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Dive inside this textbook for an accessible guide to the discipline
of public services. Perfect for students, it offers a comprehensive
account of core public service topics and explains the fundamental
elements of working in the public services. Outlining their role in
the welfare state, it explores the policies, providers and
legalities shaping the context in which public services operate.
Students will study concepts of organisational change, strategy,
management, leadership and funding, and engage with timely
discussions around contemporary public issues such as equality,
sustainability and climate change. Key features to support student
learning include: * objectives at the beginning of each chapter; *
case studies and examples; * end of chapter summaries; * reflective
questions; * further reading recommendations and resources.
Bringing together authors with expertise in politics and public
policy, social policy and law, this book is essential reading for
everybody studying public services.
Dive inside this textbook for an accessible guide to the discipline
of public services. Perfect for students, it offers a comprehensive
account of core public service topics and explains the fundamental
elements of working in the public services. Outlining their role in
the welfare state, it explores the policies, providers and
legalities shaping the context in which public services operate.
Students will study concepts of organisational change, strategy,
management, leadership and funding, and engage with timely
discussions around contemporary public issues such as equality,
sustainability and climate change. Key features to support student
learning include: * objectives at the beginning of each chapter; *
case studies and examples; * end of chapter summaries; * reflective
questions; * further reading recommendations and resources.
Bringing together authors with expertise in politics and public
policy, social policy and law, this book is essential reading for
everybody studying public services.
Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a
young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn.
During the night he looks back at his short but joyful past growing
up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the accident
in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with Molly,
the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war that
brought him to the front line. Winner of the Blue Peter Book of the
Year, Private Peaceful is by the third Children's Laureate, Michael
Morpurgo, award-winning author of War Horse. His inspiration came
from a visit to Ypres where he was shocked to discover how many
young soldiers were court-martialled and shot for cowardice during
the First World War. This edition also includes introductory essays
by Michael Morpurgo, Associate Director of Private Peaceful
production Mark Leipacher, as well as an essay from Simon Reade,
adaptor & director of this stage adaptation of Private
Peaceful.
The sea had become a mass grave by 1941 as Hitler's four capital
warships--Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Tirpitz, and Bismarck, the
largest warship on the ocean--roamed the wind-swept waves,
threatening the Allied war effort and sending thousands of men to
the icy depths of the North Atlantic. Bristling with guns and
steeled in heavy armor, these reapers of the sea could outrun and
outgun any battleship in the Allied arsenal. The deadly menace kept
Winston Churchill awake at night; he deemed them "targets of
supreme consequence." The campaign against Hitler's surface fleet
would continue into the dying days of World War II and involve
everything from massive warships engaged in bloody, fire-drenched
battle to daring commando raids in German occupied harbors. This is
the fast-paced story of the Allied bomber crews, brave sailors, and
bold commandoes who "sunk the Bismarck" and won a hard-fought
victory over Hitler's iron sea. Using official war diaries, combat
reports, eyewitness accounts and personal letters, Simon Read
brings the action and adventure to vivid life. The result is an
enthralling and gripping story of the Allied heroes who fought on a
watery battlefield.
The blackout went into effect three days before the declaration of
war and transformed nocturnal London into a criminal's paradise. As
the city pulled together in the face of terrible adversity, the
bomb-ravaged streets became the stalking grounds for killers,
rapists, looters and gangs. The number of bodies retrieved during
the Blitz made it impossible for the authorities to autopsy them
all, providing cover to those who worked with blades, guns and more
sinister tools. Scotland Yard - its resources stretched to the
limit - did its best to tackle a rogues' gallery born of bombs and
blackout, and crimes that continue to fascinate from history's
darkest corners. In Dark City, award-winning crime writer Simon
Read paints a vivid picture of the other side of wartime London,
from the Blackout Ripper and the Acid Bath Murders, to the
notorious Rillington Place killer and his house of corpses.
Private Peaceful relives the life of Private Tommo Peaceful, a
young First World War soldier awaiting the firing squad at dawn.
During the night, he looks back at his short but joyful past
growing up in rural Devon: his exciting first days at school; the
accident in the forest that killed his father; his adventures with
Molly, the love of his life; and the battles and injustices of war
that brought him to the front line.
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A Single Man (Paperback)
Simon Reade; Originally written by Christopher Isherwood
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R366
Discovery Miles 3 660
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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The Peaceful brothers, Tommo and Charlie, have a tough rural
childhood facing the death of their father, financial hardship and
a cruel landlord. Their fierce loyalty to each other pulls them
through, until one day they both fall for the same girl. And then
the Great War comes. It tells the story of a country lad fighting a
war he doesn't understand for people he cannot respect. We join
18-year-old Private Tommo Peaceful in the trenches as he tells us a
story of courage, devotion and sibling rivalry on what may be his
last night on earth. Private Peaceful was shortlisted for the
Carnegie Medal, won the Red House Children's Book Award and the
Blue Peter Book Award and is acknowledged by Michael Morpurgo (War
Horse, The Butterfly Lion) to be his favourite work. This new,
small ensemble version by Simon Reade was commissioned by
Nottingham Playhouse.
""It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.""
When Elizabeth Bennet first meets Mr Darcy, she thinks him arrogant
and conceited. When she later discovers that he has scuppered the
relationship between his friend Bingley and her sister Jane, she is
determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy
that follows, the family's lives are turned upside down as Jane
Austen shows the folly of judging by first impressions and pokes
fun at the affectations and etiquette of provincial life.
An Elephant in the Garden is Simon Reade's new adaptation of
Michael Morpurgo's best-selling children's novel. 1945. Dresden,
Germany. Lizzie, her mother - and an elephant from the zoo, flee
the Allied fire-bombing in the end-game of the Second World War.
Escaping the Allies' advance from the West - and also the advancing
Russian armies from the East - this extraordinary trio of refugees
meet: a downed RAF officer, cowering in a barn; a homeless school
choir on the run and their Countess saviour, harbouring them from
the Nazis; and the mechanised American cavalry, appearing over the
horizon. It is Lizzie's story - but Marlene, the elephant, is the
heroine. Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, loadbearing,
indestructible, cheering - Marlene embodies the stubbornness of the
human will and how it will do everything to survive.
Claudia Hampton is a popular historian, a strong, beautiful and
difficult woman. Now in her seventies, she is plotting her greatest
work - a history of the world. She looks back over her life growing
up between the wars and remembers the people who have shared its
triumphs and tragedies. There is Gordon, her adored brother;
Jasper, the charming, untrustworthy lover and father of her
daughter, and Tom, her one great love, both found and lost during
the El Alamein campaign when she worked as a war correspondent.
Against a background of world events, Claudia's own remarkable
story provokes a sharp combination of sadness, shock and amusement.
Simon Reade's adaptation is introduced by Penelope Lively herself.
Compelling, moving and eloquent, one of the great novels of the
20th century is brought to the stage for the first time. Winner of
the 1987 Booker Prize, Penelope Lively's Moon Tiger is a haunting
story of loss and desire.
When Alice falls down a mysterious rabbit hole she stumbles upon a
magical fantasy world where anything can happen . . . Take tea with
the Mad Hatter, meet the White Rabbit, grin with the Cheshire Cat,
and play croquet with the Queen of Hearts, but whatever you do . .
. don't lose your head Lewis Carroll's classic characters spring to
life in an enchanting show for the whole family, bursting with
music, madness and mystery.Simon Reade's adaptation of Lewis
Carroll's much-loved fantasy classic" Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland "is a witty and brilliantly inventive re-working, which
won the TMA Award for Best Show for Young People.
In March and April of 1944, Gestapo gunmen killed fifty POWs--a
brutal act in defiance of international law and the Geneva
Conventions. This is the true story of the men who hunted them
down.
The mass breakout of seventy-six Allied airmen from the infamous
Stalag Luft III became one of the greatest tales of World War II,
immortalized in the film "The Great Escape." But where Hollywood's
depiction fades to black, another incredible story begins . . .
Not long after the escape, fifty of the recaptured airmen were
taken to killing fields throughout Germany and shot on the direct
orders of Hitler. When the nature of these killings came to light,
Churchill's government swore to pursue justice at any cost. A
revolving team of military police, led by squadron leader Francis
P. McKenna, was dispatched to pick up a trail long gone cold.
Amid the chaos of postwar Germany, divided between American,
British, French, and Russian occupiers, McKenna led a three-year
manhunt that brought twenty-one Gestapo killers to justice. In
"Human Game," Simon Read delivers a clear-eyed and meticulously
researched account of this often overlooked saga of hard-won
justice.
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With famine gripping Ireland, Sean and Annie have just one chance
of survival - they must find their father. Leaving their dying
mother behind, they travel across rough seas to America. With only
the gold torch that Annie wears as a necklace to protect them, they
embark on a long and dangerous journey. But will they ever be
reunited with their family? Twist of Gold is an epic adventure, a
classic novel by the masterful storyteller and author of War Horse,
Michael Morpurgo.
Producers' Choice: Six Plays for Young Performers showcases some of
the best plays for young people produced by the UK's leading
theatre companies. The plays are ideal for young performers aged
13-25 and offer a diverse range of challenges, styles and subjects.
The volume will prove essential for teachers and students of Drama
and for youth drama groups. The plays include modern reworkings of
classics, such as Simon Reade's witty and brilliantly inventive
adaptation of Lewis Carroll's much-loved fantasy, and DJ Britton's
version of Sophocles' Theban plays, the tragic Oedipus/Antigone.
Contemporary teenage issues are dealt with in Megan Barker's
beautiful and uplifting Promise and Sarah May's The Butterfly Club.
Simon Stephens' hit-play Punk Rock set in a grammar school explores
dislocation and aggression among sixth form pupils; James Graham's
Tory Boyz is a fast-paced, political comedy about prejudice and
ambition in Westminster. Each play features production notes and
the volume is introduced by Paul Roseby, Artistic Director of the
National Youth Theatre. For schools, youth theatre groups and drama
colleges this anthology of thematically and stylistically diverse
plays will prove an invaluable resource.
Outrageously zany and filled with non-stop surprises, Simon
Reade's theatrical adaptation of "The Scarecrow and His Servant" (a
children's tale by renowned author Philip Pullman), is an
enchanting play for young readers and performers.
This title presents three rites of passage plays for the young
person in all of us, brilliantly adapted from the books of three
best-selling authors. In Michael Morpurgo's moving tale of youth
cut short, seventeen year-old Tommo Peaceful relives his innocent
rural past as he spends his last night in the trenches of World War
One. In Philip Pullman's "Aladdin", this ancient magical tale is
retold as a story of ambition and self-advancement, a young man's
journey from lazy good-for-nothing to great wealth and power. And
in Jill Tomlinson's delightfully witty classic, a fledgling Barn
Owl conquers his fears through a series of eye-opening encounters.
These plays are for all ages.
In March 1944, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III.
Of the 73 captured, 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is
the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna, was
sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from Churchill to
bring the Gestapo murderers to justice. In a quest that ranges from
the devastated, bombed out cities of Europe to the horrors of the
concentrations camps, McKenna is relentless in his pursuit. A
gripping read set in the aftermath of World War II.
Three war plays by Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse,
powerfully dramatised by Simon Reade.Private Peaceful relives the
short life of Tommo growing up in rural Devon before fighting the
battles and facing the injustices of the First World War. In Toro
Toro young Antonito liberates his favourite bull from the
ritualised killing of the bullfight as he tries to escape the
Spanish Civil War. In The Mozart Question Paolo Levi discovers the
astonishing truth about his parents' flight to Venice from the gas
chambers of the Second World War.Each play is accompanied by an
introduction from Michael Morpurgo.
A wonderful book for aficionados, actors, academics, and
audiences alike. This is a unique introduction and guide to
Shakespeare's life and times, a uniquely modern take on Shakespeare
by a man uniquely qualified to write about him. Imagines
Shakespeare having to deal with the attitudes of modern times.
Long before his finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, Winston
Churchill emerged on the world stage as a brazen foreign
correspondent, covering wars of empire in Cuba, India, the Sudan,
and South Africa.In those far-flung corners of the world, reporting
from the front lines between 1895 and 1900, Churchill mastered his
celebrated command of language and formed strong opinions about
war. He thought little of his own personal safety, so convinced was
he of his destiny, jumping at any chance to be where bullets flew
and canons roared. "I have faith in my star- that I am intended to
do something in the world," he wrote to his mother at the age of
twenty-three before heading into battle.Based on his private
letters and war reportage, Winston Churchill Reporting intertwines
young Winston's daring exploits in combat, adventures in distant
corners of the globe, and rise as a major literary talent-
experiences that shaped the world leader he was to become.
On Wednesday 14 February 1945, the body of Charles Walton was
discovered on the lower slopes of Meon Hill near the sleepy
Warwickshire village of Lower Quinton, his torso pinned to the
ground by a pitchfork. Myths and rumours soon swirled about the
crime. Accounts claim Walton, a retired labourer and a lifelong
resident of Lower Quinton, was believed by many to be a clairvoyant
who could talk to birds and exercise control over animals. It has
even been reported that many villagers attributed Walton's death to
ritual witchcraft. But what is fact and what is fiction? The most
famous police officer in Britain, Chief Inspector Robert Fabian,
was promptly dispatched by Scotland Yard to solve this increasingly
peculiar and foreboding mystery. 'Fabian of the Yard' was not a man
prone to superstition and had dealt with some of the most notorious
killers of his time - but there was something strange about the
Walton murder. Did the clues point to ritual witchcraft as the
modus operandi, or was the black magic angle merely a ruse? With
the villagers unable - or unwilling - to shed light on the matter,
Fabian faced, for the only time in his glittering career, the
daunting prospect of failure. The Case That Foiled Fabian lays out
for the first time what actually happened and distills the truth
from the many myths about this case that are today mistaken for
facts.
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