In May of 1831 a British sailing ship has delivered its cargo of fine English furniture to the island of Jamaica for the Walker West India Company, and is returning homeward with a load of raw sugar, molasses and rum. One of the shipmates aboard this vessel, the Arthur Hoyt - is Ship's Mate Edward Tostig, on his third seagoing voyage and just turned 22 years of age in March of that year. Their ship is pursued and captured by a crew of pirates, seeking a Spanish Galleon transporting some of...

Der Jahrhundertroman über die Galleria Umberto in Neapel, wo das Leben dem Krieg trotzt.Ein bahnbrechender Roman, der bei seinem Erscheinen 1947 ein gefeierter Bestseller war: Als Kaleidoskop unterschiedlichster Charaktere erzählt er von jungen Frauen und Prostituierten, Besatzern und Besiegten, Träumern und Syphiliskranken. Früher oder später führt der Fluss der Dinge sie alle in die Galleria Umberto. Es geht um nicht weniger als um die Kunst und die Lieb...

Die "deutschen Kriegsgreuel" von 1914. Lange galten sie als erfundene Propaganda der Alliierten – ebenso lange war man in Deutschland davon überzeugt, dass in Belgien und Nordfrankreich Zivilisten als Vergeltung für "Franktireurangriffe" getötet worden waren. In ihrer preisgekrönten Studie zeichnen John Horne und Alan Kramer den Ablauf der deutschen Invasion präzise nach und belegen die Tötung von mehr als 6000 belgischen und französischen Zivilisten durch deutsche Truppen. Doch nicht nur ...

In the decade or more since publication of the first edition of Understanding Sport, both sport and wider global society have undergone profound change. In this fully updated, revised and expanded edition of their classic textbook, John Horne, Alan Tomlinson, Garry Whannel and Kath Woodward offer a critical and reflective introduction to the relationship between sport and contemporary society and explain how sport remains an important agent and symptom of socio-cultural change.

Except for the baby stirring inside her, Beth never felt so alone. Pregnant with the child of her British pilot fiancé—killed in action before he ever learned he was to become a father—and disowned by her parents, she found herself in a desperate situation. But then, miraculously, came a glimmer of hope when her fiancé's best friend proposes a marriage in name only to take care of her and the baby. With no other options, Beth accepts his heroic proposal. But as the bombing in London worsen...

"The first book of real magnitude to come out of the last war." —John Dos PassosJohn Horne Burns brought The Gallery back from World War II, and on publication in 1947 it became a critically-acclaimed bestseller. However, Burns's early death at the age of 36 led to the subsequent neglect of this searching book, which captures the shock the war dealt to the preconceptions and ideals of the victorious Americans.Set in occupied Naples in 1944, The Gallery tak...

How did the Olympics evolve into a multi-national phenomenon? How can the Olympics help us to understand the relationship between sport and society? What will be the impact and legacy of the Olympics after Tokyo in 2020? Understanding the Olympics answers all these questions by exploring the social, cultural, political, historical, and economic context of the Games.This thoroughly revised and updated edition discusses recent attempts at future proofing by the International...

Malgré la boue, le froid et l’omniprésence de la mort, les poilus ont beaucoup lu, autant la presse que des livres. Pour s’informer, pour lutter contre l’ennui et la peur, pour mettre des mots sur l’indicible. Guerre et Paix de Tolstoï ou Le Feu de Barbusse, succès dès sa parution en 1917, rappellent aux soldats leur expérience vécue ; les œuvres de Jammes ou de Loti offrent une évasion bienvenue… Du côté de la presse, la guerre renforce la prééminence des grands quotidiens nationaux, mais...

Set beneath the glass canopy of Naples's Galleria Umberto I in the uneasy aftermath of Allied liberation, The Gallery assembles a cycle of interlinked portraits—soldiers, shopkeepers, black-marketeers, priests, and street children—whose intersecting lives expose the moral ambiguities of victory. Burns's prose shifts from acid satire to lyrical lament, fusing reportorial clarity with a modernist, mosaic structure reminiscent of Dos Passos and conversant with Italian neorealism. The book's u...

The Gallery is a World War II novel set mostly in occupied Italy. It depicts a life in Allied-occupied North Africa and Naples in 1944 from the perspective of several different characters. The narrative unfolds through a series of interconnected stories, portraying the lives of American soldiers, Italian civilians, and military personnel in the war-torn city. The central focus is on a group of American soldiers stationed in Naples, and their experiences, relationships, and interactions wit...

Global popular culture and big business have revolutionised the East in a generation. Football, Sport of the masses and now commercial super power, has travelled with this tide of change in the East in its own right.The development of football as a major participatory sport in Japan, Korea and China makes it an ideal case study for analysis of the complex relationship between sport, culture, society and economy in the East. Football is also a useful entry point for examination of t...

A vivid account of Grant’s daring but thwarted Second Offensive during the Petersburg siege, where tactical brilliance met fierce Confederate resistance.The nine-month siege of Petersburg was the longest continuous operation of the Civil War. Contrary to popular belief, it was anything but static trench warfare, as John Horn ably demonstrates in Lee Besieged: Grant’s Second Petersburg Offensive, June 18–July 1, 1864. Large-scale Union “offensives,” grand m...