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Soul of the Painter
Soul of the Painter is a monograph presenting the paintings of the Canadian artist David George Taylor with special emphasis upon his ideas regarding aesthetic personality. A feature of the work is to showcase Taylor's direct aesthetic and moral confrontation with the figure and output of the British painter Francis Bacon.
A Deep Well of Want
"This book represents a unique visualisation of the world of Irish writer John McGahern through his words and the imagery of artist Paul Butler. Traumatic events in the lives of both McGahern and Butler shaped their paths, creating a want to write in McGahern and a want to create imagery in Butler. Butler explores the difficult and complex childhood that the two shared, and through a series of beautiful images that he himself has created in McGahern's own part of Ireland, he draws parallels between them and, as Eamonn Wall says in his Preface, produces a rich and life affirming appreciation of literature, art and imagery"--
Let's Get Free
Paul Butler was an ambitious federal prosecutor, a Harvard Law grad who gave up his corporate law salary to fight the good fight - until one day he was arrested on the street and charged with a crime he didnt commit. The Volokh Conspiracy calls Butlers account of his trial ''the most riveting first chapter I have ever read. In a book Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree calls ''a must read, Butler looks at places where ordinary citizens meet the justice system - as jurors, witnesses, and in encounters with the police - and explores what ''doing the right thing means in a corrupt system. Since Lets Get Frees publication, Butler has become the go-to person for commentary on criminal justice ...
Chokehold
Finalist for the 2018 National Council on Crime & Delinquency’s Media for a Just Society Awards Nominated for the 49th NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction) A 2017 Washington Post Notable Book A Kirkus Best Book of 2017 “Butler has hit his stride. This is a meditation, a sonnet, a legal brief, a poetry slam and a dissertation that represents the full bloom of his early thesis: The justice system does not work for blacks, particularly black men.” —The Washington Post “The most readable and provocative account of the consequences of the war on drugs since Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow . . . .” —The New York Times Book Review “Powerful . . . deep...
Memoir
John McGahern's astounding memoir of his childhood: 'A glowing masterpiece.' Hilary Mantel 'The one Irish writer everyone should read.' Colm Tóibín As wise and compelling a book as any of his elegiac and graceful novels.' David Mitchell 'I have admired, even loved, McGahern's work since his first novel ... Memoir strips the skin off his fiction as he faces a desperate early life with great force and tenderness.' Melvyn Bragg This is the story of John McGahern's childhood, his mother's death, his father's anger and violence, and how, through his discovery of books, his dream of becoming a writer began. At the heart of Memoir is a son's unembarrassed tribute to his mother. His memory of walk...
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Bill Brandt
Although born in Hamburg in 1904, Bill Brandt's photographic work struck at the heart of what was 'English' from the publication of his first book, 'The English at Home' in the 1930s to his later famous landscapes. This title explores his life and work.
LAZARUS
After the "accidental" slaying of a young boy, Detective Jackson Connelly is let off with a slap on the wrist. But when he returns from his paid leave of absence, he is faced with his most challenging case yet. When bodies began disappearing from local cemeteries, police are left clueless. Without help in sight, Jackson is at a loss. That is until a strange young man claiming to have psychic powers offers his unique talents for the case. Together, they must solve the mystery before they become its next victims.
