Sidney Nolan occupies a crucial place in the history of 20th century painting - his imagery of Ned Kelly is perhaps the best known and most recognised subject in the whole of Australian art. Sidney Nolan's paintings and photographs of the desert and drought of inland Australia are brought into sharp[...]
In 1742, Edmond Hoyle published the definitive book on whist, the most popular card game of his day.
More than 250 years later, Hoyle is still the definitive name when it comes to the rules of games, from bridge to backgammon, Scrabble to blackjack. This handy reference guide has now been updat[...]
This is the new updated edition of the classic book for the novice player and seriously addicted alike. Test your wits against of 225 of the best card games ever invented - from familiar and famous to the strange and new. From Canfield, Klondike and Napoleon's Forty Thieves to Boomerang, Bristol and[...]
In late summer 1953, as he returned to Mexico City after a seven-month expedition through the jungles of Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru, William Burroughs began a notebook of final reflections on his four years in Latin America. His first novel, "Junkie, "had just been published and he would soon be ba[...]
A survey of the innovative filmmaking of the 1960s, which places it in its political, economic, cultural and aesthetic context - capturing the distinctiveness of a decade which was great for the cinema and for the world at large. It pays attention to the most remarkable talents that emerged during t[...]
One of the world's most influential cultural critics, Antonio Gramsci's writings on the interconnection between culture and politics fundamentally changed the way that scholars view both. Among the first to argue that art is not the product of "men of genius" but rather particular historical and soc[...]
A sharp, focused and brilliantly written survey of the innovative filmmaking of the 1960s.