Thanks to Shakespeare, the name Macbeth has become a byword for political ambition realised by bloody violence. Fiona Watson has uncovered, buried beneath the layers of myth, a history that is entirely different from, but just as extraordinary as, that recounted by Shakespeare. As ruler of Alba (Scotland) Macbeth sat on one of the longest-established thrones in Western Europe. It is true that he killed Duncan, the previous king, but this was the normal, if brutal, method of regime change in Dark Age Scotl&. The reality is that Macbeth quickly established himself as an effective & popular ruler. As a Celtic warrior-king, he was responsible for the maintenance of his people's dominance of northern Britain. A friend to the Church & valiant protector of his people, the real Macbeth epitomised the contemporary model of vigorous medieval kingship. His fascinating story, long overdue in the telling, is done full justice in Fiona Watson's authoritative & compelling narrative. ...

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Shakespeares Macbeth is one of the greatest tragic dramas the world has known. Macbeth himself, a brave

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Star of stage, film & television Alan Cumming delivers a virtuoso performance playing every role in the National Theatre of Scotlands bold presentation of Shakespeares chilling tale of desire, ambition, & the supernatural. This radical reimagining of one of Shakespeares most deeply psychological plays is set in a psychiatric unit in which Cumming is the lone patient. Channeling the story of Macbeth, he is inhabited in turn by each of the characters of the drama, including some of Shakespeares most complex & troubled creations. Cummings one-man interpretation of Shakespeares Scottish play comes to audio directly from acclaimed limited stage engagements with the National Theatre of Scotland in Glasgow & at New Yorks Lincoln Center. Directed for audio by the stage productions renowned directors, this exclusive studio recording of Cummings dazzling solo performance captures the excitement, passion & poetry of a wildly original tour-de-force that is destined to become theatrical legend. ...

Includes: the story with less dialogue for a fast-paced read. It's 11th century Scotl&. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, is
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It's 11th century Scotl&. Macbeth, Thane of Glamis, is one of King Duncan's greatest war captains. Upon returning from a battle with the rebellious Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth & Banquo encounter three witches, who prophecy that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor & then King. ...

No comic explosion, but not quite a dud, no Wayne's World, but not The Ladies Man either, Mac Gruber does manage to pull off the seemingly impossible mission of expanding a 90-second one-joke Saturday Night Live sketch into a feature film. What's next: " Toonces the Cat Who Could Drive a Car"? In those Mac Gruber sketches, Will Forte's mullet-manned hero "makes life-saving inventions out of household materials" but always gets sidetracked as the bomb he's defusing ticks down to its last 20 seconds. Blown up for the big screen, Mac Gruber finds a bigger payoff whenever the film sidetracks from the standard-issue '80s action movie plot, as witness Mac Gruber's deranged revenge fantasies toward a driver who hurled a drive-by insult at his car. Mac Gruber's secret weapon is Val Kilmer as a megalomaniacal villain (his name, not appropriate for a family website, is a profanely puerile running joke) with a stolen Russian nuclear warhead & a grudge against Mac Gruber. Mac Gruber's somewhat less than A-team

Includes:: Vicki St. Elmo (SNL MVP Kristin Wiig), more into her music than into saving the world, & straight arrow Lieutenant Piper (Ryan Phillippe), who begins to question Mac Gruber's unorthodox tactics (one involving a diversionary stalk of celery is just one of the film's more jaw-dropping gross-out gags). Mac Gruber may not set the world on fire, but the insanely committed Forte, like Mac Gruber, will do anything, no matter how obscene, to complete his mission. Mission pretty much accomplished, particularly in a sex scene that is the most outrageous of its kind since Team America: World Police (albeit, thankfully, not as graphic).

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Helps readers learn how to create beautiful woodland pictures using various combinations of two simple machine stitches. This book offers coverage including the materials required; how to compose a picture from photographs that have inspired you; painting backgrounds; &, the basic stitch techniques. ...

This beautifully presented collection of classic & modern baby ear designs by Christine Eames will inspire both the novice & more experienced machine knitter. Inside you will find techniques rarely practised by the home knitter, including h&-tooling, designs on the ribber, pile knitting, & the art of plating, as well as instructions on how to achieve crochet-effect knitting, cabling, slip stitch, bobble stitch & jacquard. Christine also demonstrates how to use yarns such as chenille & viscose ribbon successfully & even shows how to enhance garments with embroidery, fleece, lace & appliqu ...

Covers the field of machine learning, which is the study of algorithms that allow computer programs to automatically improve through experience. This book is intended to support upper level undergraduate & introductory level graduate courses in machine learning. ...

This Machine Needle & Bobbins pack contains 6 individual sewing machine needles in an assortment of sizes & 2 metal bobbins.

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