A Modest Little Man
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A Modest Little Man
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Author : Francis Beckett
language : en
Publisher: Tsl Drama
Release Date : 2021-07-12
A Modest Little Man written by Francis Beckett and has been published by Tsl Drama this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-12 with categories.
May 1945. Britain celebrates victory and cheers Winston Churchill. The people who fought the war want a better, fairer world, and only Labour is offering it. But the Labour Party is led by a nonentity - "a modest little man with plenty to be modest about." He says almost nothing. He sits in his grey suit and puffs his pipe. One wit remarked: "An empty taxi drew up and Clement Attlee got out." How can the insignificant, passionless little Labour leader Clem Attlee possibly compete with Churchill, and bring in a social revolution?
Clement Attlee
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Author : Francis Beckett
language : en
Publisher: Tsl Drama
Release Date : 2022-07-14
Clement Attlee written by Francis Beckett and has been published by Tsl Drama this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-14 with Performing Arts categories.
May 1945. Britain celebrates victory and cheers Winston Churchill. The people who fought the war want a better, fairer world, and only Labour is offering it. But the Labour Party is led by a nonentity --"a modest little man with plenty to be modest about." He says almost nothing. He sits in his grey suit and puffs his pipe. One wit remarked: "An empty taxi drew up and Clement Attlee got out." How can the insignificant, passionless little Labour leader Clem Attlee possibly compete with Churchill, and bring in a social revolution?
Citizen Clem
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Author : John Bew
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-09-01
Citizen Clem written by John Bew and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
**WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING** **WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY** *Book of the year: The Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, Spectator, Evening Standard* 'Outstanding . . . We still live in the society that was shaped by Clement Attlee' Robert Harris, Sunday Times 'The best book in the field of British politics' Philip Collins, The Times 'Easily the best single-volume, cradle-to-grave life of Clement Attlee yet written' Andrew Roberts Clement Attlee was the Labour prime minister who presided over Britain's radical postwar government, delivering the end of the Empire in India, the foundation of the NHS and Britain's place in NATO. Called 'a sheep in sheep's clothing', his reputation has long been that of an unassuming character in the shadow of Churchill. But as John Bew's revelatory biography shows, Attlee was not only a hero of his age, but an emblem of it; and his life tells the story of how Britain changed over the twentieth century. Here, Bew pierces Attlee's reticence to examine the intellect and beliefs of Britain's greatest - and least appreciated - peacetime prime minister. This edition includes a new preface by the author in response to the 2017 general election.
Clem Attlee
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Author : Francis Beckett
language : en
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Release Date : 2015-08-15
Clem Attlee written by Francis Beckett and has been published by Haus Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As British prime minister from 1945 to 1951, Clement Attlee built a legacy that includes today’s famous—and controversial—National Health Service, yet he is often remembered as a rather dull political figure. Rejecting Winston Churchill’s jibe that Attlee was a “modest little man with plenty to be modest about,” this biography makes the case that his reputation as Britain’s greatest reforming prime minister is fully deserved. Building on his earlier work on Attlee and including new research and stories, many of which are published here for the first time, Francis Beckett highlights Attlee’s relevance for a new generation. A poet and dreamer, Attlee led a remarkable political life that saw, among other challenges, the beginning of the Cold War. Ultimately, this perceptive biography demonstrates that Attlee’s ideas have never been more relevant.
Little Men Jo S Boys A Sequel With Original Illustrations
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Author : Louisa May Alcott
language : en
Publisher: e-artnow
Release Date : 2017-08-07
Little Men Jo S Boys A Sequel With Original Illustrations written by Louisa May Alcott and has been published by e-artnow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-07 with Fiction categories.
This eBook edition of "Little Men & Jo's Boys: A Sequel (With Original Illustrations)" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Little Men recounts six months in the life of the students at Plumfield, a school run by Professor Friedrich and Mrs. Josephine Bhaer. The story begins with the arrival of Nat Blake, a shy young orphan who used to earn a living playing the violin. We are introduced to the majority of the characters through his eyes. Personal relationships are central to the school, and diversity is celebrated. Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out is a sequel to "Little Men". In it, Jo's "children," now grown, are caught up in real world troubles. The book mostly follows the lives of Plumfield boys who were introduced in Little Men, particularly Tommy, Emil, Demi, Nat, Dan, and Professor Bhaer and Jo's sons Rob and Teddy, although the others make frequent appearances as well. The book takes place ten years after Little Men. Dolly and George are college students dealing with the temptations of snobbery, arrogance, self-indulgence and vanity. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo's Boys (1886). Henry James called her "The novelist of children... the Thackeray, the Trollope, of the nursery and the schoolroom."
The Adventures Of A Modest Man
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Author : Robert W Chambers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-03-07
The Adventures Of A Modest Man written by Robert W Chambers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-07 with categories.
The Adventures of a Modest Man by Robert W. Chambers A collection of short stories in a frame. The narrator is a widower with two daughters, who happily settles down at a rather heavy middle age and rejects his daughter's suitors so that his daughters live with him a little longer. A younger neighbor convinces him to buy a pig, then bets him that the boredom of life has so "petrified" his intellect that he won't be smart enough to stop someone from stealing it. If the narrator loses the bet, he will jump out of his routine by going to Paris. The inevitable, of course, happens. And, via the narrator goes to Paris, taking his daughters with him. Most of the stories are told by Williams, a man the narrator knew as a young man and meets again on the boat to France. They are love stories, with the usual subtle courtship dance of the early 20th century. A touch of the hands, a look, a reddening of the skin, a whispered conversation: these are the nuances that Chambers explores in the stories. There is a certain amount of "cute meet" here: a young man sitting next to a lovely young woman on a train bends over to re-tie his shoelaces and accidentally ties his laces to his; two young men save two young women (and their teacher), who are dressed as a knight and a water nymph for a performance; a young man trying to get off a train at "Beverly" misunderstands the conductor's accent and instead gets off at "Peverly" and ends up at a house party he wasn't invited to. There is the moth captured by the graceful golfer; there is the fisherman who climbs a wall on a moonlit night and impulsively kisses the mysterious woman on the other side.
Big Little Man
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Author : Alex Tizon
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2014
Big Little Man written by Alex Tizon and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A journalist presents an intimate assessment of the mythology, experience, and psyche of the Asian-American male that traces his own experiences as an immigrant under the constraints of American cultural stereotypes.
The Improbable Wonders Of Moojie Littleman
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Author : Robin Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Release Date : 2017-04-04
The Improbable Wonders Of Moojie Littleman written by Robin Gregory and has been published by Gatekeeper Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-04 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Having won 21 awards, The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman is being lauded as a classic. A haunting, visionary tale spun in the magical realist tradition of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time and Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane, the profoundly unique voice and heart-stirring narrative recall great works of fiction that explore the universal desire to belong. Early 1900s, Western America. A lonely, disabled boy with a nasty temper and miraculous healing powers, Moojie is taken by his father to live at his grandfather's wilderness farm. There, Moojie meets otherworldly outcasts and wants to join them. Following a series of trials—magical and mystical—he is summoned by the call to a great destiny ... if only he can survive one last terrifying trial.
To Be A Phoney
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Author : Don Hatwell
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2014-02-28
To Be A Phoney written by Don Hatwell and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Here is a skimming, not chronological, of 50 years’ wordwork.” Following the publication in 2012 of his autobiography, Reporting a Life, Don Hatwell, now 87, has chosen for this miscellany pieces from his letters, diaries and newspaper articles. They range between music, money, theatre, Paul Cézanne, Francis Bacon, a visit to Prague, cigarettes, Sir Thomas Beecham, gout, and the death of his wife Joyce. “As the London editor of a big provincial I had a gorgeously wide remit, from high politics to low comedy, from thoughtful leaders to quick news stories, theatres, music, art, travel. I have never consciously aimed at achieving a ‘style’. Samuel Butler said he never knew a writer who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. My material has taken different shapes. The newspaper stuff was usually written fast for an evening paper with narrow columns and, usually, short sentences. For bigger efforts – letters, diaries, think-pieces – there was more time and space, and I beavered at clarity, immediacy, good length, lightness in thick woods. “Le style est l’homme même,” said Leclerc de Buffon.” There are interviews with Maggie Smith, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Judith Kranz and Art Blakey. Also included are comments on the politics of Margaret Thatcher, Nigel Lawson, Jim Callaghan and Rupert Murdoch. It makes a lively, highly readable, thoughtful bedside book and will appeal to fans of Reporting a Life, and those interested in the arts and journalism.
John Of Garland Integumenta Ovidii
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
Release Date : 2022-10-31
John Of Garland Integumenta Ovidii written by and has been published by Medieval Institute Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
The renowned scholar-poet John of Garland wrote the Integumenta Ovidii ("Allegories on Ovid") in early thirteenth-century Paris at a time of renewed interest in Classical Latin literature. In this short poem, John offers a series of dense, highly allusive allegories on various Greek and Roman myths in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The text is here edited and translated for the first time in 90 years, drawing on the evidence of over two dozen manuscripts. Comprehensive explanatory notes help readers to understand John's condensed allegories in their medieval context. Textual notes discuss the various difficulties in the transmitted text of the poem, and offer several improvements on the texts of the older editions.