Lars T. Lih gives a non-partisan,vivid portrait and a striking new interpretation of a key revolutionary thinker and founder of the Soviet Union, Lenin, and shows that underneath the sharp polemics, Lenin was more a romantic enthusiast than a sour pragmatist.
An insightful and compelling biography of celebrated French storyteller Guy de Maupassant.
A return by essential film critic Laura Mulvey to questions of film theory and feminism.
A beautifully illustrated celebration of this stylish, practical and important accessory.
South Korea – a democratic high-tech Asian Tiger; North Korea – a secretive dictatorship on Bush’s notorious ‘axis of evil’, with a controversial nuclear program... Læs mere
A refreshing, balanced new biography of Arnold Schoenberg, perhaps the most radical, and divisive composer of the twentieth century.
Traces the history of ideas about dragons, from ancient times to Game of Thrones and beyond.
This second updated and expanded edition traces the storied past and rich culture of Myanmar over nearly three millennia, from the relics of its Neolithic... Læs mere
A history of the fabled heroes and miracles of the Middle Ages.
Drawing on the author's deep knowledge of the history and ecology of trees, Trees in Art shows that we can learn much about ourselves from the art of trees.
A natural and cultural history of a much-loved animal, the otter.
Part memoir, part manifesto, this is a celebration of the bicycle by French anthropologist Marc Augé.