In 1987 a small aspirant dance group with a striking name made its debut on the London fringe. In 1996 Adventures in Motion Pictures" made history as the first modern dance company to open a production in London's West End. From this achievement AMP sailed triumphantly to Broadway
- winning three Tony Awards
- guided by Artistic Director Matthew Bourne. Even before the inception of AMP Bourne was fascinated by theatre by characterization & by the history of dance. In his early works
- " Spitfire" " Town & Country" & " Deadly Serious"
- Bourne brought a novel approach to dance. & in his reworkings of the classics of the ballet canon
- " Nutcracker" " Swan Lake" " Cinderella"
- Bourne created witty vivid poignant productions that received great acclaim. In the first decade of the new millennium the company name was changed to New Adventures & Bourne's 'classics' as well as Bourne's new works
- " The Car Man" " Play Without Words" " Edward Scissorhands" & " Dorian Gray"
- achieved levels of box-office popularity that have seldom if ever been matched in dance. In addition his choreography for various musicals
- " My Fair Lady" " Mary Poppins" & " Oliver!"
- have run for years in the West End & on Broadway. The detail in which Bourne discusses his work with Alastair Macaulay is unprecedented. The two explore Bourne's upbringing his training & influences & his distinctive creative methods. Bourne's notebooks his sources & his collaboration with dancers all from part of the discussion in this book."









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An entirely new & approachable translation of the New Testament & study guides by a world-renowned scholar Tom Wright. The series provide invaluable background detail & a wealth of information to help the reader understand each passage in a richer way. The implication of the text for the life of the modern reader is also explored. The translation of the Bible text is underpinned by deep scholarship but has an immediacy & freshness that makes it easy to read & set it apart from other modern-language translations. The guides assume no detailed knowledge of the New Testament & are therefore suitable for beginners as well as more experienced students of the Bible. Each volume stands alone though the series will build into an unrivaled guide to the entire New Testament book by book. ...

An entirely new & approachable translation of the New Testament & study guides by a world-renowned scholar Tom Wright. The series provide invaluable background detail & a wealth of information to help the reader understand each passage in a richer way. The implication of the text for the life of the modern reader is also explored. The translation of the Bible text is underpinned by deep scholarship but has an immediacy & freshness that makes it easy to read & set it apart from other modern-language translations. The guides assume no detailed knowledge of the New Testament & are therefore suitable for beginners as well as more experienced students of the Bible. Each volume stands alone though the series will build into an unrivaled guide to the entire New Testament book by book. ...

Matthew doesn't care about anything as much as football. What's more he's the best player in the whole school! But his mother has banned him from playing & she doesn't seem to care if he misses the most important match of the season. The whole team are depending on him. Is there anything he can do? ...

Slagar the Fox is bent on revenge
- & determined to bring death & destruction to Redwall Abbey. Gathering his evil band around
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The Second World War forever altered the complexion of the British Empire. From Cyprus to Malaya from Borneo to Suez the dominoes began to fall within a decade of peace in Europe. Africa in the late 1940s & 1950s was energized by the grant of independence to India & the emergence of a credible indigenous intellectual & political caste that was poised to inherit control from the waning European imperial powers. The British on the whole managed to disengage from Africa with a minimum of ill feeling & violence conceding power in the Gold Coast Nigeria & Sierra Leone under an orderly constitutional process & engaging only in the suppression of civil disturbances in Nyasaland & Northern Rhodesia as the practicalities of a political handover were negotiated. In Kenya however matters were different. A vociferous local settler lobby had accrued significant economic & political authority under a local legislature coupled with the fact that much familial pressure could be brought to bear in Whitehall by British settlers of wealth & influence most of whom were utterly irreconciled to the notion of any kind of political handover. Mau Mau was less than a liberation movement but much more than a mere civil disturbance. Its historic importance is based primarily on the fact that the Mau Mau campaign was one of the first violent confrontations in sub-Saharan Africa to take place over the question of the self-determination of the masses. It also epitomized the quandary suffered by the white settler communities of Africa who had been promised utopia in an earlier century only to be confronted in a post-war world by the completely unexpected reality of black political aspiration. This book journeys through the birth of British East Africa as a settled territory of the Empire & the inevitable politics of confrontation that emerged from the unequal distribution of resources & power. It covers the emergence & growth of Mau Mau & the strategies applied by the British to confront & nullify what was in reality a tactically inexpert but nonetheless powerfully symbolic black expression of political violence. The revolt was suppressed & peace restored but events in the colony were nevertheless swept along by the greater movement of Africa toward independences resulting in the eventual establishment of majority rule in Kenya in 1964. ...

In 1811 John Williams was buried with a stake in his heart. Was he the notorious East End killer or his eighth victim in the bizarre & shocking Ratcliffe Highway Murders? In this vivid & gripping reconstruction P. D. James & T. A. Critchley draw on public records newspaper clippings & hitherto unpublished sources expertly sifting the evidence to shed new light on this infamous Wapping mystery. ...

The 2-6-0 Mogul steam locomotives were designed by Richard Maunsell for passenger duties on the Southern Railway & they were used mainly on cross-country & semi-fast expresses. Able to operate over most of the Southern Railway network after grouping in 1923 the sturdy 2-6-0 Moguls survived until 1966 when all had been withdrawn from service. The author looks in detail at the design development & working lives of these reliable & economical engines. The book also

Includes:: the locomotives purchased for operation in Ireland & on the Metropolitan Railway. Packed with photographs of the locomotives in both colour & mono together with detailed design drawings this new book will be ideal for modellers of the class. It is also an essential work of reference for the growing band of Southern Railway followers.

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The electrifying sequel to Martina Coles DANGEROUS LADY combines emotional drama & shocking realism. Maura Ryan was the queen of the criminal underworld when she pulled off the most audacious gold bullion robbery of all time. Since then shes retired from a life of crime to be with the only man shes ever loved. But enemies from her past are closing in & theyre about to learn that they should never cross Maura Ryan. The dangerous lady is back & shes as lethal as ever...MAURAS GAME is an explosive novel of East End violence & corruption from one of the most original voices in fiction today. Martina Coles unique blend of emotional drama & shocking realism combine in this electrifying new bestseller. ...

Maurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status & well aware of his role in society. Modest & generally conformist he nevertheless finds himself increasingly attracted to his own sex. Through Clive whom he encounters at Cambridge & through Alec the gamekeeper on Clives country estate Maurice gradually experiences a profound emotional & sexual awakening. A tale of passion bravery & defiance this intensely personal novel was completed in 1914 but remained unpublished until after Forsters death in 1970. Compellingly honest & beautifully written it offers a powerful condemnation of the repressive attitudes of British society & is at once a moving love story & an intimate tale of one mans erotic & political self-discovery. ...