Kent v Lancashire 1906 is the story of a remarkable painting, commissioned at the height of cricket's golden age. Jonathan Rice tells the story of the match depicted, of the painting's creation and influence on sporting art. He traces the careers of the players portrayed, and contrasts the game in 1906 with cricket in Britain today.

Following on from the hugely successful Best After-Dinner Sports Tales, yet more rousing stories from the after-dinner speaking circuit, from some of the biggest names in sport as well as celebrities from the world of entertainment.The book will take a look at the cricket world, with stories from Australia, West Indies, South Africa, New Zealand and the sub-continent, and go on to cover many other sports, with contributions from the world of rugby, football, golf, racing and athlet...

***"***In a world where rarely anything is original anymore, strive to stand for your true self, seek change and peace. Let's love one another, learn from one another, but let go of others bringing us down. I never said be like me, so be you, be different, and make a difference. Forgive yourself and others, face your fears with a middle finger, and live not by hate, for only love must guide your life."Excerpt from "No Pasa Nada Lesson #40"I WA...

Jonah Tarver, a troubled Oakland teenager grappling with his parents' troubled marriage, his own mental disorder, and the weight of his best friend's death, embarks on a desperate quest to find meaning in life. On his eighteenth birthday, coinciding with his Senior prom, Jonah, along with his girlfriend Taniesha, his best friend Trevon, and a group of peers, spirals into a night of reckless indulgence in drugs and alcohol in the vibrant city of San Francisco. As tensions escalate and emoti...

Africa and the Bible is a collection of essays about the African influence on and presence in the Old Testament, written over Gene Rice's more than fifty years of scholarly service at Howard University School of Divinity. They focus on characters with African heritage such as Ebed-melech and Jehudi in Jeremiah, and the prophet Zephaniah himself, as well as dealing with texts that have been misinterpreted to the detriment of African-Americans such as the story of the curse of Canaan, in whi...

CONTENIDO:El Arte de la Guerra - Sun TzuMetafísica - AristótelesPopol Vuh - AnonimoEl Príncipe - Niccolò MachiavelliEl libro de la vida - Santa Teresa de JesúsEl ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha - Miguel CervantesDiscurso del método - René DescartesRobinson Crusoe - Daniel DefoeLos viajes de Gulliver - Jonathan SwiftCódigo de Hammurabi - Rey de Babilonia HammurabiCandido - VoltaireEugenia Gradet ...

Embark on a thrilling journey through realms undiscovered with *THE LOST WORLD - 40 Books Collection*. This anthology traverses an extraordinary spectrum of genres, from the speculative musings of philosophical explorations to the pulse-pounding adventures of classic science fiction. The collection assembles a remarkable assortment of legendary works, combining the romantic allure of the unknown with profound ruminations on human curiosity and the limits of knowledge. The stories range fro...

CONTENIDO:El Principito (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)Las Memorias de Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)Ben-Hur (Lewis Wallace)Amok (Stefan Zweig)Los Buscadores de Tesoros (Washington Irving)Las Razones de Georgina (Henry James)Más Allá del Bien y del Mal (Friedrich Nietzsche)Terror en Fontenay (Alexandre Dumas)Piratas y Mar Azul (Arthur Conan Doyle)¿Pueden Suceder Tales Cosas? (Ambrose Bi...

Esta colección presenta las obras más influyentes de la literatura mundial. Contenido: La Ilíada y La Odisea Edipo Rey El Banquete Metafísica La metamorfosis De la Brevedad de la Vida Las Confesiones de San Agustín El Arte de la Guerra Cantar de Mío Cid Popol Vuh El castillo interior Ejercicios Espirituales El Príncipe La divina Comedia El Decamerón Lazarillo de Tormes Don Quijote de la Mancha Los mejores cuentos de Andersen Cuentos escogidos de Hermanos Grimm Romeo y Julieta El Paraíso Pe...

Northern Ireland's political system is dominated by an Irish Catholic nationalist versus British Protestant unionist faultline, based upon the long-running argument over whether the region should remain part of the United Kingdom or form part of a United Ireland. Yet the largest category of elector in Northern Ireland says they are neither a unionist nor a nationalist and the third most popular political party is now Alliance, which is not aligned to either of the two traditional constitut...

Bloomsbury presents Notes By The Editors, edited by Jonathan Rice, read by David Thorpe.When Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack was first published in 1864, it included no comments or opinions at all. As the editors explained, they “carefully avoided making any remarks upon the play or players, as the purport of this little work is to record the scores of the matches”.But by the turn of the century, things had changed, and since the first set of “Notes By The Editor” appeared in W...

This volume on penitentiary systems in the Americas offers a long-overdue look at the prisons that exist at the forefront of the ongoing struggle against drugs and violence throughout North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. From Haiti to Bolivia, the authors examine the conditions in these systems, and allow several common themes to emerge, including the alarming prevalence of lengthy pre-trial detention and the often abysmal living conditions in these institutions. Taken toge...