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Books narrated by Nicholas Wright

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  • Warhead

    How the Brain Shapes War and War Shapes the Brain

    From Dr Nicholas Wright, leading neuroscientist and adviser to the Pentagon, discover the new science behind warfare.Why did France lose to the Nazis, despite its defenders having more tanks, troops, and guns? How did we bring peace to Germany after World War Two? How do you know if you can trust an ally? How can we make clearer decisions under pressure?In Warhead, Nicholas Wright takes us on a ... Read more

    14,41 €

  • 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

    11,12 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    15,25 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    15,25 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    11,54 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    16,42 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    15,25 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

    12,71 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Oracle SOA Suite Performance Tuning Cookbook

    This is a Cookbook with interesting, hands-on recipes, giving detailed descriptions and lots of practical walkthroughs for boosting the performance of your Oracle SOA Suite.This book is for Oracle SOA Suite 11g administrators, developers, and architects who want to understand how they can maximise the performance of their SOA Suite infrastructure. The recipes contain easy to follow step-by-step ... Read more

    28,19 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Warhead

    How the Brain Shapes War and War Shaped Our Brains

    'Lively, ingenious and original' – Sir Lawrence Freedman'Eye-opening . . . a powerful argument' – Mail on SundayDiscover the new science behind warfare. From Dr Nicholas Wright, leading neuroscientist and adviser to the Pentagon.Why did France lose to the Nazis, despite its defenders having more tanks, troops, and guns? How did Ukraine repel Russia’s initial onslaught? How do you know if you can ... Read more

    20,02 €

  • Die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik der EU in Deutschland und dem Vereinigten Königreich

    Kooperation, Ko-Optation und Wettbewerb

    Series series Social Science and Law (German Language)
    Dieses Buch untersucht die Auswirkungen der langfristigen außenpolitischen Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen der Gemeinsamen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP) der EU auf die Mitgliedstaaten. Es konzentriert sich auf Deutschland und das Vereinigte Königreich und liefert einen aktuellen Bericht darüber, wie sie die Anforderungen, die die Zusammenarbeit an alle Mitgliedstaaten stellt, bewältigt haben und ... Read more

    44,62 €

  • Utility

    by Emily Schwend ...
    The tenth winner of the Yale Drama Series centers on a young mother dealing with life’s many trials Marking the tenth anniversary of the Yale Drama Series for emerging playwrights, Emily Schwend’s powerful work centers on Amber, a young woman struggling to raise a family in East Texas. Amber is juggling two nearly full-time jobs and three kids. Her on-again, off-again husband Chris is eternally ... Read more

    13,24 €