Sheila McManus's Books

Friends of Alice Wheeldon

By: Sheila Rowbotham

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

This Remarkable Book Brings To Life The Show Trial Of An Innocent Woman At The Height Of The First World War, Sheila Rowbotham's play Friends of Alice Wheeldon tells the story of a Derby socialist and feminist who opposed the First World War. In 1917, she and members of her family were accused of plotting to assassinate the Prime Minister, Lloyd George, on the evidence of 'Alex Gordon', an agent employed by an undercover intelligence agency. The historical introduction, Rebel Networks in the First World War, revised and extended to incorporate new research, describes the interaction between workplace militants and anti-war activists as well as the intrigues among politicians and intelligence agencies. It highlights the campaign being mounted to clear the names of Alice and her family. Book jacket.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

240

Publisher

NYU Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

158367554X

ISBN 13

9781583675540

Let's Go to The Grand!

100 Years of Entertainment at London's Grand Theatre

By: Sheila M.F. Johnston

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Let's Go to The Grand!

100 Years of Entertainment at London's Grand Theatre

By: Sheila M.F. Johnston

A fascinating history of a wonderful old theatre." - Hume Cronyn In September of 1901 London's New Grand Opera House flung open its doors. Boasting a beautiful interior design, and with the most modern stage equipment available, the theatre was large enough to accommodate over 1,700 patrons and the largest touring shows of the time. With impresario Ambrose J. Small at the helm, a new era in theatrical entertainment began. Throughout the next hundred years, the Grand Theatre hosted everything from stock companies to minstrel shows, from vaudeville to star-studded productions. The celebrated amateur theatre company, London Little Theatre, made The Grand its home for decades. As Canadian theatre came into its own in the 1970s, The Grand embraced professional theatre status. Throughout all these changes The Grand has remained London's "Grand Old Lady of Richmond Street." Legendary performers from the past, including the Marks Brothers, Anna Pavlova and John Gielgud have graced its vast stage, as have such contemporary stage stars as Hume Cronyn, William Hutt and Martha Henry. This extensively researched book, lavishly illustrated, lovingly documents the life of The Grand. Theatre stories from every decade of The Grand's colourful life abound throughout. To read this book is to come to know London's Grand Theatre in all its architectural splendour and its legacy in Canadian theatre history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

305

Publisher

Dundurn

Published Date

ISBN 10

1554882125

ISBN 13

9781554882120

Development of Elites in Acadian New Brunswick, 1861-1881

By: Sheila Muriel Andrew

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Development of Elites in Acadian New Brunswick, 1861-1881

By: Sheila Muriel Andrew

The Development of Elites in Acadian New Brunswick, 1861-1881 re-examines the role of Acadian elites in the formation of a nationalist ideology in nineteenth-century New Brunswick.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

292

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773515089

ISBN 13

9780773515086

Dundurn Performing Arts Library Bundle — Theatre

Broadway North / Let's Go to The Grand! / Once Upon a Time in Paradise / Passion to Dance / Sky Train / Romancing the Bard / Stardust and Shadows

By: James Neufeld,Charles Foster,Mel Atkey,Martin Hunter,Sheila M.F. Johnston,Ward McBurney

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dundurn Performing Arts Library Bundle — Theatre

Broadway North / Let's Go to The Grand! / Once Upon a Time in Paradise / Passion to Dance / Sky Train / Romancing the Bard / Stardust and Shadows

By: James Neufeld,Charles Foster,Mel Atkey,Martin Hunter,Sheila M.F. Johnston,Ward McBurney

This special bundle contains seven books that detail Canada’s long and storied history in the performing arts. We learn about Canada’s early Hollywood celebrity movie stars; Canadians’ vast contributions to successful international stage musicals; the story of The Grand, a famous theatre in London, Ontario; reminiscences from the early days of radio; the history of the renowned Stratford Festival; and a lavish history of the famous National Ballet of Canada. Canada’s performing artists blossomed in the twentieth century, and you can learn all about it here. Includes Broadway North Let’s Go to The Grand! Once Upon a Time in Paradise Passion to Dance Sky Train Romancing the Bard Stardust and Shadows

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

2215

Publisher

Dundurn

Published Date

ISBN 10

1459728300

ISBN 13

9781459728301

Making Sense of Field Research

A Practical Guide for Information Designers

By: Sheila Pontis

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Making Sense of Field Research

A Practical Guide for Information Designers

By: Sheila Pontis

Learn how to use field research to bring essential people-centred insights to your information design projects. Information design is recognized as the practice of making complex data and information understandable for a particular audience, but what’s often overlooked is the importance of understanding the audience themselves during the information design process. Rather than rely on intuition or assumptions, information designers need evidence gathered from real people about how they think, feel, and behave in order to inform the design of effective solutions. To do this, they need field research. If you’re unsure about field research and how it might fit into a project, this book is for you. This text presents practical, easy-to-follow instructions for planning, designing, and conducting a field study, as well as guidance for making sense of field data and translating findings into action. The selection of established methods and techniques, drawn from social sciences, anthropology, and participatory design, is geared specifically toward information design problems. Over 80 illustrations and five real-world case studies bring key principles and methods of field research to life. Whether you are designing a family of icons or a large-scale signage system, an instruction manual or an interactive data visualization, this book will guide you through the necessary steps to ensure you are meeting people’s needs.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

259

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1351819119

ISBN 13

9781351819114

Be Your Own Mentor

Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success

By: Sheila Wellington,Betty Spence

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Be Your Own Mentor

Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success

By: Sheila Wellington,Betty Spence

Surprising secrets of success from some of America's women leaders; all the things a mentor would tell you are revealed in this mentor-in-a-book. Sheila Wellington, the president of Catalyst, draws on Catalyst research, contacts, and know-how to tell you how to understand the unspoken rules in the real world of work today and how to get ahead. Catalyst studies reveal that having a mentor is the crucial key to success at work, and it's the single advantage men usually have, and women usually don't. Even at the best organizations for women, there is still a shortage of mentors. Be Your Own Mentor becomes that mentor for you, providing through stories and eye-opening advice a step-by-step guide to advancement. How to master the art of networking, how to create opportunities to gain experience and visibility, how to manage time, how to negotiate salary, and much, much more is discussed, as you learn from leading women how they got where they are, the mistakes they feel they've made along the way, and how they created lives of achievement and satisfaction. Hear from women such as Carly Fiorina (CEO, Hewlett-Packard), Cathleen Black (president, Hearst Magazines), Judith Rodin (president, University of Pennsylvania), and Andrea Jung (president and CEO, Avon). From that first resume all the way to the CEO's office, Be Your Own Mentor guides you along your path to success. Be Your Own Mentor gives advice from top women on how to: Devise a short-term and long-term career strategy Gain visibility in the workplace and in your field Create opportunities to gain valuable experience Change your career path Negotiate salary Balance work and family And much, much more...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

319

Publisher

Random House

Published Date

ISBN 10

0375506888

ISBN 13

9780375506888

Sylvia Hatchell

The Life and Basketball Legacy

By: Roberta Teague Herrin,Sheila Quinn Oliver

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Sylvia Hatchell

The Life and Basketball Legacy

By: Roberta Teague Herrin,Sheila Quinn Oliver

As a young girl, Sylvia Hatchell longed to play little league baseball and, later, high-school basketball, but both were closed to her because she was a girl. In college, her world shifted when she discovered a passion for coaching that would lead her to become a Naismith Hall of Fame coach of women's basketball at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In this book, Coach Hatchell's life story unfolds against the backdrop of Title IX and women's struggle for equal opportunities in athletics. She celebrates triumphs (such as winning the 1994 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament) and weathers sadness and failure (such as the loss of her parents, surviving cancer, and being forced to resign from her dream job in 2019).

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

258

Publisher

McFarland

Published Date

ISBN 10

1476642494

ISBN 13

9781476642499

Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland

By: E. R. Seary,W. J. Kirwin,Sheila M. P. Lynch

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland

By: E. R. Seary,W. J. Kirwin,Sheila M. P. Lynch

Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

646

Publisher

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published Date

ISBN 10

0773517820

ISBN 13

9780773517820

"White Russians, Red Peril"

A Cold War History of Migration to Australia

By: Sheila Fitzpatrick

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

"White Russians, Red Peril"

A Cold War History of Migration to Australia

By: Sheila Fitzpatrick

Over 20,000 ethnic Russians migrated to Australia after World War II – yet we know very little about their experiences. Some came via China, others from refugee camps in Europe. Many preferred to keep a low profile in Australia, and some attempted to ‘pass’ as Polish, West Ukrainian or Yugoslavian. They had good reason to do so: to the Soviet Union, Australia’s resettling of Russians amounted to the theft of its citizens, and undercover agents were deployed to persuade them to repatriate. Australia regarded the newcomers with wary suspicion, even as it sought to build its population by opening its door to more immigrants. Making extensive use of newly discovered Russian-language archives and drawing on a lifetime’s study of Soviet history and politics, award-winning author Sheila Fitzpatrick examines the early years of a diverse and disunited Russian-Australian community and how Australian and Soviet intelligence agencies attempted to track and influence them. While anti-Communist ‘White’ Russians dreamed a war of liberation would overthrow the Soviet regime, a dissident minority admired its achievements and thought of returning home.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

293

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

100043222X

ISBN 13

9781000432220

Yours, Faithfully

A page-turning and touching story by the #1 bestselling author

By: Sheila O'Flanagan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Yours, Faithfully

A page-turning and touching story by the #1 bestselling author

By: Sheila O'Flanagan

Sheila O'Flangan's wonderfully gripping, dramatic and touching novel YOURS, FAITHFULLY is essential reading for fans of Marian Keyes and Freya North. Iona Brannock has always been impatient. Not one to hang around, she married her gorgeous husband just months after meeting him and they have lived happily ever since. Now all she needs is a baby and her life will be perfect. Sally Harper has been blissfully married for almost twenty years. She has a beautiful daughter, a loving husband and a great job. Her life is complete. But a surprise pregnancy is about to change everything. Two women - strangers leading separate lives. But their two worlds are about to collide in the most shocking way... What readers are saying about Yours, Faithfully: 'This book is simply gorgeous! I love this book, I love the author and I am absolutely going to read more of her stories' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'This book put me inside an exquisite bubble of sympathy, suspense and contemplation' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars 'A real page-turner of how lives become intertwined because of one person. An excellent read - I enjoyed every bit of it' Amazon reviewer, 5 stars

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

370

Publisher

Review

Published Date

ISBN 10

0755352149

ISBN 13

9780755352142

I Married a Best Seller

My Life with Arthur Hailey

By: Sheila Hailey

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

I Married a Best Seller

My Life with Arthur Hailey

By: Sheila Hailey

Arthur Hailey’s wife, Sheila, delivers an affectionate and deliciously candid account of her marriage to the #1-bestselling author of such popular classics as Airport and Hotel “To stay happily married to anyone for twenty-five years is an achievement. To stay happily married for that length of time to a writer is a miracle.” With wit and rare candor, Sheila Hailey shares the story of life with her famous husband—from the first time she heard his voice while transcribing a letter he’d recorded on a Dictaphone and their early days scraping together pennies to go to the movies, to Arthur’s brainstorm for his first television play, to the thrilling blockbuster success of Airport and their visits to Hollywood to see his novels made into movies. Providing insight into her husband’s creative processes and the book publishing business, Sheila also reveals the challenges of raising a family with a workaholic husband who craved excitement. Vibrantly written, this is the love story of two strong-willed people fiercely committed to each other and the philosophy of living life to its fullest.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

229

Publisher

Open Road Media

Published Date

ISBN 10

1480490040

ISBN 13

9781480490048

Archival Storytelling: A Filmmaker's Guide to Finding, Using, and Licensing Third-Party Visuals and Music

By: Sheila Curran Bernard,Kenn Rabin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Archival Storytelling: A Filmmaker's Guide to Finding, Using, and Licensing Third-Party Visuals and Music

By: Sheila Curran Bernard,Kenn Rabin

Archival Storytelling is an essential, pragmatic guide to one of the most challenging issues facing filmmakers today: the use of images and music that belong to someone else. Where do producers go for affordable stills and footage? How do filmmakers evaluate the historical value of archival materials? What do vérité producers need to know when documenting a world filled with rights-protected images and sounds? How do filmmakers protect their own creative efforts from infringement? Filled with advice and insight from filmmakers, archivists, film researchers, music supervisors, intellectual property experts, insurance executives and others, Archival Storytelling defines key terms-copyright, fair use, public domain, orphan works and more-and challenges filmmakers to become not only archival users but also archival and copyright activists, ensuring their ongoing ability as creators to draw on the cultural materials that surround them. Features conversations with industry leaders including Patricia Aufderheide, Hubert Best, Peter Jaszi, Jan Krawitz, Lawrence Lessig, Stanley Nelson, Rick Prelinger, Geoffrey C. Ward and many others.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

337

Publisher

CRC Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1136060863

ISBN 13

9781136060861

Mental Health and Wellbeing: A guide for nurses and healthcare professionals working with adults in primary care

By: Dr Sheila Hardy

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Mental Health and Wellbeing: A guide for nurses and healthcare professionals working with adults in primary care

By: Dr Sheila Hardy

Around 30% of people attending primary care have a mental health problem – and the Covid-19 pandemic has seen an increase in anxiety, isolation and other mental health issues. In addition, we have an aging population and more people coping with chronic physical and mental conditions. All these factors mean that healthcare professionals need more guidance on dealing with mental health and wellbeing.Those with long-term physical conditions, such as diabetes, are more likely to have mental health issues and will be healthier if both their physical and mental health are considered. Those with severe mental illness and a learning disability are more likely to die early from a physical cause than the rest of the population and this group therefore needs proactive monitoring and encouragement to promote healthy behaviour. People with dementia and their carers also need support to live well; and those who are addicted to substances or specific behaviours need help to manage their dependence.The Charlie Waller Trust (https://charliewaller.org), one of the UK’s most respected mental health charities, recognises this need and provides high-quality training for GPs, nurses and allied healthcare professionals in primary care, to help them meet the holistic mental health needs of the people they see in healthcare settings every day. Written by a registered general and mental nurse with 20 years’ clinical experience in primary care, this helpful, practical book serves as a manual to accompany the CWT training and as a learning resource in its own right.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

116

Publisher

M&K Update Ltd

Published Date

ISBN 10

1910451649

ISBN 13

9781910451649

Lives of Mothers & Daughters

Growing Up with Alice Munro

By: Sheila Munro

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Lives of Mothers & Daughters

Growing Up with Alice Munro

By: Sheila Munro

Sheila Munro is the daughter of one of the world's most admired fiction writers: Alice Munro, three-time winner of Canada's prestigious Governor General's Award. In Lives of Mothers and Daughters, she reveals what it was like to grow up with a mother of such tremendous renown. At the core of the book lies a loving and intimate biography of Alice, presented as only a daughter can. Sheila traces the story back to her ancestors, who left Scotland in the early 19th century, before telling of Alice's birth in 1931, her youth growing up on an Ontario farm, and her two marriages, and two grandchildren--Sheila's own children. Sheila has a tale to tell that's her own as well, involving her writerly aspirations and her efforts to forge a unique path while following in her mother's footsteps. And so, from her perspective as both an author and a mother, Sheila writes frankly about her mother and her mother's writing. The legions of devoted Alice Munro fans will glimpse real-life settings, situations and characters that have worked their way into her fiction as Sheila offers a behind-the-scenes tour (replete with Munro family snapshots) of the inspirations for the tales Munro fans know and love.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

292

Publisher

Union Square Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1402757638

ISBN 13

9781402757631

Too Much Too Young

Popular Music, Age and Gender

By: Sheila Whiteley

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Too Much Too Young

Popular Music, Age and Gender

By: Sheila Whiteley

Too Much Too Young investigates how age and gender have shaped the careers and images of pop music stars, examining the role of youth and youthfulness in pop music through a series of themed case studies. Whiteley begins by investigating the exploitation of child stars such as Brenda Lee and Michael Jackson, offering a psychoanalytic reading of the relationship between child star and oppressive manager, and looks at the current glut of boy- and girl- bands and stars in the mold of Britney Spears to examine the continuing fatal attraction of stardom for adolescents. Whiteley then considers the star images of female singer-songwriters Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and Bjork, whose 'little girl' voices and characterization by the media suggests a girlish feminitity which is often at odds with the intentions of their musical output. She then moves on to explore the rock/pop divide as it affects the image of male performers, considering why male stars usually fall into the category of 'wild boys' such as Kurt Cobain or Jim Morrison, or 'nice boys', like Cliff Richard, The Monkees, and Wham! Whiteley ends by asking what happens to stars who set so much store by manipulations of youthfulness when they begin to age, and points to stars like Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Cher to demonstrate that it is possible to achieve iconic pop status even without dying young.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

268

Publisher

Psychology Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0415310288

ISBN 13

9780415310284

Saint of Circumstance

The Untold Story Behind the Alex Kelly Rape Case : Growing Up Rich and Out of Control

By: Sheila Weller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Saint of Circumstance

The Untold Story Behind the Alex Kelly Rape Case : Growing Up Rich and Out of Control

By: Sheila Weller

The bestselling author of "Raging Heart" reveals the untold story behind the Alex Kelly rape case. When the handsome golden boy fled the U.S. in 1987 rather than face two impending rape trials, his wealthy parents funded his lifestyle of luxury in Europe. This book takes readers into the troubled soul of a privileged--and secretive--community, exposing its facade to reveal a fascinating dark side.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

328

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

ISBN 10

0671014374

ISBN 13

9780671014377

Valleys

By: Sheila Anderson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Valleys

By: Sheila Anderson

An introduction to the basic characteristics of valleys.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

LernerClassroom

Published Date

ISBN 10

0822586061

ISBN 13

9780822586067

A Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging-bowls with an Account of the Bowls Found in Scandinavia

By: Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford,Sheila Raven

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Corpus of Late Celtic Hanging-bowls with an Account of the Bowls Found in Scandinavia

By: Rupert Leo Scott Bruce-Mitford,Sheila Raven

Celtic hanging-bowls were produced from the fifth to the eleventh century and range from simple functional vessels to great masterpieces of the period. The first part of the publication sets the bowls in their historical and cultural background and discusses all key aspects of hanging-bowlresearch, including the much-disputed topics of origin, use, and chronology. The second part is a comprehensive and highly detailed catalogue, dealing with the whole series from Britain and Europe. The publication is lavishly illustrated with over a thousand black and white illustrations and eightcolour plates. This long-awaited book by the leading authority on the subject will become the definitive work on this distinctive class of Celtic artefact.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

570

Published Date

ISBN 10

019813410X

ISBN 13

9780198134107

The News Sorority

Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour -- and the (ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News

By: Sheila Weller

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The News Sorority

Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour -- and the (ongoing, Imperfect, Complicated) Triumph of Women in TV News

By: Sheila Weller

A provocative critique of three influential women in television broadcast news draws on exclusive interviews with colleagues and confidantes to reveal how their ambition, intellect, and talent rendered them cultural icons.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

498

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published Date

ISBN 10

0143127772

ISBN 13

9780143127772

Everything You Need to Know about Osteoporosis

By: Sheila Dunn-Merritt,Judy Lyn Patrick

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Everything You Need to Know about Osteoporosis

By: Sheila Dunn-Merritt,Judy Lyn Patrick

The need for responsible information on the health benefits of natural medicine continues to grow at a tremendous pace, and Prima Publishing caters to this demand by producing the most responsible, up-to-date, and scientifically accurate information about natural medicine available. Prima Health's The Natural Pharmacist TM brand continues as the leader in accurate and complete natural health-based information, with every word, every claim backed by solid medical research and reviewed for accuracy by a medical doctor and a professor of pharmacology. Readers will find easy-to-understand answers written in plain English. Answers they can trust. They'll learn what works -- and what doesn't. They'll discover natural treatments they never knew existed and, in the process, develop a deeper understanding of the true therapeutic wonders of nature. An understanding based on research and facts, not hype. Only from The Natural Pharmacist TM .

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

210

Publisher

Prima Lifestyles

Published Date

ISBN 10

0761516182

ISBN 13

9780761516187

Book's by Sheila McManus

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email