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  • An Eagle's Sky: My Life as a Birdman

    by John Stokes ...
    This is an incredible true story about a man who wields his visceral passion for birds and flight that ultimately leads to giving a one-winged Bald Eagle a second chance to fly. Follow John Stokes as he takes you down the remarkable path of his life, from his early fascination with sparrows to later establishing a bird rehabilitation program where he meets Osceola, the eagle that changes his life. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Life in the Shadowlands

    by John Stokes ...
    Living in the eye of the hurricane. That's been my life as a Foster Carer. Mostly, it's been in a peacefully calm and loving place that is, however, constantly surrounded by the raging storms of trauma, fury and teenage angst. Drugs, drink, crime and all the horrors of abuse can come to visit and disrupt our lives but a loving home survives and is always shelter from the storm and sometimes for ... Read more

    $8.09 USD

  • The Cultural Lives of Greyhounds

    by John Stokes ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book aims to enhance our intellectual understanding of the relationship between human beings and domestic animals, with a focus on a specific breed of dog: the greyhound. It combines literary criticism, cultural history and the rapidly expanding field of human/animal studies by tracing the creative representation of the greyhound, from the earliest references in classical myth to multiple ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Eleanor Marx (1855�1898)

    Life, Work, Contacts

    Edited by John Stokes ...
    Series series The Nineteenth Century Series
    Karl Marx's youngest daughter Eleanor (1855-98) is one of the most significant figures in the cultural politics of the late nineteenth century. As a feminist and radical socialist she never flinched from confrontation; as an aspiring actress, working journalist and literary translator she advanced contemporary understanding of Flaubert, Ibsen and Shakespeare. This collection of newly commissioned ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Actress

    by John Stokes ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    This Companion brings together sixteen new essays which examine, from various perspectives, the social and cultural role of the actress throughout history and across continents. Each essay focuses on a particular stage in her development, for example professionalism in the seventeenth century; the emergence of the actress/critic during the Romantic period and, later on, of the actress as best ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    Sex, Drag and Theatre

    by Laurence Senelick ...
    Series series Gender in Performance
    The answers to these questions - and much, much more - are to be found in The Changing Room , which traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages and across cultures. It examines: * tribal rituals and shamanic practices in the Balkans and Chinese-Tibet * the gender-bending elements of Greek and early Christian religion * the homosexual appeal of the boy actor on ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • When the Adults Change, Everything Changes

    Seismic shifts in school behaviour

    by Paul Dix ...
    You can buy in the best behaviour tracking software, introduce 24/7 detentions or scream 'NO EXCUSES' as often as you want but ultimately the solution lies with the behaviour of the adults. It is the only behaviour over which we have absolute control.Drawing on anecdotal case studies, scripted interventions and approaches which have been tried and tested in a range of contexts, from the most ... Read more

    $22.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bachelors of a different sort

    Queer aesthetics, material culture and the modern interior in Britain

    by John Potvin ...
    Series series Studies in Design and Material Culture
    The bachelor has long held an ambivalent, uncomfortable and even at times unfriendly position in society. This book carefully considers the complicated relationships between the modern queer bachelor and interior design, material culture and aesthetics in Britain between 1885 and 1957. The seven deadly sins of the modern bachelor (queerness, idolatry, askesis, decadence, the decorative, glamour ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • How to Have Kick-Ass Ideas

    Shake Up Your Business, Shake Up Your Life

    by Chris Barez-Brown ...
    The one-stop resource for your own brilliant ideas! Stuck in a rut? Bored? Dissatisfied? Uninspired? Got a problem you don't know how to solve? What if you knew exactly what you wanted and could make it happen, right now? To get there, you need creativity-you need some kick-ass ideas. This book is chock-full of practical and inspirational ways to help you jump-start your creativity, identify what ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Homintern

    How Gay Culture Liberated the Modern World

    by Gregory Woods ...
    A landmark account of gay and lesbian creative networks and the seismic changes they brought to twentieth-century culture In a hugely ambitious study which crosses continents, languages, and almost a century, Gregory Woods identifies the ways in which homosexuality has helped shape Western culture. Extending from the trials of Oscar Wilde to the gay liberation era, this book examines a period in ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Indestructible Self-Belief

    7 simple steps to getting it and keeping it

    by Fiona Harrold ...
    The greatest asset you can have in life is self-belief.People who handle life well, achieve great things and prosper have stronger self-belief than the average person. In INDESTRUCTIBLE SELF-BELIEF, Fiona Harrold, author of the bestselling BE YOUR OWN LIFE COACH, will help you to develop magnificent levels of self-belief. In seven easy steps, this compact bible will equip you to make the most of ... Read more

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  • The Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett

    A Reader's Guide to His Works, Life, and Thought

    by C. J. Ackerly, S. E. Gontarski ...
    From A to Z, an indispensable guide to the works, life, and thought of one of the most important writers of our timeThe Grove Companion to Samuel Beckett is the most comprehensive reference to the concepts, characters, and biographical details mentioned by, or related to, the Nobel Prize–winning author Samuel Beckett. Painstakingly and lovingly compiled by acclaimed Beckett scholars C. J. Ackerley ... Read more

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