Insight into Shakespeare’s world A Shakespeare Motley: An Illustrated Compendium Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Thames & Hudson, Inc. Arranged in alphabetical order, A Shakespeare Motley: An Illustrated Compendium is an inherently fascinating and impressively informative collection and presentation of Shakespearean curiosities that will inform, enthuse, intrigue, and amuse anyone who wants to know more about the life and work of the world’s best-known author. Drawing unusual connections, this ingenious and beautifully illustrated guide will show you what Hamlet’s Ophelia has to do with The Tempest and Twelfth Night, and how a stage direction speaks to Elizabethan treatment of bears. With entries ranging from “apothecary” to “zephyr,” this succinct compendium is full of captivating details illuminating all corners of Shakespeare’s world. The volume is illustrated throughout with images taken exclusively from the archives of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Readers will quickly gain a vivid, authentic sense of Shakespearean times, from the fascination of falconry to the elegance of eglantine and the resonances of ring-giving. Accessible yet also full of expert insight and knowledge, A Shakespeare Motley: An Illustrated Compendium presents a wonderful window on the
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ideas and influences that may have informed Shakespeare’s work. Enhanced with 225 illustrations (185 of which are in color), “A Shakespeare Motley is a fascinating and entertaining volume to simply page through from beginning to end. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is the independent charity that cares for the world’s greatest Shakespeare heritage in his hometown of Stratfordupon-Avon. It is the global center for learning about and experiencing the works, life, and times of the world’s best-known writer. Through the historic Shakespeare family homes, internationally designated museum
The Memorandum: A True Story of Justice Forged from Fire Robert W. Kelley Sutton Hart Press In The Memorandum: A True Story of Justice Forged from Fire, Florida attorney Robert W. Kelley offers the reader a truly gripping and detailed account of his years-long epic battle against one of the world’s most powerful companies and his efforts to seek justice for a family forever devastated by its misconduct. Part legal thriller, part personal memoir, part trial strategy, attorney Kelley’s narrative brings to life one of the most important legal cases of the decade, in which a giant corporation, a secret memo exposing its reprehensible conduct, legions of lawyers blocking the truth, are all ultimately brought to justice by Kelley and his relentless band of warriors. A kind of David vs. Golith story of a major care company’s deadly coverup of their flawed automobile and a grieving family’s struggle for justice against huge odds, The Memorandum is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended read. Kelley is an award-winning American trial lawyer, author, and one of the nation’s premier catastrophic injury and wrongful death law firms. His professional life is focused on complex, high-profile trials where he battles for justice on behalf of people seriously injured by the negligence or misconduct of an individual or corporation. My Generation: A Memoir of the Baby Boom Nowick Gray Independently published Fresh out of college, with $30 to his name, Nowick Gray survives his 3 a.m. catnap crossing the Mississippi, in a VW Beetle bound for the golden vision of California. An education in antiwar politics, the poetry of nature, and the required courses of the era (sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll) has spurred his ambition to follow his bliss. But by then the mantra of the boomers has already changed from “Turn on, tune in, drop out,” to “Get a job.” My Generation: A Memoir of the Baby
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Boom is inspiring, often humorous account, marked by handshakes with fame and brushes with death, as Nowick Gray charts his unique yet representative journey through the tumultuous ‘60s and ‘70s that included a quest for alternatives to corporate conformity and the looming threat of apocalypse. My Generation also reveals his selfexile from East Coast suburbia spirals through a campus rebellion, California dreaming, a testy Canadian romance, and an Inuit village preparing for its own revolution – bound for a back-tothe-land utopia in the mountains of British Columbia. While it proves to be an informative, entertaining and nostalgic read by author Nowick Gray’s fellow baby boomers, it is highly recommended for younger folk who would be interested to know what life was like during the ‘60s & 70’s for their parents’ (and even grandparents’!) generation.
Stealing First and Other Old-Time Baseball Stories Chris Williams Sunbury Press Baseball fans who enjoy memoirs, history and sports reflections are in for a treat with Stealing First and Other Old-Time Baseball Stories. It captures the ironies, adventures and oftenzany stories of players and baseball moments that may not have achieved
