2007

Mao

Part One – Lukewarm Believer[rtoc] On the Cusp from Ancient to Modern (1893-1911; age 1-17) Becoming a Communist (1911-20; age 17-26) Lukewarm Believer (1920-25; age 26-31) Rise and Demise in the Nationalist Party (1925-27; age 31-33)[/rtoc] Part Two – Long March to Supremacy in the Party[rtoc] Hijacking a Red Force and Taking Over Bandit Land …

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Fire and Steam

Introduction: Why Railways? The First Railway Getting the Railway Habit Joining Up Britain Changing Britain Railways Everywhere The Big Companies: Great But Not Necessarily Good The Agatha Christie Railway Danger and Exploitation on the Tracks Speeding to Danger The Only Way to Get There Fighting Together – Reluctantly Compromise – The Big Four And Then …

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Shakespeare

In Search of William Shakespeare The Early Years, 1564-1585 The Lost Years, 1585-1592 In London The Plays Years of Fame, 1596-1603 The Reign of King James, 1603-1616 Death Claimants

This Wide and Universal Theater

Actions That a Man Might Play: An Introduction There Lies the Scene: Actors and Theaters in Late Elizabethan England A Local Habitation and a Name: Stage Business in the Comedies Thus Play I in One Person Many People: Performing the Histories Like a Strutting Player: Staging Moral Ambiguity in Measure for Measure and Troilus and …

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