Product Description: The Oxford Murder that gripped the country in 1931 would grace any episode of Inspector Morse. Yet it was horrifically real. Annie Kempson was a defenceless widow bludgeoned and stabbed to death in her own home for the sake of a few pounds-a despicable crime for which the killer could expect no mercy...read more

Product Description: “This series opener is a solid alternative for young readers who may be intrigued by popular zombie comics written for adults and might not be ready for Walking Dead or Jonathan Maberry's "Rot & Ruin" books.” - School Library Journal“For teens who like to watch zombie movies and The Walking Dead...read more

Product Description: What does it take to kill your fellow man? The horrors of World War One yield the answer for one troubled young man from Littlemore who finds himself at war on two fronts: at home and in the trenches - where his enemies number comrades as well as Germans...read more

Product Description: An unvarnished account of the troubled shooting of Ryan's Daughter, both on and off camera, and how its stars - Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Trevor Howard, Christopher Jones, and John Mills - coped with a year on Ireland's west coast in 1969.

Product Description: Family geneaology of the author, tracing both the maternal and paternal lines. Included in the group is the family of President William Henry Harrison and a king of England.

Product Description: Over the years, many of National Hunt racing's most renowned equine and human celebrities have been associated with hurdling's Blue Riband event. From Blaris to Istabraq, all the great horses are here, notably the elite quintet of triple champions: Hatton's Grace, Persian War, the irascible pair Sir Ken and See You Then, and Istabraq himself...read more

While no one would dispute Wagner's ranking among the most significant composers in the history of Western music, his works have been more fiercely attacked than those of any other composer. Alleged to be an unscrupulous womanizer and megalomaniac, undeniably a racist, Wagner's personal qualities and attitudes have often provoked, and continue to provoke, intense hostility that has translated into a mistrust and abhorrence of his music. In this emphatic, lucid book, Michael Tanner discusses why people feel so passionately about Wagner, for or against, in a way that they do not about other artists who had personal traits no less lamentable than those he is thought to have possessed. Tanner lays out the various arguments made by Wagner's detractors and admirers, and challenges most of them. The author's fascination for the relationships among music, text, and plot generates an illuminating discussion of the operas, in which he persuades us to see many of Wagner's best-known works anew--The Ring Cycle, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal. He refrains from lengthy and detailed musical examination, giving instead passionate and unconventional analyses that are accessible to all lovers of music, be they listeners or performers. In this fiery reassessment of one of the greatest composers in the history of opera, Tanner presents one of the most intelligent and controversial portraits of Wagner to emerge for many years.

Product Description: An epic tale of love, intrigue, and magic set against a backdrop of religious strife and civil war in thirteenth century Europe...Days Dark as Night is the story of Joet, a young peasant girl with magical abilities, who survives the massacre of her village to become the leader of her people...read more

Product Description: Over the years, many of National Hunt racing's most renowned equine and human celebrities have been associated with hurdling's Blue Riband event. From Blaris to Istabraq, all the great horses are here, notably the elite quintet of triple champions: Hatton's Grace, Persian War, the irascible pair Sir Ken and See You Then, and Istabraq himself...read more

Product Description: Bellevue Guide to Outpatient Medicine: An Evidence-based Guide to Primary Care

Product Description: German Philosophers contains studies of four of the most important German theorists: Kant, arguably the most influential modern philosopher; Hegel, whose philosophy inspired a vision of a communist society that for more than one hundred years enlivened revolutionary movements around the world; Schopenhauer, renowned for his pessimistic view that for human individual non-existence would be preferable; and Nietzsche, who has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum of people...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Leicester hooker Richard Cockerill has earned himself a certain notoriety in the world of rugby as a forthright character more than capable of ruffling a few feathers. The latest in a line of abrasive individuals, some people have accused Cockerill of talking too much...read more

Product Description: First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Description: Rugby clubs do not come any bigger than Leicester Tigers—118 years of rich history studded with famous names and memorable triumphs; possessor of the finest club stadium in the land; and the solitary English club granted an annual fixture with the Barbarians...read more

Looks at the history of social security, describes its current problems, and argues that the system should be privatized (view table of contents)

Product Description: Argues for the abolishment of the current system.

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