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Ways of Reading

Advanced Reading Skills for Students of English Literature

By: Martin Montgomery,Alan Durant,Nigel Fabb,Tom Furniss,Sara Mills

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Ways of Reading

Advanced Reading Skills for Students of English Literature

By: Martin Montgomery,Alan Durant,Nigel Fabb,Tom Furniss,Sara Mills

Ways of Readingis a well-established core textbook that provides the reader with the tools to analyze and interpret the meanings of literary and non-literary texts. Six sections, split into self-contained units with their own activities and notes for further reading, cover: techniques and problem-solving language variation attributing meaning poetic uses of language narrative media texts. This third edition has been redesigned and updated throughout with many fresh examples and exercises, updated further reading suggestions and new material on electronic sources and the Internet, language and power, and drama. nternet, language and power, and drama.

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Routledge

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1134280254

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9781134280254

Hail! Hail!

Classic Celtic Old Firm Clashes

By: Martin Hannan

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Hail! Hail!

Classic Celtic Old Firm Clashes

By: Martin Hannan

Some football derbies around the world might have bigger crowds and feature more fanatical fans, but no fixture has as long and passionate a history as the Old Firm derby. For more than 120 years, Glasgow has been divided between the green of Celtic and the blue of Rangers. The first official match ever played by Celtic was a 5-2 win over Rangers in 1888. Since then, the Old Firm derby has grown in stature to be acknowledged as one of the great clashes of football. Concentrating on the twenty greatest Old Firm matches from the perspective of Celtic Football Club, renowned sportswriter Martin Hannan puts these games in context, showing how the two clubs became such massive rivals and why the Old Firm derby became and remains by far the biggest match in Scottish club football. With exclusive reflections from a number of Celtic managers and players past and present, Hail! Hail! covers all of the magical matches, such as the titanic, league-winning 4-2 match in 1979, the amazing 6-2 win in 2000 and, of course, the famous 7-1 victory in the 1957 League Cup final, which remains the Parkhead club's biggest win over Rangers. Highly entertaining and informative, Hail! Hail! is a must-read for supporters of Celtic, football fans in general and anyone who wonders what all the fuss over the Old Firm is about.

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250

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Random House

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1780577125

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9781780577128

Ewan McGregor

The Unofficial Biography

By: Martin Noble

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Ewan McGregor

The Unofficial Biography

By: Martin Noble

Ewan McGregor is the hottest young actor around! From Renton in Trainspotting to the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, his roles have showcased his remarkable acting -- and his dazzling smile. Now you can discover the real Ewan McGregor in striking full-color photos and insightful text that reveal the true story of a life less ordinary. With blockbusting films such as Shallow Grave and Trainspotting to his credit, this sexy Scottish actor is a hot property -- a prize catch for filmmakers throughout the world. This book provides an insight into Ewan's rise to superstardom, tracking his progress from his early days as an aspiring young actor to his TV breakthrough and life in the movies. Follow the actor's skyrocketing career from stagehand to Star Wars, and discover how he unwinds when the filming stops.

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DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

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0789446677

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9780789446671

Representing Health

Discourses of Health and Illness in the Media

By: Martin King,Katherine Watson

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Representing Health

Discourses of Health and Illness in the Media

By: Martin King,Katherine Watson

Representing Health addresses the importance of the media in shaping and reflecting public perceptions and attitudes to health and illness. Bringing together contributions from a variety of academic disciplines, this lively text examines contemporary theoretical debates and analyzes media as diverse as television, cinema, literature, print media and the Internet. Centring around themes of 'virtual' bodies, audiences, representations and public health, it examines discourses of sexuality, gender, race, disability, childhood, medico-moral panics, regulation and governmentality.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0230802486

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9780230802483

The Romantic Adventures of Mr. Darby and of Sarah His Wife

By: Martin Armstrong

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The Romantic Adventures of Mr. Darby and of Sarah His Wife

By: Martin Armstrong

Mr. Darby is a thoroughly agreeable gentleman of modest circumstances and romantic leanings who suddenly inherits a fortune of millions.Here at last he has a chance to indulge his tastes and fancies; he can smoke the most expensive cigars, drink champagne and become a patron of the arts. But, best of all, he is able, after all these years, to fulfill his dream of travel in the remote and fascinating parts of the world, beneath the tropic suns, through the jungle and beside the azure seas. Life has suddenly become very important and beautiful and exciting to Mr. Darby.

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A&C Black

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144820562X

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9781448205622

The Other Side of Mercy

A Killer's Journey Across the American Divide

By: Ken Armstrong,Jonathan Martin (Newspaper reporter)

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The Other Side of Mercy

A Killer's Journey Across the American Divide

By: Ken Armstrong,Jonathan Martin (Newspaper reporter)

On a fall morning in the Pacific Northwest, in a coffee shop with four police officers as customers, a burst of gunfire announced a shocking ambush that devastated the Puget Sound and swept up everyone from judges in Tacoma to prison officials in Arkansas to candidates for president of the United States. The story of that morning's violence spans the decades and ripples across state lines. It is a story of our nation's racial divide; of southern prison farms and an act of grace; of festering hate and missed opportunities to stop a man going mad. For its coverage of the shootings and the manhunt that followed, the Seattle Times won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. Now the newspaper's staff goes deeper, telling the story of a charismatic felon, a minister with his eyes on the White House, and what can lie on the other side of mercy. So often, when someone does something shocking, people want to know: What was he thinking? What was Timothy McVeigh thinking? What about those kids at Columbine? In western Washington, in the fall of 2009, Maurice Clemmons planned to do something shocking. And he left no doubt what he was thinking. The Other Side of Mercy draws upon a stunning trove of records-including a hundred-plus hours of Clemmons' recorded telephone conversations-to describe in remarkable detail Clemmons' past and the steps he took along the way to committing one of the worst crimes in the modern history of the Pacific Northwest. The Other Side of Mercy recounts Clemmons' childhood in a small Arkansas town that had descended into chaos and economic ruin. Racial hostilities were such that sniper bullets flew and buildings were firebombed. Clemmons turned to burglary and robbery, and, at the age of seventeen, was shipped off to a prison farm system so notorious that it was memorialized in the movie Brubaker. Drawing upon a prison file eighteen-hundred pages thick, The Other Side of Mercy takes readers inside the prison barracks and into the fields, as Clemmons racks up enemies, extorting other inmates and waging fights with makeshift weapons. Clemmons makes a plea for mercy to Mike Huckabee, the Arkansas governor who later runs for president. After managing to win his freedom, Clemmons moves to Washington state and becomes both predator and prey, dealing drugs while dreaming of wealth through a variety of fantastical enterprises. He believes Donald Trump will make him rich. That he can game the Bank of America. That a self-proclaimed prophet in New York City holds the key to prosperity. Clemmons descends into madness, while making plans of striking back at the people he blames for his lost youth and uncertain future.

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Dog Ear Publishing

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1608447340

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9781608447343

Gender, Colonialism and Education

An International Perspective

By: Joyce Goodman,Jane Martin

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Gender, Colonialism and Education

An International Perspective

By: Joyce Goodman,Jane Martin

An examination of the ways in which gender intersects with informal and formal education in England, Germany, Indonesia, South Africa, USA and the Netherlands. The book looks at various issues including: citizenship; authority; colonialism and education; and the construction of national identities.

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Routledge

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1134981619

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9781134981618

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Ewan McGregor

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Representing Health

Representing Health

The Romantic Adventures of Mr. Darby and of Sarah His Wife

The Romantic Adventures of Mr. Darby and of Sarah His Wife

The Other Side of Mercy

The Other Side of Mercy

Gender, Colonialism and Education

Gender, Colonialism and Education

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