
Jorge Semprun: The Spaniard Who Survived the Nazis & Conquered Paris
Book
Spanish by birth, Parisian by adoption, Semprun (1923-2011) was a legendary figure on the front...

Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World
Book
In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three and halfway through her architecture studies, Elspeth Beard...

No Way but This: In Search of Paul Robeson
Book
Film star. Icon. Agitator. Martyr. Paul Robeson was a brilliant student and champion athlete who...

Magazines and the Making of America: Modernization, Community, and Print Culture, 1741-1860
Book
From the colonial era to the onset of the Civil War, Magazines and the Making of America looks at...

The Essay Film: Dialogue, Politics, Utopia
Elizabeth Astrid Papazian and Caroline Eades
Book
With its increasing presence in a continuously evolving media environment, the essay film as a...

The Cosmopolitan Constitution
Book
Originally the constitution was expected to express and channel popular sovereignty. It was the work...

The Handmaid's Tale - Season 1
TV Season Watch
Based on the book by Margaret Atwood of the same name, the series is set in the near future in which...
Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London: Their Lives and Their Marks
Book
Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London is one of the most important works of silver...

Amazing Grace: The Man Who Was W.G.
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On a sunny afternoon in May 1868, nineteen-year-old Gilbert Grace stood in a Wiltshire field,...

The Seeds of Time
Book
In this thrilling collection of stories, John Wyndham, author of the acclaimed classics The Day of...