Charles Macklin and the Theatres of London
With essays by leading experts on eighteenth-century culture, this volume provides a sustained critical examination of his career, illuminating many aspects of eighteenth-century theatrical culture and of the European Enlightenment, and explores the scholarly benefit - and thrill - of restaging Macklin's work in the twenty-first century.
Ian Newman; David O'Shaughnessy
Published: March /
2022
Liverpool University Press
9781800856912
344 Pages
£24.95
Paperback / softback
United Kingdom
Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Charles Macklin and the Theatres of London
With essays by leading experts on eighteenth-century culture, this volume provides a sustained critical examination of his career, illuminating many aspects of eighteenth-century theatrical culture and of the European Enlightenment, and explores the scholarly benefit - and thrill - of restaging Macklin's work in the twenty-first century.
Ian Newman; David O'Shaughnessy
Published: March /
2022
Liverpool University Press
9781800855984
344 Pages
£95
Hardback
United Kingdom
Literary studies: plays & playwrights
Celebrating Cork
A celebration of the Irish city of Cork's rich heritage and identity - its people, significant events and achievements across the centuries.
Kieran McCarthy
Published: March /
2022
Amberley Publishing
9781445697468
96 Pages
£15.99
Paperback / softback
United Kingdom
Local history
Bright Burning Things
Bright Burning Things is the raw and emotional story of a woman's search for self-knowledge
Lisa Harding
Published: March /
2022
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
9781526624482
320 Pages
£8.99
Paperback / softback
United Kingdom
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us
Roma Downey, best known as the beloved angel on the TV show Touched by an Angel has created a beautiful and personal testimony to the presence of God in our lives and our world.
Roma Downey
Published: March /
2022
Howard Books
9781501151064
256 Pages
€13.99
£10.99
Paperback / softback
United States
Religion & beliefs
Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music
THE DEFINITIVE, AUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF BILL FRISELL Over a period of 45 years, 40 albums as leader, and appearances on more than 300 recordings, Bill Frisell has established himself as one of the most innovative and important musicians at work today.
Philip Watson
Published: March /
2022
Faber & Faber
9780571361663
560 Pages
£20
Hardback
United Kingdom
Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups
The Authority Gap: Why women are still taken less seriously than men, and what we can do about it
Sieghart draws together a remarkable wealth of research (the bibliography alone is 31 pages long) from academic studies and polling data to analyse and deconstruct this pervasive underestimation of women's competence.
Mary Ann Sieghart
Published: March /
2022
Black Swan
9781784165888
384 Pages
£9.99
Paperback / softback
United Kingdom
Feminism & feminist theory
The Artist and Academia
The Artist and Academia explores the relationship between artistic and academic ways of knowing.
Helen Phelan; Graham F. Welch
Published: March /
2022
Routledge
9780367712105
272 Pages
£36.99
Paperback / softback
United Kingdom
Music
Airs
This new work, Airs, shows Maurice Scully, at 70, at the height of his powers.
Maurice Scully
Published: March /
2022
Shearsman Books
9781848618015
126 Pages
€17
£12.95
Paperback / softback
United Kingdom
Poetry by individual poets
Aftermath: The Fall and the Rise After the Event
This volume's twenty-three essays by international scholars revisit the notion and representation of aftermath, understood here as a consequence, result, or aftereffect of a seminal event (to an individual, a community, society, regions or nations), and explore its transformative and life-changing characteristics.
Robert Kusek; Beata Piatek; Wojciech Szymanski
Published: March /
2022
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
9788323347187
350 Pages
€49.50
£44
Paperback / softback
Poland
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000