John Buchan

John Bell

L. Dickison

John Buchan is best remembered as the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, the famous spy novel and classic movie. Yet, between 1894 and 1940, he published a total of sixty books, of which seven were fantasy novels, including the author's favorite, Witch Wood, along with The Dancing Floor. In this period he also wrote twenty-one fantasy short stories, the finest of which are collected in this volume: "No-Man's-Land" (certainly an influence on Robert E. Howard), "The Far Islands", "The Outgoing of the Tide", "Skule Skerry", "The Grove of Ashtaroth", and "The Wind in the Portico". Buchan was praised by Lovecraft and was an accomplished influence on the field.

The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy

On the wrong side of war, there is more than one enemy... When Croatia becomes a Nazi puppet state in 1941, carefree young pilot Tony Babic finds himself forcibly aligned with Hitler's Luftwaffe. Unbeknownst to Tony, his sweetheart Katarina and best friend Goran have taken the side of the opposing communist partisans. The threesome are soon to discover that love and friendship will not circumvent this war's ideals. Downed by the Allies in the Adriatic Sea, Tony survives a harrowing convalescence in deplorable Italian hospitals and North African detention stockades. His next destination is Camp Graham in Illinois, one of four hundred prisoner of war camps on American soil. But with the demise of the Third Reich, repatriation presents a new challenge. What kind of life awaits Tony under communist rule? Will he be persecuted as an enemy of the state for taking the side of Hitler? And then there is Katarina; in letters she confesses her love, but not her deceit... Does her heart still belong to him? Based on a true story, John Richard Bell's The Circumstantial Enemy is an energetic journey to freedom through minefields of hatred, betrayal, lust and revenge. Rich in incident with interludes of rollicking humour, it's a story about the strength of the human spirit, and the power of friendship, love and forgiveness. John Richard Bell was born in Chigwell, UK and now resides in Vancouver, Canada. Before becoming an author of business books and historical fiction, he was the CEO of a Fortune 500 company and a global strategy consultant. A prolific blogger, John's musings on strategy, leadership and branding have appeared in various journals such as Fortune, Forbes and ceoafterlife.com.

An Astounding, Based-On-true-events WW2 Thriller

The Circumstantial Enemy

British Theatre: Dodsley, R.: Cleone. 1792; Dryden, J.: All for love. 1792; Home, J.: Douglas. 1791; Dryden, J.: oedipus. 1791; Murphy, A.: The Grecian daughter. 1792

How to Hypnotise

After many years of reading, performing and directing Shakespeare, in the UK and in Australia with the Bell Shakespeare Company, John Bell offers us a unique 'backstage pass' to the histories, tragedies, comedies and romances and a memorable insight into the sonnets. John Bell's passionate relationship with Shakespeare informs and deepens our understanding of the man and his works. On Shakespeare is vivid, accessible and fascinating-a book that confirms Shakespeare's enduring relevance to our lives.

On Shakespeare

Claudia Orenstein

Dassia N. Posner

The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance offers a wide-ranging perspective on how scholars and artists are currently re-evaluating the theoretical, historical, and theatrical significance of performance that embraces the agency of inanimate objects. This book proposes a collaborative, responsive model for broader artistic engagement in and with the material world. Its 28 chapters aim to advance the study of the puppet not only as a theatrical object but also as a vibrant artistic and scholarly discipline. This Companion looks at puppetry and material performance from six perspectives: theoretical approaches to the puppet, perspectives from practitioners, revisiting history, negotiating tradition, material performances in contemporary theatre, and hybrid forms. Its wide range of topics, which span 15 countries over five continents, encompasses: • visual dramaturgy • theatrical juxtapositions of robots and humans • contemporary transformations of Indonesian wayang kulit • Japanese ritual body substitutes • recent European productions featuring toys, clay, and food. The book features newly commissioned essays by leading scholars such as Matthew Isaac Cohen, Kathy Foley, Jane Marie Law, Eleanor Margolies, Cody Poulton, and Jane Taylor. It also celebrates the vital link between puppetry as a discipline and as a creative practice with chapters by active practitioners, including Handspring Puppet Company’s Basil Jones, Redmoon’s Jim Lasko, and Bread and Puppet’s Peter Schumann. Fully illustrated with more than 60 images, this volume comprises the most expansive English-language collection of international puppetry scholarship to date.

The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance

Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry ...

Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays

Bell's British Theatre

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Белевы путешествия через Россию в разныя Азиятския земли, с именно: в Испаган, в Пекин, в Дербент и Константинополь

British Theatre

Bell's Edition

Excerpt from Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Vol. 17: Being the Eighth Volume of Comedies; Containing: The Twin Rivals, by Mr. Farquhar; The Country Wife, by Mr. Wycherley; The Fair Quaker of Deal, by Mr. Shadwell; The Alchymist, by Ben Johnson; Love's Last Shift, by Mr. Cha. Johnson Rieb. How! IV. Pofitively. The lady's kind reception was the moflfevme ufage lever met with - Sha'n't I break her windows, Richmore? Ricb. A mighty revenge truly. Let me tell you, friend, that breaking the windows of fuch houfes are no more than writing over a vintner's door, as they do in Holland Vin re loop. 'tis no more than a built to the tavern, a decoy to the trade, and to draw in cufiomers: but upon the whole matter, I think, a gentleman fhould put 1? An affront got in fuch little comruny for the plea ure, the pain, and the refcnt ment, are all alike fcandalous. Have you forgot, Richmon, how I found you one morning with the flying-poll: in your hand, hunting for phyfical advertil'ements Ricb. That was in the days of Dad, my friend, in the days of dirty linen, pit-manta, hedge-taverns, and beef-fieaks: but now I ﬂy at nobler me, the Ring, the Court, Pawlet's and the Park. Fadefpife all wo men that I apprehend any danger from, lefa than the having my throat cut and thould fcruple to converfe even with a lady of fortune, unlefs her virtue were loud enough to give me pride in expofing it. Here's a 5 letter I received this morning; you may read it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Being the Eighth Volume of Comedies; Containing: The Twin Rivals, by Mr. Farquhar; The Country Wife, by Mr. Wycherley; The Fair Quaker of Deal, by Mr. Shadwell; The Alchymist,

Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Vol. 17

As They Relate to Wounds, Ulcers, Fistulæ, Aneurisms, Wounded Arteries, Fractures of the Limbs, Tumors, the Operations of Trepan and Lithotomy. Also of the Duties of the Military and Hospital Surgeon

The Principles of Surgery

Vol. 1, 2nd ed.; vol 2 The anatomy of the human body. Vol. 1, 3rd ed.; vol. 2, 2nd ed.; vol. 3,4, by C. Bell

Short-listed for the 2007 CBA Libris Awards for Book Design of the Year What do Superman, Prince Valiant, Cerebus the Aardvark, and Spawn have in common? Their creators Joe Shuster, Harold Foster, Dave Sim, and Todd McFarlane are Canadians. And while many of the cutting-edge talents of contemporary comix and graphic novels are also from Canada artists such as Chester Brown, Seth, Dave Cooper, and Julie Doucet far too few Canadians realize their country had a remarkable involvement with the "funnies" long before. Invaders from the North profiles past and present comic geniuses, sheds light on unjustly neglected chapters in Canadas pop history, and demonstrates how this nation has vaulted to the forefront of international comic art, successfully challenging the long-established boundaries between high and low culture. Generously illustrated with black-and-white and colour comic covers and panels, Invaders from the North serves up a cheeky, brash cavalcade of flamboyant and outrageous personalities and characters that graphically attest to Canadas verve and invention in the world of visual storytelling.

How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe

Invaders from the North

John Bell

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