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 …
The Shameful Peace: How French Artists and Intellectuals Survived the Nazi Occupation
The Judgement of Paris Good-bye to All That Oh, What a Lovely War! ‘I Get a Kick Out of You’ Bonjour Tristesse Songs without Words Artful Dodgers Enigma Variations Faiblesse Oblige Human, All Too Human
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 …
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: …
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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Bomber Boys: Fighting Back 1940-45
List of Illustrations Maps Prologue: Perkins Introduction Learning the Hard Way Coventrated ‘To Fly and Fight’ Crewing Up Dying in the Dark Enter ‘Butch’ The Feast of St Peter and St Paul The Reasons Why The Battle ‘A Select Gang of Blokes’ The Big CIty The Chop Crack Up Home Front Love in Uniform D-Day …