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Edmund White(1st Edition)
The Burning World
द्वारा Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 224 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 1999 द्वारा St. Martin's Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-19974-6, ISBN: 0-312-19974-0

"A biography of the most acclaimed gay novelist of his generation--fully authorized by Edmund White himself. Edmund White: The Burning World is the first biography of the novelist whose personal life reflects the course of gay history in America in the last half of the twentieth century. Born in Cincinnati in 1940 and raised in Evanston, White arrived in New York City in 1962, tortured by the knowledge of his homosexuality. Working by ..."

Guiseley Terriers
A Small Part of a Great War: A History of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment
द्वारा Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 272 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2018 द्वारा Pen And Sword
ISBN-13: 978-1-5267-0352-1, ISBN: 1-5267-0352-1

"After the Battle of the Lys in April 1918, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig said of the 147th (Territorial) Brigade: 'I desire to express my appreciation of the very valuable and gallant services performed by troops of the 49th (West Riding) Division since the entry of the 147th Brigade into the Battle of Armentières. The courage and determination showed by this division has played no small part in checking the enemy's advance and I wish ..."

The Vanishing Map
A Journey from LA to Tokyo to the Heart of Europe
द्वारा Stephen Barber, 39 Plt, N.A.
Hardcover, 160 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2006 द्वारा Berg Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-1-84520-510-2, ISBN: 1-84520-510-3

"Stephen Barber takes the reader on an extraordinary journey from LA to Tokyo via Europe. He carries only a crumpled map in his pocket, a map which plots a horrifying past, a disappearing present and a future collapsing into banality. A virtual reality flight across this territory reveals the surfaces of things, a landscape made by war and technological advances. Coming back to earth and to his own body, Stephen Barber follows the map fr ..."

Weapons of Liberation
Creativity in Post-war Paris
द्वारा Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 280 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 1996 द्वारा Faber And Faber
ISBN-13: 978-0-571-17277-1, ISBN: 0-571-17277-6

Antonin Artaud(1st Edition)
Blows and Bombs
द्वारा Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 192 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 1993 द्वारा Faber & Faber
ISBN-13: 978-0-571-16556-8, ISBN: 0-571-16556-7

"Antonin Artaud is one of the great cultural legends of the 20th century. His Theatre of Cruelty altered the course of modern theatre and his experiments with the Surrealist movement have proved inspirational throughout Europe and America. But Artaud's life was one of terrible failure and confrontation, an exploration of the extremes of agony and joy. At the end of a long series of journeys - both physical and spiritual - aimed at creati ..."

London Eyes
Reflections in Text and Image (Polygons: Cultural Diversities and Intersections)
द्वारा Gail Cunningham, Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 192 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2007 द्वारा Berghahn Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-84545-407-4, ISBN: 1-84545-407-3

" London incessantly generates and incites cultural responses, pre-eminently in the interconnected domains of literature and film. This book demonstrates that those responses have been sustained as vital experiments and engagements in configuring the city and its inhabitants. Including essays by prominent cultural, literary and film historians this volume forms an original and incisive contribution to ongoing debates about the city's in ..."

Political Strategy
Modern Politics in Contemporary Britain (Hardback)
द्वारा Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 284 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2000 द्वारा Liverpool Academic Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-903499-28-3, ISBN: 1-903499-28-3

"This book sheds academic light on the role of strategy in contemporary British party politics."

Growth(1st Edition)
Prix Pictet 3
द्वारा Stephen Barber, Michael Benson, Prix Pictet Ltd., Null Prix Pictet, Teneues Publishing Company
Hardcover, 128 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2011 द्वारा Teneues
ISBN-13: 978-3-8327-9454-5, ISBN: 3-8327-9454-9

"The Prix Pictet showcases photog - raphy that deals with the key issue of global sustainability. Now in its third cycle, the current Prix Pictet highlights the theme of growth. Although an engine for economic development, growth (in excess) can compromise human existence and endanger the planet. This controversial topic is explored in depth by the many artists who were nominated for the Prize and by the twelve tal - ent ed artists who t ..."

Heliogabalus or, the Crowned Anarchist(1st Edition)
द्वारा Antonin Artaud, Alexis Lykiard, Stephen Barber, Karolina Urbaniak, Martin Bladh
Hardcover, प्रकाशित 2019 द्वारा Infinity Land Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-916009-11-0, ISBN: 1-916009-11-5

"Antonin Artaud's 'Heliogabalus' is simultaneously his most extreme, revolutionary and deranged book, and likely now also to prove his most influential in the contemporary moment with the publication by Infinity Land Press of this first complete English-language translation, by Alexis Lykiard. Dating from the period when Artaud was preparing his legendary 'Theatre of Cruelty' experiments, 'Heliogabalus' anatomises and recreates the sperm ..."

Westminster, Governance and the Politics of Policy Inaction(1st Edition)
‘Do Nothing’
द्वारा Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 97 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2016 द्वारा Palgrave Pivot
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-48705-6, ISBN: 1-137-48705-4

"This book shows how political inaction has shaped the politics, economy and society we recognize today, despite the fact that policymakers are incentivised to act and to be seen to act decisively. Politicians make decisions which affect our lives every day but in our combative Westminster system, are usually only held to account for those which change something. But what about decisions to do nothing? What about policy which is discard ..."

Prix Pictet disorder
(Photographer)
द्वारा Stephen Barber, Michael Benson
Hardcover, 135 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2015 द्वारा Teneues
ISBN-13: 978-3-8327-3276-9, ISBN: 3-8327-3276-4

Prix Pictet 06(1st Edition)
Disorder
द्वारा Stephen Barber, Michael Benson, Prictet Group, Prix Pictet
Hardcover, 132 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2015 द्वारा Teneues
ISBN-13: 978-3-8327-3257-8, ISBN: 3-8327-3257-8

"Since the beginning of mankind, the struggle between order and disorder has emerged as a central issue of our times. And from modern society's desire to impose order on the world, the opposite has resulted: disorder. From the disruption of nature to growing signs of disorder, this sixth volume by the Prix Pictet illuminates this all-important theme. Founded by the esteemed Pictet Group in 2008, the Prix Pictet has quickly established it ..."

Prix Pictet 05(Updated)
Consumption
द्वारा Stephen Barber, Michael Benson, Prix Pictet 05, Not Available
Hardcover, 128 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2014 द्वारा Teneues
ISBN-13: 978-3-8327-9814-7, ISBN: 3-8327-9814-5

"The Prix Pictet has rapidly established itself as the world's leading prize in photography and sustainability. The award aims to uncover outstanding photography that confronts the most pressing social and environmental challenges of today. The theme of the fifth cycle and this volume is "Consumption." Consumption is a multi-faceted theme, rich with creative potential. We are all consumers. We have invented new forms of building, industr ..."

Prix Pictet Consumption(1st Edition)
द्वारा Prix Pictet Ltd, Michael Benson, Teneues Verlag, Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 128 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2014 द्वारा Teneues Verlag
ISBN-13: 978-3-8327-9815-4, ISBN: 3-8327-9815-3

Sanctuary
Xavier Ribas (Photography)
द्वारा Xavier Ribas Sorolla, Rafael Jackson, Stephen Barber
Hardcover, 100 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2013 द्वारा Fausto Editores Sas
Import
ISBN-13: 978-84-252-2040-1, ISBN: 84-252-2040-8

"Europe survives as a caustic residue on those peripheries. The photographic works of Xavier Ribas presented in this book are a reflection on peripheries and the symbolic and biographical nature of urban spaces."

Muybridge
The Eye in Motion (Solar Books - Solar Film Directives)
द्वारा Stephen Barber, Eadweard Muybridge
Hardcover, 200 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2012 द्वारा Solar Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9832480-5-7, ISBN: 0-9832480-5-2

"Much of contemporary visual culture can be traced directly to the work of Eadweard Muybridge, photographer and film pioneer. In Muybridge: The Eye In Motion, Stephen Barber analyses Muybridge’s prodigious output principally through the photographer’s own scrapbook, a multi-dimensional and unprecedented “memory-book” that was created in the final years of his life. Based on this extensive primary research into Muybridge’s persona ..."

Prix Pictet 2008 Water
द्वारा Kofi Anan Teneues, Kofi A. Annan, Stephen Barber, Michael Benson, Leo Johnson, Francis Hodgson
Hardcover, 126 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2009 द्वारा Teneues
ISBN-13: 978-3-8327-9289-3, ISBN: 3-8327-9289-9

"This powerful volume chronicles the unique and important mission of the Prix Pictet: to use photography to inform worldwide audiences about environmental issues. Launched in April 2008, this is the first photographic award dedicated to sustainability. It is a remarkable enterprise—art of the highest order tackling the most important issues of our time. This year’s theme: water. Over 200 photographers from 43 countries were nominated for ..."

Antonin artaud
the final work
द्वारा Stephen Barber
Hardcover, प्रकाशित 1995
ISBN-13: 978-0-485-11477-5, ISBN: 0-485-11477-1

Prix Pictet 4(1st Edition)
Power
द्वारा Stephen Barber, Michael Benson, Prix Pictet
Hardcover, 128 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2012 द्वारा Teneues
ISBN-13: 978-3-8327-9659-4, ISBN: 3-8327-9659-2

"The Prix Pictet highlights photography on the crucial topic of global sustainability. Now in its fourth season, the current Prix Pictet delves into the theme of "power." While we have tapped into sources of power for travel, industry and our modern lifestyles, we are still largely at the mercy of the powers of nature. Technology and infrastructure can undergo total collapse in the face of storms, volcanoes, and earthquakes. Meanwhile po ..."

Greed
द्वारा Alexis Brassey, Stephen Barber, Nicola Horlick
Hardcover, 288 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2009 द्वारा Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-230-20148-4, ISBN: 0-230-20148-2

"This book is a provocative examination of the idea of greed from various perspectives, drawing together experts from academia, politics and business. Greed explores whether the desire for material possession in post-industrial economies is a positive or a negative phenomenon and considers the implications of greed on society and the global economy. "