105 results for 'Siegfried Sassoon'

Siegfried Sassoon: A Biography by Max Egremont offers an intimate and engaging portrait of a complex man. With unprecedented access to Sassoon's complete papers, as well as conversations with his...

Siegfried Sassoon - The War Poems 'Man, it Seemed, Had Been Created to Jab the Life Out of Germans' This collection of poems showcases Siegfried Sassoon's powerful and poignant portrayal of war...

Siegfried Sassoon's poetry collection 'In the Warm, Rustling Music of the Hours That Guard Your Ancient Wisdom' offers a unique glimpse into the life and work of one of Britain's most renowned poets...

Vidal Sassoon: A Revolutionary in Style This book tells the story of Vidal Sassoon, a hairstylist who transformed style and social norms with his innovative cuts. In the 1960s, Sassoon's designs...

The Sassoons: A Global Family of Art Collectors and Patrons. This lavishly illustrated book tells the sweeping global story of the Sassoon family, who were entrepreneurs and patrons of remarkable art...

Discover the beauty of perennials and woody plants in your cutting garden with this expert guide. Rachel Siegfried shares her carefully selected 130 rigorously trialed plants, showcasing their unique...

Siegfried Sassoon's Memoirs of an Infantry Officer is a personal account of his experiences during World War I, spanning from the early spring of 1916 to the summer of 1917. The narrative takes the...

Philip Sassoon: A Life at the Heart of Society At the height of British global power and influence, one man connected some of the most fascinating minds of his time. Philip Sassoon was a polymath -...

The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty The story of the Sassoons, one of the nineteenth century's preeminent commercial families, is a fascinating tale of...

Camp Siegfried is a powerful and thought-provoking drama that explores the complexities of love, identity, and ideology in 1938 America.Against the backdrop of an idyllic summer camp, two teenagers...

Siegfried: Libretto by GS LIBRETTO 5 is a German/English opera. This libretto provides the text for an opera about a legendary hero, set to music by Richard Wagner. The work is based on Norse...

Siegfried: Dragon Slayer by Mark Allard-Will is an epic tale of adventure and mythological beasts. Impulsive young Prince Siegfried seeks glory and recognition from his parents, the king and queen of...

The Worlds of Victor Sassoon Bombay, London, Shanghai, 1918-1941 by Rosemary Wakeman explores the lives of three cities - Bombay, London, and Shanghai - as they underwent significant changes in the...

The Siegfried Line Then and Now by Daniel Taylor is a comprehensive analysis of the German 'Westwall' defense system built between 1936 and 1944. This in-depth examination explores the build phases,...

Siegfried Kracauer: A Critical Reevaluation Gertrud Koch's in-depth analysis offers a fresh perspective on the work of Siegfried Kracauer, a philosopher, sociologist, and film theorist whose writings...

Breaking the Siegfried Line: Rhineland, February 1945 by Tim Saunders In late February 1945, the Allies launched a major assault on the German defenses in the Rhineland. This second volume of Tim...

Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno developed a philosophical critique of modernity through their friendship and professional ties, focusing on the role of technological media...

The War Patrols of U-402: Baron Siegfried Von Forstner and the Battle of the Atlantic. In 1941-1943, U-boat commander Baron Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner led his Type VIIC vessel, U-402, on a...

Witnessing the Witness of War Crimes, Mass Murder, and Genocide From the 1920s to the Present by Manuela Consonni and Philip G. Nord This volume reconsiders the concepts of "witnessing" and...

Learn German with confidence using this user-friendly grammar workbook. German Grammar: Reviewed and Retold bridges the gap between grammar, storytelling, and culture to give learners a solid...

The War Poems of Siegfried Sassoon by Siegfried Sassoon is arranged chronologically to reflect the poet's own experiences and growth. A biographical table provides context for understanding the...

This study brings together the collective experiences and insights of five German officers who played significant roles in shaping the course of the war in the West. Their perspectives, gathered from...

Siegfried Sassoon's Collected Poems, 1908-1956 offers a unique insight into the poet's work, showcasing his most enduring and thought-provoking verse. This collection represents Sassoon's own...

Siegfried Sassoon's War Poems is a powerful collection of verse that conveys the shocking brutality and pointlessness of World War I. Written during his time in hospital recovering from wounds, these...

Siegfried Sassoon's Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is a poignant and evocative portrayal of life before the devastating impact of war. Born into a world of village cricket and loyal grooms, this young...

This play tells the story of the friendship between two of the finest Great War poets: Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Through letters and poetry, it paints a vivid picture of life during the war...

The creak of saddle and hoofs echoes across the evening air as Siegfried Sassoon recalls moments of simplicity. In his memoirs, he writes about a bygone era - one of cricket matches, fox-hunting, and...

The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston is a collection of two memoirs: Sherston's Progress and both Memoirs.Written by Siegfried Sassoon, this work offers a unique insight into the life of a British...

The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell is a landmark study that explores the impact of World War I on modern literature. First published in 1975, this influential work remains a powerful...

The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry is a powerful anthology of poetry from the Great War, featuring a diverse range of voices and experiences. The collection brings together famous verses by...

War Poems by Siegfried Sassoon is a collection of poems that have been selected for their cultural importance and are part of the knowledge base of civilization. This work is now in the public...

Regeneration is a powerful exploration of the deep legacy of human trauma in the First World War. At the Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland, 1917, army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating...

The centenary of the First World War's outbreak marked a devastating turning point in European history. Yet, amidst the tragedy, it inspired some of the most profound poetry of the 20th century...

Doggerel Poems about Dogs is an anthology that explores the essence of canine companionship through six hundred years of poetry. A diverse range of poets, from Dame Juliana Berners to Rudyard...

The horrors of war are laid bare in this powerful novel. In 1917, army psychiatrist William Rivers is tasked with treating shell-shocked soldiers at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland. As he...

Thomas Hardy's Satires of Circumstance is a poignant collection of poems that explore the complexities of life and mortality. Published in 1914, this volume includes some of Hardy's most celebrated...

Hardcover, 176 pages, 2014. This anthology brings together powerful poems from the front line of World War I, written by poets who served in the trenches. The poems are vivid and haunting, offering a...

Welsh poet Hedd Wyn's iconic poem "Yr Arwr" (The Hero) tells the story of two estranged lovers searching for each other in a land ravaged by war and cruelty. Written just weeks before his tragic...

The War of the Poets is a fascinating account of literary rivalries and disputes among Britain's poets during the Georgian, Bloomsbury, and Modernist groups between 1919 and 1939. Spanning over two...

Charlotte Mew: A Life of Poetic Resilience This comprehensive biography offers a fresh perspective on the life and work of Charlotte Mew, a poet whose talent was undervalued in her time. Julia...

Siegfried Sassoon's Sherston's Progress is the third volume in his trilogy of autobiographical works, offering a poignant and powerful portrayal of life during World War I. This memoir follows George...

Goodbye to All That is a powerful and poignant account of Robert Graves's life, from his unhappy childhood to his experiences in the First World War and his subsequent decision to leave England...

The poetry of the Great War is a powerful and enduring body of work that has made a profound contribution to our understanding of war and its impact. This collection, widely acclaimed as an...

Sir Edward 'Eddie' Marsh was an ornament of early twentieth-century society; a respected civil servant, polymath and scholar who led a remarkable life. He was Winston Churchill's longest serving...

The Mona Lisa: A History of the World's Most Famous Painting by Donald Sassoon. This groundbreaking book explores the enduring mystery and cultural significance of Leonardo da Vinci's iconic...

Paul Fussell's groundbreaking study of World War I and its impact on modern memory remains a powerful and thought-provoking work. This landmark book explores the trauma and tragedy of modern warfare,...

Vidal Sassoon's life story is one of remarkable transformation from an impoverished childhood to global fame. As the father of modern hairdressing, he revolutionised the industry with his sleek and...

The Soldier Poets of World War I: A Story of Tragedy and Sacrifice Michael Korda's epic narrative brings to life the intertwined lives of soldier poets who came to describe the First World War best,...

Fires in the Dark: A Cultural History of Healing the Mind Kay Redfield Jamison explores the complex quest for relief from psychological pain and the role of exceptional healers in the journey back to...

By Accident Or Design: Challenges and Coincidences in My LifeThis reflective autobiography explores the life of Rosemary Sassoon, a leading expert on handwriting and typography. Her journey takes her...

A fresh twist on 24 classic poems, these visual interpretations by comic artist Julian Peters bring new life to some of the greatest English-language poets. Grouping unexpected pairings of poems...

Gramsci and Contemporary Politics offers a thought-provoking exploration of Antonio Gramsci's ideas on politics and intellectuals. Spanning major transitions in global politics from the 1980s to the...

The Anxious Triumph: A Global History of Capitalism, 1860-1914 by Donald Sassoon This comprehensive history explores how capitalism became a global system in the late 19th century. After the...

The StepsWeb Handwriting Workbook 1 provides a structured approach to teaching and consolidating correct letter formation for children aged 6 to 10. Using the Sassoon handwriting font, which is based...

The Number of the Heavens: A History of the Multiverse and the Quest to Understand the Cosmos by Tom Siegfried. The concept of multiple parallel universes, known as the multiverse, has been debated...

Siegfried loves to explore. One day his adventures take him from home in the grass to an airport and then onto an aeroplane bound for America. There, he makes some important friends, including Mr...

Improve Your Handwriting by Rosemary Sassoon and Gunnlaugur S. E. Briem is a practical guide to enhancing your handwriting skills. The book offers self-diagnosis techniques to identify problems and...

This comprehensive history of the Left in Western Europe spans 14 countries and two World Wars, tracing the fortunes of socialism from its rise with the Bolsheviks to the revival of feminism and the...

The Most Serious Fart is a humorous children's picture book about not taking ourselves too seriously. A most serious fart named Siegfried sets out on a mission to change the way farts are perceived,...

Discover the rich tradition of preaching in medieval England through translations of twenty-five sermons from the 14th to 15th centuries.Distinguished scholar Siegfried Wenzel presents these Latin...

Rune-Magic by Siegfried Adolf Kummer is a translation of an early 20th century German manual on rune-magic. Edred Thorsson provides an introduction to this influential work. This manual offers...

Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party Inside an Authoritarian Regime is a gripping portrayal of one of the most brutal regimes of the 20th century. Based on a massive archive of government documents captured...

Siegfried Kracauer's influential study of film theory explores the unique qualities of the cinematic medium. Originally published in 1960, this work has been subject to critical debate and...

From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German FilmSiegfried Kracauer's seminal work explores the cinematic history of the Weimar Republic, examining the connections between film...

The Turncoat A Novel by Siegfried LenzA haunting and thought-provoking novel about the human cost of war, set in the final summer of World War II. In this gripping tale, a young German soldier is...

It's 1939 and the world is on the brink of chaos. As Roosevelt's second term in the White House comes to a close, Hitler seizes the moment to unleash a secret agent who will stop at nothing to win...

The Astrological World of Jung's Liber Novus explores the planetary journey depicted in C. G. Jung's groundbreaking work, The Red Book: Liber Novus. Liz Greene delves into the ways Jung used...

Cinematic Realism: Lukács, Kracauer and Theories of the Filmic Real explores the relationship between representation and reality in film. Ian Aitken examines how different theories of realism have...

The Seventh Somersets: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice In the summer of 1944, the 7th Somerset Light Infantry embarked on a perilous journey across Europe, fighting their way from the Normandy...

Eric Rentschler's The Use and Abuse of Cinema explores the complex history of German cinema from the Weimar era to the present day. This book takes readers on a journey through the film medium,...

The Great War Myth and Memory by Dan Todman A nuanced exploration of how our understanding of World War I has evolved over time. This book challenges the conventional narrative of the war, revealing...

The Nibelungenlied Prose Translation by A. T. Hatto A epic tale of love, treachery and loyalty, this 8th-century German poem recounts the tragic story of Siegfried's doomed love for Kriemhild, the...

In Quest of the Hero brings together two key works on hero myths: Otto Rank's influential study and Lord Raglan's seminal analysis. This collection also features Alan Dundes's thought-provoking...

The Last Kings of Shanghai by Jonathan Kaufman is a masterful exploration of wealth, family intrigue and political strategy in early 20th-century China. Against the backdrop of colonialism, communism...

Exploring how concepts of time and history were reimagined in early twentieth-century German thought, Shapes of Time delves into the spatialization of time in modernist imagination.The book examines...

A memoir with a twist: Kif Kehlmann agrees to write the life story of notorious con man Siegfried Heidl in just six weeks. But as the deadline draws near, he begins to question whose story is being...

The Architecture of Phantasmagoria: Spectres of the City explores how media shapes our urban experience. In this study, authors Libero Andreotti and Nadir Lahiji argue that understanding the role of...

Tales of the Prague Ghetto by Siegfried Kapper is a collection of three stories that offer a unique glimpse into Jewish culture in 19th-century Bohemia. Written by a scholar, activist and cultural...

Siegfried Kracauer's groundbreaking work explores the lives of Weimar Germany's salaried employees, who sought refuge in entertainment as they felt disconnected from traditional values. Through...

Wagner's Ring by Charles Ellis offers a fresh perspective on Richard Wagner's epic composition. This study explores not only the sources that influenced Wagner but also what was deliberately...

The Folly of Generals: How Eisenhower's Broad Front Strategy Lengthened World War IIDavid Colley examines the critical mistakes made by General Dwight Eisenhower in the last nine months of World War...

The White Ballets is a collection of three beloved ballets that have captivated audiences for centuries. These ethereal tales tell the story of beautiful maidens costumed in flowing white, suspended...

Social choreography: how ideology shapes movement and everyday life. This book explores the connection between dance, aesthetics, and social organization, arguing that ideology is not just an...

The Arnhem 1944 Battle Story is a detailed account of one of the most complex and strategically important operations of World War II. Operation Market Garden, devised by the Allies to bypass the...

The Ring of the Nibelung is a masterpiece of 19th-century poetry that has revolutionized the nature of opera. Written by Richard Wagner and first published in 2018, this Penguin Classics hardcover...

Deep Time of the Media Toward an Archaeology of Hearing and Seeing by Technical Means by Siegfried Zielinski explores the hidden layers of media development. This archaeological quest uncovers...

A Crown of Talons by Katharine Corr and Elizabeth Corr is a thrilling fantasy duology finale. Three months after Aderyn's coronation, tensions rise as nobles from the neighboring country of Celonia...

EWVA European Women's Video Art in the 70s and 80s is a comprehensive study of early women artists' video experimentation in Europe. This book, the result of a research project funded by the Arts and...

Siegfried Kracauer's Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time is a remarkable work of social and cultural history that reconfigures the biography form into a penetrating portrayal of Second Empire...

The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by Jonathan Kaufman In the early 20th century, two powerful Jewish dynasties, the Sassoons and the Kadoories,...

A German submarine, U-471, patrols the stormy waters of the north Atlantic in 1941. Its commander, Siegfried Lorenz, is bound by duty and honour to fight in the war, but he does not believe in it...

The Encyclopedia of Norse and Germanic Folklore, Mythology, and Magic is a comprehensive reference to the rich traditions of the region. Drawing upon a wealth of well-known and rare sources, Claude...

Operation Market-Garden 1944 (3) The British XXX Corps Missions by Ken Ford In January 1944, Field Marshal Montgomery's bold plan to break through the German Siegfried Line led to Operation...

This collection brings together a diverse range of articles from prominent German writers and thinkers, including Heinrich Heine, Karl Kraus, Robert Walser, Rosa Luxemburg, Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth,...

The Art of Taking a Walk: Flanerie, Literature, and Film in Weimar Culture by Anke Gleber Anke Gleber explores the intriguing figure of the flaneur, who drifted through city streets in an age...

Jewish Difference and the Arts in Vienna Composing Compassion in Music and Biblical Theater by Caroline A. Kita explores how Jewish artists in fin de siècle Vienna reimagined biblical stories to...

The Conquering Ninth: The Ninth U.S. Army in World War II By Nathan N. Prefer In May 1944, the Ninth U.S. Army was formed under the command of General William Hood Simpson, who would lead it to...

Film noir remains one of the most enduring legacies of 1940s and '50s Hollywood. This book explores how film noir is preoccupied with modernity, particularly the urban landscape. Edward Dimendberg...

Training and Development of German General Staff Officers: Project # 6 by Siegfried Westphal provides an in-depth analysis of the selection, education, and training of German general staff officers...

Friedrich Nietzsche in seinen Werken offers a rare and intimate perspective on the philosopher's life and thought. Written by Lou Salomé, a Russian-born intellectual who proposed marriage to...