books about: decadence

books about: decadence

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Decadence

Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience With Development And Decadence In Deepest Africa

Robert Klitgaard

Basic Books, 1991

A highly informative and unique book
It is not very common to find a World Bank economist who writes with a touch of humor, humility and eloquence, but that is exactly what you will discover in this unique book. The author was a World Bank advisor assigned to the tiny African nation of Equatorial Guinea ...

Maximalism: The Graphic Design of Decadence& Excess

Charlotte Rivers

RotoVision, 2008

Awesome
This is one of the best book of my personal library. I think maximalism is what the next graphic design approach is all about. I think it comes to fix the "form & function" ideal - I think it has been misunderstood, too focused on the function, the designs was been ...

Bunker Spreckels: Surfing's Divine Prince of Decadence

Taschen, 2007

Beautiful and very interesting
I'm a big fan of Bunk's stepfather Clark Gable, so I was thrilled to see something about Bunk in print. It added another dimension to a more personal side of Gable. But my husband was a surfer, and he was thrilled with the photography and history regarding this ...

From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the Present

Jacques Barzun

Harper Perennial, 2001

My enduring Top-2 pick for understanding the Meaning of Life book.
I have been reading and comtemplating about the Meaning of My Life for 4-5 years now. After reading many books on a variety of subjects, I still recommend Barzun's book as my Top-2 best book for understanding LIFE, and therefore providing the context for piecing ...

The Green Face (Decadence from Dedalus)

Gustav Meyrink

Dedalus,, 2004

one of the best esoteric novels
"Gustav Meyrink is one of the greatest european mystiques (magicians/yogis) of 20th century". This said another yogi par exellence... His books are not symbolical...

Five Faces of Modernity: Modernism, Avant-garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism

Matei Calinescu

Duke University Press, 1987

A brilliant introduction to excessively used concepts.
Calinescu succeeds in a very difficult department: definind five concepts that have become common places in criticism. Calinescu's reviews is insightful, comprehensive an very well documented. It offers an excellent introdution to the novices and a useful guide for ...

Children of the Sun: A Narrative of Decadence in England After 1918

Martin Green

Axios Press, 2008

Children of the Sun...
The mind of this Martin Green is beautiful to experience. If you enjoy historical ideas and the drama of the mind, you'll love this book. He writes about the period in English intellectual history stretching from the late Victorian period through WWI and into the 30's ...

Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson

Camille Paglia

Vintage Books, 1991

An Erotics of Art
Way back when Susan Sontag was still an important critic, she said, "In place of hermeneutics we need an erotics of art." Well, here it is. The basic thesis of this book is simple, though its consequences are far-ranging. She maintains that aesthetic principles are ...

The Gospel of Filth: A Bible of Decadence & Darkness
Gavin Baddeley

FAB Press, 2008

The Gospel of Filth is the boldest, most comprehensive guide to the realms of darkness and devilry ever published. Taking in every significant milestone and major landmark, this lavishly illustrated volume is the definitive study of the dark side. No tombstone remains unturned in this wide-ranging and witty dissection of the uncanny and unholy, of ...

Sway: A Novel

Zachary Lazar

Little, Brown and Company, 2008

wonderful read
Thought this would be a stinker, but I loved it. Wonderfully inventive and compelling. Lazar made me interested in the Rolling Stones. His sections on Anger are beautiful.

New Orleans: Elegance and Decadence

Richard Sexton, Randolph Delehanty

Chronicle Books, 1993

Lush and Inspiring
One of my all-time favorite books. The stuff of dreams and nightmares too. This is an utterly luscious picture book. Chock full of photos of real interiors. Real homes of artists and the creative. Homes of people who love peeling wallpaper and cracked plaster; and ...

Daughters of Decadence: Women Writers of the Fin De Siecle

Rutgers University Press, 1993

The Decadent Reader: Fiction, Fantasy, and Perversion from Fin-de-Siècle France

Zone Books, 1998

The ultimate decadent sourcebook
I spent several months reading this fantastic collection of many previously hard-to-find texts, finally brought together in one nicely packaged volume. It's by far the best of its kind that I've seen yet, and there aren't many decadent collections out there -- Dedalus ...

A Dangerous Fortune

Ken Follett

Delacorte Press, 1993

KEN FOLLET DOES IT AGAIN
I STARTED WITH PILLARS, THEN WORLD WITHOUT END AND THIS WAS MY THIRD KEN FOLLETT BOOK AND I MUST SAY, I WAS THRILLED AGAIN!!! I LOVE HOW INVOLVED I BECOME IN HIS CHARACTERS LIVES, AND WITHOUT FAIL SEX EVERYWHERE!

Fantasies of Fetishism: From Decadence to the Post-Human

Amanda Fernbach

Rutgers University Press, 2002

What I Thought Was A Photography Book Was A Really Cool Textbook
When I ordered this book I thought I was purchasing a book of fantastic, surrealistic Fetish photographs. I was totally surprised with what arrived in the mail. I wasn't at all disappointed however, because I loved this text book of cultural and gender studies. It ...