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The Burlington Affair
When tour director, Madeline Marlborough, reluctantly agrees to escort a mismatched group of American tourists to London and the English countryside, she has no idea she is about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. After a hilarious misunderstanding with London Heathrow's Airport security, Madeline rescues her jetlagged detainees and they all emerge from the Customs Hall laughing and talking as if they had known each other for years. The tour goes wonderfully, with Madeline providing her incomparable spin on British history. However, the jovial atmosphere comes to an abrupt halt when the group's youngest member, eighteen-year-old Kelly Dalton, never returns from an afternoon shopping expedition to the Burlington Arcade. Rallying her troops, Madeline uses their unique talents to unravel the mystery surrounding Kelly's disappearance. Join Texas cowboy, Jake Donovan, the elderly Talbot sisters from Wisconsin and best friend, Chloe Ambrose as Madeline marshals her little army of sleuths into battle.
Pragmatism and the Political Economy of Cultural Revolution, 1850–1940
The rise of corporate capitalism was a cultural revolution as well as an economic event, according to James Livingston. That revolution resides, he argues, in the fundamental reconstruction of selfhood, or subjectivity, that attends the advent of an 'age of surplus' under corporate auspices. From this standpoint, consumer culture represents a transition to a society in which identities as well as incomes are not necessarily derived from the possession of productive labor or property. From the same standpoint, pragmatism and literary naturalism become ways of accommodating the new forms of solidarity and subjectivity enabled by the emergence of corporate capitalism. So conceived, they become ...
Hungry Chert Quarries
The Yorkshire Dales is well known for its historic links with the lead mining industry particularly during the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, but other metals like silver, zinc and copper have been extracted in smaller quantities. Aggregates like limestone and sandstone are still being quarried. Chert was quarried in Swaledale and the adjacent Arkengarthdale from c.1901 to c.1950 when the market for chert suddenly collapsed.Up to 1922 the principal chert quarrying was at Fremington Edge quarry situated above Reeth in Swaledale, but in 1922 a second chert quarry started in Arkengarthdale on Mouldside.Whilst walking Mouldside for many years and having read the available accounts, there appeared to be some aspects that did not quite fit or had not been described. Unfortunately we can no longer ask the men who must have toiled long and arduous hours here, but I hope this short report (more a pictorial record) will add an extra layer to what we know, or at least stimulate further discussion.
Shepherds' Huts & Living Vans
The first book on this increasingly popular, superbly adaptable mobile rooms. Includes 140 full-colour images with informative captions to guide both the interested reader and shepherds' hut renovator.
Pieces of the Action
An inside account of one of the most innovative R&D ecosystems of the 20th century, from the man who was at the center of it all. Over a 60-year career in public affairs, Vannevar Bush—engineer, inventor, educator, and public face of government-funded science—sought to eliminate roadblocks to innovation in science and technology. In Pieces of the Action, a collection of memoir-essays, he reflects on his role in shaping the policies and organizations that powered American research and development in the mid-20th century. As the architect and administrator of an R&D pipeline that efficiently coordinated the work of civilian scientists and the military during World War II, he was central to...
Rings for the finger
In "Rings for the Finger," George Frederick Kunz presents a comprehensive examination of the history, craftsmanship, and cultural significance of rings throughout different civilizations. With meticulous attention to detail, Kunz illuminates the myriad meanings that rings have held across the ages, from symbols of love and fidelity to tokens of power and authority. His engaging prose is marked by a blend of scholarly rigor and accessible narrative, inviting readers to explore the interplay of jewelry and identity within various historical contexts. Kunz's extensive research is evident, as he includes illustrations and examples from his own collection, enriching the reader's understanding of ...
Ladies in Arms
In contemporary popular culture, armed women take center stage - but how can they be read from a feminist perspective? How do films, comics, and TV series depict the newly fashionable gunwomen between objectification and feminist empowerment? The contributions to this volume ask this question from different vantage points in cultural and literary studies, film and visual culture studies, history, and art history. They examine military and civic gun cultures, the rediscovery of historical armed women and revolutionaries, cultural phenomena such as gangsta rap, narcocultura and US politics, Bollywood and French cinema, and distinct genres such as the graphic novel, the romance novel, or the German police procedural Tatort.
Congressional Record
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
