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      • Trusted Partner
        Literature & Literary Studies
        October 2017

        Extending ecocriticism

        Crisis, collaboration and challenges in the environmental humanities

        by Peter Barry, William Welstead

        This volume of essays explores the scope for a further extension of ecocriticism across the environmental humanities. Contributors, who include both established academics and early career researchers in the humanities, were given free rein to interpret the brief. The collection is unusual in that it considers collaboration between individuals both in the same discipline and across creative disciplines. Subjects include familiar environments close to home and those such as Iceland and Antarctica, where narratives of climate, geology and ecology provide a stark backdrop to creative output. A further innovation is the inclusion of essays on public art, natural heritage interpretation and the visualisation and aesthetic impact of wind farms. The book will be of interest to writers, artists, students and researchers in the environmental humanities and those with a general interest in the cultural response to the environment.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        December 2017

        High culture and tall chimneys

        Art institutions and urban society in Lancashire, 1780–1914

        by James Moore

        This new study examines how nineteenth-century industrial Lancashire became a leading national and international art centre. By the end of the century almost every major town possessed an art gallery, while Lancashire art schools and artists were recognised at home and abroad. The book documents the remarkable rise of visual art across the county, along with the rise of the commercial and professional classes who supported it. It examines how Lancashire looked to great civilisations of the past for inspiration while also embracing new industrial technologies and distinctively modern art movements. This volume will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the new industrial society of the nineteenth century, from art lovers and collectors to urban and social historians.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        December 2017

        High culture and tall chimneys

        Art institutions and urban society in Lancashire, 1780–1914

        by James Moore

        This new study examines how nineteenth-century industrial Lancashire became a leading national and international art centre. By the end of the century almost every major town possessed an art gallery, while Lancashire art schools and artists were recognised at home and abroad. The book documents the remarkable rise of visual art across the county, along with the rise of the commercial and professional classes who supported it. It examines how Lancashire looked to great civilisations of the past for inspiration while also embracing new industrial technologies and distinctively modern art movements. This volume will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the new industrial society of the nineteenth century, from art lovers and collectors to urban and social historians.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        December 2017

        High culture and tall chimneys

        Art institutions and urban society in Lancashire, 1780–1914

        by James Moore

        This new study examines how nineteenth-century industrial Lancashire became a leading national and international art centre. By the end of the century almost every major town possessed an art gallery, while Lancashire art schools and artists were recognised at home and abroad. The book documents the remarkable rise of visual art across the county, along with the rise of the commercial and professional classes who supported it. It examines how Lancashire looked to great civilisations of the past for inspiration while also embracing new industrial technologies and distinctively modern art movements. This volume will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the new industrial society of the nineteenth century, from art lovers and collectors to urban and social historians.

      • Trusted Partner
        Humanities & Social Sciences
        July 2016

        Women and museums 1850–1914

        Modernity and the gendering of knowledge

        by Pamela Sharpe, Penny Summerfield, Lynn Abrams, Cordelia Beattie, Kate Hill

        Introduction 1 Inside the museum: including or excluding women? 2 Outside the museum: women as donors and vendors 3 Outside the museum: women's donations, materiality and the museum object 4 Women visiting museums 5 Women as patrons: the limits of agency? 6 New disciplines: archaeology, anthropology and women in museums 7 Ruskin, women and museums: service and salvage Conclusion

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        January 2019

        High culture and tall chimneys

        Art institutions and urban society in Lancashire, 1780–1914

        by James Moore

        This new study examines how nineteenth-century industrial Lancashire became a leading national and international art centre. By the end of the century almost every major town possessed an art gallery, while Lancashire art schools and artists were recognised at home and abroad. The book documents the remarkable rise of visual art across the county, along with the rise of the commercial and professional classes who supported it. It examines how Lancashire looked to great civilisations of the past for inspiration while also embracing new industrial technologies and distinctively modern art movements. This volume will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the new industrial society of the nineteenth century, from art lovers and collectors to urban and social historians.

      • Trusted Partner
        Teaching, Language & Reference
        June 2022

        Mummified

        The stories behind Egyptian mummies in museums

        by Angela Stienne

        Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye. This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, and finally behind the screen of today's computers, to revisit the stories of these bodies that have fascinated Europeans for so long. Mummified investigates matters of life and death, of collecting and viewing, and of interactions - sometimes violent and sometimes emotional - that question the essence of what makes us human.

      • Trusted Partner
        Teaching, Language & Reference
        June 2022

        Mummified

        The stories behind Egyptian mummies in museums

        by Angela Stienne

        Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye. This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, and finally behind the screen of today's computers, to revisit the stories of these bodies that have fascinated Europeans for so long. Mummified investigates matters of life and death, of collecting and viewing, and of interactions - sometimes violent and sometimes emotional - that question the essence of what makes us human.

      • Trusted Partner
        Teaching, Language & Reference
        June 2022

        Mummified

        The stories behind Egyptian mummies in museums

        by Angela Stienne

        Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye. This book takes you on a journey from Paris to London, Leicester and Manchester, from the apothecaries of the Middle Ages to the dissecting tables of the eighteenth century, and finally behind the screen of today's computers, to revisit the stories of these bodies that have fascinated Europeans for so long. Mummified investigates matters of life and death, of collecting and viewing, and of interactions - sometimes violent and sometimes emotional - that question the essence of what makes us human.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        September 2022

        High culture and tall chimneys

        Art institutions and urban society in Lancashire, 1780–1914

        by James Moore

        This study examines how nineteenth-century industrial Lancashire became a leading national and international art centre. By the end of the century almost every major town possessed an art gallery, while Lancashire art schools and artists were recognised at home and abroad. The book documents the remarkable rise of visual art across the county, along with the rise of the commercial and professional classes who supported it. It examines how Lancashire looked to great civilisations of the past for inspiration while also embracing new industrial technologies and distinctively modern art movements. This volume will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the new industrial society of the nineteenth century, from art lovers and collectors to urban and social historians.

      • Trusted Partner
        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2020

        Extending ecocriticism

        Crisis, collaboration and challenges in the environmental humanities

        by Peter Barry, William Welstead

        This volume of essays explores the scope for a further extension of ecocriticism across the environmental humanities. Contributors, who include both established academics and early career researchers in the humanities, were given free rein to interpret the brief. The collection is unusual in that it considers collaboration between individuals both in the same discipline and across creative disciplines. Subjects include familiar environments close to home and those such as Iceland and Antarctica, where narratives of climate, geology and ecology provide a stark backdrop to creative output. A further innovation is the inclusion of essays on public art, natural heritage interpretation and the visualisation and aesthetic impact of wind farms. The book will be of interest to writers, artists, students and researchers in the environmental humanities and those with a general interest in the cultural response to the environment.

      • Travel & Transport

        British Television Location Guide

        by Steve Clark, Shoba Vazirani

        The British Television Location Guide reveals the actual settings of Britain's favourite television shows and tells readers how they can visit them. It is meticulously researched, right up to date and includes details of the real-life filming locations for all the top series including: Downton Abbey, Broadchurch, Call The Midwife, Midsomer Murders, Doc Martin, Endeavour, Doctor Who, Miss Marple, The Great British Bake-off, Foyle's War, Game of Thrones, The White Queen, Mr Selfridge and dozens more.

      • Travel & Transport
        January 2021

        Canada West incl. Alaska

        by Synnatschke

        This is a travel guide for Canada written for German readers and travellers. It is the German market leader concerning long road trips through the West of Canada with detailed information of places to visit, Hotels, campgrounds, nature and route options. Translated it will be a success in any other country.

      • Travel & Transport
        January 2021

        USA Southwest

        by Synnatschke / Grundmann

        This is a travel guide for the USA, written for German readers and travellers. It is the German market leader concerning long road trips through the Southwest of the US with detailed information of places to visit, Hotels, campgrounds, nature and route options. Translated it will be a success in any other country.

      • Places & peoples: pictorial works
        May 2015

        Bridges of Paris

        by Michael Saint james

        The ideal gift for someone special: an award winning, large-format coffee table book, with over 350 original color photographs, which casts new illumination on the City of Light. The famous love-locks of Paris are portrayed at the peak of their glory, along with stunning portraits of each bridge and intimate riverside moments. Discover the unique history of every bridge crossing the Seine. Every bit a labor of love, Bridges of Paris takes a tour of this renowned city via a newly discovered route that begins with the first bridge built before Julius Caesar’s arrival in France and concludes with the first bridge of the new millennium. Once you’ve experienced this river tour, you’ll never look at Paris—or its bridges—the same way again.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        March 2021

        Culture Smart! Japan

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Paul Norbury

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day Japan. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, Japanese style - The Japanese at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        September 2023

        Culture Smart! Mexico

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Russell Maddicks

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day Mexico. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, Mexican style - The Mexicans at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

      • Travel & holiday guides
        September 2023

        Culture Smart! Poland

        The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

        by Gregory Allen, Magdalena Lipska

        An illuminating and practical guide to the culture, traditions, values, and way of life in modern-day Poland. Written for travellers, those going abroad for work, and armchair travellers who want to learn about new cultures.   Contents include: - Local customs and traditions - The impact of religion, history, and politics - Eating and drinking, Polish style - The Poles at home, work, and play - Communication, spoken and unspoken - Dos, don'ts, and taboos - Local business etiquette for those travelling for work.   This title is part of the Culture Smart! series, which includes guides to over 100 countries around the world.

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