Spy of the First Person (Shepard Sam)(Paperback)

Spy of the First Person (Shepard Sam)(Paperback)

The final work from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, actor, and musician, drawn from his transformative last days In searing, beautiful prose, Sam Shepard's extraordinary narrative leaps off the page with its immediacy and power. It tells in a brilliant braid of voices the story of an unnamed

Lie of the Mind (Shepard Sam)(Paperback / softback)

Two Prospectors: The Letters of Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark (Shepard Sam)(Paperback)

Sam Shepard was arguably America's finest working dramatist, as well as an accomplished screenwriter, actor, and director. Winner of a Pulitzer Prize, he wrote more than forty-five plays, including True West, Fool for Love, and Buried Child. Shepard also appeared in more than fifty films, beginning

World to Come - Stories (Shepard Jim)(Paperback / softback)

The first collection of short stories by Jim Shepard - widely regarded to be one of the best living short story writers in America - to be published in the

Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard (Thompson Neal)(Paperback)

The definitive biography of Alan Shepard, America's first man in space, with a new Foreword by Chris Kraft 'One of the finest books ever written about the space program.'--Homer Hickan, author of Rocket Boys 'A wonderful and gripping biography . . . meticulously reported in the best tradition of

Fool for Love (Shepard Sam)(Paperback / softback)

'Set in a desolate motel room on the edge of the Mojave desert, the play has something of the timeless universality of a Greek tragedy

The Widow Spy (Peterson Martha D.)(Paperback)

The Widow Spy is the first hand account of a true Cold War spy operation in Moscow, told exclusively by the CIA case offiicer who lived this experience. She was one of the first women to be assigned to Moscow, a very difficult operational environment. Her story begins in Laos during the Vietnam War

Dementia Reconsidered, Revisited; the person still comes first (Avis)(Paperback)

The original Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First by Tom Kitwood was published by Open University Press in 1997. It was a seminal text in the field of dementia studies and is still cited and referenced as core reading on person-centred dementia care. Tom died unexpectedly, just 12 months

First Person Action Research: Living Life as Inquiry (Marshall Judi)(Paperback)

In First Person Action Research Judi Marshall invites her reader to join her in the rich world of first person inquiry: a reflexive approach to life and to one's own participation in research and learning. Written as a collage of interrelated chapters, fragments and voices, this is an important

Buried Child (Shepard Sam)(Paperback / softback)

The Split Subject of Narration in Elizabeth Gaskell's First Person Fiction (Koustinoudi Anna)(Pevná vazba)

The Split Subject of Narration in Elizabeth Gaskell's First-Person Fiction analyzes a number of Elizabeth Gaskell's first-person works through a post-modern perspective employing such theoretical frameworks as psychoanalytic theory, narratology, and gender theory. It attempts to explore the

True West (Shepard Sam)(Paperback / softback)

Austin, working on his Hollywood screenplay, is disturbed by the arrival of his estranged brother, Lee, just returned from three months in the

Raiders from the Sea: The Story of the Special Boat Service in WWII (Lodwick John)(Paperback)

First-person account of the SBS Mediterranean

Coming Home to the Pleistocene (Shepard Paul)(Paperback)

The Pleistocene was the age of our hunter-gatherer ancestors. Shepard sets out to show how much of what we call culture can be traced back through our evolution from that formative

Person-Centred Nursing Research: Methodology, Methods and Outcomes (Dewing Jan)(Paperback)

This book is the first ever to offer a contemporary collection of different perspectives on person-centredness in international doctoral nursing research. The research in the book is based on the ideas and values of personhood and person-centeredness, which have been used and can be seen to guide

Lucy in the Sky (Anonymous)(Paperback)

A riveting first-person tale of addiction, in the tradition of Go Ask Alice and Jay's Journal. The author of this diary began journaling on her sixteenth birthday. She lived in an upper middle class neighborhood in Santa Monica with her mom, dad, and Berkeley-bound older brother. She was a good

William Tyndale: A Biography (Daniell David)(Paperback)

The dramatic life of William Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible into English from the original Greek and Hebrew 'A massive contribution to the history of the Reformation in England.'--J. Enoch Powell, Times Higher Education Supplement William Tyndale (1494-1536) was the first person

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century (Wong Alice)(Paperback)

'Disability rights activist Alice Wong brings tough conversations to the forefront of society with this anthology. It sheds light on the experience of life as an individual with disabilities, as told by none other than authors with these life experiences. It's an eye-opening collection that readers

The Cosmic Web: Mysterious Architecture of the Universe (Gott J. Richard)(Paperback)

A gripping first-person account of how scientists came to understand our universe's mysterious structure J. Richard Gott was among the first cosmologists to propose that the structure of our universe is like a sponge made up of clusters of galaxies intricately connected by filaments of galaxies--a

The Hour of the Fox (Clark Cassandra)(Paperback)

Introducing reluctant spy and friar-sleuth Brother Rodric Chandler in the first of a brand-new medieval mystery series. London. July, 1399. As rumours spread that his ambitious cousin, Henry Bolingbroke, has returned from exile in France, King Richard's grip on the English throne grows ever more

Person-Centred Counselling in Action (Mearns Dave)(Paperback)

Audio book out now - find out more It is now 25 years since the first edition of Person-Centred Counselling in Action appeared, offering the definitive exposition of the theory and practice of the person-centred approach. Since then the book has supported and inspired hundreds of thousands of

Spy Dog (Cope Andrew)(Paperback)

Spy Dog by Andrew Cope is the first book in the brilliant series about the loveable Lara - Spy Dog extroadinaire Forget 007, It's time to meet GM451: a Spy Dog - the first of her kind Agent's ID: GM451 or LARA or Licensed Assault and Rescue Animal or that pesky mutt Distinguishing Features: Black

Stanislavski for Beginners (Allen David)(Paperback)

Stanislavski was the first person to develop a cogent and practical system of acting. Throughout his life he sought the answers to such fundamental questions as: What is great acting? and How can you find inspiration in every performance? Stanislavski remains the most important influence on actor

Conversations with Sam Shepard (Bryer Jackson R.)(Paperback)

A prolific playwright, Sam Shepard (1943-2017) wrote fifty-six produced plays, for which he won many awards, including a Pulitzer Prize. He was also a compelling, Oscar-nominated film actor, appearing in scores of films. Shepard also published eight books of prose and poetry and was a director