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George Bernard Shaw
In Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw brings to life the extraordinary journey of Joan of Arc. This powerful play explores her rise from peasant girl to military leader, her trial…
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Frank Shaw,Joan Shaw
I lay there rather dazed for a while, expecting to be hit again at any moment.‘ John Hunter, Parachute Regiment, Northants. Seventy years ago, on 6 June 1944, a great…
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‘I remember standing on top of our local glen with a block of wood, expecting thousands of Germans coming down from the sky.
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On the night of 7 September 1940, bombs rained down on London for nine long hours. This book is packed with vivid recollections from this time: waking up in a…
Bernard Shaw
This is an academically rigorous text, edited by leading Cambridge scholar Jean Chothia under the guidance of Len Conolly. It includes Shaw’s original preface, described by Thomas Mann as so…
Joan Templeton
Dismantling the notion that Shaw distorted Ibsen to promote his own view of the world, and establishing Shaw’s initial interest in Ibsen as the poet of Peer Gynt, it chronicles…
Holly Hill
Interviews with 26 actresses who have played George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan, including Eileen Atkins, Elisabeth Bergner, Judi Dench, Wendy Hiller, Barbara Jefford, Siobhan McKenna, Sarah Miles, Joan Plowright.
This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. An authoritative and academically rigorous edition, edited by leading Cambridge scholar, Jean Chothia…
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G. B. Shaw
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw about 15th century French military figure Joan of Arc. Premiering in 1923, three years after her canonization by the Roman Catholic…
A play that distils the author’s views on the subjects of politics, religion and creative evolution.
Joan Shaw
In this, her first book - written when she was in her 80s - Joan Shaw remembers back to her youth and pays tribute to her aunt, Amy Blackburn, who…
The life of Joan of Arc is the stuff of legend, and her cruel death led to her being declared a martyr, granting her an unwavering legacy. Following her canonisation…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
Joan Martin,Bruce Shaw
Joan Martin was born in the country town of Morawa, Western Australia, in 1941. She was a proud Widi woman whose traditional territory extended from Geraldton eastwards into the salt-lake…
One of Shaw’s most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the height of his fame and Joan is one of his finest creations; forceful, vital…
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Unlike previous interpretations, Shaw’s martyred heroine is not a witch, saint, or madwoman but a pre-feminist icon whose innate intelligence and leadership qualities challenge the authority of church and state.
Pygmalion, Heartbreak House, and Saint Joan are widely considered to be three of the most important in the canon of modern British theatre
Joan M. Farrell,Ida A. Shaw
Debuting as the first treatment manual for group schema therapy, Group Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder is based on the only group schema therapy model validated by published empirical…
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Charles Barber,Joan Beal (University of Sheffield),Philip Shaw (University of Sheffield)
This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the…
JM Farrell,Ida A. Shaw,Ida A. Shaw
The Schema Therapy Workbook is designed to support and help clients who are undergoing Schema Therapy in individual, group or integrated settings. Carefully designed and illustrated, it provides an easy-to-understand…
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A groundbreaking handbook which evaluates the role of social work research in the context of national and international societies
JM Farrell,Neele Reiss,Ida A. Shaw
The Schema Therapy Clinician s Guide is a complete clinical resource for psychotherapists implementing schema therapy, group schema therapy or a combination of both in a structured, cost-effective way. The…
Joan M. Farrell,Ida A. Shaw,Wendy T. Behary,Jeffrey E. Young
This unique resource helps therapists build their skills in schema therapy (ST) by applying ST techniques to themselves and reflecting on the experience. Designed for use by individuals or groups…
Written for professionals in safeguarding settings, this book examines what we know about Jimmy Savile’s sexual abuse of hundreds of children and vulnerable people over a period of decades. It…
Excellent social work education and training is vital for ensuring best practice, and it is important to understand the key approaches and methods in order to provide the best teaching…
This book considers the evolving notions and practices of kinship in contemporary Britain and the interrelationship of kinship, law and social policy.
Co-published by Tenement Press and Prototype, Seven Rooms brings together highlights from the archive of Hotel, a magazine for new approaches to fiction, non-fiction & poetry which, since its inception…
