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  • The Group Theatre
    Mark Connelly
    This book examines the history and influence of the Group Theatre, the most significant acting company in America. Founded during the Great Depression, the Group presented the first plays of Clifford Odets, Sidney Kingsley, and William Saroyan, and launched the careers of Franchot Tone, John Garfield, Elia Kazan, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Martin Ritt, and Luther Adler. The i...
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    110,12 €

  • George Orwell
    Mark Connelly
    George Orwell (1903-1950) is one of the most influential authors in the English language. His landmark novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) have been translated into many foreign languages and inspired numerous stage and film adaptations. His well-known essays 'A Hanging' and 'Shooting an Elephant' are widely anthologized and often taught in college comp...
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    73,10 €

  • The British Army and the First World War
    Ian Beckett / Mark Connelly / Timothy Bowman
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    40,79 €

  • Saul Bellow
    Mark Connelly
    A three-time National Book Award for Fiction winner, Saul Bellow (1915-2005) is one of the most highly regarded American authors to emerge since World War II. His 60-year career produced 14 novels and novellas, two volumes of nonfiction, short story collections, plays and a book of collected letters. His 1953 breakthrough novel The Adventures of Augie March was followed by...
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    73,16 €

  • The Great War, Memory and Ritual
    Mark Connelly
    This book seeks to question the modern idea that the Great War was regarded as a futile waste of life by British society in the disillusioned twenties and thirties. Through a detailed study of the City and East London localities of widely varying religious, economic and social complexion, it shows how both the survivors and the bereaved came to terms with the losses and implica...
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    32,84 €

  • ChristmasA History
    Mark Connelly
    This book provides an original perspective on the West’s most enduring social and cultural institution. The author covers all the vital themes contributing to the modern Christmas: its Anglo-German origins and the idea of the bourgeois Christmas expressing family virtues; the need for a touchstone with the past in an age of rapid expansion and thus the myth of Merrie England; a...
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    45,65 €

  • The Hardy Boys Mysteries, 1927-1979
    Mark Connelly
    In its 80+ years, the Hardy Boys series has sold more than 50 million books in 25 or more languages, and has inspired five television series and many stage plays, websites, comic books, graphic novels and computer games. The series has shaped the way millions of American children see themselves and society, and has shaped the perceptions of America held by young people aroun...
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    42,71 €

  • The IRA on Film and Television
    Mark Connelly
    The Irish Republican Army (IRA) has for decades pursued the goal of unifying its homeland into a single sovereign nation, ending British rule in Northern Ireland. Over the years, the IRA has been dramatized in motion pictures directed by John Ford (The Informer), Carol Reed (Odd Man Out), David Lean (Ryan’s Daughter), Neil Jordan (Michael Collins), and many others. Such inte...
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    80,69 €

  • The Response to Prostitution in the Progressive Era
    Mark Thomas Connelly
    During the opening decades of the twentieth century, highly visible red-light districts occupied entire sections of many American cities. Prostitution, still euphemistically referred to as the 'social evil,' became one of the dominant social issues of the progressive era.Mark Thomas Connelly places the response to prostitution during those years within its complete social and ...
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    64,26 €

  • We Can Take It!
    Mark Connelly
    `We Can Take It!’ shows that the British remember the war in a peculiar way, thanks to a mix of particular images and evidence. Our memory has been shaped by material which is completely removed from historical reality. These images (including complete inventions) have combined to make a new history. The vision is mostly cosy and suits the way in which the Britons conceive of t...
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    76,89 €

  • Quality ESL Programs
    Judith Simons / Mark Connelly
    This book is the first and only comprehensive guide for administrators building ESL programs. The guide provides insight into the development, administration, and evaluation of programs for ESOL students. It stresses the importance of facilitating policy decisions and creating a solid infrastructure for quality programming. The variety of integrated perspectives presented enabl...
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    80,62 €