Two vintage thrillers, written by award-winning writer Roy Clarke and directed by Alan AyckbournAcclaimed radio and TV dramatist Roy Clarke is well known for his hit sitcoms Last of the Summer Wine, Open All Hours and Keeping Up Appearances. But before he came to fame, he penned two hugely entertaining six-part thriller serials - both directed by a struggling radio producer who would become one of the most renowned playwrights in the world: Alan A...

I tried dying and it didn't work … I might as well try living.Struggling actor David can't get enough—of anything. Alcohol, drugs, women, gambling—whatever it takes to escape the bark of the black dog. Bouncing from audition to audition as he battles his debilitating mental health issues and descends into a world of addiction, David is consumed by an overwhelming feeling of never belonging anywhere. Days and nights are lived through a thick haze of drugs and alcohol. This ...

Drawing upon cutting edge research from academia but expressed clearly and concisely for the busy person seeking practical inspiration, Leading Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise will feature numerous case examples from companies such as Virgin, Pfizer, Roche and Fuji Film.The book deals with questions such as:What are the roots of creativity and imagination? · How can we create the physiological and mental states under which creativity happens naturally rather th...

Peter Cook has been a pivotal figure within the architecture world for over half a century. He first came to international renown in the 1960s as a founder of the radical, experimental group Archigram, winners of the 2002 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. He is also former Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, and Emeritus Professor and former Chair of the Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London). Suffused with Peter’s infectious energy, enthusiasm and charm...

Tell me:Do you worry a lot?Are you having trouble falling asleep?Have you recently snapped at someone over something small, like not doing the dishes?Did you answer one or more of these questions with yes?Then it is likely that you have been under too much stress for too long.I have good news for you though: You can take back control of your life!I should know.I have ...

Brain Based Enterprises offers a unique synthesis of intelligent thought fused with pragmatic and pithy insights on the art and discipline of leading enterprises, where intelligence, ideas and innovation are the currencies of Sustainable Coopetive Advantage (SCA).From the first signs of intelligence through making axes and fire, we now have access to unprecedented powers of creation through the convergence of humanity and technology. Rapid and dramatic advances in our unde...

Sleep is weird, don't you think?For about one-third of every day, you just lie there. Yet, without sufficient sleep, we wouldn't be able to perform, remember anything or even feel healthy.Sleep really is the cornerstone of life.BUY: 'Insomnia'Unfortunately, many people are sleep deprived. Sleep disorders like insomnia and sleep apnea can have a detrimental impact on the quality of your life....

This book explores the relationship between Dickens and canonical Romantic authors: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley, and Keats. Addressing a significant gap in Dickens studies, four topics are identified: Childhood, Time, Progress, and Outsiders, which together constitute the main aspects of Dickens’s debt to the Romantics. Through close readings of key Romantic texts, and eight of Dickens’s novels, Peter Cook investigates how Dickens utilizes Romantic tropes to...

A collection of the most famous comedy sketches of all time from actors and comedians, such as Peter Cook, Groucho Marx and Bob Hope.Chapters1. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore - One Leg Too Few2. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis - Marriage and Girlfriends3. Marx Brothers - Ravelli in Court4. Jack Benny - Competition5. Lenny Bruce - Ku Klux Klan6. Charlie McCarthy and Humphrey Bogart - Opening a Jail7. Groucho Marx and Bob Hop - A Date After the Show8. Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis - Going to the Broa...

This book examines a creative approach to exploring choreographic practice artistically, theoretically, and pedagogically. It explores the interweaving of dance, dance teaching, dance onto-epistemologies, and choreography with a particular focus on creating dance with digital technologies. The idea of centring choreography in dance education fundamentally challenges typical conceptions of best practice in the preparation and delivery, appropriateness, and effectiveness of dance performance...

With the general reader in mind, Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon outlines the global challenge of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. It covers the changing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide through time and its causes, before considering the promise and the limitations of a wide range of energy technologies for decreasing carbon dioxide emissions. Despite the need to decrease carbon dioxide, the fact is that the global use of fossil fuels is increasing and is likely to continu...

About the book.Fate brings about a huge change in the life of Obadiah Shaw when the sturdy fourteen-year old son of a struggling smallholder, saves the life of Mary Ellison, the niece of a small industrialist. Refusing the offer of a reward, he accepts a job at Ellison's Hosiery workshop.As his love for Mary grows, so does his career. He dares to dream about an entirely new sort of mill community providing much needed housing, employment for all the family ...