Toby Jones and the Clash with Father Time


Book Description

Entertaining reading for young cricketers - when fading light forces them indoors. toby Jones is not your average cricket fan. It isn't his passion for the game that makes him unusual - it's his ability to travel through time, back to the great matches of the past. toby is playing for Australia in a junior Ashes match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It's the most important game of his life so far. But things take a dramatic turn when one of a band of sinister soul-snatchers - known as Grubbers - makes a ghostly appearance in the outfield and takes over the body of one of the England players. to make matters worse, toby discovers that his friend Georgie has gone missing. toby must return to the timeless Cricket Match and confront the powerful and evil Father time. Only by doing so can he save all the former and future test cricketers doomed to be trapped in the past forever... and the game of cricket itself. A thrilling conclusion to the bestselling toby Jones series. Ages 8-13




On the Whistle


Book Description

Third in the exciting adventure series set in an all-action Rugby League world. Sam and Vinny start the new term at St Helens, a private school with a proud sporting tradition but all is not smooth sailing. For a start, there's considerable rivalry between the two football codes - and soccer is gaining the upper hand at the expense of league. While the headmaster is welcoming, not all the staff are so encouraging, and one at least has something to hide - he's running a highly profitable betting scam, which Sam accidentally discovers when he takes an illicit look at the teacher's computer. Meanwhile, Sam and Vinny take on the challenge of a huge scavenger hunt at St Helen's. At stake is the future of league at the school, and to complicate things further, there's a growing attraction between Sam and tamara, a talented soccer player with a father who will stop at nothing to see soccer the dominant code at the school. And if all this isn't enough to keep a boy occupied, Sam has been selected for the tri-Nations Under 15 team - will he and his team be able to triumph over New Zealand and England? Ages: 10 to 13




Howzat!


Book Description

The fourth and fifth Toby Jones adventures in convenient omnibus edition. Stumped for something exciting to read? With must-have cricket info PLUS two edge-of-your seat adventures starring talented, time-travelling cricketer toby Jones, Howzat! is perfect for young cricket fans. toby Jones is no ordinary schoolboy. As well as being an awesome cricketer, he's a time traveller who gets to watch the most exciting games in the history of cricket. Ever. But sometimes this leads to trouble. All toby really wants is to play for Australia in the junior Ashes match. But he has to find a cure for his friend Ali, who is still feeling the ill-effects of breaking the time travel code. His time-travelling foe is out to get him, and there's unfinished business with an ancient and deadly Cricket Lord ... Featuring fascinating twenty/20 cricket facts and a ton of tips from famous fast bowler Brett Lee, Howzat! wraps up the toby Jones series in thrilling style. Howzat! includes: toby Jones and the timeless Cricket Match toby Jones and the Clash with Father time




Slave Culture [3 volumes]


Book Description

For the first time, the WPA Slave Narratives are organized by theme, making it easier to examine—and understand—specific aspects of slave life and culture. There is no better way to appreciate history than to experience it through the eyes of those who lived it. Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project brings together the memories of the last generation of enslaved African Americans gathered through interviews conducted between 1936 and 1938. This three-volume work stands apart from previous Slave Narrative collections in that it organizes the narratives thematically, bringing the rich tapestry of slave culture to life in a fresh way. Within each thematic area, multiple excerpts span time, gender, and geography. An introductory essay for each theme and a contextual explanation for each narrative help readers draw lessons from this vast collection, while an introduction to the work explains the Works Progress Administration's Slave Narrative project—illuminating still another era in American history.




Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack


Book Description

Toby Jones and his classmates go to the MCG archives on an excursion and there they meet the old and wise caretaker of the library, Jim Oldfield. Jim realises that Toby has the potential to travel back in time to cricket matches. With Jim's assistance, Toby and his friends are transported back in time to past matches. Ages 8-13.




The Marvel Studios Phenomenon


Book Description

Marvel Studios has provided some of the biggest worldwide cinematic hits of the last eight years, from Iron Man (2008) to the record-breaking The Avengers (2012), and beyond. Having announced plans to extend its production of connected texts in cinema, network and online television until at least 2028, the new aesthetic patterns brought about by Marvel's 'shared' media universe demand analysis and understanding. The Marvel Studios Phenomenon evaluates the studio's identity, as well as its status within the structures of parent Disney. In a new set of readings of key texts such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the thematics of superhero fiction and the role of fandom are considered. The authors identify milestones from Marvel's complex and controversial business history, allowing us to appraise its industrial status: from a comic publisher keen to exploit its intellectual property, to an independent producer, to successful subsidiary of a vast entertainment empire.




The British Film Catalogue


Book Description

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.




Watching Father Brown


Book Description

This book examines adaptations of G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories in film, radio and television. Part One covers adaptations prior to 2013, including portrayals by Alec Guinness, Kenneth More, and others, as well as German and Italian versions. Part Two focuses on the BBC series Father Brown, launched in 2013 with Mark Williams starring in the title role. It provides information about the series' creation and production along with a helpful episode guide, and it analyzes critical and audience responses to the show.




Hat Trick!


Book Description

Toby Jones is not your average schoolboy cricketer - he and his friends live for the game, but Toby's ability to travel through time makes him unique. Using his cricket 'bible', Toby drops in on the great matches of the past - but in the 1930 test at Leeds, Toby unexpectedly gets involved in the match.




Within Our Gates


Book Description

"[These volumes] are endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.