Robert Williams

An anthology of the experiences of young homosexual men includes essays by such contributors as Alex Chee, Aaron Hamburger, and Karl Soehnlein and offers insight into how each discovered and experienced their differences as children and young adults. Original.

Early lists of bishops, identified by Walter Bauer as "literary propaganda," mark critical points in the development of the doctrine of the apostolic succession of bishops. This study delves into the political struggles surrounding the lists and the doctrine they served to define. Ecclesiastical politics in each case reflects the threat to the bishop's authority and clarifies the meaning of apostolic succession in the Church's development. This social history approach, examining the function of the literature within its historical circumstances, reveals how theology developed from politics. The development is as gripping politically as it is illuminating theologically.

Fotolesebuch mit Fotografien von Axel Bienert und Texten von Robert Williams und Edmund Piper. Alle Texte zweisprachig in deutsch und englisch. Seit 1998 begleitet der Berliner Fotograf Axel Bienert die europäische Hot Rod- und Custom Car-Szene mit seiner Kamera. Seine Fotos zeigen young rebels mit Tattoos und Pomade in den Haaren, gestylte Mädchen mit Petticoats und Pferdeschwanzfrisuren, schräge Rockabilly-Konzerte, mit Flammen verzierte Karosserien, brennende Reifen, aufheulende V8-Motoren - auf den ersten Blick glaubt man sich direkt in die 1950er Jahre zurück versetzt. V8 BOOGIE ist jedoch mehr als ein Buch über Autos und Nostalgie. Es dokumentiert das Lebensgefühl einer Bewegung aus dem 21. Jahrhundert - jenseits von Rente und Lebensversicherung. Es handelt von der Sehnsucht danach, anders zu sein als die anderen, von dem Traum, das richtige Leben im falschen zu leben. The truth ist that hot rodding is not the sole possession of the U. S. A. It belongs to anyone who becomes so inclined in the pursuit of this fundamental instinct to reap magic from machinery. Robert Williams im Vorwort zu V8 BOOGIE Dies ist die vielleicht effektivste Form der Rebellion gegen unzumutbare gesellschaftliche Zustände. Und ganz sicher ein Grund dafür, warum Rock'n'Roll bis heute lebt. Und niemals sterben wird. Edmund Piper im Nachwort zu V8 BOOGIE V8 BOOGIE ist kein Versuch, Hot Rodding oder Rock'n'Roll erklären zu wollen. Es ist den Leuten gewidmet, ... die seit drei Jahren dieselben Jeans tragen, damit sie ihrem Rod in der kommenden Saison endlich den neuen Motor spendieren können ... die Platten auflegen, auch wenn sich nur drei Leute am Tresen lümmeln ... die mit ihrer Band jahrelang durch die Clubs ziehen, vom Publikum gefeiert - und es doch nie in die Hall of Fame schaffen werden. Axel Bienert im Nachwort zu V8 BOOGIE

A collection of 40 paintings by Williams that are morally insolvent and grossly artistic. It covers his "Middle Years" and features the classic Two Bull Dykes Fighting For The Privilege Of Buying A Prostitute A Banana Daquiri. Introduction by Robert Crumb.

It is a time in the far future, and the human species is on the brink of extinction. One of the last humans alive is Seth, an amnesiac with mysterious origins. In desperation he makes an unholy bargain with a powerful race of alien beings, hoping to somehow regain his memories and the lost history of humankind. What he discovers are echoes of humanity's ancient past, its stunning future, and a love that changed the fate of the world.

The focus of this book is the scandals which have played a prominent part in American politics since the 1970s. It offers an analysis of the scandals, places them in their social and political contexts and considers their role in American politics generally.

Art, Theory and Culture in Sixteenth-Century Italy offers a critical overview of the literature on the visual arts produced during the High and Late Renaissance. Analysing and interpreting texts by such writers as Vasari, Lomazzo, Zuccaro, and Tasso, Robert Williams demonstrates how these works offer insight into the experience of contemporary viewers, thus permitting a clearer view of the relationship between abstract thought and lived experience. Also examined is the argument that art is a privileged form of knowledge that subordinates all others. By focusing on a hitherto neglected, but important, body of literature, Williams shows how an understanding of it can transform our knowledge and appreciation of the Renaissance.