1884 results for 'Rufus Opus'

Representing the Crusades: From Medieval Imagination to Contemporary Popular Culture explores how the Crusades are portrayed in popular culture today. This comparative study examines representations...

The Cultural Politics of Chick Lit Popular Fiction, Postfeminism and Representation by Heike Missler provides a nuanced exploration of the chick lit genre as both a literary phenomenon and a cultural...

Exploring how eugenic ideas emerged in US mass culture during the 1930s, Popular Eugenics examines the intersection of ideology, visual aesthetics, and popular media. This collection of essays...

The origins of the Bible's creation stories are shrouded in mystery, but recent discoveries have shed new light on their ancient roots. Clay tablets from Sumeria and Babylonia reveal the oldest...

Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant explores the intersection of philosophy and space travel. This collection of articles examines the human condition through the lens of the Star Trek...

The Amazing Octopus Creature from an unknown world takes you beneath the waves to explore the fascinating world of octopuses. Discover how these intelligent creatures have evolved and what makes them...

Fashioning Indie explores the evolution of indie style from its 1980s British music roots to its current international fashion phenomenon. This transformation has been driven by the lucrative...

The Business: A History of Popular Music from Sheet Music to Streaming by Simon Napier-Bell. From 1713, when parliament granted writers ownership over their work, the music industry has evolved into...

Open Democracy: Reinventing Popular Rule for the Twenty-First Century by Hélène Landemore presents a new paradigm for democracy that seeks to recover some of the lost openness of ancient democracies...

Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture by Gideon Nisbet explores how the ancient world continues to captivate audiences today. This revised and expanded second edition examines the reception of...

The Festival of Pirs: Popular Islam and Shared Devotion in South India By Afsar Mohammad In the village of Gugudu in Andhra Pradesh, a unique blend of religious practices has emerged. Here, the...

The Republican Party's future is being remade by a diverse coalition of working-class voters from multiple racial backgrounds. In 2020, Donald Trump's unexpectedly strong performance in the...

The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era by Barry Eichengreen Populism has become a dominant force in politics worldwide, with leaders from both the left...

The Handmaid's Tale and Philosophy A Womb of One's Own by Rachel Robison-Greene explores the connections between sex, power, identity, autonomy, and consent in a thought-provoking analysis of...

Discover your creative voice with Pop Prompts, a unique collection of 200 writing prompts inspired by popular music. Award-winning screenwriter and teacher Erik Patterson has crafted this book to...

The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era by Barry J. Eichengreen Populism has spread rapidly across the globe, with its most recent surge reaching a fever...

When Children Kill Children: Penal Populism and Political Culture examines the response to child-on-child homicide in two different countries. A comparison between the English and Norwegian criminal...

Medieval Heresy: Popular Movements from the Gregorian Reform to the ReformationThis comprehensive history of the great heretical movements of the Middle Ages has been updated for its third edition,...

Democratic Passions: A New Perspective on 19th-Century Politics This book challenges the traditional view that politics is an arena of reason, where emotions play no part. Instead, it reveals that...

Scotland and the Music Hall, 1850-1914 by Paul Maloney explores the vibrant Scottish performing culture that emerged in Glasgow during the 19th century. This unique urban entertainment drew heavily...

Bob Dylan in the Attic: The Artist as Historian explores the musician's unique approach to history and its influence on his work. Through interviews, speeches, and close analysis of lyrics and live...

Ebony and Ivory by Chapple Brian is a lively set of pieces for the competent clarinettist. This collection explores lighter styles with witty and engaging results. The music features a range of...

Storyworlds Stage 6: Fantasy World is part of a popular reading series designed to engage children in fiction. This edition features Olly the Octopus, a story that will keep your child turning the...

A Wealth of Numbers: An Anthology of 500 Years of Popular Mathematics Writing brings to life a little-known side of math history. This entertaining and enlightening collection gathers nearly one...

Hearing Sexism in the Sound of Popular Music: A Feminist Approach by L. J. Müller explores how sexism is embedded in music and its impact on gender performance.Through an analysis of the voices of...

The Role of the Media in Criminal Justice Policy Prisons, Populism and the Press by Natalia Antolak-SaperThis book offers a socio-legal analysis of how the media influences the development and...

This Must Be The Place: An Architectural History of Popular Music Performance Venues by Robert Kronenburg explores the development of music venue architecture and its impact on urban identity. From...

Ordinary Egyptians Creating the Modern Nation through Popular Culture by Ziad Fahmy explores how popular culture played a significant role in shaping Egypt's national identity from the 1870s to the...

Cultural Netizenship explores how social media activism in Nigeria intersects with online popular culture, shaping resistance to dominant power articulations. James Yékú proposes the concept of...

Travels in the Netherworld explores a lesser-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature that reveals universal Buddhist principles about death and the afterlife. These stories, which claim to...

Imperial Benevolence: U.S. Foreign Policy and American Popular Culture since 9/11 by Scott Laderman and Tim Gruenewald explores how popular culture in the United States often obscures awareness of...

The soundtrack for a nuclear war. During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of communism and global conflict. This music offers a unique perspective on...

This comprehensive guide to English language skills features 70 popular sentences that cover various aspects of grammar and vocabulary. From basic phrases like "it is" and "get/got", to more complex...

The Politics of the Precariat: From Populism to Lulista Hegemony by Ruy Braga explores the social history of Brazil through the lens of Marxist critical sociology. Braga examines the evolution of...

War Memory and Popular Culture: Essays on Modes of Remembrance and Commemoration This collection of essays explores how war is remembered and commemorated through various forms of popular culture,...

This insightful book explores the complex interplay between memory, militarism and masculinity in Japan's Self-Defense Forces. A comparative feminist ethnography that sheds light on the psychological...

Spreadin' Rhythm Around: Black Popular Songwriters, 1880-1930 is a comprehensive study of African-American songwriters who made significant contributions to popular song during this period...

The Sixties, Center Stage offers new insights into the innovative and provocative political underpinnings of mainstream and popular performances in the 1960s. By examining the social, political, and...

The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture: A Feminist Critique by Mary J. Magoulick explores how goddess characters are perceived in modern media, often reflecting patriarchal...

This comprehensive volume offers a comparative analysis of the Populist Radical Left in contemporary Europe. Drawing on discursive and ideational approaches to populism, it maps the novel features of...

The Parlour and the Streets: Elite and Popular Culture in Nineteenth-century CalcuttaBy Sumanta Banerjee, this book explores how traditional artisans from neighboring villages shaped a new urban folk...

A comprehensive collection of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' work on political economy, this single-volume edition brings together all three volumes of their monumental study. It offers an...

Dylan's magnum opus, Blonde on Blonde, is a trailblazing album that continues to captivate audiences. This book provides the most extensive account of the sessions that produced the album, setting...

Translated from one of the earliest extant manuscripts available, this volume presents a complete translation of Rumi's magnum opus, the Divan-i Kabir. Directly from the original Persian and Arabic,...

Reading Machiavelli offers a fresh perspective on the works of Niccolò Machiavelli. This new reading challenges prevailing understandings of his major political writings, including The Prince,...

The NRSVue Popular Text Bible, NR530:T Updated Edition is a revised version of the New Revised Standard Version, informed by recent advances in biblical studies and linguistic research. This British...

Conversations with an Octopus Calm Waters Conceal Dark Secrets by Rebecca Smith is a captivating mystery that unfolds in a charming seaside town. When the body of a local landlord is discovered,...

Between 1934 and 1941, Stalin's regime implemented policies that would come to be known as the 'Great Terror', affecting millions of Soviet citizens. This period also saw the 'Great Retreat', marking...

Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection by Megan McCafferty is a humorous novel about navigating the challenges of junior high. On the...

Discover timeless quilting patterns with a modern twist in Roll with the Classics. This collection features 12 beginner-friendly jelly roll quilt projects that use today's pre-cut strips, making it...

The Gothic and Catholicism: Religion, Cultural Exchange and the Popular Novel, 1785-1829 by Maria Purves offers a groundbreaking analysis of the gothic novel. Challenging the conventional view that...

The romance genre offers an imaginative space for heroines to explore their identities. In "Creating Identity", Jayashree Kamblé examines how these characters reject societal labels and remake...

Borders of states, borders of citizenship, borders of exclusion. As the lines drawn on international treaty maps become ditches in the ground and roaming barriers in the air, a complex state...

Robotization of Work? Answers from Popular Culture, Media and Social Sciences by Barbara Czarniawska and Bernward Joerges is a timely examination of how our perceptions of work and job security have...

Masking and Power explores the complex role of masking in Caribbean cultures, examining how individuals use masks to negotiate their identities and relationships within colonial regimes. Through...

The Yoni Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power By Rufus C. Camphausen This book explores the universal symbol of feminine creativity, known as the yoni, which has been depicted in various forms...

Harold Bauer's Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15 is a collection of piano pieces that evoke the innocence and wonder of childhood.Comprising eight movements, this opus features a range of moods and...

The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro's Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal This book is a detailed account of a complex and far-reaching criminal enterprise, exposing the inner...

Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room is the first biography of one of post-war Britain's most recognisable authors, poets and performers. Ivor Cutler was known for his eccentric behaviour on...

The Populist Explosion: How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics by John B. Judis Understanding global politics has become increasingly complex in recent years, with...

Cinema Symbolism: A Guide to Esoteric Imagery in Popular Movies is an in-depth exploration of the symbolic language used in popular films. This second edition delves into the world of occult,...

Learn to Play 10 Popular Card Games with Ease Discover the rules and strategies of popular card games such as Bridge, Canasta, Cribbage, Euchre, Hearts, Pinochle, Rummy, Solitaire, Spades, and Whist...

The Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s have experienced a resurgence in popularity, but their connection to Italy's turbulent politics of that era remains unexplored. Radical Frontiers reexamines this...

This lab guide in Python programming provides students with the skills to reason quantitatively about living systems across scales. Accompanying the textbook Quantitative Biosciences, it teaches...

Kurt Vonnegut: A Critical Companion is an in-depth guide to seven of the author's most important novels. This critical companion provides clear analysis and close readings of works such as Player...

Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls is an in-depth exploration of Bengali goddess worship, one of the world's most vibrant traditions. June McDaniel delves into three major forms of goddess worship:...

The American Dream and the Popular Novel by Elizabeth Long A study of conceptions of success and the good life in bestselling novels from 1945 to 1975, challenging prevailing social-scientific views...

The music industry in Dar es Salaam has undergone significant changes since socialism collapsed. This transformation is explored by Alex Perullo, who examines the emergence of an independent music...

An Octopus Came for Tea is a fun rhyming picture book that invites little ones to join in on the fun. When an octopus arrives for tea, what happens next is sure to bring a smile to your child's face...

The Memory of the People By Andy Wood In early modern England, ordinary people had a unique way of remembering and understanding their past. This book explores how popular memory shaped their sense...

Pink Floyd and Philosophy Careful with that Axiom, Eugene! delves into the heart of one of rock's most iconic bands by examining ideas and concepts usually encountered in philosophical texts...

Belfast's contribution to popular music in the 1960s has long been overlooked. This book provides a new perspective on the period, exploring how music engaged with and influenced global cultural and...

Preserving Popular Music Heritage: A DIY Approach This edited collection explores the role of self-directed practitioners in preserving and archiving popular music's material history. It examines...

This collection presents 50 popular classical pieces in easy arrangements for violin and piano. Taking inspiration from digital music streaming, it offers a carefully curated selection of the world's...

This collection documents the rich history of social dance and its diverse styles, drawing on current critical and theoretical inquiry. It explores different historical periods and regional...

On Infertile Ground: A critique of population control narratives and their impact on women's rights in the era of climate change. In this thought-provoking analysis, Jade S. Sasser examines how...

The last century of the Roman Republic was marked by a series of high-profile politicians who proposed radical reforms, sparking violent clashes with the ruling elite. Tiberius Gracchus' military...

The Vinyl Ain't Final: Hip-Hop and the Globalisation of Black Popular Culture by Basu, Dipannita;Lemelle, Sidney A critical exploration of hip-hop culture and its global reach, this edited volume...

The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd is a sweeping epic that brings to life the ancient New Forest of England. This remarkable novel weaves together centuries of history and legend, from the mysterious...

The lawmen of the Wild West faced some of the toughest jobs in history. Their role was to bring order to towns and communities plagued by ruthless criminals and outlaws. These law enforcement...

Archbishop Anselm's remarkable career as archiepiscopal leader of Canterbury spanned two monarchs: William Rufus and Henry I. This biography explores Anselm's 30 years as Prior and Abbot of the...

This in-depth analysis of Kate Bush's 1985 album Hounds of Love explores the critical issues raised by the artist's work and position as a solo, female artist in an industry. The book presents a...

The Book of Beasts: Folklore, Popular Culture and Nigel Kneale's ATV TV Series by Andrew Screen provides an in-depth study of a lesser-known but equally significant television creation. This...

The psychology behind an immortal Time Lord's experiences is explored in this revised and updated edition. Travis Langley delves into the psychological aspects of the Doctor's time-traveling...

The Crowd in History: A Study of Popular Disturbances in France and England, 1730-1848 by George Rude This book explores the widespread disturbances that periodically shook 18th-century Europe,...

Explore the philosophical underpinnings of Mr. Robot with this thought-provoking analysis.The television series has been praised for its accurate portrayal of computer hacking and cyberterrorism,...

Vinyl: A History of the Analogue Record by Dr Richard Osborne explores the evolution of the recording format from its early beginnings to its survival in modern times. By examining various aspects of...

Wildlife in the UK faces numerous challenges due to increasing human population. Healthy habitats are essential for both wildlife and human wellbeing, yet they are under threat from urban expansion...

The UK's outdoor music festival scene has evolved significantly since the mid-1990s, transforming into a mainstream part of British summer leisure. Between 2005 and 2011, the number of events doubled...

Adaptation in Metapopulations: How Interaction Changes Evolution by Michael J. Wade explores a key component of our understanding of evolution. By synthesizing decades of research, Wade examines the...

Urban Legends, Colonial Myths: Popular Culture and Literature in East Africa by James Ogude and Joyce Nyairo is a significant contribution to scholarship on popular culture's role in shaping...

The Modern British Horror Film by Steven Gerrard explores the revitalization of the British horror film industry over the past two decades. Gerrard identifies three major trends in contemporary...

Television and Psychoanalysis: A Psycho-Cultural Perspective explores the complex relationship between television and its impact on our internal worlds. This collection of essays examines how...

World Politics on Screen: Understanding International Relations through Popular Culture by Mark A. Sachleben explores how films and television shows reflect societal beliefs about the world and shape...

Surrogacy and the Reproduction of Normative Family on TV by Lulu Le Vay explores how television shows portray surrogacy and its impact on family structures. The book examines six popular TV series,...

The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack: A Study of Victorian Popular Culture This book offers a fascinating analysis of a unique and unsettling cultural phenomenon in Victorian England. The legend of...

A comprehensive history of Ludlow and its surrounding region, this book explores the town's origins and development, its social and economic dynamics, and its interactions with nearby communities and...

Perplexing Plots explores how crime fiction, plays, and films have made unconventional narrative mainstream. Since the nineteenth century, detective stories and suspense thrillers have allowed...

Discover the fascinating world of cephalopods, from the intelligent octopus to the enigmatic nautilus. This comprehensive introduction explores the astonishing diversity of these unique invertebrates...

Discover the art of mixing expertly crafted cocktails with this comprehensive recipe book. Most Popular Cocktails features over 70 recipes using six key ingredients: Rum, Gin, Vodka, Tequila, Brandy...