Christopher Scanlan's Books

The Holly Wreath Man

By: Christopher Scanlan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Holly Wreath Man is a modern Christmas classic. Originally published as a serial in newspapers, this fantastic Christmas story is now collected in the book. Handmade Christmas wreaths used to be a cottage industry in the United States. City dwellers would order them every year to add a touch of the forest to their holiday decorating. Farmers living hand to mouth would make and sell the wreaths every December in order to afford a Christmas of their own. The trade disappeared in the 1970s due to the increasing popularity of imitation evergreen, minimum wage laws, and new fire codes. The Holly Wreath Man evokes this lost craft along with the lost true meaning of Christmas. The story centers on Jeff Henderson, a frenetic executive who is separated from his wife and struggling to be a good father to his two children. When his children run away, he ends up back on the holly farm where he spent his childhood with his mother and grandfather. An injury and a subsequent dream transport him back to the days of helping his family and community make holly wreaths. A snowstorm, runaway children, and his past and present relationships--including a troubled one with his own son--all play a part in this moving tale of rediscovering what is truly important in life.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

120

Publisher

Andrews McMeel Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

0740787829

ISBN 13

9780740787829

Carotid Treatment: Principles and Techniques

By: Christopher Miranda Loftus,Satoshi Kuroda,Naoya Kuwayama

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Carotid Treatment: Principles and Techniques

By: Christopher Miranda Loftus,Satoshi Kuroda,Naoya Kuwayama

Highly illustrated text to aid understanding of best practice in carotid treatment Reflects international best practice Useful in clinical practice and to improve patient care

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

441

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1000428893

ISBN 13

9781000428896

I Never Knew That About Ireland

By: Christopher Winn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

I Never Knew That About Ireland

By: Christopher Winn

Take the ultimate trip around Ireland Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a fascinating journey around Ireland, to discover the tales buried deep in Irish history. Packed full of myths and legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions and adventures, this fact book visits each of the four provinces - Ulster, Leinster, Munster and Connaught - and unearths the hidden gems that each county in these provinces holds. Discover where people and ideas were born, where dreams were inspired and where the unforgettable figures of Ireland's past now slumber. You'll be able to visit the holy mountain, Croagh Patrick in Country Mayo, where St Patrick is said to have driven all the snakes in Ireland into the sea. At Lismore Castle in County Waterford you will uncover the bathroom dedicated to Fred Astaire, whose sister Adele was the hugely popular Chatelaine of Lismore in the 1930s and 40s. On the winter solstice you can bathe in the sunlight that fills the burial chamber at Newgrange, County Meath - the oldest solar observatory in the world. This irresistible compendium of facts and stories will give you a captivating insight into the Irish, and the ideas and events that have shaped the individual identity of every place you visit, and will have you exclaiming again and again: 'Well, I never knew that!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Random House

Published Date

ISBN 10

1448146070

ISBN 13

9781448146079

Fischer's Mastery of Surgery

By: E. Christopher Ellison,Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Fischer's Mastery of Surgery

By: E. Christopher Ellison,Gilbert R. Upchurch, Jr.

For 40 years, Fischer’s Mastery of Surgery has provided expert, highly illustrated coverage of the procedures that general surgeons and trainees need to know. The fully revised eighth edition, under the editorial leadership of Drs. E. Christopher Ellison, Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr., Philip A. Efron, Steven D. Wexner, Nancy D. Perrier, V. Suzanne Klimberg, John H. Stewart IV, Valerie W. Rusch, Jon C. Gould, Susan Galandiuk, Timothy M. Pawlik, William C. Chapman, Benjamin K. Poulose, Peter K. Henke, Alicia M. Mohr, Saleem Islam, Anne M.R. Agur, Carol Scott-Conner, and David Renton continues the tradition of excellence with two full-color volumes that include the essentials of diagnosis, anatomy, and pre-operative planning while maintaining a focus on clear, step-by-step depictions and descriptions of procedures.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

8301

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1975176448

ISBN 13

9781975176440

Postmodern Counternarratives

Irony and Audience in the Novels of Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, Charles Johnson, and Tim O'Brien

By: Christopher Donovan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Postmodern Counternarratives

Irony and Audience in the Novels of Paul Auster, Don DeLillo, Charles Johnson, and Tim O'Brien

By: Christopher Donovan

This book provides a wide-ranging discussion of realism, postmodernism, literary theory and popular fiction before focusing on the careers of four prominent novelists. Despite wildly contrasting ambitions and agendas, all four grow progressively more sympathetic to the expectations of a mainstream literary audience, noting the increasingly neglected yet archetypal need for strong explanatory narrative even while remaining wary of its limitations, presumptions, and potential abuses. Exploring novels that manage to bridge the gap between accessible storytelling and literary theory, this book shows how contemporary authors reconcile values of posmodern literary experimentation and traditional realism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

274

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135875227

ISBN 13

9781135875220

Race and News

Critical Perspectives

By: Christopher P. Campbell,Kim M. LeDuff,Cheryl D. Jenkins,Rockell A. Brown

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Race and News

Critical Perspectives

By: Christopher P. Campbell,Kim M. LeDuff,Cheryl D. Jenkins,Rockell A. Brown

The history of American journalism is marked by disturbing representations of people and communities of color, from the disgraceful stereotypes of pre-civil rights America, to the more subtle myths that are reflected in routine coverage by journalists all over the country. Race and News: Critical Perspectives aims to examine these journalistic representations of race, and in doing so to question whether or not we are living in a post-racial world. By looking at national coverage of stories like the Don Imus controversy, Hurricane Katrina, Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, and even the Virginia Tech shootings, readers are given an opportunity to gain insight into both subtle and overt forms of racism in the newsroom and in national dialogue. The book itself is divided into two sections, with the first examining the journalistic routine and the decisions that go into covering a story with, or without, relation to race. The second section, comprised of case studies, explores the coverage of national stories and how they have impacted the dialogue on race and racism in the United States. As a whole, the collection of essays and studies also reflects a variety of research approaches. With a goal of contributing to the discussion about race and its place in American journalism, this broad examination makes Race and News an ideal text for courses on cultural diversity and the media, as well as making it valuable to professional journalists and journalism students who seek to improve their approach to coverage of diverse communities.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

289

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135967210

ISBN 13

9781135967215

Queering Memory and National Identity in Transcultural U.S. Literature and Culture

By: Christopher W. Clark

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Queering Memory and National Identity in Transcultural U.S. Literature and Culture

By: Christopher W. Clark

This book examines the queer implications of memory and nationhood in transcultural U.S. literature and culture. Through an analysis of art and photography responding to the U.S. domestic response to 9/11, Iraq war fiction, representations of Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay, and migrant fiction in the twenty-first century, Christopher W. Clark creates a queer archive of transcultural U.S. texts as a way of destabilizing heteronormativity and thinking about productive spaces of queer world-building. Drawing on the fields of transcultural memory, queer studies, and transculturalism, this book raises important questions of queer bodies and subjecthood. Clark traces their legacies through texts by Sinan Antoon, Mohamedou Ould Slahi among others, alongside film and photography that includes artists such as Nina Berman and Hasan Elahi. In all, the book queers forms of cultural memory and national identity to uncover the traces of injury but also spaces of regeneration.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

202

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030521141

ISBN 13

9783030521141

Engineering Psychology and Human Performance

By: Christopher D. Wickens,Justin G. Hollands,Simon Banbury,Raja Parasuraman

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Engineering Psychology and Human Performance

By: Christopher D. Wickens,Justin G. Hollands,Simon Banbury,Raja Parasuraman

Forming connections between human performance and design Engineering Psychology and Human Performance, 4e examines human-machine interaction. The book is organized directly from the psychological perspective of human information processing. The chapters generally correspond to the flow of information as it is processed by a human being--from the senses, through the brain, to action--rather than from the perspective of system components or engineering design concepts. This book is ideal for a psychology student, engineering student, or actual practitioner in engineering psychology, human performance, and human factors Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: * Identify how human ability contributes to the design of technology. * Understand the connections within human information processing and human performance. * Challenge the way they think about technology's influence on human performance. * show how theoretical advances have been, or might be, applied to improving human-machine interaction

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

541

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1317351320

ISBN 13

9781317351320

Barbaric Civilization

A Critical Sociology of Genocide

By: Christopher Powell

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Barbaric Civilization

A Critical Sociology of Genocide

By: Christopher Powell

From its beginnings in the early twelfth century, the Western civilizing process has involved two interconnected transformations: the monopolization of military force by sovereign states and the cultivation in individuals of habits and dispositions of the kind that we call "civilized." The combined forward movement of these processes channels violent struggles for social dominance into symbolic performances. But even as the civilizing process frees many subjects from the threat of direct physical force, violence accumulates behind the scenes and at the margins of the social order, kept there by a deeply habituated performance of dominance and subordination called deferentiation. When deferentiation fails, difference becomes dangerous and genocide becomes possible. Connecting historical developments with everyday life occurrences, and discussing examples ranging from thirteenth-century Languedoc to 1994 Rwanda, Powell offers an original framework for analyzing, comparing, and discussing genocides as variable outcomes of a common underlying social system, raising unsettling questions about the contradictions of Western civilization and the possibility of a world without genocide.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

368

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773585567

ISBN 13

9780773585560

Craft Class

The Writing Workshop in American Culture

By: Christopher Kempf

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Craft Class

The Writing Workshop in American Culture

By: Christopher Kempf

Uncovering the hidden history of the creative writing "workshop," this book reveals the profound social and economic consequences involved in figurations of literary production as craft labor"--

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

292

Publisher

JHU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1421443554

ISBN 13

9781421443553

Shakespeare and National Identity

A Dictionary

By: Christopher Ivic

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shakespeare and National Identity

A Dictionary

By: Christopher Ivic

The Arden Shakespeare Dictionary on Shakespeare and National Identity makes a timely and valuable contribution to the discipline. National identity in the early modern period is a central topic of scholarly investigation; it is also a dominant topic in classroom instruction and discussion. More than any other early modern playwright, Shakespeare (especially his history plays) is at the heart of recent critical investigations into a host of relevant topics: borders, history, identity, land, memory, nation, place and space. This Dictionary works through Shakespeare's plays and the cultural moment in which they were produced to provide a rich and informative account of such topics. An ideal reference work for upper level students and scholars and an essential resource for any literary library.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

297

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1472534638

ISBN 13

9781472534637

Mathematics across the Iron Curtain

A History of the Algebraic Theory of Semigroups

By: Christopher Hollings

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mathematics across the Iron Curtain

A History of the Algebraic Theory of Semigroups

By: Christopher Hollings

The theory of semigroups is a relatively young branch of mathematics, with most of the major results having appeared after the Second World War. This book describes the evolution of (algebraic) semigroup theory from its earliest origins to the establishment of a full-fledged theory. Semigroup theory might be termed `Cold War mathematics' because of the time during which it developed. There were thriving schools on both sides of the Iron Curtain, although the two sides were not always able to communicate with each other, or even gain access to the other's publications. A major theme of this book is the comparison of the approaches to the subject of mathematicians in East and West, and the study of the extent to which contact between the two sides was possible.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

457

Publisher

American Mathematical Society

Published Date

ISBN 10

1470414937

ISBN 13

9781470414931

Russian Populism

A History

By: Christopher Ely

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Russian Populism

A History

By: Christopher Ely

Russian populism, the belief that the peasantry embodied authentic Russian identity and once liberated from their poverty would lead the country to a brighter future, has animated Russian thought across the political spectrum and inspired much of Russia's world-historical literature, music and art in the 19th century. This book offers the fullest and most authoritative account of the rise, proliferation and influence of populist values and ideology in modern Russia to date. Christopher Ely explores the complete story of Russian populism. Starting from the cursed question of how to reconnect the popular masses with the Europeanized elite, he examines the populist obsession with the peasant commune as a model for a future socialist Russia. He shows how the desire for revolution led Russian radicals to flood into the countryside and later to pioneer terrorism as a form of political action. He delves into those artists influenced by populist ideals, and he tells the story of the collapse of populist optimism and its rebirth among the Socialist Revolutionary neo-populists. The book demonstrates that populism existed in forms ranging from radical socialist to religious conservative. Blending lively theoretical analysis with a wealth of primary sources and illustrations, Russian Populism provides a highly engaging overview of this complex phenomenon; it is invaluable reading for anyone interested in the momentous final decades of the Russian Empire.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

273

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1350095567

ISBN 13

9781350095564

Debating the Ethics of Immigration

Is There a Right to Exclude?

By: Christopher Heath Wellman,Phillip Cole

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Debating the Ethics of Immigration

Is There a Right to Exclude?

By: Christopher Heath Wellman,Phillip Cole

Do states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher Heath Wellman and Phillip Cole develop and defend opposing answers to this timely and important question. Appealing to the right to freedom of association, Wellman contends that legitimate states have broad discretion to exclude potential immigrants, even those who desperately seek to enter. Against this, Cole argues that the commitment to the moral equality of all human beings - which legitimate states can be expected to hold - means national borders must be open: equal respect requires equal access, both to territory and membership; and that the idea of open borders is less radical than it seems when we consider how many territorial and community boundaries have this open nature. In addition to engaging with each other's arguments, Wellman and Cole address a range of central questions and prominent positions on this topic. The authors therefore provide a critical overview of the major contributions to the ethics of migration, as well as developing original, provocative positions of their own.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

349

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

019973173X

ISBN 13

9780199731732

The San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market Cookbook

A Comprehensive Guide to Impeccable Produce Plus 130 Seasonal Recipes

By: Christopher Hirsheimer,Peggy Knickerbocker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market Cookbook

A Comprehensive Guide to Impeccable Produce Plus 130 Seasonal Recipes

By: Christopher Hirsheimer,Peggy Knickerbocker

Internationally known as one of the most magnificent farmers' markets in the world, the San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers' Market has inspired this gorgeous illustrated market companion with more than 100 fresh, remarkably easy-to-assemble recipes. Full-color photos.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

304

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0811844625

ISBN 13

9780811844628

Encyclopedia of journalism. 6. Appendices

By: Christopher H. Sterling

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Encyclopedia of journalism. 6. Appendices

By: Christopher H. Sterling

The six-volume Encyclopedia of Journalism covers all significant dimensions of journalism including: print, broadcast and Internet journalism; US and international perspectives; history; technology; legal issues and court cases; ownership; and economics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

3131

Publisher

SAGE

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761929576

ISBN 13

9780761929574

Management as Consultancy

Neo-bureaucracy and the Consultant Manager

By: Andrew Sturdy,Christopher Wright,Nick Wylie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Management as Consultancy

Neo-bureaucracy and the Consultant Manager

By: Andrew Sturdy,Christopher Wright,Nick Wylie

The nature of management is changing: managers are becoming more like consultants, focusing on projects, functional integration, change and 'clients'. This timely book is based on a large-scale, international study of new management practices and examines the emergence of consultant managers. It breaks new ground in our understanding of this hybrid role, uncovering working practices, identities and occupational dynamics, to shed light on both management and consultancy. It unpacks the changing relationship between external consultants and management to reveal important implications for the future of consultancy. Both private and public sectors are covered, with a focus on managers in large and multinational organisations such as former consultants and those in specialisms such as human resource management who adopt consulting roles. In addition to advancing our understanding of changes in management, this book offers a demystifying view of consultancy as a whole, from one of the largest ever studies of this occupation.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

253

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1316239772

ISBN 13

9781316239773

Letter & Spirit, Vol. 10: Christ Our Passover: Theological Exegesis of St. Paul

By: St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology,Scott Hahn,Pablo T. Gadenz,John A. Kincaid,Michael Patrick Barber,Mark Reasoner,Christopher M. Ciccarino,Andre Villeneuve,Peter H. Davids,Jean Paillard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Letter & Spirit, Vol. 10: Christ Our Passover: Theological Exegesis of St. Paul

By: St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology,Scott Hahn,Pablo T. Gadenz,John A. Kincaid,Michael Patrick Barber,Mark Reasoner,Christopher M. Ciccarino,Andre Villeneuve,Peter H. Davids,Jean Paillard

The St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and Dr. Scott Hahn present the tenth annual edition of Letter & Spirit with the theme “Christ Our Passover.” The articles, while academic in nature, are easily accessible to the average reader and can be read with great profit, both spiritually and in coming to learn the truths of the Catholic faith more deeply.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

340

Publisher

Emmaus Road Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

194144735X

ISBN 13

9781941447352

Blue Planet, Red and Green Photosynthesis

Productivity and Carbon Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems

By: Stephen Christopher Maberly,Brigitte Gontero

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Blue Planet, Red and Green Photosynthesis

Productivity and Carbon Cycling in Aquatic Ecosystems

By: Stephen Christopher Maberly,Brigitte Gontero

This book describes the mechanisms that allow aquatic photosynthetic organisms to contribute about half of the global primary productivity; in order to mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, they transform the original anoxic atmosphere of the Earth over geological time. Aquatic photosynthesis is performed by a wide diversity of organisms, predominantly involving cyanobacteria, and algae derived from the “red-lineage”, unlike terrestrial primary productivity, which is restricted to “green-lineage” plants. Blue Planet, Red and Green Photosynthesis describes how, in order to maximize productivity, aquatic primary producers have evolved a series of structures and mechanisms that increase the limiting supply of carbon dioxide to the enzyme, Rubisco, which is responsible for carbon dioxide fixation. This book covers the molecular mechanisms involved in aquatic carbon uptake and the global consequences as humankind alters the blue planet.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

338

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

111998677X

ISBN 13

9781119986775

Posttranslational Modification of Proteins

Expanding Nature's Inventory

By: Christopher Walsh

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Posttranslational Modification of Proteins

Expanding Nature's Inventory

By: Christopher Walsh

Covering the major classes of posttranslational modifications, Posttranslational Modification of Proteins is the first comprehensive treatment of this burgeoning area of proteome diversification.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

524

Publisher

Roberts and Company Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

0974707732

ISBN 13

9780974707730

Scotland and Nationalism

Scottish Society and Politics 1707 to the Present

By: Christopher T. Harvie,Christopher Harvie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Scotland and Nationalism

Scottish Society and Politics 1707 to the Present

By: Christopher T. Harvie,Christopher Harvie

Scotland and Nationalism provides an authoritative survey of Scottish social and political history from 1707 to the present day. Focusing on political nationalism in Scotland, Christopher Harvie examines why this nationalism remained apparently in abeyance for two and a half centuries, and why it became so relevant in the second half of the twentieth century. This fourth edition brings the story and historiography of Scottish society and politics up-to-date. Additions also include a brand new biographical index of key personalities, along with a glossary of nationalist groups.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

296

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134337922

ISBN 13

9781134337927

Acting in British Television

By: Tom Cantrell,Christopher Hogg

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Acting in British Television

By: Tom Cantrell,Christopher Hogg

This fascinating text offers the first in-depth exploration of acting processes in British television. Focused around 16 new interviews with celebrated British actors, including Rebecca Front, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ken Stott, Penelope Wilton and John Hannah, this rich resource delves behind the scenes of a range of British television programmes in order to find out how actors build their characters for television, how they work on set and location, and how they create their critically acclaimed portrayals. The book looks at actors' work across four diverse but popular genres: soap opera; police and medical drama; comedy; and period drama. Its insightful discussion of hit programmes and its critical and contextual post-interview analysis, makes the text an essential read for students across television and film studies, theatre, performance and acting, and cultural and media studies, as well as academics and anyone interested in acting and British television.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

285

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1137470224

ISBN 13

9781137470225

Avant Garde Theatre

1892–1992

By: Christopher Innes

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Avant Garde Theatre

1892–1992

By: Christopher Innes

Examining the development of avant garde theatre from its inception in the 1890s right up to the present day, Christopher Innes exposes a central paradox of modern theatre; that the motivating force of theatrical experimentation is primitivism. What links the work of Strindberg, Artaud, Brook and Mnouchkine is an idealisation of the elemental and a desire to find ritual in archaic traditions. This widespread primitivism is the key to understanding both the political and aesthetic aspects of modern theatre and provides fresh insights into contemporary social trends. The original text, first published in 1981 as Holy Theatre, has been fully revised and up-dated to take account of the most recent theoretical developments in anthropology, critical theory and psychotherapy. New sections on Heiner Muller, Robert Wilson, Eugenio Barba, Ariane Mnouchkine and Sam Shepard have been added. As a result, the book now deals with all the major avant garde theatre practitioners, in Europe and North America. Avant Garde Theatre will be essential reading for anyone attempting to understand contemporary drama.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

278

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1134920881

ISBN 13

9781134920884

Public Management Reform

A Comparative Analysis

By: Christopher Pollitt,Geert Bouckaert

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Public Management Reform

A Comparative Analysis

By: Christopher Pollitt,Geert Bouckaert

This is a comprehensive, integrated analysis of the wave of management reforms which have swept through many countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK, the USA, and the European Commission.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

366

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0199268495

ISBN 13

9780199268498

Allegory, Space and the Material World in the Writings of Edmund Spenser

By: Christopher Burlinson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Allegory, Space and the Material World in the Writings of Edmund Spenser

By: Christopher Burlinson

An examination of the way in which the material world is depicted in The Faerie Queene. This book provides a radical reassessment of Spenserian allegory, in particular of The Faerie Queene, in the light of contemporary historical and theoretical interests in space and material culture. It explores the ambiguous and fluctuating attention to materiality, objects, and substance in the poetics of The Faerie Queene, and discusses the way that Spenser's creation of allegorical meaning makes use of this materiality, and transforms it.It suggests further that a critical engagement with materiality (which has been so important to the recent study of early modern drama) must come, in the case of allegorical narrative, through a study of narrative and physical space, and in this context it goes on to provide a reading of the spatial dimensions of the poem - quests and battles, forests, castles and hovels - and the spatial characteristics of Spenser's other writings. The book reaffirms theneed to place Spenser in his historical contexts - philosophical and scientific, military and architectural - in early modern England, Ireland and Europe, but also provides a critical reassessment of this literary historicism. Dr CHRISTOPHER BURLINSON is a Research Fellow in English at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

286

Publisher

DS Brewer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1843840782

ISBN 13

9781843840787

Culture and Customs of Serbia and Montenegro

By: Christopher Deliso

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Culture and Customs of Serbia and Montenegro

By: Christopher Deliso

With their recently declared independence from one another in the aftermath of the breakdown of the USSR, Serbia and Montenegro are coming into their own, all while keeping their long histories of traditions and customs alive and growing. A blend of Eastern traditions with European cultures provides a unique foundation for these Balkan countries. Narrative chapters examine every day contemporary life in Serbia and Montenegro, focusing on topics such as daily religious practices, gender roles, family life, cuisine, fashion, literature, art and architecture, and more. This volume is the perfect addition to high school and public libraries, and is even ideal for college students studying abroad.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

197

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

031334437X

ISBN 13

9780313344374

The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City

The Meeting That Made Canada

By: Christopher Moore

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City

The Meeting That Made Canada

By: Christopher Moore

In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection. But there were other factors: the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continent-spanning new nation. Federation, in principle, had been agreed on at the Charlottetown conference, but now it was time to debate the difficult issues of how a new nation would be formed. The delegates included John A. Macdonald, George Etienne-Cartier, and George Brown. Historian Christopher Moore demonstrates that Macdonald, the future prime minister, surprisingly was not the most significant player here, and Canada could have become a very different place. The significance of this conference is played out in Canadian news each day. The main point of contention at the time was the issue of power—a strong federal body versus stronger provincial rights. Because of this conference, we have an elected House of Commons, an appointed Senate, a federal Parliament, and provincial legislatures. We have what amounts to a Canadian system of checks and balances. Did it work then, and does it work now?

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

347

Publisher

Penguin Canada

Published Date

ISBN 10

014319450X

ISBN 13

9780143194507

The Men From Miami

American Rebels on Both Sides of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution

By: Christopher Othen

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Men From Miami

American Rebels on Both Sides of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution

By: Christopher Othen

An exhilarating real-life Cold War thriller about the Americans who fought for Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution – then switched sides to try to bring him down Back in 1957, Castro was a hero to many in the USA for taking up arms against Cuba's dictatorial regime. Two dozen American adventurers joined his rebel band in the mountains, including fervent idealists, a trio of teens from the Guantánamo Bay naval base, a sleazy ex-con who liked underage girls, and at least two future murderers. Castro's eventual victory delighted the world – but then he ran up the red flag and some started wondering if they'd supported the wrong side. A gang of disillusioned American volunteers – including future Watergate burglar Frank Fiorini and journalist Alex Rorke, whose 1963 disappearance remains unsolved – changed allegiances and joined the Cuban exiles, CIA agents and soldiers of fortune who had washed up in Miami ready to fight Castro's regime by any means necessary. These larger-than-life characters wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and went on to be implicated in President Kennedy's assassination, a failed invasion of 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's Haiti and the downfall of Richard Nixon. The Cold War had arrived in Miami, and things would never be the same again.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

268

Publisher

Biteback Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1785907417

ISBN 13

9781785907418

Critical Care Echocardiography Review

1200+ Questions and Answers: Ebook without Multimedia

By: Marvin G Chang,Abraham Sonny,David Dudzinski,Christopher R Tainter,Ryan J Horvath,Sheri Berg,Edward Bittner

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Critical Care Echocardiography Review

1200+ Questions and Answers: Ebook without Multimedia

By: Marvin G Chang,Abraham Sonny,David Dudzinski,Christopher R Tainter,Ryan J Horvath,Sheri Berg,Edward Bittner

Prepare for success on the Examination of Special Competence in Critical Care Echocardiography (CCEeXAM)! Critical Care Echocardiography Review is a first-of-its-kind, review textbook containing over 1,200 questions and answers. Helmed by Drs. Marvin G. Chang, Abraham Sonny, David Dudzinski, Christopher R. Tainter, Ryan J. Horvath, Sheri M. Berg, Edward A. Bittner as well as a team of associated editors and authors from institutions across the nation , this highly visual resource covers every aspect of the use of ultrasound for clinical diagnosis and management in the critical care setting, providing a thorough, effective review and helping you identify areas of mastery and those needing further study.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

2086

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Published Date

ISBN 10

1975144171

ISBN 13

9781975144173

Aquinas on Beauty

By: Christopher Scott Sevier

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Aquinas on Beauty

By: Christopher Scott Sevier

Aquinas on Beauty explores the nature and role of beauty in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Beginning with a standard definition of beauty provided by Aquinas, it explores each of the components of that definition. The result is a comprehensive account of Aquinas’s formal view on the subject, supplemented by an exploration into Aquinas’s commentary on Dionysius’s Divine Names, including a comparison of his views with those of both Dionysius and those of Aquinas’s mentor, Albert the Great. The book also highlights the tight connection in Aquinas’s thought between aesthetics and ethics, and illustrates how Aquinas preserves what is best about aesthetic traditions preceding him, and anticipates what is best about aesthetic traditions that would follow, marrying objective and subjective aesthetic intuitions and charting a kind of via media between the common extremes.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

241

Publisher

Lexington Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0739184253

ISBN 13

9780739184257

The Truth is Longer Than a Lie

Children's Experiences of Abuse and Professional Interventions

By: Neerosh Mudaly,Christopher Goddard

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Truth is Longer Than a Lie

Children's Experiences of Abuse and Professional Interventions

By: Neerosh Mudaly,Christopher Goddard

The Truth is Longer Than a Lie' provides important insights into children's experiences of abuse & their perception of professional intervention. The authors' promote the emerging child-centred approach to research, which provides children with an opportunity to talk about abuse & its effects on their lives.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

188

Publisher

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1843103176

ISBN 13

9781843103172

Renewal

How a New Generation of Faithful Priests and Bishops Is Revitalizing the Catholic Church

By: Anne Hendershott,Christopher White

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Renewal

How a New Generation of Faithful Priests and Bishops Is Revitalizing the Catholic Church

By: Anne Hendershott,Christopher White

In the wake of the clergy abuse scandal of the last decade, many media commentators predicted the “end” of the Catholic priesthood. Demands for an end to celibacy, coupled with calls for women’s ordination, dominated discussions on the effectiveness of the Catholic Church in America. Renewal argues that rather than a decline of the priesthood and a diminishing influence of the Catholic Church, we are living in a time of transformation and revitalization. The aging generation of progressives that continues to lobby Church leaders to change Catholic teachings on reproductive rights, same-sex marriage and women's ordination is being replaced by younger men and women who are attracted to the Church because of the very timelessness of its teachings.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

250

Publisher

Encounter Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

1594037035

ISBN 13

9781594037030

Book's by Christopher Scanlan

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email