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"Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives" engages current
scholarship on women in Texas, the South, and the United States. It
provides insights into Texas's singular geographic position,
bordering on the West and sharing a unique history with Mexico,
while analyzing the ways in which Texas stories mirror a larger
American narrative. The biographies and essays illustrate an
uncommon diversity among Texas women, reflecting experiences
ranging from those of dispossessed enslaved women to wealthy
patrons of the arts. That history also captures the ways in which
women's lives reflect both personal autonomy and opportunities to
engage in the public sphere. From the vast spaces of northern New
Spain and the rural counties of antebellum Texas to the growing
urban centers in the post-Civil War era, women balanced traditional
gender and racial prescriptions with reform activism, educational
enterprise, and economic development.
Contributors to "Texas Women" address major questions in women's
history, demonstrating how national and regional themes in the
scholarship on women are answered or reconceived in Texas. Texas
women negotiated significant boundaries raised by gender, race, and
class. The writers address the fluid nature of the border with
Mexico, the growing importance of federal policies, and the
eventual reforms engendered by the civil rights movement. From
Apaches to astronauts, from pioneers to professionals, from rodeo
riders to entrepreneurs, and from Civil War survivors to civil
rights activists, "Texas Women" is an important contribution to
Texas history, women's history, and the history of the nation.
Hip frogs give young ones a "jump" on overcoming bullying. This
book was not made for reading, it was made for rapping (and, of
course, coloring with as many markers, crayons, and feelings as
they can).
The Unexpected Guest begins on a foggy night at a lonely country
house, where a woman with a gun in her hand is quietly surveying
the dead body of her husband. It looks like a straightforward case
of murder. Or is it? As the ghosts of an old wrong begin to emerge
from the past, the case begins to look anything but
straightforward, and it is up to Sergeant Cadwallader and Inspector
Thomas to discover the unexpected truth... In The Pale Horse, a
dying woman gasps out her bizarre story to Catholic priest Father
Gorman - but no sooner has he written it down than he is violently
killed. The only clue he leaves is a twisted scrap of paper on
which are written nine names. On the trail of these names Inspector
Lejeune, together with academic Mark Easterbrooke and his crime
writer friend Ariadne Oliver, are led inexorably to The Pale Horse
Inn, in the village of Much Deeping. The three women who live there
- a psychic, a medium and a witch - all seem to have some link to
Father Gorman's death. And each of them has their own secrets...
These two Agatha Christie stories, each with a twist in the tale,
are dramatised with full casts including Sion Probert and Stephanie
Cole. 2 CDs. 2 hrs.
Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny,
one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way
down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether it's dealing
with a stuffed sheep, an angry princess or a rogue fruit tray, no
job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. Carolyn
Knapp-Shappey, MJN Air's formidable boss, has employed two of the
very cheapest pilots money can buy: Captain Martin Crieff, who's
always wanted to fly and won't let a little thing like lack of
ability stop him, and First Officer Douglas Richardson,
smooth-voiced old sky god and eternal schemer. Passenger service is
provided by the relentlessly cheery Arthur, proud inventor of both
Surprising Rice and his own hat. Written by John Finnemore (John
Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, The Now Show), Cabin Pressure stars
Stephanie Cole as Carolyn, Benedict Cumberbatch as Martin, Roger
Allam as Douglas and John Finnemore as Arthur. 'The more I listen
to John Finnemore's Cabin Pressure, the more I think what a
stonking masterpiece it is. Perfect in every department.' - Philip
Pullman 'Unexpectedly brilliant' - Time Out 'An inspired new
sitcom' - Observer 3 CDs. 2 hrs 48 mins.
Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and a prayer world of a tiny,
one-plane charter airline; staffed by two pilots, one on his way
down, and one who was never up to start with. Whether flying a
nervous bassoonist to Gdansk or a horrible sister to Helsinki, no
job is too small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. Carolyn
Knapp-Shappey, MJN Air's formidable boss, has employed two of the
very cheapest pilots money can buy: Captain Martin Crieff, who's
always wanted to fly and won't let a little thing like lack of
ability stop him, and First Officer Douglas Richardson,
smooth-voiced old sky god and eternal schemer. Passenger service is
provided by the relentlessly cheery Arthur, proud inventor of both
Surprising Rice and his own hat. Written by John Finnemore (John
Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, The Now Show), Cabin Pressure stars
Stephanie Cole as Carolyn, Benedict Cumberbatch as Martin, Roger
Allam as Douglas and John Finnemore as Arthur. 'The more I listen
to John Finnemore's Cabin Pressure, the more I think what a
stonking masterpiece it is. Perfect in every department.' - Philip
Pullman 'Unexpectedly brilliant' - Time Out 'An inspired new
sitcom' - Observer 3 CDs. 2 hrs 47 mins.
Every episode of the hit BBC Radio 4 airline sitcom is collected
together in this special box set, including the Christmas special
final episode, and several bonus features. Cabin Pressure is set in
the wing and a prayer world of a tiny, one-plane charter airline,
staffed by two pilots - one on his way down, and one who was never
up to start with. Whether flying a cat to Abu Dhabi, dealing with a
nervous bassoonist, hunting for a cleverly-hidden lemon or
attempting to celebrate Christmas in seven minutes, no job is too
small, but many, many jobs are too difficult. Carolyn
Knapp-Shappey, MJN Air's formidable boss, has employed two of the
very cheapest pilots money can buy: Captain Martin Crieff, who's
always wanted to fly and won't let a little thing like lack of
ability stop him, and First Officer Douglas Richardson,
smooth-voiced old sky-god and eternal schemer. Passenger service is
provided by the relentlessly cheery Arthur. Written by John
Finnemore, Cabin Pressure stars Stephanie Cole as Carolyn, Benedict
Cumberbatch as Martin, Roger Allam as Douglas, and John Finnemore
as Arthur. 'The more I listen to John Finnemore's Cabin Pressure,
the more I think what a stonking masterpiece it is. Perfect in
every department.' - Philip Pullman
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