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Figures of Crisis: Alberto Giacometti and the Myths of Nationalism

Figures of Crisis: Alberto Giacometti and the Myths...

Author: Joanna Fiduccia
ISBN: 9780300263183
Format: Hardback
$93.95

A major reevaluation of a towering figure in twentieth-century art and the relationship of his sculpture to the...  Read More >>

Stupid Faces in Stunning Paintings: A Serious Exploration of Art History's Silliest Expressions

Stupid Faces in Stunning Paintings: A Serious Exploration...

Author: Matthijs Van Mierlo
ISBN: 9798890034199
Format: Hardback
$44.99

This collection of illustrious paintings spotlights 50 outlandish expressions from prominent works of art that will...  Read More >>

From the Center of America: Steamboats and Shipyards Along the Lower Ohio River

From the Center of America: Steamboats and Shipyards...

Author: Robert H. Swenson
ISBN: 9780809339907
Format: Hardback
$277.00

This volume chronicles the history of 280 steamboats built between 1810 and 1936 along a 60-mile stretch of the...  Read More >>

The Witch C'oxol: An Ancient Legend and Other Mayan Folktales

The Witch C'oxol: An Ancient Legend and Other Mayan...

Author: Pedro Cholotío Temó ,  James D. Sexton
ISBN: 9780826368287
Format: Hardback
$150.00

The wonderful tales offered in this bilingual collection provide readers with a new set of living stories that give...  Read More >>

Unpredictable Encounters: Reconsidering Russian Music

Unpredictable Encounters: Reconsidering Russian Music...

Author: Pauline Fairclough ,  Peter J. Schmelz
ISBN: 9780253075420
Format: Hardback
$254.00

Music has always been profoundly transnational, transcending language barriers and crossing borders in ways that...  Read More >>

Marks she made: The art and architecture of Begum Samru

Marks she made: The art and architecture of Begum Samru...

Author: Mrinalini Rajagopalan
ISBN: 9781526187116
Format: Hardback
$79.99

This book explores the remarkable life of Begum Samru (c. 17501836), a North Indian ruler who rose from courtesan...  Read More >>

Public and Private Modes of Musical Discourse: Haydn's London Symphonies and Late String Quartets

Public and Private Modes of Musical Discourse: Haydn's...

Author: Lauri Suurpää
ISBN: 9780253075260
Format: Hardback
$208.00

Public and Private Modes of Musical Discourse brings a new contribution to discussions on the difference between...  Read More >>

Strange Beauty: Barbara Greene Mann

Strange Beauty: Barbara Greene Mann

Author: K. L. Dunn ,  Caroline Maun
ISBN: 9780814352984
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Barbara's work became a promise--one where, even in the bleakest moments, creativity can change the story.  Read More >>

Black Light: Revealing the Hidden History of Photography and Cinema

Black Light: Revealing the Hidden History of Photography...

Author: Christophe Wall-Romana
ISBN: 9781517917753
Format: Hardback
$270.00

A radical assessment of the racial motives underlying the conception of photography and cinema Conventional histories...  Read More >>

Hidetaka Tenjin's Artistry of Gundam

Hidetaka Tenjin's Artistry of Gundam

Author: Hidetaka Tenjin
ISBN: 9781772944020
Format: Hardback
$131.97

The first art book ever released in North America to spotlight the Gunpla model kit artwork of Gundam. For nearly...  Read More >>

Everyday Joy: Effortless Ideas for Home and Entertaining

Everyday Joy: Effortless Ideas for Home and Entertaining...

Author: Kate Nixon
ISBN: 9781761451553
Format: Hardback
$60.00

An interiors and entertaining bible that focuses on making a home feel lived in and joyful  Read More >>

The Selena Reader: Remembering the Queen of Tejano

The Selena Reader: Remembering the Queen of Tejano

Author: Larissa M. Mercado-López ,  Yndalecio Isaac Hinojosa
ISBN: 9781477333488
Format: Hardback
$243.00

A literary collection honoring and memorializing Selena, the Queen of Tejano  Read More >>

Ostia-by-the-Sea: Society, Population, and Identities in Rome's Port

Ostia-by-the-Sea: Society, Population, and Identities...

Author: Christer Bruun (Professor of Classics, Professor of Classics, University of Toronto)
ISBN: 9780197635353
Format: Hardback
$278.95

Ostia, the Roman settlement founded at the mouth of the river Tiber, was the port of the imperial capital and one...  Read More >>

Art As Sanctuary: Conjuring an Africana Aesthetic

Art As Sanctuary: Conjuring an Africana Aesthetic

Author: Michael D. Harris ,  Dianne M. Stewart
ISBN: 9781478015062
Format: Hardback
$234.30

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Greta Gerwig: Filmmaker

Greta Gerwig: Filmmaker

Author: Suzanne Ferriss (Emiritus Professor, Nova Southeastern University)
ISBN: 9781399553490
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Examines the cinematic vision and worldview of director, Greta Gerwig.  Read More >>

Television Drama in Mexico: From Broadcast to Streaming

Television Drama in Mexico: From Broadcast to Streaming...

Author: Paul Julian Smith
ISBN: 9781399560528
Format: Hardback
$219.00

Studies the current artistic and industrial transformation of TV series in Mexico - the biggest and most dynamic...  Read More >>

The Modern Tyrant: Authoritarian Leadership in Theory and Practice

The Modern Tyrant: Authoritarian Leadership in Theory...

Author: Haig Patapan (Professor in the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia.)
ISBN: 9781399556200
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Explores the nature of modern authoritarianism to confront and counter the increasing dangers it poses to contemporary...  Read More >>

Affective Dimensions of Political Violence: The Case of a Lynching in Mexico

Affective Dimensions of Political Violence: The Case...

Author: Melany Cruz (University of Leicester)
ISBN: 9781399545112
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Investigates the role of emotions in politicising forms of violence that are often dismissed as apolitical.  Read More >>

Agonistic Memory and Peace: Colombia, Northern Ireland and Israel-Palestine

Agonistic Memory and Peace: Colombia, Northern Ireland...

Author: Lisa Strömbom (Lund University)
ISBN: 9781399545785
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Investigates memory initiatives in three of the world's hardest to solve conflicts and how they can be invested...  Read More >>

Designing and Building Reality in Hindi Film

Designing and Building Reality in Hindi Film

Author: Clare Wilkinson (Associate Professor of Anthropology, Washington State University)
ISBN: 9781399532136
Format: Hardback
$230.00

Examines how realistic settings are created within Bollywood cinema.  Read More >>

Views of America: The Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State

Views of America: The Diplomatic Reception Rooms at...

Author: Virginia Hart ,  Marco Rubio
ISBN: 9780847876532
Format: Hardback
$160.00

A book to honor the 250th anniversary of America, uncovering the history of the United States through works of art...  Read More >>

Race Literature: Women Contributors to the a.M.E. Church Review, 1884–1924

Race Literature: Women Contributors to the a.M.E. Church...

Author: Cynthia Lee Patterson
ISBN: 9781496861696
Format: Paperback
$69.99

A comprehensive study of Black women writers in the official journal of the African Methodist Episcopal Church  Read More >>

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