The strange & wonderful tale of mans experiences on Mars filled with intense images & astonishing visions. The classic work that transformed Ray Bradbury into a household name. Written in the age of the atom when America & Europe optimisitcally viewed the discovery of life on Mars as inevitable Bradburys 1940s short stories of a brutal stark & unforgiving martian landscape were as shocking & visionary as they were insightful. The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanitys repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a pin dot. Those few that survived found no welcome. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics & duly locked them up. More rockets arrived from Earth piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them
- & their desires & fantasies tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings with their caged flowers & birds of flame.
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This deceptively little book contains more truth & provides more insight into what it is like to have Aspergers Syndrome than many a weighty tome on the subject. It offers a view from the inside but it is not yet another autobiography. Admirably & refreshingly the author has refrained from giving an account solely based on her own experiences. Instead she sets out observations from 25 different suffers giving often astonishing & sometimes harrowing glimpses of what actually happens to a child with Aspergers Syndrome in the classroom in the playground in the lunch queue & at home
- The Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry This award-winning book illuminates what it means to be a person who has Aspergers Syndrome by providing a window into a unique & particular world. Drawing on her own experience of schooling & that of a network of friends & correspondents who share her way of thinking & responding Clare Sainsbury reminds us of the potential for harm which education holds for those who do not fit. This book holds insights that take us beyond the standard guidance on how to manage autistic spectrum disorder. It challenges the way we might handle obsessional behaviour. It invites us to celebrate the pure passion of the intellect which such obsessions can represent & to recognise the delight which can be experienced by children who love to collect. It reminds us that many of the autistic mannerisms we might try to suppress actually help the child to think. This revised edition

Includes:: an additional introduction & extensive summary of research in the field of Aspergers Syndrome both by Tony Attwood.


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Steven Mackintosh stars as Martin Beck with Neil Pearson as Lennart Kollberg in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Roseanna. The Martin Beck books are widely acknowledged as some of the most influential detective novels ever written. Written by Swedish husband & wife team Maj Sjowall & Per Wahloo the series set a gold standard for all subsequent Scandanavian crime fiction. Before Kurt Wallander or Harry Hole Beck was the original flawed policeman working alongside his colleagues to uncover the cruelty & injustice lurking beneath the surface of Swedens seemingly liberal democratic society. In Roseanna adapted from the first book in the series the body of an attractive young woman is dredged from the Gota Canal. Beck & his team have to narrow down the list of suspects from 85 cruise passengers in an investigation that ends with a risky & frightening sting... Translated by Lois Roth & dramatised by Jennifer Howarth. ...

Martin Chuzzlewit is Charles Dickens comic masterpiece about which his biographer Forster noted that it marked a crucial phase in the authors development as he began to delve deeper into the springs of character. Old Martin Chuzzlewit tormented by the greed & selfishness of his family effectively drives his grandson young Martin to undertake a voyage to America. It is a voyage which will have crucial consequences not only for young Martin but also for his grandfather & his grandfathers servant Mary Graham with whom young Martin is in love. The commercial swindle of the Anglo-Bengalee company & the fraudulent Eden Land Corporation have a topicality in our own time. This strong sub-plot shows evidence of Dickens mastery of crime where characters such as the criminal Jonas Chuzzlewit the old nurse Mrs Gamp & the arch-hypocrite Seth Pecksniff are the equal to any in his other great novels. Generations of readers have also delighted in Dickens wonderful description of the London boarding-house
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Charles Dickens' powerful black comedy of of hypocrisy & greed Martin Chuzzlewit" is edited with an introduction & notes by Patricia Ingham in " Penguin Classics". The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious & misanthropic leaving his grandson & namesake to make his own way in the world. & so young Martin sets out from the Wiltshire home of his supposed champion the scheming architect Pecksniff to seek his fortune in America. In depicting Martin's journey
- an experience that teaches him to question his inherited self-interest & egotism
- Dickens created many vividly realized figures: the brutish lout Jonas Chuzzlewit plotting to gain the family fortune; Martin's optimistic manservant Mark Tapley; gentle Tom Pinch; & the drunken & corrupt private nurse Mrs Gamp. With its portrayal of greed blackmail & murder & its searing satire on America Dickens's novel is a powerful & blackly comic story of hypocrisy & redemption. In her introduction Patricia Ingham examines characterization the central themes of the novel & Dickens's depiction of America. This edition also

Includes:: two new prefaces Dickens's postscript written in 1868 his working papers a note on Mrs Gamp's eccentric speech a chronology updated further reading appendices & original illustrations by ' Phiz'. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books including " Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & " The Pickwick Papers" have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you enjoyed " Martin Chuzzlewit" you might like Dickens's " Dombey & Son" also available in " Penguin Classics"."



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This wonderful biography combines an in-depth account of Martin Luther Kings life with a series of key questions for discussion & debate. Extensive primary evidence is"ed for & against each question & you the reader are invited to judge for yourself. This book details & examines the story of Kings life & the events leading up to his assassination in 1968; slavery in the USA until its abolition in 1865; the struggle to win economic & political rights for the black people of the USA through non-violent protest; & Kings opposition to the Vietnam War. ...

These are four new titles in this burgeoning series providing a great introduction to the remarkable lives of important historical figures. Each book describes a famous life following the protagonist through their triumphs & tribulations. It has lively speech colourful illustrations & photographs that bring the reader closer to the action as the story unfolds. ...

Martin Luther King left an indelible mark on 20th-century American history through his leadership of the non-violent civil rights campaigns of the 1950s & 1960s. The election of Barack Obama as Americas first black president in November 2008 has spawned a renewed interest in Kings role as an agent & prophet of political change in the United States. Writing with verve & clarity but also with acute insight Godfrey Hodgson traces Kings life & career from his birth in Atlanta in 1929 through the campaigns that made possible the Civil Rights Act of 1964 & the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to his assassination in Memphis in 1968. Hodgson sheds light on every aspect of an extraordinary life: the Black Baptist milieu in which King grew up his theology & political philosophy his physical & moral courage his insistence on the injustice of inequality his campaigning energy his repeated sexual infidelities. Martin Luther King is a rounded & fascinating portrait of a Christian prophet & the most brilliant orator of his age the central message of whose life & ministry was that Americans would never be fully free until they accepted that black & white Americans must be equal. ...

I have a dream." Those rousing words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. at a historic civil rights rally in Washington D.C. brought hope to those who listened: hope that their country could end the segregation & become united. The pastor of a small Baptist church King became the driving force of the civil rights movement when he led a black boycott of the citys bus lines. His philosophy of non-violence & his breathtaking eloquence helped free African Americans from decades of oppression & finally won them the rights
- & opportunities
- they deserved. Here is Kings inspiring story which began in Georgia in 1929 & came to a tragic end on April 4 1968 when he was fatally shot by an assassin." Sterling Biographies" are packed with information & filled with unique images that include rare documentary photographs artwork maps & personal artefacts. Focusing on inventors & innovative thinkers they present first-person accounts & dramatic events related in an intimate & accessible style."

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Combining the latest scholarship with John Kirks informed commentary this sourcebook throws a powerful light on the civil rights movement & its most influential leader. Debates that until now have been carried out across a range of books & journals are here brought together for the first time in a clear helpful volume which introduces readers to key topics debates & scholars in the field. Essential reading for all those with an interest in the man & the movement. ...