This volume inaugurates a new critical edition of the writings of the great English philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626)--the first such complete edition in more than a hundred years. It contains six of Bacon's Latin scientific works, each accompanied by entirely new facing-page translations which, together with the extensive introduction and commentaries, offer fresh insights into one of the great minds of the early seventeenth century.

Philosophical Studies c.1611-c.1619 (The ^AOxford Francis Bacon)

Literature & Fiction

BACON, FRANCIS

Rees, Graham

EDWARDS, Michael

History & Criticism

Clarendon Press

M. Fabius Quintilianus was a prominent orator, declaimer, and teacher of eloquence in the first century CE. After his retirement, he wrote the Institutio oratoria, a unique treatise in antiquity because it is both a handbook of rhetoric and an educational treatise. Quintilian's fame and influence are not only based on the Institutio, but also on the two collections of Declamations which were later attributed to him. The Oxford Handbook of Quintilian aims to present Quintilian's Institutio as a key treatise in the history of Greco-Roman rhetoric and to trace its influence on the theory and practice of rhetoric and education up to the present day. Topics include Quintilian's educational programme, his concepts and classifications of rhetoric, his discussion of the five canons of rhetoric, his style, his views on literary criticism, declamation, and the relationship between rhetoric and law, and the importance of the visual and performing arts in his work. His legacy is presented in successive chapters devoted to Quintilian in late antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Italian Renaissance, Northern Europe during the Renaissance, Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and the United States of America. Other chapters examine the biographical tradition, the history of printed editions, and modern assessments of Quintilian. The contributors represent a wide range of expertise and scholarly traditions, offering a unique, multidisciplinary perspective.

The Oxford Handbook of Quintilian (Oxford Handbooks)

Murphy, James J.

Oxford University Press

"I’m quite happy to rattle off their name, their shoe size, the color of their hair, and let genius and instinct take it from there." Little does the writer suspect where this laissez-faire policy toward his characters will lead him. Colleagues Martin Oxford and Josh Waterford have the bright idea to take their families on a break together to a remote farm in Devon. As they and their bewildered narrator soon discover, the Oxfords’ idea of a gratifying leisure pursuit differsmortifyinglyfrom the more staid Waterfords'. Only the Oxfords' excitable Labrador is really having any fun, amusing himself by harassing Sammy, the decrepit but wise farmyard cat. Meanwhile, Sammy’s owners have problems of their own. But as relations among the three families reach a crescendo of embarrassment, resentment, and mutual distaste, a certain cat and dog seem to have established their own sort of peace. This brilliantly assured, riotously funny novel takes on sexual politics, social mores, and the changing countryside.

Wild Oats

Literary

Macmillan UK New Writing

An actor who lived with Priscilla Presley after her separation from Elvis describes their stormy relationship, their drug problems and detoxification, Presley's daughter Lisa Marie, the shadowy presence of Elvis Presley, and their breakup

Priscilla, Elvis, and Me

Humor & Entertainment

St Martins Pr

Priscilla, Elvis and Me

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

St.Martin's Press

The paintings and sculptures of Raymond Mason never fail to attract a crowd. Often conceived on a large scale, his art - including paintings and drawings, colorful high and low reliefs and sculpture - has a universal appeal. He depicts busy street scenes and familiar landscapes, freezing moments from everyday life and creating dramatic and highly effective tableaux. His figures convey a powerful and very real emotion; their forceful gazes confront and challenge the viewer, demanding attention and response. Experimenting unceasingly with new sculptural forms, Mason explores the limits of realism and figuration itself. In a time without beliefs, his art is inspired by a thought "hungry for humanism, and for more". Born in 1922, Mason has lived and worked in Paris since 1946. A friend of Giacometti, Balthus and Bacon he has established an international reputation chiefly through a number of monumental works in Paris, Montreal, New York, Washington, and his English home town of Birmingham. His retrospectives in Britain and France have attracted record-breaking crowds, but his place in contemporary art is only now beginning to be defined, not least because he has always bravely followed his own path in defiance of passing fashions. This book brings together his major works for the first time, illustrated in over 190 superb photographs. Poet and critic Michael Edwards provides a masterly study of the artist and his oeuvre; his friendship with the artist allows him to consider Mason's working life in Britain and France, and to illuminate individual works with new and unusually searching analysis and interpretation. Essential reading for all those concerned with contemporary art, this important book is the definitive study of an artist whose work must surely rank among the most challenging and original of this century.

Raymond Mason

Arts & Photography

Mason, Raymond

Individual Artists

Thames&Hudson

Champagne is synonymous with celebration and success―but have its festive associations detracted from its status as a fine wine in its own right? Drawing on his intimate knowledge of a classic but rapidly changing region, Michael Edwards takes a radically different approach in this unrivaled, terroir-based guide to the world’s best sparkling wines. Ninety in-depth profiles of the best small growers as well as the greatest houses are organized geographically―from the finest producers of the great city of Reims, wine towns of Epernay and Aÿ, and the leading villages of the Marne, and to the rising stars of the Aube (Côte des Bar) and beyond. Edwards also discusses the culture of Champagne, reviews trends in viticulture and winemaking, and investigates controversial solutions to the current crisis of success in a region that cannot satisfy global demand for its wines. Additional sections explore the gastronomic traditions of the area, give advice on pairing Champagne with food, survey the vintages of the past 20 years, list the wines with the best price-to-quality ratio, and more, making this extensively illustrated work a true connoisseur’s guide to the most glamorous and perhaps the most enigmatic of French wines.

The Finest Wines of Champagne: A Guide to the Best Cuvées, Houses, and Growers (The World's Finest Wines)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Beverages & Wine

University of California Press

Focusing on 45 fragrances, from Guerlain Jicky to Thierry Mugler Angel, this book provides information on the creators, including the perfumers and the couturiers to the bottle designers and the executives of the perfume houses.

Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances

In this book which provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of one of the most important debates of our times, Michael Edwards asks whether 'civil society' is the big idea for the 21st century. 
<ul> <li>Asks whether 'civil society' is the big idea for the 21st century. 
</li> <li>Provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of one of the most important debates of our times. 
</li> <li>Explores theories of associational life, the good society and the public sphere, and clarifies their implications for policy and practice. 
</li> <li>Draws inspiration and examples from history and contemporary experience, Islam and Christianity, South and North, and activists and academics.</li> </ul>

Civil Society

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Polity

Polity Pr

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