The Unsinkable Col. Chambers


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“Ra-Ras” Here’s what others say: “He makes me smile”–S.R. Art Collector “The Col. is a colorful character who will have you scratching your head and then saying Eureka! I get it ! S.D.Teachers aid “The Col. is a remarkable reflection of his creator”–M.W. Registered Nurse Ret. “I can't decide which illustration I like best.They’re all great.-”E.A. Tax Consultant “I love the horses and hounds he surround himself with”-J.K. Hydrogeologist Ret. “My life would be much duller without John's clever sense of humor.”- R.S. Entrepreneur “There's only one other person who could have conceived Col. Chambers, and that is P G. Wodehouse, and he would have assigned Jeeves and Bertie Wooster to join the hunt. What fun that would be!- D.F. TV-VP Ret. “John is witty, fun, and knowledgeable, and his creativity has resulted in unique new projects and ideas that benefit a wide circle of people.”–S. Z. Author/Lecturer/Psychologist. “Verbally and pictorially humorous journeys with a Victorian gentleman many people can identify with. All a joy to digest.”-J.R. Artist/Sculptor/Decorator The fun is in your fingers. It’s the lines that do it; the gags are the excuse. You leave the comic energy right on the page, capturing the Colonel’s absurd self assurance in the rakish angle of the single unit of head and hat, at large in his own imagined world, fragile and indestructible all at once. It’s a fun thing, John, and you deserve all the credit for concocting it. D.F Philosopher.







Film Remakes


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This is the first book to provide a comprehensive and systematic account of the phenomenon of cinematic remaking. Drawing upon recent theories of genre and intertextuality, Film Remakes describes remaking as both an elastic concept and a complex situation, one enabled and limited by the interrelated roles and practices of industry, critics, and audiences. This approach to remaking is developed across three broad sections: the first deals with issues of production, including commerce and authors; the second considers genre, plots, and structures; and the third investigates issues of reception, including audiences and institutions.




One Damned Island After Another: The Saga of the Seventh


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Clive Howard and Joe Whitley were both sergeants and served as correspondents for the Seventh Air Force during World War 2. The men of the Seventh were forced to fly the longest missions in any theater of war, entirely over water and, at first, without fighter escort. They fought at Midway, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Truk, Saipan, Palau, the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and finally Tokyo. One Damned Island After Another covers the history of this remarkable air force from the events at Pearl Harbor through to V-J Day, detailing events on every single island that the force landed on in between. This new 2019 edition of One Damned Island After Another includes annotations and original photographs from the Pacific campaigns.




Musical Theatre


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Musical Theatre: A History is a new revised edition of a proven core text for college and secondary school students – and an insightful and accessible celebration of twenty-five centuries of great theatrical entertainment. As an educator with extensive experience in professional theatre production, author John Kenrick approaches the subject with a unique appreciation of musicals as both an art form and a business. Using anecdotes, biographical profiles, clear definitions, sample scenes and select illustrations, Kenrick focuses on landmark musicals, and on the extraordinary talents and business innovators who have helped musical theatre evolve from its roots in the dramas of ancient Athens all the way to the latest hits on Broadway and London's West End. Key improvements to the second edition: · A new foreword by Oscar Hammerstein III, a critically acclaimed historian and member of a family with deep ties to the musical theatre, is included · The 28 chapters are reformatted for the typical 14 week, 28 session academic course, as well as for a two semester, once-weekly format, making it easy for educators to plan a syllabus and reading assignments. · To make the book more interactive, each chapter includes suggested listening and reading lists, designed to help readers step beyond the printed page to experience great musicals and performers for themselves. A comprehensive guide to musical theatre as an international phenomenon, Musical Theatre: A History is an ideal textbook for university and secondary school students.




The Ingenious Mr. Pyke


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The untold story of an enigmatic genius who changed warfare forever In the World War II era, Geoffrey Pyke was described as one of the world's great minds -- to rank alongside Einstein. Pyke was an inventor, adventurer, polymath, and unlikely hero of both world wars. He earned a fortune on the stock market, founded an influential pre-school, wrote a bestseller, and came up with the idea for the US and Canadian Special Forces. In 1942, he convinced Winston Churchill to build an aircraft carrier out of reinforced ice. Pyke escaped from a German WWI prison camp, devised an ingenious plan to help the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, and launched a private attempt to avert the outbreak of the Second World War by sending into Nazi Germany a group of pollsters disguised as golfers. And he may have been a Russian spy. In 2009, long after Pyke's death, MI5 released a mass of material suggesting that Pyke was in fact a senior official in the Soviet Comintern. In 1951, papers relating to Pyke were found in the flat of "Cambridge Spy" Guy Burgess after his defection to Moscow. MI5 had "watchers" follow Pyke through the bombed-out streets of London, his letters were opened, and listening devices picked up clues to his real identity. Convinced he was a Soviet agent codenamed Professor P, MI5 helped to bring his career to an end. Henry Hemming is the first reporter to sift through this extraordinary new information and finally tell Pyke's astonishing story in full: his brilliance, his flaws, and his life of adventures, ideas, and secrets.







The Humble Little Condom


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One of the most basic and ancient forms of birth control is the condom. The story of this humble piece of paraphernalia is full of intriguing insights into human character with all its flaws and foibles as well as many fascinating historical details.







Champions of the Fleet


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