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Nicolas Winding Refn has emerged as a uniquely talented international filmmaker with an eye for visceral, iconic images. A 21st century mythmaker from his cult Pusher trilogy to the award-winning Drive and Only God Forgives, Refn infuses a sophisticated avant-garde sensibility with the grit of exploitation...

Beloved, controversial, influential, the creator of such fascinating and award-winning films as My Own Private Idaho, Good Will Hunting, Elephant, and Milk, Gus Van Sant stands among the great international directors, equally at home in Hollywood and the avant-garde. Examining his films thematically,...

The Aeneid is not only Virgil's greatest work, it is the singular most important piece of Latin poetry to emerge and survive from the 1000 year history of the Roman Empire. Telling the story of the hero Aeneas, who sets out from the destruction of Troy to wander the Mediterranean and seek out a new...

What would the global history of philosophy look like if it were told not as a story of ideas but as a series of job descriptions—ones that might have been used to fill the position of philosopher at different times and places over the past 2,500 years? The Philosopher does just that, providing...

This book is a journey of mine. I write poetry to help me to better deal with PTSD. These are poems that come from the experiences of my daily life. I write about everything from love to war time memories.

The future is alongside us, sometimes closer, sometimes further away. Hidden Valleys starts from the perception that the human world is an eerie place, particularly in relation to its stories and dreams. It also starts from events that took place in North Yorkshire, in 1978. A work of philosophy, an...

Le théâtre représente une longue galerie du couvent de Saint-Anselme ; une haute fenêtre gothique au premier plan, au travers de laquelle on aperçoit les éclairs qui embrasent le Ciel. DEUX RELIGIEUX entrent ; ils paraissent effrayés. 1er. RELIGIEUX. MISÉRICORDE du Ciel...

Most frequently regarded as a writer of the supernatural, Poe was actually among the most versatile of American authors, writing social satire, comic hoaxes, mystery stories, science fiction, prose poems, literary criticism and theory, and even a play. As a journalist and editor, Poe was closely in...

This book is awesome awful! Did you know that "awful" first originated as a compliment? How about the fact that it was perfectly fine for someone to defecate in their living room? Or that at one time a bully was actually a sweetheart? You may think that these things sound outlandish,...

In a contemporary review of McCarthy's two-volume history of Queen Anne, The New York Times praises the "marked ability" with which the historian acquits himself of the "difficult task" of tracing one of the most notable reigns in English history (1702-1714)—a period that saw the rise of the modern Parliamentary system.

Britain’s Reform Bill of 1832 expanded voting and workers’ rights, corrected electoral abuses, and abolished slavery in the colonies. In this first of a two-volume 1898 social history, the author paints a picture of the country before reform. As Napoleon falls, the democratic stirrings are on the rise in a world inhabited by Whigs and Tories, royalists and conspirators, orators and poets.

In a contemporary review of McCarthy's two-volume history of Queen Anne, The New York Times praises the "marked ability" with which the historian acquits himself of the "difficult task" of tracing one of the most notable reigns in English history (1702-1714)—a period that saw the rise of the modern Parliamentary system.

The President of the United States is an office that attracts men of all character. From George Washington to Barack Obama, the office has been held by farmers, scholars, veterans, and lawyers from all regions of the United States. The American Presidency For Beginners tells a concise history of...

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