(Applause Books). This book isn't a critical examination of high comedy. Rather, it's a collection of suggestions for the middlemen: the actors who have to catch the comic spark from the playwright an
It’s the Midwest in the 1970-80s, and Mary is growing up in Detroit, where the recession hits hard, and jobs are scarce. In a set of linked stories, Mary tries to conjure the spirits of protecti
This book asks a big question: can we trust the BBC? As the most famous media brand in the world, the BBC is growing bigger andmore powerful every year. Its reput
This book asks a big question: can we trust the BBC? As the most famous media brand in the world, the BBC is growing bigger andmore powerful every year. Its reputation depends on honest and accuratejo
Written with the author's personal insights, anecdotes and judgments on fascinating public figures he encountered in life's journey, this book of profiles offers portraits of historical characters he
As Britain's first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brought about the biggest social and political revolution in the nation's post-war history. She achieved this largely by the driving force of
This illuminating new book tells the story of Doug Aitken's Station to Station project, a nomadic happening that crossed North America by train and continues to explore creativity in the modern landsc
Set against the backdrop of a country at war, the uplifting tale of an unusual friendship between two very different women. Cornwall 1916. Verity Tregorran, one of the local blacksmith’s nine daug
