Author: A. J. Smithers
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473817811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
In this sequel to "An New Excalibur", which examined the development of the tank during World War I and after, Smithers examines the role played by tanks in World War II. At the beginning of the war only the Germans and the Russians had realized the full power of the tank. The British and the Americans were forced to try to catch up. One difficulty was fundamentally a matter of finding the right tool for the right job. In the last year of the war, the Germans relied on the immense King Tigers, which lacked speed and manoeuvrability; while the Allies were confined to Shermans, Cromwells and Churchills, which were incapable of making a heavyweight impact. Each side had some envy for the other.
Rude Mechanicals
Author: A. J. Smithers
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473817811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
In this sequel to "An New Excalibur", which examined the development of the tank during World War I and after, Smithers examines the role played by tanks in World War II. At the beginning of the war only the Germans and the Russians had realized the full power of the tank. The British and the Americans were forced to try to catch up. One difficulty was fundamentally a matter of finding the right tool for the right job. In the last year of the war, the Germans relied on the immense King Tigers, which lacked speed and manoeuvrability; while the Allies were confined to Shermans, Cromwells and Churchills, which were incapable of making a heavyweight impact. Each side had some envy for the other.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473817811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
In this sequel to "An New Excalibur", which examined the development of the tank during World War I and after, Smithers examines the role played by tanks in World War II. At the beginning of the war only the Germans and the Russians had realized the full power of the tank. The British and the Americans were forced to try to catch up. One difficulty was fundamentally a matter of finding the right tool for the right job. In the last year of the war, the Germans relied on the immense King Tigers, which lacked speed and manoeuvrability; while the Allies were confined to Shermans, Cromwells and Churchills, which were incapable of making a heavyweight impact. Each side had some envy for the other.
Rude Mechanicals
Author: Kage Baker
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596060876
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The year is 1934, the scene is a Wood Near Athens -- temporarily relocated to the environs of the Hollywood Bowl, as German theater impresario Max Reinhardt attempts to stage his famous production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Fortunately for Reinhardt, he has immortal assistance in the person of Literature Specialist Lewis, a cyborg working undercover for Dr. Zeus Incorporated, masters of time travel.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781596060876
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The year is 1934, the scene is a Wood Near Athens -- temporarily relocated to the environs of the Hollywood Bowl, as German theater impresario Max Reinhardt attempts to stage his famous production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Fortunately for Reinhardt, he has immortal assistance in the person of Literature Specialist Lewis, a cyborg working undercover for Dr. Zeus Incorporated, masters of time travel.
Rude Mechs' Lipstick Traces
Author: Lana Lesley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981753324
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A graphic adaptation by Lana Lesley of the stage adaptation by Rude Mechs of the book by Greil Marcus.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981753324
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A graphic adaptation by Lana Lesley of the stage adaptation by Rude Mechs of the book by Greil Marcus.
Subject and Object in Renaissance Culture
Author: Margreta de Grazia
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521455893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This collection of original essays brings together some of the most prominent figures in new historicist and cultural materialist approaches to the early modern period, and offers a new focus on the literature and culture of the Renaissance. Traditionally, Renaissance studies have concentrated on the human subject. The essays collected here bring objects - purses, clothes, tapestries, houses, maps, feathers, communion wafers, tools, pages, skulls - back into view. As a result, the much-vaunted early modern subject ceases to look autonomous and sovereign, but is instead caught up in a vast and uneven world of objects which he and she makes, owns, values, imagines, and represents. This book puts things back into relation with people; in the process, it elicits new critical readings, and new cultural configurations.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521455893
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This collection of original essays brings together some of the most prominent figures in new historicist and cultural materialist approaches to the early modern period, and offers a new focus on the literature and culture of the Renaissance. Traditionally, Renaissance studies have concentrated on the human subject. The essays collected here bring objects - purses, clothes, tapestries, houses, maps, feathers, communion wafers, tools, pages, skulls - back into view. As a result, the much-vaunted early modern subject ceases to look autonomous and sovereign, but is instead caught up in a vast and uneven world of objects which he and she makes, owns, values, imagines, and represents. This book puts things back into relation with people; in the process, it elicits new critical readings, and new cultural configurations.
A Midsummer-night's Dream
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Athens (Greece)
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Shakespeare from the Margins
Author: Patricia A. Parker
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226645858
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
In the interpretation of Shakespeare, wordplay has often been considered inconsequential, frequently reduced to a decorative "quibble." But in Shakespeare from the Margins: Language, Culture, Context, Patricia Parker, one of the most original interpreters of Shakespeare, argues that attention to Shakespearean wordplay reveals unexpected linkages, not only within and between plays but also between the plays and their contemporary culture. Combining feminist and historical approaches with attention to the "matter" of language as well as of race and gender, Parker's brilliant "edification from the margins" illuminates much that has been overlooked, both in Shakespeare and in early modern culture. This book, a reexamination of popular and less familiar texts, will be indispensable to all students of Shakespeare and the early modern period.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226645858
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
In the interpretation of Shakespeare, wordplay has often been considered inconsequential, frequently reduced to a decorative "quibble." But in Shakespeare from the Margins: Language, Culture, Context, Patricia Parker, one of the most original interpreters of Shakespeare, argues that attention to Shakespearean wordplay reveals unexpected linkages, not only within and between plays but also between the plays and their contemporary culture. Combining feminist and historical approaches with attention to the "matter" of language as well as of race and gender, Parker's brilliant "edification from the margins" illuminates much that has been overlooked, both in Shakespeare and in early modern culture. This book, a reexamination of popular and less familiar texts, will be indispensable to all students of Shakespeare and the early modern period.
Anarchist's Tool Chest
Author: Christopher Schwarz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578084138
Category : Carpentry
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578084138
Category : Carpentry
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld
Author: Carrie Pyykkonen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312372434
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A fascinating guide to the international bestselling Discworld series and the award-winning The Wee Free Men—soon to be a major motion picture Before J. K. Rowling became the best-selling author in Britain, Terry Pratchett wore that hat. With over 45 million books sold, Pratchett is an international phenomenon. His brainchild is the Discworld series—novels he began as parodies of other works like Macbeth, Faust, and The Arabian Nights. The Wee Free Men, one of Pratchett's most popular novels, will be made into a movie by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. It's the story of 9-year-old wannabe witch Tiffany Aching, who unites with the Nac Mac Feegle (6-inch-tall blue men who like to fight and love to drink) to free her brother from an evil fairy queen. A fun, interactive guide that will explore the land of Discword, Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld is filled with sidebars, mythology trivia, and includes a bio of the fascinating author Terry Pratchett, and an in-depth analysis of his work. This unofficial guide is a great resource for readers of The Wee Free Men and the other books of the Discworld series.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312372434
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A fascinating guide to the international bestselling Discworld series and the award-winning The Wee Free Men—soon to be a major motion picture Before J. K. Rowling became the best-selling author in Britain, Terry Pratchett wore that hat. With over 45 million books sold, Pratchett is an international phenomenon. His brainchild is the Discworld series—novels he began as parodies of other works like Macbeth, Faust, and The Arabian Nights. The Wee Free Men, one of Pratchett's most popular novels, will be made into a movie by Spider-Man director Sam Raimi. It's the story of 9-year-old wannabe witch Tiffany Aching, who unites with the Nac Mac Feegle (6-inch-tall blue men who like to fight and love to drink) to free her brother from an evil fairy queen. A fun, interactive guide that will explore the land of Discword, Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld is filled with sidebars, mythology trivia, and includes a bio of the fascinating author Terry Pratchett, and an in-depth analysis of his work. This unofficial guide is a great resource for readers of The Wee Free Men and the other books of the Discworld series.
The Purpose of Playing
Author: Louis Montrose
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226534831
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Examines the role of Elizabethan drama in the shape of cultural belief, values, and understanding of political authority.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226534831
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Examines the role of Elizabethan drama in the shape of cultural belief, values, and understanding of political authority.
Popcorn Falls
Author: James Hindman
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
ISBN: 0573707898
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The sleepy town of Popcorn Falls is forced into bankruptcy when a neighboring town threatens to turn them into a sewage treatment plant. Their only hope – open a theater! Two actors play over twenty roles in a world of farce, love, and desperation, proving once and for all that art can save the world.
Publisher: Concord Theatricals
ISBN: 0573707898
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The sleepy town of Popcorn Falls is forced into bankruptcy when a neighboring town threatens to turn them into a sewage treatment plant. Their only hope – open a theater! Two actors play over twenty roles in a world of farce, love, and desperation, proving once and for all that art can save the world.