Why has identity become so central to judging art today? Why are some groups reluctant to defend free speech within culture? Has state support made artists poorer not richer? How does the movement for social justice influence cultural production? Why is Post-Modernism dominant in the art world? Why are consumers of comic books so bitterly divided?In Culture War: Art, Identity Politics and Cultural Entryism Alexander Adams examines a series of pressing issues in today’s culture: censorship,...

From Banksy to Extinction Rebellion, artivism (activism through art) is the art of our era. From international biennale to newspaper pages, artivism is everywhere. Both inside museums and on the streets, global artivism spreads political messages and raises social issues, capturing attention with shocking protests and weird stunts. Yet, is this fusion of art and activism all it seems? Are artivist messages as subversive and anti-authoritarian we assume they are? How has the art trade commo...

The English poet T. E. Hulme said that the root of Romanticism is man's "infinite reservoir of possibilities." Between the French Revolution and the two World Wars, that reservoir burst forth into a new world of promise and crisis, and at the headwaters was the Romantic movement.Blood, Soil, Paint is an essay on Romanticism, but it is much more than that. It clarifies the intersection between blood, soil, language, and culture, and shows how each influences the others. Wha...

Iconoclasm, Identity Politics and the Erasure of History surveys the origins, uses and manifestations of iconoclasm in history, art and public culture. It examines the various causes and uses of image/property defacement as a tool of political, national, religious and artistic process. This is one of the first books to examine the outbreak of iconoclasm in Europe and North America in the summer of 2020 in the context of previous outbreaks, and it examines the implications of iconoclasm as ...

Martha Belmont is a very rich and very mean old woman with a terminal cancer diagnosis. Through her Jamaican maid she learns of a Voodoo master who can give her eternal life...and decides to go for it with some interesting results...

Psychology Professor Morgan Davis is catapulted back in time to his teenage years in 1958 while listening to the legendary disc jockey Porky Chedwickﾅ

Davey Thompson, a newly hired assistant professor at a fictitious university named Wisconsin State is confronted with threats to his academic career, his life, and the lives of his wife and daughter, when he crosses certain members of a secret society.

"Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors" by William Alexander Adams is a captivating exploration of the author's extensive experiences on the Scottish moors. Through vivid descriptions and engaging narratives, Adams shares his passion for grouse shooting and the natural beauty of the Scottish landscape. The book serves as both a personal memoir and a tribute to the traditions of moorland shooting, offering insights into the challenges and joys of this time-honored pursuit. R...

Der Anti-Schnarch-Erfolg aus England"Du schnarchst!" Wer diesen Vorwurf Nacht für Nacht an seinen Partner richtet, der sieht irgendwann nur noch einen Ausweg: Auszug. Getrennte Betten sind allerdings nicht beziehungsfördernd und darüber hinaus sind die nächtlichen Holzfällerarbeiten mehr als nur eine Belastung für die Partnerschaft, denn Schnarchen kann schwerwiegende gesundheitliche Folgen haben. Doch jetzt naht Rettung!Mit 5-Minuten-Übungen zur Kräftigung ...

Non stop adventure and death defying chases in Will Adam’s outstanding debut novel.It's 318 BC in the deserts of Libya, and Alexander the Great is buried as only a God should be, placed in a golden Sarcophagus in a catacomb of chambers, each packed with diamonds, rubies and gold. This was how he should have remained, but time waits for no-one.2007 and underwater archaeologist Daniel Knox has been on the trail of Alexander's Gold ever since he can remember. When a tomb is un...

This exceptional collection shades light on the incredible life of Alexander Hamilton. It includes his complete political and military works (the Federalist, the Continentalist, Publius, Letters Of H.G, Military Papers, etc.) as well as his private correspondence. In order to create full picture of Hamilton's life, this collection in enriched with a biography written by his grandson Allan McLane Hamilton. Contents: The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton by Allan McLane Hamilton Alexander ...

Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician offers a fresh full-life biography of the man Thomas Jefferson once described as the helmsman of the American Revolution. In his study, historian John K. Alexander uses narrative history to argue that Samuel Adams was both America's first professional politician and its first modern politician. Adams, Alexander argues, was an unwavering politician who strove to protect the people's basic rights and who emphasized the importance of virtue, li...