Michael R. Taylor Kolejność książek (chronologicznie)

Impossible Monsters is the captivating story of the discovery of the dinosaurs and how it upended our understanding of the origins of the world. 'An astonishing book about an extraordinary subject' PETER FRANKOPAN 'As thrilling as it is sweeping' TOM HOLLAND 'This book dazzles in its originality . . . a triumph' SATHNAM SANGHERA In 1811, a twelve-year-old girl uncovered some strange-looking bones in Britain's southern shoreline - and so sparked a crisis that would engulf science and religion for the next six decades. By its end, the literal reading of the Bible had been overturned, science had been liberated from religion and the secular age had begun. Impossible Monsters takes us into the lives and minds of the extraordinary men and women whose discovery of the dinosaurs revolutionised our understanding of the world, as well as those who resisted them and those, like Charles Darwin, who took great risks to construct a new account of the earth's and mankind's origins. It is the riveting story of a group of people who dared to think impossible things and then showed them to be true. 'Truly marvellous ... an intellectual thriller' RICHARD HOLMES 'A stunning work ... of surprises and revelations' STEVE BRUSATTE

When this book was first published three years ago, the author predicted that when it came to Taylor's career, the best was still to come.

Carly Simon is truly a musical phenomenon. Few female artists have achieved such a magnificent body of work; even fewer have been involved in so many facets of the music business; and no one has written so candidly to create an audio diary for the whole world to hear.

For two centuries, the abolition of slavery in Britain has been celebrated, but this perspective is shifting. In 1807, Parliament banned the slave trade, yet over 700,000 individuals in British colonies remained enslaved for another 25 years. The subsequent abolitionist movement, which made slave ownership a central political and moral issue, faced fierce opposition from the powerful 'West India Interest.' This group, backed by prominent figures such as Canning, Peel, and Gladstone, along with influential publications like The Times and Spectator, ensured that slavery persisted until 1833. When emancipation finally occurred, compensation—worth billions today—was awarded not to the enslaved but to the slaveholders, reinforcing their families' influence in shaping modern Britain. This groundbreaking history draws on significant new research to provide a compelling narrative of the tumultuous and often violent conflicts between rebels, planters, abolitionists, and the pro-slavery establishment. It reveals the extreme measures British leaders took to defend slavery for profit, illustrating that the eventual success of abolition came at a bitter cost, marking one of the darkest and most dramatic periods in British history.

Mit The Great Hidden Inspirer, dem vierten Band der Poiesis-Reihe, widmet sich der renommierte Duchamp-Forscher Michael R. Taylor der Rolle Marcel Duchamps als heimlichem Drahtzieher in entscheidenden Momenten der Kunstgeschichte. In dem titelgebenden Aufsatz deckt Taylor auf, dass es Duchamp war, der dem Surrealismus in seinem New Yorker Exil zwischen 1942 und 1947 aus der Krise half und der Bewegung eine neue Richtung gab. Anlässlich des 100-jährigen Jubiläums von Duchamps wohl provokantestem Geniestreich Fountain erscheint ein weiterer Essay von Taylor in diesem Band. »Blind Man’s Bluff« beschreibt die Hintergründe des Ereignisses, bei dem ein Pissoir die Kunstwelt erschütterte. Die damaligen Versuche, dieses provokante Objekt einzuordnen, zeugen von den Schwierigkeiten seiner Kritiker zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, sich von tradierten ästhetischen Vorstellungen zu lösen. MARCEL DUCHAMP: Eigentlich Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) zählt zu den Wegbereitern des Dadaismus und Surrealismus. Seine Ansichten stellen den gängigen Kunstbegriff radikal in Frage und führten das Readymade in die Kunstwelt ein.