An uncanny blend of the external and the intimate has been a hallmark of Simon West's poetry for nearly twenty years. In this new collection, the Australian poet and Italianist…

There is an open wound in the heart of the Cosmos. A wound that tears at the flesh of reality, drawing powerful and malign aberrations from an unknowable realm. Salem…

White people are the kindest, most generous race on earth, except with each other. We are also the most hated race on earth, primarily by ourselves. Only we berate our…

Sex goddess, Hollywood star, transgressive playwright, author, blues singer, and vaudeville brat - Mae West remains the 20th century’s greatest comedienne. Simon Louvish brings West to vibrant life in this…

Western societies draw on concepts of the individual in constructing their images of the ethnic group and define these in terms of difference. This study explores the implications of these…

This book looks at the broadening of the security agenda and framing of issues as existential threats and questions its application beyond the Western world. The chapters were originally published…

The Federal Republic of Germany’s position in the European Community had been described as one of interdependence, penetration and integration. Of the three terms this research addresses itself most directly…

The first book in the UK or US to set on record the recent cultural phenomenon of the use of certain dog breeds - both legal and illegal - to…