Swim Pretty: Aquatic Spectacles and the Performance of Race, Gender, and Nature
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Drawing on cultural associations with bodies of water, the spectacle of pretty women, and the appeal...
The Science of Acting
Sam Kogan and Helen Kogan
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What is good acting? How does one create believable characters? How can an actor understand a...
The Tamer Tamed: Or, The Woman's Prize
David Bevington, John Fletcher, Gary Taylor and Celia R. Daileader
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This is the first edition for students and general readers of this pro-woman reply to Shakespeare's...
Venus in Fur: A Play
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A young playwright, Thomas, has written an adaptation of the 1870 novel "Venus in Fur" by Leopold...
The Witch's Book of Spirits
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Working with spirits is one of the cornerstones of the witch's art, laying the foundation for deep...
Dmitri Shostakovich: A Life in Film
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Of all the major Soviet composers who worked in the cinema, the most prominent was Dmitri...
Medicine and the Science of the Stars: Astrological Physick in Early Modern England
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Despite the modern view of astrology as a pseudoscience, the movements and corresponding effects of...
Oak and Ash and Thorn: The Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain
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What do the woods mean to us? Why are we moved by their beauty and unsettled by their dark mystery?...
Ramiro de Maeztu and England: Imaginaries, Realities and Repercussions of a Cultural Encounter
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Ramiro de Maeztu was one of the most influential Spanish intellectuals of the early twentieth...
Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Planning
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As urban populations rise rapidly and concerns about food security increase, interest in urban...