Mons came as a nasty shock to the Imperial German Army. Assured by their commanders that they would sweep the French and their British allies in the British Expeditionary Force --that contemptible little army--into the sea in a matter of weeks, they were stopped in their tracks at Mons by a numerically inferior British force. Eventually forced to fall back by overwhelming German numbers, the British carried out a masterful fighting retreat across Belgium and northern France. Mons has gone down in British military history as a name comparable with Waterloo or Dunkirk: in desperate times this was where the British Army proved itself against overwhelming odds.The first major clash of the Great War, Mons came as a nasty shock to the Imperial German Army. Assured by their commanders that they would sweep the French and their British allies in the British Expeditionary Force--that contemptible little army--into the sea in a matter of weeks; they were stopped in their tracks at Mons by a numerically inferior British force. Eventually forced to fall back by overwhelming German numbers, the British carried out a masterful fighting retreat across Belgium and northern France. David Lomas examines not just the battle of Mons itself but also the ensuing British retreat, the battle of Le Cateau and several smaller engagements. The British Expeditionary Force of 1914 was one of the most highly trained armies ever fielded by the United Kingdom: having been denied the requested number of machine-guns due to financial considerations its soldiers had been taught to fire 15 aimed shots per minute, in some cases more, from their excellent Lee Enfield rifles. It was this high degree of proficiency that was to serve them well when attacked by closely packed bodies of German infantry at Mons. Although some commentators have argued that the battle was insignificant in the effect it had on the German advance, nevertheless it has gone down in British military history as a name comparable with Waterloo or Dunkirk: in desperate times this was where the British Army proved itself against the might of a much larger force. This book does full justice to that victory against the odds.

Mons 1914: Britain's Tactical Triumph (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

History

Lomas, David

Military

Praeger Pub Text

In the autumn of 1914 the original British Expeditionary Force faced a heavily reinforced German drive. Field Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief, had sent his men north in an attempt to take the fight into Flanders, so they could fight across open ground. History tells us that this was not to be the case. David Lomas chronicles the first of the trench-warfare battles, where lines that would remain almost static for the rest of the war were established. Although the Germans failed to reach the channel ports, the death knell had rung for the BEF, which was virtually wiped out in this brave defense.In the autumn of 1914 the original British Expeditionary Force faced a heavily reinforced German drive. Field Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief, had sent his men north in an attempt to take the fight into Flanders, so they could fight across open ground. History tells us that this was not to be the case. David Lomas chronicles the first of the trench-warfare battles, where lines that would remain almost static for the rest of the war were established. Although the Germans failed to reach the channel ports, the death knell had rung for the BEF, which was virtually wiped out in this brave defense.In the autumn of 1914 the original British Expeditionary Force, aided by French troops under Foch, stood against a heavily reinforced German drive. Field Marshal Sir John French, the British Commander-in-Chief had sent his men north in an attempt to take the fight into open ground in Flanders, so his men could fight across open ground as they had been trained to do. History tells us that this was not to be the case. David Lomas' excellent book covers the first of the trench-warfare battles, where lines that would remain almost static for the rest of the war were established. Although the Germans would fail to reach the channel ports, the death knell had rung for the BEF. It was virtually wiped out in this brave defense, to be replaced later by Kitchener's mass of volunteers. However, in spite of its loss of 58,155 killed, wounded and missing it and its French allies did manage to inflict at least 134,315 casualties on the Germans and halt their offensive: on 17th November Falkenhayn decided to cut his losses and abandon his attack. With the battle's end went the last chance, for four years, for a war of movement. Static trench warfare now became the reality on the Western Front and the towns of La Bassee, Armentieres, Messines and Ypres would remain prominent in the fighting until the end of the war.

First Ypres 1914: The Birth of Trench Warfare (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

The question, "Who am I?" resounded throughout the surrealist movement. The exploration of dreams and the unconscious prompted surrealists to reject the notion of a unified, indivisible self by revealing the subject to be haunted by otherness and instability. In this original book David Lomas explores the surrealist concepts of the self and subjectivity from a psychoanalytic viewpoint. Employing a series of case studies devoted to individual artists, Lomas arrives at a radically new account of surrealist art and its cultural and intellectual roots. 
Weaving together psychoanalytic and historical material, the author analyzes works by such artists as Ernst, Dalí, Masson, Miró, and Picasso with regard to such themes as automatism, hysteria, the uncanny, and the abject. Lomas focuses closely on individual artworks, examines the specific circumstances in which they were produced, and offers new insights into the artists and their projects as well as the theories of Bataille, Breton, and others. Lomas demonstrates the powerful connection between the history of psychoanalysis and the history of surrealism, and along the way he shows the unique value of psychoanalytic theory as a tool for the art historian.

The Haunted Self: Surrealism, Psychoanalysis, Subjectivity

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.

Picasso: Colour Library

Phaidon Press

Simulating the marvellous presents important new research on Surrealism and the culture from which it arose. Offering fresh interpretations of Surrealist art and literature based around the theme of simulation, the book shows, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, that the notion of simulation arose in a number of discrete contexts, in relation to hysteria and war neuroses; more broadly it shadows the emergence of our concept of ‘the unconscious’. Acknowledging simulation’s relevance to Surrealism, this book argues, radically alters our understanding of the Surrealists' project and the terms in which one gauges its success or failure. It leads one to question the naïve assumption that automatic writing or drawing represent an authentic outpouring of the unconscious and gives renewed significance to a figure such as Salvador Dalí who embraced simulation and made it the basis of his art and aesthetic. Resonances are also explored with postmodern theory and art practice, around the themes of simulation and the simulacrum.It also points to one of the ways in which Surrealism chimes with a core preoccupation of contemporary art and theory. Written accessibly, and ranging across many of the core ideas of Surrealism, David Lomas balances coverage of both Surrealist art and literature, looking at such figures as Dalì, Eluard, Masson, Desnos, Brouillet, Picasso, Tanning and Janet, as well as Glenn Brown, Douglas Gordon and Sarah Lucas. The book will interest not only art historians and theorists, but also students and those with a general interest in Surrealism.

Simulating the marvellous: Psychology - surrealism - postmodernism

Manchester University Press

There are many true things about you—true things you use to build an identity. Parent. Introvert. Victim. Student. Extrovert. Entrepreneur. Single. These truths can identify you, your successes and failures, your expectations and disappointments, your secret dreams and hidden shames. But what if your true identity isn't found in any of these smaller truths, but in the grand truth of who God says you are? In other words, lots of things are true about you—but are they the truest? David Lomas invites you to discover and live out the truth of who God created you to be: you are loved, you are accepted, and you are made in God's image. It's time to move beyond the lesser voices and discover why everything changes when you become who you really are.

The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters

Religion & Spirituality

Jacobsen, D.R.

Christian Books & Bibles

David C. Cook

The story of Narcissus, as told by Ovid in The Metamorphoses,is of a beautiful youth who is so infatuated by his own reflection in a stream that he pines away for himself and is transformed into a flower of the same name. Since the classical era, the myth has been open to rich and varied interpretation by numerous artists. Narcissus Reflected explores the myth of Narcissus and its influence in Surrealist and contemporary art, including painting, photography, installation, film, and video. 
At the center of the book is Salvador Dalí’s work from 1937 entitled The Metamorphosis of Narcissus. Narcissus Reflected reproduces the manuscript of Dalí’s poem of the same name alongside the preparatory drawings he made that show the evolution of the final painting. As David Lomas shows through many exemplary and colorful illustrations, in Surrealism, the appearance of the Narcissus myth reflects a general artistic preoccupation with the idea of myth as a well as an interest in Freudian psychoanalysis, in which the concept of narcissism plays a influential role.
Featuring works by André Masson, Jean Cocteau, Claude Cahun, Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, Pipilotti Rist, and many other twentieth- and twenty-first-century artists, Narcissus Reflected considers the many meanings and interpretations of the myth and explains the enduring appeal of the Narcissus theme in art.

Narcissus Reflected: The Myth of Narcissus in Surrealist and Contemporary Art

Reaktion Books

Tripped Up by the Prenup

Literature & Fiction

LaLand, Lana

Erotica

Independently published

Mistress Jennifer had a strategy for my next predicament:“I am going to have my associated secure you into a heavy black rubber body suit with built in mitts and a full head mask. The suit will fasten at the back with a heavy zip. It will be impossible for you to reach.”“On top of this, they will dress you in a yellow plastic Macintosh with a built-in bonnet. That should keep you hot and miserable on this sunny day.“I am going to clip your baby harness to a pole in the park and convene a summit: me, my girlfriends, and your governess. We need to decide what to do with you.”I gulped.Mistress Jennifer could do anything to me.I had stupidly signed away all rights, and she wanted her revenge.I had jilted her.Now she owned me.One careless moment changed everything. It only took a simple signature and I was in Jennifer’s complete control: a Rubber Romper Room regular with no control over anything, including my future.This story is intended for adults 18 years of age and older. It involves age play, ABDL, bondage, fetish attire, regression, feminization, and taunting, teasing and one unexpected twist.

The Rubber Romper Room

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

The CRIB Collection: Book 1

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