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Risk, Global Governance and Security

The Other War on Terror

By: Yee-Kuang Heng,Ken McDonagh

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Risk, Global Governance and Security

The Other War on Terror

By: Yee-Kuang Heng,Ken McDonagh

This book applies risk society theory to the 'War on Terror', steering the discussion away from the militaristic discourse of the Bush era towards an emphasis on global cooperation and a new cosmopolitan agenda. The literature and rhetoric of the 'War on Terror' has been dominated by dramatic high-profile military campaigns and division in the international community. This overlooks the various multilateral practices and cooperative processes that are emerging to combat global terrorism. President Bush himself had initially been at pains to stress that his 'war' on terror would be like no other; it would involve not just military tools but financial, intelligence, police and diplomatic measures too. More than eight years later, the time is right for an in-depth evaluation of this 'other' war on terror. Yet these relatively mundane regulatory dimensions have received much less attention than the 'hot' wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, where ongoing difficulties suggest that military force alone is inadequate in controlling globalised terrorism. This book aims to redress this imbalance, by foregrounding these initiatives, tracing their implementation and reflecting on the implications for International Relations. Adopting an analytical approach that seeks to incorporate theories of risk, global governance and security, this book aims to explore the overlapping multi-level and multi-lateral dynamics of the emerging global security architecture which have remained neglected and unmapped thus far in the war on terror. This book will be of interest to students of risk politics, security studies, global governance and IR in general. Yee-Kuang Heng is Lecturer in International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK. Kenneth McDonagh is Lecturer in International Relations in the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University.

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Routledge

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1134028946

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9781134028948

Da-show Must Go on

Six Plays about Love, Death, and Bad Acting

By: Ken Dashow

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Da-show Must Go on

Six Plays about Love, Death, and Bad Acting

By: Ken Dashow

THE STORIES: THANKS. This may be the Thanksgiving from hell, or one where a family may actually be saved. The prodigal son returns to find a hilarious and unhappy group--exactly as he left them. His determination to change things touches them all. W

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Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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0822215357

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9780822215356

Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems

By: Ken E. Giller

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Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems

By: Ken E. Giller

The second edition of this book, first published in 1991 and intended for students and researchers, contains revised and updated material on the theory and practice of nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems. There are 15 chapters in 3 parts. Part I, Introduction, contains 5 chapters on tropical environments (climate, soils and cropping systems), nitrogen fixing organisms, the process of nitrogen fixation, assessment of the role of nitrogen fixation, and cycling of nitrogen in tropical cropping systems. Part II, Tropical crops and cropping systems, comprises 7 chapters on freeliving, root-associated and endophytic nitrogen fixing bacteria of cereal crops and grasses, cyanobacteria and Azolla as green manure for wetland rice, grain legumes, legumes as green manures and cover crops, forage legumes, understorey legumes and shade trees in plantation crops, and nitrogen fixing trees in agroforestry. Part III, optimizing nitrogen fixation, includes 3 chapters on environmental constraints, approaches to enhancement, and future impacts on nitrogen fixation in tropical agriculture. A list of common names and subject index are included.

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CABI

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0851994172

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9780851994178

You Can't Say That

Memoirs

By: Ken Livingstone

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You Can't Say That

Memoirs

By: Ken Livingstone

A frank, gripping and moving - and controversial - autobiography from one of the most idiosyncratic and effective politicians of the last fifty years. His political convictions, his distance from New Labour, and his direct, plain-speaking style and personality have allowed him to survive longer than any of his contemporaries as a man of principle and influence. From his eccentric South London working class childhood to running one of the biggest cities in the world, Livingstone is one of the very few politicians to have scored a major victory over the Thatcher Government and has championed issues as diverse as the environment, gay rights and anti-racism. Written in Livingstone's unmistakable voice, by turns angrily sincere about social justice, wickedly droll and gossipy, and surprisingly wistful about people he has known and loved, this is a hugely important and remarkable book from one of the very few respected politicians at work today.

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Faber & Faber

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0571280390

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Torn Apart

Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019

By: Ken Wharton

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Torn Apart

Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019

By: Ken Wharton

In the early twentieth century there was a war brewing on Britain's doorstep. Northern Ireland was filled with discrimination and suspicion, a sense of foreboding that would soon erupt into full-blown rioting. As the fiftieth anniversary of the Troubles approaches, Ken Wharton takes a thorough look at the start of the Troubles, the precursors and the explosion of violence in 1969 that would last until the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. In all, the Troubles cost 50,000 casualties and nearly 2,000 civilians' lives across Northern Ireland, the Republic and England. Utterly condemnatory of the paramilitaries, Wharton pulls no punches in his assessment of the situation then and seeks to dismiss apologists today. His sympathy lies first with those tasked with keeping order in the province, but also with the innocent civilians caught up in thirty years of bloodshed. Torn Apart is an in-depth look at the start of the Troubles, looking at the seminal moments and Northern Ireland today using the powerful testimony of those who were there at the time.

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The History Press

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0750991119

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9780750991117

Constructing Civil Liberties

Discontinuities in the Development of American Constitutional Law

By: Ken I. Kersch

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Constructing Civil Liberties

Discontinuities in the Development of American Constitutional Law

By: Ken I. Kersch

This book provides a revisionist account of the genealogy of contemporary constitutional law and morals.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521010551

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The Peel Sessions

A story of teenage dreams and one man's love of new music

By: Ken Garner

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The Peel Sessions

A story of teenage dreams and one man's love of new music

By: Ken Garner

This is a story of teenage dreams, which, as any Peel fan knows, are hard to beat. Between 1967 and 2004 John Peel picked over 2000 bands to come and record over 4000 sessions to be played on his radio show. Many were young and had never been in a recording studio before, for some it was the start of an illustrious career, for others it was the only recognition their musical talent ever got. For over 35 years the cream of British musical talent made the journey to the BBC's studio in Maida Vale, from Pink Floyd to Pulp, the Small Faces to the Smiths. And because John Peel was so respected his sessions took on a legendary status - they were a rite of passage that every new band wanted to go through. Unfettered by commerical pressure the Peel Sessions were a unique British institution - an archive of music that reflects one man's passion for finding and encouraging new music. Includes a full sessionography listing songs, band members and broadcast dates. Jarvis Cocker writing about his first Peel Session aged 18 (Wayne the drummer was 15): 'We travelled down to Maida Vale in a van driven by a very strange man we'd contacted via a card pinned to the Virgin record shop noticeboard. We'd had to borrow lots of equipment from a band called The Naughtiest Girl Was a Monitor 'cause we didn't have enough stuff of our own. The session was to be produced by Dale Griffin, who used to be the drummer in Mott the Hoople; I seem to remember that he was wearing cowboy boots. I think the crisis point came when Wayne was attempting to get a home-made synth-drum to work that a friend of his at school had made out of a rubber burglar-alarm mat and an old electronic calculator - Dale Griffin looked at this 15-year-old kid crouching on the floor bashing what looked like a doormat with some wires coming out of it and just put his head in his hands. But to his credit, the session did get finished and after it, everything else started for me...

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Random House

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1409074838

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Broadway

An Encyclopedia

By: Ken Bloom

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Broadway

An Encyclopedia

By: Ken Bloom

This volume is another example in the Routledge tradition of producing high-quality reference works on theater, music, and the arts. An A to Z encyclopedia of Broadway, this volume includes tons of information, including producers, writer, composers, lyricists, set designers, theaters, performers, and landmarks in its sweep.

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1135950199

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Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 1

The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975-77

By: Ken Wharton

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Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 1

The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975-77

By: Ken Wharton

Over the past several years, Ken Wharton, himself a former soldier, has been prolific in his coverage of the Troubles, which spread their tentacles far from the streets, and fields of Northern Ireland. Over 4,000 people died in or as a consequence of them and it cost the lives of over 1,300 British soldiers - a fact which is unacknowledged by the MOD - and the lives of over 300 policemen and women. This is Ken's sixth book about the period and he draws on meticulous and detailed research, first-hand testimony of the soldiers who trod the same streets as himself, and an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the near 30-year period of murder, violence and civil war. The first-hand accounts help us to understand and examine the fears of the young soldiers who patrolled the dangerous streets of the Ardoyne and New Lodge, of Andersonstown, Turf Lodge and Ballymurphy and of the Creggan in Londonderry and the Derrybeg in Newry. He looks at the Loyalist paramilitaries and treats their sectarianism and mindless murder with the same contempt with which he treats the Republicans. He does not mince words about the Irish-Americans and their political stooges in the US Government, judicial system and the ordinary '7th generation Irishmen of the American East Coast.' This is a book not just for soldiers, but for anyone who wishes to look back and try to understand the madness inflicted upon several generations of innocent Irish and British people. In years to come, historians - both social and military - will reflect on this period of insanity with a greater knowledge than hitherto. If you wish to know how it felt to be an innocent sectarian victim, or an off-duty soldier or policeman or a young lad from Leeds, Liverpool or London hard targeting through the Lower Falls, then this book is a must read.

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Helion and Company

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1909384550

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The Devil

A Jack Taylor Novel

By: Ken Bruen

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The Devil

A Jack Taylor Novel

By: Ken Bruen

In the next book in Ken Bruen's legendary private investigator series, Jack Taylor faces his most challenging opponent yet in this noir masterpiece, The Devil. America—the land of opportunity, a place where economic prosperity beckons: but not for PI Jack Taylor, who's just been refused entry. Disappointed and bitter, he thinks that an encounter with an overly friendly stranger in an airport bar is the least of his problems. Except that this stranger seems to know much more than he should about Jack. Jack thinks no more of their meeting and resumes his old life in Galway. But when he's called to investigate a student murder—connected to an elusive Mr. K—he remembers the man from the airport. Is the stranger really who he says he is? Jack struggles to make sense of it all, and the Jameson isn't helping. After several more murders and too many coincidental encounters, Jack believes he may have met his nemesis. But why has he been chosen? And could he really have taken on the devil himself? Suspenseful, haunting, and totally unique, The Devil is Bruen at his very best.

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Minotaur Books

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1429965002

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9781429965002

Sustainability Marketing

A Global Perspective

By: Frank-Martin Belz,Ken Peattie

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Sustainability Marketing

A Global Perspective

By: Frank-Martin Belz,Ken Peattie

The new and extended Second Edition of the award-winning textbook Sustainability Marketing: A Global Perspective provides a sustainability-oriented vision of marketing for the twenty-first century. Adopting a a consumer marketing focus, it emphasises integrating sustainability principles into both marketing theory and the practical decision making of marketing managers. The book shows how the complexities of sustainability issues can be addressed by marketers through a systematic step-by-step approach. The steps involve an analysis of socio-environmental priorities to complement conventional consumer research; an integration of social, ethical and environmental values into marketing strategy development; a new consumer-oriented sustainability marketing mix to replace the outmoded and producer-oriented '4Ps'; and finally an analysis of how marketing can go beyond responding to social change to contribute to a transformation to a more sustainable society. Without taking such steps, marketing will continue to drive global crises linked to climate change, poverty, food shortages, oil depletion and species extinction, instead of helping to tackle them. A comprehensive package of supplementary materials for this text is available at www.wiley.com/college/belz. View the authors blog at: www.sustainability-marketing.com

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119966191

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9781119966197

Buying and Selling Insolvent Companies and Businesses

By: Ken Titchen,Susan Singleton

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Buying and Selling Insolvent Companies and Businesses

By: Ken Titchen,Susan Singleton

Buying and Selling Insolvent Companies and Businesses aims to be a comprehensive guide to its readers, being useful to insolvency practitioners and other professionals involved in insolvency, including lawyers, accountants, company directors and company secretaries. It is also of use to potential investors and their advisers as well as being of interest to students who may wish to specialise in insolvency. The new third edition has been updated to include: - Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which brought in a new moratorium procedure and restructuring plan as permanent measures in response to COVID-19 - the impact of Brexit on insolvency laws - the impact of the significant rise in the use of company voluntary arrangements - the new Pensions bill, which will have an impact on advisors to insolvent companies This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

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1526519097

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9781526519092

Using Design Research and History to Tackle a Fundamental Problem with School Algebra

By: Sinan Kanbir,M. A. (Ken) Clements,Nerida F. Ellerton

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Using Design Research and History to Tackle a Fundamental Problem with School Algebra

By: Sinan Kanbir,M. A. (Ken) Clements,Nerida F. Ellerton

In this well-illustrated book the authors, Sinan Kanbir, Ken Clements, and Nerida Ellerton, tackle a persistent, and universal, problem in school mathematics—why do so many middle-school and secondary-school students find it difficult to learn algebra well? What makes the book important are the unique features which comprise the design-research approach that the authors adopted in seeking a solution to the problem. The first unique feature is that the authors offer an overview of the history of school algebra. Despite the fact that algebra has been an important component of secondary-school mathematics for more than three centuries, there has never been a comprehensive historical analysis of factors influencing the teaching and learning of that component. The authors identify, through historical analysis, six purposes of school algebra: (a) algebra as a body of knowledge essential to higher mathematical and scientific studies, (b) algebra as generalized arithmetic, (c) algebra as a prerequisite for entry to higher studies, (d) algebra as offering a language and set of procedures for modeling real-life problems, (e) algebra as an aid to describing structural properties in elementary mathematics, and (f) algebra as a study of variables. They also raise the question whether school algebra represents a unidimensional trait. Kanbir, Clements and Ellerton offer an unusual hybrid theoretical framework for their intervention study (by which seventh-grade students significantly improved their elementary algebra knowledge and skills). Their theoretical frame combined Charles Sanders Peirce’s triadic signifier-interpretant-signified theory, which is in the realm of semiotics, with Johann Friedrich Herbart’s theory of apperception, and Ken Clements’ and Gina Del Campo’s theory relating to the need to expand modes of communications in mathematics classrooms so that students engage in receptive and expressive modes. Practicing classroom teachers formed part of the research team. This book appears in Springer’s series on the “History of Mathematics Education.” Not only does it include an important analysis of the history of school algebra, but it also adopts a theoretical frame which relies more on “theories from the past,” than on contemporary theories in the field of mathematics education. The results of the well-designed classroom intervention are sufficiently impressive that the study might havecreated and illuminated a pathway for future researchers to take.

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Springer

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3319592041

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Documents of Life 2

An Invitation to A Critical Humanism

By: Ken Plummer

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Documents of Life 2

An Invitation to A Critical Humanism

By: Ken Plummer

Documents of Life was originally published in 1983 and became a classic text, providing both a persuasive argument for a particular approach and a manifesto for social research. As a critique of anti-humanist methodology in the social sciences, it championed the use of life stories and other personal documents in research which are now widely used today. This book is a substantially revised and expanded version which takes on recent developments. Providing numerous illustrations from a range of life documents, the book traces the history of the method, examines ways of 'doing life story' research, and discusses the many political and ethical issues raised by such research. The whole book has been substantially re-written and

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SAGE

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0761961321

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9780761961321

Ink and Daggers

By: Maxim Jakubowski,Neil Gaiman,Ann Cleeves,Christopher Fowler,Lavie Tidhar

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Ink and Daggers

By: Maxim Jakubowski,Neil Gaiman,Ann Cleeves,Christopher Fowler,Lavie Tidhar

An enthralling anthology of 20 CWA Dagger Award-shortlisted gripping and thrilling stories for the most hardened crime fan. Featuring bestselling authors such as Neil Gaiman, Ann Cleeves, Christopher Fowler and Val McDermid. OVER TWENTY CWA DAGGER AWARD-WINNING SHORT STORIES FROM THE BEST OF THE BEST IN CRIME FICTION Legendary editor, Maxim Jakubowski, delivers another chilling anthology collecting stories of cold-blooded murder, revenge and crimes-gone-wrong from the best of the best in crime fiction. Spine-chilling and gripping, these tales will grip you with their devious narrators and crafty twists. Featuring classic stories from Neil Gaiman, Ann Cleeves, Christopher Fowler, Val McDermid, Lavie Tidhar, Chris Simms, Christine Poulson, James Sallis, Victoria Selman, Conrad Williams, Stuart Neville, George Pelecanos, Simon Brett, John Lawton, Ken Bruen, Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins, Peter Robinson, Martyn Waites and Kevin Wignall.

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Titan Books (US, CA)

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1803363215

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9781803363219

The Magdalen Martyrs

A Jack Taylor Novel

By: Ken Bruen

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The Magdalen Martyrs

A Jack Taylor Novel

By: Ken Bruen

The Magdalen Martyrs, the third Galway-set novel by Edgar, Barry, and Macavity finalist and Shamus Award-winner Ken Bruen, is a gripping, dazzling story that takes the Jack Taylor series to explosive new heights of suspense. Jack Taylor is walking the delicate edge of a sobriety he doesn't trust when his phone rings. He's in debt to a Galway tough named Bill Cassell, what the locals call a "hard man." Bill did Jack a big favor a while back; the trouble is, he never lets a favor go unreturned. Jack is amazed when Cassell simply asks him to track down a woman, now either dead or very old, who long ago helped his mother escape from the notorious Magdalen laundry, where young wayward girls were imprisoned and abused. Jack doesn't like the odds of finding the woman, but counts himself lucky that the task is at least on the right side of the law. Until he spends a few days spinning his wheels and is dragged in front of Cassell for a quick reminder of his priorities. Bill's goons do a little spinning of their own, playing a game of Russian roulette a little too close to the back of Jack's head. It's only blind luck and the mercy of a god he no longer trusts that land Jack back on the street rather than face down in a cellar with a bullet in his skull. He's got one chance to stay alive: find this woman. Unfortunately, he can't escape his own curiosity, and an unnerving hunch quickly turns into a solid fact: just who Jack's looking for, and why, aren't nearly what they seem.

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Minotaur Books

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1429902353

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9781429902359

Routledge Guide to Broadway

By: Ken Bloom

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Routledge Guide to Broadway

By: Ken Bloom

The Routledge Guide to Broadway is the second title in our new student reference series. It will introduce the student to the Broadway theater, focusing on key performers, writers, directors, plays, and musicals, along with the theaters themselves, key awards, and the folklore of Broadway. Broadway is the center of American theater, where all the great plays and musicals make their mark. Students across the country in theater history, performance, and direction/production look to Broadway for their inspiration. While there are illustrated coffee table type books on Broadway, there are few that offer a comprehensive look at the key figures and productions of the last two centuries. The Routledge Guide to Broadway offers this information in an easy-to-use, inexpensive format that will appeal to students, professors, and theatrical professionals.

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1135871167

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Alternative Scriptwriting

Contemporary Storytelling for the Screen

By: Ken Dancyger,Jessie Keyt,Jeff Rush

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Alternative Scriptwriting

Contemporary Storytelling for the Screen

By: Ken Dancyger,Jessie Keyt,Jeff Rush

The three-act structure is so last century! Unlike other screenwriting books, this unique storytelling guide pushes you to break free of tired, formulaic writing by bending or breaking the rules of storytelling as we know them. This new edition dives into all the key aspects of scriptwriting, including structure, genre, character, form, and tone. Authors Ken Dancyger, Jessie Keyt, and Jeff Rush explore myriad alternatives to the traditional three-act story structure, going beyond teaching you "how to tell a story" by teaching you how to write against conventional formulas to produce original, exciting material. Fully revised and updated, the book includes new examples from contemporary and classic cinema and episodic series, as well as additional content on strategies for plot, character, and genre; an exploration of theatrical devices in film; and approaches to scriptwriting with case studies of prolific storytellers such as Billy Wilder, Kelly Reichardt, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Kathryn Bigelow. Ideal for students of screenwriting and professional screenwriters wishing to develop their craft and write original scripts.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000804127

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Sense Of An Ending

By: Ken Urban

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Sense Of An Ending

By: Ken Urban

The weight of what is to come is unbearable. It is crushing me. The sound of the crying, it never ceases. I carry this inside and now tell only you. Charles, a disgraced New York Times journalist, arrives in Rwanda for an exclusive interview with two Hutu nuns. Charged with war crimes, the nuns must convince the world of their innocence during the 1994 genocide. When an unknown survivor contradicts the nuns' story, Charles must decide between saving his career or telling a murkier truth that might condemn the nuns to a life in prison. Ken Urban's award-winning Sense Of An Ending shines a light on journalistic truth and morality amid the atrocity of the Rwandan genocide. The play was produced and published during the twenty-first century anniversary of the genocide, and is a striking and compelling political thriller asking if forgiveness is possible in a world where truth is never simple. Sense Of An Ending was premiered at Theatre503, London, on 12 May 2015.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1474248500

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A Galway Epiphany

By: Ken Bruen

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A Galway Epiphany

By: Ken Bruen

“They don’t come much tougher than Ken Bruen’s Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor, a man with bad habits who does good despite himself.”―Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review Ex-cop-turned-PI Jack Taylor has finally escaped the despair of his violent life in Galway in favor of a quiet retirement in the country with his friend, a former Rolling Stones roadie, and a falcon named Maeve. But on a day trip back into the city to sort out his affairs, Jack is hit by a truck in front of Galway’s Famine Memorial, left in a coma but mysteriously without a scratch on him. When he awakens weeks later, he finds Ireland in a frenzy over the so-called “Miracle of Galway.” People have become convinced that the two children spotted tending to him are saintly, and the site of the accident sacred. The Catholic Church isn’t so sure, and Jack is commissioned to help find the children to verify the miracle—or expose the stunt. But Jack isn’t the only one looking for these children, and he’s about to plunge into a case involving an order of nuns, an arsonist, and a girl who may be more manipulative than miraculous. From the multiple Shamus Award winner known as “the Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel” (Irish Independent), this is a hard-edged, ceaselessly suspenseful mystery in the popular long-running series. “A Celtic Dashiell Hammett.”—Philadephia Inquirer

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Grove Atlantic

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080215705X

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Headstone

By: Ken Bruen

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Headstone

By: Ken Bruen

A dark, edgy novel from a master of Irish crime fiction who “is threatening to become a mass cult figure in the U.S. as well as a critical favorite” (The Atlantic). An elderly priest is nearly beaten to death. A special-needs boy is brutally attacked. Evil has many guises, and private investigator Jack Taylor has encountered most of them. But nothing before has ever truly terrified him until he confronts a group calling itself Headstone, responsible for a series of random violent crimes in Galway, Ireland. As Headstone barrels along its deadly path right to the center of Taylor’s life, he will need to call upon his own capacity for brutality in order to stop them, in this suspenseful novel from a writer called “a Celtic Dashiell Hammett” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “A nonstop rampage of intrigue, mayhem, lunacy and dark-dark-dark humor.” —Shelf Awareness

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0802195040

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Galway Girl

By: Ken Bruen

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Galway Girl

By: Ken Bruen

“They don’t come much tougher than Ken Bruen’s Irish roughneck, Jack Taylor,” and crime thrillers don’t get any better than this (The New York Times Book Review). Jack Taylor has never quite been able get his life together, but now he has truly hit rock bottom. Still reeling from a violent family tragedy, Taylor is busy drowning his grief in Jameson and uppers, as usual, when a high-profile officer in the local Garda is murdered. After another Guard is found dead, and then another, Taylor’s old colleagues from the force implore him to take on the case. The plot is one big game, and all of the pieces seem to be moving at the behest of one dangerously mysterious team: a trio of young killers with very different styles, but who are united their common desire to take down Jack Taylor. Their ring leader is Jericho, a psychotic girl from Galway who is grieving the loss of her lover, and who will force Jack to confront some personal trauma from his past. As sharp and sardonic as it is starkly bleak and violent, Galway Girl shows master raconteur Ken Bruen at his best: lyrical, brutal, and ceaselessly suspenseful.

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0802147941

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9780802147943

First Thrills: Volume 2

Short Stories

By: Stephen Coonts,Heather Graham,Wendy Corsi Staub,Kelli Stanley,Grant McKenzie,Ken Bruen

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First Thrills: Volume 2

Short Stories

By: Stephen Coonts,Heather Graham,Wendy Corsi Staub,Kelli Stanley,Grant McKenzie,Ken Bruen

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. From small-town crime stories to sweeping global conspiracies, this is a cross section of today's hottest thriller-writing talent. This original collection is now split into four e-book volumes, packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem! First Thrills: Volume 2 contains stories six original stories by: Stephen Coonts Heather Graham Wendy Corsi Staub Kelli Stanley Grant McKenzie Ken Bruen At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Forge Books

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142994899X

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Green Hell

By: Ken Bruen

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Green Hell

By: Ken Bruen

“The Godfather of the modern Irish crime novel . . . writes in machine gun fashion . . . reminiscent of the work of Raymond Chandler and Peter Cheyenne.” —The Irish Times In Green Hell, Bruen’s dark angel of a protagonist has hit rock bottom: one of his best friends is dead, the other has stopped speaking to him; he has given up battling his addiction to alcohol and pills; and his firing from the Irish national police, the Guards, is ancient history. But Jack isn’t about to embark on a self-improvement plan. Instead, he has taken up a vigilante case against a respected professor of literature at the University of Galway who has a violent habit his friends in high places are only too happy to ignore. And when Jack rescues a preppy American student on a Rhodes Scholarship from a couple of kid thugs, he also unexpectedly gains a new sidekick, who abandons his thesis on Beckett to write a biography of Galway’s most magnetic rogue. Between pub crawls and violent outbursts, Jack’s vengeful plot against the professor soon spirals toward chaos. Enter Emerald, an edgy young Goth who could either be the answer to Jack’s problems, or the last ripped stitch in his undoing . . . “Taylor is a classic figure: an ex-cop turned seedy private eye . . . The book’s pleasure comes from listening to Taylor’s eloquent rants, studded with references to songs and books. His voice is wry and bittersweet, but somehow always hopeful.” —The Seattle Times

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Open Road + Grove/Atlantic

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0802191304

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9780802191304

Father of Fitness

By: Ken Heathcote

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Father of Fitness

By: Ken Heathcote

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY FROM THE PIONEER OF THE INDUSTRY AN INSPIRATIONAL STORY OF ONE MAN’S ASTONISHING MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH This is a story of one man’s struggle to forge a business out of a hobby and how the business grew and became an industry. Starting with a blank sheet of paper in 1968, this industry is now worth billions. Somewhere along the journey I picked up the title ‘Father of the Fitness Industry.’ My pioneering instincts saw me building the most successful health club of its time: the forerunner of a modern day culture. The reader will join me on that journey and share some staggering adventures. The solo run world record attempt from John O’Groats to Lands End covering over seventy miles a day and filmed in its entirety by the BBC’s Forty Minutes programme, in which I was tagged the multi-marathon man. My 50th birthday was celebrated with running fifty miles, lifting 50,000 lbs in a series of exercises in fifty minutes, playing five world class athletes at squash and ending the day with five hundred sit-ups. The journey took me to five world championships, twenty-six marathons, running 127 miles in one day and climbing the Swiss Alps at 75 years of age. The reader will learn about motivation, the psychology of success, and how we became the darlings of the industry, training future fitness instructors through our National Training Company’s government qualification. I picked up three Lifetime Achievement Awards and the government’s National Training Award. I was a co-founder of the Fitness Industry Association that became the second biggest of its kind in the world. I wrote the NVQ for the industry lead body and was also a judge at the Mr Universe Contest for fifteen years. Come along and meet Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jonah Barrington, Nat Lofthouse, Roger Hunt, Gordon Taylor, the world’s strong man Geoff Capes, Darth Vader and many more, on a roller coaster turbo jet journey with the Father of Fitness. “Ken’s mental and physical strength is awesome, but it is his philosophy on what makes the human mind and body, that sets him apart from most fitness gurus.”- Robin McGibbon – Best selling author “Heathcote’s leadership started a fashion that became a phenomena. He inspired millions.” - Paul Fletcher MBE – Founder Partner at StadiArena “A very dedicated professional. A speaker for all ages. He has a lot to give and there is a lot to learn.” - Sam Allardyce – Football Manager at West Ham United

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Paragon Publishing

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1782221492

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9781782221494

Shake It Up, Baby!

The Rise of Beatlemania and the Mayhem of 1963

By: Ken McNab

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Shake It Up, Baby!

The Rise of Beatlemania and the Mayhem of 1963

By: Ken McNab

A vivid, captivating account of the Beatles’s musical transformation throughout the pivotal year of 1963, as the world became caught up in the maelstrom of Beatlemania and its far-reaching cultural impact. The Beatles broke up more than half a century ago, yet millions around the globe are still drawn to the legacy of four lads from Liverpool. From the carefree innocence of "A Hard Day's Night" to the experimental psychedelia of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,” their message of love, peace, and hope still resonates. In Shake It Up, Baby! we go back to the start—to 1963, when they went from playing in small clubs in the remote Scottish Highlands to four number one singles, two number one albums, three national tours, and being besieged by thousands of fans at gigs all over Britain. Ken McNab tells the story through gripping, exclusive eye-witness accounts from those who were there: the Beatlemaniacs, the journalists, broadcasters, and television producers who were scrambling to make sense of it all—and the other bands who could only watch in awe as the Beatles went from bottom of the bill to headline act to the biggest band on the planet, forever transforming musical history.

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318

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Simon and Schuster

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1639366598

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9781639366590

Game Change

The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey

By: Ken Dryden

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Game Change

The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey

By: Ken Dryden

The story of NHLer Steve Montador, who was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after his death in 2015, and of the remarkable evolution of hockey itself" -- adapted from jacket.

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370

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Signal Books

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0771027478

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Ireland

By: Ken Bernstein

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Ireland

By: Ken Bernstein

Already considered "the bible of the cruise industry," the new Ocean Cruising & Cruise Ships 2004 rates more than 256 major and minor ships cruising the word's oceans and waterways. Providing all the advice the first-time or experienced passenger will ever need, this is the essential guide to choosing the perfect cruise. Loaded with comparative charts and in-depth analysis, Ocean Cruising & Cruise Ships is relied upon by more than 35,000 North American travel agents who use its unsurpassed data and recommendations to ensure the best possible fit for their clients. Author Douglas Ward is considered one of the world's foremost authorities on cruising and cruise ships. As President of the Maritime Evaluations Group, an independent agency that rates cruise ships worldwide, he spends 10 months of every year shipboard and has logged nearly 5,000 days at sea in his 30 years of exploring ocean liners with tape measure in hand.

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148

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9812465383

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9789812465382

Risk, Global Governance and Security

The Other War on Terror

By: Yee-Kuang Heng,Ken McDonagh

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Risk, Global Governance and Security

The Other War on Terror

By: Yee-Kuang Heng,Ken McDonagh

This book steers discussion of the 'war on terror' away from the militaristic tinge it has acquired, back to the idea that increased global cooperation and a cosmopolitan agenda would be the best solution to managing globalised risks like terrorism.

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Routledge

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1134028954

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9781134028955

The Guards

By: Ken Bruen

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The Guards

By: Ken Bruen

The first title in the acclaimed and bestselling crime series featuring Jack Taylor, a disgraced former police detective from Galway. Mourning the death of his father, Jack is slowly drinking himself into oblivion when he is asked to investigate a teenage suicide. Plunged into a dangerous confrontation with a powerful businessman and with the Irish police - The Guard - who have an unhealthy interest in Jack's past, he finds that all is not as simple as it at first seemed and a dark conspiracy unfolds.

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Brandon Books

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0863224105

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9780863224102

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