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The Cat in Retirement

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Laura Nicholson,James Parkin,Amy Manning,Edward Young

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The Cat in Retirement

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Laura Nicholson,James Parkin,Amy Manning,Edward Young

A pantomime written for amateur performers written with a degree of flexibility so that it can be acted by a cast of any size and ability.

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1326607383

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9781326607388

Gruffs'n'Trolls

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Lydia Allenby,Laura Nicholson,James Parkin

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Gruffs'n'Trolls

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Lydia Allenby,Laura Nicholson,James Parkin

A pantomime written by amateur writers for amateur thespians of any (or no) acting skill or aptitude. Flexible enough to be performed whatever the size cast you have, and whatever their age mix.

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1326223364

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Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Laura Nicholson,James Parkin,Aidan Lord,Rebecca Young

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Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Laura Nicholson,James Parkin,Aidan Lord,Rebecca Young

Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit is a pantomime written by amateurs for amateurs, and with a degree of flexibility. It can be acted by a cast of any size and ability - or no ability at all. It does not contain any adult humour.

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0244785856

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9780244785857

Cat in Wellies

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler

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Cat in Wellies

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler

Cat in Wellies is a pantomime script written in a way that any amateur dramatic society or group of friends can perform, whatever their age, size or skills level. No prior experience is needed in order to have fun, and if you have fun performing it, then any audience watching will have fun too. The pantomime is based on a French literary tale written at the close of the seventeenth century by Charles Perrault and commonly known as Puss in Boots. The original version of this well known story has several twists and the authors have added a few more in making sure that the cast list is flexible enough for a variable number of actors, although they remain faithful to the original French tale most of the time...

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1471635228

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9781471635229

Crack! - a Pantomime in Two Acts

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Mark Rutt

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Crack! - a Pantomime in Two Acts

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Mark Rutt

A pantomime script for use by any group of people who want to entertain themselves and their friends, the authors are quite happy for you to alter any of the script providing it remains suitable for family entertainment.The central character is Dame Strong, who opens the play by discussing the meaning of life with a mirror. Dame Strong is ugly, and has a terrible secret, so dark that she tells no-one about it. Hearing of a potion that might make her more attractive, she sends her next door neighbours (three Fine Young Things called Dee Lisla, Sam Sun and Spare Part) to find the ingredients for this potion. Hearing all this, her sister (Marion) decides to run away to a nunnery. The evil butler (Wat Youwant) decides to send his minions to search for the ingredients, hoping to get them first and be in a position to make money by selling the potion to the Dame...The authors and the cast had great fun putting this pantomime on for their friends and hope you do too.

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1446624676

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9781446624678

The Thirteen Days of Christmas

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Laura Nicholson,James Parkin,Edward Young

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The Thirteen Days of Christmas

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler,Laura Nicholson,James Parkin,Edward Young

Based loosely on the old English carol about the Twelve Days of Christmas, this is a pantomime written for amateur performers and with a degree of flexibility, so that it can be acted by a cast of any size and ability. Yours to adapt as you wish to the cast who volunteer to join you.

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1326968661

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Crock'n'Ally

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler

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Crock'n'Ally

By: Graham Rutt,Catherine Laidler

A pantomime script written for amateurs, that is flexible enough to be performable by a group of any size, nature or ability.

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1291807330

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British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections

An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland

By: Christopher Wright,Catherine May Gordon

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British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections

An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland

By: Christopher Wright,Catherine May Gordon

This book sets a new standard as a work of reference. It covers British and Irish art in public collections from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth, and it encompasses nearly 9,000 painters and 90,000 paintings in more than 1,700 separate collections. The book includes as well pictures that are now lost, some as a consequence of the Second World War and others because of de-accessioning, mostly from 1950 to about 1975 when Victorian art was out of fashion. By listing many tens of thousands of previously unpublished works, including around 13,000 which do not yet have any form of attribution, this book becomes a unique and indispensable work of reference, one that will transform the study of British and Irish painting.

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Yale University Press

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0300117302

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9780300117301

Crafting Lives

African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900

By: Catherine W. Bishir

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Crafting Lives

African American Artisans in New Bern, North Carolina, 1770-1900

By: Catherine W. Bishir

From the colonial period onward, black artisans in southern cities--thousands of free and enslaved carpenters, coopers, dressmakers, blacksmiths, saddlers, shoemakers, bricklayers, shipwrights, cabinetmakers, tailors, and others--played vital roles in their communities. Yet only a very few black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention. Catherine W. Bishir remedies this oversight by offering an in-depth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern. In so doing, she highlights the community's often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenth-century black life. Drawing upon myriad sources, Bishir brings to life men and women who employed their trade skills, sense of purpose, and community relationships to work for liberty and self-sufficiency, to establish and protect their families, and to assume leadership in churches and associations and in New Bern's dynamic political life during and after the Civil War. Focusing on their words and actions, Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans' unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity.

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UNC Press Books

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1469608758

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9781469608754

Modern Housing

By: Catherine Bauer

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Modern Housing

By: Catherine Bauer

The original guide on modern housing from the premier expert and activist in the public housing movement Originally published in 1934, Modern Housing is widely acknowledged as one of the most important books on housing of the twentieth century, introducing the latest developments in European modernist housing to an American audience. It is also a manifesto: America needs to draw on Europe’s example to solve its housing crisis. Only when housing is transformed into a planned, public amenity will it truly be modern. Modern Housing’s sharp message catalyzed an intense period of housing activism in the United States, resulting in the Housing Act of 1937, which Catherine Bauer coauthored. But these reforms never went far enough: so long as housing remained the subject of capitalist speculation, Bauer knew the housing problem would remain. In light of today’s affordable housing emergency, her prescriptions for how to achieve humane and dignified modern housing remain as instructive and urgent as ever.

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452963223

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9781452963228

White Diaspora

The Suburb and the Twentieth-Century American Novel

By: Catherine Jurca

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White Diaspora

The Suburb and the Twentieth-Century American Novel

By: Catherine Jurca

This is the first book to analyze our suburban literary tradition. Tracing the suburb's emergence as a crucial setting and subject of the twentieth-century American novel, Catherine Jurca identifies a decidedly masculine obsession with the suburban home and a preoccupation with its alternative--the experience of spiritual and emotional dislocation that she terms "homelessness." In the process, she challenges representations of white suburbia as prostrated by its own privileges. In novels as disparate as Tarzan (written by Tarzana, California, real-estate developer Edgar Rice Burroughs), Richard Wright's Native Son, and recent fiction by John Updike and Richard Ford, Jurca finds an emphasis on the suburb under siege, a place where the fortunate tend to see themselves as powerless. From Babbitt to Rabbit, the suburban novel casts property owners living in communities of their choosing as dispossessed people. Material advantages become artifacts of oppression, and affluence is fraudulently identified as impoverishment. The fantasy of victimization reimagines white flight as a white diaspora. Extending innovative trends in the study of nineteenth-century American culture, Jurca's analysis suggests that self-pity has played a constitutive role in white middle-class identity in the twentieth century. It breaks new ground in literary history and cultural studies, while telling the story of one of our most revered and reviled locations: "the little suburban house at number one million and ten Volstead Avenue" that Edith Wharton warned would ruin American life and letters.

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Princeton University Press

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1400824133

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Catalysis by Gold

By: Geoffrey Colin Bond,Catherine Louis,David T. Thompson

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Catalysis by Gold

By: Geoffrey Colin Bond,Catherine Louis,David T. Thompson

Gold has traditionally been regarded as inactive as a catalytic metal. However, the advent of nanoparticulate gold on high surface area oxide supports has demonstrated its high catalytic activity in many chemical reactions. Gold is active as a heterogeneous catalyst in both gas and liquid phases, and complexes catalyse reactions homogeneously in solution. Many of the reactions being studied will lead to new application areas for catalysis by gold in pollution control, chemical processing, sensors and fuel cell technology. This book describes the properties of gold, the methods for preparing gold catalysts and ways to characterise and use them effectively in reactions. The reaction mechanisms and reasons for the high activities are discussed and the applications for gold catalysis considered. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Introduction to Catalysis (892 KB). Contents: Introduction to Catalysis; The Physical and Chemical Properties of Gold; Physical Properties and Characterisation of Small Gold Particles; Preparation of Supported Gold Catalysts; Chemisorption of Simple Molecules on Gold; Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide; The Selective Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide; Selective Oxidation; Reactions Involving Hydrogen; The WaterOCoGas Shift; Reactions of Environmental Importance; Catalysis by Soluble and Supported Gold Compounds; Miscellaneous Reactions Catalysed by Gold; Commercial Applications. Readership: Postgraduate level researchers in academia and industry, as well as general readers.

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World Scientific

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1860948952

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9781860948954

International Women in Science

A Biographical Dictionary to 1950

By: Catherine M.C. Haines

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International Women in Science

A Biographical Dictionary to 1950

By: Catherine M.C. Haines

A comprehensive biographical guide to the scientific achievements, personal lives, and struggles of women scientists from around the globe. International Women in Science: A Bibliographical Dictionary to 1950 presents the enormous contributions of women outside North America in fields ranging from aviation to computer science to zoology. It provides fascinating profiles of nearly 400 women scientists, both renowned figures like Florence Nightingale and Marie Curie and women we should know better, like Rosalind Franklin, who, along with James Watson and Francis Crick, uncovered the structure of DNA. Students and researchers will see how the lives of these remarkable women unfolded, and how they made their place in fields often stubbornly guarded by men, overcoming everything from limited education and professional opportunities, to indifference, ridicule, and cultural prejudice, to outright hostility and discrimination. Included are a number of living scientists, many of whom provide insights into their lives and scientific times. Those contributions, plus additional previously unavailable material, make this a volume of unprecedented scope and richness.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1576075591

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9781576075593

Rethinking Drinking and Sport

New Approaches to Sport and Alcohol

By: Catherine Palmer

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Rethinking Drinking and Sport

New Approaches to Sport and Alcohol

By: Catherine Palmer

Rethinking Drinking and Sport examines the complex nature of sport-related drinking. With close attention to the contradictory nature of sport-related drinking, this book considers both 'the problem' of drinking in sport, as well as some of the issues for treatment and recovery that sports-related drinking presents. Bringing together a range of methodological and theoretical debates that address the relationships between alcohol and sport, Rethinking Drinking and Sport draws on rich new interview material with fans and both drinking and non-drinking sportsmen and women, as well as documentary and media sources. Based on research across a variety of sports in the UK and Australia, Rethinking Drinking and Sport explores not only the relationship between alcohol, fans, participants and industry, but also questions of gender and identity to provide fresh insights into the complex relationships between drinking and sport. Examining possible directions for health and public policy in relation to sport-related drinking, this book will appeal to social scientists and policy makers with interests in consumption, leisure, sport, drinking, and health.

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Routledge

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1317064275

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9781317064275

Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity

An Introduction

By: Hal F. Brinson,L. Catherine Brinson

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Polymer Engineering Science and Viscoelasticity

An Introduction

By: Hal F. Brinson,L. Catherine Brinson

This book provides a unified mechanics and materials perspective on polymers: both the mathematics of viscoelasticity theory as well as the physical mechanisms behind polymer deformation processes. Introductory material on fundamental mechanics is included to provide a continuous baseline for readers from all disciplines. Introductory material on the chemical and molecular basis of polymers is also included, which is essential to the understanding of the thermomechanical response. This self-contained text covers the viscoelastic characterization of polymers including constitutive modeling, experimental methods, thermal response, and stress and failure analysis. Example problems are provided within the text as well as at the end of each chapter. New to this edition: · One new chapter on the use of nano-material inclusions for structural polymer applications and applications such as fiber-reinforced polymers and adhesively bonded structures · Brings up-to-date polymer production and sales data and equipment and procedures for evaluating polymer characterization and classification · The work serves as a comprehensive reference for advanced seniors seeking graduate level courses, first and second year graduate students, and practicing engineers

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Springer

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1489974857

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9781489974853

Title IX and the Protection of Pregnant and Parenting College Students

Realities and Challenges

By: Catherine L. Riley,Alexis Hutchinson,Carley Dix

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Title IX and the Protection of Pregnant and Parenting College Students

Realities and Challenges

By: Catherine L. Riley,Alexis Hutchinson,Carley Dix

This book explores the discrepancies among what protections Title IX provides to pregnant and parenting students, what colleges communicate, and what pregnant and parenting students actually experience. To actually protect pregnant and parenting students, the authors argue that a school must provide multifaceted support that is effectively communicated to an entire campus community, including students who are parenting, who are pregnant, and who may become pregnant. The first part of the book portrays the realities of pregnancy and parenting in college. The chapters illuminate related Title IX applications, population demographics, how unplanned pregnancies in college occur, and physical and mental health challenges that these students often experience. The authors then discuss what compliance with Title IX legally entails and why meeting it is often an afterthought. In the second half of the book, the authors use mixed-methods research to map the compliance landscapes of three schools in the southeast as examples: a large state school, a mid-size private university, and a small private college. Offering eye-opening interviews with pregnant and parenting students, interdisciplinary research, and proposals for multifaceted support and communication on college campuses, this volume will engage students, scholars, and activists with an interest in higher education administration, educational policy, reproductive health, bioethics, gender studies, and rhetoric.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000589285

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9781000589283

The Woman in the Zoot Suit

Gender, Nationalism, and the Cultural Politics of Memory

By: Catherine S. Ramírez

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The Woman in the Zoot Suit

Gender, Nationalism, and the Cultural Politics of Memory

By: Catherine S. Ramírez

The Mexican American woman zoot suiter, or pachuca, often wore a V-neck sweater or a long, broad-shouldered coat, a knee-length pleated skirt, fishnet stockings or bobby socks, platform heels or saddle shoes, dark lipstick, and a bouffant. Or she donned the same style of zoot suit that her male counterparts wore. With their striking attire, pachucos and pachucas represented a new generation of Mexican American youth, which arrived on the public scene in the 1940s. Yet while pachucos have often been the subject of literature, visual art, and scholarship, The Woman in the Zoot Suit is the first book focused on pachucas. Two events in wartime Los Angeles thrust young Mexican American zoot suiters into the media spotlight. In the Sleepy Lagoon incident, a man was murdered during a mass brawl in August 1942. Twenty-two young men, all but one of Mexican descent, were tried and convicted of the crime. In the Zoot Suit Riots of June 1943, white servicemen attacked young zoot suiters, particularly Mexican Americans, throughout Los Angeles. The Chicano movement of the 1960s–1980s cast these events as key moments in the political awakening of Mexican Americans and pachucos as exemplars of Chicano identity, resistance, and style. While pachucas and other Mexican American women figured in the two incidents, they were barely acknowledged in later Chicano movement narratives. Catherine S. Ramírez draws on interviews she conducted with Mexican American women who came of age in Los Angeles in the late 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s as she recovers the neglected stories of pachucas. Investigating their relative absence in scholarly and artistic works, she argues that both wartime U.S. culture and the Chicano movement rejected pachucas because they threatened traditional gender roles. Ramírez reveals how pachucas challenged dominant notions of Mexican American and Chicano identity, how feminists have reinterpreted la pachuca, and how attention to an overlooked figure can disclose much about history making, nationalism, and resistant identities.

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