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The Selected Writings of Leigh Hunt Vol 1

By: Robert Morrison,Michael Eberle-Sinatra

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The Selected Writings of Leigh Hunt Vol 1

By: Robert Morrison,Michael Eberle-Sinatra

This edition makes available in a single edition all of Hunt's major works, fully annotated and with a consolidated index. The set will include all of Hunt's poetry, and an extensive selection of his periodical essays.

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Routledge

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1000749061

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9781000749069

Try Not to Be Strange

The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda

By: Michael Hingston

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Try Not to Be Strange

The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda

By: Michael Hingston

Shortlisted for the 2023 Robert Kroetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize On his fifteenth birthday, in the summer of 1880, future science-fiction writer M.P. Shiel sailed with his father and the local bishop from their home in the Caribbean out to the nearby island of Redonda—where, with pomp and circumstance, he was declared the island’s king. A few years later, when Shiel set sail for a new life in London, his father gave him some advice: Try not to be strange. It was almost as if the elder Shiel knew what was coming. Try Not to Be Strange: The Curious History of the Kingdom of Redonda tells, for the first time, the complete history of Redonda’s transformation from an uninhabited, guano-encrusted island into a fantastical and international kingdom of writers. With a cast of characters including forgotten sci-fi novelists, alcoholic poets, vegetarian publishers, Nobel Prize frontrunners, and the bartenders who kept them all lubricated while angling for the throne themselves, Michael Hingston details the friendships, feuds, and fantasies that fueled the creation of one of the oddest and most enduring micronations ever dreamt into being. Part literary history, part travelogue, part quest narrative, this cautionary tale about what happens when bibliomania escapes the shelves and stacks is as charming as it is peculiar—and blurs the line between reality and fantasy so thoroughly that it may never be entirely restored.

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357

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Biblioasis

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1771964162

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9781771964166

NBA List Jam!

The Most Authoritative and Opinionated Rankings from Doug Collins, Bob Ryan, Peter Vecsey, Jeanie Bu

By: Pat Williams,Michael Connelly

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NBA List Jam!

The Most Authoritative and Opinionated Rankings from Doug Collins, Bob Ryan, Peter Vecsey, Jeanie Bu

By: Pat Williams,Michael Connelly

NBA List Jam! is an entertaining and informative collection of 125+ ranked lists that discuss and debate the people, games, events, and ephemera that have made the NBA the spectator sport of choice for millions in North America and beyond. The wide variety of list topics include Greatest Teams, Best Comebacks, Best High School to NBA Stars, Worst Collapses, Best Pure Shooters, Oddest Hairdos, Greatest Players from the Big 5, Top NBA Announcers, Best/Worst Uniforms, and much, much more! Each of the NBA's 30 teams has one list dedicated to it, contributed by one of that team's most prominent personalities past or present. The book features big-name guest contributors throughout -- players, coaches, media, and more -- including Doug Collins, Clark Kellogg, Jeannie Buss, Dan Shaughnessy, Craig Sager, and many more! And the ambitious finale ranks the Top 100 Players in NBA History. Hoops fans everywhere will have a ball reading and ranting about the best, worst, oddest, funniest, most intense, and most memorable events and moments that have made the NBA a multibillion dollar global enterprise.

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354

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Running Press Adult

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0762446862

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9780762446865

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie; A Streetcar Named Desire; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Sweet Bird of Youth

By: Stephen Bottoms,Philip Kolin,Michael Hooper

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A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie; A Streetcar Named Desire; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Sweet Bird of Youth

By: Stephen Bottoms,Philip Kolin,Michael Hooper

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams provides the essential guide to Williams' most studied and revived dramas. Authored by a team of leading scholars, it offers students a clear analysis and detailed commentary on four of Williams' plays: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth. A consistent framework of analysis ensures that whether readers are wanting a summary of the play, a commentary on the themes or characters, or a discussion of the work in performance, they can readily find what they need to develop their understanding and aid their appreciation of Williams' artistry. A chronology of the writer's life and work helps to situate all his works in context and the introduction reinforces this by providing a clear overview of Williams' writing, its recurrent themes and concerns and how these are intertwined with his life and times. For each play the author provides a summary of the plot, followed by commentary on: * The context * Themes * Characters * Structure and language * The play in production (both on stage and screen adaptations) Questions for study, and notes on words and phrases in the text are also supplied to aid the reader. The wealth of authoritative and clear commentary on each play, together with further questions that encourage comparison across Williams' work and related plays by other leading writers, ensures that this is the clearest and fullest guide to Williams' greatest plays.

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297

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A&C Black

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1472528727

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9781472528728

The Drama, Theatre and Performance Companion

By: Michael Mangan

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The Drama, Theatre and Performance Companion

By: Michael Mangan

This complete companion to the study of drama, theatre and performance studies is an essential reference point for students undertaking or preparing to undertake a course either at university or at drama school. Designed as a single reference resource, it introduces the main components of the subject, the key theories and thinkers, as well as vital study skills. Written by a highly regarded academic and practitioner with a wealth of expertise and experience in teaching, Mangan takes students from studio to stage, from lecture theatre to workshop, covering practice as well as theory and history. Reliable and comprehensive, this guide is invaluable throughout a degree or course at various levels. It is essential reading for undergraduate students of Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies at universities, drama schools and conservatoires, as well as AS and A Level students studying Drama and Theatre who are considering studying the subject at degree level.

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376

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137015527

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9781137015525

The Correspondence (c. 1626–1659) of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester

By: Michael G. Brennan,Noel J. Kinnamon

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The Correspondence (c. 1626–1659) of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester

By: Michael G. Brennan,Noel J. Kinnamon

The letters of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester, dating predominantly from about 1636 until 1643, cover a wide range of issues and vividly illustrate her centrality to her illustrious family's personal and public affairs. These c.100 letters are here for the first time fully transcribed and edited. The edition includes a biographical and historical introduction, setting the context of the Sidneys' family and political activities at the time of Dorothy's marriage to Robert in 1615 and then tracing the major events and involvements of her life until her death in 1659. A key to the cipher used in the letters to disguise identities of individuals is also supplied. Following the introduction is the complete text of each of Dorothy Percy Sidney's letters to her husband, Robert, second Earl of Leicester, and to and from William Hawkins, the Sidney family solicitor, along with several others, including letters from Dorothy to Archbishop Laud and the Earl of Holland. Her husband's account of her last moments in 1659, and testamentary directions relating to her will, are also included. The letters are arranged in chronological order and supported by a series of footnotes that elucidate their historical context and briefly to identify key individuals, places, political issues and personal concerns. These notes are further supported by selective quotations from Dorothy's incoming correspondence and other related letters and documents. A glossary supplies more detailed information on 'Persons and Places.' Dorothy Percy Sidney's letters eloquently convey how, even with her undoubted personal potency and shrewd intelligence, the multifaceted roles expected of an able and determined aristocratic early modern Englishwoman-especially when her husband was occupied abroad on official business-were intensely demanding and testing.

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249

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Routledge

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1351892339

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9781351892339

Wicked World Cup 2018

By: Michael Coleman

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Wicked World Cup 2018

By: Michael Coleman

This international guide gives footie fans the coolest commentary on the brilliant Brazilians, the awesome Argentinians, the invincible Italians and the fantastic French. PLUS discover the secrets of football's superstars - from Pel to Beckham and beyond. This up-to-the-minute guide is the essential piece of kit for 2018!

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230

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Scholastic UK

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1407188615

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9781407188614

Charles Dickens

By: Michael Slater

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Charles Dickens

By: Michael Slater

A magnificent new biography of the man who gave us David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Ebenezer Scrooge This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled. Drawing on a lifetime's study of this prodigiously brilliant figure, Michael Slater explores the personal and emotional life, the high-profile public activities, the relentless travel, the charitable works, the amateur theatricals and the astonishing productivity. But the core focus is Dickens' career as a writer and professional author, covering not only his big novels but also his phenomenal output of other writing--letters, journalism, shorter fiction, plays, verses, essays, writings for children, travel books, speeches, and scripts for his public readings, and the relationships among them. Slater's account, rooted in deep research but written with affection, clarity, and economy, illuminates the context of each of the great novels while locating the life of the author within the imagination that created them. It highlights Dickens' boundless energy, his passion for order and fascination with disorder, his organizational genius, his deep concern for the poor and outrage at indifference towards them, his susceptibility towards young women, his love of Christmas and fairy tales, and his hatred of tyranny. Richly and precisely illustrated with many rare images, this masterly work on the complete Dickens, man and writer, becomes the indispensable guide and companion to one of the greatest novelists in the language.

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718

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Yale University Press

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0300170939

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9780300170931

Deception at Work

Investigating and Countering Lies and Fraud Strategies

By: Michael J. Comer,Timothy E. Stephens

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Deception at Work

Investigating and Countering Lies and Fraud Strategies

By: Michael J. Comer,Timothy E. Stephens

Deception at Work tells you how to recognize and deal with lies, in meetings, negotiations, discussions and in writing. It is guaranteed to make you a more effective and confident operator, no matter what job you do. Simply leaving the book on your desk for others to see will improve your chances of not being deceived. The book exposes deception in all of its forms, linking the authors' 40 years of experience in dealing with fraudsters with the most recent findings on MRI scanning and the human brain. It explains how, why and in what circumstances both achievement and exculpatory lies are told, and how they can be resolved. It sets out a low key but effective plan for dealing with liars in all shapes and sizes, from confidence tricksters to malingerers and hard-nosed fraudsters. This ground-breaking work includes the most comprehensive summary of the clues to deception of any book currently in print.

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428

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Routledge

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1351946005

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9781351946001

Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Respectable Capers'

Class, Respectability and the Savoy Operas 1877–1909

By: Michael Goron

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Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Respectable Capers'

Class, Respectability and the Savoy Operas 1877–1909

By: Michael Goron

This innovative account of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership provides a unique insight into the experience of both attending and performing in the original productions of the most influential and enduring pieces of English-language musical theatre. In the 1870s, Savoy impresario Richard D’Oyly Carte astutely realized that a conscious move to respectability in a West End which, until then, had favored the racy delights of burlesque and French operetta, would attract a new, lucrative morally ‘decent’ audience. This book examines the commercial, material and human factors underlying the Victorian productions of the Savoy operas. Unusually for a book on ‘G&S’, it focuses on people and things rather than author biography or literary criticism. Examining theatre architecture, interior design, marketing, and typical audiences, as well as the working conditions and personal lives of the members of a Victorian theatre-company, ‘Respectable Capers’ explains how the Gilbert and Sullivan operas helped to transform the West End into the family-friendly ‘theatre land’ which still exists today.

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264

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Springer

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1137594780

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9781137594785

Secret Germany

By: Michael Baigent,Richard Leigh

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Secret Germany

By: Michael Baigent,Richard Leigh

Provides an account of the anti-Nazi movement within Germany, headed by Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, a General Staff insider, which attempted to prevent the destruction of the country and bring about an end to World War II by killing Adolf Hitler in 1944.

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1602392692

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9781602392694

Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945

An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II

By: Michael S. Shull,David Edward Wilt

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Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945

An Exhaustive Filmography of American Feature-Length Motion Pictures Relating to World War II

By: Michael S. Shull,David Edward Wilt

From 1937 through 1945, Hollywood produced over 1,000 films relating to the war. This enormous and exhaustive reference work first analyzes the war films as sociopolitical documents. Part one, entitled "The Crisis Abroad, 1937-1941," focuses on movies that reflected America's increasing uneasiness. Part two, "Waging War, 1942-1945," reveals that many movies made from 1942 through 1945 included at least some allusion to World War II.

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McFarland

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1476621780

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9781476621784

Colonialism and Development

Britain and Its Tropical Colonies, 1850-1960

By: Michael Ashley Havinden,David Meredith

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Colonialism and Development

Britain and Its Tropical Colonies, 1850-1960

By: Michael Ashley Havinden,David Meredith

This study of Britain's economic & political relationship with its tropical colonies from 1850-1960 focuses on the former colonies & their development problems, providing a background to understanding the present difficulties facing these countries.

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436

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Psychology Press

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0415123089

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9780415123082

Book's by Michael Leigh Chamberlain

The Selected Writings of Leigh Hunt Vol 1

The Selected Writings of Leigh Hunt Vol 1

Try Not to Be Strange

Try Not to Be Strange

NBA List Jam!

NBA List Jam!

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams

A Student Handbook to the Plays of Tennessee Williams

The Drama, Theatre and Performance Companion

The Drama, Theatre and Performance Companion

The Correspondence (c. 1626–1659) of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester

The Correspondence (c. 1626–1659) of Dorothy Percy Sidney, Countess of Leicester

Wicked World Cup 2018

Wicked World Cup 2018

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Deception at Work

Deception at Work

Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Respectable Capers'

Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Respectable Capers'

Secret Germany

Secret Germany

Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945

Hollywood War Films, 1937-1945

Colonialism and Development

Colonialism and Development

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