A versatile genius whose oeuvre includes paintings, engravings, and detailed anatomical studies, George Stubbs (17241806) was fascinated by horses. This handsome book presents for the first time the wide range of his equine imagery, from refined portraits of racehorses to violent scenes of horses attacked by lions in the wild.
Taking full account of the associations and status of the noble horse” in eighteenth-century Britain and the colorful world of its devoteesboth high and lowthe authors examine Stubbs’s work from different points of view and offer many fresh interpretations. Malcolm Warner discusses how horses were regarded in Britain in Stubbs’s time, the unexpected connection between his horse-and-lion compositions and the creation of the English thoroughbred, and his classicism. Robin Blake examines the young Whig noblemen who were Stubbs’s first patrons, the grooms, jockeys, trainers, and other attendants who appear in his horse portraits, and his curious dealings with the Prince of Wales. The book also includes an essay by conservators Lance Mayer and Gay Myers on Stubbs’s experiments with wax and enamel.
For admirers of Stubbs’s art, eighteenth-century English painting, and horses, this book is an essential addition to their bookshelves.

Stubbs & the Horse

Arts & Photography

Warner, Malcolm

Blake, Robin

Individual Artists

Kimbell Art Museum

Can the mind and body affect each other? Can something non-material and subjective work physical change? Does the personality play an active, voluntary role against the body?Ever since medicine became a science, the role of the mind in physical health has been passionately disputed. Thoday. conventional treatments rely almost entirely on drugs, yet there is growing evidence to support what healers have always believed, that our bodies "know" how to become ill and well, and that we can choose one disease over another.In this fascinating book, Robin Blake examines the phrase " it's all in the mind" and reveals the full complexity of the mind's effect on the body, whether for good or ill. He challenges the mechanistic approach of modern medicine and hows that our emotions are deeply involved in the homeostatic processes that sustain life. Along the way, he explores the variablility of pain thresholds, the intelligence of the immune system, the selectiveness of infection, the cellular civil wars of cancer and auto-allergy, and may other phenomena which have baffled science.The body, he suggests, is far more than a biological machine, and doctors and patients alike would benefit from adopting a wider, more holistic view of health. (On reverse of book)

Mind Over Medicine: Can the Mind Kill or Cure?

Medical Books

Pan/Macmillan

Fat Man's Shadow

Literature & Fiction

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Illuminating and highly enjoyable biography of Stubbs, which places him in the context of eighteenth-century England. George Stubbs tirelessly studied and explored the natural world, and looked for new ways of representing it.

George Stubbs and the Wide Creation: Animals, people and places in the life of George Stubbs, 1724-1806

Biographies & Memoirs

Chatto&Windus

Illuminating and highly enjoyable biography of Stubbs, which places him in the context of eighteenth-century England. George Stubbs tirelessly studied and explored the natural world, and looked for new ways of representing it.From the Hardcover edition.

George Stubbs and the Wide Creation: Animals, People & Places in the Life of George Stubbs, 1724-1806

Pimlico

Titus Cragg and his friend Luke Fidelis investigate macabre goings-on in a remote Lancashire village in this intriguing 18th century mystery. It’s the sweltering summer of 1744 and when an epidemic disease threatens the town, coroner Titus Cragg retires with his wife and baby son to a remote village in East Lancashire, where he hopes his family will enjoy the healthy and tranquil air. But Cragg finds the rural atmosphere anything but peaceful when he’s called upon to investigate the horrific death of a local woman who has fallen victim to a cruel community punishment. Assisted by his friend Dr Luke Fidelis, Cragg begins to probe the village’s prejudices and simmering hatreds, as he untangles cross-currents of suspicion, rivalry and rural customs which are very different from the ways he knows in the town. Then another local woman disappears, and events take a disturbing new twist …

Rough Music (A Cragg and Fidelis Mystery, 5)

Genre Fiction

Severn House

As the Young Pretender and his Jacobite army approach, Coroner Titus Cragg must solve a brutal murder -and prevent himself being executed for the crime. November, 1745. Preston, Lancashire. Rumours abound that Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, has landed in Scotland, intent on marching south to claim the English throne. Meanwhile, a headless body is discovered in an icy pond. Coroner Titus Cragg thinks he has a lead when a head is eventually found - only to discover that it belongs to a different body. Could there be a connection to the approaching rebel army? Or is someone using the Highlanders' invasion as a cover-up for murder? As simmering tensions, conflicting loyalties and open hostilities split the town, Cragg finds himself arrested for murder. In order to clear his name and escape execution by firing squad, Titus must team up with his old friend, Dr Luke Fidelis, to expose the real killer.

Death and the Chevalier (A Cragg and Fidelis Mystery, 6)

British & Irish

The discovery of a body in a pigsty, shot to death, leads Coroner Titus Cragg and Dr Luke Fidelis into a complex and baffling murder investigation. April, 1746. When County Coroner Titus Cragg is called to examine a body found shot to death at a local farm, he finds himself drawn into a bizarre and complex case where nothing is as it first appears. As he questions those who knew the victim, it becomes clear that not everyone is telling him the whole truth. Could the motive for the murder lie in a dangerous contract the dead man had signed more than twenty years before, a so-called tontine agreement? Just what does the victim's enigmatic lawyer, Ambrose Parr, know that he's not revealing? As he and Dr Luke Fidelis attempt to track down the six other signatories to the contract, Titus realizes that if they do not find answers - and fast - more violent deaths will surely follow.

Secret Mischief (A Cragg and Fidelis Mystery, 7)

Hungry Death (A Cragg and Fidelis Mystery, 8)

Review\nOutstanding ... Clever plotting and enjoyable characterizations make this entry a winner ― Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Rough Music\n'Blake again demonstrates why he belongs in the first rank of historical mystery novelists’ – Publishers Weekly Starred Review\n'Odd 18th-century mores provide a fitting backdrop for a complex puzzle’ – Kirkus Reviews\n‘Gripping ... Historical fans will be well satisfied' – Publishers Weekly on Secret Mischief\nAn action-packed read with fully realized characters and vivid historical detail ― Booklist on Death and the Chevalier\nA startling conclusion. Readers who enjoy historical and legal perspectives will appreciate the careful attention to detail ― Library Journal on Secret Mischief\nBlake effortlessly combines a complex puzzle with some fascinating, little-known historical facts ― Kirkus Reviews on Death and the Chevalier\nWhen a blackened body is discovered buried beneath a hot-house, Coroner Titus Cragg uncovers a tale of scandalous secrets stretching back almost twenty years. 
"Blake again demonstrates why he belongs in the first rank of historical mystery novelists" - Publishers Weekly Starred Review\nCoroner Cragg. You think you can find out what happened at this house? You are mistaken. You can never find out."\nNovember, 1747. County Coroner Titus Cragg has been called to the scene of a gruesome slaughter at a rural farmhouse: a mother and her four children brutally murdered in their own home. Were they killed by the man who should have protected them: their husband and father? And what role is played by the peculiar religious cult the family belongs to? Perhaps the mute boy who lives in the dog kennel knows the truth.\nMeanwhile, Titus's friend Dr Luke Fidelis is a guest of wealthy landowner and local magistrate John Blackburne at nearby Orford Hall. When a blackened but well-preserved body is discovered deep beneath Blackburne's hot-house, Cragg and Fidelis are asked to investigate. But how can they make headway when, as they soon learn, this corpse might have been in the ground for centuries?\nGradually, Titus pieces together a tale of secrets, scandal and thwarted passion - and uncovers a shocking connection between the body under the hothouse and the slaughter in the farmhouse.\nFrom the Back Cover\nROBIN BLAKE HUNGRY DEATH "Coroner Cragg. You think you can find out what happened at this house? You are mistaken. You can never find out." November, 1747. County Coroner Titus Cragg has been called to the scene of a gruesome slaughter at a rural farmhouse: a mother and her four children brutally murdered in their own home. Were they killed by the man who should have protected them: their husband and father? What role is played by the peculiar religious cult the family belongs to? Perhaps the mute boy who lives in the dog kennel knows the truth. Meanwhile, Titus's friend Dr Luke Fidelis is a guest of wealthy landowner and local magistrate John Blackburne at nearby Orford Hall. When a blackened but well-preserved body is discovered deep beneath Blackburne's hot-house, Cragg and Fidelis are asked to investigate. But how can they make headway when, as they soon learn, this corpse might have been in the ground for centuries? Gradually, Titus pieces together a tale of secrets, scandal and thwarted passion - and uncovers a shocking connection between the body under the hothouse and the slaughter in the farmhouse.

Modern Art (Essential Art) [Hardcover] ...

Modern Art (Essential Art)

Parragon Publishing

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