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William Burges's Great Bookcase and The Victorian Colour Revolution
Charlotte Ribeyrol presents a fascinating (book)case study exploring the story of an extraordinary object, William Burges’s (1827–1881) Great Bookcase. No fewer than 13 major artists, including Edward Burne-Jones, Edward Poynter, and...
Henry III
Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1259-1272
The second volume in the definitive history of Henry III’s rule, covering the revolutionary events between 1258 and the king’s death in 1272 After coming to the throne aged just nine, Henry III spent much of his...
Less Heat, More Light
A Guided Tour of Weather, Climate, and Climate Change
A straightforward and fact-based exploration of how weather happens, how it relates to climate, and how science answers major questions about Earth as a system Climate change is one of the most hotly contested...
The Ugly Duchess
Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance
The first book to focus on one of the most recognisable Renaissance portraits, this publication repositions Quinten Massys’s ‘The Ugly Duchess’ within its original context, epitomising as it does the Renaissance’s taste for satire and...
Lawrence Abu Hamdan: Air Pressure (A Diary of the Sky)
The Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media
A close investigation of aerial war and atmospheric violence through artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s newly commissioned audio and video installation This publication documents the creation of a new work by artist...
Schubert
A Musical Wayfarer
An insightful biography of the great composer, revealing Schubert’s complex and fascinating private life alongside his musical genius Brilliant, short-lived, incredibly prolific—Schubert is one of the most...
Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde
Along the Seine
An examination of the innovative portrayals of industry and leisure created by five avant-garde artists working at Asnières in the late nineteenth century From 1881 to 1890, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul...
The Lost Peace
How We Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War
The first account of the new Cold War—revealing how today’s renewed era of global great power competition could threaten us all The end of the Cold War in 1989 heralded a unique prospect for an enduring global...
The Private Is Political
Networked Privacy and Social Media
A compelling firsthand investigation of how social media and big data have amplified the close relationship between privacy and inequality Online privacy is under constant attack by social media and big data...
American Slavers
Merchants, Mariners, and the Transatlantic Commerce in Captives, 1644-1865
The first telling of the unknown story of America’s two-hundred-year history as a slave-trading nation A total of 305,000 enslaved Africans arrived in the New World aboard American vessels over a span of two...