
Harold Pinter: The Theatre of Power
Book
The latest volume in the Michigan Modern Dramatists series offers an authoritative but accessible...

LIFE: 50 Years of James Bond: On the Run with 007, from Dr No to Skyfall
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The world will once more stream to the theatres for another dose of Bond. "LIFE" was on the scene in...

Macbeth
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Why write about Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) as part of a series of books dedicated to the...

Pack Up Your Troubles: How Humorous Postcards Helped to Win World War I
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Artist-drawn humorous postcards were growing considerably in popularity at the start of the 20th...
Russia at War, 1941-1945: A History
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In 1941, Russian-born British journalist Alexander Werth observed the unfolding of the Soviet-German...

The Malay Archipelago
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Alfred Russel Wallace's The Malay Archipelago is a work of astounding breadth and originality that...

The Social Life of Water
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Everywhere in the world communities and nations organize themselves in relation to water. We divert...

Stafford in the Great War
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Stafford in the Great War tells the fascinating story of a county town and its people between the...

The John Tradescants: Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen
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There are few more important figures in the early history of modern gardening than John Tradescant...

The Puritans on Independence: The First Examination, Defence, and Second Examination
Polly Ha, Jonathan D. Moore and Edda Frankot
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The Puritans on Independence sheds light on the rise of new claims by puritans to freedom as...