5904 results for '"Richard De Fournival'

Unfinished Music draws its inspiration from the riddling aphorism by Walter Benjamin that serves as its epigraph: "the work is the death mask of its conception." The work in its finished, perfected...

A provocative re-reading of Stanley Kubrick's work and its focus on masculine desire The work of Stanley Kubrick amounts to a sustained reflection on the male condition: past, present, and future...

Nearly thirty years after the publication of the last detailed book on the newts and salamanders of Europe, this book at last provides a much needed, modern coverage of the ecology, behaviour,...

Explores India's past, its cultural development,a nd its contemporary social achievements and dilemmas.

The first book of its kind, this lively history of British sport since 1800 goes beyond a few great names and moments to explain how sports have changed, what they have meant to ordinary people, and...

"This richly illustrated volume analyzes a turning point in the history of Baroque Rome and the accomplishments of the man who changed the city's map and its image more significantly than any other...

One of the most celebrated British writers of his generation, Graham Greene's own story was as strange and compelling as those he told of Pinkie the Mobster, Harry Lime, or the Whisky Priest. A...

A collection of critical essays speaking on everything from English and Politics to Television and Messages of Freedom

With his remarkable range of vision, the author takes us on a voyage of discovery that leads from Eden to Fellini, from paradise to parody - plotting the various models of the imagination Hebraic,...

Throughout history, contemporary artists have inspired one another to higher levels while redefining the standards of their time. The "Art Movement" series takes a look at the cliques that have...