Mental health care bear Robert finds himself balancing the role of a responsible public servant, while having feelings for his colleague Rosealea. Along the way, the two face many picaresque situations, including a romantic break to the East Coast, a complicated river cruise, and Robert's later life as a British secret agent. A literary adult comedy, Robert Tries To Help is a hilarious read intended for a mature audience.
A striking and original interpretation of the awesome Stone Age site from one of the world's foremost archaeologists on death and burial
Physical Theatres: A Critical Reader is an invaluable resource for students of physically orientated theatre and performance. This book aims to trace the roots and development of physicality in theatre by combining practical experience of the field with a strong historical and theoretical underpinning.In exploring the histories, cross-overs and intersections of physical theatres, this critical Reader provides:six new, specially commissioned essays, covering each of the book s main themes, from technical traditions to contemporary practises discussion of issues such as the foregrounding of the body, training and performance processes, and the origins of theatre in both play and human cognition a focus on the relationship and tensions between the verbal and the physical in theatre contributions from Augusto Boal, Stephen Berkoff, tienne Decroux, Bertolt Brecht, David George, J-J. Rousseau, Ana Sanchez Colberg, Michael Chekhov, Jeff Nuttall, Jacques Lecoq, Yoshi Oida, Mike Pearson, and Aristotle.
William Shakespeare was England's greatest bard. Yet who was this sublime genius? Where did this universal talent have its origins?
The definitive guide to this complex and beautiful country. Full color photos and forty maps.
The diamondwood trees / by James H. Schmitz --Allamagoosa / by Frank Russell --A message for zoo directors / by Gerard Klein --The vanishing man / by Richard Hughes --At daybreak / by Italo Calvino --Rich and strange / by Amabel Williams-Ellis --Blemish / by John Christopher --Catharsis / by John Rackham --Mantrap / by Kathleen James --Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow / by Kurt Vonnegut.