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WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORT BOOK AWARDS - RUGBY BOOK OF THE YEAR
This is the story of 15 men killed in the Great War. All played
rugby for one London club; none lived to hear the final whistle.
Rugby brought them together; rugby led the rush to war. They came
from Britain and the Empire to fight in every theatre and service,
among them a poet, playwright and perfumer. Some were decorated and
died heroically; others fought and fell quietly. Together their
stories paint a portrait in miniature of the entire War. The Final
Whistle plays tribute to the pivotal role rugby played in the Great
War by following the poignant stories of fifteen men who played for
Rosslyn Park, London. They came from diverse backgrounds, with
players from Australia, Ceylon, Wales and South Africa, but they
were united by their love of the game and their courage in the face
of war. From the mystery of a missing memorial, Cooper's meticulous
research has uncovered the story of these men and captured their
lives, from their vanished Edwardian youth and vigour, to the war
they fought and how they died.
As Britain's Empire went to war in August 1914, rugby players were
the first to volunteer. They led from the front and paid a
disproportionate price. In 1919, a grateful Mother Country hosted a
rugby tournament: sevens teams at eight venues, playing 17 matches
to declare a first 'world champion'. There had never been an
international team tournament like it. For the first time teams
from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Britain and
France were assembled in one place. Rugby held the first ever
'World Cup'. It was a moment of triumph, a celebration of military
victory, of Commonwealth and Allied unity, and of rugby values,
moral and physical. In 2019 the modern Rugby World Cup moves to
Japan in the Centenary of the King's Cup. With a foreword by Jason
Leonard, this is the story of rugby's journey through the First
World War to its first World Cup, and how those values endure
today. 'After The Final Whistle' was shortlisted for the 2016 Cross
Sports Book of the Year award.
Psychiatry by Ten Teachers follows the highly-praised and
successful 'Ten Teachers' tradition of providing the key
information in a chosen specialty as required by the medical
undergraduate, junior doctor and trainee GP, written by ten
respected experts in the field. With medical students closely
involved in the text's development from the outset the text focuses
on what the medical student and junior really need to know, with a
clear rationale for the inclusion of every topic discussed at a
level appropriate for the inexperienced, and will be of value to
their future career whatever field they ultimately decide to
specialize in. Completely up to date, this revised second edition
encourages students and recently qualified doctors to get the most
out of their psychiatry and community attachments, without
overwhelming them with unnecessary detail. In line with the core
curriculum recommended by the Royal College of Psychiatry, useful
tips and advice ensure this is much more than a standard
introduction to the subject, encouraging additional reading,
supporting critical thinking and bringing exam success.
This volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity
of reflections and readings of John Fante's 1939 classic, Ask the
Dust, a true testament to the work's present and future impact. The
contributors to this work-writers, critics, fans, scholars,
screenwriters, directors, and others-analyze the provocative set of
diaspora tensions informing Fante's masterpiece that distinguish it
from those accounts of earlier East Coast migrations and minglings.
A must-read for aficionados of L.A. fiction and new migration
literature, John Fante's "Ask the Dust": A Joining of Voices and
Views is destined for landmark status as the first volume of Fante
studies to reveal the novel's evolving intertextualities and
intersectionalities. Contributors: Miriam Amico, Charles Bukowski,
Stephen Cooper, Giovanna DiLello, John Fante, Valerio Ferme, Teresa
Fiore, Daniel Gardner, Philippe Garnier, Robert Guffey, Ryan
Holiday, Jan Louter, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Meagan Meylor, J'aime
Morrison, Nathan Rabin, Alan Rifkin, Suzanne Manizza Roszak, Danny
Shain, Robert Towne, Joel Williams
This volume assembles for the first time a staggering multiplicity
of reflections and readings of John Fante's 1939 classic, Ask the
Dust, a true testament to the work's present and future impact. The
contributors to this work-writers, critics, fans, scholars,
screenwriters, directors, and others-analyze the provocative set of
diaspora tensions informing Fante's masterpiece that distinguish it
from those accounts of earlier East Coast migrations and minglings.
A must-read for aficionados of L.A. fiction and new migration
literature, John Fante's "Ask the Dust": A Joining of Voices and
Views is destined for landmark status as the first volume of Fante
studies to reveal the novel's evolving intertextualities and
intersectionalities. Contributors: Miriam Amico, Charles Bukowski,
Stephen Cooper, Giovanna DiLello, John Fante, Valerio Ferme, Teresa
Fiore, Daniel Gardner, Philippe Garnier, Robert Guffey, Ryan
Holiday, Jan Louter, Chiara Mazzucchelli, Meagan Meylor, J'aime
Morrison, Nathan Rabin, Alan Rifkin, Suzanne Manizza Roszak, Danny
Shain, Robert Towne, Joel Williams
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Stephen Cooper
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Overturning many of the established perspectives on Larkin's poetry
and prose, Cooper's book presents new evidence from a range of
previously unpublished sources, and is the first full-length
critical work to analyse Larkin's early fiction, as well as
advancing new readings of The Less Deceived', The Whitsun Weddings'
and High Windows'. Critics have tended to label Larkin's poetry as
sexist, racist and reactionary. However, this volume demonstrates
that Larkin's artistic impulse throughout his career was to
challenge orthodox models of social and sexual politics. Focusing
on the Brunette Coleman novellas and the unfinished novels, a
structural blueprint is identified as prefiguring the later poems'
commentary on sexual and social conduct. Further unpublished
material includes correspondence, workbook drafts, dream records,
and a playscript, depicting, alternately, hostility to wartime
heroics, revulsion from capitalism, unease with traditional gender
roles and an interest in psychoanalysis. This study makes available
to scholars paintings by Larkin's friend, James Sutton, which
illuminate the writer's concern with social oppression, especially
the predicament of women in the 1940s. This is a fresh and
revealing study on Larkin's artistic subversion; stylistic and
thematic, it reveals the underlying themes of Larkin's entire
oeuvre.
It's not every day that a writer, almost unheard of in his lifetime, emerges twenty years after his death as a voice of his generation. But then again, there aren't many writers with such irrepressible genius as John Fante. The John Fante Reader is the important next step in the reintroduction of this influential author to modern audiences. Combining excerpts from his novels and stories, as well as his never-before-published letters, this collection is the perfect primer on the work of a writer -- underappreciated in his time -- who is finally taking his place in the pantheon of twentieth-century American writers.
Presents the principles of human gene evolution in a concise and
easy to understand fashion. Uses examples of how evolutionary
processes have molded present day genes, drawn from the evolution
of humans and other primates, as well as from more primitive
organisms. With increasing attention in this expanding area, this
review forms a timely publication of our current knowledge of this
important field.
Key Features
* Structure and function in the human genome
* The evolution of gene structure
* Mutational mechanisms in evolution
How does a bacterial cell grow during the division cycle? This
question is answered by the codeveloper of the Cooper-Helmstetter
model of DNA replication. In a unique analysis of the bacterial
division cycle, Cooper considers the major cell categories
(cytoplasm, DNA, and cell surface) and presents a lucid description
of bacterial growth during the division cycle.
The concepts of bacterial physiology from Ole Maaloe's Copenhagen
school are presented throughout the book and are applied to such
topics as the origin of variability, the pattern of DNA
segregation, and the principles underlying growth
transitions.
The results of research on "E. coli" are used to explain the
division cycles of Caulobacter, Bacilli, Streptococci, and
eukaryotes. Insightful reanalysis highlights significant
similarities between these cells and "E.coli."
With over 25 years of experience in the study of the bacterial
division cycle, Cooper has synthesized his ideas and research into
an exciting presentation. He manages to write a comprehensive
volume that will be of great interest to microbiologists, cell
physiologists, cell and molecular biologists, researchers in
cell-cycle studies, and mathematicians and engineering scientists
interested in modeling cell growth.
Key Features
* Written by one of the codiscoverers of the Cooper-Helmstetter
model
* Applies the results of research on E. coli to other groups,
including Caulobacter, Bacilli, Streptococci, and eukaryotes; the
Caulobacter reanalysis highlights significant similarities with the
E. coli system
* Presents a unified description of the bacterial division cycle
with relevance to eukaryotic systems
* Addresses the concepts of the Copenhagen School in a new and
original way"
In the definitive biography of John Fante, English and film studies
professor Stephen Cooper explores the life of a man whose muse was
Los Angeles. If ever a writer presented an enigma to the literary
world, it was Fante who grappled at once with brilliance and
cruelty, yet presented a talent that has been equated with that of
America's finest writers. From his home near L.A.'s Bunker Hill and
his days filled with frustration, rage and love, Fante's life is at
one with his characters' lives, but Cooper pinpoints the parallels
and the divergences. Foreword by Carolyn See.
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