On the strength of novels such as Futility and The Polyglots, William Gerhardie was hailed as the most brilliant writer of the 1920s, admired by Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Olivia Manning and many others. Yet by 1940 he had ceased to publish, and increasingly towards the end of his life he lived as a recluse. In this acclaimed biography first published in 1990 Dido Davies rediscovers one of the most unjustly neglected of English writers, whose tragi-comic vision reflected his extraordinary life. 'One of the most enjoyable biographies I have read for a long time.' Humphrey Carpenter, Sunday Times 'One of the most important literary lives of the century.' Sean French, New Statesman 'As engrossing as a well-packed novel.' William Trevor 'A comic masterpiece.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian

The Metal Men are back! And back and back again as they discover they are not the first versions of themselves The Metal Men team Platinum, Gold, Tin, Lead, Mercury, and Iron find a secret room hidden in Doc Magnus s lab full of empty shells of previous versions of their robotic selves and confront their creator about it. To make matters worse, a mysterious metal has come through from the Dark Multiverse at Challengers Mountain. He claims he is the Nth Metal Man and that he can provide the Metal Men with true sentience, something Magnus was apparently only pretending to have given them. Who is this Nth Metal Man, and what does he really want? If Platinum didn t know she was based off a real woman Magnus used to know, what else is Magnus hiding from the team? And will the team have to venture into the Dark Multiverse themselves to find out the truth? Writer Dan DiDio (Sideways) and artist Shane Davis (Superman: Earth One) team up to bring the Metal Men to life on the page in a way that s never been seen before in Metal Men: Elements of Change. Collects Metal Men #1-12.

A NYPD Police Officer's Life and work and danger on the "job" in the Street Crimes Unit of the 1970's. Hero starts as a "raunchy cop" and genius poet whose life and adventures change him into a Wall Street Billionaire. I have been Honored with the Friendship of the Greatest Group of Cops and Fireman and the human stories they shared with me for more than 20 years Asta Dido

This study is the first effort to document the extent of NAFTA's impact on higher education. Through case studies, the authors analyze higher education policy in Canada, Mexico, and the USA using a common theoretical framework that identifies economic globalization, international trade liberalization, and post-industrialization as common structural factors exerting a significant influence on higher education in the three countries.

This study is the first effort to document the extent of NAFTA's impact on higher education. Through case studies, the authors analyze higher education policy in Canada, Mexico, and the USA using a common theoretical framework that identifies economic globalization, international trade liberalization, and post-industrialization as common structural factors exerting a significant influence on higher education in the three countries.

The Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at Mucking, Essex, represent the burials of over 800 individuals from the 5th to early 7th centuries. This long-awaited report includes detailed illustrated catalogues in Part i, and comprehensive analysis and discussion of the burials, their relation to the excavated settlement evidence and wider context, in Part ii. The mixed rite Cemetery II is one of the largest and most complete Anglo-Saxon cemeteries yet excavated (282 inhumation burials, 463 cremation burials), while the partly destroyed Cemetery I included further significant inhumations. The quality and quantity of the evidence from graves of the first half of the 5th century, with cultural affinities primarily with the Elbe-Weser area, is unsurpassed. By the later 5th and the 6th century the cemetery was primarily 'Saxon' in character, but with some Anglian and eastern Kentish influences; Frankish (and in one case Alamannic) artefacts were also found. The dating is based on seriation analysis of the inhumation artefact assemblages and is combined with an innovative maximisation of demographic data from soil silhouettes and important evidence for coffin structure and costume. Mucking can now be seen as a particularly extensive Anglo-Saxon settlement, of at least 100+ individuals, commanding an important strategic position in the Lower Thames region; it may have functioned as a meeting place and mart for surrounding areas on both sides of the Thames.