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Short Shorts

Short Shorts

Richard Yaxley

Short Shorts is a sequel to the popular Shorts. The 17 stories cover a wide range of subjects and themes. Written by Richard Yaxley, the stories are designed to engage secondary students with the short story form.
Yaxley's Cat

Yaxley's Cat

Robert Westall

After Yaxley disappears, the inhabitants of an English village fear that his ugly old cat will uncover the truth about the secret they are hiding.
Joyous and Moonbeam

Joyous and Moonbeam

Richard Yaxley

Two of the most unlikely people meet in the most unlikely place.
This Is My Song

This Is My Song

Richard Yaxley

This is my blood, this is my song.
Shorts

Shorts

Richard Yaxley

Written to engage the interest of 13-to-16-year-olds, the stories deal with contemporary themes and characters. They can be used to encourage wide reading as well as to explore more deeply the short story form.
The Musician and the Murderer

The Musician and the Murderer

Richard Yaxley

As he seeks to understand how is it that men can be both gentle and brutal, both musician and murderer, Micky fails to see what he himself has become and how close he is to initiating a second needless, destructive tragedy.
Rose Leopard

Rose Leopard

Richard Yaxley

'Alice Margaret Driscoll, 1878 to 1893. A lamb, safe in the arms of the Lord Our Shepherd. Poor thing; she was only fifteen. I wonder what happened.' 'Probably dysentery.' The church had unsettled me; I was feeling gloomy. 'Or TB. A bad head ...
Blood Lines

Blood Lines

Richard Yaxley

Then he discovers that blood is really thicker than water. This contemporary thriller captures the magic of the ancient Greek tragedies and transports it to the equally magic Australian landscape.
No Big Drama: Short Playscripts for Junior Secondary

No Big Drama: Short Playscripts for Junior Secondary

Richard Yaxley

No Big Drama is an exciting text for English teachers wishing to engage their students with drama.
Shakespeare Unplugged: Introduction to Shakespeare

Shakespeare Unplugged: Introduction to Shakespeare

Richard Yaxley

Shakespeare Unplugged: Introduction to Shakespeare is the perfect way for students to begin their study of Shakespeare. Beginning with sections on Context and Language, the workbook also contains six mini-studies of Shakespearean plays.
Dramatexts: Creative Practice for Senior Drama Students

Dramatexts: Creative Practice for Senior Drama Students

Richard Yaxley

This exciting Drama text, Dramatexts: Creative Practise for Senior Drama Students, explores the way Drama is 'jumping spaces' from theatre to film to cyberspace, and is now supported by eBookPLUS and eGuidePLUS.
Richard Middleton, the Man and His Work

Richard Middleton, the Man and His Work

Henry Savage

Richard Middleton . . . Frontispiece Camera Portrait by E. O. Hoppé. Facing page Richard Middleton at the Age of 7 . . 10 Richard Middleton in Fancy Dress . . 28 A Bohemian Gathering . . . . 36 Sketch by Herbert Garland. Richard Middleton at ...
Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and ...

Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and ...

Richard S. Newman

Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers Richard S. Newman ... —Richard Allen, “An Address to Those Who Keep Slaves and Approve the Practice” With his coauthorship of the yellow-fever pamphlet, Richard ...
New Historicism and Renaissance Drama

New Historicism and Renaissance Drama

Richard Wilson

Richard Wilson, University of Louisville Kentucky Richard Wilson, Humanities Distinguished Professor of English Richard Dutton, Richard Dutton. First published 1992 by Longman Group Limited Published 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, ...
The Stage History of Shakespeare's King Richard the Third

The Stage History of Shakespeare's King Richard the Third

Alice Ida Perry Wood

In 1610, Robert Niccol's new edition of The Mirror for Magistrates appeared, in which there were two poems on Richard the Third, The Two Princes, and Richard III, the last to replace Segar's poem, Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, ...
The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run

The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run

Rob Stone

... Richard Linklater Cinematography: Richard Linklater Editor: Richard Linklater Main Cast: Richard Linklater, James Goodwin, Daniel Kratochvil, Linda Finney, Tracy Crabtree, Linda Levine, Lisa Schiebold, Erin MCafée, Denise Montgomery,  ...
Richard III

Richard III

Richard Andersen

Richard Andersen. Berger, Harry Jr. "Conscience and Complicity in Richard III," in Richard III, edited by Thomas Cartelli. New York: Norton, 2009. Bloom, Harold. Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead Books, 1998.
Programming of Life

Programming of Life

Donald E. Johnson

Dawkins (Richard), “Book Review,” The New York Times, 4/9/89, section 7, p3. Dawkins (Richard), River Out of Eden,1995, p83. Dawkins (Richard), The Blind Watchmaker, 1996B. Dawkins (Richard), Climbing Mount Improbable, 1996C.
The Best Books for Academic Libraries: Language and literature

The Best Books for Academic Libraries: Language and literature

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B78 1991 Burton, Richard D. E., Baudelaire and the Second Republic : writing and revolution / Richard D.E. Burton. Oxford [England] .... PQ2230.S84 Stowe, Richard S. Alexandre Dumas (pere) / by Richard S. Stowe. Boston : Twayne ...
Through the Eyes of Darwin and Genesis:

Through the Eyes of Darwin and Genesis:

Bill Nielsen

Dawkins, Richard. An Appetite for Wonder. New York: Ecco, 2013. Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker. London: Penguin, 1986. Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. New York: First Mariner Books, 2008. Dawkins, Richard. The Greatest ...
War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the ...

War over Lemuria: Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the ...

Richard Toronto

Richard Shaver, Ray Palmer and the Strangest Chapter of 1940s Science Fiction Richard Toronto . Interview by author. Telephone. August 17, 1983. Yerxa, Richard. Interview by author. Telephone. 2008. Letters Ackerman, Forrest J. Letter to ...
Probability's Nature and Nature's Probability - Lite: A ...

Probability's Nature and Nature's Probability - Lite: A ...

Donald E. Johnson

Dawkins (Richard), The Selfish Gene, 1976. Dawkins (Richard),”The Necessity of Darwinism,” New Scientist: 94, 4/15/82, p130. Dawkins (Richard), Scientific American, 6/88. Dawkins (Richard), “Book Review,” The New York Times, 4/9/89,  ...
Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff;

Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff;

Richard Watson

A N E O DOT ES OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD WATSON, BISHOP OF LAN DAFF: WRITTEN BY HIM SELF AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS, AND REVISED IN 1814. PUBLISHED BY HIS SON, RICHARD WATSON, LL.B. PREBENDARY OF ...
Black Boy

Black Boy

Richard Wright

At four years of age, Richard Wright set fire to his home; at five his father deserted the family; by six Richard was - ­ temporarily - an alcoholic.
Life and Inventions of Richard Roberts, 1789-1864

Life and Inventions of Richard Roberts, 1789-1864

Richard Leslie Hills

This is a biography of Richard Roberts, one of Britain's greatest inventors and the father of production engineering.
Archaeopteryx

Archaeopteryx

Richard M. Gaines

Richard M. Gaines. Richard M. Gaines ARCHAEOTERYX A Buddy Book by Richard M. Gaines \ .__. Cover.
The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C. ...

The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C. ...

Richard C. Atkinson

Speeches and Papers of Richard C. Atkinson Richard C. Atkinson, Patricia A. Pelfrey. University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing ...
U.S. Physician Reference Listing

U.S. Physician Reference Listing

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JOHN HILLIS EVANS' JOHN HM EVANS' JOHN HYNNE EVANS' JONATHAN LYNN EVANS' JOS BERNARD EVANS JR ... EVANS' RICHARD HAROLD EVANS' RICHARD HARVEY EVANS' RICHARD MILNER EVANS' RICHARD R EVANS' ...
Nez Perce

Nez Perce

Richard M. Gaines

Richard M. Gaines ... Furlong Art Direction & Maps: Pat Laurel Border Design: Carey Molter/MacLean & Tuminelly (Mpls.) Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Gaines, Richard M., 1942The Nez Perce / Richard M. Gaines. p. cm.
A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of ...

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of ...

Bernard Burke

Richard, of whom presently. 4. James. 2, Dorothy. 4, Agatha. 1. Thomas. 8. Humphrey. 1. Elizabeth. 8. Joan. The and son, Richard Newman, was resident in the city of Cork, 1651, and in t66s was J. P. for the co. He purchased from Sir Richard ...

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