A selection of new books hitting the shelves in the Arts Library, from graphic novels about zombies in Tokyo to essays exploring sexuality in the television shows of Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, etc., etc….), and quite a few stops in between. Enjoy!
The happiest refugee : the extraordinary true story of a boy’s journey from starvation at sea to becoming one of Australia’s best-loved comedians by Anh Do.
Allen & Unwin, 2010
On being a sculptor by Henry Moore
Tate Publishing, 2010
The art of Hergé : inventor of Tintin. Volume 2, 1937-1949 by Philippe Goddin
Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2009
Tokyo Zombie by Yusaku Hanakuma
Last Gasp/Turnaround, 2008
Sexual rhetoric in the works of Joss Whedon : new essays edited by Erin B. Waggoner
McFarland, 2010
Ernie Kovacs & early tv comedy : nothing in moderation by Andrew Horton
University of Texas Press, 2010
Performing violence in contemporary Ireland edited by Lisa Fitzpatrick
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Carysfort Press, 2010
Music and displacement : diasporas, mobilities, and dislocations in Europe and beyond edited by Erik Levi and Florian Scheding
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Scarecrow Press, 2010
Niki de Saint Phalle edited by Simon Groom
Tate, 2008
Amico : the life of Giovanni Battista Viotti by Warwick Lister
OUP, 2009
The great lady decorators : the women who defined interior design, 1870-1955 by Adam Lewis
Rizzoli, 2010
Medieval and renaissance art : people and possessions by Glyn Davies, Kirstin Kennedy
V&A, 2009
Forbidden fruit : a history of women and books in art by Christiane Inmann
Prestel, 2009
New York nocturne : the city after dark in literature, painting, and photography, 1850-1950 by William Chapman
Princeton University Press, 2008
101 must-see movies for gay men by Alonso Duralde
Alyson Books, 2005
Imagination, books & community in medieval Europe: papers of a conference held at the State Library of Victoria Melbourne, Australia 29-31 May 2008
Macmillan, 2009
Serizawa : master of Japanese textile design edited by Joe Earle
Yale University Press, 2009
Our gods wear Spandex : the secret history of comic book heroes by Christopher Knowles
Weiser Books, 2007
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