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We Defy Augury
ISBN: HB: 9780857427830, Seagull Books, November 2020
132 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, "this not to come... the readiness is all. Under the sign of Hamlet's last act, Helene Cixous, in her eightieth year, launched her new book – and the latest chapter...
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£16,99
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Little Bit of Zen An introduction to Zen Buddhism
ISBN: HB: 9781454940593, GMC Group, Sterling, November 2020
128 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, illus.
This entry in the popular Little Bit of series introduces the ancient practice of Zen Buddhism. What is Zen? It's an ancient spiritual system rooted in Buddhism that began in China and spread throughout Asia, finally reaching the West. It encompasses...
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£8,99
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Stanley Kubrick American Filmmaker
ISBN: HB: 9780300224405, Yale University Press, October 2020
248 pp., 21x14.6 cm, 11 black&white illus.
Kubrick grew up in the Bronx, a doctor's son. From a young age he was consumed by photography, chess, and, above all else, movies. He was a self?taught filmmaker and self?proclaimed outsider, and his films exist in a unique world of their own outside...
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£16,99
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Gnostic Scriptures Second Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780300208542, Yale University Press, October 2020
744 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 13 black&white illus.
This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. It provides authoritative translations of ancient texts fro...
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£35,00
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Nottinghamshire Buildings of England
ISBN: HB: 9780300247831, Yale University Press, September 2020
864 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 120 illus.
Full of memorable and surprising buildings, Nottinghamshire is a county that rewards close investigation. Great medieval churches are represented by Newark, Worksop Priory, and Southwell Minster, famous for its exquisite carved "leaves". Of the count...
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£45,00
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Little Dancer A Children's Book Inspired by Edgar Degas
ISBN: HB: 9783791374499, Prestel Publishing, August 2020
32 pp., 32x24 cm, 16 colour illus.
Degas's ballerina paintings are well known and admired and his sculptural work Little Dancer Aged Fourteen – the only sculpture he exhibited in his lifetime – is particularly beloved for capturing the essence of a ballerina. This book tells the ficti...
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£10,99
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Magic Doll A Children's Book Inspired by African Art
ISBN: HB: 9783791374468, Prestel Publishing, August 2020
32 pp., 32x24 cm, 14 colour illus.
In a small village in West Africa, a young girl explains the special way she was born. Her mother had difficulty getting pregnant, so she seeks help in the form of a doll which she treats like a human baby, carrying it on her back and covering it wit...
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£10,99
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Kingdom and the Garden
ISBN: HB: 9780857427861, Seagull Books, August 2020
164 pp., 19.7x13.9 cm
What happened to paradise after Adam and Eve were expelled? The question may sound like a theological quibble, or even a joke, but in "The Kingdom and the Garden", Giorgio Agamben uses it as a starting point for an investigation of human nature and t...
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£14,99
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On the Royal Road The Burgher King
ISBN: HB: 9780857427786, Seagull Books, August 2020
178 pp., 21.6x12.7 cm
Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek is known as a writer who works in response to contemporary crises and cultural phenomena. Perhaps none of her works display that quality as clearly as "On the Royal Road". Three weeks after Donald Trump's election,...
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£16,99
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Stan Lee A Life in Comics
ISBN: HB: 9780300230345, Yale University Press, June 2020
224 pp., 21x14.6 cm, 36 black&white illus.
Few artists have had as much of an impact on American popular culture as Stan Lee. The characters he created – Spider-Man and Iron Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four – occupy Hollywood's imagination and production schedules, generate billions at t...
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£16,99
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