"TV Museum" takes as its subject the complex and shifting relationship between television and contemporary art. Informed by theories and histories of art and media since the 1950s, this book charts the changing status of television as cultural form, object of critique, and site of artistic invention[...]

The compelling biography of the beautiful, talented Garman sisters and the glittering, romantic era in which they lived.[...]

The word 'yoga' conjures up in the minds of many Westerners images of people performing exercises and adopting unusual, sometimes contortive postures. Such exercises and postures do have a place within the practice of yoga, but it is much more than that. Indeed, the early literature on yoga describe[...]

James Connolly (1868-1916) became a leading Irish socialist and revolutionary, and was one of the leaders of Ireland's rebellion in 1916. As a youth he had served in the British army in Ireland and, seeing how they treated the local population, became hugely disillusioned with the British Army. He b[...]

In this sumptuous guide to twelve centuries of military development, Peter Connolly combines a detailed account of the arms and armies of Greece and Rome with his superb full-colour artwork. Making use of fresh archaeological evidence and new material on the manufacture and use of the weapons of the[...]

Nick Carraway s mysterious neighbour Gatsby gazes across the dark bay at a distant green light.As the summer unfolds, Nick is drawn into Gatsby s world of luxury cars, speedboats and extravagant parties. But the more he hears about Gatsby even from what Gatsby himself tells him the less he is sure o[...]

The spirit of James Connolly looms large in the pantheon of Irish historical figures. It is less well known that Connolly was a revolutionary Marxist committed to the destruction of capitalism. The 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising and Connolly's death gives socialists the world over the chance[...]

I en tid med en rikholdig flora av forklaringsmodeller og ytringer om åndelighet har vi mer enn noen gang i vår religiøse søken behov for egne åndelige erfaringer vi kan ha tillitt til. Vi trenger veiledere som selv har erfaring fra å gå veien, som kan hindre åndelig forvirring og la våre e[...]

En grusom hemmelighet fra fortiden. En unevnelig tilstedeværelse i skogen. Privatetterforsker Charlie Parker har kommet hjem til Maine. Hjem til spøkelsene fra hans fortid og det brutale drapet på en ung mor og hennes sønn. Tvunget ut i en nervepirrende menneskejakt, begynner Parker snart å sir[...]