Offering a reading of Kant's "Critique of Judgment", this book draws on the great volume of philosophical work on the text and on the context of 18th Century aesthetics. His text is used as a basis on which to construct a radical alternative solution to the antinomy of taste, the basic problem of the aesthetic.
This book provides an exceptional introduction to Polish theatre since the fall of communism, exploring how theatre goes beyond norms and nationalistic concepts to intersect with politics, feminism, queer identities, the rise in anti-Semitism, ethnicities and history. -- .
Aimless Love is Billy Collins' first new compilation of poems in twelve years, and a wonderful successor to his first, the bestselling Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes. Aimless Love presents more than fifty new poems together with generous selections from his four most recent books. No poet writing today communicates so directly and effectively, and no living poet has managed to both enrich the tapestry of contemporary poetry and expand it so dramatically: his poems appeal to readers and live audiences across the globe, and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. By turns playful, ironic and serious, Collins's poetry unearths the wonder in the everyday: in his own words, his poems `begin in Kansas and end in Oz'. Weaving the themes of love, loss, joy
Fully updated to cover the latest developments in air conditioning and refrigeration, this is a must-have resource for beginners and seasoned AC professionals alike.
Now available in a new edition, this lavishly illustrated volume draws on the latest research to present an exciting new interpretation of Albrecht Durer, both as a man and as an artist.
The Romans had been at odds with the Gauls for a very long time indeed. Somewhere between 390 and 386 BC, a Senoni warchief called Brennus managed to capture Rome and ransom the city with his famous Vae Victis. The Urbs was then a city whose authority was only relative.
The 16th novel in the bestselling Alex Cross series
They've come for Detective Alex Cross's family. Now he'll come for them.
At a family celebration, Alex Cross hears the shocking news that his niece Caroline has been murdered. Grieving and furious, Cross's investigation takes him to Washington D.C.'s wild underground subcultures - and reveals that Caroline wasn't this killer's only victim.
Partnering with his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, Cross finds himself confronting a world of unchecked power, where the capital's most powerful people are hiding dirty, dangerous secrets that they'll stop at nothing to protect.
As they close in on the killer, the evidence begins to point to the unimaginable - a revelation that could rock the entire world...
`I love people that make an effort; the old woman in the supermarket with the frilly leopard-print outfit on, that's who I want to look at and follow around.' Alice Hawkins
Displaying an uncommon flair for storytelling that imbues each image with a sense of the sublime, Alice Hawkins's work explores the importance of individuality, role play, dressing up, fantasy and playfulness, all of which have become hallmarks of her career. Her extended series of stylized `fashion portraits' around the world question and ultimately celebrate beauty and the representation of those outside of the mainstream. Her photographs for some of the world's leading fashion magazines document men and women found on `road trips' in far-flung locations. For these, Hawkins works with friends,
Alistair Cooke's American Journey: Life on the Home Front in the Second World War is an extraordinary travelogue, celebrating the spirit of a nation that would inspire Cooke's legendary broadcasts for the next sixty years.
Within weeks of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, Cooke set off to see the effects of the war on ordinary Americans, from miners to lumberjacks, Pullman porters to peanut farmers and even Japanese-Americans interned in stark desert prison camps.
Thought to have been lost for years, this enthralling account of Alistair Cooke's travels through American during the Second World War was rediscovered just before his death.
'So vivid ... he makes you feel you were there'
John Humphrys
'A time capsule ... containing the essence of a vanished
An exploration of urban Italian politics, immigration, and European identity, this work investigates how migrants and Italians struggle over meanings and negotiate social and cultural identities. It examines grassroots interethnic spatial politics among female migrants and Turin feminists in Northern Italy.
A is for Affection - between childhood best friends; between their parents; between brothers and sisters. B is for Brokenhearted - Natalie when the boyfriend who was meant to propose dumps her just before Christmas, and her mother when she realises what her life has come to. Lucy, as she thinks of ending one relationship, and maybe beginning another. C is for Chemistry - Could Natalie and Tom have it (and what does it actually mean, anyway)? Number One bestselling author Elizabeth Noble's new novel is a tender, funny tale about love in all its guises. 'Funny, touching and a reminder that true love rarely runs smoothly.' -- Sun 'This warm and funny read will take the chill off these cold winter days and we defy even the most hard-hearted of you not to end up wishing
Author:Alfonso Morales Carrillo
Luis Camnitzer
Olivier Compagnon
Publishing date:2013
From 19 November 2013 to 6 April 2014, the Fondation Cartier pour lart contemporain will be showing America Latina 1960-2013, organized in collaboration with the Amparo Museum in Puebla (Mexico). This book offers a perspective on Latin American photography from 1960 to today, focusing on the relationship between text and the photographic image.
In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green - co-creator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers and SciShow - spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realising she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone could have possibly imagined.
The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship - like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armour - April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world -
Walk into any nursery, florist, or supermarket, and you'll encounter displays of dozens of gorgeous flowers, from chrysanthemums to orchids. At one time these fanciful blooms were the rare trophies of the rich and influential-even the carnation, today thought of as one of the humblest cut flowers.
