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  • Disordered Attention

    How We Look at Art and Performance Today

    by Claire Bishop ...
    How technology and the politics of attention changed the way we look at artThe ways we encounter contemporary art and performance has changed. How are we expectedto engage with today's diverse practice? Is the old model of close-looking still the ideal, or has itgiven way to browsing, skimming, and sampling?Across four provocative and insightful essays, art historian and critic Claire Bishop ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD

  • Artificial Hells

    Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship

    by Claire Bishop ...
    This searing critique of participatory art—from its development to its political ambitions—is “an essential title for contemporary art history scholars and students as well as anyone who has . . . thought, ‘Now that’s art!’ or ‘That’s art?’” (Library Journal)Since the 1990s, critics and curators have broadly accepted the notion that participatory art is the ultimate political art: that by ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Five Chinese Brothers

    by Claire Bishop ...
    Narrated by Owen Jordan ...

    Unabridged

    10 min

    An animated film about a humble fisherman who nets a golden fish that grants wishes until the fisherman's wife with her preposterous wishes causes a reversal of their fortune. Based on the fairy tale entitled Vom Fischer und seiner Frau by the brothers Grimm. ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • Lafayette: French-American Hero

    by Claire Huchet Bishop ...
    Illustrated by Maurice Brevannes ...
    Lafayette: French-American Hero by Claire Huchet Bishop and Maurice Brevannes He was nineteen years old, wealthy beyond imagination, and adored by French society. He had a beautiful wife, a glittering future, and every comfort the aristocracy of eighteenth-century France could offer. And yet, when the distant thunder of revolution reached his ears from across the Atlantic Ocean, the young Marquis ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • EMPTY STAGES, CROWDED FLATS. PERFORMATIVITY AS CURATORIAL STRATEGY.

    Performing Urgencies 4

    by Joanna Warsza, Florian Malzacher, Frédérique Aït-Touati, Knut Ove Arntzen, Nedjma Hadj Benchelabi, Claire Bishop, Beatrice von Bismarck, Rui Catalão, Vanessa Desclaux0, Tim Etchells1, Karin Harrasser2, Shannon Jackson3, Ana Janevski4, Lina Majdalanie5, Ewa Majewska6, Maayan Sheleff7, Gerald Siegmund8, Claire Tancons9, Kasia Tórz0, Rachida Triki1, Jelena Vesić2, Catherine Wood3 ...
    Series Book 4 - Performing Urgencies
    During its impressive career over the last decades the term 'performative' has been attributed with many parallel meanings in the humanities, philosophy, arts, or economics. Empty Stages, Crowded Flats additionally applies the notion of the performative to the context of curating with the aim to unfold a potential that so far has been mostly unused. The book is following J. L. Austin, Judith ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Twenty and Ten

    by Claire Huchet Bishop ...
    Narrated by Eve Bianco ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 27 min

    A powerful look at an unforgettable era in history“If we take these children, we can never betray them, no matter what the Nazis do.”During the German occupation of France, twenty French children were brought to a refuge in the mountains. One day a young man came to their school with a request: Could they take in, and hide, ten Jewish refugee children?Sister Gabriel spoke up. “The Nazis are ... Read more

    $11.00 CAD

  • Vittoria Martini

    Thomas Hirschhorn: The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival. The Ambassador's Diary

    by Vittoria Martini, Vittoria Martini, Thomas Hirschhorn, Thomas Hirschhorn, Claire Bishop, Lisa Lee, Mignon Nixon, Marcus Steinweg, Neil Holt ...
    Series Book 21 - Hatje Cantz Text
    The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival is an artwork, a sculpture, created by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn in a peripheral borough of Amsterdam's south-east known as the Bijlmer in 2009. This book recounts the event through the eyes of its "Ambassador", art historian Vittoria Martini, who was invited by the artist to be an eyewitness to the existence of this "precarious" work. A term Hirschhorn sees as ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • The narcotic drug problem

    Enriched edition. Understanding the Crisis: Solutions for Narcotic Addiction

    by Ernest S. Bishop, Claire Montrose ...
    In "The Narcotic Drug Problem," Ernest S. Bishop provides a comprehensive examination of the increasing prevalence of narcotic drugs in society and their socio-economic ramifications. With a keen analytical eye, Bishop employs a blend of empirical research and narrative prose to dissect the complexities surrounding drug addiction, public health, and law enforcement. The book adopts a critical tone ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Mr. Cooper Didn’t Do It

    by Claire Swinarski ...
    Narrated by Hayden Bishop, Michael Crouch, Josh Hurley, Jorjeana Marie, Amy McFadden, Cassandra Morris, Karla Serrato ...

    Unabridged

    Ruby Logan has always wanted to be seen. With a trouble-making older brother and a demanding baby sister, she’s invisible in the middle. So when her teacher Mr. Cooper—a cool, funny guy everyone loves—is forced to shut down his YouTube Channel “Coop’s Class,” Ruby’s one chance at feeling special is shot.With internet fame off the table, Ruby and her friends focus on an upcoming overnight field ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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    Eternal Echoes

    Book 1 in the Silver Flame Series

    by Jacquelyn Bishop ...
    Narrated by Michael Hajiantonis, Claire Glover ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 22 min

    Step into a world where destiny, love, and time itself collide in Eternal Echoes by Jacquelyn Bishop.When Olivia Sinclair discovers a mysterious, dust-covered book in a forgotten antique shop, she unlocks more than history — she awakens an ancient power. Hidden within its pages lies a glowing amulet that transports her from the modern world to a medieval kingdom teetering on the edge of war, ... Read more

    $15.10 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Charlie's Great Adventure

    by Jacquelyn Bishop ...
    Narrated by Claire Glover ...

    Unabridged

    46 min

    Charlie’s Great AdventureWritten by Jacquelyn Bishop | Narrated by Claire Glover | Produced & Published by Audiobook Publishing Services A heartwarming children’s audiobook filled with courage, friendship, and immersive sound effects that bring the story to life!When Charlie, a curious and fearless cat, slips away during a family camping trip, she finds herself ... ... Read more

    $8.23 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Bad Grandma!

    by Jacquelyn Bishop ...
    Narrated by Claire Glover ...

    Unabridged

    50 min

    Bad Grandma!Written by Jacquelyn Bishop | Narrated by Claire Glover | Produced & Published by Audiobook Publishing Services A laugh-out-loud family adventure with sound effects and music that bring every scene to life!Meet Grandma Jackie — sweet on the outside, mischievous on the inside! In Bad Grandma! by Jacquelyn Bishop, listeners ar... ... Read more

    $8.23 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus