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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Martin Johnson is the towering second row forward who has come to set the standards of what a professional rugby player should do. His drive & physical presence mean that he is a natural leader on the pitch
- & off it too. In this his long-awaited autobiography he looks at the changing world of rugby. He explains why he led the England team to the brink of a strike in the autumn of 2000 & provides the definitive account of Englands 2003 World Cup triumph as well as Lions tours & all the goings-on that make rugby such a special sport. Hugely popular & respected Martin Johnson has written vivid autobiography & a remarkable portrait of modern rugby.
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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. ...

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. ...

Crime fiction obsessive Martin Reed is the proverbial butt of everyone's jokes. Working as a glorified accountant at Southern Toilet Supply & still living with his cantankerous mother he has become resigned to the world in which he lives
- the school bullies now pick on him in the workplace women still spurn him & his arch enemy is now his supervisor. But then he arrives at work one morning to find the police on site. A co-worker has been brutally murdered & her body abandoned in a ditch. & the overwhelming evidence points to Martin
- especially when he can't or won't admit that he has an alibi. When a second victim is found in the company bathroom things really conspire against Martin. The one bright star on his otherwise bleak horizon is the beautiful & sympathetic Detective Anther Albada but even she's beginning to have her doubts about his innocence. Could Martin be guilty? Or is he just misunderstood?

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A companion to the groundbreaking PBS documentary series this volume is a unique & timeless celebration of the blues from writers & artists as esteemed & revered as the music that moved them. Included in this stunning collection are Essays by David Halberstam Hilton Als Suzan-Lori Parks Elmore Leonard Luc Sante John Edgar Wideman & many others Timeless archival pieces by writers such as Stanley Booth Paul Oliver & Mack Mc Cormick Evocative color illustrations & rare vintage photography Illuminating & in-depth conversations & portraits of musicians ranging from Robert Johnson & Bessie Smith to John Lee Hooker & Eric Clapton Lyrics of legendary blues compositions Personal essays by the series directors Martin Scorsese Charles Burnett Richard Pearce Wim Wenders Marc Levin Mike Figgis & Clint Eastwood Excerpts from literary masters James Baldwin Ralph Ellison Eudora Welty Zora Neale Hurston Langston Hughes & William Faulkner Tracing the art forms path from juke joints house parties & recording studios to musicians such as Elvis Presley The Rolling Stones & The Beatles Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues proves in the words of Willie Dixon The blues are the roots; every-thing else is the fruits."" ...