2008

Elephant

Proboscidae An Astounding Physiology Representing Elephants Using Elephants Conservation Timeline

The Making of a Sonnet

Personal Essays on Encountering the Sonnet My Own Acquaintance   Edward Hirsch Discovering the Sonnet   Eavan Boland The Sonnet in Summary The Making of a Sonnet: A Formal Introduction The Sonnet in the Mirror The Sonnet in its Century: The Sixteenth The Sonnet in its Century: The Seventeenth The Sonnet in its Century: The Eighteenth The …

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Venice

Landfall The People Islanders The Venetian Way Strong Men The Truth Not to Everyone On Women Minor Venetians Pageantries and Panaceas ‘Poi Cristiani’ Minorities Melacholia The City Ex-Island ‘Streets Full of Water’ Stones of Venice City Services Age The Bestiary Arabesques The Seasons New on the Rialto Curiosities To the Prodigies Purposes The Lagoon Seventh …

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Arnhem: Jumping the Rhine 1944 and 1945

Introduction Dramatis Personae Prologue The Strategy of Exploitation – The Allies: 25 August-17 September 1944 Withdrawal – The Germans: 25 August-17 September 1944 Chasing the Dream – Airborne Warfare and its Soldiers: The Birth of Parachuting to Summer 1944 Stitching Things Together – Planning: 10-17 September 1944 Jumping the Rhine (I) – Operation Market Garden: …

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The Theatre Makers: How Seven great artists shaped the modern theatre

Introduction Konstantin Stanislavski Biography Overview Theory and Practice: Stanislavski’s legacy Training the Actor: Relaxation • Action: Given Circumstances, If • Concentration of attention: Object of attention, Circles of Attention • Imagination • Emotion Memory • Communion • Adaptation • Tempo-rhythm: Speech tempo-rhythm The ‘System’ in rehearsal: Preliminary analysis: Supertask • Through-action and Counter-through-action • Breaking …

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