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The Madman's Guide to Stamp Collecting

by Robert Irwin ...

**A fascinating, one-of-a-kind journey through the obsessive world of collecting (and stamps) by maverick historian and cult writer Robert Irwin.“[A] delightful mishmash of quotations, digressions, obscure facts, arcane anecdotes and playful romps.” — Literary Review**Why do we collect? Is it to rescue objects from oblivion? Is it a kind of desire—or even a kind of madness?Robert Irwin—novelist, ... Read more

$13.99 USD

**A fascinating, one-of-a-kind journey through the obsessive world of collecting (and stamps) by maverick historian and cult writer Robert Irwin.“[A] delightful mishmash of quotations, digressions, obscure facts, arcane anecdotes and playful romps.” — Literary Review**Why do we collect? Is it to rescue objects from oblivion? Is it a kind of desire—or even a kind of madness?Robert Irwin—novelist,
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The Annotated Arabian Nights

Tales from 1001 Nights

Translated by Yasmine Seale ...

by Robert Irwin ...

Series series The Annotated Books
**“[A]n electric new translation . . . Each page is adorned with illustrations and photographs from other translations and adaptations of the tales, as well as a wonderfully detailed cascade of notes that illuminate the stories and their settings. . . . The most striking feature of the Arabic tales is their shifting registers—prose, rhymed prose, poetry—and Seale captures the movement between them ... Read more

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**“[A]n electric new translation . . . Each page is adorned with illustrations and photographs from other translations and adaptations of the tales, as well as a wonderfully detailed cascade of notes that illuminate the stories and their settings. . . . The most striking feature of the Arabic tales is their shifting registers—prose, rhymed prose, poetry—and Seale captures the movement between them
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The Arabian Nightmare

A Novel

by Robert Irwin ...

A cult classic that "combines the genres of travelogue, fable, dream narrative, novel and confessional into one beguiling whole" ( Publishers Weekly ).The hero and guiding force of this epic fantasy is an insomniac young man who, unable to sleep, guides the reader through the narrow streets of Cairo—a mysterious city full of deceit and trickery.He narrates a complex tangle of dreams and imaginings ... Read more

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A cult classic that "combines the genres of travelogue, fable, dream narrative, novel and confessional into one beguiling whole" ( Publishers Weekly ).The hero and guiding force of this epic fantasy is an insomniac young man who, unable to sleep, guides the reader through the narrow streets of Cairo—a mysterious city full of deceit and trickery.He narrates a complex tangle of dreams and imaginings
... Read more
Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales

The Wrong Twin, Perkins of Portland, Alex the Great, On With Torchy, Love Among the Lions, etc.

by Ellis Parker Butler, Honoré de Balzac, Mark Twain, John Kendrick Bangs, Thorne Smith, Robert Fitzgerald, Harry Leon Wilson, H. C. Witwer, F. Anstey, S. R. Crockett, Marietta Holley, Sewell Ford, A. S. M. Hutchinson, Anne Warner, Dornford Yates, Charles Heber Clark, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Finley Peter Dunne, Robert W. Chambers, W. W. Jacobs, F. Morton Howard, Richard Marsh, H. H. Sir Bashford, J. Storer Clouston, O. Henry, Charles Battell Loomis, E. F. Benson, Anita Loos, Wallace Irvin, Lawrence Daniel Fogg, Terry Southern, Henry Wallace Phillips, George V. Hobart, Stephen Leacock, Daisy Ashford, W. A. Darlington, Kendell Foster Crossen, Israel Zangwill, Ring Lardner, Charles Eustace Merriman, Wallace Irwin, Howard Roger Garis, W. Heath Robinson, Lucretia P. Hale, Richmal Crompton, Peter Newell ...

Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales is a vast and vibrant anthology that explores the rich tradition of humorous literature. Spanning a wide range of styles from satirical wit to slapstick humor, this collection features stories that highlight human folly and celebrate life's absurdities through laughter. This anthology skillfully brings together works from the golden age of humor ... Read more

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Laughter Therapy: 63 Classic Books of Humorous Tales is a vast and vibrant anthology that explores the rich tradition of humorous literature. Spanning a wide range of styles from satirical wit to slapstick humor, this collection features stories that highlight human folly and celebrate life's absurdities through laughter. This anthology skillfully brings together works from the golden age of humor
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The Wit and Humor of America (Vol. 1-10)

Comedy Anthology: Funny Stories, Poems, Humorous Articles, Fables & Fairy Tales

by O. Henry, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Bret Harte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Everett Hale, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Kendrick Bangs, William Dean Howells, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Henry Ward Beecher, John G. Saxe, James Russell Lowell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Robert W. Chambers, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Wallace Irwin, Eugene Field, Anne Virginia Culbertson, John Paul, Lloyd Osbourne, James Montgomery Flagg, Bill Nye, Robert J. Burdette, Wilbur D. Nesbit, Gelett Burgess, James Whitcomb Riley, Frank L. Stanton, Bayard Taylor, Artemus Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward, Charles Dudley Warner, Carolyn Wells, Owen Wister ...

Explore the rich tapestry of American humor with "The Wit and Humor of America" — a meticulously curated anthology spanning ten volumes. Edited by the renowned American humorist Marshall P. Wilder, this collection features the wit of literary giants such as Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O. Henry, and more. Delve into a diverse array of humorous gems, including funny stories, ... Read more

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Explore the rich tapestry of American humor with "The Wit and Humor of America" — a meticulously curated anthology spanning ten volumes. Edited by the renowned American humorist Marshall P. Wilder, this collection features the wit of literary giants such as Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Nathaniel Hawthorne, O. Henry, and more. Delve into a diverse array of humorous gems, including funny stories,
... Read more
The Secession Talks

Exhibitions in Conversation 2011–2022

Translated by Marc Hiatt, Louise Pain, Gegensatz Translation Collective ...

by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, John Akomfrah, Diana Al-Hadid, Francis Alÿs, Edgar Arceneaux0, Lutz Bacher1, Nairy Baghramian2, Yael Bartana3, Hannes Böck4, Ulla von Brandenburg5, Gerard Byrne6, Vija Celmins7, Olga Chernysheva8, Chto Delat9, David Claerbout0, Attila Csörgő1, Alex Da Corte2, Svenja Deininger3, Liz Deschenes4, Peter Doig5, Heinrich Dunst6, Nicole Eisenman7, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster8, Anthea Hamilton9, Bakani Pick-Up0, Maria Hassabi1, Edi Hila2, Anthony Huberman3, Robert Irwin4, Tess Jaray5, Tillman Kaiser6, Bouchra Khalili7, Joseph Leo Koerner8, Moritz Küng9, Ferdinand Schmatz0, Pablo Lafuente1, Dustin Ericksen2, Hilary Lloyd3, Asier Mendizabal4, Thomas Locher5, Inés Lombardi6, Tala Madani7, Till Megerle8, Jean-Luc Moulène9, Rudolf Polanszky0, Lisl Ponger1, R. H. Quaytman2, Ed Ruscha3, Payam Sharifi4, Danh Vō5 ...

The Secession Talks is a collection of artist talks on exhibitions that took place at the Secession from 2011 to 2022. They contextualize the exhibition history of the Secession and allow for a new consideration and evaluation of the program. As a collection, these conversations between artists and well-known art critics, art historians, curators, and artist colleagues form a unique interface ... Read more

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The Secession Talks is a collection of artist talks on exhibitions that took place at the Secession from 2011 to 2022. They contextualize the exhibition history of the Secession and allow for a new consideration and evaluation of the program. As a collection, these conversations between artists and well-known art critics, art historians, curators, and artist colleagues form a unique interface
... Read more
Exquisite Corpse

A Novel

by Robert Irwin ...

This "off-beat, brisk and darkly comic" historical novel about an artist's romantic obsession with his muse is "consistently clever and inventive." ( The New York Times)Set in London, Paris, and Munich in the 1940s and 1950s, Exquisite Corpse is, like Robert Irwin's cult classic, The Arabian Nightmare, a novel about the strange and ever-morphing powers of the imagination. At once a love story, a ... Read more

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This "off-beat, brisk and darkly comic" historical novel about an artist's romantic obsession with his muse is "consistently clever and inventive." ( The New York Times)Set in London, Paris, and Munich in the 1940s and 1950s, Exquisite Corpse is, like Robert Irwin's cult classic, The Arabian Nightmare, a novel about the strange and ever-morphing powers of the imagination. At once a love story, a
... Read more
Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh

A Novel

by Robert Irwin ...

The author of The Arabian Nightmare spins "a wryly subversive and darkly erotic fable" ( The Sunday Times).The virginal hero of the tale, Prince Orkhan, escapes from the Cage of the Imperial Harem, in which the sons of the sultan are imprisoned, and finds himself hailed by the Harem's concubines as their new Sultan. He is immediately caught up in the excesses and perversions of the Harem. But evil ... Read more

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The author of The Arabian Nightmare spins "a wryly subversive and darkly erotic fable" ( The Sunday Times).The virginal hero of the tale, Prince Orkhan, escapes from the Cage of the Imperial Harem, in which the sons of the sultan are imprisoned, and finds himself hailed by the Harem's concubines as their new Sultan. He is immediately caught up in the excesses and perversions of the Harem. But evil
... Read more
The Limits of Vision

A Novel

by Robert Irwin ...

An obsessive-compulsive housewife teeters on the edge of madness in this "immensely intelligent and delightful . . . dance of a book" ( The New York Times).The Limits of Vision is Robert Irwin's irrepressibly entertaining and imaginative novel about a young housewife named Marcia and the war she wages against dirt.Set over the course of a single day as Marcia goes about her quotidian activities ... Read more

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An obsessive-compulsive housewife teeters on the edge of madness in this "immensely intelligent and delightful . . . dance of a book" ( The New York Times).The Limits of Vision is Robert Irwin's irrepressibly entertaining and imaginative novel about a young housewife named Marcia and the war she wages against dirt.Set over the course of a single day as Marcia goes about her quotidian activities
... Read more
Wonders Will Never Cease

A Novel

by Robert Irwin ...

An Exhilarating, Magical Blend of History and Fantasy Set during the Original Game of Thrones.Beginning with the Palm Sunday battle of Towton, the bloodiest ever fought on English soil, Wonders Will Never Cease relates the fabulous adventures of one man and his noble family amid the chaos and political intrigue that beset England during the War of the Roses, when two great houses battled for ... Read more

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An Exhilarating, Magical Blend of History and Fantasy Set during the Original Game of Thrones.Beginning with the Palm Sunday battle of Towton, the bloodiest ever fought on English soil, Wonders Will Never Cease relates the fabulous adventures of one man and his noble family amid the chaos and political intrigue that beset England during the War of the Roses, when two great houses battled for
... Read more
Climate Change and Global Health

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Effects

by Dr Kerryn Higgs, Ågot Aakra, Khaled Abass, Robyn Alders, Kofi Amegah, Janetrix Hellen Amuguni, Gulrez Shah Azhar, Katherine Barraclough, Barbara Berner0, Alex Blum1, Justin Borevitz2, Menno Bouma3, Devin C. Bowles4, Mark Braidwood5, Anne Lise Brantsæter6, Cyril Caminade7, Katrina Charles8, Fiona Charlson9, Moumita Sett Chatterjee0, Matthew Chersich1, Rebecca Colvin2, Namukolo Covic3, Christopher B Daniels4, Richard Dennis5, Cybele Dey6, Hubert Dirven7, Yuming Guo8, Tari Haahtela9, Ivan C Hanigan0, Andrew Harmer1, Budi Haryanto2, Susanne Hyllestad3, Christine Instanes4, Ruth Irwin5, Ollie Jay6, Solveig Jore7, Ke Ju8, Tord Kjellstrom9, Marit Låg0, Jason KW Lee1, Shanshan Li2, Irakli Loladze3, Rosemary A. McFarlane4, Martin McKee5, Helle Margrete Meltzer6, Glen Mola7, Andy Morse8, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem9, Dr Nicholas H. Ogden0, Johan Øvrevik1, Rebecca Patrick2, Rezanur Rahaman3, Delia Randolph4, Shilpa Rao5, Arja Rautio6, Mary Robinson7, Tilman Ruff8, Subhashis Sahu9, Jonathan Samet0, Photini Sinnis1, Julie P Smith2, Jessica Stanhope3, Will Steffen4, Peter Stoett5, Stewart Sutherland6, Cathrine Thomsen7, Collin Tukuitonga8, May van Schalkwyk9, Gro Dehli Villanger0, Sue Wareham1, Philip Weinstein2, Bo Wen3, Robert White4, Kirsty Wild5, Kate Wingett6, Alistair Woodward7, Caradee Y. Wright8, Yao Wu9, Pei Yu0 ...

There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, ... Read more

$161.99 USD

There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international,
... Read more
Postphenomenology and Technologies within Educational Settings

by Jesper Aagaard, Håkon Jakobsen Aaltvedt, Jan Peter Bergen, André Epp, Kristy Forrest, Lesley Gourlay, Stacey Irwin, Annie Kurz, Ilya Levin, Dan Mamlok, Anne Pesch, Anke Redecker, Eliott Rooke, Robert Rosenberger, Tomoki Sakata, Andreas Stock, Joris Vlieghe, Galit Wellner, Martin Wilmer, Sou Hee Yang ...

Series series Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
Technologies such as tablets, plagiarism software, and learning videos are now an important part of teaching and learning around the world. The underlying human-technology relations that shape modern educational settings have a decisive influence on what education is and will be in the future.This volume applies the analytical tools of postphenomenology to the context of education. In three ... Read more

$109.99 USD

Technologies such as tablets, plagiarism software, and learning videos are now an important part of teaching and learning around the world. The underlying human-technology relations that shape modern educational settings have a decisive influence on what education is and will be in the future.This volume applies the analytical tools of postphenomenology to the context of education. In three
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