"Paul Verhoeven's father, John, is a cop. Well, an ex-cop. Long since retired, John spent years embroiled in some of the seediest, scariest intrigue and escapades imaginable. Paul, however, is something of an artsy, sensitive soul who can't understand why he doesn't have the sam…
Paul Verhoeven's father, John, is a cop. Well, an ex-cop. Long since retired, John spent years embroiled in some of the seediest, scariest intrigue and escapades imaginable. Paul, however, is something of an artsy, sensitive soul who can't understand why he doesn't have the same…
Never before has a member of the Packer family co-operated with a writer to tell their story. In his biography, The Price of Fortune, one of the nation's richest and most psychoanalysed men opens up in an attempt to make sense of his rollercoaster life and to tell the human stor…
"At the age of 9, Romesh Ranganathan delivered his first ever stand-up set at a Pontin's Holiday Camp talent competition, smashing the only other competitor, a young girl playing the kazoo. The gig went so well that Romesh retired his comic genius for twenty two years, hiding be…
As enigmatic in life as in death, Mollie Dean was a woman determined to transcend. Creatively ambitious and sexually precocious, at twenty-five she was a poet, aspiring novelist and muse on the peripheries of Melbourne's bohemian salons - until one night in 1930 she was brutally…
"At seventy-five, Terry and Monica Darlington had done everything they could think of doing, including starting a business and becoming athletes and running a literary society. Lately they had become boating adventurers and Terry a bestselling writer. But in their Midlands canal…
Personal, first-hand accounts from transgender and non-binary individuals and the diverse experiences and challenges they face before, during and after transition. This comprehensive introduction to trans issues details the social, physical and emotional struggles involved in be…
Following the deaths of Trayvon Martin and other black youths in recent years, students on campuses across America have joined professors and activists in calling for justice and increased awareness that Black Lives Matter. In this second edition of his trenchant and provocative…
Iconoclast, inventor, visionary, genius, adopted, dropout, fired. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, was all of these things. Through his life he was loved, hated, admired and dismissed, yet he was a living legend, revolutionising the music world and single-handedly introducing t…
Steve Jobs has been described as a showman, artist, tyrant, genius, jerk. Through his life he was loved, hated, admired and dismissed, yet he was a living legend; the genius who founded Apple in his parent's garage when he was just 21 years-old, revolutionising the music world. …
"In January 1890 the account of three visits to the Solomon Islands made between 1886 and 1889 by the young English naturalist, Charles Morris Woodford, was published in London, to some critical acclaim, by George Philip and Sons. With a typical late-Victorian eye for romance in…
Siebzehn AutorInnen aus sieben historisch- kulturwissenschaftlichen Fächern untersuchen Strategien und Konkretisierungen visueller Darstellung von Kult: Inszenierungen und Erfahrungen von Kult, Personenkult, Kulträume und Manifestationen von Kultpraxis. In den Blick genommen wer…
Until today, the death of Charles VI and Maria Theresia{u2019}s ascending the throne 1740 is seen as a major turning point in Austrian history. But now is the question of whether in different 2layers3 and 2rooms3 without doubt fundamental change between 1720 and 1780 not differe…
Der Tiroler Adelige Oswald von Wolkenstein (um 1376-1445), ein einzigartiger Exponent spätmittelalterlicher deutscher Lyrik, hat neben seinem künsterischen Werk Briefe, Urkunden und Akten hinterlassen, die seine persönliche ritterliche Karriere und das standestypische Leben sein…
The Tyrolean knight Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca 1376 - 1445) is considered to be the most important German poet and composer of the Late Middle Ages. Besides his songs and compositions more than 1000 documents bear evidence of his chivalrous career and the medieval life of the lo…
Das im 3. Band edierte Quellenmaterial aus Archiven und Bibliotheken Österreichs, Italiens, Deutschlands, Tschechiens und der Schweiz präsentiert Oswald von Wolkenstein als Rechtssachverständigen, Krieger, Diplomaten, Fürstendiener und unermüdlichen Politiker. Er führt Fehden un…
