This book proposes a new interpretation of Alexis de Tocqeville that views him first and foremost as a social scientist rather than as a political theorist. Elster proposes a novel reading of Democracy in America offers a reading of Ancien Regime and the Revolution. Elster argues that Tocqueville's main claim to our attention today rests on the large number of exportable causal mechanisms to be found in his work, many of which are still worthy of further exploration.Cambridge, 2009; 202 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 23,99 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
Arthur Conan Doyle was a.o. a doctor and the creator of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, who is renowned for his ability to unravel any mystery with cool logic. It was a great shock to his fans, when he declared that he was an adherent of Spiritualism and that he professed a belief in fairies. Andrew Norman, a doctor himself, examines Conan Doyle's medical records and writings to solve these seeming contradictions.Tempus, 2007; 192 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 27,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
Reveals the relationships between Arthur Miller's life and his work, from the early, autobiographical plays to his personal and political references in After the Fall. All his work is discussed, from tentative idea to completed production.Faber and Faber, 2005; 486 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 20,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
This volume of Cecil Beaton's unexpurgated diaries, 1965-1969, catches this prolific photographer, artist, writer and designer at the height of his powers and at the centre of everything. Here is Beaton around the world, always in the hot spots of the moment - photographing the Queen in London, doing fashion shoots for British Vogue, having lunch with Noel Coward, in Morocco with the Rolling Stones, in Monaco to see Princess Grace, invited for tea with Jacqueline Onassis a.o.Knopf, 2003; 522 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 13,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
In 1764 and '65 the irrepressible playwright Beaumarchais travelled to Madrid, where immersed himself in the life and society and returned home to create The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. Account of his visit to Madrid.Yale, 2006; 177 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 25,00 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
In dit boek zijn 12 biografieen van beroemde Romeinen uit de tijd van de Romeinse republiek opgenomen, van Camillus tot Marcus Antonius. Voor deze biografieen zocht Ploutarchos naar uitspraken van deze mannen, anekdotes, brieven en dagboeken.Athenaeum, 2008; 611 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w; hbhb € 45,00
The life of W.B. Yeats has hardly been neglected. Yet the subject of his politics is one that his various biographers have largely failed to examine. This provocative biography discusses various aspects of Yeats' political mind.Pimlico, 2005; 482 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 22,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 61 %
An entirely new kind of biography, Built of Books explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books. Wilde's library, which Thomas Wright spent 20 years reading, provides the intellectual and emotional climate at the core of this deeply engaging portrait.Henry Holt, 2009; 370 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 27,90 Voor/Our Price € 9,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
The acclaimed biographer of James Joyce, Edna O'Brien presents an intimate biography of Lord Byron that suits her fiery and charismatic subject. She follows the poet from the dissipations of Regency London to the wilds of Albania and the Socratic pleasures of Greece and Turkey, culminating in his meteoric rise to fame at the age of 24 on the publication of Childe Harold.Norton, 2009; 288 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
This revised edition of a classic book looks in detail at the life of the poet Catullus in the Rome of Julius Caesar, providing the reader with a fascinating and coherent picture of the life and work of Catullus whilst illuminating the unrest, violence that surrounded ancient Rome. Includes a selection of poems.Amberley, 2010; 235 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
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