Bøker av Nigel Wood

Thisis the story of the milltown brothers meteoric rise and 'much ignored' demise. It's the story of a good band that got very luckyand then got very unlucky. More broadly it demonstratesthe role luck plays in all our lives, every thought, breathand movement impacting on the way our futuresunfold.

Chinese ceramics and their glazes have delighted and enthralled the world for centuries. In this book, Nigel Wood traces the development of Chinese glazes from the Bronze Age to the present day. He carefully describes how Chinese glazes were made, and how they evolved over some 3000 years of continuous production. He provides analyses and shows how their superb qualities can be reproduced with common Western raw materials. The book is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of colour plates of Chinese potters and Chinese kilns.

Provides a collection of theoretical and literary essays on Swift's work. The text places an emphasis on his Anglo-Irishness, which, it argues, is a key area in understanding his life and works. Reference is also made to Swift's gender relations and his female imitators.