All fields of contemporary Western life are captured by the lens of Thomas Ruff's large-format camera: petit bourgeois homes in the provinces and suburbs; modernist and current architectural structures; the startlingly alien faces of fellow human beings; the technologically sophisticated observation of outer space; studies of local neighborhoods by night; the news industry's no...(展开全部)

This monograph charts Ruff s entire career including early photographs and works from all his major projects. Thomas Ruff is one of the best-known and most influential german photographers working today. Ever since the early 1980s, through his works he has investigated the photographic medium, the use that is made of it and the world of contemporary visual culture generally. Th...(展开全部)

This monograph charts Ruff s entire career including early photographs and works from all his major projects. Thomas Ruff is one of the best-known and most influential german photographers working today. Ever since the early 1980s, through his works he has investigated the photographic medium, the use that is made of it and the world of contemporary visual culture generally. Th...(展开全部)

A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs. From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentar...(展开全部)

'More often than I can count, I've been asked if I would write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. The one thing I've always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs. I know that some people, when they get to a certain age, like to go to a diary to recall day-to-day events from the past, but I have no such notebooks. What I do have a...(展开全部)

"African American Literary Theory is an extraordinary gift to literary studies. It is necessary, authoritative and thorough. The timing of this book is superb!" --Karla F.C. Holloway, Duke University "The influence of African American literature can be attributed, in no small part, to the literary theorists gathered in this collection. This is a superb anthology that represent...(展开全部)