The Music of Simon Holt
Book
British composer Simon Holt (b. 1958) has been a leading presence in contemporary music since the...

Cold War Kitchen: Americanization, Technology, and European Users
Ruth Oldenziel and Karin Zachmann
Book
Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev's famous "kitchen debate" in 1958 involved more than the virtues...

The Dictionary of Labour Quotations
Book
'The power of words is fundamental to political life. They help to influence, convince, change minds...

The New Book of Snobs: A Definitive Guide to Modern Snobbery
Book
'Hugely enjoyable' AN Wilson, Sunday Times 'Thoughtful, entertaining and enjoyable' Michael Gove,...

The Oxford History of Anglicanism: Partisan Anglicanism and its Global Expansion 1829-c.1914: Volume III
Book
The Oxford History of Anglicanism is a major new and unprecedented international study of the...

Transnationalism, Diaspora and Migrants from the Former Yugoslavia in Britain
Book
The geo-political area of what once constituted Yugoslavia has been a region of significant...

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Movie Watch
Meticulously directed by David Lean at a then-record studio cost of $13 million, the Sam Spiegel...

El Lissitzky
Book
El (Eleazar) Lissitzky (1890-1941) was a vital force in the revolutionary period in Russia. Having...

Politics and Society in Early Modern Iraq: Mamluk Pashas, Tribal Shayks, and Local Rule Between 1802 and 1831
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1 This study deals with the Mamliik period in Iraqi history (1750- 1831), and more particularly with...

The St Ives Artists: A Biography of Place and Time
Book
St Ives is unique in the story of modern art in Britain - and perhaps anywhere in the world. No...