I imprint: 1291 books
Unmasked
Corruption in the West
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
How corrupt is the West? Europe and North America's formal self-perception is one of high standards in public life. And yet, corruption is receiving ever greater attention in the European, American and Canadian press, with high-profile cases affecting both the corporate and political worlds. This...
Arab Subcultures
Transformations in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2016
What is 'Arab' about Arab subcultures? This is the first book to set out to delineate different ways of studying and theorising Arab subcultural groups and practices, including film, graffiti, music, live art performances, Arab techies and youth cultures. Contributors tackle a number of questions...
Inside South Africa’s Foreign Policy
Diplomacy in Africa from Smuts to Mbeki
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
South Africa is still the major-player in African diplomacy, its military resources far outstripping those of other nations on the continent. It also has traditionally taken the lead role in Africa's united negotiations with other power blocs. Yet the recent consensus has been that South Africa's...
The Europeanness of European Cinema
Identity, Meaning, Globalization
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
From The Artist toThe White Ribbon, from Oscar to Palme d'Or-winning productions, European filmmaking is more globally prominent than ever before. This book attempts to identify the distinctive character of European cinema, both in films and as a critical concept. Including in-depth analyses of production...
Forever Stardust
David Bowie Across the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Most of the many books about David Bowie track his artistic 'changes' chronologically throughout his career. This book, uniquely, examines Bowie's 'sameness': his recurring themes, images, motifs and concepts as an artist, across all his creative work, from lyrics and music through to costumes, storyboards, films, plays and painting.
Talleyrand in London
The Master Diplomat's Last Mission
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
The arrival of Charles-Maurice, Prince de Talleyrand-Périgord, as French ambassador in London in September 1830, was regarded as a great event by the British government. Two months earlier the July Revolution in Paris, overthrowing the reactionary rule of Charles X, had brought the liberal Louis-Philippe...
Crime Wave
The Filmgoers' Guide to the Great Crime Movies
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2006
Crime movies inhabit dark and desperate worlds, yet they account for many of Hollywood's most triumphant successes. In full acknowledgement of this achievement, 'Crime Wave' offers an authoritative and informative, stimulating and entertaining guide to the crime movie phenomenon, from its early days...
Triumph of a Time Lord
Regenerating Doctor Who in the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2010
Before Saturday March 26th 2005, 'Doctor Who' had been off the air as a regular, new TV series for more than fifteen years. And yet a production team led by Russell T. Davies re-imagined the programme so successfully, so triumphantly, that it's become an instant Christmas tradition, a BAFTA winner,...
True Blood
Investigating Vampires and Southern Gothic
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012
Vampires have never been as popular or as cool as they are today and as seen in HBO's True Blood they have never been more edgy, gory or sexy. Arriving on screen in 2008, Alan Ball's adaptation of The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris has exploited the creative
freedoms of the HBO brand...
Torchwood Declassified
Investigating Mainstream Cult Television
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Torchwood started its life on television as a spin-off from Doctor Who, bringing Captain Jack to join new colleagues in a television series that quickly established itself as fresh and watchable television. It's fourth series, subtitled 'Miracle Day', continued its move from the niche channel of BBC3...
TV Horror
Investigating the Darker Side of the Small Screen
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Horror is one of the most pervasive of contemporary TV genres with shows like True Blood, Being Human, The Walking Dead and American Horror Story making a bloody splash across our television screens. Yet not too long ago critics and horror writers claimed that television and horror were incompatible...
by John Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2014
It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, in 1961:
Two young Princetonians have returned to New York from South America. With the fire for adventure still burning in their veins, they are tempted by a mysterious letter from Kenya and plan a trip across Africa. They buy a white...
Greece, the Hidden Centuries
Turkish Rule from the Fall of Constantinople to Greek Independence
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
For almost four hundred years, between the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the Greek War of Independence, the history of Greece is shrouded in mystery. What was life really like for the Greeks under Ottoman rule? Was it a period of unremitting exploitation and enslavement for the Greeks until they...
Tsar and Sultan
Russian Encounters with the Ottoman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2016
From the 1700s, the declining Ottoman Empire served as a source of inspiration for the westernisation of Russia. Comparisons between European and Ottoman diplomacy, warfare and political organizations shaped Russian identity and provided the nation with a sense of superiority over its adversary. Tsar...