36 results for 'Paulette Bourgeois'

Dino Buzzati's Bewitched Bourgeois presents fifty fantastical tales that reflect the political and social energies of the time. A prolific writer of stories, Buzzati's works often blend horror and...

Louise Bourgeois was a world-renowned artist who created art that told stories of her life until she was 98 years old. Her artwork often featured everyday objects inspired by her family and past,...

Franklin Goes to School is a heartwarming story about a young turtle's first day at school. With his new school supplies in hand, Franklin is eager to start his educational journey. However, as he...

Francis Bourgeois' The Trainspotter's Notebook is a heartwarming and hilarious memoir that shares his greatest trainspotting adventures across Britain. With his infectious passion and joy, Francis...

The petite-bourgeoisie, a class between the working class and the bourgeoisie, has emerged as a powerful force in modern society. Despite initial expectations that it would decline, structural...

Black Bourgeoisie by E. Franklin Frazier This seminal work of sociology explores the complex dynamics of the Black middle class in America during the 1940s and 1950s. Frazier's insightful analysis...

The digital divide in the STEM fields affects black women and girls disproportionately. In 2019, only 28% of the STEM workforce was female, and only 3% was black. This disparity has severe...

Life's Little Ironies is a collection of short stories by Thomas Hardy, published in 1996. These tales and sketches showcase Hardy's mastery of storytelling, with a wealth of description, realistic...

The Mill on the Floss is a masterpiece of ambiguity, exploring the complexities of moral choice in the Victorian age. Based on George Eliot's own experiences of provincial life, this novel delves...

The Oppermanns, written in 1933, is a powerful portrayal of a liberal democracy in crisis. As the Nazi party consolidates its power, a bourgeois Jewish family is forced to confront the ideology they...

A tender and psychologically subtle exploration of marriage and identity, set against the enchanting backdrop of Italy. Travelling to Italy on their honeymoon, Erszi and Mihály are ready to take in...

Frisch's Three Plays Fire Raisers; Andorra; TriptychThree contentious and enduring plays about the clash of the individual and society, Fire Raisers tells the tale of a respectable bourgeois whose...

The second volume of Capital presents a profound analysis of commodity and market-place in bourgeois society. This work argues that prosperity in a capitalist system inevitably contains within it the...

Lenin's legacy continues to shape our world today. One hundred years after his death, his ideas remain relevant and contested. This two-volume work sets out to defend the real Lenin and his ideas...

The State and Revolution by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin In the aftermath of the October Revolution, Lenin penned his influential work, The State and Revolution, during a brief period in Finland. This...

Louis-Ferdinand Céline's raw and unflinching novel explodes with revulsion and anger at the societal idiocy he saw around him. Written in a style that blends slang, obscenities, and colloquial...

A new translation of Thomas Mann's first great novel, Buddenbrooks, brings to life a story of four generations of a wealthy bourgeois family in northern Germany. First published in 1900, this novel...

A Life: A Humble Truth by Guy de Maupassant This novel, the first in Maupassant's six novels, explores the human experience through the story of Jeanne de Lamare. With its intricate structure and...

Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art and Artists by Marina Warner explores the magical social function of art and aesthetics. Drawing on anthropology and mythology, Marina Warner investigates how...

Samuel T. Francis's magnum opus on political theory and the history of the modern world is now available. Published posthumously in 2021, Leviathan and Its Enemies explores the emergence of a new...

The Function of Criticism by Terry Eagleton This book offers a comprehensive history and critique of the development of criticism in literature, tracing its emergence in early bourgeois society and...

Walter Benjamin's monumental work, The Arcades Project, is a sprawling collection of reflections and quotations that span over thirteen years. Conceived in Paris in 1927, this project was left...

Phyllida Barlow Collected Lectures, Writings, and Interviews A comprehensive collection of Phyllida Barlow's writings, lectures, and interviews, offering insight into her thoughts on art, teaching,...

Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory by Lucy R. Lippard This book explores the connection between contemporary art and prehistoric sites and symbols, revealing a continuum of forms,...

Fascism: The Career of a Concept by Paul Gottfried offers a provocative and even-handed study of the term's meaning and evolution. The author examines the semantic twists and turns the term has...

The Cultural Revolution A People's History, 1962-1976 by Frank Dikötter In the aftermath of the Great Leap Forward, an ambitious scheme was launched to shore up the leader's reputation and eliminate...

Madame Bovary, a novel that has long been at the centre of controversy, offers a meticulously observed portrayal of provincial life in 19th-century France. Gustave Flaubert's masterpiece is a...

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy In this collection of thought-provoking short stories, Leo Tolstoy explores the human condition through the lives of his characters. As they...

The Belly of Paris by Émile Zola In 1851, Louis-Napoleon's coup d'état led to the unjust deportation of Florent Quenu to Devil's Island. He escapes and returns to Paris, only to find the city...

This board book introduces the youngest dreamers to the world's best-loved artists, featuring Andy Warhol, Vivienne Westwood, Frida Kahlo, Coco Chanel, Louise Bourgeois, Pablo Picasso, David Bowie,...

Published in 2006, Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter is an intimate and thought-provoking autobiography by Simone de Beauvoir. Born in Paris in 1908, Beauvoir recounts her early life, including her...

In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal is a fascinating exploration of the role of the whip in European culture, from its origins in medieval religious devotion to its modern-day...

Our homes contain us, but they are also within us. They can represent places to be ourselves, recollect childhood memories, or withdraw into adult spaces of intimacy; they can be sites for developing...

Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo is a thought-provoking work that challenges the prevailing narrative surrounding Josef Stalin. Operating under the assumption that...

Reflections on Violence, first published in 1906, remains a provocative and thought-provoking work that continues to resonate today. Georges Sorel's critique of bourgeois democracy and his call for a...

The modernist bildungsroman challenges traditional notions of coming-of-age narratives. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, novels began to subvert the classical formula, instead...