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Close of Play

President, Prince, and Cricket

By: Walcott William Walcott

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President, Prince, and Cricket

By: Walcott William Walcott

In this allegorical excursion, William Walcott explores the intersections between United States politics and the game of cricket in a book reminiscent of C. L. R. James's classic Beyond a Boundary. In Close of Play, Walcott highlights the careers of former US president Barack Obama and the Trinidadian cricket and cultural phenom Brian Lara-one of the greatest batsmen of all time, who Obama once called "e;the Michael Jordan of cricket."e; Readers are invited to explore the parallel poetics of politics and sport through the life and words of these luminaries, both of whom promised to deliver far-reaching social change yet found themselves "e;on the back foot."e; In his analysis, Walcott delves into matters of Caribbean and American identity, political leadership, oratory, and the blending of cricket vocabulary into political commentary. He also challenges us to understand the sociological links between international sport, socio-economic inequality, and racial politics. This book is a fascinating journey into the world of global sociopolitical life and the curiosities of language embedded in cricket and political play, both of which constitute enormous sectors within a multibillion dollar "e;sticky wicket"e; of transnational capitalism.

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343

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Black Rose Books Ltd.

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ISBN 10

1551647184

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9781551647180

Conversations with Derek Walcott

By: Derek Walcott

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Conversations with Derek Walcott

By: Derek Walcott

When Derek Walcott was awarded the Nobel Prize, he was cited for "a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment." The lively interviews in this collection reveal Walcott's generous and brilliant intelligence as well as his strong, forthright opinions. He discusses the craft of poetry, the status of contemporary poetry and drama, his founding of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, and his views on a number of influential writers, including Eliot, Auden, Brodsky, Heaney, and Naipaul. Boldly speaking his mind, Walcott takes many controversial positions on a wide range of subjects, such as Caribbean and U.S. politics, literary instruction in American universities, the proper role of sound in modern poetry, and the "ego" apparent in contemporary American poetry, and problems of race. Whatever the subject, Walcott responds fully and candidly.

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234

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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0878058559

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9780878058556

Knowledge, Competence and Communication

Chomsky, Freire, Searle, and Communicative Language Teaching

By: William Henry Walcott

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Knowledge, Competence and Communication

Chomsky, Freire, Searle, and Communicative Language Teaching

By: William Henry Walcott

InKnowledge, Competence, and Communication, author William H. Walcott debates the meaning of creating equitable and critical instructional practices by exploring diverse representations of knowledge. He covers both historically important topics and current issues: such as colonialism, multiculturalism, gender and language learning, and popular culture. He then presents a systematic and painstaking assessment of Noam Chomsky’s and Paulo Freire’s theories of knowledge and their educational relevance. In the end, Walcott makes his case for the Freireian approach-conscientizacao; it is the Freireian, with its sociological connection (necessitated by the global context of inequality), which, he believes, needs take precedence as a pedagogical practice.

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244

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Black Rose Books Ltd.

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1551642867

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9781551642864

The Ancient Church of Scotland

By: Mackenzie Walcott

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The Ancient Church of Scotland

By: Mackenzie Walcott

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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538

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368820044

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9783368820046

Selected Poetry

By: Derek Walcott

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Selected Poetry

By: Derek Walcott

A selection of the poetry of Derek Walcott, winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature. The nature of memory and the creative imagination, the history, politics and landscape of the West Indies, Walcott's loves and marriages and his enduring awareness of time and death, are recurring themes.

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164

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Heinemann

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043591197X

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9780435911973

Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860

By: Henry Walcott Farnam

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Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860

By: Henry Walcott Farnam

A social history of the class system in the United States from the colonial period through the constitutional era that primarily concerns itself with the issue of slavery. Other legislative areas affected by the social structure of the times covered include laws of debt, land tenure, fair trade, and food supply...Marke, A Catalogue of the Law Collection of New York University (1953) 809.

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The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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1584770546

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9781584770541

Book's by Walcott William Walcott

Close of Play

Close of Play

Conversations with Derek Walcott

Conversations with Derek Walcott

Knowledge, Competence and Communication

Knowledge, Competence and Communication

The Ancient Church of Scotland

The Ancient Church of Scotland

Selected Poetry

Selected Poetry

Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860

Chapters in the History of Social Legislation in the United States to 1860

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