Author: Peter Lenihan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471098761
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
The epic story of Manchester twins who rose from wearing rags in the city's slums to become rich and powerful. The second generation of Maxton twins opened Manchester's most famous music hall.
The Maxton Trilogy. Volume One. Rags, Riches and a Music Hall
Author: Peter Lenihan
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471098761
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
The epic story of Manchester twins who rose from wearing rags in the city's slums to become rich and powerful. The second generation of Maxton twins opened Manchester's most famous music hall.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1471098761
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
The epic story of Manchester twins who rose from wearing rags in the city's slums to become rich and powerful. The second generation of Maxton twins opened Manchester's most famous music hall.
Inner Recesses Outer Spaces
Author: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789383098392
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Memoirs of an Indian freedom fighter and social worker.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789383098392
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Memoirs of an Indian freedom fighter and social worker.
Romancing the Revolution
Author: Ian Bullock
Publisher: Au Press
ISBN: 9781926836379
Category : Socialism
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Over two decades have passed since the collapse of the USSR, yet the words "Soviet Union" still carry significant weight in the collective memory of millions. But how often do we consider the true meaning of the term "Soviet"? Drawing extensively on left-wing press archives, Romancing the Revolution traces the reactions of the British Left to the idealized concept of Soviet democracy. Focusing on the turbulent period after the 1917 Russian Revolution, author Ian Bullock examines the impact of the myth of Soviet democracy: the belief that Russia was embarking on a brave experiment in a form of popular government more genuine and advanced than even the best forms of parliamentarism. Romancing the Revolution uncovers the imprint of this myth on left-wing organizations and their publications, ranging from those that presented themselves as "British Bolsheviks"--the British Socialist party and The Call, the Socialist Labour party's The Socialist, Sylvia Pankhurst's Workers' Dreadnought--to the much more equivocal Labour Leader and The New Statesmen.
Publisher: Au Press
ISBN: 9781926836379
Category : Socialism
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Over two decades have passed since the collapse of the USSR, yet the words "Soviet Union" still carry significant weight in the collective memory of millions. But how often do we consider the true meaning of the term "Soviet"? Drawing extensively on left-wing press archives, Romancing the Revolution traces the reactions of the British Left to the idealized concept of Soviet democracy. Focusing on the turbulent period after the 1917 Russian Revolution, author Ian Bullock examines the impact of the myth of Soviet democracy: the belief that Russia was embarking on a brave experiment in a form of popular government more genuine and advanced than even the best forms of parliamentarism. Romancing the Revolution uncovers the imprint of this myth on left-wing organizations and their publications, ranging from those that presented themselves as "British Bolsheviks"--the British Socialist party and The Call, the Socialist Labour party's The Socialist, Sylvia Pankhurst's Workers' Dreadnought--to the much more equivocal Labour Leader and The New Statesmen.
Why Fairy Tales Stick
Author: Jack Zipes
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135204349
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture and staying there. Why, in other words, fairy tales "stick." Long an advocate of the fairy tale as a serious genre with wide social and cultural ramifications, Jack Zipes here makes his strongest case for the idea of the fairy tale not just as a collection of stories for children but a profoundly important genre. Why Fairy Tales Stick contains two chapters on the history and theory of the genre, followed by case studies of famous tales (including Cinderella, Snow White, and Bluebeard), followed by a summary chapter on the problematic nature of traditional storytelling in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135204349
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture and staying there. Why, in other words, fairy tales "stick." Long an advocate of the fairy tale as a serious genre with wide social and cultural ramifications, Jack Zipes here makes his strongest case for the idea of the fairy tale not just as a collection of stories for children but a profoundly important genre. Why Fairy Tales Stick contains two chapters on the history and theory of the genre, followed by case studies of famous tales (including Cinderella, Snow White, and Bluebeard), followed by a summary chapter on the problematic nature of traditional storytelling in the twenty-first century.
Granny Made Me an Anarchist
Author: Stuart Christie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
An extraordinary story with the pace and excitement of a good political thriller.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
An extraordinary story with the pace and excitement of a good political thriller.
The Christie File
Author: Stuart Christie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
The Maggie B
Author: Irene Haas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689500211
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
The Maggie B is Irene Haas' creation of a world in which children will eagerly go to share in a little girl's dream come true. In a beautifully constructed story, a little girl's wish to sail for a day on a boat named for her" with someone nice for company" comes true.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689500211
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
The Maggie B is Irene Haas' creation of a world in which children will eagerly go to share in a little girl's dream come true. In a beautifully constructed story, a little girl's wish to sail for a day on a boat named for her" with someone nice for company" comes true.
Plotlands of Shepperton
Author: Stefan Szczelkun
Publisher: Routine Art Company
ISBN: 9781870736244
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
This book provides photographic documentation of the houses on five plotland sites in Shepperton. 27 small colour photographs document Hamhaugh Island in 2004. There are then 14 full page photos of views across the Thames showing the riverside dwelling on the other bank. In addition there are 21 full page photographs of the plotland chalets in close-up view. Two of these are panoramas across a two page spread. A short section to finish has photographs of riverside chalets further downstream at Sunbury, Hampton and Eel Pie Island in Twickenham. Finally, there is a photograph of author JG Ballard's semi-detached brick house in Shepperton. The 'footnotes' that run along the bottom of the pages under the photographs are a river of words which are intended to reflect deeper significance into the images floating above them. This is the second collection of colour photographs in a series that will illustrate the Plotlands of the UK in a way that does not seem to have been attempted before. It is hoped that this will provide the basis for a renewed debate on this method of providing first homes for working class people.
Publisher: Routine Art Company
ISBN: 9781870736244
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
This book provides photographic documentation of the houses on five plotland sites in Shepperton. 27 small colour photographs document Hamhaugh Island in 2004. There are then 14 full page photos of views across the Thames showing the riverside dwelling on the other bank. In addition there are 21 full page photographs of the plotland chalets in close-up view. Two of these are panoramas across a two page spread. A short section to finish has photographs of riverside chalets further downstream at Sunbury, Hampton and Eel Pie Island in Twickenham. Finally, there is a photograph of author JG Ballard's semi-detached brick house in Shepperton. The 'footnotes' that run along the bottom of the pages under the photographs are a river of words which are intended to reflect deeper significance into the images floating above them. This is the second collection of colour photographs in a series that will illustrate the Plotlands of the UK in a way that does not seem to have been attempted before. It is hoped that this will provide the basis for a renewed debate on this method of providing first homes for working class people.
Iraqi Security Forces
Author: Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Author, radio commentator, and sometime US government agent, Cordesman (Center for Strategic and International Studies) argues that the US must construct Iraqi military, security, and police forces as an essential element of nation-building and stability, and presents a program for doing so. Most of the book is analysis of the planning and execution of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and the subsequent occupation and resistance to it. Then he looks at The Iraqi View, the evolving nature of the conflict and the risk of sectarian and ethnic conflict, before laying out his own ideas in the final chapter.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Author, radio commentator, and sometime US government agent, Cordesman (Center for Strategic and International Studies) argues that the US must construct Iraqi military, security, and police forces as an essential element of nation-building and stability, and presents a program for doing so. Most of the book is analysis of the planning and execution of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and the subsequent occupation and resistance to it. Then he looks at The Iraqi View, the evolving nature of the conflict and the risk of sectarian and ethnic conflict, before laying out his own ideas in the final chapter.
The Maggie B.
Author: Irene Haas
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689815072
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A little girl's wish to sail for a day on a boat named for her "with someone nice for company" comes true.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
ISBN: 9780689815072
Category : Boats and boating
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A little girl's wish to sail for a day on a boat named for her "with someone nice for company" comes true.