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O'Brien's Broken Play

Auteure: Robert Johns

Nombre de pages: 447

You’re going to get knocked down. Getting back up is what counts. Meet Tom O’Brien—disciplined, motivated, the star of his 1965 high school football team, and about to be recruited by Ohio State. But when Tom gets injured and is unable to play, he finds himself at a crossroads during a turbulent time in American history. With increasing self-doubt and uncertainty, he tries to reconcile the loss of a dream with the search for a new purpose. Tom journeys through a sharply divided country, from suburban Ohio and Kent State to Hawaii, Los Angeles, and beyond. He protests the Vietnam War, engages in intellectual debates, and experiments with different ways of life, reinventing not only his identity but also the values that shape his existence. Robert Johns’s debut novel follows one young man’s search for meaning, delving deep into the burgeoning counterculture, political upheaval, and generational divides that mark the late '60s and early '70s. O’Brien’s Broken Play is an intensely human story of reframing the all-American dream and embracing an alternative fate.

Chroniques de Downton Abbey

Auteure: Jessica Fellowes , Matthew Sturgis

Nombre de pages: 320

Série télévisée britannique créée par Julian Fellowes, Downton Abbey met en scène la vie de la famille Crawley et de leurs domestiques à Downton, une demeure anglaise dans les années 1910. Depuis sa création, cette série connaît un succès d'audience et critique sans précédent. Dans ce livre compagnon officiel de la saison 3, nous partons à la rencontre des personnages de la série. les fans sont conviés derrière les portes du manoir pour une visite exceptionnelle. Construit autour de deux catégories (les maîtres et les serviteurs), Chroniques de Downton Abbey vous présente en détail tous les personnages : le comte et la comtesse de Grantham, leurs trois filles, Mary, Sybil et Edith, la délicieuse comtesse douarière, mais également Mr Carson et Mrs Hughes, John Bates, Matthew Crawly et bien d'autres. On y découvre des révélations inédites sur le tournage et la vie des acteurs. Superbement illustré, Chroniques de Downton Abbey analyse le contexte politique et social de cette époque et présente, grâce à des documents d'époque, les hommes et les femmes qui ont inspiré la série.

Le Système de maintien de l'ordre public du Royaume-Uni: Modèle européen ou exception culturelle? - Tome 2

Auteure: Anne Mandeville

Nombre de pages: 522

Le maintien de l'ordre est la première fonction de l'État, remplie par un système complexe d'acteurs et de forces. Le cas du Royaume-Uni dans la période contemporaine est ici analysé dans une démarche sociopolitique: l'auteur propose en effet après une étude des manifestations contemporaines du désordre, d'aborder l'analyse du système de maintien de l'ordre à partir d'une distinction fondamentale, entre les opérations et la politique publique. À travers ce second volet, Anne Mandeville signe une analyse pertinente du système de maintien de l'ordre britannique tel qu'il émerge dans les années 1960 et se transforme en entrant dans l'ère globale. La période contemporaine est marquée par l'intensification du désordre public et des conflits, et la restructuration du système de maintien de l'ordre s'y impose comme véritable enjeu politique, objet de controverses violentes et de stratégies complexes. Une étude fouillée et sans précédent.

Petits Secrets, grands mensonges

Auteure: Liane Moriarty

Nombre de pages: 419

Meurtre ou tragique accident ? À la fête de l'école, quelqu'un a trouvé la mort. Mais qui est vraiment responsable du drame ? Trois femmes à la croisée des chemins, des ex-maris et leurs nouvelles épouses, des familles recomposées (ou décomposées), qui cachent tous ces redoutables petits mensonges que l'on se raconte à soi-même pour continuer de vivre... Après Le Secret du mari, best-seller international, Liane Moriarty nous plonge une fois encore dans l'univers clos de ces quartiers résidentiels qui dissimulent derrière leurs jolies façades d'inavouables secrets. Avec elle, le sourire n'est jamais loin des larmes. Bientôt sur les écrans télé, la grande série HBO inspirée du roman, réunira dans les rôles principaux deux lectrices enthousiastes : Nicole Kidman et Reese Witherspoon ! « Lire Liane Moriarty, c'est un peu comme déguster un Cosmopolitan relevé d'un doigt d'arsenic. »USA Today

Les petits maîtres du burlesque américain

Auteure: Jean-jacques Couderc

Nombre de pages: 712

Zigoto, Beaucitron, Picratt, Calouchon, Dudule... Autant de sobriquets inconnus du grand public, malgré leurs cocasses et alléchantes connotations. C'est qu'ils dissimulent nombre de comédiens américains de talent qui ont considérablement diverti nos parents et grands-parents, mais qui sont restés souvent dans l'ombre des Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton et autres Harold Lloyd. Il y a là une injustice notoire que Jean-Jacques Couderc s'est donné pour tâche de réparer. Consacré à ces comiques oubliés ou peu connus du cinéma muet américain, ce livre retrace tout d'abord leurs vies agitées et souvent trop courtes d'étoiles mélancoliquement filantes au firmament du burlesque. Pour chacun d'eux, il fallait impérativement sauver de l'oubli quelques séquences, réalistes ou loufoques, géniales ou démodées, grotesques ou subtiles, dans tous les cas débordantes de drôlerie, d'imagination ou de fantaisie et les replacer dans leur contexte. Et certes, la lecture de leurs biographies et des scénarios de leurs films et courts-métrages, poétiques ou rocambolesques, suscite en nous autant de gaieté que d'étonnement incrédule. Par ailleurs, cet ouvrage de référence...

Last Call

Auteure: Elon Green

Nombre de pages: 209

Une enquête saisissante au sein de la communauté gay de New York. Au début des années 1990, la ville de New York connaît une série de meurtres non élucidés. Toutes les victimes sont des homosexuels. Sans lien apparent entre eux, si ce n'est qu'ils ont tous été clients du Townhouse, un piano-bar particulièrement fréquenté les gays. Mais la police, notoirement homophobe, semble peu encline à résoudre ces affaires. Au risque de fragiliser une communauté encore souvent contrainte de vivre cachée... et désormais sous la menace d'un insaisissable tueur en série, dont la traque va s'avérer longue et semées d'embûches. Avec ce passionnant travail d'enquête, Elon Green revient sur une incroyable affaire totalement occultée par la presse américaine dans le contexte de l'époque. Revenant sur ces meurtres oubliés – le tueur du " dernier appel " ne faisant même pas l'objet jusqu'à très récemment de fiche Wikipédia –, il donne une seconde vie à ses victimes, dont il retrace avec une empathie rare les vies empêchées.

R pour Revanche

Auteure: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

Nombre de pages: 271

À 12 ans, Gideon voit son père, un scientifique travaillant pour le gouvernement, se faire abattre sous ses yeux.À 20 ans, Gideon est au chevet de sa mère, qui lui révèle que son père n'était pas le traître que tout le monde croyait, mais qu'il fut la victime d'un complot d'État.À 32 ans, Gideon est enfin en paix avec lui-même. Il a exaucé les derniers souhaits de sa mère qui, sur son lit de mort, lui avait soufflé : " L'heure de la revanche a sonné... " Il vient enfin de d'éliminer l'assassin de son père, un ancien général haut gradé...Une officine travaillant pour la CIA a suivi ses " exploits ". Elle connaît de surcroît son passé de cambrioleur et sa maîtrise des nouvelles technologies. Elle le contacte alors pour lui confier une mission aussi secrète que dangereuse...Premier pas de Gideon Crew dans l'univers trouble des services secrets. Un premier tome bien accueilli tant par le public que la critique : " On imaginerait bien Gideon Crew dans un roman de Ludlum ou dans un film de la série Ocean's Eleven. " David Baldacci ; " Vivement la suite. " Suspense Magazine ; " Une nouvelle série qui tient toutes ses promesses. " Booklist ; " Un seul regret :...

Les petits maîtres du burlesque américain, 1902-1929

Auteure: Jean-jacques Couderc

Nombre de pages: 795

Zigoto, Beaucitron, Picratt, Calouchon, Dudule... Autant de sobriquets inconnus du grand public, malgré leurs cocasses et alléchantes connotations. C'est qu'ils dissimulent nombre de comédiens américains de talent qui ont considérablement diverti nos parents et grands-parents, mais qui sont restés souvent dans l'ombre des Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton et autres Harold Lloyd. Il y a là une injustice notoire que Jean-Jacques Couderc s'est donné pour tâche de réparer. Consacré à ces comiques oubliés ou peu connus du cinéma muet américain, ce livre retrace tout d'abord leurs vies agitées et souvent trop courtes d'étoiles mélancoliquement filantes au firmament du burlesque. Pour chacun d'eux, il fallait impérativement sauver de l'oubli quelques séquences, réalistes ou loufoques, géniales ou démodées, grotesques ou subtiles, dans tous les cas débordantes de drôlerie, d'imagination ou de fantaisie et les replacer dans leur contexte. Et certes, la lecture de leurs biographies et des scénarios de leurs films et courts-métrages, poétiques ou rocambolesques, suscite en nous autant de gaieté que d'étonnement incrédule. Par ailleurs, cet ouvrage de référence...

"2024"

Auteure: Joe Martin

Nombre de pages: 265

It seems we have not internalized the lessons of George Orwell's dystopian vision in “1984.” Now, forty years later, that terrifying notion is becoming a reality. Win, the fictional son of Winston Smith, experiences firsthand the horrors of the totalitarian system – a system that takes control of every aspect of daily life with sophisticated and cruel efficiency. A system that clutches each of us with a cold claw right now. We all live in an illusion of freedom, but one that is increasingly curtailed. If we are not vigilant, we too could be enslaved for good, becoming functioning machines in a repressive and inhumane system of control. The year 2024 is not dystopian fiction, but an urgent warning: we must resist the plans of governments and powerful corporations that threaten our freedom. While digitization offers incredible opportunities for humanity, it also poses dangers. It is our duty to ensure that no one – intentionally or unintentionally – abuses digitization as a modern ankle bracelet. An ankle bracelet that forces us onto the benches of a punishment gallery, where we have no choice but to row until we drop dead while being monitored seamlessly at every moment....

Maureen Lee - Ten Great Novels

Auteure: Maureen Lee

Nombre de pages: 3678

Ten heart-warming tales set during the post-war years, from an author at the top of her genre. Comprises: STEPPING STONES; LIGHTS OUT LIVERPOOL; PUT OUT THE FIRES; THROUGH THE STORM; LIVERPOOL ANNIE; DANCING IN THE DARK; THE GIRL FROM BAREFOOT HOUSE; LACEYS OF LIVERPOOL; THE HOUSE BY PRINCES PARK; LIME STREET BLUES.

Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board

Auteure: United States. National Labor Relations Board

Nombre de pages: 1514

Rostenkowski

Auteure: Richard E. Cohen

Nombre de pages: 329

For thirteen years, during a time of Democratic congressional dominance in Washington, Dan Rostenkowski became one of the most influential American legislators of the twentieth century. As chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the representative from Illinois influenced the nation’s tax laws, international trade, Social Security, health care, welfare, and a good many other areas—policies that affected most Americans. Richard Cohen’s scrupulous political biography of Rostenkowski follows his rise to power from modest origins in the Democratic ward politics of Chicago’s Polish northwest side, to his legislative triumphs, and ultimately to his criminal conviction and imprisonment for abuses of House practice. Because Rostenkowski served so many years in Congress (1959-1995), his career offers a prism into the changing nature of the institution and of the Democratic party, a change that gradually brought a new bitterness to Washington politics. Even when the congressman gained national influence, he remained close to Chicago politics and his boss, Richard J. Daley; but as he lost touch with local voters, opposed to political reforms, and clung to his...

A Few of the Girls

Auteure: Maeve Binchy

Nombre de pages: 310

From Maeve Binchy’s earliest writings to the most recent, her work is filled with wisdom and common sense and also a sharp, often witty voice that is insightful and reaches out to her readers around the world and of all ages. Whether it is one of her best-selling novels or a short story, Maeve shows us that times may have changed, but people often remain the same: they fall in love, sometimes unsuitably; they have hopes and dreams; they have deep, long-standing friends whose secrets are shared; they go on holidays and celebrate new jobs . . . A Few of the Girls is a glorious collection of the very best of her short story writing, stories that were written over the decades—some published in magazines, others for friends as gifts, many for charity benefits. The stories are all filled with the signature warmth and humor that have always been an essential part of Maeve’s appeal.

A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses

Auteure: George A. Katchmer

Nombre de pages: 489

Long before sound became an essential part of motion pictures, Westerns were an established genre. The men and women who brought to life cowboys, cowgirls, villains, sidekicks, distressed damsels and outraged townspeople often continued with their film careers, finding success and fame well into the sound era--always knowing that it was in silent Westerns that their careers began. More than a thousand of these once-silent Western players are featured in this fully indexed encyclopedic work. Each entry includes a detailed biography, covering both personal and professional milestones and a complete Western filmography. A foreword is supplied by Diana Serra Cary (formerly the child star "Baby Peggy"), who performed with many of the actors herein.

Uncle Pat's Cabin Or Life Among the Agricultural Labourers of Ireland

Auteure: William C. Upton

Nombre de pages: 300

Values Sell

Auteure: Nadine A Thompson

Nombre de pages: 230

Sales and distribution are the lifeblood of any business. But how can a values-driven, socially responsible business compete with those for whom the bottom line is the only measure of success? The answer: get creative! In this practical and inspiring guide, Nadine Thompson and Angela Soper draw on real-world examples--from Tom's of Maine, Seventh Generation, Honest Tea, and many other innovative companies--to detail concrete steps for designing sales and distribution strategies that fit the needs, interests, and habits of your target customers. They show how to turn your stakeholders into enthusiastic partners by ensuring that all of your relationships--with your salespeople as well as other employees, your customers, and your suppliers--are beneficial and fulfilling on more than just an economic level.

Supreme Discomfort

Auteure: Kevin Merida , Michael Fletcher

Nombre de pages: 450

“[An] impeccably researched and probing biography . . . invaluable for any understanding of the court’s most controversial figure.”—The New York Times Book Review A sweeping, compelling portrait of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas and “an unflinching look at success and race in America” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), from two Washington Post journalists There is no more powerful, detested, misunderstood African American in our public life than Clarence Thomas. Supreme Discomfort is a haunting account of an isolated and complex man, savagely reviled by much of the Black community, not yet entirely comfortable in white society, internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural poverty in Georgia to elite educational institutions and finally to the pinnacle of judicial power. His staunchly conservative positions on crime, abortion, and, especially, affirmative action have exposed him to charges of heartlessness and hypocrisy. Supreme Discomfort is a superbly researched and reported work that features testimony from friends and foes alike who have never spoken in public about Thomas before—including a candid conversation with his fellow justice and ...

Tempting Evil

Auteure: Allison Brennan

Nombre de pages: 434

BIG DIE COUNTRY Joanna Sutton can cope with the fierce winter storm bearing down on the small rural community of Centennial Valley, Montana; the popular romance writer has survived much worse in life. Haunted by the loss of her husband and child, Jo has found refuge at her family’s secluded lodge, but her haven soon becomes a hell. During the ferocious blizzard, a local Boy Scout troop is stranded in the wilderness, compelling Jo to spearhead a desperate rescue mission, aided by a newly arrived stranger with an unknown agenda. Meanwhile, Sheriff Tyler McBride hears that three escaped convicts are fast approaching Big Sky Country. Hoping to warn Jo, he faxes over the men’s mug shots. But they never reach their intended recipient. Then Tyler makes a shocking discovery: Two people are dead, and a killer is among the group, along with the woman Tyler loves, searching for his lost son. More than one innocent life is at stake. For the sake of those Jo cares about most, and for her own survival, she’ll need all the cunning, courage, and passion she can muster to survive the mounting terror.

Major League Baseball Profiles, 1871-1900, Volume 1

Auteure: David Nemec

Nombre de pages: 683

"The business of baseball and player transactions by David Ball"-- t.p.

Love is a Four-Legged Word

Auteure: Kandy Shepherd

Nombre de pages: 273

For readers who loved Pug Hill-a charming romantic comedy debut novel about matchmaking and a millionaire mutt. Romance is for the dogs... Tom O'Brien is close to making partner at the hottest law firm in San Francisco, provided his newest client doesn't foul things up. Brutus Stoddard is rich and spoiled, craves attention, and drools. The fact that he's a dog doesn't help matters. Brutus has inherited a multimillion-dollar estate from his late owner, as well as a pretty guardian named Madeline Cartwright, professional chef and the eccentric old man's surrogate granddaughter. Tom finds her-and her culinary creations- irresistible. If Tom is to get that promotion, he has to maintain the terms of the will. That means keeping both Brutus and Maddy happy. He's trying his hardest to keep the arrangement professional, but with two clients this adorable, Tom's suddenly craving a different kind of partnership altogether.

A Complete Collection of State-trials and Proceedings for High-treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors: 1696-1709

Auteure: Sollom Emlyn

Nombre de pages: 864

Gender Through the Prism of Difference

Auteure: Maxine Baca Zinn , Pierrette Hondagneu-sotelo , Michael A. Messner

Nombre de pages: 589

Gender Through the Prism of Difference adopts a global, transnational perspective on how race, class, and sexual diversity are central to the study of sex and gender. In contrast with other books in this area--which tend to focus on U.S. or European viewpoints--this wide-ranging anthology features many articles based on research done elsewhere throughout the world. Now in its fifth edition, the book opens with a revised and updated Introduction that sets the stage for understanding gender as a socially constructed experience. Featuring twenty-eight new readings, this edition covers compelling subjects like transgendered people, intersex issues, men and masculinity, sexual and gender violence, disabilities, obesity, reproductive technologies, educational testing, aging and ageism, and Occupy Wall Street.

Toward the Visualization of History

Auteure: Mark Moss

Nombre de pages: 274

Over the past 50 years, the influence of visuals has impacted society with greater frequency. No subject is immune from the power of visual culture, and this fact becomes especially pronounced with regards to history and historical discourse. Where once the study of the past was books and printed articles, the environment has changed and students now enter the lecture hall with a sense of history that has been gleaned from television, film, photography, and other new media. They come to understand history based on what they have seen and heard, not what they have read. What are the implications of this process, this visualization of history? Mark Moss discusses the impact of visuals on the study of history with an examination of visual culture and the future of print. Recognizing the visual bias of the younger generations and using this as a starting point for teaching history is a critical component for reaching students. By providing an analysis of photography, film, television, and computer culture, Moss uses the Holocaust as an historical case study to illustrate the ways in which visual culture can be used to bring about an awareness of history, as well as the potential for...

By the Lake

Auteure: John Mcgahern

Nombre de pages: 368

With this magnificently assured new novel, John McGahern reminds us why he has been called the Irish Chekhov, as he guides readers into a village in rural Ireland and deftly, compassionately traces its natural rhythms and the inner lives of its people. Here are the Ruttledges, who have forsaken the glitter of London to raise sheep and cattle, gentle Jamesie Murphy, whose appetite for gossip both charms and intimidates his neighbors, handsome John Quinn, perennially on the look-out for a new wife, and the town’s richest man, a gruff, self-made magnate known as “the Shah.” Following his characters through the course of a year, through lambing and haying seasons, market days and family visits, McGahern lays bare their passions and regrets, their uneasy relationship with the modern world, their ancient intimacy with death.

Values Sell

Auteure: Nadine Thompson , Angela Soper

Nombre de pages: 190

A guide for creative sales and distribution strategies.

How Congress Evolves

Auteure: Nelson W. Polsby

Nombre de pages: 240

From the end of the New Deal until quite recently, the U.S. House of Representatives was dominated by a conservative coalition that thwarted the Democratic majority and prevented the enactment of measures proposed by a succession of liberal Presidents. Today Presidents aren't necessarily liberal and the House of Representatives is not necessarily the graveyard of presidential proposals. What happened? Congress evolved. It all began with airconditioning. In this entertaining tale of one of our most august institutions, Nelson Polsby describes how the Democratic majority finally succeeded in overcoming the conservative coalition, changing the House. The evolution required among other things, the disappearance of Dixiecrats from the House Democratic caucus. Dixiecrats were replaced by the rise of the Republican party in the south. The Republican party in southern states was strengthened by an influx of migrants from the north, who came south to settle after the introduction of residential air conditioning, which made the climate more tolerable to Northerners. This evolutionary process led to the House's liberalization and concluded with the House's later transformation into an arena...

The Magic Hour

Auteure: Charlotte Bingham

Nombre de pages: 421

Exciting and dramatic but tender and heartfelt; this is a novel that you will return to again and again. From the million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham, for fans of Louise Douglas and Dinah Jeffries. 'An engaging, romantic and nostalgic read' -- DAILY MAIL 'Compulsive reading... Bingham's prose is lively and vivid, making this a real page turner' -- GOOD BOOK GUIDE "These are characters you will really care about" -- ***** Reader review "Very enjoyable and hard to put down" -- ***** Reader review "Incredibly well written and engrossing" -- ***** Reader review ************************************************************************** TWO PATHS, ONE DESTINATION... When Alexandra Stamford goes to stay with her cousins at Knighton Hall she is very much the poor relation. Shortly after her return home, her father re-marries. No longer wanted, Alexandra is forced to become a maid-of-all-work for a Mrs Smithers who lives in a grand Regency house in the seaside town of Deanford. It is here that handsome, funny Bob Atkins meets and falls in love with Alexandra... Meanwhile Tom O'Brien, erstwhile stable lad at Knighton Hall, meets and falls for the beautiful...

Creative Arts in Counseling and Mental Health

Auteure: Philip Neilsen , Robert King , Felicity Baker

Nombre de pages: 253

Drawing on new paradigms and evidence-based discoveries in neuroscience, narrative psychology, and creativity theory, this text explores the beneficial role of expressive arts within a recovery perspective. A framework of practice principles for the visual arts, creative writing, music, drama, dance, and digital storytelling is addressed across a number of settings and populations, providing readers with an accessible overview of techniques taught in counseling programs in the U.S. and abroad.

Statehood for Hawaii

Auteure: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On Interior And Insular Affairs

Nombre de pages: 826

The Great Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Major League Baseball

Auteure: David Nemec

Nombre de pages: 1057

The authoritative compendium of facts, statistics, photographs, and analysis that defines baseball in its formative first decades This comprehensive reference work covers the early years of major league baseball from the first game—May 4, 1871, a 2-0 victory for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas over the visiting Cleveland Forest City team—through the 1900 season. Baseball historian David Nemec presents complete team rosters and detailed player, manager, and umpire information, with a wealth of statistics to warm a fan’s heart. Sidebars cover a variety of topics, from oddities—the team that had the best record but finished second—to analyses of why Cleveland didn’t win any pennants in the 1890s. Additional benefits include dozens of rare illustrations and narrative accounts of each year’s pennant race. Nemec also carefully charts the rule changes from year to year as the game developed by fits and starts to formulate the modern rules. The result is an essential work of reference and at the same time a treasury of baseball history. This new edition adds much material unearthed since the first edition, fills gaps, and corrects errors, while presenting a number of new stories...

The Ryer Avenue Story

Auteure: Dorothy Uhnak

Nombre de pages: 491

On a winter night in a Bronx neighbourhood, a blow from a shovel fells a man in the street. From the scene flee six children, any of whom might have loosed the fatal strike. Weeks later, one of their fathers is executed for the crime. Four decades on, the Ryer Avenue gang gathers again: Megan Magee, Charley and Eugene O'Brien, Ben Herskel and Dante D'Angelo; the group is missing only Willie Paycek, the little hanger-on who never fitted in. But now that fatal blow is about to come crashing down upon them - and this time, Willie is calling the shots.

Karl Dane

Auteure: Laura Petersen Balogh

Nombre de pages: 241

Karl Dane's life was a Cinderella story gone horribly wrong. The immigrant from Copenhagen was rapidly transformed from a machinist to a Hollywood star after his turn as the tobacco-chewing Slim in The Big Parade in 1925. After that, Dane appeared in more than 40 films with such luminaries as Lillian Gish, John Gilbert and William Haines until development of talkies virtually ruined his career. The most famous casualty of the transition from silent to sound film, Dane reportedly lost his career because of his accent. He was broke and alone at the height of the Depression and committed suicide in 1934.

Echoes

Auteure: Maeve Binchy

Nombre de pages: 754

Ambition, betrayal, love. A wonderful love story from the bestselling author of Light a Penny Candle and Circle of Friends. 'A powerful story of love and jealousy' Sunday Telegraph 'A master storyteller' Marian Keyes 'I have returned to read Maeve Binchy time and time again' Lorraine Kelly 'Compulsive reading... Binchy has the true story-teller's knack' Observer _________________ Growing up in a quiet seaside town, Clare O'Brien and David Power shout their hearts' desires into the echo cave, praying their destinies will carry them far away from Castlebay. Years later, their paths cross again. David, following in his father's footsteps, is studying medicine and Clare has won a scholarship to University College. But eventually Castlebay will draw them back and, against a backdrop of empty grey skies, sea-spray and howling winds, this drama of ambition, betrayal and love will reach its turbulent conclusion. _________________ Readers love Echoes . . . ***** 'Maeve Binchy is a first class story teller, and ECHOES is one of her best. If you pick it up, you will not be disappointed.' ***** 'I was transported by this book and also its characters stuck with me. 5 stars.' ***** 'A warm,...

Notorious Nashville

Auteure: Brian Allison

Nombre de pages: 145

Many people know Nashville for the bright lights and nonstop music, but it also has a history that doesn't make it into the guidebooks. The first public hanging in the city took place in 1802 when Henry Beeler and Samuel Carman were executed for horse theft and larceny. The Briley and Bates families held a deadly feud in Cane Ridge near the turn of the century. Frank and Jesse James returned to Tennessee in the summer of 1877 to lay low after a botched bank robbery. Author Brian Allison recounts these and more stories of infamous crimes and criminals in Nashville.

Reel Change

Auteure: Richard Wallace , Jon Burrows

Nombre de pages: 241

Ten years ago, a technological revolution swept through cinemas around the world, as analogue projectors were replaced with digital equipment. It was not just the plastic medium of film that was removed from projection boxes during this transformation; most cinemas took this opportunity to also evict the human projectionists who were hitherto in charge of screenings. Projectionists had been hidden from the sight of audiences for most of the history of photographic moving image projection, and their redundancies went largely unnoticed and unremarked upon. This book focuses attention on what has been happening behind film spectators' heads for the past 130 years, and attempts to write the history of cinema in Britain from the perspective of its habitually overlooked and undervalued projectionists, beginning in the silent era and continuing to the present day. Drawing upon extensive archival research and lengthy interviews with former projectionists, it documents the key facets and challenges of their work, and how these evolved in response to previous waves of significant technological change. It evaluates how projectionists helped to design and maintain key aesthetic...

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