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  • Jean Renoir

    Projections of Paradise

    by Ronald Bergan ...
    Now back in print, the definitive biography of a seminal figure in film history, whom Orson Welles called the greatest of all directors.”Jean Renoir’s career almost spans the history years of cinemafrom the early silent movies, to the naturalism of the talkies, committed cinema, film noir, Hollywood studio productions, the Technicolor-period comedies and fast television techniques. His film The ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Sergei Eisenstein

    A Life in Conflict

    by Ronald Bergan ...
    Now back in print, this acclaimed biography reassesses a titan of early cinema based on new material released after the fall of the Soviet Union.Sergei Eisenstein: A Life in Conflict tells the dramatic story of one of world cinema’s towering geniuses and principal theorists. Ronald Bergan details Eisenstein’s life from his precocious childhood to his explosion onto the avant-garde scene in ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Coen Brothers, Second Edition

    by Ronald Bergan ...
    Brought completely up to date, this insightful biography remains "a must for any self-respecting Coen fan" (Screentrade).This fully updated edition of the first biography of the Coen Brothers includes their complete work so far, from Blood Simple to Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), with a reassessment of their remarkable career as a whole. Joel and Ethan Coen have pulled off the ultimate balancing act. ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Short essays offer a kaleidoscopic, “provocative history of France” and its place within the world—from its prehistoric frescoes and Coco Chanel to the terrorist attacks of 2015 (New Yorker).“A major work, exhaustive, controversial and fresh—and entirely relevant to Anglophone readers”—that redefines how we write about national and world history (Guardian).Bringing together an impressive group of ... Read more

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  • Disasters at Sea

    A Visual History of Infamous Shipwrecks

    by Liz Mechem ...
    A fully illustrated collection of the most thrilling shipwrecks of all time!Experience the mystery and wonder of the bottom of the sea with over sixty accounts of shipwreck catastrophes. Illustrated with detailed maps and shipwreck locations, Disasters at Sea takes readers on a fascinating journey through history and to the ocean floor. Learn all about the historical details and theories of the ... Read more

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  • Antisemitism

    Part One of The Origins of Totalitarianism

    by Hannah Arendt ...
    Series Book 1 - The Origins of Totalitarianism
    In the first volume of her landmark philosophical work, The Origins of Totalitarianism, the political theorist traces the rise of antisemitism in Europe.Since it was first published in 1951, The Origins of Totalitarianism has been recognized as the definitive philosophical account of the totalitarian mindset. A probing analysis of Nazism, Stalinism, and the "banality of evil", it remains one of ... Read more

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  • Shame

    The Exposed Self

    by Michael Lewis ...
    Shame, the quintessential human emotion, received little attention during the years in which the central forces believed to be motivating us were identified as primitive instincts like sex and aggression. Now, redressing the balance, there is an explosion of interest in the self-conscious emotion. Much of our psychic lives involve the negotiation of shame, asserts Michael Lewis, internationally ... Read more

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  • 1616

    The World in Motion

    A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN TIME: Discover surprising stories of the pioneering men and women who ushered the world toward modernity in this continent-spanning slice of world history.Features 140 full-color reproductions of period artwork, engravings, maps, and drawings, with fascinating sidebars throughout.The early 17th century was a time of enormous change in most regions of the world. The advent of ... Read more

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  • Hitler's Hangman

    The Life of Heydrich

    A chilling biography of the head of Nazi Germany's terror apparatus, a key player in the Third Reich whose full story has never before been told.Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Police, the SS Security Service, and the Gestapo, ruthless ... Read more

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  • The Eagle in the Mirror

    by Jesse Fink ...
    Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of Charles Howard “Dick” Ellis, the Australian-born British intelligence officer and master spy accused by some espionage experts of being the traitor of the century.The longest serving spy for the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Ellis came to New York at ... Read more

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  • The Bare Bones

    An Unconventional Evolutionary History of the Skeleton

    Series series Life of the Past
    What can we learn about the evolution of jaws from a pair of scissors? How does the flight of a tennis ball help explain how fish overcome drag? What do a spacesuit and a chicken egg have in common? Highlighting the fascinating twists and turns of evolution across more than 540 million years, paleobiologist Matthew Bonnan uses everyday objects to explain the emergence and adaptation of the ... Read more

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  • Maps & Civilization

    Cartography in Culture and Society

    A concise introduction to the history of cartography.In Maps & Civilization: Cartography in Culture and Society, Norman J. W. Thrower charts the intimate links between maps and history from antiquity to the present day. A wealth of illustrations, including the oldest known map and contemporary examples made using Geographical Information Systems (GIS), illuminate the many ways in which various ... Read more

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