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Michael Glover
Glover's first book-length poem in which the speaker reflects on an absent partner, asking questions that will forever remain unanswerable.The words are illuminated by Hornung's paintings and offer up a…
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Rose Wylie,Michael Glover
Celebrated British painter Rose Wylie-whose works are at once tactile, cerebral, and humorous-often draws her influence from a wide range of popular culture. Here her newest body of work references…
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This guidebook takes you exploring London beyond its most famous sights to find the art we have never quite noticed before.
Michael Glover offers a detailed examination of the paintings of the acclaimed German painter Neo Rauch, whose paintings deftly blend the iconography of Socialist Realism with the stylistic mannerisms of…
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A picture book for adults: artworks by Ruth Dupre complement beautifully the verse and prose of Michael Glover. It tells the story of a woman slowly losing her grip on…
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Michael Glover’s most accomplished collection draws on a variety of themes and situations. The sands are forever shifting, you question the speaking voice is, and there is a darkness about…
The best poetry takes your mind to unexpected places. But is it the poet's quirkiness that carries you there, or your own? Poems to challenge and stimulate, make you laugh…
A collection of poems, long and short, on themes as caried as the poet Thomas Gray (of ‘Elegy’ fame), talking stones, absent gods, an old mans’ sad encounter with Cupid…
Poet, writer and art critic, Michael Glover brings us this collection of amusing, thought-provoking heart-warming and, in at least one case, revolting, tales. As a poet he finely weights each…
Stories of everyday lives captured in a few lines, inspired by images real or imagined in the poet’s mind. If we truly observe rather than let life pass us by…
Poems of Praise, Awe and Perplexity by: Wendy Cope, Rowan Williams, John F. Deane, Alison Brackenbury, Thomas Hardy, John Donne, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, D.H. Lawrence, W.B.Yeats, Christina Rossetti, Penelope Shuttle…
This is a dark, Gothic tale about a Cornish misfit by the name of Tredinnick: a rabbit trapper by trade, and a trapper of souls. It is part horror story…
Glover’s collection of poems pays tribute to Lorca’s extraordinary lyrical gifts. Spoken by an imagined lover, it conjures, fleetingly, poignantly, the irrepressible gusto of his life: his talent as a…
The Book of Extremities is a unique piece of writing: dark and haunting, making you question the nature of fiction, alongside beautiful photographs juxtaposed with the text. The author purports…
A book of poems soaked in the spirit of Sheffield through and through, then and now, by Michael Glover, a Sheffielder by birth, and author of the bestselling 111 Places…
In this monologue of a mind’s slow dying, an actor, man of abundant words, faces his final audience: of himself. It is a face that he barely recognises through the…
‘Playing Out in the Wireless Days’ is the sequel to ‘Headlong into Pennilessness, ’ by poet and art critic, Michael Glover. It is a fond look back, reflecting on the…
Published to coincide with the bi-centenary of Ruskin’s birth, John Ruskin: An Idiosyncratic Dictionary Encompassing his Passions, his Delusions and his Prophecies provides an accessible way into the world of…
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A laugh-out-loud visual history of the strangest piece of men’s clothing ever created: the codpiece.
This is by no means a work of chauvinistic self-congratulations; it is rather a distinguished historian’s assessment of the last great invasion scare the British Isles have endured since the…
* Diary account of front-line soldiers in the Great War along with sketches which illustrate the people and places mentioned in the text * One of the most remarkable and…
Go off the beaten path to discover the hidden places, stories, and neighbourhoods that reveal Sheffield’s true character, history, and flavour.
Go off the beaten path to discover the hidden places, stories, and neighbourhoods that reveal Sheffield’s true character, history, and flavour. Revised and updated.
Can you describe these seven hundred and ninety-four paragraphs as a collection of stories each of that length? Or are they more glimpses into the thoughts and feelings of other…
Cornelia Homburg
An original interpretation of the final years of Van Gogh's career, exploring the people and places that take over his late paintings
Michael W. Glover
This volume contains the original French text plus an exciting new translation by poet Michel Glover. It is not a translation in the truest sense - where word for word…
This beautiful book is a collaboration between artist and poet and is a homage to all bug-life: the true rulers of the world, upon which we, and all life on…
On holiday in France, during a particularly warm spell, the exotic bugs descend. Many would reach for the citronella candles, or worse - the fly-swat and toxic aerosols to go…
Michael Glover,Jonathon Riley
The Royal Welch Fusiliers were present at all Marlborough’s great victories; they were one of the six Minden regiments. Like so many famous regiments the RWF are no longer in…
This fully illustrated book offers a highly enjoyable and intelligently-written tour through art history, with the renowned art critic and poet Michael Glover.
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Michael E Glover
“My Soul Speaks Wisdom” is a powerful collection of life, love, and inspirational poems used for everyday living. This book will provide insights on life, love, and also offer solid…
The best poetry takes your mind to unexpected places. But is it the poet's quirkiness that carries you there, or your own?
Poems to challenge and stimulate, make you laugh…
Michael Glover Smith,Adam Selzer
Tells the fascinating but too little known story of how Chicago served as the unlikely capital of film production in America in the years prior to the rise of Hollywood…
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Reassesses and sets in its historical context Jorden’s famous pamphlet. In his introduction, Michael MacDonald provides an analysis of the politics of credulity and scepticism in early modern England and…
Michael Crumplin,Gareth Glover
This book, using material from Belgian sources, describes the evolution of the Dutch/Belgian medical services and their hospitals in the newly-formed Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Michael Crumplin
The Battle of Waterloo was one of the most horrific actions fought during the Napoleonic Wars.
Michael W Glover
Saint Sebastian Stone Roses is the third book in The Lonely Tower Series, an epic adventure that takes the reader into a new world full of surprises. A dark fantasy…
Ian Glover,Michael P. Kelly
Mr. Peter C. Glover,Professor Michael J. Economides
The energy is the most important commodity in the world. Yet our basic energy security is threatened by an ideological social agenda driven more by myth than reality. This book…
Daniel Adrian Doss,William H. Glover Jr.,Rebecca A. Goza,Michael Wigginton Jr.
Daily communication occurs within the justice system and among law enforcement organizations as judges speak to juries, law enforcement officers communicate with the public, and the news media presents stories…
Stirling Professions and Management Conference 1993
First published in 2000. This collection of works explores the sources of conflict and change which affect professional occupations, the responses of these occupations to such forces and the possible…
