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This book concerns the foundation and development of the National
Folk Theatre of Ireland, which has recently celebrated 50 years of
performances. Also called 'Siamsa TÃre', it examines the ways in
which the Theatre provides a locus for promoting and transmitting
customary knowledge that had become lost due to modernisation and
urbanisation. It also interrogates critically the role of the
Theatre in presenting and representing local traditions to
non-local audiences, tourism being a key component in the
sustainable continuation of expressive culture.The book addresses
three issues. First, it considers performance practice at the
Theatre with reference to embodiment and identity. Second, it looks
at cultural transmission at the Theatre from the perspectives of
preservation and perpetuation. Here, it highlights the innovative
aspiration (at the time) towards sustainable development where the
traditional (as performing arts) was framed within the
non-traditional (as staged folklore) to offer a radical model for
cultural curatorship and economic regeneration. Third, it observes
the Theatre from the vantages of power and politics. That is, the
book evaluates the ideological issues and philosophical problems
that arise when viewing 'Siamsa TÃre' as staged folklore, a
dramatic medium that has often been employed at a global level to
promote either international accord or intranational dissent. The
work was developed in close collaboration with the founder and
artistic director, Pat Ahern, and the performing company. Many
contributors to this volume have studied and worked with the work
of the company for many years. The volume also benefits for the
insights of performers and management personnel.
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Brilliant. The unwritten Bowie book that
needed writing' CAITLIN MORAN 'Splendid. Provides plenty of
evidence of Bowie's restless, rummaging intelligence, and his
pleasure in the fact that books allow readers to slip into someone
else's skin and try it on for size' THE TIMES 'A witty and
enlightening analysis of Bowie's 100 essential books . . . A handy,
amusing, light-touch precis' OBSERVER 'What is your idea of perfect
happiness?' 'Reading.' 'What is the quality you most like in a
man?' 'The ability to return books.' Three years before he died,
David Bowie made a list of the one hundred books that had
transformed his life - a list that formed something akin to an
autobiography. From Madame Bovary to A Clockwork Orange, the Iliad
to the Beano, these were the publications that had fuelled his
creativity and shaped who he was. In Bowie's Books, John O'Connell
explores this list in the form of one hundred short essays, each
offering a perspective on the man, performer and creator that is
Bowie, his work as an artist and the era that he lived in.
Brilliantly illustrated throughout and the perfect gift for Bowie
fans and book lovers, Bowie's Books is much more than a list of
books you should read in your lifetime: it is a unique insight into
one of the greatest minds of our times, and an indispensable part
of the legacy that Bowie left behind.
The cruise missile-also referred to as a guided missile-is a widely
employed tactical and strategic weapon, capable of striking ground
or ship targets with conventional or nuclear warheads. Before the
development of ballistic missiles for attacking an enemy's homeland
the U.S. and Soviet strategic arsenals had land-attack cruise
missiles to deliver nuclear warheads. Subsequently, the U.S. and
Soviet Navies as well as other fleets developed tactical anti-ship
and anti-submarine cruise missiles. Much of this book addresses the
U.S. Navy's Regulus missile program-the world's first submarine
weapon for attacking an enemy homeland with a nuclear warhead-and
the similar Soviet Navy's cruise missile efforts. Prior to Regulus
a few of the world's submarines had deck guns that were employed
for assaulting coastal targets; indeed, the British built a class
of submarine monitors with large-caliber guns for attacking coastal
targets. After the Regulus more advanced cruise missiles and
ballistic missiles were sent to sea in submarines to attack an
enemy's cities and military-industrial installations. Certain U.S.
and Soviet/Russian land-launched, nuclear-armed cruise missiles
also are examined in this book in the context of their being
competitive with sea-based missiles for their roles and for
resources. Also, at times the technology of one service's missiles
was considered for use by another service. The U.S. Navy's rapid
and successful development of the Polaris Submarine-Launched
Ballistic Missile (SLBM) and budgetary constraints caused the
cancellation of advanced submarine-launched cruise missiles-the
Regulus II as well as the follow-on Rigel and Triton. Submarines
armed with the Regulus I missile continued on patrols in the North
Pacific until mid-1964, when they were replaced on the 'deterrent'
role by Polaris missile submarines. The Soviet Navy continued the
development and deployment of anti-ship cruise missiles, which
retained some land-attack capabilities. Following the retirement of
Regulus in 1964 strategic cruise missile development in the U.S.
Navy experienced doldrums. In the 1970s development of U.S. Navy
land-attack cruise missiles resumed with the Tomahawk, initially
designed as "theater" land-attack weapon with a nuclear warhead.
Significantly, the Tomahawk was designed from the outset of the
program to be launched from standard, 21-inch (533-mm) submarine
torpedo tubes. While the Tomahawk was developed specifically for
naval use from surface ships and submarines, subsequently a
land-launched version was developed as a theatre nuclear weapon
named Gryphon for the U.S. Air Force as a counter to Soviet theater
nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe. (The Tomahawk also was suitable
for aircraft launch, although neither the U.S. Air Force nor Navy
adopted that concept.) Subsequent Tomahawk variants with
conventional warheads were developed for the land-attack and
anti-ship missile roles. Sea-based Tomahawk missiles with
conventional warheads-launched from surface ships and
submarines-were employed extensively and very effectively in the
Gulf War (1991) and in several subsequent conflicts and crises. The
Soviet Navy's cruise missile programs have a similar development
history and that effort has produced several land-attack weapons.
This book is a record of the development of an institution with a
remarkable history. Its foundations go back to the early part of
the nineteenth century when the local Huddersfield community
decided it wanted a place of learning to promote the education of
the working classes. Since 1825 development has encompassed a
mechanics institution, a female educational institute, a college of
technology and a polytechnic, before becoming the University of
Huddersfield we know today. The author, the late John O'Connell,
was a Professor at Huddersfield and this book draws upon his
research which now resides in the University archives.
This book is a celebration of letter-writing in all its guises, a
showcase for the masterpieces we would all write if we had the time
and inclination - the thank-you letter, a riotous despatch from a
far-flung location, that heartfelt declaration of love.
Arthur Conan Doyle asks young journalist Bertram Fletcher Robinson
to collaborate on a story. A research trip to deepest Dartmoor
cements their friendship as they start work on what will become one
of the world's most famous tales, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'.
But the experience will prove traumatic for both of them.
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