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Death at a Funeral (DVD)
Keith David, Loretta Devine, Peter Dinklage, Ron Glass, Danny Glover, …
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Neil LaBute directs this Hollywood remake of the 2007 British
ensemble comedy farce. Comedian Chris Rock stars as Aaron, who is
trying to get through his father's funeral in one piece despite the
best efforts of his melodramatic mother (Loretta Devine), his
baby-obsessed wife (Regina Hall) and his playboy brother (Martin
Lawrence). Meanwhile, his father's secret gay lover (Peter
Dinklage) turns up demanding money, and his beautiful cousin (Zoe
Saldana) spends the day dodging her infatuated ex (Luke Wilson)
while trying to look after her fiance (James Marsden) - who
accidentally imbibed a hallucinogen while searching for a
tranquiliser to calm his nerves.
In a world economy that is becoming increasingly integrated and
interdependent, the relationship between business and society is
becoming ever more complex. The globalization of business, the
emergence of civil society organizations in many nations, and new
government regulations and international agreements have
significantly altered the job of managers and the nature of
strategic decision making within the firm. The Seventeenth Edition
of Business and Society: Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy draws
on the latest research to address the challenges facing business
organizations and their stakeholders. The text builds on its legacy
of market leadership by reexamining central issues.
'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator
'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an
excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple 'James has a
genius for detail' A.N. Wilson Britain and China share a rich,
complex history. From the dramatic events of the First Opium War to
the modern-day implications of the handover of Hong Kong, The Lion
and the Dragon delves into the turbulent relationship between these
two global powers. Charting the rise and fall of the British empire
alongside the growth of China's powers, acclaimed historian
Lawrence James unravels the intricate threads of British
colonialism, China's struggle for sovereignty, and the impact of
global events on their complex interplay. He follows the parallel
trajectories of four competitive empires - the British, the
Chinese, the Russian and the Japanese - during the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, and then the fortunes of a fifth imperial
power, the United States. In doing so, he paints a vivid picture of
the interactions, alliances and conflicts between the two nations
over almost two centuries, from imperial ambitions and cultural
clashes to economic interests and political manoeuvrings. Deeply
researched and compellingly told, The Lion and the Dragon is an
exploration of the tumultuous history between two powerful nations,
providing crucial insights into a relationship that continues to
shape the world today.
Britain and China share a rich, complex history. From the dramatic events of the First Opium War to the modern-day implications of the handover of Hong Kong, The Lion and the Dragon delves into the turbulent relationship between these two global powers.
Charting the rise and fall of the British empire alongside the growth of China's powers, acclaimed historian Lawrence James unravels the intricate threads of British colonialism, China's struggle for sovereignty, and the impact of global events on their complex interplay. He follows the parallel trajectories of four competitive empires - the British, the Chinese, the Russian and the Japanese - during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and then the fortunes of a fifth imperial power, the United States. In doing so, he paints a vivid picture of the interactions, alliances and conflicts between the two nations over almost two centuries, from imperial ambitions and cultural clashes to economic interests and political manoeuvrings.
Deeply researched and compellingly told, The Lion and the Dragon is an exploration of the tumultuous history between two powerful nations, providing crucial insights into a relationship that continues to shape the world today.
The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology is a
multi-authored compendium of articles on specific topics of
interest to today's historical archaeologists, offering
perspectives on the current state of research and collectively
outlining future directions for the field. The broad range of
topics covered in this volume allows for specificity within
individual chapters, while building to a cumulative overview of the
field of historical archaeology as it stands, and where it could go
next. Archaeological research is discussed in the context of
current sociological concerns, different approaches and techniques
are assessed, and potential advances are posited. This is a
comprehensive treatment of the sub-discipline, engaging key
contemporary debates, and providing a series of
specially-commissioned geographical overviews to complement the
more theoretical explorations. This book is designed to offer a
starting point for students who may wish to pursue particular
topics in more depth, as well as for non-archaeologists who have an
interest in historical archaeology. Archaeologists, historians,
preservationists, and all scholars interested in the role
historical archaeology plays in illuminating daily life during the
past five centuries will find this volume engaging and
enlightening.
The Routledge Handbook of Global Historical Archaeology is a
multi-authored compendium of articles on specific topics of
interest to today's historical archaeologists, offering
perspectives on the current state of research and collectively
outlining future directions for the field. The broad range of
topics covered in this volume allows for specificity within
individual chapters, while building to a cumulative overview of the
field of historical archaeology as it stands, and where it could go
next. Archaeological research is discussed in the context of
current sociological concerns, different approaches and techniques
are assessed, and potential advances are posited. This is a
comprehensive treatment of the sub-discipline, engaging key
contemporary debates, and providing a series of
specially-commissioned geographical overviews to complement the
more theoretical explorations. This book is designed to offer a
starting point for students who may wish to pursue particular
topics in more depth, as well as for non-archaeologists who have an
interest in historical archaeology. Archaeologists, historians,
preservationists, and all scholars interested in the role
historical archaeology plays in illuminating daily life during the
past five centuries will find this volume engaging and
enlightening.
Volume V covers the three years from March 1924 to March 1927. It comprises over 890 letters, of which about 350 are previously unpublished, and the others are printed in full for the first time. As in earlier volumes of this model edition of Lawrence's correspondence, texts have been established from the originals and are fully annotated to identify persons and illuminate allusions. Also included are a biographical introduction, two maps of Oaxaca (Mexico), illustrations, chronology and an index. In 1924 Lawrence is in the United States to check on the failing business of his American publisher and to rewrite his Mexican novel The Plumed Serpent. While in Mexico, the author falls dangerously ill and recovers at Kiowa. In the Autumn of 1925, he and Frieda visit family in England and Germany. They finally settle in Italy where, except for his final visit to the Midlands, they will remain.
This final volume of The Letters of D. H. Lawrence has a threefold purpose: to publish 148 letters to or from Lawrence that came to light too late to be entered in their correct chronological positions in earlier volumes; to correct errors in the first seven volumes and offer additional annotation; and--most importantly--to provide a comprehensive critical index to the entire edition. The Cambridge Edition of Lawrence's letters has been described as creating itself "a major new literary work." This volume brings that work to a fitting conclusion.
Vol. 1 contains nearly 600 letters from the period 1901-1913. They cover Lawrence's youth and his career as a teacher in Croydon, his entry into the literary world, the writing of his first three novels (including Sons and Lovers), his early love affairs and his elopement to Italy.
This volume contains Lawrence’s letters written between March 1927 and November 1928: almost 770 letters in just a year and nine months. The letters cover the period of Lawrence’s Etruscan tour in the spring of 1927 as preparation for the writing of Sketches of Etruscan Places; the performance of his play, David, in London in May, and - above all - the writing, typing, private publication, promotion and immediate consequences of Lady Chatterley’s Lover. He makes new acquaintances with writers and publishers in Europe (Max Mohr, Hans Carossa, Harry and Caresse Crosby); renews friendships which will stand him in good stead in times of poor health (the Huxleys, Aldington, the Brewsters); and rediscovers the bonds of family and old Eastwood friends. The volume provides annotation identifying persons and allusions, and includes a biographical introduction, illustrations, a full chronology and index.
In this compelling history of the men and ideas that radically
changed the course of world history, Lawrence James investigates
and analyses how, within a hundred years, Europeans persuaded and
coerced Africa into becoming a subordinate part of the modern
world. His narrative is laced with the experiences of participants
and onlookers and introduces the men and women who, for better or
worse, stamped their wills on Africa. The continent was a magnet
for the high-minded, the philanthropic, the unscrupulous and the
insane. Visionary pro-consuls rubbed shoulders with missionaries,
explorers, soldiers, adventurers, engineers, big-game hunters,
entrepreneurs and physicians. Between 1830 and 1945, Britain,
France, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Italy and the United States
exported their languages, laws, culture, religions, scientific and
technical knowledge and economic systems to Africa. The colonial
powers imposed administrations designed to bring stability and
peace to a continent that seemed to lack both. The justification
for occupation was emancipation from slavery - and the common
assumption that late nineteenth-century Europe was the summit of
civilisation. By 1945 a transformed continent was preparing to take
charge of its own affairs, a process of decolonisation that took a
mere twenty or so years. There remained areas where European
influence was limited (Liberia, Abyssinia) - through inertia and a
desire for a quiet time, Africa's new masters left much
undisturbed. This magnificent history also pauses to ask: what did
not happen and why?
Lawrence's renowned creativity is conspicuous in his letters. Here
in over 330 of them - many first published in the acclaimed
seven-volume Cambridge Edition - are exemplified the remarkable
variety and inventiveness he could command. He corresponded with
the elite - aristocrats, fellow authors, painters, publishers and
others from the intelligentsia; but not with these only. With equal
concern he wrote to his sisters, a childhood friend suffering from
tuberculosis, a Post Office clerk or an Italian servant-girl.
Lawrence revelled in the act of communication, using a direct,
unvarnished but invariably vivid style appropriate to each
correspondent. His letters are notable for expressive and
imaginative energy, wit and comedy, the tender and the tempestuous,
combined with an extraordinary sensitivity to the natural world as
well as to the human condition - and much besides. Few English
letter-writers offer a comparable range of interest. In his
introductory essay James Boulton provides a rare critical
assessment of Lawrence's epistolary achievement. In addition to the
annotated texts of the letters, also included are a biographical
list of Lawrence's correspondents; brief chronological and
descriptive introductions to each section; and a full general
index.
Vol. 1 contains nearly 600 letters from the period 1901-1913. They cover Lawrence's youth and his career as a teacher in Croydon, his entry into the literary world, the writing of his first three novels (including Sons and Lovers), his early love affairs and his elopement to Italy.
'A wonderfully enjoyable history of the changing fortunes of the
middle orders over the past 500 years. A magisterial survey of the
entire British class system, filled with richly detailed
observation of the social differences on which it has thrived'
Sunday Times 'Comprehensive, engaging, sharp-eyed and fair-minded.
A treasure trove for anyone who wants to know how we get from
yokels to 'Marks and Sparks plonk' Daily Telegraph 'An enchanting
compendium of the games the English play, and the anxieties,
frictions and resentments engendered in the pursuit of status'
Times Literary Supplement This is the enthralling story of the
great powerhouse of British history - the middle class. The death
of feudalism, the advancement of democracy, the spread of literacy,
the industrial and sexual revolutions, the development of mass
media - the middle class is never far away, drawing up petitions,
pushing for change in attitude and legislation, engaging in
philanthropy. In this scholarly and hugely entertaining account,
Lawrence James brings to life the stories of churchmen and
charity-workers, lawyers and lobbyists to create an engaging and
colourful social and political panorama. Richly textured and highly
relevant, this is narrative history at its best.
This final volume of The Letters of D. H. Lawrence has a threefold purpose: to publish 148 letters to or from Lawrence that came to light too late to be entered in their correct chronological positions in earlier volumes; to correct errors in the first seven volumes and offer additional annotation; and--most importantly--to provide a comprehensive critical index to the entire edition. The Cambridge Edition of Lawrence's letters has been described as creating itself "a major new literary work." This volume brings that work to a fitting conclusion.
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Selected Poems (Paperback)
D. H Lawrence; Edited by James Fenton
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A completely new selection of D. H. Lawrence's poetry
Published as part of a series of new editions of D. H. Lawrence's
works, this major collection presents the fullest range of the
author's poetry available today. Selected by prize-winning poet and
scholar James Fenton, these lush, evocative poems offer a direct
link to the genius of one of the twentieth century's most
provocative writers.
This volume, covering three years from March 1924 to March 1927,
comprises over 890 letters, of which about 350 are previously
unpublished. In 1924 Lawrence is again in the USA. He and Frieda,
with his disciple the Honourable Dorothy Brett, return to Taos, New
Mexico where Frieda soon becomes the owner of a ranch, Kiowa. The
tensions among them contribute to Lawrence's falling dangerously
ill. He recovers at Kiowa; he and Frieda go to England and Germany
in Autumn 1925; they then settle in Italy, where - except for his
final visit the next summer to the Midlands - they remain. After
leaving the USA he writes short and long stories with European
settings, book reviews, and the first two versions of Lady
Chatterley's Lover. It is a productive period, but Lawrence's
health becomes a serious concern. The volume provides annotation
identifying persons and allusions, and includes a biographical
introduction.
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