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  • Finding Birt Acres

    The Rediscovery of a Film Pioneer

    by Deac Rossell, Barry Anthony, Peter Domankiewicz ...
    Series series Exeter Studies in Film History
    Apparently from Virginia, Birt Acres appeared out of nowhere in Britain aged 35, without a trace of his former life. Yet immediately he became a prominent figure in the late Victorian photographic world. He soon teamed up with Robert Paul to make a moving picture camera and then shot the first commercial films in Britain in spring 1895, in parallel with the work of the Lumière brothers in France, ... Read more

    $138.59 CAD

  • Chronology of the Birth of Cinema, 1833–1896

    by Deac Rossell ...
    Written from an international perspective, this account of the origins of the cinema begins in 1833 with the introduction of optical toys for reproducing movement and ends with a thorough examination of the first full year of projected moving pictures in 1896. Comprehensive and verifiable, with citations that support each individual entry, the book examines the events that culminated in the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Nation, Network and People

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    **'A magnificent, rollicking narrative' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Top 25 Non-Fiction Books of the 21st Century'Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and ... Read more

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  • The Great British Dream Factory

    The Strange History of Our National Imagination

    by Dominic Sandbrook ...
    SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015Britain's empire has gone. Our manufacturing base is a shadow of its former self; the Royal Navy has been reduced to a skeleton. In military, diplomatic and economic terms, we no longer matter as we once did. And yet there is still one area in which we can legitimately claim superpower status: our popular culture.It is extraordinary to think that one British writer, ... Read more

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  • Photography Fifth Edition

    A Cultural History

    by Mary Warner Marien ...
    The fifth edition of this indispensable history of photography spans the history of the medium, from its early development to current practice, and providing a focused understanding of the cultural contexts in which photographers have lived and worked throughout, this remains an all-encompassing survey.Mary Warner Marien discusses photography from around the world and through the lenses of art, ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Consuming Passions

    Leisure and Pleasure in Victorian Britain

    by Judith Flanders ...
    A delightful and fascinating social history of Victorians at leisure, told through the letters, diaries, journals and novels of nineteenth-century men and women, from the author of the bestselling ‘The Victorian House’.Imagine a world where only one in five people owns a book, where just one in ten has a knife or a fork – a world where five people out of every six do not own a cup to hold a hot ... Read more

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  • A Life in Letters

    50th Anniversary Edition

    by P.G. Wodehouse ...
    Charming, witty and profound, this stylish 50th anniversary hardback edition of A LIFE IN LETTERS is the perfect addition to any Wodehouse-lover's bookcase.'The letters, gossipy in the kindliest, most amused/bemused manner, bear true witness to the wide-ranging influences on Wodehouse's' best-known novels and best-loved characters.' *THE TIMES'*It’s hard to imagine a better beach companion' ... Read more

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    A Century on Air

    by David Hendy ...
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    $25.99 CAD

  • Expatriate Paris

    A Cultural and Literary Guide to Paris of the 1920s

    by Arlen J. Hansen ...
    Paris has long been a storied center of art and culture, and of romance, but in the 1920s its magnetism was especially irresistible. From around the world writers, artists, and composers steamed in, to visit or linger, some to reside. For travelers, Francophiles and the curious, this gossipy retrospective of expatriate life in Paris in the 1920s is a mosaic of quick glimpses—Sarah Bernhardt ... Read more

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  • The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures

    A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies

    by Paul Fischer ...
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    $22.50 CAD

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  • Pioneers of Modern Design

    From William Morris to Walter Gropius

    by Nikolaus Pevsner ...
    One of the most widely read books on modern design, Nikolaus Pevsner's landmark work today remains as stimulating as it was when first published in 1936. This expanded edition of Pioneers of Modern Design provides Pevsner's original text along with significant new and updated information, enhancing Pevsner's illuminating account of the roots of Modernism. The book now offers many beautiful colour ... Read more

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