An elegant dissection of the fear of colour within Western art, architecture, literature and beyond.
A beguiling history of ten pathfinding women walkers.
A robust new account of the Vikings, which explores their fascination with heroic death.
A Philosophy of Loneliness explores the different kinds of loneliness, the philosophy of emotions, why some people are lonelier than others, and the psychological and social characteristics that dispose people to loneliness.
A first-hand account of life and conditions in Ukraine, since Crimea's annexation in 2014.
Traces our preoccupation with nudity in three distinct areas of human endeavour: religion, politics and popular culture. This book explores new territory – revealing the ways... Læs mere
An up-to-date guide to the biology and cultural history of the jellyfish.
A vivid, absorbing new biography of Dmitry Shostakovich.
The first comprehensive survey of garage rock, from the late 1950s to the present day.
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), the greatest painter of the Romantic movement in Germany, was perhaps Europe's first truly modern artist. This title offers a comprehensive account of this most fascinating of nineteenth-century masters.
Paul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, humour and tenderness.
Over the last twenty years museums have proliferated, attracting new audiences and assuming new prominence in public life. The Return of Curiosity offers a fresh perspective on museums and what they may now be good for.