John McGrath

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil (World Classics)

Why is it that a handful of the population achieve phenomenal results and the majority struggle to keep their heads above water? They might have the same circumstances and same sorts of opportunities, yet the results can be radically different. Real success is something that eludes most of us, but it doesn't have to. In a world so full of opportunities it is within everyone's power to turn their life around. Whether in our career, relationships, health or finances, John McGrath believes we are all capable of seizing opportunties and turning failure into advantage if we change our attitude: attitude is everything. You Don't Have To Be Born Brilliant is about achieving magnificence in every area of your life.

How to Design a Magnificent Life

You Don't Have to Be Born Brilliant

This book contains six of John McGrath's most celebrated plays, including The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil, Blood Red Roses, border warfare and random happenings in the Hebrides.

Plays for Scotland

Six-pack

United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

a booklet for employers

Questions and answers about the OSHA standards for commercial diving operations

David J. Castle

Jayashri Kulkarni

Professor and Chair of Psychiatry David J Castle

This book examines how being female affects onsets and nature of schizophrenia, and the implications of this for treatment.

Women and Schizophrenia

Music abounds in twentieth- century Irish literature. Whether it be the "thought-tormented" music of Joyce’s "The Dead", the folk tunes and opera that resound throughout Ulysses, or the four- part threnody in Beckett’s Watt, it is clear that the influence of music on the written word in Ireland is deeply significant. Samuel Beckett arguably went further than any other writer in the incorporation of musical ideas into his work. Musical quotations inhabit his texts, and structural devices such as the da capo are metaphorically employed. Perhaps most striking is the erosion of explicit meaning in Beckett’s later prose brought about through an extensive use of repetition, influenced by his reading of Schopenhauer’s philosophy of music. Exploring this notion of "semantic fluidity", John McGrath discusses the ways in which Beckett utilised extreme repetition to create texts that operate and are received more like music. Beckett’s writing has attracted the attention of numerous contemporary composers and an investigation into how this Beckettian "musicalized fiction" has been retranslated into contemporary music forms the second half of the book. Close analyses of the Beckett- inspired music of experimental composer Morton Feldman and the structured improvisations of avantjazz guitarist Scott Fields illustrate the cross- genre appeal of Beckett to musicians, but also demonstrate how repetition operates in diverse ways. Through the examination of the pivotal role of repetition in both music and literature of the twentieth century and beyond, John McGrath’s book is a significant contribution to the field of Word and Music Studies.

Samuel Beckett, Repetition and Modern Music

Strathoykel, Sutherland. "When the Sheriff and his men arrived, the women were on the road and the men behind the walls. The women shouted 'Better to die here than America or the Cape of Good Hope'. The first blow was struck by a woman with a stick. The gentry leant out of their saddles and beat at the women's heads with their crops." (John McGrath)

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Steve Heller

Winn Atkins

Barry Becton

Bill Berman

Mike Bertman

Robert Cornet

Maire Griffin

Mark Harding

Eleni Houghton

Dwayne Kratt

Ken Lane

LaTanya Langley

Greg Leonard

Zsoka McDonald

John Merrigan

Marja Mullineaux

Jon Pageler

Rachel Rosenblatt

Dan Sanborn

Virginia Sanchez

Josh Sanders

Jessica Schilling

Alanna Stone

Tammy Thompson

Elizabeth Wise

Gary Zizka

John Ashford

Sari Brecher

Craig Chester

Lou Colasuonno

Gillian Cook

Joshua Friesen

Maura Jeffords

Guy L. Smith IV

Glenn R. Marchi

William Georges

Erica J. Johnson

Nyree Pinto

Irené Waldman

Jessica Woolley

Over the past decade, the Diageo North America Corporate Relations team has been the driving force in the transformation of the place of distilled spirits in American society - a transformation that many in the industry considered an impossible task. This book tells the story of how our team accomplished the impossible. It begins with the team's leader, Guy Smith, explaining our origin and accomplishments, and describing The Seven Guideposts to Achieving the Impossible, which the team members exemplified by achieving remarkable results for Diageo and in their own lives. These stirring and engaging stories will help managers, leaders and executives inspire their teams and their organizations, and move their businesses forward beyond all expectations, by helping them and their teams connect to experiences in their own lives that show that they have already accomplished the impossible. Note: All proceeds from the book will be donated to the Spirit of the Americas Foundation.

If It's Not Impossible, It's Not Interesting

John McGrath

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