Untold story of the World Cup career of Roberto Baggio one of the most famous names in football.The attacking maestro was a one-of-a-kind genius for the seven Italian clubs he played for across 20 remarkable years. But it was on the world stage, while playing for Italy, that the Baggio legend was born.The first English-language book to examine Baggio’s Italy career across his three World Cups, this riveting tome:? Covers each match in which Baggio p...

The earliest extant heroic epic in any European vernacular, Beowulf is considered the most important poem in Old English. The title character is a warrior of superhuman strength who accomplishes glorious deeds to honor his king. He also represents the ideal lord and vassal, generous to his own men while fulfilling all the forms of courtesy at court. The narrative itself falls into two parts: Beowulf first rescues the royal house of Denmark from two marauding monsters; then, after having ru...

The best Science Fiction stories to come from such authors as Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Poul Anderson. Originally a spinoff from the NBC radio show DIMENSION X, X MINUS ONE continued the tradition of outstanding writing, acting, and direction for three seasons from 1955 to 1958 on NBC radio. X MINUS ONE, VOLUME ONE contains all 42 half-hour episodes from the original radio broadcasts of the 1956 season, digitally remastered and commercial free.

How America's high standard of living came to be and why future growth is under threatIn the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television transformed households and workplaces. But has that era of unprecedented growth come to an end? Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic anal...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1800s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 29 hours of vintage science fiction. These science fiction short stories were written by some of the most acclaimed, successful and influential authors of the time including, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Silverberg, Harry Harrison, Clifford D. Simak, Murray Leinster, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Leigh Brackett, Margaret...

28 Science Fiction Short Stories From the 1950sStep into one of the most imaginative decades in science fiction history with 1950s Science Fiction 6, a collection of 28 classic stories from some of the greatest writers ever to explore the future.This remarkable anthology brings together legendary authors including Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, Fredric Brown, Ha...

Proper presentations have the power to persuade and transform people and organizations. This is a book about the art of presenting. Using current knowledge about learning, this book describes best practices for designing, delivering, debriefing, and growing from the presenting experience. Some highlights include how to give a two minute speech, getting comfortable in your own skin, overcoming resistance and audience fatigue, and how to de-demonize the personal digital devices in training r...

Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its way to a place notorious for its record of supernatural incidents. Lighting inside the carriages is poor and without warning, the lamp goes out in the last compartment of the second carriage, plunging it into darkness. When the special reaches the end of its journey, the passengers pour out on to the station platform. There are almost 60 of them in all, laughing and jostling. The prevailing e...

Vintage Sci-Fi - 21 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, H. B. Fyfe and many more!Madmen of Mars by Erik FennelSmall Town by Philip K. DickLazarus Come Forth by Ray BradburySpoken For by William MorrisonMonster by William MorrisonWreck Off Triton by Alfred CoppelStop, You're Killing Me by Darius John GrangerForsyte's Retreat by Winston MarksUntil Life Do Us Part by Winston Marks...

Following a string of successful performances along the west coast, the Moscardi Circus is travelling by train to Hexham on the Newcastle to Carlisle Railway for their next show. Yet a collision on the track causes pandemonium. When the headless body of a woman is discovered in nearby woodland, Inspector Colbeck is desperate to lend assistance, however a reluctant Superintendent Tallis forbids him from doing so. With the performers pointing fingers at both the competition and each other, t...

Discover John Kander and Fred Ebb, the most artistically and commercially successful musical theatre writing team since Rodgers and Hammerstein, in a brand new way.Identifying the theatrical approach that renders their musical dramaturgy unique, this book explores their importance within, and contribution to, musical theatre history. Through their biggest hits, Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1975), Kander and Ebb have been performed on the stage more...

Films as Rhetorical Texts: Cultivating Discussion about Race, Racism, and Race Relations presents critical essays focusing on select commercial films and what they can teach us about race, racism, and race relations in America. The films in this volume are critically assessed as rhetorical texts using various aspects and components of critical race theory, recognizing that race and racism are intricately ingrained in American society. Contributors argue that by viewing and evaluating cultu...