In Caravagio, A Life Scared and Profane, Andrew Graham-Dixon has written a masterful new biography of Michaelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and casts new light on the mystery of his life and death.
Andrew Graham-Dixon is a leading art critic, writer, author and regular presenter on art for the BBC radio and television including a recent programme “Who Killed Caravaggio” based on his work for this book. Caravaggio, A Life Scared and Profane is based on a decade of research piecing together the evidence of Caravaggio’s life and work in Counter-Reformation Italy..
Detailed Analysis of Caravaggio’s Work as an Artist and Historic Importance
Andrew Graham-Dixon brings his knowledge and experience of art to this book and provides a detailed analysis of each of Caravaggio’s works. He places them in the context of the history of art in Italy of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Indeed echoes of Caravaggio’s dramatic use of shadows and light can be seen in modern films and photography; Martin Scorsese acknowledges the influence of Caravaggio in much of his own work for the cinema.
Bad Ideas? is a history of science and its unintended dangers. It argues scientists and public must work together for a shared understanding and vision.
Robert Winston is a distinguished scientist and doctor. He was made Lord Winston for his work in reproductive biology and the treatment of infertility. In Bad Ideas? he sets out his argument that whilst science and its application has achieved much that is good it has also had unintended consequences. As well as improvements to humankind’s lot almost every idea has also exposed us all to greater dangers and vulnerabilities.
Ben Ainslie explains who he is and how he became Britain's most successful Olympic yachtsman - an Olympian and athlete who stands comparison with Pinsent and Redgrave.
Close to the Wind is almost a story of two different people in the one body. Off the water there is a quiet, even shy, person who would shrink into the background whenever possible. On the water Ben Ainslie is completely different. He is a determined, even aggressive, competitor who is supremely fit and understands his sport to such an extent that he has total self-belief.
Extraordinary Clouds is an appreciation and explanation of dramatic cloud formations by Richard Hamblyn who has done much to explain how clouds form and their structure.
Striking Cloud Formations and Meteorological Phenomena Explained
In Extraordinary Clouds Richard Hamblyn builds on his earlier books The Invention of Clouds and The Cloud Book to both show incredible cloud formations and to explain the mechanisms that create them.
Goldberg seeks to demonstrate that fascism is a socialist movement and therefore a misdirected term of abuse by the left-wing of right-leaning policies and politicians.
Fascism is often used as a term of abuse aimed at the political right,usually by the left and special interest groups. Goldberg’s stated reason for writing Liberal Fascism was to highlight the lack of understanding by liberals (socialists by any other name to US conservatives) of their own history.
Priestley was a man of The Enlightenment, notable scientist, minister. He founded the Unitarian church but his political ideas forced him to leave England for a new USA.
Scientist, Ordained Minister, Radical Thinker of The Enlightenment
John Gribbin provides a masterful and readable explanation of thinking on multiple universes or dimensions. The Multiverse is a key to current cosmological science.
Multiple Dimensions and Universes – Not Just Science Fiction
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