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Books narrated by Nicholas Wright

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  • The Slaves of Solitude

    Series series NHB Modern Plays
    'I don't know how I became so filled with hate. I find it shocking that I did. Somebody said to me that war affects us in all kinds of ways, and that drinking is only one of them. Perhaps hating people is another. Perhaps sex is too.'1943, Henley-on-Thames. Miss Roach is forced by the war to flee London for the Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, a place as grey and lonely as its residents. From ... Read more

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  • Warhead

    How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain

    **'Lively, ingenious and original' Sir Lawrence FreedmanFrom Dr Nicholas Wright, leading neuroscientist and adviser to the Pentagon, discover the new science behind warfare.**Why did France lose to the Nazis, despite having more tanks, troops, and guns? How did Ukraine stand firm against Russia? How do you know if you can trust an ally? How can we make clearer decisions under pressure?In Warhead, ... Read more

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  • Mrs Klein

    Series series NHB Modern Plays
    Nicholas Wright's play about the controversial psychoanalyst Melanie Klein is a haunting and poignant study of mother-daughter relationships.In 1934 the son of Melanie Klein, Britain's most admired psychoanalyst, was reported killed in a climbing accident. There were no witnesses. Nicholas Wright's play shows the effect of this shattering and unexpected death on Mrs Klein, on her daughter and on ... Read more

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  • Behavioral Economics and Nuclear Weapons

    Series series
    Recent discoveries in psychology and neuroscience have improved our understanding of why our decision making processes fail to match standard social science assumptions about rationality. As researchers such as Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, and Richard Thaler have shown, people often depart in systematic ways from the predictions of the rational actor model of classic economic thought because of ... Read more

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  • His Dark Materials

    Series series NHB Modern Plays
    A two-play dramatisation of Philip Pullman's extraordinary award-winning fantasy trilogy, first seen at the National Theatre.His Dark Materials takes us on a thrilling journey through worlds familiar and unknown. For Lyra and Will, its two central characters, it's a coming of age and a transforming spiritual experience. Their great quest demands a savage struggle against the most dangerous of ... Read more

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  • Nicholas Wright: Five Plays

    Series series NHB Collected Works
    A rich selection of work by leading playwright Nicholas Wright, introduced by the playwright.The plays contained in this volume are:The Custom of the CountryAn early play , premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1983, transposing John Fletcher and Philip Massinger's bawdy Jacobean drama to 1890s Johannesburg.The Desert AirA wartime comedy set in Cairo in the 1940s, first staged by the ... ... Read more

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  • Cressida

    Series series NHB Modern Plays
    A comedy drama set in the seedily glamorous world of 17th-century London theatre.John Shank is an actor, talent-scout and trainer of boy players in the 1630s, when women's roles are still played by precocious boys. Up to his eyes in debt, Shank's only hope of escaping destitution is an unpromising 14-year-old would-be, Stephen Hammerton. Can he train up Stephen to be the new star of the London ... Read more

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  • 8 Hotels

    Series series NHB Modern Plays
    'Iago only suspected it. I know.'Celebrated actor, singer and political campaigner Paul Robeson is touring the United States of America as Othello. His Desdemona is the brilliant young actress Uta Hagen. Her husband, the Broadway star José Ferrer, plays Iago.The actors are all friends, but they are not all equals. As the tour progresses, onstage passions and offstage lives begin to blur. Revenge ... Read more

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  • Vincent in Brixton

    Series series NHB Modern Plays
    A moving portrait of the young Vincent van Gogh - a hit in the West End and on Broadway. Winner of the 2003 Olivier Award for Best New Play.Brixton, 1873. A brash young Dutchman rents a room in the house of an English widow. Three years later he returns to Europe on the first step of a journey which will end in breakdown, death and immortality.Nicholas Wright's play Vincent in Brixton was first ... Read more

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  • The EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy in Germany and the UK

    Co-Operation, Co-Optation and Competition

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the impact on member states of long-term foreign policy co-operation through the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Focusing on Germany and the UK, it provides an up-to-date account of how they have navigated and responded to the demands co-operation places on all member states and how their national foreign policies and policy-making processes have changed and ... Read more

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  • LLP Conversion for Law Firms

    With the introduction of Alternative Business Structures fast approaching and more and more partnerships converting to LLP status to meet the new requirements and remain competitive - now may be the time to start considering the benefits of conversion for your own firm. The conversion process can be a challenging one with wide-reaching implications. But a successful LLP conversion can provide the ... Read more

    $444.50 AUD

  • Partnership Agreements for Law Firms

    2nd Edition

    This critical report provides the most up-to-date and detailed guide to the practical, regulatory and ethical considerations that must be reflected in your partnership agreement. Extensively revised, the second edition features new case studies and real-life examples, including a sample agreement precedent and comprehensive updates to reflect how new legal and regulatory developments will affect ... Read more

    $444.50 AUD