A major monograph on one of the most outstanding representatives of new German photography. Like Gursky, Struth & Ruff, Candida Hofer studied with Bernd & Hilla Becher. Her images are predominantly of public spaces with people notably absent, yet her work reflects human culture & lifestyle. ...

Contains Candida Hofer's famously ascetic images of the Escorial in Spain, the Whitney Museum & the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, Villa Medici in Rome & the Hamburg University Library, among others. Umberto Eco contributes an essay on libraries. ...

This documentary-style political drama features Robert Redford as Bill Mc Kay, an idealistic attorney who reluctantly stands for Senate. On the understanding that neither his ex-governor father (Melvyn Douglas) nor the party machine will interfere, Mc Kay runs a refreshingly honest campaign that sees him closing in on the state's present encumbent (Don Porter). However, the temptation to sell out is ever present in the world of politics & Mc Kay finds his worthy stance being challenged from every corner. Director Michael Ritchie & Oscar-winning writer Jeremy Larner based their film on real-life experiences of political campaigning during the sixties. ...

Examines the Society of Artists of Great Britain from its origins to its demise in 1791. This book looks at the politics & personalities behind the public exhibitions to uncover the profound impact on the history of British art. It analyses the motivations behind the exhibitions & explores the competing interests that shaped their development. ...

The spirit of satire flourished during the Enlightenment, & its crowning achievement was Voltaire's " Candide". It follows the worldwide encounters
- with shipwrecks, earthquakes, pestilence & human insanity
- of its hero & his absurd tutor, Dr Pangloss.

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Follow Candide & his tutor Pangloss, as they journey the earth following the philosophy: ' All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds'. This adage, however, is disproved at many turns. Candide realises some of the horrors the eighteenth-century world contains, but is there any light at the end of the tunnel for the travellers? ...