Patrick Hamilton

A timeless classic of sleazy London life in the 1930s, a world of streets, full of cruelty and kindness, comedy and pathos, where people emerge from cheap lodgings in Pimlico to pour out their passions, hopes and despair in pubs and bars.

A London Trilogy

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky

This classic Victorian thriller was first produced in 1935. Jack Manningham is slowly, deliberately driving his wife, Bella, insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the form of a former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering inflicted on her.

Gaslight

A Story of Darkest Earl's Court

Hangover Square

Gas Light

London 1939, and in the grimy publands of Earls Court, George Harvey Bone is pursuing a helpless infatuation with Netta who is cool, contemptuous and hopelessly desirable to George. George is adrift in hell, until something goes click in his head and he realizes that he must kill her.

Professional politicians have increasingly come under public attack in most democratic countries. Yet they have received surprisingly little systematic attention in political science. This book demonstrates that there are both striking similarities between professional politicians in different countries and notable national peculiarities. The introduction develops a common conceptual framework for the chapters to follow. Using Mosca's term and Weber's seminal insights it reconstructs the concept of political class to grasp the degree of common interests shared by politicians of different parties and in different institutions. Thereby, it presents an innovative perspective on politicians. The 20 country chapters written by scholars from 16 countries both provide up-to-date information on professional politics in their countries and discuss the merits of the theoretical approach. In doing so, they follow a common format thus facilitating a comparative reading of particular aspects.

A Play

Rope

Craven House

This wartime story of loneliness and homeless peole is set in an English boarding-house run by a thrifty widow. The effects of war on this isolated group--particularly the entrance of an American serviceman into lonely Miss Roach's life--are aptly told.

The Slaves of Solitude

Eine Geschichte aus dem finstersten Earl's Court

A Play (Drama)

The Siege of Pleasure

The Plains of Cement

The Midnight Bell

A book authorized by the Arizona Legislature in 1881 presents a comprehensive description of the Arizona Territory: its mineral, pastoral, and agricultural resources, towns, and settlements; with a glance at its past history and a few words regarding its future prospects.

Its Mineral, Farming, Grazing and Timber Lands; Its History, Climate, Productions, Civil and Military Government, Pre-historic Ruins, Early Missionaries, Indian Tribes, Pioneer Days, Etc., Etc

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