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Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd Wordsworth Grasmere
Book Synopsis ''Here should be my home, this Valley be my World''wrote the great Romantic poet William Wordsworth.This beautiful, richly illustrated guidebook reveals how Dove Cottage has been brought restored to evoke the Wordsworths'' lives over 200 years ago. Born in 1770 in the English Lake District, William Wordsworth settled in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy in 1799. Drawing on excerpts from the Wordsworths' poems, journals and letters, this engaging book recreates their life at Dove Cottage. In this time of plain living and high thinking', the everyday mixed with the extraordinary. It was whilst living here, amongst the hustle and bustle of daily life, that Wordsworth wrote many of his greatest poems and his sister Dorothy kept her fascinating Grasmere journal.
£9.41
Icon Books The 50 Greatest Prehistoric Sites of the World
Book SynopsisHumanity's written history stretches back only 5,000 years, a mere blip on the timeline of our existence. If you want to know what it really means to be fully human, to see the whole story, you need to go back. Way, way back. Prehistoric humans couldn't write, but they were adept at telling their own stories. On every continent and outpost where they gained a foothold, they left signs for modern man to decipher. From the Middle Bronze Age settlement of Arkaim on the Kazakh Steppes to the temples of the Olmec in Mexico; from one of the first European proto-cities at Nebelivka in Ukraine to the neolithic henges of Avebury and Stonehenge; from the dolmens of Antequera in the heart of Andalucía to the megalithic culture that thrived in isolation on Indonesia's tiny Nias Island.Trade ReviewAn absolute must-read for prehistory lovers. There are many eye-opening discoveries unearthed throughout the pages that take us on an insightful walking tour * All About History *[The book] takes us on a globe-trotting tour. * All About History *
£7.19
Icon Books The 50 Greatest Churches and Cathedrals of Great
Book SynopsisBritain is well-known for its churches and cathedrals; buildings of great architecture and religious grandeur that form many of our recognisable skylines. But these grand structures are also full of facts, histories and stories that you may not have been aware of. Did you know that there are only three cathedrals in Britain without a ringing bell? Or that St Davids Cathedral, nestled away in a Welsh valley, has a very unique choir, where the top line is sung only by female choristers, aged eight to eighteen? How about that the Great Pyramids in Egypt were the world's tallest structures for over 3,870 years, until the construction of Lincoln Cathedral in 1311? Award-wining travel writer and editor Sue Dobson takes us on a journey around the United Kingdom, showing us her highlights while providing fascinating details and stories along the way.
£7.64
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Nomad's Path: Travels in the Sahel
Book SynopsisAn account of a journey across an inhospitable region with former Tubu rebels at a time of Tuareg insurgency, when explosions from landmines rocked towns, mountains were overrun with militia and journalists were being thrown into desert prisons for speaking to rebel leaders. The Manga is one of Africa’s most remote and wild regions: a hostile and unforgiving landscape inhabited by nomads like the hardy Tubu. Situated in south-eastern Niger, and in the shadow of the Old Salt Road, it has been mislaid by the modern world; no Caucasian had been seen there in living memory. Framed against this volatile atmosphere, The Nomad's Path is the beginning of a wider enterprise: the exploration of the region’s history and the ongoing consequences of the Tuaregs’ 1885 disenfranchisement. It explores the centuries-old link between the Barbary Coast and the Sahel along the Old Salt Road, once trodden by corsairs and slaves, camels and the armies of empires, while conjuring to life a lost wilderness and those who survive within it. At its heart, however, is a journey across the Sahel with the Tubu nomads. It is their tale and a window into the nebulous Manga. Carr perceptively observes Tubu culture, their harmonious relationship with Islam and their interaction with the Manga’s other peoples: the Fulani, Kanuri and Arabs. Woven with tales of rebellion, lost settlements and civilizations, explorers - both intrepid and mad - and an epic seventeenth century odyssey, Carr captures a sense of the intangible nature of the Sahel’s Manga. This is a timely and evocative portrait of the Tubu - a people living on the tide-line of the Sahara and the edge of the world.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The Nomad's Path Epilogue Glossary The Call to Prayer Ritual Prayer Maps
£12.99
Titan Books Ltd Rick and Morty: Show Me What You Got
Book SynopsisExplore the extraordinary Rick and Morty artwork from the sell-out Gallery 1988 exhibition in this exclusive collection. Delve into the worlds of Rick and Morty in this stunning memento showcasing the best of the Gallery 1988 exhibition. Together with Adult Swim, the gallery commissioned a series of art pieces to celebrate moments, characters, storylines and episodes from the show. The event was a huge hit and the limited pieces sold out at one one-hundredth the speed of reality. Rick and Morty: Show Me What You Got allows fans to explore the stunning artwork from the exhibition. Artists have contributed passionately made posters, sculptures, book covers, hip flasks and much more to commemorate this beloved series. Discover what inspired them, see their work in progress, and enjoy a collection of stunning, original Rick and Morty artwork.
£25.49
APA Publications Insight Guides Greece Travel Guide with eBook
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£14.44
Batsford Ltd Peaky Blinders Location Guide
Book SynopsisCapturing the world of Tommy Shelby and his racketeering gang in over 20 locations. ‘Peaky Blinders’ is set in the heartland of Britain's industrial revolution, the West Midlands. But to perfectly capture the world of Tommy Shelby and his gang, the producers have used locations right across Britain. This illustrated guide reveals over 20 locations, along with episode references, so viewers can check out exactly which stations, mills, factories and grand house were featured on screen. Locations include: • The Black Country Living Museum: Situated on the canal in Dudley and open all year round to the public, this museum shows West Midlands’ industrial heritage. • Manchester’s impressive 1877 town hall: Used when Sam Neill’s character meets Churchill; while the city’s Grade II-listed Edwardian swimming pool, the Victoria Baths, was mocked up for a horse fair. • Port Sunlight: A model industrial village on the Wirral that has been preserved thanks to its single ownership and strict leaseholds, which sets the backdrop for Aunt Polly’s Sutton Coldfield House. • Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in Yorkshire, which once served mills and villages in the Worth valley is used as one of the locations for the Blinder’s many train station scenes.
£6.99
Historic Environment Scotland Urquhart Castle
Book SynopsisHistoric Scotland is part of Historic Environment Scotland, the lead public body established to investigate, care for and promote Scotland's historic environment.
£9.37
Poetry Wales Press Useful
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£8.05
Mortons Media Group West Somerset Railway Guide Book: 2016
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£999.99
Cork University Press Blarney Castle: Its History, Development and Purpose
Book SynopsisThe book describes Gaelic society and the castle's role within its clan organisation. A detailed history of the MacCarthy Muskerry clan charts their rise to power and their ultimate loss of Blarney after the battle of the Boyne. The families who owned the castle (the MacCarthys, the Jefferies and the Colthursts) are described, together with the major national and international events and social movements with which they were often intimately involved. The cult of the "picturesque" and a growing interest in Irish traditions during the nineteenth century, together with the development of the railways, transformed Blarney from a derelict ruin to a major tourist attractionFinally, the book attempts to illuminate some of the traditions surrounding the famous Blarney Stone.
£46.68
estamp Exhibiting Prints
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£8.47
D Giles Ltd One Hundred Stories Highlights from the
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£21.25
Fort Publishing Ltd Edinburgh: 10 Walks in the Historic Old Town
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£12.99
Maney Publishing The Tradition of the Actor-author in Italian
Book SynopsisThis book brings together critical essays on the role of the actor-author, spanning the period from the Renaissance to the present. It surveys the works of Dario Fo, De Filippo, and Bene, and casts light on a tradition which continues into Neapolitan and Sicilian theatre today.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Actor-Author in Castiglione's 'Il Cortegiano': 'lo esser travestito porta seco una certa libertà e licenzia' 2. Perché molte cose stanno ben nella penna che nella scena starebben male' Reading Between the Lines of the Surviving Ruzante Texts 3. Isabella Andreini's Stage Repertoire: The 'Lettere' and 'Fragmenti' 4. Commedie fortunate…’: 'Le due comedie in comedia' di Giovan Battista Andreini 5. The Actor and the Author: Renaissance Theatre in England and Italy 6. Goldoni, Gozzi, e il lavoro con l'attore 7. Napoli tra Ottocento e Novecento: dalla drammaturgia dell'attore alla drammaturgia dell'autore e ritorno 8. Il dilemma del teatro: 'La parte di Amleto' di Eduardo De Filippo 9. Characters in an English Adaptation of 'Napoli milionaria!' 10. La scrittura 'sul pubblico': The Fo-Rame Method 11. Franca Rame's Dowry How the Rame Family Tradition Lives On in the Theatre of Dario Fo and Franca Rame 12. Il 'funerale dell'orale'. Carmelo Bene: la scena e la scena della pagina 13. The Actor-Narrator 14. Marco Baliani's Theatrical Storytelling of Wonderment 15. Sguardi su una Napoli contemporanea attraverso il teatro di Annibale Ruccello 16. Il buio in fondo al sacco Parole in fuga e corpi senza scampo nel teatro di Spiro Scimone
£75.00
YouCaxton Publications Guide to Turkey for History Travellers
£9.79
Blue Crow Media Modernist Detroit Map: Guide to modernist
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£10.18
De Gruyter Friedrichstein: Das Schloss der Grafen von
Book SynopsisSchloss Friedrichstein, im frühen 18. Jahrhundert als Familiensitz der Grafen Dönhoff erbaut, war eines der prächtigsten unter den Schlössern Ostpreußens. Die zweite Auflage von Friedrichstein bietet neben neu aufgetauchten Quellen (wie etwa dem Fluchtbericht des letzten Schlossbewohners Graf Dietrich Dönhoff) und einer Überarbeitung aller Texte unter Berücksichtigung aktuellster Forschungsergebnisse, drei neue Beiträge sowie eine digitale "Auferstehung" des Schlosses im Rahmen des deutsch-polnisch-russischen Forschungsprojekts "Virtuelle Rekonstruktionen in transnationalen Forschungsumgebungen" des Marburger Herder-Instituts. Zahlreiche neue Abbildungen, darunter digitale Rekonstruktionen der Schlossanlage in ihrer heutigen Umgebung, eröffnen einen Blick auf eine beinahe verloren gegangene Architektur und Inneneinrichtung.
£39.15
De Gruyter Der Dom zu Magdeburg
Book SynopsisEight hundred years after the laying of its foundation stone, today the cathedral towers above the Elbe and the city as a landmark of Magdeburg, from whose medieval tangle of houses and streets it once rose to a dizzying height, its vastness incomparable among German cathedrals. A wealth of altars, relics and sculptures, as well as the colourfulness of the walls, rib vaulting and windows, then made the cathedral seem like a reflection of the heavenly Jerusalem. Reformation, wars and restoration have stripped Magdeburg cathedral of all that colourful medievalism, but they have lent it a lonely monumentality, even today, as a glistening mountain of stone. Compact overview of Magdeburg’s landmark
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De Gruyter Italien in Potsdam
Book SynopsisFriedrich der Große war der Erste, der der kleinen Stadt an der Havel mehr Weltläufigkeit und Eleganz verleihen wollte und deshalb zahlreiche italienische Bauwerke und Plätze nachahmen ließ. Der Palazzo Barberini findet sich nämlich nicht nur auf dem Quirinal in Rom, sondern auch am Potsdamer Alten Markt, ein antiker Rundtempel nicht nur in Tivoli, sondern auch unweit der Glienicker Brücke und die Römischen Bäder liegen auch in der Nähe von Schloss Charlottenhof im Park Sanssouci. Der Kunstführer begleitet Sie auf einem Spaziergang durch das italienische Potsdam mit mehr als dreißig Sehenswürdigkeiten und führt von großen, prächtigen Plätzen über einmalige Parkanlagen hin zu kleinen versteckten Details, die manchmal erst auf den zweiten Blick ihre Verwandtschaft zu Italien preisgeben.
£8.95
De Gruyter Park an der Ilm
Book SynopsisDer Park an der Ilm als Teil des Ensembles UNESCO-Welterbe „Klassisches Weimar" ist heute gleichermaßen Gartendenkmal wie Erholungsort. Der Band beschreibt die beispielhafte Entwicklung der anfangs barocken Anlage in der Zeit Goethes zum Landschaftspark im englischen Stil mit den für die Epoche 1770 bis 1830 typischen Entwicklungsphasen. Neben dem Wörlitzer Park entwickelte sich dieser Garten zu einem der modernsten seiner Zeit in Deutschland. Im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen zeitgenössischen Anlagen verzichtete man in Weimar weitestgehend auf allegorisches Beiwerk und setzte auch Denkmale und Architekturen eher sparsam ein. Das abwechslungsreiche Gestaltungs- und Raumkonzept aus künstlerisch geformten und zugleich natürlich anmutenden Partien ist bis heute prägend.
£12.82
Hirmer Verlag Museum Liaunig: An Austrian Collector's Museum
Book SynopsisFully integrated into the nature of the Corinthian countryside, the Museum Liaunig is at once restrained and spectacular. An outstanding example of contemporary museum architecture, it creates spaces for the Liaunig collections whose focus is on Austria n art from the post - war era to the present. “I am a collector by nature”, Herbert Liaunig says about his passion for collecting in an interview. Knowledgeable and passionate about art, Herbert Liaunig has assembled his collections and has presented them i n major theme - based exhibitions at his museum. Aside from the focus on Austrian art from the post - war era to the present, a high quality standard is also evident in the collections of portrait miniatures, glasses, and African gold. The richly illustrated c atalogue presents his collecting in its full breadth.
£54.35
Kehrer Verlag Place Hampi: The Panoramic Imaginary of
Book SynopsisThe first book on a groundbreaking interactive art installation where archaeology, photography and new media converge against the backdrop of the infamous UNESCO world heritage site.
£25.50
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A A Balkema Publishers Air Pollution and Cultural Heritage
Book SynopsisThis collection includes thirty-six important recent works on the effects of pollutants on heritage sites, including thirty papers delivered to the Seville International Workshop on Air Pollution and Cultural Heritage in 2003, and six invited new additions. All papers have been written by a team of leading international contributors and are divided into five subject areas to cover the main topics of interest today. This volume is aimed at archaeologists and molecular biologists as well as advanced students and researchers in the fields of biodeterioration, building materials, micro-organisms and cultural heritage.Table of ContentsForewordOrganizationPart 1. Aerosols, particulate matter and black crust characterizationPart 2. Effects of air pollution on materials and monumentsPart 3. Techniques for the study of air pollution and monument weatheringPart 4. Soiling and cleaningPart 5. Cultural Heritage policiesAuthor Index
£199.50
BIS Publishers B.V. Museum Art cards: Experience Art Like Never
Book SynopsisBesides the overwhelming amount of visual information that can stand in the way of a pleasant museum visit, there’s another trivial matter: meaning. Many of us aim to understand and categorize everything we see, but what do you truly think when looking at a particular artwork? The activities on these cards help you to establish a connection with an artwork yourself, despite any given information. You can do this in each museum, anywhere in the world. Follow the activities from A-Z, choose one randomly or do the ones who appeal to you most.
£17.74
BIS Publishers B.V. A Spectator is an Artist Too: How we Look at Art,
Book SynopsisIs there anything more entertaining, inspiring and instructive than observing art? Yes, it is watching the people interacting with this art. This book may forever change your approach to art as it urges you to always consider both the work and the response. Because ultimately artists create, but we – the audience – complete the picture.A Spectator is an Artist Too is a visual essay about human behaviour around art: what happens when we are confronted with something immensely beautiful, challenging, or puzzling? Art historians only study objects, but how these objects are received is also worthy of our attention.The book also captures how art museums are changing, as they draw increasingly diverse audiences. The way the museum visitors responds to art is becoming more casual and creative – but also more swift or even banal. This shift is increased by a whole new breed of Instagram-friendly 'museums' worldwide, attracting experience-hungry visitors with immersive exhibitions defined by their Instagrammability.
£14.24
Bloomsbury India Another Hyderabad in Deccan Hardback
£80.75
Avery B. Hodges Discover Ecuador
£8.99
Indiana University Press Mississippi Civil War Monuments
Book SynopsisWith careful details and vivid descriptions, Mississippi Civil War Monuments offers a comprehensive guide to the memorials that make up Mississippi's physical and historical landscape.Trade Review"Against the fraught backdrop of debate over Civil War statues, Timothy Sedore guides us deftly through 800 Union and Confederate monuments in Mississippi with judicious precision and Lincolnian magnanimity. Now more than ever, we are fortunate to have this level-headed, clear-eyed book. "—Stephen Cushman, Robert E. Taylor Professor of English, University of Virginia"Mississippi's 800 Civil War-related monuments far exceed in number those in any other state—including more commemorating the Union than anywhere but Pennsylvania.. Timothy S. Sedore's exceptionally valuable survey should find an appreciate readership at a time when Americans are debating how best to deal with statues and other monuments that reflect the war's, and history's, hard edges."—Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Union War"The Magnolia State saw some of the most significant fighting of the Civil War, and it was in Mississippi that arguably the most important campaign of the conflict took place, now fittingly commemorated in the Vicksburg National Military Park. Timothy S. Sedore's Mississippi Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated Field Guide provides a wonderful and insightful glimpse into the state's Civil War history while taking the reader on a tour of the monuments that commemorate both the fighting and the men who did the fighting. "—Timothy B. Smith, author of Shiloh: Conquer or Perish, Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg, and The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi."Anyone visiting Mississippi's Civil War landscape would be well served to carry a copy of Sedore's guide with them. From Vicksburg to Oxford, readers will find a rich examination of how and why Confederate and Union monuments sprang up across the state."—Caroline E. Janney, Director, John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsList of MapsPrefaceIntroduction1. Vicksburg National Military Park2. The Vicksburg National Monument Park Landscape3. Northern MississippiAlcorn CountyTishomingo CountyTippah CountyPrentiss County Lee CountyPontotoc CountyDeSoto CountyLafayette CountyYalobusha CountyTallahatchie CountyChickasaw CountyMonroe CountyGrenada CountyBolivar CountyWashington CountyLeflore CountyCarrol CountyMontgomery CountyOktibbeha CountyClay CountyLowndes County4. Central MississippiHumphreys CountyHolmes CountyAttala CountyWinston CountyNoxubee CountyYazoo CountyMadison CountyNeshoba CountyKemper CountyLauderdale CountyRankin CountyHinds County5. Southern MississippiAdams CountyJefferson CountyClaiborne CountyCopiah CountyLincoln CountyAmite CountyJones CountyJasper County Clarke CountyWayne CountyForrest CountyPearl River CountyGeorge CountyHarrison CountySelected Sources
£55.80
Indiana University Press Mississippi Civil War Monuments
Book SynopsisWith careful details and vivid descriptions, Mississippi Civil War Monuments offers a comprehensive guide to the memorials that make up Mississippi's physical and historical landscape.Trade Review"Against the fraught backdrop of debate over Civil War statues, Timothy Sedore guides us deftly through 800 Union and Confederate monuments in Mississippi with judicious precision and Lincolnian magnanimity. Now more than ever, we are fortunate to have this level-headed, clear-eyed book. "—Stephen Cushman, Robert E. Taylor Professor of English, University of Virginia"Mississippi's 800 Civil War-related monuments far exceed in number those in any other state—including more commemorating the Union than anywhere but Pennsylvania.. Timothy S. Sedore's exceptionally valuable survey should find an appreciate readership at a time when Americans are debating how best to deal with statues and other monuments that reflect the war's, and history's, hard edges."—Gary W. Gallagher, author of The Union War"The Magnolia State saw some of the most significant fighting of the Civil War, and it was in Mississippi that arguably the most important campaign of the conflict took place, now fittingly commemorated in the Vicksburg National Military Park. Timothy S. Sedore's Mississippi Civil War Monuments: An Illustrated Field Guide provides a wonderful and insightful glimpse into the state's Civil War history while taking the reader on a tour of the monuments that commemorate both the fighting and the men who did the fighting. "—Timothy B. Smith, author of Shiloh: Conquer or Perish, Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg, and The Real Horse Soldiers: Benjamin Grierson's Epic 1863 Civil War Raid Through Mississippi."Anyone visiting Mississippi's Civil War landscape would be well served to carry a copy of Sedore's guide with them. From Vicksburg to Oxford, readers will find a rich examination of how and why Confederate and Union monuments sprang up across the state."—Caroline E. Janney, Director, John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsList of MapsPrefaceIntroduction1. Vicksburg National Military Park2. The Vicksburg National Monument Park Landscape3. Northern MississippiAlcorn CountyTishomingo CountyTippah CountyPrentiss County Lee CountyPontotoc CountyDeSoto CountyLafayette CountyYalobusha CountyTallahatchie CountyChickasaw CountyMonroe CountyGrenada CountyBolivar CountyWashington CountyLeflore CountyCarrol CountyMontgomery CountyOktibbeha CountyClay CountyLowndes County4. Central MississippiHumphreys CountyHolmes CountyAttala CountyWinston CountyNoxubee CountyYazoo CountyMadison CountyNeshoba CountyKemper CountyLauderdale CountyRankin CountyHinds County5. Southern MississippiAdams CountyJefferson CountyClaiborne CountyCopiah CountyLincoln CountyAmite CountyJones CountyJasper County Clarke CountyWayne CountyForrest CountyPearl River CountyGeorge CountyHarrison CountySelected Sources
£17.99
Indiana University Press Museums of Communism
Book SynopsisHow did communities come to terms with the collapse of communism? In order to guide the wider narrative, many former communist countries constructed museums dedicated to chronicling their experiences. Museums of Communism explores the complicated intersection of history, commemoration, and victimization made evident in these museums constructed after 1991. While contributors from a diverse range of fields explore various museums and include nearly 90 photographs, a common denominator emerges: rather than focusing on artifacts and historical documents, these museums often privilege memories and stories. In doing so, the museums shift attention from experiences of guilt or collaboration to narratives of shared victimization under communist rule. As editor Stephen M. Norris demonstrates, these museums are often problematic at best and revisionist at worst. From occupation museums in the Baltic States to memorial museums in Ukraine, former secret police prisons in Romania, and nostalgic muTrade ReviewThe chapters do present a series of stimulating (and sometimes provocative) case studies about the situation in particular countries. It is a book which will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers with interests in the post-communist world and more broadly in issues of post-communist memory politics. -- Duncan Light * Eurasian Geography and Economics *Both empirically and theoretically, this volume manages the rare trick of adding up to much more than the sum of its parts; it is essential reading for all scholars and students of Eastern European memory politics and museology. -- Polly Jones - University College, Oxford * The Russian Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Communist Museums to Museums of Communism: An Introduction / Stephen M. NorrisExhibit A: Hall of Genocide, Occupation, and Terror 1. Sovereignty, Terror, and Suffering in the Museum of Genocide Victims in Lithuania / Neringa Klumbytė 2. Visualizing Revisionism: Europeanized Anticommunism at the House of Terror Museum in Budapest / Máté Zombory3. Inside L'viv's Lonsky Prison: Capturing Ukrainian Memory after Communism / Stephen M. Norris4. Remembering the Gulag in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan / Steven Barnes5. Riga's Cheka House: From a Soviet Place of Terror to a Latvian Site of Remembrance? / Katja Wezel Exhibit B: Hall of National Tragedies 6. Sensing the Uprising: The Warsaw Uprising Museum and the Emotions of the Past / Stephen M. Norris7. Enforcing National Memory, Remembering Famine's Victims: The National Museum "Holodomor Victims Memorial"/ Daria MattinglyExhibit C: Hall of Everyday Life8. The Czech Museum of Communism: What National Narrative for the Past? / Muriel Blaive 9. Stasiland or Spreewald Pickles? The Battle over the GDR in Berlin's DDR Museum / Stephen M. NorrisExhibit D: Hall of Russian Memory10. Commemorating and Forgetting Soviet Repression: Moscow's State Museum of GULAG History / Jeffrey Hardy11. The Butovskii Shooting Range: History of an Unfinished Museum / Julie Fedor and Tomas Sniegon12. Museum of Soviet Arcade Games: Nostalgia for a Socialist Childhood / Roman Abramov Exhibit E: Rotating Exhibits 13. A Museum of a Museum? Fused and Parallel Historical Narratives in the Joseph Stalin State Museum / Katrine Bendtsen Gotfredsen14. Between Occupations and Freedoms: Memory, Narrative, and Practice at Vabamu in Tallinn, Estonia / A. Lorraine KaljundIndex
£70.55
Indiana University Press Museums of Communism New Memory Sites in Central
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe chapters do present a series of stimulating (and sometimes provocative) case studies about the situation in particular countries. It is a book which will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers with interests in the post-communist world and more broadly in issues of post-communist memory politics. -- Duncan Light * Eurasian Geography and Economics *Both empirically and theoretically, this volume manages the rare trick of adding up to much more than the sum of its parts; it is essential reading for all scholars and students of Eastern European memory politics and museology. -- Polly Jones - University College, Oxford * The Russian Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Communist Museums to Museums of Communism: An Introduction / Stephen M. NorrisExhibit A: Hall of Genocide, Occupation, and Terror 1. Sovereignty, Terror, and Suffering in the Museum of Genocide Victims in Lithuania / Neringa Klumbytė 2. Visualizing Revisionism: Europeanized Anticommunism at the House of Terror Museum in Budapest / Máté Zombory3. Inside L'viv's Lonsky Prison: Capturing Ukrainian Memory after Communism / Stephen M. Norris4. Remembering the Gulag in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan / Steven Barnes5. Riga's Cheka House: From a Soviet Place of Terror to a Latvian Site of Remembrance? / Katja Wezel Exhibit B: Hall of National Tragedies 6. Sensing the Uprising: The Warsaw Uprising Museum and the Emotions of the Past / Stephen M. Norris7. Enforcing National Memory, Remembering Famine's Victims: The National Museum "Holodomor Victims Memorial"/ Daria MattinglyExhibit C: Hall of Everyday Life8. The Czech Museum of Communism: What National Narrative for the Past? / Muriel Blaive 9. Stasiland or Spreewald Pickles? The Battle over the GDR in Berlin's DDR Museum / Stephen M. NorrisExhibit D: Hall of Russian Memory10. Commemorating and Forgetting Soviet Repression: Moscow's State Museum of GULAG History / Jeffrey Hardy11. The Butovskii Shooting Range: History of an Unfinished Museum / Julie Fedor and Tomas Sniegon12. Museum of Soviet Arcade Games: Nostalgia for a Socialist Childhood / Roman Abramov Exhibit E: Rotating Exhibits 13. A Museum of a Museum? Fused and Parallel Historical Narratives in the Joseph Stalin State Museum / Katrine Bendtsen Gotfredsen14. Between Occupations and Freedoms: Memory, Narrative, and Practice at Vabamu in Tallinn, Estonia / A. Lorraine KaljundIndex
£28.80
University of Notre Dame Press Travel In The Middle Ages
Book SynopsisTravel in the Middle Ages is filled with the stories and adventures of those who hazarded hostile landscapes, elements, and peopleout of want or necessityto get from place to place. While most journeys involved very short distances (home to market or village to village), longer trips were not uncommon in the Middle Ages. Clergy were frequently called upon to act as ambassadors, messengers, and overseers to the various monasteries and churches within their jurisdiction. Merchants, agents of the king, and pilgrims were also frequently required to travel. While sharing the fascinating stories of these ordinary wayfarers, Verdon also relates colorful tales of the journeys of notable historical figures such as Marco Polo and Christopher Columbus.Part I of Travel in the Middle Ages addresses the means by which people traveled. This section contains vivid descriptions of modes of conveyance, road systems, sea lanes, tolls, taxes, and even pirates. Knowing the risksTrade Review“General readers, eager to be led on an armchair voyage through medieval times and terrain... [will] find it broadening.” —Choice“Verdon has written a fascinating and informative book that is generously interspersed with examples of medieval travel from a constellation of medieval sources....” —History: Reviews of New Books“Jean Verdon does a comprehensive job of accounting for most motives, methods, costs, durations, dangers, fears, landscapes, seascapes, fantasies, criticisms, and occasions of medieval travel from the fourth-century Bordeaux Pilgrim to Christopher Columbus. He admirably includes Arabic travelers and their wide Asian and African range, notably Ibn Battuta, as well as the great Jewish traveler, Ibrahim ibn Yakub.” —The Historian“Many times the title of a book promises more than its content delivers. Travel in the Middle Ages does just the opposite. Jean Verdon... offers the reader an original and scholarly work that has all the authority of learned and detailed research but that manages to read like an intriguing creative mystery novel. This book offers a rare and informative insight into the life and times of the European Middle Ages. It is recommended for specialist and non-specialist alike.”—Cistercian Studies Quarterly“...[E]ngrossing.... Through Verdon’s extensive and skillful use of historic accounts ... the reader learns how travelers coped." —ForeWord’s Top Ten“An original and scholarly work by Jean Verdon... and ably translated into English by George Holoch. An expertly researched history and thoroughly reader friendly descriptive text offers the students and non-specialist general reader alike, a rare and informative insight into life and times of Europeans several centuries past. Travel in the Middle Ages is seminal and enormously important contribution to Medieval Studies reference collections and reading lists." —Midwest Book Review"Many thanks to George Holoch, whose English translation makes it possible for us to read French medievalist Jean Verdon's book Travel in the Middle Ages. It is a well organized and well composed book. ...every story is told with wit and humor.... This book, like Verdon's other books on premodern pleasure, leisure, night, and drink, reflects the delightful nature of human history." —The Sixteenth Century Journal“…genial, lively, wide ranging… suitable for general readers and undergraduates…” —Historian
£25.19
University of Washington Press Art in Seattles Public Spaces
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University of Washington Press The Rise of West Lake
Book SynopsisLovely West Lake, near scenic Hangzhou on China's east coast, has been celebrated as a major tourist site since the twelfth century. Now as then, visitors boat to its islands, stroll through its gardens, worship in its temples, and immortalize it in poetry and painting. Hangzhou and West Lake have long served as icons of Chinese landscape appreciation, literary and artistic expression, and tourism.In the first in-depth English-language study of this picturesque locale, Xiaolin Duan examines the interplay between human enterprise and the natural environment during the Song dynasty (9601279). After the Song lost north China to the Jurchens and the imperial court fled south, a new capital was established at Hangzhou, making the area the national political and cultural center. West Lake became a model for idealized nature, fashioned by the diverse activities of its visitors. Duan shows how engagements in, on, and around West Lake influenced visitors' conceptualization of naturTrade Review"[A]n eminently readable history of place that defies easy categorization with regard to scholarly genre." * Choice *"What is most admirable about this book is the accessible manner in which the subject matter is presented. The author effortlessly selects gems of wisdom, grounded in the realities of the place, and presents this to the readers in an easily digestible way...a key reading in the history of tourism and also in tourism geography, particularly for those interested in topics related to China." * Tourism Geographies: An International Journal of Tourism Space, Place and Environment *"Represents a major contribution to the field of China studies in general, Song dynasty studies in particular, and the fields of urban studies, leisure and tourism, place studies, and material and visual culture" * Chinese Historical Review *"The Rise of West Lake: A Cultural Landmark in the Song Dynasty explains the political, commercial, and cultural developments that led to West Lake’s prominence in the gaze of Chinese sightseers for close to a millennium. But the book does more than just recount the emergence of West Lake as a sightseeing destination...The result is a richly textured analysis that has much to offer historians of Middle Period China (800–1440), but is accessible to non-specialists as well." * Journal of Tourism History *"Xiaolin Duan is great at telling the story of how beautiful West Lake became a tourist destination, political symbol, extension of the imperial capital city of Hangzhou, market place, religious place, poetic symbol, and idealized image and idea." * International Examiner *"The scholarship in the book demonstrates a skillful command of primary sources, a broad knowledge of secondary literature, and attentiveness to literary and artistic conventions. It should be of interest to those who study premodern Chinese literature and culture, art history, urban history, place studies, commercial culture, and early modernity. The book will also serve as a great secondary reading for courses on travel literature, poetry and paintings, early modern history, Chinese cities, and material culture." * Journal of the American Oriental Society *
£33.98
WW Norton & Co The Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Center
Book SynopsisThe first easy-to-navigate illustrated guidebook to the wonderful sculptures, murals, bas-reliefs, and mosaics of this Art Deco showplace.
£14.24
University of California Press Inventing the Louvre
Book SynopsisFounded in the final years of the Enlightenment, the Louvre became the model for all state art museums subsequently established. This text chronicles the formation of the museum from its origins in the French royal picture collections to its apotheosis during the Revolution and Napoleonic Empire.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction I The Luxembourg Gallery, I750-79 2 D' Angiviller's Louvre Project 3 The Revolutionary Louvre 4 The Musee Central des Arts 5 Alexandre Lenoir and the Museum of French Monuments Conclusion Appendix I Arrangement of Paintings in the Luxembourg Gallery, I750 Appendix II D' Angiviller's Grands Hommes of France, by Salon Appendix III Partial Reconstruction of the Hanging Scheme at the Musee Central des Arts in I797-8 Abbreviations Used in Notes Notes Bibliography Photographic Credits Index
£24.30
Johns Hopkins University Press A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the
Book SynopsisTourists can step back in time as they travel the same roads and waterways that American and British troops did two centuries ago.Trade ReviewEshelman offers context, directions, maps and other pertinent details for those with a taste for exploring sites related to the war. Richmond Times-Dispatch An exceptional companion volume to the previous book that allows readers an unrivaled view or all the battles and campaigns... If you like your history both immediate and personal, this is the book for you! -- Blaine Taylor Sea Classics A Travel Guide to the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake is a first-rate tool for those exploring the Chesapeake Theater. -- Command Sergeant Major James H. Clifford, USA-Ret. On PointTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationOverviewPart I: Historic Route ToursBritish Invasion Tour (Maryland)Battle of Bladensburg Tour (Maryland)Saving the Declaration of Independence Tour (District of Columbia, Virginia)First Family Flight Tour (District of Columbia, Virginia, Maryland)Battle of North Point Tour (Maryland)Part II: Historic City, Town, and Regional ToursMarylandAnnapolis and U.S. Naval Academy TourBaltimore TourSouthern Maryland TourMaryland Eastern Shore TourHead of the Chesapeake TourFrederick TourVirginiaAlexandria TourGreater Norfolk TourRichmond and Petersburg TourTappahannock TourCentral Virginia TourOther Tidewater Virginia SitesDistrict of ColumbiaWashington, D.C., TourAcknowledgmentsAppendixesA. Suggested WalksB. Suggested Bicycling AreasC. Canoe, Kayak, and Small Boating AreaD. Boat ExcursionsSuggested ReadingIndex
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LSU Press Preserving the Legacy
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Ohio University Press The Literary Guide and Companion to Southern
Book SynopsisIn a series of intriguing routes through the English countryside, Professor Robert Cooper notes those attractions that the casual tourist might unknowingly pass by, such as the house where Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities, or the windswept quay where John Fowles’s French Lieutenant’s woman walked.
£35.10
Fordham University Press The American Museum of Natural History and How I
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Getty Trust Publications Selections from the Decorative Arts in the J.Paul
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Getty Trust Publications Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Fascicule 1
Book SynopsisThis historic 1933 publication documents the important collection of Egyptian, Greek and Italian pottery assembled in the early years of what is now the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology.
£76.50
Getty Trust Publications Vincennes and Sevres Porcelain Catalogue of the
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Getty Trust Publications A is for Artist A Getty Museum Alphabet
Book SynopsisThe letters of the alphabet are illustrated for children in details from 26 paintings in the collection of the John Paul Getty Museum. The book also contains reproductions of the 26 paintings.
£14.99
Getty Trust Publications French Tapestries and Textiles in the J. Paul
Book SynopsisA survey of the Getty Museum's 17th- and 18th-century French textiles. The book includes lists of artists and weavers, date and place of manufacture, and materials and techniques used. Also included is an accompanying commentary.
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Getty Trust Publications Man Ray in Focus BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of photographs by avant-garde artist and photographer Man Ray, from the John Paul Getty Museum. The photographs date from 1910 to the 1940s, and each image is provided with a commentary. Also included is an edited transcript of a colloquium on Man's career.
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