A colourfully illustrated collection of more than ninety untranslatable words & phrases & the unique insights they offer into the cultures they come from 128 pages Illustrated in colour throughout Moore Christopher J ...

When Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia was published in 1977 it heralded the arrival of a startling new talent in British literature Critics were surprised & spellbound by a story of an adventure which blurred the boundaries between travel writing biography history & memoir All readers recognised its timeless quality
- Auberon Waugh went as far as to call it a classic' Forty years later Chatwin's first book continues to inspire generations of travellers & writers This 40th anniversary edition celebrates the enduring status of In Patagonia &

Includes:: a host of material from the archive to recreate the book's genesis & publication


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Beautifully written & full of wonderful descriptions & intriguing tales In Patagonia is an account of Bruce Chatwin's travels to a remote country in search of a strange beast & his encounters with the people whose fascinating stories delay him on the road ...

A leading contrarian thinker explores the ethical paradox at the heart of history's wounds The conventional wisdom about historical memory is summed up in George Santayana's celebrated phrase Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it Today the consensus that it is moral to remember immoral to forget is nearly absolute & yet is this right? David Rieff an independent writer who has reported on bloody conflicts in Africa the Balkans & Central Asia insists that things are not so simple He poses hard questions about whether remembrance ever truly has or indeed ever could inoculate the present against repeating the crimes of the past He argues that rubbing raw historical wounds-whether self-inflicted or imposed by outside forces-neither remedies injustice nor confers reconciliation If he is right then historical memory is not a moral imperative but rather a moral option-sometimes called for sometimes not Collective remembrance can be toxic Sometimes Rieff concludes it may be more moral to forget Ranging widely across some of the defining conflicts of modern times-the Irish Troubles & the Easter Uprising of 1916 the white settlement of Australia the American Civil War the Balkan wars the Holocaust & 911-Rieff presents a pellucid examination of the uses & abuses of historical memory His contentious brilliant & elegant essay is an indispensable work of moral philosophy ...

A new century new threats to love Love without risks is like war without deaths
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This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists Tanizaki's eye ranges over architecture jade food toilets & combines an acute sense of the use of space in buildings as well as perfect descriptions of lacquerware under candlelight & women in the darkness of the house of pleasure The result is a classic description of the collision between the shadows of traditional Japanese interiors & the dazzling light of the modern age ...

To call this collection 'verse' is a misnomer obverse reverse converse adverse or diverse maybe Raised on a diet of ' The Goon Show' it's a Square world' & the ' Goodies' the author has permitted this mix to ferment between his ears then added the scribbling from a thousand lavatory walls to produce a work of nonsense that must rival the very best edicts that the European Parliament can offerand at least his rhymes! ...

This show-all romp through design-world darling Jessica Hische&s sketchbook reveals the creative & technical process behind making award-winning hand lettering See everything from Hische&s rough sketches to her polished finals for major clients such as Wes Anderson NPR & Starbucks The result is a well of inspiration & brass tacks information for designers who want to sketch distinctive letterforms & hone their skills With more than 250 images & metallic silver ink printed throughout to represent her penciled sketches this highly visual book is an essential--and entirely enjoyable--resource for those who practice or simply appreciate the art of hand lettering ...

Matthew Oates has led a butterflying life Naturalist conservationist & passionate lover of poetry he has devoted himself to these exalted creatures to their observation to singing their praises & to ensuring their survival Based on fifty years of detailed diaries In Pursuit of Butterflies is the chronicle of this life Oates leads the reader through a lifetime of butterflying across the mountain tops the peat bogs sea cliffs meadows heaths the chalk downs & great forests of the British Isles Full of humour zeal digression expertise & anecdote this book provides a profound encounter with one of our great butterfly lovers & with a half-century of butterflies in Britain ...

A unique combination of travelogue current affairs & history showing how Russia's

Dimensions have shaped its identity

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