shows a poet fully open to the richness and possibilities of the world but also aware of its violence and pain, not as a remote observer but as someone who is a part of it.

"Soldiers and Civilians" analyzes the emerging civil-military "gap" in the United States, drawing on a major survey of military officers, civilian leaders, and the general public. The book's contribut

From his earliest years as a child prodigy, Lucian Freud prided himself on his virtuoso drawing skills. The interplay in his work between paper (for both drawing and etching) and canvas was a defining

How do civilians control the military? In the wake of September 11, the renewed presence of national security in everyday life has made this question all the more pressing. In this book, Peter Feaver

Paddle to the Stars is a whimsical story of imagination and adventure, created by friends who have lived and paddled on the beautiful waters of Muskoka and Georgian Bay. Enjoy this adventure, which is

A diary recording the authors' extended tour of the Far East. It focuses on their impressions as the ancient civilizations of Japan, China and India, each in their separate ways, came to terms with th

America's debate over whether and how to invade Iraq clustered into civilian versus military camps. Top military officials appeared reluctant to use force, the most hawkish voices in government were c

Soldiers and Civilians analyzes the emerging civil-military "gap" in the UnitedStates, drawing on a major survey of military officers, civilian leaders, and the general public.The book's contributors,

文武關係研究是軍事政治學的核心研究領域之一，不僅在文武關係理論上，在各國文武關係實務上，各國政治學者的研究成果斐然，累積豐富的知識與經驗足供後續學者繼續深耕拓展。本輯是收錄美國空軍大學(Air University)2015年出版的期刊Strategic Studies Quarterly第9卷第3期探討美國文武關係的專輯期刊，各篇作者皆是美國著名的文武關係研究學者，提供了美國當前文武關係相關議題