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David and Charles is an independent publisher of non-fiction books, predominantly in art, craft and creative categories. Our titles feature industry-leading authors and award-winning editorial and design, commissioned for commercial success in all markets. Category focus on practical how-to books in art, crochet, knitting, general crafts, patchwork & quilting, sewing and wellbeing. Cornerstone titles which are highly illustrated, project, technique and trend orientated.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2000Cultures of Empire
A reader
by Catherine Hall, Meg Davies
Collects together the best articles by key historians, literary critics, and anthropologists on the cultures of colonialism in the British Empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.. A substantial introduction by the distinguished historian, Professor Catherine Hall, discusses new approaches to the history of empire and establishes a narrative frame through which to read the essays which follow.. The volume is clearly divided into three sections: theoretical, emphasising concepts and approaches; the colonisers 'at home', focusing on how empire was lived in Britain; and 'away' - the attempt to construct new cultures through which the colonisers defined themselves and others in varied colonial sites. A useful guide to recent scholarship on the culture of imperialism. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2018Race and the Yugoslav region
by Catherine Baker, Gurminder K. Bhambra
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Literature & Literary StudiesApril 2023Charles Dickens and Georgina Hogarth
A curious and enduring relationship
by Christine Skelton
Charles Dickens called his sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth his 'best and truest friend'. Georgina saw Dickens as much more than a friend. They lived together for twenty-eight years, during which time their relationship constantly changed. The sister of his wife Catherine, the sharp and witty Georgina moved into the Dickens home aged fifteen. What began as a father-daughter relationship blossomed into a genuine rapport, but their easy relations were fractured when Dickens had a mid-life crisis and determined to rid himself of Catherine. Georgina's refusal to leave Dickens and his desire for her to remain in his household led to rumours of an affair and even illegitimate children. He left her the equivalent of almost £1 million and all his personal papers in his will. Georgina's commitment to Dickens was unwavering but it is far from clear what he did to deserve such loyalty. There were several occasions when he misused her in order to protect his public reputation. Why did Georgina betray her once much-loved sister? Why did she fall out with her family and risk her reputation in order to stay with Dickens? And why did the Dickenses' daughter Katey say it was 'the greatest mistake ever' to invite a sister-in-law to live with a family?
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2010Race, nation and empire
Making histories, 1750 to the present
by Catherine Hall, Keith McClelland, Julian Hoppit
The essays in this collection show how histories written in the past, in different political times, dealt with, considered, or avoided and disavowed Britain's imperial role and issues of difference. Ranging from enlightenment historians to the present, these essays consider both individual historians, including such key figures as E. A. Freeman, G. M. Trevelyan and Keith Hancock, and also broader themes such as the relationship between liberalism, race and historiography and how we might re-think British history in the light of trans-national, trans-imperial and cross-cultural analysis. 'Britishness' and what 'British' history is have become major cultural and political issues in our time. But as these essays demonstrate, there is no single national story: race, empire and difference have pulsed through the writing of British history. The contributors include some of the most distinguished historians writing today: C. A. Bayly, Antoinette Burton, Saul Dubow, Geoff Eley, Theodore Koditschek, Marilyn Lake, John M. MacKenzie, Karen O'Brien, Sonya O. Rose, Bill Schwarz, Kathleen Wilson. ;
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Humanities & Social SciencesApril 2022Russian grand strategy in the era of global power competition
by Andrew Monaghan, Richard Connolly
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The ArtsJanuary 2019The new pornographies
Explicit sex in recent French fiction and film
by Victoria Best, Martin Crowley
The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed the striking advance of pornography into the Western cultural mainstream. Symptomatic of this development has been the use by writers, artists, and film-makers of the imagery and aesthetics of pornography, in works which have, often on this basis, achieved considerable international success. Amongst these artists are a number of French authors and directors - such as Michel Houellebecq, Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, or Catherine Millet - whose work has often been dismissed as trashy or exploitative, but whose use of pornographic material may in fact be indicative of important contemporary concerns. In this, the first study of this significant trend, the authors explore how the reference to pornography encodes diverse political, cultural, and existential questions, including relations between the sexes, the collapse of avant-garde politics, gay sexualities in the time of AIDS, the anti-feminist backlash, the relation to the body and illness, the place of fantasy, and the sexualisation of children. It will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in the fields of French culture, gender, film and media studies.
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The ArtsJune 2021The new pornographies
Explicit sex in recent French fiction and film
by Victoria Best, Martin Crowley
The turn of the twenty-first century has witnessed the striking advance of pornography into the Western cultural mainstream. Symptomatic of this development has been the use by writers, artists, and film-makers of the imagery and aesthetics of pornography, in works which have, often on this basis, achieved considerable international success. Amongst these artists are a number of French authors and directors - such as Michel Houellebecq, Catherine Breillat, Virginie Despentes, or Catherine Millet - whose work has often been dismissed as trashy or exploitative, but whose use of pornographic material may in fact be indicative of important contemporary concerns. In this study of a very significant trend, the authors explore how the reference to pornography encodes diverse political, cultural, and existential questions, including relations between the sexes, the collapse of avant-garde politics, gay sexualities in the time of AIDS, the anti-feminist backlash, the relation to the body and illness, the place of fantasy, and the sexualisation of children. It will be of interest to undergraduates, graduates, and researchers in the fields of French culture, gender, film and media studies.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2016The World and other unpublished works by Radclyffe Hall
by Jana Funke
This book presents a wide range of previously unpublished works by Radclyffe Hall. These new materials significantly broaden and complicate critical views of Hall's writings. They demonstrate the stylistic and thematic range of her work and cover diverse topics, including 'outsiderism', gender, sexuality, race, class, religion, the supernatural and the First World War. Together, these texts shed a new light on unrecognised or misunderstood aspects of Hall's intellectual world. The volume also contains a substantial introduction, which situates Hall's unpublished writings in the broader context of her life and work. Overall, the book invites a critical reassessment of Hall's place in early twentieth-century literature and culture and offers rich possibilities for teaching and future research. It will be of interest to scholars and undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of English literature, modernism, women's writing, and gender and sexuality studies, and to general readers. ;
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 1905Alaska Days with John Muir
by Samuel Hall Young
Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians. In "Alaska Days With John Muir" he describes this 1879 meeting: "A hearty grip of the hand and we seemed to coalesce in a friendship which, to me at least, has been one of the very best things in a life full of blessings." This book, first published in 1915, describes two journeys of discovery taken in company with Muir in 1879 and 1880. Despite the pleas of his missionary colleagues that he not risk life and limb with "that wild Muir," Young accompanied Muir in the exploration of Glacier Bay. Upon Muir's return to Alaska in 1880, they traveled together and mapped the inside route to Sitka. Young describes Muir's ability to "slide" up glaciers, the broad Scotch he used when he was enjoying himself, and his natural affinity for Indian wisdom and theistic religion. From the gripping account of their near-disastrous ascent of Glenora Peak to Young's perspective on Muir's famous dog story "Stickeen," Alaska Days is an engaging record of a friendship grounded in the shared wonders of Alaska's wild landscapes.
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The ArtsJanuary 2019From Perversion to Purity
The stardom of Catherine Deneuve
by Lisa Downing, Sue Harris
Catherine Deneuve is indisputably one of the world's most celebrated actresses, both in her native France and throughout the world. Her career has spanned five decades during which she has worked with the most significant of French auteurs, as well as forging partnerships with international directors such as Bunuel and Polanski. The Deneuve star persona has attained such iconic status that it can now symbolise the very essence of French womanhood and civic identity. In this wide-ranging and authoritative collection of essays by a selection of international film academics and writers, the Deneuve persona is scrutinised and illuminated. Beyond the glamorous iconographic status of Yves Saint Laurent's muse, and the epitome of sexual inviolability, Deneuve's status as actress is foregrounded. The book will be essential reading for students and lecturers in star studies.
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900November 2015Emancipation and the remaking of the British Imperial world
by Edited by Catherine Hall, Nicholas Draper and Keith McClelland
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Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900January 2015Emancipation and the remaking of the British Imperial world
by Edited by Catherine Hall, Nicholas Draper and Keith McClelland
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Popular imperialism and the military, 1850-1950
by John M. MacKenzie
Colonial war played a vital part in transforming the reputation of the military and placing it on a standing equal to that of the navy. The book is concerned with the interactive culture of colonial warfare, with the representation of the military in popular media at home, and how these images affected attitudes towards war itself and wider intellectual and institutional forces. It sets out to relate the changing image of the military to these fundamental facts. For the dominant people they were an atavistic form of war, shorn of guilt by Social Darwinian and racial ideas, and rendered less dangerous by the increasing technological gap between Europe and the world. Attempts to justify and understand war were naturally important to dominant people, for the extension of imperial power was seldom a peaceful process. The entertainment value of war in the British imperial experience does seem to have taken new and more intensive forms from roughly the middle of the nineteenth century. Themes such as the delusive seduction of martial music, the sketch of the music hall song, powerful mythic texts of popular imperialism, and heroic myths of empire are discussed extensively. The first important British war correspondent was William Howard Russell (1820-1907) of The Times, in the Crimea. The 1870s saw a dramatic change in the representation of the officer in British battle painting. Up to that point it was the officer's courage, tactical wisdom and social prestige that were put on display.
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May 2022Sturmwächter 1. Das Geheimnis von Arranmore
by Catherine Doyle, Sylke Hachmeister, Bill Bragg
In "Sturmwächter 1. Das Geheimnis von Arranmore" von Catherine Doyle findet der 11-jährige Fionn Boyle zusammen mit seiner Schwester Tara den Weg zu der magischen irischen Insel Arranmore, um den Sommer bei ihrem Großvater zu verbringen. Dort entdeckt Fionn, dass er in die Fußstapfen seiner Vorfahren treten und als Sturmwächter die Insel und ihre Bewohner vor den dunklen Mächten schützen muss. Die Fähigkeit, Magie in der Flamme einer Kerze einzufangen und in die Vergangenheit zu reisen, eröffnet ihm eine neue Welt voller Geheimnisse und Abenteuer. Doch als sich ein heftiger Sturm ankündigt, steht Fionn vor der Herausforderung, die Inselbewohner vor der erwachenden dunklen Zauberin zu beschützen, die in den Tiefen Arranmores schläft. Catherine Doyles atmosphärisch dicht erzählter Roman ist eine Hommage an die Kraft der Natur und der Magie, verwebt mit der tiefen Verbindung zwischen Familie und Tradition. Fionn muss lernen, sein Erbe anzunehmen, seine Ängste zu überwinden und sein Vertrauen in die eigene Kraft zu finden, um seiner Bestimmung als Sturmwächter gerecht zu werden. "Sturmwächter 1. Das Geheimnis von Arranmore" ist nicht nur ein spannendes Abenteuer über Mut und Selbstfindung, sondern auch eine berührende Geschichte über den Umgang mit Trauer und den Zusammenhalt innerhalb der Familie. Mit seiner einzigartigen Mischung aus Magie, Humor und emotionaler Tiefe zieht das Buch Leser jeden Alters in seinen Bann und legt den Grundstein für eine fesselnde Reihe. Dieses einzigartige Fantasy-Abenteuer für Jung und Alt entführt Leser in eine Welt voller Magie und Mysterien auf der irischen Insel Arranmore, ideal für Leser ab 10 Jahren und auch Erwachsene. Überzeugt durch eine Kombination aus magischen Elementen, Familienbanden und der Auseinandersetzung mit ernsten Themen wie Trauer und Mut, eingebettet in eine fesselnde Handlung. Protagonist Fionn Boyle erlebt eine bemerkenswerte Reise des persönlichen Wachstums, unterstützt durch die lebendigen Nebencharaktere und die komplexe Beziehung zu seiner Familie. Die innovative Nutzung von Magie, insbesondere durch die Kerzen, die Zeitreisen ermöglichen, und die Auseinandersetzung mit der Naturgewalt, verleiht dem Buch eine einzigartige Note. Catherine Doyles Schreibstil ist fließend und atmosphärisch, wodurch die irische Landschaft und die magische Atmosphäre Arranmores lebendig werden. Die Suche nach dem neuen Sturmwächter und der Kampf gegen eine dunkle Macht halten die Spannung hoch und versprechen ein packendes Leseerlebnis. Mit Andeutungen auf zukünftige Herausforderungen und Entwicklungen bleibt die Vorfreude auf weitere Abenteuer in Arranmore bestehen. Neben Unterhaltung bietet das Buch auch Tiefgang durch die Auseinandersetzung mit Mut, Verlust und dem Wert von Erinnerungen.
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The ArtsMay 2005Andrew Davies
by Sarah Cardwell, Jonathan Bignell, Sarah Cardwell, Steven Peacock
One of Britain's foremost TV practitioners, Andrew Davies is the creator of programmes such as 'A Very Peculiar Practice', 'To Serve Them All My Days', 'Pride and Prejudice', 'Othello' and 'The Way We Live Now'. Although best known for his adaptations of the work of writers such as Jane Austen and George Eliot, he has written numerous original drama series, single plays, films, stage plays and books. This volume offers a critical appraisal of Davies's work, and assesses his contribution to British television. Cardwell also explores the conventional notions of authorship and auteurism which are challenged by Davies's work. Can we identify Davies as the author of the varied texts attributed to him? If so, does an awareness of his authorial role aid our interpretation and evaluation of those texts? How does the phenomenon of adaptation affect the issue of authorship? How important is 'the author' to television? This book will appeal to both an academic readership, and to the many people who have taken pleasure in Davies's work. ;
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writersMay 2001Sab
By Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda
by Catherine Davies
This tale of a slave's unrequited love for the woman who owns him is set in nineteenth-century colonial Cuba and was the only feminist-abolitionist novel published during the century in Spain or its colonies. This unique text raises important issues concerning power, race, gender and class in colonial societies, colonial and post-colonial subjectivity and identities, feminist appropriations of the abolitionist agenda, human rights discourse, and literary and philosophical issues associated with enlightenment thought. This new annotated critical edition is the first to provide the original Spanish text along with a substantial and authoritative introduction in English, as well as maps and tables relating to nineteenth-century Cuba, a vocabulary list, and suggestions for further reading.
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May 2022Sturmwächter 2. Die Magie von Arranmore
by Catherine Doyle, Sylke Hachmeister, Bill Bragg
In "Sturmwächter 2. Die Magie von Arranmore", der fesselnden Fortsetzung der "Sturmwächter"-Reihe von Catherine Doyle, spitzt sich die Lage auf der magischen irischen Insel Arranmore dramatisch zu. Der junge Sturmwächter Fionn Boyle steht vor einer seiner größten Herausforderungen: Die böse Zauberin Morrigan regt sich in den Tiefen der Insel, bedrohliche Seelenstelzer landen auf Arranmore, und Fionn muss seine Magie beherrschen lernen, bevor es zu spät ist. Doch diese Aufgabe erweist sich als schwieriger als erwartet, insbesondere da sein Großvater Malachy, der ihm bislang stets zur Seite stand, immer schwächer wird. Mit jedem Tag, der vergeht, intensiviert sich der Kampf um die Insel. Fionn, entkräftet durch das Versiegen seiner magischen Kräfte und konfrontiert mit dem schwindenden Gedächtnis seines Großvaters, ist gezwungen, sich auf seine Freunde Shelby und Sam zu verlassen. Gemeinsam suchen sie nach der verlorenen Armee der Merrows, mystische Meereskreaturen, die als einzige Morrigan und ihre Anhänger aufhalten können. Doch niemand außer Fionn glaubt an deren Existenz. Während die Inselbewohner sich auf eine Invasion vorbereiten, beginnt ein verzweifelter Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um Arranmore vor der Zerstörung zu bewahren. Diese Fortsetzung bleibt bis zum Schluss spannungsgeladen und bereitet die Bühne für den nächsten Band, der mit Sehnsucht erwartet wird. Die Geschichte setzt die Abenteuer von Fionn Boyle auf der magischen irischen Insel Arranmore fort, wo er gegen die böse Zauberin Morrigan und ihre Seelenstelzer kämpft. Erzählung durchdrungen von der Magie der Insel und einer dichten Atmosphäre, die die Leser in eine Welt voller Geheimnisse und alter Legenden entführt. Fionn steht vor der schwierigen Aufgabe, seine magischen Kräfte zu kontrollieren und die Insel zu schützen, während er persönliches Wachstum und Entwicklung durchmacht. Der Kampf gegen die dunklen Mächte und die Suche nach der verlorenen Armee der Merrows sorgen für durchgehende Spannung und fesselnde Wendungen. Die Sturmwächter-Reihe behandelt komplexe Themen wie Familie, Mut, Vertrauen und den Umgang mit Verlust und Ängsten, was eine zusätzliche emotionale Tiefe schafft. Begeistert Leser jeden Alters mit seiner faszinierenden Welt und der mitreißenden Geschichte. Ideal für Leser ab 10 Jahren, die sich nach magischen Welten sehnen, in denen die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fantasie verschwimmen und die das Geheimnisvolle und Mystische lieben.
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