The Changing Room

The Changing Room

Author: David Storey

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9780573640070

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Drama set in a men's changing room before, during and after a semi-pro Northern England rugby league football game.


A Century of Innovation

A Century of Innovation

Author: 3M Company

Publisher: 3m Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13:

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A compilation of 3M voices, memories, facts and experiences from the company's first 100 years.


The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time [2 volumes]

The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time [2 volumes]

Author: David V. Moskowitz

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2015-11-10

Total Pages: 803

ISBN-13: 1440803404

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This one-of-a-kind reference investigates the music and the musicians that set the popular trends of the last half century in America. Many rock fans have, at one time or another, ranked their favorite artists in order of talent, charisma, and musical influence on the world as they see it. In this same spirit, author and music historian David V. Moskowitz expands on the concept of "top ten" lists to provide a lineup of the best 100 musical groups from the past 60 years. Since the chosen bands are based on the author's personal taste, this two-volume set provokes discussion of which performers are included and why, offering insights into the surprising influences behind them. From the Everly Brothers, to the Ramones, to Public Enemy, the work covers a wide variety of styles and genres, clearly illustrating the connections between them. Entries focus on the group's history, touring, membership, major releases, selected discography, bibliography, and influence. Contributions from leading scholars in popular music shed light on derivative artists and underscore the overall impact of the performers on the music industry.


Euthanasia

Euthanasia

Author: Ludovic Kennedy

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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Known for his stand onthe legislation of voluntary euthanasia for the elderly and the sick, the author in this pamphlet makes the case for the legal right of the elderly to end their own lives, with dignity and humanity, when they feel that death calls them.


Democracy

Democracy

Author: Michael Frayn

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2004-12-15

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1466829427

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A brilliant exploration of character and conscience from the author of COPENHAGEN, set amid the tensions of 1960s Berlin In Democracy, Michael Frayn once again creates out of the known events of twentieth-century history a drama of extraordinary urgency and subtlety, reimagining the interactions and motivations of Willy Brandt as he became chancellor of West Germany in 1966 and those of his political circle, including Günter Guillaume, a functionary who became Brandt's personal assistant-and who was eventually exposed as an East German spy in a discovery that helped force Brandt from office. But what circumstances allowed Brandt to become the first left-wing chancellor in forty years? And why, given his progressive policies, did the East German secret police feel it necessary to plant a spy in his office and risk bringing down his government? Michael Frayn writes in his postscript to the play, "Complexity is what the play is about: the complexity of human arrangements and of human beings themselves, and the difficulties that this creates in both shaping and understanding our actions."


Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.

Author: Sam Wasson

Publisher: Aurum

Published: 2011-09-25

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1845136551

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Before Breakfast at Tiffany’s Audrey Hepburn was still a little-known actress with few film roles to speak of; after it – indeed, because of it - she was one of the world’s most famous fashion, style and screen icons. It was this film that matched her with Hubert de Givenchy’s “little black dress”. Meanwhile, Truman Capote’s original novel is itself a modern classic selling huge numbers every year, and its high-living author of perennial interest. Now, this little book tells the story of how it all happened: how Audrey got the role (for which at first she wasn’t considered, and which she at first didn’t want); how long it took to get the script right; how it made Blake Edwards’ name as a director after too many trashy films had failed to; and how Henry Mancini’s soundtrack with its memorable signature tune ‘Moon River’ completed the irresistible package. This is the story of how one shy, uncertain, inexperienced young actress was persuaded to take on a role she at first thought too hard-edged and amoral – and how it made Audrey Hepburn into gamine, elusive Holly Golightly in the little black dress - and a star for the rest of her life.