Theirs the Strife
- 502 pages
- 18 hours of reading
Bitter but forgotten battles fought by the British and Germans in North Germany in April 1945.
John Russell Brown Books
September 15, 1923 – August 26, 2015
John Brown was a Scottish physician and essayist, best known for his three-volume collection Horae Subsecivae, which featured essays and papers on art, medical history, and biography. His writings reveal a deep engagement with art, the history of medicine, and biographical subjects, often exploring the complex relationship between scientific advancement and patient well-being. Brown held firm views on the limitations of examinations in assessing student progress and questioned the assumption that scientific advances always served patients' best interests. Through essays like "Rab and his Friends" and "Pet Marjorie," he demonstrated a thoughtful and humane literary voice.
Thriller involving the pursuit of 11-year old Thomas by the Gestapo. A chase leads through Europe and Thomas uses his brilliant chess-player's mind to outwit his pursuers to be reunited with his father.
A John Brown Reader
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
This original collection gathers a remarkably diverse body of literature about John Brown, the strident anti-slavery leader. Besides a selection of letters by the abolitionist himself, the book includes a significant excerpt from W. E. B. Du Bois's biography, John Brown , addresses by Frederick Douglass, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau, poetry by Louisa May Alcott and Herman Melville, and much more.
An introductory guide to King Lear in performance offering a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, contextual documents, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key productions, a survey of film and TV adaptations, a sampling of critical opinion and annotated further reading.
The Merchant of Venice
- 72 pages
- 3 hours of reading
In The Merchant of Venice, the penniless but attractive Bassanio seeks, and finally wins, the hand of the fabulously wealthy Portia. But even as the play provokes laughter, it also provokes something disturbing, as Bassanio's courtship is actually financed by the magnificent villain Shylock the moneylender -- the focus of anti-Semitic sentiment, and one of the most controversial yet strangely sympathetic of Shakespeare's characters, whose actions and whose treatment in the play are still debated to this day.This simplified retelling of the Shakespearean comedy also includes activities related to the text.
A Dragon Walks into a Meeting: A Tactical Guide to Client Management
- 170 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Whether you were just thrust into a client-facing role or are already in one and want to hone your skills, A Dragon Walks into a Meeting presents valuable tips, tricks, and tools for client success. Focusing on everything that happens after the sale, including some of the hardest pitfalls and challenges in business, John Brown and Fred Fuller share tested and proven methodologies, Relationship management (and how to handle sticky client situations) may not be covered in business school, but don’t worry. John and Fred are here to teach you what they wish they’d known when they started.
This centenary edition features a new Introduction by Robert Shaughnessy that places Bradley's work in the critical, intellectual and cultural context of its time. Shaughnessy summarises the content and argumentative thrust of the book, outlines the critical debates and counter-arguments that have followed in the wake of its publication and, most importantly, prompts readers to engage with Bradley's work itself. Book jacket.
