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Nine artists were asked to keep diaries over several months in order to discover how new art is made. These accounts reveal personalities that are simultaneously vulnerable and tough, and show how art develops from a synthesis of ideas from many sources, shaped by personal decisions and choices.

Alan Ayckbourn is Britain's most popular playwright and its most private. He has won numerous awards for his plays - including Absurd Person Singular, The Norman Conquests, Just Between Ourselves, A Chorus of Disapproval and Communicating Doors - and has worked with some of theatre's most celebrated names - Jane Asher, Richard Briers, Michael Gambon, Julia McKenzie, Penelope Keith, and Peter Hall. Feted from London to New York to Tokyo, he was knighted in 1997 for his services to the theatre. Yet he spends most of his time away from the limelight in a Yorkshire seaside town not writing at all but running a small repertory theatre.In this biography Paul Allen explores Ayckbourn's family background, looking at his unsettled and sometimes solitary childhood. There follows a hasty first marriage, the often farcical life of a frustrated young actor, and the setbacks and false dawns endured by the novice writer before he became the great comic hitmaker of the 1970s. Audiences since have been literally falling into the aisles or overloading theatre PA systems with the volume of their laughter, even as they register the seriousness of his preoccupation with man's inhumanity to woman. With the first-hand testimony of scores of colleagues who have worked with Ayckbourn at length in Scarborough as well as the more celebrated London collaborators, Allen traces the development of his more savagely comic critique of public life in the 1980s and '90s.This is a portrait of a man who - from Relatively Speaking in 1965 to his double play House and Garden at the National Theatre in 2000 - has chronicled human behavior, our aspirations and insecurities, while shaping the theatrical experience of millions.

Product Description: This is a reprint edition of Paul Allens 1814 edition. This is volume 1 of a 2 volume set. Volume 2 ISBN is 1582187037. Introduction and Index by James Hosmer. Published in 1903 for the centenial celebration.

Product Description: A account of the government expedition in the early 19th century, taking in the source of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains and the Columbia river.

Product Description: Scientists, philosophers and theologians have wrestled repeatedly with the question of whether knowledge is similar or different in their various understandings of the world and God. Although agreement is still elusive, the epistemology of critical realism, associated with Ian Barbour, John Polkinghorne and Arthur Peacocke, remains widely credible...read more

Product Description: "For the ordinary person, having such a prestigious series as Morse filmed in their street, and meeting and talking to the actors, is very exciting, adding more than a little colour to everyday life". First aired on 6th January 1987, Inspector Morse became a television phenomenon that reshaped fictional history...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

From Casanova to Paris Hilton, sex is always present - and condoms have been around a long time too, in many different form and designs. The flaccid latex tube belies its importance, its high-tech, its responsibility for preventing HIV and role in porn, culture and design. This book covers the related everyday objects in a fresh light.

Product Description: Written in an accessible, no-nonsense style, together with clear illustrations, Off The Grid is a good starting point for anyone considering switching to self-generated, non-grid or grid-linked power. It is also a handy reference point for those who already have some knowledge of the field...read more

Product Description: The irresistible truthtelling at the heart of Paul Allen's work brings a joy of fellow feeling seldom available in contemporary poetry""-Michael Heffernan. Paul Allen teaches courses in poetry, form and meter, and writing song lyrics at The College of Charleston, in Charleston, SC, where he is Professor of English...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: In this book, Paul Allen and Douglas Naylor recount their years together in one of the most feared hooligan firms since the 1970s. This is an electrifying and intelligent account of the legendary decades when owls Crime Squad dominated casual violence...read more

Product Description: With the evolution of the music business and the shifting influence of large record labels, the artist manager is now – more than ever – at the center of an artist’s career. Artist managers are tasked with keeping abreast of the music industry and supporting the artists under their management while simultaneously managing their own careers...read more