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A Dance with the Dragon

With its fossil hunters and philosophers, diplomats, dropouts, writers and explorers, missionaries and refugees, Peking's foreign community in the early 20th century was as exotic as the city itself. This is a dazzling portrait of an eclectic foreign community and of China itself.

Authorship and the Films of David Lynch

This fresh contribution to studies on authorship and film explores the ways in which shared and disputed opinions on aesthetic quality, originality and authorial essence have shaped receptions of David Lynch’s films. It is also the first book to approach Lynch as a figure composed through language, history and text.

Britain and America After World War II

The period immediately after World War II was a vital one for diplomatic relations and, with the Soviet Union emerging as a new superpower, it was particularly important for Britain's relations with America. This book focuses on the role of the British Embassy in Washington during this period.

Creatures of the Night In Search of Ghosts Vampires Werewolves and Demons Cover

Why is our culture obsessed by the eerie and the macabre? Why, despite its horrors, does the 'dark side' of the supernatural - its seances and ghost-hunting, demonic possession and the occult - call to us with such dangerous allure? This title offers an exploration of a secret and secretive subculture.

Diplomacy and Nation Building in Africa

This book investigates the influence of foreign policy on nation-building in West Africa in the context of both the Cold War and European integration. This work should be essential reading for students of African studies, International Relations and the post-colonial world.

Fashion and Psychoanalysis
Fashion and Psychoanalysis
George VI

  • George VI

  • Author: Denis Judd
  • 30 Jan 2012
  • Paperback
  • Price: £9.99

In this acclaimed biography, Denis Judd tells the story of Prince Bertie's transformation into King George VI including his struggle with a crippling shyness and sense of inadequacy, exacerbated by the stammer which was the focus of the Oscar-winning film The King's Speech.

Media and Politics in Latin America Globalization Democracy and Identity Cover

Examines the role public media has played in the processes of national development, democratisation and international dialogue across South and Central America, arguing that it can be a powerful tool for political and social inclusion.

Modern Women in China and Japan

Including an analysis of the work of Nobel Prize laureate Pearl S. Buck, The Modern Woman in China and Japan is an important contribution to gender studies and will appeal to historians and scholars of China and East Asia as well as to those studying Asian and American literature.

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