This is one of the great recordings of a great play. John Gielgud stars as Ernest and Edith Evans gives her indomitable performance as Lady Bracknell in this classic radio recording from 1951. Performance styles may have changed, but this is an unmatched production bearing all the hallmarks of outstanding audio drama featuring some of the finest actors of the twentieth century. Also included are two collections of poetry readings by John Gielgud and Edith Evans.

A trio of terrifying radio tales starring Roger Delgado, Vincent Price and Honor BlackmanAuthor, playwright and TV producer Victor Pemberton was probably best known as a script editor and writer for Doctor Who, and as the inventor of the Doctor's trademark sonic screwdriver. But he also created numerous dramas for radio, among them the three cult classics included here.The Slide - In the Kent new town of Redlow, the reside...

Selected Dramatisations and readings of the genre-spanning work of HE Bates'A great treasure trove to dive into' Entertainment FocusHE Bates is probably best known for his comic novel The Darling Buds of May, which introduced the lovable Larkins to the world and sparked three hugely popular TV adaptations. In his 68 years, Bates wrote over 20 further novels, more than 300 short stories, children’s books, poems, plays and n...

Exploratory, investigative, and energetically analytical, 1650–1850 covers the full expanse of long-eighteenth-century thought, writing, and art while delivering abundant revelatory detail. Essays on well-known cultural figures combine with studies of emerging topics to unveil a vivid rendering of a dynamic period, simultaneously committed to singular genius and universal improvement. Welcoming research on all nations and language traditions, 1650–1850 invites readers int...

Estudiar la sociedad es una tarea apasionante. La sociología es una de las ciencias que se encarga de este cometido. Existen otras ciencias que comparten el interés por la sociedad como la psicología social, la ciencia política o la antropología cultural, aunque "es seguramente la sociología la que mira a la sociedad desde un punto de vista más general". Cuando los sociólogos hablan de social o sociedad adoptan una perspectiva con dos dimensiones.

The second edition of Archaeological Ethics is an invitation to an ongoing and lively discussion on ethics. In addition to topics such as looting, reburial and repatriation, relations with native peoples, and professional conduct, Vitelli and Colwell-Chanthaphonh have responded to current events and news stories. Twenty-one new articles expand this ongoing discussion into the realm of intellectual property, public outreach, archaeotourism, academic freedom, archaeological concerns in times...

Six gripping dramatised documentaries detailing the history of the turbulent Tudor period.Passion, power, sex and suspicious deaths – the Tudor story is one of drama and dysfunction, and it has kept us enthralled for over 400 years. In these six dramatised documentaries, we take a behind-the-scenes look at Tudor England and get to know the key characters we have grown to love and hate, such as Mary Tudor, Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. Compiled from contempor...

Despite the significant presence of Cuban immigrants in the United States, current research on Cuban Spanish linguistics remains underexplored. This volume addresses this lacuna in Cuban Spanish research by providing a state-of-the-art collection of articles from a range of theoretical perspectives and linguistic areas, including phonological and phonetic variation, morphosyntactic approaches, sociolinguistic perspectives, and heritage language acquisition. Given increasing interest in Cub...

O Brasil perdeu um dos maiores expoentes e oradores do Direito Privado nos últimos cinquenta anos: Sylvio Capanema de Souza. Desembargador do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Rio de Janeiro no período 1994-2008, advogado e Professor de algumas instituições acadêmicas no Rio de Janeiro e em outros estados da Federação, Sylvio Capanema transmitiu e continuará transmitindo vários ensinamentos à comunidade jurídica nacional (e internacional). Ele lecionou na Universidade Cândido Mendes, na Uni...

La obra que revolucionó nuestra visión de la evolución.Charles Darwin invirtió más de dos décadas en escribir El origen de las especies, la obra que marcó uno de los puntos de inflexión más importantes del pensamiento científico. A lo largo de este libro, Darwin expone su teoría de la selección natural y defiende que las especies no fueron creadas por una mano divina, sino que primero existieron unas formas más simples que a lo largo del t...

¿Olvidaría su miedo al compromiso cuando se enterara de su pequeño secreto? Un acto impulsivo en una subasta de solteros le había proporcionado a Jennifer Cardon un romántico viaje con su atractivo jefe, Alex Dunnigan. Jennifer siempre se había sentido atraída por él, pero una cosa eran las fantasías y otra muy diferente encontrarse con que sus sueños se habían hecho realidad de repente. Sobre todo cuando descubrió que se había quedado embarazada... Alex no sospechaba que tras el recatado ...