The Books That Shaped Art History reassesses the impact of some of the most important texts of art history published during the twentieth century. Each of the sixteen incisive chapters focuses on a single title & is written by a leading art historian curator or one of the promising scholars of todays generation. In bringing these cross-generational contributions together this book provides a varied & invaluable overview of the history of art told through its seminal texts. The sixteen books include Nikolaus Pevsners gospel of Modernism Pioneers of the Modern Movement Alfred Barrs now legendary monograph on Matisse E.H. Gombrichs Art & Illusion Clement Greenbergs Art & Culture which had a seismic impact when it was published in 1961 & Rosalind Krausss The Originality of the Avant-Garde & Other Modernist Myths which introduced structuralist & post-structuralist philosophy into art historical study. Initiated by & prepared under the auspices of The Burlington Magazine each chapter
- with writers including John Elderfield Richard Verdi & Susie Nash
- analyses a single major book mapping the intellectual development of its author setting out the premises & argument of the book discussing its position within the field of art history & looking at its significance in the context both of its initial reception & its legacy. An introduction by John-Paul Stonard explores how art history has been forged by these outstanding contributions to scholarship as well as by the dialogues & ruptures between them. The book is supplemented by contextual essays summarising the achievements of each art historian & offering a detailed publication history of their texts with suggestions for further reading. Enlivening debates & questioning the very status of art history itself The Books That Shaped Art History is a concise & brilliant overview of the discipline & an invaluable resource for students teachers bibliophiles & all those interested in visual culture & its histories.

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Two weeks after September 11th award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict there. In the following spring she returned to live with an Afghan family for several months. For more than twenty years Sultan Khan defied the authorities
- be they communist or Taliban
- to supply books to the people of Kabul. He was arrested interrogated & imprisoned by the communists & watched illiterate Taliban soldiers burn piles of his books in the street. He even resorted to hiding most of his stock in attics all over Kabul. But while Khan is passionate in his love of books & hatred of censorship he is also a committed Muslim with strict views on family life. As an outsider Seierstad is able to move between the private world of the women
- including Khans two wives
- & the more public lives of the men. & so we learn of proposals & marriages suppression & abuse of power crime & punishment. The result is a gripping & moving portrait of a family & a clear-eyed assessment of a country struggling to free itself from history.



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In the sequel to Russell's best-selling biography ' My Booky Wook' we follow the now sober but still scandalous sex-fuelled star on his electrifying rise to international fame. A roller coaster ride through tours films stand up & tabloids
- this time it's personal. Rarely has a sequel delivered on the promise of the original with such literary & comic gusto. In Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal Russell Brand takes off where his international best-seller My Book Wook left off. Brand is sober & after dedicating his life & compromising his sanity in the pursuit of fame he has had his first taste of national notoriety. Does fame bring happiness & inner peace? Not exactly but it does mean a lot of sex. It also ushers in an unforgettable & raucous ride through chat shows tabloid scandals & Hollywood all the while detailing Brand's search for the contentment that fame can't quite grant. Booky Wook 2 is a celebrity memoir" unlike any you've read before: more clever & inventive than ever Russell Brand explores the consequences of massive stardom just as he demonstrates the power of language & wit to make sense of it all."
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Leo is having trouble fitting in. Whether it's pulling his pants down in the schoolyard or compulsively saluting Mazdas because the company sponsors his football team Leo can never seem to say or do the right thing. & Jo is struggling to help him find his place as she juggles work & the ordinary demands of motherhood. But her beloved only child has been reading novels since he started school amazes strangers with his encyclopaedic knowledge of sport statistics & displays a wit sharp beyond his years
- could he be gifted? In fact it turns out Leo has Asperger's Syndrome. This is the bittersweet blackly funny story of a boy & his very twenty-first-century family & why being different isn't a disability
- it just takes a bit of getting used to. Reflection reveals that Asperger's traits run in Leo's family; which prompts Jo to ponder the line between passion & obsession & ask the question: what the hell is 'normal' anyway?

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In Boomerang" Michael Lewis the international bestselling author of " The Big Short" " Liars' Poker" " The Blind Side" & " Moneyball" turns his trademark wit to the subject of how the financial meltdown hit us all in the face. Right now Europe is in serious financial chaos. In Greece infrastructure costs mean it would be cheaper to transport all Greek rail passengers by taxi & hairdressing is classified as arduous for tax avoidance purposes. In Iceland Range Rovers frequently explode as owners collect the insurance to pay for them. Ireland saw the entire country put up for sale
- to itself while the Germans expected the whole world to behave like them. But the whole world didn't. In this hilarious fascinating timely must-read Michael Lewis reveals the true natures of the countries caught up in
- & exacerbating
- our boomerang economies."


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The Boosey Woodwind & Brass Method" answers the new & changing demands in teaching: it helps make individual & group teaching easier more integrated & more effective. " The Boosey Woodwind & Brass Method" provides everything you need for teaching music through the instrument. Its unique approach develops general musical skills through a programme of quality solo & ensemble music with additional activities & an audio CD including listening activities. Because the method is based on a clear curriculum it provides an easy-to-use system for teaching & all the flexible resources you need for every situation whether individual group or mixed instrument teaching. This series provides a complete instrumental curriculum whilst developing technique & musicianship." ...

This book contains: A Groovy Kind of Love (Wine & Sager); A la claire fontaine; Another Way; At Daybreak (Marks); Athol Highlanders Jig; Au clair de la lune; Aura Lee; Basilica (Barratt); Beach Hut (Norton); Beguine (Marks); Beguine Again (Marks); Bird Food (Norton); Blue 4 U (Marks); Cactus Tree; Cantilena (Jenkins); Catch Your Breath (York); Centre Stage (Barratt); Charming (Norton); Club Soda (Norton); Cool Time (Morgan); Dodi li; Dona dona; Dreamtime (York); Early One Morning; Eriskay Love Lilt; E-zy to Play; Fanfare Time (Norton); Fortune Cookies (Barratt); Good King Wenceslas; Happy Daze (Marks); Helas Madame (arr. Barratt); Here on my Own; High Hopes; Hine ma tov (Naplan); I Love my Love; Icelandic Lulaby; Ill Set my Love to Music (Oliviero); Image (York & Marks); Imaginary Dancer (Morgan); In the Street; Jingle Bells (Pierpont); Kalinka; Kenya Melody (trans. Hugh); Knights Templar March (Barratt); Land of the Silver Birch; & Lazy Afternoon (Street). It also contains: Level Headed (Norton); Lhomme arme; Lightly Row; Lopsided (Marks); Mairis Wedding; Mattachins; Mayim! Mayim!; Miles to Go (Norton); Minuet (Bach); Minuet (Purcell); Now the Day is Over; Old Joe Clark; On the Spot; One Two Watch; Over & Over Again; Over the Moon (Marks); Penguins on Toast; Promenade (Harris); Quirk (Barratt); Rags n Bones (York); Rambling Man (Marks); Russian Dance (arr. Barratt); Scarborough Fair; Shore to Sea; Slalom; Smooth Moves (Morgan); Spooky Route (Barratt); Spring (Vivaldi); Step by Step (Marks); Summer Song; Swing Low Sweet Chariot; Tall Tale Big Hat (Norton); The Cat (Prokofieff); The Girl I Left Behind Me; The Humming Round (OHanrahan); The Saxophone Rap (Marks); This Way That Way (Morgan); Tied up Tight (Marks); Time & Again (Morgan); Time Out Time Off (Marks); Together; Tragic Consequences (Norton); & Troika (Prokofieff). It also
Includes:: Upstairs Downstairs (Marks); Viva la musica (Praetorius); Wave Machine (Marks); When the Saints Go Marching In; While Shepherds Watched; Woogie Boogie (Marks); Yankee Doodle; You & Me (Morgan); & Your Shout!
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Renowned chess teacher & grandmaster Artur Yusupov continues his complete course of chess improvement. Yusupovs previous books have proven popular with chess coaches all over the world who use the tests on their pupils
- cut out the middleman & read Yusupov direct. Boost Your Chess 1" is part of a nine-book course of three series each of three books. The series are " Build up your Chess" " Boost your Chess" & " Chess Evolution". Each series starts with The Fundamentals then the chess level increases in Beyond the Basics & culminates in Mastery. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of chess understanding using carefully selected positions & advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles."
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This volume continues Yusupovs Beyond the Basics Series". " The Fundamentals" series shows players the basic ideas they should know then the " Beyond the Basics" series sets off on the road to mastery. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of chess understanding using carefully selected positions & advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles." ...

This volume continues Artur Yusupov's complete course of chess improvement. The Fundamentals" series showed players the basic ideas they should know. " The Beyond the Basics" series set off on the road to mastery & now in the " Mastery" series we arrive at our final destination. Yusupov guides the reader using carefully selected positions & advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles." ...