Author: Michael Davitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Leaves from a Prison Diary
Author: Michael Davitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Leaves from a Prison Diary
Author: Michael Davitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Michael Davitt: Leaves from a prison diary, or, lectures to a 'solitary' audience
Author: Michael Davitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Prison Diaries
Author: Denis MacShane
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1849547947
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Two days before Christmas 2013, former MP Denis MacShane entered one of Europe's harshest prisons. Having pleaded guilty to false accounting at the Old Bailey, he had been sentenced to six months in jail. Upon arrival at Belmarsh Prison, his books and personal possessions were confiscated and he was locked in a solitary cell for up to twenty-three hours a day. Denis was the latest MP condemned to serve as an example in the wake of the expenses scandal. Written with scavenged pens and scraps of paper, this diary is a compelling account of his extraordinary experiences in Belmarsh and, later, Brixton. Recording the lives of his fellow prisoners, he discovers a humility and a willingness to admit mistakes that was conspicuously lacking in his former colleagues at the House of Commons. Woven into the narrative are thought-provoking reflections on a range of important topics, from the waning of public confidence in MPs - and the high-profile termination of his own political career - to the failings of the British judicial system. Above all, Prison Diaries reveals what life as a prisoner in Britain is really like, addressing issues such as rising inmate numbers, dehumanising conditions, high incarceration rates, lack of rehabilitation and an endemic political disinterest. This honest and fascinating diary is both a first-hand insight into the current prison system and a report on how it simply does not work.
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
ISBN: 1849547947
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Two days before Christmas 2013, former MP Denis MacShane entered one of Europe's harshest prisons. Having pleaded guilty to false accounting at the Old Bailey, he had been sentenced to six months in jail. Upon arrival at Belmarsh Prison, his books and personal possessions were confiscated and he was locked in a solitary cell for up to twenty-three hours a day. Denis was the latest MP condemned to serve as an example in the wake of the expenses scandal. Written with scavenged pens and scraps of paper, this diary is a compelling account of his extraordinary experiences in Belmarsh and, later, Brixton. Recording the lives of his fellow prisoners, he discovers a humility and a willingness to admit mistakes that was conspicuously lacking in his former colleagues at the House of Commons. Woven into the narrative are thought-provoking reflections on a range of important topics, from the waning of public confidence in MPs - and the high-profile termination of his own political career - to the failings of the British judicial system. Above all, Prison Diaries reveals what life as a prisoner in Britain is really like, addressing issues such as rising inmate numbers, dehumanising conditions, high incarceration rates, lack of rehabilitation and an endemic political disinterest. This honest and fascinating diary is both a first-hand insight into the current prison system and a report on how it simply does not work.
Bernard Shaw's Book Reviews: 1884-1950
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271015484
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This new volume of Bernard Shaw's book reviews is a companion to Brian Tyson's previously edited collection of Shaw's earlier book reviews. Here Tyson collects seventy-three of the best remaining literary book reviews written by Shaw throughout his lifetime. Two-thirds of the reviews appear in book form for the first time, the originals residing in the archives of newspaper libraries, and only three of the remainder have been reprinted within the last twenty years. Politics feature largely in the works that Shaw reviewed: there are books of socialist theory and its practical appearance in the Soviet Union, as well as books on the individualism of J. H. Levy, the anti-socialism of Thomas McKay, and the economics of E. C. K. Gonner and Philip Wicksteed. There is often an immediacy about the books reviewed, too: discussion of books on World War I, the Soviet Revolution, women's suffrage, the British General Strike of 1926, and World War II all take place concurrently with the events. Many of the works reviewed are biographies, which give Shaw the opportunity to reveal his personal acquaintance with their subjects, including Samuel Butler, William Morris, and Dean Inge. This widely varied collection sparkles with wit and wisdom, taking us briskly through Shaw's own writing life, beginning when he was relatively unknown and concluding when he was a legend.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271015484
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
This new volume of Bernard Shaw's book reviews is a companion to Brian Tyson's previously edited collection of Shaw's earlier book reviews. Here Tyson collects seventy-three of the best remaining literary book reviews written by Shaw throughout his lifetime. Two-thirds of the reviews appear in book form for the first time, the originals residing in the archives of newspaper libraries, and only three of the remainder have been reprinted within the last twenty years. Politics feature largely in the works that Shaw reviewed: there are books of socialist theory and its practical appearance in the Soviet Union, as well as books on the individualism of J. H. Levy, the anti-socialism of Thomas McKay, and the economics of E. C. K. Gonner and Philip Wicksteed. There is often an immediacy about the books reviewed, too: discussion of books on World War I, the Soviet Revolution, women's suffrage, the British General Strike of 1926, and World War II all take place concurrently with the events. Many of the works reviewed are biographies, which give Shaw the opportunity to reveal his personal acquaintance with their subjects, including Samuel Butler, William Morris, and Dean Inge. This widely varied collection sparkles with wit and wisdom, taking us briskly through Shaw's own writing life, beginning when he was relatively unknown and concluding when he was a legend.
Leaves from a Prison Diary; or, Lectures to a "solitary" audience.
Author: Michael Davitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to George Bernard Shaw
Author: Christopher Innes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521566339
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This volume covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing both on the political and theatrical context, while the illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521566339
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
This volume covers all aspects of Shaw's drama, focusing both on the political and theatrical context, while the illustrations showcase productions from the Shaw Festival in Canada.
The Criminal
Author: Havelock Ellis
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
"The Criminal" by Havelock Ellis. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
"The Criminal" by Havelock Ellis. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Leaves from a Prison Diary
Author: Michael Davitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A Dictionary of the Underworld
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.