Alexander Shulgin

Nicholas Saunders

Liz Heron

E for Ecstasy

Alternative London

Discusses the reasons behind World War I, important battles of the war, and how the war was portrayed in the media, and presents key European and American military figures.

A Primary Source History

World War I

Cela fait plus de dix ans que l'ecstasy envahit les pistes de danse. De Goa à San Francisco, en passant par toute l'Europe, des clubs branchés aux raves gigantesques, des millions de jeunes (et parfois moins jeunes) s'adonnent à "la pilule d'amour" chaque week-end. Face à la déferlante, les autorités britanniques envisagent une légalisation afin d'assurer un contrôle de qualité et une politique de santé publique cohérente. Quelle est cette substance, le MDMA, dont on dit tout et n'importe quoi ? Pourquoi a-t-elle autant de succès ? Provoque-t-elle des effets secondaires ? Est-elle l'aphrodisiaque que l'on prétend ? Quoi qu'on en pense, l'ecstasy et la culture techno sont l'expression d'une génération. Voici l'enquête du sociologue Nicholas Saunders au pays des raves. Le premier livre en France qui rende compte de ce phénomène. Un best seller des deux côtés de l'Atlantique.

MDMA, raves & culture techno

E comme ecstasy

A radical critique of current attempts to reconcile natural sciences with the concept of divine action.

Divine Action and Modern Science

The Lost Words series provides an authentic picture of life in history through first-hand accounts. Powerful and emotive, these books ensure the reader gains a full understanding of what life was like.

World War One

Birger Stichelbaut

Jean Bourgeois

Striking aerial views of war, and of the scarred landscapes of its aftermath are the focus of this unique and multidisciplinary book. For the first time, the history, significance, and technology of military aerial photography are brought together and explored by military historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists. This new approach opens the door to a modern reassessment of military aerial imagery, reveals the concepts and philosophies that guided their production and interpretation, and illustrates the complex interaction between humans and technology in creating and understanding the landscapes of conflict.

Military Aerial Photography and Archaeology

Images of Conflict

Trench art is the evocative name given to a dazzling array of objects made from the waste of industrialized war. Each object, whether an engraved shell case, cigarette lighter or a pen made from shrapnel, tells a unique and moving story about its maker. For the first time, this book explores in-depth the history and cultural importance behind these ambiguous art forms. Not only do they symbolize human responses to the atrocities of war, but they also act as mediators between soldiers and civilians, individuals and industrial society, and, most importantly, between the living and the dead. Trench art resonates most obviously with the terror of endless bombardment, night raids, gas attacks and the bestial nature of trench life. It grew in popularity between 1919 and 1939 when the bereaved embarked on battlefield pilgrimages and returned with objects intended to keep alive the memory of loved ones. The term trench art is, however, misleading, as it does not simply refer to materials found in the trenches. It describes a diverse range of objects that have in some way emerged from the experience of war all over the world. Many distinctive objects, for example, were made during conflicts in Bosnia, Vietnam, Northern Ireland and Korea. Surprisingly, trench art predates World War I and it can be made in a number of earlier wars such as the Crimean War, the American Civil War, and the Boer War. Saunders looks at the broader issues of what is meant by trench art, what it was before the trenches and how it fits in with other art movements, as well as the specific materials used in making it. He suggests that it can be seen as a bridge between the nineteenth century certainties and the fragmented industrialized values and ideals of the modern world. This long overdue study offers an original and informative look at one of the most arresting forms of art. Spanning from 1800 to the present day, its analysis of art, human experience, and warfare will pave the way for new research.

Nicholas Saunders

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