Marshall: 1961 books

What is this thing called ‘life’ all about? If it's all just an accident, a cosmic hiccup, where in some strange way matter became conscious, then Aristotle and Plato and Hume and Kant and all the great idea makers of humanity were just blowing in the wind. They would have been better off...

The Nature of My Game follows the four central characters from their early years growing up in Jersey City, new Nersey in the 1950's, through their Vietnam experience and ultimately though their redemption of Stanley Kronicki Jr., the central character of the novel. Kronicki, whose marred soul is...

**Shortlisted for the NZ Post Book Awards, these 25 stories are at once arresting, moving, funny and full of insight into the human condition.**Being a celebrity impersonator, says Aussie Elton John, is like living your life as a moon. 'We give up our identity and become just a reflection of another...

Marshall Walker's lively and readable account of the highs and lows of Scottish literature from this important date to the present addresses the important themes of democracy, power and nationhood. Disposing of stereotypical ideas about Scotland and the Scots, this fresh approach to Scottish literature...

Emma Marshall was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.

An original collection of four plays about unsung women from the history of the Canadian west. With theatrical twists and turns, Her Voice, Her Century takes us from an English doctor plunked into the middle of Alberta's unsettled north country, to a Canadian journalist covering the First World War,...

Cripple Creek was the last of the open gold camps before mining fell to giant corporations. Its life was short and violent, but towns, cities, schools, railroads, institutions and financial dynasties grew upon its yield. Today a million tourists each year pour through the region, enjoying what Teddy...

The Tooth that Nibbles at the Soul brings together Marshall Brown’s new and previously published writings on literature and music. These essays engage questions that are central to the development of literature, music, and the arts in the period from Romanticism at the end of the eighteenth century...

Rock and a Heart Place traces the rise, fall, and redemption of famous entertainers who were brought to their knees a great place to meet God. Join award-winning producer and music executive Ken Mansfield and biographer Marshall Terrill on a spiritual journey down the secluded halls of the music industry....

Stubborn Hope: Memoir of an Urban Teacher is a unique portrait of two decades of teaching in an urban high school, and an inside look at the effects of the new reforms on urban education. Sometimes humorously, sometimes painfully, the author describes the struggles and achievements of some exceptional...

Perfect for fans of original and engaging sports writing, this is the first intelligent and accessible history of soccer chants in the UK *"The tales we tell each other on the terraces create something you cannot see, only feel, but it is very real and it goes very deep. . ." * Soccer chants—spontaneous,...

Gina Rinehart is the richest woman in the world - but at what cost? From an early age Gina Rinehart knew she was heir to one of Australia's largest fortunes. Her father, Lang Hancock, loved her dearly and groomed her to take over the company. Then along came Rose, the Filipina housekeeper Lang...

In this book Barbara Marshall argues that the debates around both modernity and postmodernity neglect the role of women and significance of gender in the formation of contemporary societies.

The intersections of aging, media, and culture are under-explored given trends in population aging, rapid increases in the mediation of everyday life, and the growing cultural significance of media consumption at the global level. This book brings together an international collection of critical scholars,...