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Dragonslayers
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With its fiery breath scaly armour & baleful malevolent stare the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil & corruption in European folklore & mythology. Often serving as a st&-in for Satan or the power of evil gods dragons spread death & hopelessness throughout the l&. Only heroes of uncommon valour courageousness & purity could hope to battle these monsters & emerge victorious. Those that did became legends. They became dragonslayers. The list of dragonslayers is small but it is filled with great & legendary names. Hercules Beowulf Sigurd & Saint George all battled to the death with dragons. Other heroes such as Cadmus founder of the city of Thebes Dieudonne de Gozon the Knight of Rhodes & the Russian warrior Dobrynya Nikitich might be less well known to western readers but also fought & defeated dragons. This book retells the greatest legends of this select group of warriors while examining the myth of the dragonslayer in historical mythological & even theological contexts. ...
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Every two hundred years or so shimmering Threads fall from space raining death & black ruin on Pern. The great dragons of Pern hurl themselves through the beleagured skies flaming tongues of fire to destroy deadly Thread & save the Planet. But it was not Threadfall that made young Menolly unhappy. It was her father who betrayed her ambition to be a Harper who thwarted her love of music. Menolly had no choice but to run away. When suddenly she came upon a group of fire lizards wild & smaller relatives of the fire-breathing dragons she let her music swirl around them. She taught nine of them to sing. Suddenly Menolly was no longer alone -- she was Mistress of Music & Ward of the dazzling fire dragons. ...
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Draining Lake
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In the wake of an earthquake the water level of an Icelandic lake drops suddenly revealing the skeleton of a man half-buried in its sandy bed. It is clear immediately that it has been there for many years. There is a large hole in the skull. Yet more mysteriously a heavy communication device is attached to it possibly some sort of radio transmitter bearing inscriptions in Russian. The police are called in & Erlendur Elinborg & Sigurdur Oli begin their investigation which gradually leads them back to the time of the Cold War when bright left-wing students would be sent from Iceland to study in the heavenly state of Communist East Germany. The Draining Lake" is another remarkable Indridason mystery about passions & shattered dreams the fate of the missing & the grief of those left behind." ...
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Georgie loves acting & is desperate to win her dream role in the school play. But when she messes up at the audition her smug rival gets the part instead. Disappointed but ever hopeful Georgie secretly attends the plays rehearsals but its only a matter of time before shes discovered
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The first publication of Drama of Being a Child & of this 1997 edition are separated by fifteen years of experience
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Drama Schemes
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In this book Mark Wheeller reflects on his ongoing career as a secondary school drama teacher after 30 years in the profession. The book is interspersed with some fascinating biographical detail which will make this an interesting read & a useful resource for both those already familiar with Mark Wheeller's output & those discovering his work for the first time. Drama Schemes also features a section in which Mark discusses the crucial role of the much-maligned school production. Throught this chapter he shows how he developed many of his plays which have become staple parts of the curriculum both in the UK & overseas. Two of the schemes also focus on his use of drama across the curriculum including his growing admiration for the Mantel of the Expert system of learning. ...
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This superb collection features eight of Jacqueline Wilson&8217;s most celebrated stories with colourful illustrations from ...
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Drape Drape 3
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Drama Handbook

This book is a compact guide to reading plays and to the art and techniques of drama. Ranging from classical Greece to modern Drama and performance but with particular emphasis on the playwrights (including Shakespeare) who are most widely taught and performed the Handbook covers the whole range of literary aesthetic and political questions attending drama from theatre designs and acting styles to audience composition and editing printed texts. Looking closely at both text and performance successive sections give clear and detailed information about the conventions of playtexts the histories of genre performance spaces and theatre personnel as well as current theatre practices. Each chapter also provides an appropriate technical and critical vocabulary conveniently gathered in a full
indexed glossary. A final section dealing with drama essays and exams includes sample student essays and the bibliography includes targeted further reading as well as extensive guides to playwrights in print and plays on film. Lucid practical and thorough this book is an invaluable resource for anyone who reads plays.
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This book is a compact guide to reading plays & to the art & techniques of drama. Ranging from classical Greece to modern Drama & performance but with particular emphasis on the playwrights (including Shakespeare) who are most widely taught & performed the Handbook covers the whole range of literary aesthetic & political questions attending drama from theatre designs & acting styles to audience composition & editing printed texts. Looking closely at both text & performance successive sections give clear & detailed information about the conventions of playtexts the histories of genre performance spaces & theatre personnel as well as current theatre practices. Each chapter also provides an appropriate technical & critical vocabulary conveniently gathered in a full indexed glossary. A final section dealing with drama essays & exams

Includes:: sample student essays & the bibliography

Includes:: targeted further reading as well as extensive guides to playwrights in print & plays on film. Lucid practical & thorough this book is an invaluable resource for anyone who reads plays.

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