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Book A Kestrel for a Knave

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barry Hines
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2000-05-25
  • ISBN : 014190383X
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book A Kestrel for a Knave written by Barry Hines and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-05-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest, A KETREL FOR A KNAVE was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, 'Kes', directed by Ken Loach.

Book The Blinder

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  • Author : Barry Hines
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1966
  • ISBN : 9780140470963
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book The Blinder written by Barry Hines and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kes

    Kes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barry Hines
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9781854594860
  • Pages : 84 pages

Download or read book Kes written by Barry Hines and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new stage adaptation of Barry Hines' well-known film and novel once again proves its gritty charm and popular staying power..." --Back cover.

Book The Gamekeeper

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  • Author : Barry Hines
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2022-04-24
  • ISBN : 9781913505301
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book The Gamekeeper written by Barry Hines and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humankind's relationship to nature is governed by money in this first US publication of a classic by the greatest chronicler of the British working class

Book No Way But Gentlenesse

Download or read book No Way But Gentlenesse written by Richard Hines and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no way but gentlenesse to redeeme a Hawke. --Edmund Bert, 1619 Born and raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, Richard Hines remembers sliding down heaps of coal dust, hearing whispers of "accidents" in the pit, listening for the siren at the end of mine shifts, and praying for his father's safe return. At age eleven, Richard's prospects suddenly dimmed when he failed the trials for English Grammar School, though his older brother Barry, evidently their mother's favorite, had passed and seemed headed for great things. Crushed by a system that swiftly and permanently decided that some children do not merit a real education, and persecuted by the cruel antics of his English schoolteachers, Richard spent his time in the fields and meadows just beyond the colliery slag heap. One morning, walking on the grounds of a ruined medieval manor, he came across a nest of kestrels. Instantly captivated but without a role model to learn from, he sought out ancient falconry texts from the local library and pored over the strange and beautiful language there. With just these books, some ingenuity, and his profound respect for the hawk's indomitable wildness, Richard learned to "man" or train his kestrel, Kes, and in the process became a man himself. No Way But Gentlenesse is a breathtaking memoir of one remarkable boy's love for a culture lost to time, and his attempt to find salvation in the natural world.

Book The Heart of it

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  • Author : Barry Hines
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1995-05-01
  • ISBN : 9780140172959
  • Pages : 279 pages

Download or read book The Heart of it written by Barry Hines and published by . This book was released on 1995-05-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Barry Hines

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  • Author : David Forrest
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9781784992620
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book Barry Hines written by David Forrest and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length critical study of the work of Barry Hines, best know as the author of A Kestrel for a Knave

Book Barry Hines

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  • Author : David Forrest
  • Publisher : Manchester University Press
  • Release : 2017-10-19
  • ISBN : 1526123754
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Barry Hines written by David Forrest and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Hines’s novel A Kestrel for a Knave, adapted for the screen as Kes, is one of the best-known and well-loved novels of the post-war period, while his screenplay for the television drama Threads is central to a Cold War-era vision of nuclear attack. But Hines published a further eight novels and nine screenplays between the 1960s and 1990s, as well as writing eleven other works which remain unpublished and unperformed. This study examines the entirety of Hines’s work. It argues that he used a great variety of aesthetic forms to represent the lives of working-class people in Britain during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and into the post-industrial conclusion of the twentieth century. It also makes the case that, as well as his literary flair for poetic realism, Hines’s authorial contributions to the films of his novels show the profoundly collaborative nature of these works.

Book This Artistic Life

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  • Author : Barry Hines
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2009-01-05
  • ISBN : 9781904590224
  • Pages : 175 pages

Download or read book This Artistic Life written by Barry Hines and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-05 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains an anthology of essays, stories and poems by Barry Hines, the author of the much-celebrated 'A Kestrel For A Knave', better known as 'Kes'. Many of the pieces were written at the same time as this seminal novel and have never been published before.

Book Barry Sonnenfeld  Call Your Mother

Download or read book Barry Sonnenfeld Call Your Mother written by Barry Sonnenfeld and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **A New York Times Editor's Choice selection!** This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television director’s life, from his idiosyncratic upbringing to his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black. Barry Sonnenfeld's philosophy is, "Regret the Past. Fear the Present. Dread the Future." Told in his unmistakable voice, Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother is a laugh-out-loud memoir about coming of age. Constantly threatened with suicide by his over-protective mother, disillusioned by the father he worshiped, and abused by a demonic relative, Sonnenfeld somehow went on to become one of Hollywood's most successful producers and directors. Written with poignant insight and real-life irony, the book follows Sonnenfeld from childhood as a French horn player through graduate film school at NYU, where he developed his talent for cinematography. His first job after graduating was shooting nine feature length pornos in nine days. From that humble entrée, he went on to form a friendship with the Coen Brothers, launching his career shooting their first three films. Though Sonnenfeld had no ambition to direct, Scott Rudin convinced him to be the director of The Addams Family. It was a successful career move. He went on to direct many more films and television shows. Will Smith once joked that he wanted to take Sonnenfeld to Philadelphia public schools and say, "If this guy could end up as a successful film director on big budget films, anyone can." This book is a fascinating and hilarious roadmap for anyone who thinks they can't succeed in life because of a rough beginning.

Book The Price of Coal

Download or read book The Price of Coal written by Barry Hines and published by . This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Family Violence in the United States

Download or read book Family Violence in the United States written by Denise A. Hines and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in scholarly references and case materials, Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse, Second Edition by Denise A. Hines and Kathleen Malley-Morrison is a thought-provoking book that encourages students to question assumptions, evaluate information, formulate hypotheses, and design solutions to problems of family violence in the United States. Using an ecological framework, the authors provide an informative discussion of not only of the most well-recognized forms of maltreatment in families, but also of less understood and more controversial issues such as husband abuse, parent abuse, and gay/lesbian abuse. It reviews and evaluates major efforts at intervention and prevention.

Book Heading North

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  • Author : Ewa Mazierska
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2017-05-05
  • ISBN : 331952500X
  • Pages : 305 pages

Download or read book Heading North written by Ewa Mazierska and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents a number of films and television programmes set in the North of England in an investigation of how northern identity imbricates with class, race, gender, rural and urban identities. Heading North considers famous screen images of the North, such as Coronation Street and Kes (1969), but the main purpose is to examine its lesser known facets. From Mitchell and Kenyon’s ‘Factory Gate’ films to recent horror series In the Flesh, the authors analyse how the dominant narrative of the North of England as an ‘oppressed region’ subordinated to the economically and politically powerful South of England is challenged. The book discusses the relationship between the North of England and the rest of the world and should be of interest to students of British cinema and television, as well as to those broadly interested in its history and culture.

Book Social Injustice and Public Health

Download or read book Social Injustice and Public Health written by Barry S. Levy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-19 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Social Injustice and Public Health is a comprehensive, up-to-date, evidence-based resource on the relationship of social injustice to many aspects of public health. With contributions from leading experts in public health, medicine, health, social sciences, and other fields, this integrated book documents the adverse effects of social injustice on health and makes recommendations on what needs to be done to reduce social injustice and thereby improve the public's health. Social Injustice and Public Health is divided into four parts: · The nature of social injustice and its impact on public health · How the health of specific population groups is affected by social injustice · How social injustice adversely affects medical care, infectious and chronic non-communicable disease, nutrition, mental health, violence, environmental and occupational health, oral health, and aspects of international health · What needs to be done, such as addressing social injustice in a human rights context, promoting social justice through public health policies and programs, strengthening communities, and promoting equitable and sustainable human development With 78 contributors who are experts in their respective subject areas, this textbook is ideal for students and practitioners in public health, medicine, nursing, and other health sciences. It is the definitive resource for anyone seeking to better understand the social determinants of health and how to address them to reduce social injustice and improve the public's health.

Book Kes

    Kes

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Forrest
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2024-05-02
  • ISBN : 1839025662
  • Pages : 114 pages

Download or read book Kes written by David Forrest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Loach's 1969 drama Kes, considered one of the finest examples of British social realism, tells the story of Billy, a working class boy who finds escape and meaning when he takes a fledgling kestrel from its nest. David Forrest's study of the film examines the genesis of the original novel, Barry Hines' A Kestrel for a Knave (1968), the eventual collaboration that brought it to the screen, and the film's funding and production processes. He provides an in depth analysis of key scenes and draws on archival sources to shed new light on the film's most celebrated moments. He goes on to consider the film's lasting legacy, having influenced films like Ratcatcher (1999) and This is England (2006), both in terms of its contribution to film history and as a document of political and cultural value. He makes a case for the film's renewed relevance in our present era of systemic economic (and regional) inequality, alienated labour, increasingly narrow educational systems, toxic masculinity, and ecological crisis. Kes endures, he argues, because it points towards the possibility for emancipation and fulfilment through a more responsive and nurturing approach to education, a more delicate and symbiotic relationship with landscape and the non-human, and an emotional articulacy and sensitivity shorn of the rigid expectations of gender.

Book Newark Minutemen

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  • Author : Leslie K. Barry
  • Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
  • Release : 2020-04-28
  • ISBN : 1631950738
  • Pages : 363 pages

Download or read book Newark Minutemen written by Leslie K. Barry and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 bestseller and soon to be motion picture, Newark Minutemen has bridged generations. The epic based-on-true story of forbidden love and unholy heroism is set against the backdrop of an America ripped apart by the Great Depression and on the brink of war. Newark, NJ, 1938. Millions are out of work and robbed of dignity. A shadow Hitler-Nazi party called the German-American Bund that is led by an American Fuhrer threatens to swallow democracy. In this dangerous time of star-spangled fascism, a romance forms between the Jewish boxer, Yael and the daughter of the enemy, Krista. But 1930s America pulls them apart as Krista’s people want Yael’s dead. Then Yael is recruited by the mob to go undercover for the FBI against her people and bring down the German-American Bund. Author Leslie K. Barry captures an authentic and brave portrait of a lost America searching for identity, preserving legacy and saving its soul. It is a heartbreaking novel that crosses generations as it honors the fragility of freedom.

Book First Signs

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barry Hines
  • Publisher : Michael Joseph
  • Release : 1972
  • ISBN : 9780718109981
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book First Signs written by Barry Hines and published by Michael Joseph. This book was released on 1972 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: