265 results for 'Frank West'

WINNER OF THE 2020 CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARDWINNER OF THE 2018 HAMMETT PRIZE‘A great read, combining brutal action with a moving love story; gorgeous writing, too’ Ian Rankin‘Exceptional’...

Bringing together fifteen essays by outstanding Buddhist scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America, this book offers a distinctive portrayal of the "life of Buddhism." The contributors focus on a...

Evan West lives, breathes and exists for everything film. His heart beats at 24 frames per second. He aspires to be much more than a film trailer editor, but he's lucky to live and work in Hollywood...

National Abjection explores the vexed relationship between "Asian Americanness" and "Americanness" through a focus on drama and performance art. Karen Shimakawa argues that the forms of Asian...

The Dark Man is the amazing true story of one of Australia's first serial killers, who kept the colony of New South Wales in the grip of fear as the police ruthlessly hunted their man. In late 1896,...

Adventures of a Jazz Age Lawyer is the lively story of legal giant Nathan Burkan, whose career encapsulated the coming of age of the institutions, archetypes, and attitudes that define American...

Nadine Jansen, a flugelhornist and pianist, remembers a night in the 1940s when a man came out of the audience as she was playing both instruments. "I hate to see a woman do that," he explained as he...

Buddhism is deeply attractive to many in the West. Its ideals of serenity and compassion seem to supply a dimension of personal spirituality that they don't find in their own traditions. For those...

The 1950s saw an explosion in the American musical theater. The Broadway show, catapulted into the limelight in the 20s and solidified during the 40s thanks to Rodgers and Hammerstein, now entered...

William Seraile uncovers the history of the colored orphan asylum, founded in New York City in 1836 as the nation's first orphanage for African American children. It is a remarkable institution that...

"Highly recommended as a sobering but enlightening account." - Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall- The End of the Japanese Empire In the 44 months between December 1941 and August 1945, the...

"Highly recommended as a sobering but enlightening account." - Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall- The End of the Japanese Empire In the 44 months between December 1941 and August 1945, the...

'Donald is a writer not only at the top of his game, but of the game' Giles Kristian, author of the Raven series 'Donald delivers a masterclass' Theodore Brun, author of A Burning Sea 'A gory,...

A brilliant anthology of essays on Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi with a foreword by Sharmila Tagore Essays by: Farokh Engineer, Abbas Ali Baig, Bishan Bedi, Mike Brearley, David Woolley,...

Political pundits never tire of reminding us of the great cultural divide between conservative “red” states and liberal “blue” ones. But common sense tells us that not all people in these states can...

Winner of the Jhalak Prize & Plutarch Award | A New York Times, New Yorker, Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME Book of the Year 2023 'Fabulously entertaining' Daily Telegraph | 'Perfect for fans of...

This new second edition of Enchanted Evenings offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of America's best loved, most admired, and most enduring musicals. Readers...

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREThe celebrated first memoir from arguably the most influential singer-songwriter in the country, Bob Dylan.'I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long...

*Winner of the 2021 Mark & Evette Moran Nib Literary Award**Winner of the 2021 Queensland Literary Award for Non-Fiction**Shortlisted for the 2021 NSW Premier's History Awards, Australian History...

Fear in Contemporary Society and its Consequences "A delightfully fearless and deeply sensitive examination of that most primal and formative human experience." Alan BurdickWhy Time Flies: A Mostly...

A legendary record-producer-turned-brain-scientist explains why you fall in love with musicA legendary record producer-turned-brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.This Is What It...