The Long Weekend

The Living Story of the Twenties and Thirties

Robert Graves

History

First published in 1940, this survey of the inter-war period not only includes surface aspects of the era – fro

archaeology, culture, literature

Living In The End Times

Slavoj Žižek

Philosophy

There should no longer be any doubt: global capitalism is fast approaching its terminal crisis. Slavoj Žižek

communism, culture, liberal, materialism, psychology

The Moronic Inferno

And Other Visits to America

Martin Amis

Non-fiction

At the age of ten, when Martin Amis spent a year in Princeton, New Jersey, he was excited and frightened by Ame

critic, culture, film

Before Columbus

Links between the Old World and Ancient America

Cyrus H Gordon

History

Discusses evidence of American landfall by Minoans and Jews in ancient & classical times, and also looks at ref

america, archeology, culture

The Act of Creation

Arthur Koestler

Psychology

While the study of psychology has offered little in the way of explaining the creative process, Koestler examin

art, culture, philosophy

Power Shift

Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century

Alvin Toffler

Non-fiction

Alvin Tofflers Future Shock and The Third Wave are among the most influential books of our time.

culture, sociology, speculative

Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion

Jack D Zipes

Philosophy

The fairy tale may be one of the most important cultural and social influences on childrens lives. But until Fa

culture, folklore, literature, psychology

The Western Theory of Tradition

Terms and Paradigms of the Cultural Sublime

Sanford Budick

Non-fiction

A study of cultural tradition. Sanford Budick reveals an operative concept of Western cultures: according to th

culture, literature