Where the Clocks Chime Twice
Where the Clocks Chime Twice

Author: Alec Waugh

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2011-10-28

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1448202523

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First published in 1951, this is part sentimental journey revisiting old well-loved scenes of former travels, and part search for new, out-of-the-way lands, Alec Waugh's travel book tells of a journey half-way round the world. But in new or old places, the author's sense of romance and adventure, his gift of combining past and present, his ability to create a mood and tell a story provide continuously enlightening and enlivening reading. The chief object of these travels was to visit the Seychelles Islands. This remote British colony, lost in the immensity of the Indian Ocean, is a world forgotten by the world, a world in itself. Alec Waugh's description of these tropical islands, their people and their history, ranks among the best of travel writing.

Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh

Author: Michael G. Brennan

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2013-02-14

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1441194177

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Evelyn Waugh: Fictions, Faith and Family is a wide-ranging survey of the prolific literary career of one of the most popular English writers of the 20th century. Michael G. Brennan here identifies three major themes as central to any understanding of Waugh's work: Catholicism, society and the concept of family. From Decline and Fall (published in 1928) to his final writings, this book draws not only on the major novels and short stories but also Waugh's substantial journalistic output, his private journals and correspondences and unpublished draft manuscripts. Through this comprehensive and systematic exploration, Brennan demonstrates the sustained creative importance of Catholicism to Waugh's literary work. In addition, the book goes on to consider how Evelyn Waugh's descendants - his son Auberon and his grandson Alexander Waugh - have echoed and developed these literary concerns in their own writing.

The Eureka Effect
The Eureka Effect

Author: David N Perkins

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780393322552

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Breakthrough thinking comes as a sudden, seemingly unaccountable moment of inspiration: From Archimedes' discovery in the bathtub of the principle of water displacement to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, from Brunelleschi's development of perspective drawing to the Impressionist revolution, from the taming of fire to the creation of the laser, it has shaped and advanced civilization.

Primary Maths Teacher Resource Book 4
Primary Maths Teacher Resource Book 4

Author: Greg Weeks

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-11-04

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0521745519

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Active Maths Teacher Resource 4 contains the teaching framework. It describes a range of classroom activities and practice, provides additional worksheets and is cross-referenced to the student activity pages, the Quality Teaching Framework and relevant cards in the Maths-in-a-Box series.