The biography of the artist who created the most haunting icon of the twentieth century
Addresses questions such as: Why do we find ourselves returning to certain pictures time and again? What is it we are looking for? And how does our understanding of an image change over time?
An examination and discussion of the public and the hidden discourses (transcripts) of those who wield power and of those who feign deference to it. Examples are drawn from literature, history and politics to illustrate the many guises the interaction of such discourses can take.
A fascinating analysis of the recent history of the beautiful but troubled Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia
The extraordinary, and largely unchronicled, account of the Cuban people’s struggle for survival in a post-Soviet world
Offers a comprehensive history of ancient Greece. This title brings alive Greek civilization from its Stone Age roots to the fourth century B C E.... Læs mere
A seminal biography of the underappreciated eleventh-century Scandinavian warlord-turned-Anglo-Saxon monarch who united the English and Danish crowns to forge a North Sea empire
The story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world.