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Kapitel: Aleister Crowley, Oscar Wilde, Peter Sellers, Edward Jenner, William Hogarth, Edward Gibbon, Arthur Sullivan, Robert Falcon Scott, Winston Churchill, John Soane, Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, William Wynn Westcott, James Ingall Wedgwood, George Canning, Edmund Burke, George Arundale, Alexander Pope, Christopher Wren, David Garrick, Jackie Milburn, Randolph Churchill, Charles Sotheran, Joseph Banks, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1. Duke of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, William Schwenck Gilbert, John Jellicoe, 1. Earl Jellicoe, Peter Ebdon, William Robert Woodman, Leopold, Duke of Albany, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Michael Hicks Beach, 1. Earl St. Aldwyn, Robert Lowe, 1. Viscount Sherbrook, Charles Lennox, 2. Duke of Richmond, Charles Lennox, 4. Duke of Richmond, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7. Earl of Shaftesbury, Francesca Arundale, Thomas Arne, Elias Ashmole, Bernard Spilsbury, Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5. Duke of Richmond, Henry Norris, Henry Irving, Harold Abrahams, Edward Inglefield, James Thornhill, James Oglethorpe, Samuel Wesley. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Aleister Crowley (pronounced ; 12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947), born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was a member of the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, as well as a co-founder of the A∴A∴ and eventually a leader of Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.). He is known today for his magical writings, especially The Book of the Law, the central sacred text of Thelema, although he also wrote widely on other subjects, including a large amount of fiction and poetry. Crowley was also a hedonist, bisexual, recreational drug experimenter, and social critic. In many of these roles he "was in revolt against the moral and religious values of his time", espousing a form of ...http://booksllc.net/?l=de ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. The book consists of Wikipedia articles on: Richard Harris, Gérard Depardieu, Peter Sellers, Sacha Baron Cohen, Robin Williams, Dudley Moore, Lee Marvin, Frank Sinatra, Jack Lemmon, Tom Hanks, Michael Caine, Chaim Topol, John Travolta, Tom Cruise, David Niven, Danny Kaye, Jim Carrey, Peter O'Toole, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Walter Matthau, Albert Finney, Fred Astaire, Rex Harrison, Bill Murray, Richard Gere, Johnny Depp, James Mason, Marcello Mastroianni, George Clooney, Cantinflas, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Dreyfuss, Art Carney, Hugh Grant, Alan Arkin, Ron Moody, Robert Downey, Jr., Jamie Foxx, Joaquin Phoenix, Glenn Ford, Tim Robbins, Alberto Sordi, Paul Hogan, Ray Sharkey, Donald O'Connor, Honours of Hugh Grant, George Segal, Tom Ewell, The Pleasure of His Company,. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His movies have also earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's sleeper hit Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). He used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1990s to deliver comic performances in mainstream films like Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) and Notting Hill (1999). By the turn of the century, he had established himself as a leading man skilled with a satirical comic talent. In recent years, Grant has expanded his oeuvre with critically acclaimed turns as a cad in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), About A Boy (2002), and American Dreamz (2006). Within the film industry, he is cited as an anti-movie star who approaches his roles like a character actor, with the ability t...http://booksllc.net/?l=en ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Dickens, Peter Sellers, Montagu Love, Howard Brenton, James Callaghan, Roger Hodgson, Lancelot Hogben, Christopher Hitchens, Kathleen Lockhart, Roger Black, Albert Victor Bramble, Robert Hayles, Lol Coxhill, Peter Richards, Kim Woodburn, George Meredith, Steve Foster, Jack Hobbs, Samantha Davies, John Wesley Judd, Basil Mclear, Roland Orzabal, Alison Owen, John Madden, Kevin Bartlett, Robert Bowyer. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS, est un ingénieur britannique, né à Portsmouth le 9 avril 1806, mort le 15 septembre 1859. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé le Great Western Railway (Grand chemin de fer de l'Ouest, ligne Londres-Bristol), une célèbre série de vapeurs, dont le premier pourvu d'une hélice, et de nombreux ponts et tunnels importants. Ses réalisations ont révolutionné les transports publics et l'ingénierie moderne. Bien que les projets de Brunel n'aient pas toujours été couronnés de succès, ils se sont souvent trouvés porteurs de solutions innovantes, apportant des réponses à long terme à bien des problèmes d'ingénierie. Au cours de sa courte carrière, Brunel réalisa de nombreuses « premières », notamment par sa participation au percement du Thames Tunnel sous la Tamise, premier tunnel sous un fleuve navigable et le développement du vapeur Great Britain, premier navire maritime à coque de fer mû par une hélice, qui était aussi à l'époque le plus grand navire jamais construit. Brunel a aussi laissé son nom dans l'histoire des télécommunications, son navire à vapeur Great Eastern ayant été le premier à établir avec succès un câble télégraphique à travers les 2 400 kilomètres de l'océan Atlantique. Brunel vit rapidement sa sa...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Peter Sellers, Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, Peter O'toole, Paul Scofield, Trevor Howard, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Alec Guinness, Richard Attenborough, Kenneth More. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (pronounced ; 22 May 1907 11 July 1989) was an English actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most famous and revered British actors of the 20th century, along with his contemporaries Sir John Gielgud, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Sir Ralph Richardson. He married Jill Esmond, Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright. Olivier played a wide variety of roles on stage and screen from Greek tragedy, Shakespeare and Restoration comedy to modern American and British drama. He was the first artistic director of the National Theatre of Great Britain and its main stage is named in his honour. He is generally regarded to be the greatest actor of the 20th century, in the same category as David Garrick, Richard Burbage, Edmund Kean and Henry Irving in their own centuries. Olivier's AMPAS acknowledgments are considerable fourteen Oscar nominations, with two wins (for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film Hamlet), and two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. Additionally, he was a three-time Golden Globe and BAFTA winner. Olivier's career as a stage and film actor spanned more than six decades and included a wide variety of roles, from the title role in Shakespeare's Othello and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night to the sadistic Nazi dentist Christian Szell in Marathon Man and the kindly but determined Nazi-hunter in The Boys from Brazil. A High church clergyman's son who found fame on the West End s...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=43675 ... Read more

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Chapters: List of British Comedians, Peter Sellers, the Goodies, Laurel and Hardy, Dave Thompson, Douglas Smith, Richard Murdoch, Bob Mills, David Mitchell, Tim Minchin, Dawn French, Victor Lewis-Smith, Mary Lawson, Dom Joly, Frisky and Mannish, Chris Langham, the Two Ronnies, Danny Wallace, Jon Holmes, Mark Watson, the Scaffold, Neg Dupree, Iain Lee, Kev F. Sutherland, Lee Hurst, Tim Clark, Josie Long, Jon Richardson, Tim Fitzhigham, Mathew Horne, Ali Bongo, the Crazy Gang, Chris Green, Douglas Byng, Grimms, Lucy Porter, Trevor and Simon, Aaron Barschak, Nina Wadia, Phil Hammond, Joe Elvin, Andre Vincent, Holly Walsh, Dan Antopolski, Arabella Weir, Kim Noble, Simon Farnaby, Natalie Haynes, Davy Kaye, Harry Tate, Jack Whitehall, Billy Bennett, Daveyboyz, David Reed, Danielle Ward, Jenny Eclair, Simon Day, Jackie Clune, Chris Neill, Stevie Riks, Steve Punt, Tommy Handley, Shazia Mirza, John Archer, Jonathan Lee, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Alun Cochrane, Rufus Hound, Raymond Mearns, Hamish Mccoll, Howard Read, Francesca Martinez, Miles Jupp, Dave Morris, Marie Kendall, Steve Furst, Jonny Sweet, Marc Haynes, Dan Mazer, Steve Steen, Ava Vidal, Ben Loka, Jimmy Jones, Bennett Arron, Alex Horne, Neil Edmond, Emma Fryer, Duncan Norvelle, Janice Connolly, Sean Foley, Eddie Large, Gary Delaney, Newman and Baddiel, Windrush E. Smith, Donna Mcphail, Idiots of Ants, Thom Tuck, Colin Hoult, Inkey Jones, Abi Roberts, Fergus Craig, William Andrews, Chris Mccausland, Neil J Griffiths, Jay Foreman, Nick Mohammed, Alfie Joey, Adrian Poynton, Steve Day, Humphrey Ker, Jaik Campbell, John-Luke Roberts, Chris Corcoran, John Moloney, Dominic Holland, Matt Pritchett, Wee Georgie Wood, Kate Shortt, Carla Lynch, Stu Francis, Wes Packer, Steve Hall, Dan Tetsell, Gary Bannon, Jan Hunt, Maria Mcerlane, Olivia Lee, Bridget Christie, Pippa Evans, Katherine Jakeways, Stephen Grant, Bobby Carroll, Paul Shearer, Angie le Mar, James Campbell, Kerry Godliman, Don Ward,...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=55909 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Harold G. Schrier, H. Owen Reed, Thomas B. Catron, William M. Hoge, James M. Sellers, Peter Youree, Thomas Francis Lillis, William C. Schwartz, James M. Sellers, Jr., Lenvil Elliott, William W. Sellers, Harry Ice, John H. Little, Lester B. Wikoff, Austin Augustus King, Lou Fette, Sandford Sellers, Skip Thomas, Chris Banks, Thomas Peter Akers, Danny Lasoski, Alexis F. Lange. Excerpt:Alexis Frederick Lange (1862 August 28, 1924) was the Dean of the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley and led the effort to found the community college system in the state of California . References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Austin Augustus King (September 21, 1802 April 22, 1870), also known as Austin A. King and Austin King , was the tenth Governor of Missouri and U.S. Congressman . King was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee . After getting a law degree he first practiced in Jackson, Tennessee and later in Columbia, Missouri He served as a colonel in the United States Army during the Black Hawk War , was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 1834-1836, circuit judge from 1837-1848. He presided over the trial of Joseph Smith, Jr. founder of the Latter Day Saint movement during the 1838 Mormon War. He was Missouri Governor from 1848 to 1853 (failing in his re-election bid). He was a delegate to the Lexington, Missouri Slave Owners Convention of July 12, 1855 which endorsed a pro-slavery position for Kansas which was to contribute to the Bleeding Kansas battle. He a was delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Convention where he campaigned for Stephen A. Douglas . He was a member of the 38th United States Congress from the Sixth District from 1862-1863 failing to win re-election. He died in St. Louis, ... ... Read more

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Chapters: Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Sellers, Bruce Lee, Aaliyah, Laurence Olivier, James Brown, Béla Lugosi, John Candy, Brandon Lee, Rick James, Jim Ricks, Oliver Reed. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 296. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Elvis Aaron (or Aron) Presley (January 8, 1935 August 16, 1977) was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13. He began his career there in 1954 when Sun Records owner Sam Phillips, eager to bring the sound of African American music to a wider audience, saw in Presley the means to realize his ambition. Accompanied by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black, Presley was one of the originators of rockabilly, an uptempo, backbeat-driven fusion of country and rhythm and blues. RCA Victor acquired his contract in a deal arranged by Colonel Tom Parker, who would manage the singer for over two decades. Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", released in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the leading figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearances and chart-topping records. His energized interpretations of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited performance style made him enormously popularand controversial. In November 1956, he made his film debut in Love Me Tender. Conscripted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his recording career two years later with some of his most commercially successful work. He staged few concerts, however, and, guided by Parker, proceed...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9288 ... Read more

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Chapters: Peter Sellers, T. E. Lawrence, Deryck Guyler, Bob Monkhouse, Denholm Elliott, Lionel Bart, R. F. Delderfield, Henry Allingham, Sebastian Shaw, Adrian Francis Laws, Seán Mac Stíofáin, Donald Crowhurst, Walter Hayes, John Bloom, Bill Wyman, Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh, Ezer Weizman, Alex Govan, Dick Wilson, David Bailey, Roy Castle, Bob Spink, Jock Mulraney, Frank Muir, Norman Cyril Jackson, William Craig, Cyril Stanley Bamberger, Les Colquhoun, Kenneth Farrow, Blackout Ripper, Frank Reginald Carey, Karel Kuttelwascher, Stanley James Woodbridge, Peter Sillett, Arthur Louis Aaron, Frank Thornton, Monty Norman, Michael Sheard, Eric Bedser, Alan Fox, Marius Eriksen, Jr., William Young, Maurice Fox-Strangways, 9th Earl of Ilchester, John Fancy, Bob Todd, Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick, John Hill, John Hannah, Darren Drysdale, Arthur Banks, Eric William Wright, Alfred Marks, Ray Holmes, Ronald Maddison, Douglas Webb, Bernard Trevor Matthews, Geoffrey Prime, George Thompson, Earl Maynard, Jake Hancock, John Vassall, List of Royal Air Force Members, John Mastel, David Brookman, Baron Brookman, Ken Jackson, Nicholas Alkemade, Patrick Clancy, Thomas Gray, Tom Clancy, John de Havilland, Frederick Luke, Anthony Jacques Mantle, John Archibald Beckett, Tommy Barkas, Joseph I. Johnson, George Imlach Mcintosh, Norman Blackburn, Jackie Gunn, Mohisin Khan, David Hayden, Albert Matthew Osborne, Robert Gordon, Louis Bisson, James Farrar, Vivian Hollowday, Harry Newcombe, Ivor John Gillett, Graham Leslie Parish, William Roberts, John Christoforou, Michelle Coy, Michael Renaut, Ronald Shaw, Walter Arnold. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 403. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, CB, DSO (16 August 1888 - 19 May 1935), known professionally as T. E. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=43468 ... Read more

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One of a series of digitally remastered collections of "Goon Show" episodes, including previously unreleased material. The episodes here are "The Greatest Mountain in the World", "The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Solved)", "The Spanish Suitcase" and "The Last Tram (from Clapham)". ... Read more

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I'm in for the dreaded deading this time
The Goon Show, a now quite vintage British comedy radio show from the 1950's has been cited as highly influential by a number of later performers. Certainly anybody familiar with the work of The Goodies and Monty Python will see some of their lineage in the work of The Goons.

Released originally as double cassette collections (the BBC was a bit slow catching up with the times) these things are now available as double disc collections with two 1/2 hour episodes per CD. Alas at no point was it deemed worthwhile to put the episodes in chronological order. So anoraks such as myself at least have some pedantic point to complain about!

Regardless, the four episodes contained in Volume 8 show the performers of Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers in fairly consistent form delivering the scripts written by Spile Milligan and Eric Sykes (Sykes co-wrote three of these episodes) with verve and impeccable timing ably assisted by announcer Wallace Greenslade.

The four episodes here are fairly strong - The Greatest Mountain in the World gets things off to a good start, The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (solved) continues the quality and both The Spanish Suitcase and The Last Tram (from Clapham) are good examples of what this mob were all about. I seem to recall the last episode in particular being repeated a few times on ABC radio in Australia, so it must of been getting requested or been a favourite with the programme director.

Not a bad starting place for the newcomer to the Goons, and there are no profanities to be found anywhere but total newbies may find proceedings can be a little confusing with the relentless stream of consciousness style of comedy on display here. ... Read more

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Charter schools are the most significant educational experiment in thelast two decades.In Expect Miracles, Peter W. Cookson, Jr. andKristina Berger focus on the current trend toward deregulation inpublic education. The issue of deregulation is of critical importancebecause the spirit of entrepreneurship that is behind deregulation isseldom examined from a sociological perspective. This book places thedebate concerning the future of public education in a meaningfulframework that allows the reader to ask new questions and seek genuinesolutions. Using the latest research as the basis for discussion, thisbook provides a fresh look at the growing and politically volatilecharter school movement. The authors present the most balancedanalysis to date of the movement that is changing the landscape ofAmerican education. ... Read more

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Expecting Miracles
Expect Miracles is a wonderful book if you have never heard of charter schools before.The first section of the book presents all of the information one would need if they were in the market for starting their own charter school.However, if you are looking for information past what a charter school is and how one would go about forming one, I would not recommend this book.

The second section of the text is aimed at being more of a theoretical nature. Unfortunatly, many of the arguements in this section are very abbreviated and not fully formed. Also, there is a definite bias in which support in terms of other research is not provided to the reader.

In all if you are looking for an objective look at charter schools, this is probably not the ideal book to read.

Expect Miracles: Charter Schools and the Politics of Hope an
The words "Expect Miracles" and "Hope and Despair" caught my attention as I was researching a book to read for an assignment in my Philosophy of Education class. As a graduate student studying in the field of Counseling and Guidance, school accountability and standardized tests have been an ongoing topic in several of my classes. I am familiar with how public and A-typical schools in my city stand on these issues however; charter schools are an area that I am unfamiliar with. After hearing mostly negative comments from former charter schoolteachers on their experience working in this type of school system. I wanted to examine this form of alternative school program.

I believe this book would be beneficial to parents who are thinking about enrolling their child in a charter school, individuals who are already knowledgeable in this form of educational system, and for individuals like myself who have an interest in learning and understanding the goals and purpose of charter schools. The authors of this book have provided the reader with information on the school choice/charter school conception through its current status and it's impact on the education of our children in America. They have also provided scenerios on what an individual would have to go through in order to see their vision of opening a charter school realized.

Finally, another issue this book addresses is whether or not government and politics should remain influential in educating our children. After reviewing the author's comments the reader will be able to ask him or herself if these institutions are the source of failure at our schools or do they contribute to their success? There are pros and cons to all educational systems in America, from traditional public schools to voucher programs. In my opinion, I believe charter schools are not the best environment for a child to learn and grow as a person. The curriculum is limited and the social structure is not as diverse as our population. ... Read more