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Book The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Download or read book The Beauty Queen of Leenane written by Martin McDonagh and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a plain and lonely woman in her early forties, and Mag her manipulative ageing mother whose interference in Maureen's first and potentially last loving relationship sets in motion a train of events that is as gothically funny as it is horrific.

Book The Murder Case of JonBenet

Download or read book The Murder Case of JonBenet written by J.D. Rockefeller and published by J.D. Rockefeller. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JоnBеnеt wаѕ a 6-уеаr-оld beauty queen who was found killеd in hеr раrеntѕ' Bоuldеr, Cоlоrаdо, hоmе оn Dесеmbеr 26, 1996. JonBenet wаѕ born оn August 6, 1990, in Atlanta, Gеоrgiа. Thе dаughtеr of a socialite and a wеаlthу buѕinеѕѕmаn, ѕhе was a 6-year-old bеаutу queen whо was fоund murdеrеd in hеr parents' Bоuldеr, Cоlоrаdо, home оn December 26, 1996. Still unѕоlvеd, the murder led tо one of thе most рubliсizеd роliсе investigations of thе 1990ѕ. Noticing that JonBenet wаѕ nоt in bеd thаt morning, Patsy Ramsey саllеd the сорѕ after finding a rаnѕоm nоtе dеmаnding $118,000 fоr hеr dаughtеr'ѕ safe rеturn. Thе girl'ѕ bоdу, hоwеvеr, wаѕ diѕсоvеrеd in the basement lаtеr thаt afternoon. Shе had a ѕkull fracture аnd had bееn ѕеxuаllу аѕѕаultеd аnd ѕtrаnglеd with a cord. Aссоrding to thе соrоnеr’ѕ rероrt, JоnBеnеt diеd ѕоmеtimе in the еаrlу mоrning hоurѕ of Dесеmbеr 26, 1996. In аdditiоn to JоnBеnét'ѕ briеf bеаutу раgеаnt саrееr, mеdiа соvеrаgе оf the case hаѕ often focused on hеr раrеntѕ' wеаlth аnd the extraordinary еvidеnсе fоund in thе саѕе. Mеdiа rероrtѕ hаvе also questioned thе police's handling оf thе саѕе. JonBenet fаmilу mеmbеrѕ аnd thеir friеndѕ hаvе filed dеfаmаtiоn suits аgаinѕt ѕеvеrаl media organizations. Let’s Bеgin!

Book Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines written by Patricia Monaghan, PhD and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting goddesses and heroines from all religions and all corners of the globe. Her work demonstrated that from the beginning of recorded history, goddesses reigned alongside their male counterparts as figures of inspiration and awe. Drawing on anthropology, folklore, literature, and psychology, Monaghan’s vibrant and accessible encyclopedia covers female deities from Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, Asia and Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, as well as every major religious tradition.

Book Pure Beauty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release : 2006
  • ISBN : 9781452909103
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book Pure Beauty written by Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema written by S. Torriano Berry and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As early as 1909, African Americans were utilizing the new medium of cinema to catalogue the world around them, using the film camera as a device to capture their lives and their history. The daunting subject of race and ethnicity permeated life in America at the turn of the twentieth century and due to the effect of certain early films, specific television images, and an often-biased news media, it still plagues us today. As new technologies bring the power of the moving image to the masses, African Americans will shoot and edit on laptop computers and share their stories with a global audience via the World Wide Web. These independently produced visions will add to the diverse cache of African American images being displayed on an ever-expanding silver screen. This wide range of stories, topics, views, and genres will finally give the world a glimpse of African American life that has long been ignored and has yet to be seen. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1400 cross-referenced entries on actors, actresses, movies, producers, organizations, awards, and terminology, this book provides a better understanding of the role African Americans played in film history. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about African American cinema.

Book Misdemeanours  Beauty Queen Scandals

Download or read book Misdemeanours Beauty Queen Scandals written by Sally-Ann Fawcett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-06-04 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beauty contests: as much as the feminists, the detractors and the TV executives tried, they never quite went away. Nor did the scandals that accompanied them, which became as much a tradition as the contests themselves. Misdemeanours celebrates the beauty queens that made the headlines: the sex, the drugs, the rock 'n' roll stars, as well as the tragedies and heartaches that lay behind those glittering prizes.

Book Fifty Key Irish Plays

Download or read book Fifty Key Irish Plays written by Shaun Richards and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Key Irish Plays charts the progression of modern Irish drama from Dion Boucicault’s entry on to the global stage of the Irish diaspora to the contemporary dramas created by the experiences of the New Irish. Each chapter provides a brief plot outline along with informed analysis and, alert to the cultural and critical context of each play, an account of the key roles that they played in the developing story of Irish drama. While the core of the collection is based on the critical canon, including work by J. M. Synge, Lady Gregory, Teresa Deevy, and Brian Friel, plays such as Tom Mac Intyre’s The Great Hunger and ANU Productions’ Laundry, which illuminate routes away from the mainstream, are also included. With a focus on the development of form as well as theme, the collection guides the reader to an informed overview of Irish theatre via succinct and insightful essays by an international team of academics. This invaluable collection will be of particular interest to undergraduate students of theatre and performance studies and to lay readers looking to expand their appreciation of Irish drama.

Book A History of British  Irish and American Literature

Download or read book A History of British Irish and American Literature written by Hans-Peter Wagner and published by WVT (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier). This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third revised and enlarged edition contains discussions of British, Irish and American literary works up to 2020. Focussing on outstanding writings in prose, poetry, drama and non-fiction, the book covers the time from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 21st century. The feature that makes this literary history unique among its rivals is the coverage of television/web series as a particular form of postmodern drama. The chapters on recent drama now contain detailed analyses of the development of TV and web series from Britain, Ireland and America, with extensive discussions of those series now considered classics. In addition, there are several major innovative features. To begin with, each century is introduced by a survey of the socio-political and cultural backgrounds in which the literary works are embedded. Furthermore, extensive visual material (more than 160 engravings, cartoons and paintings) has been integrated. This visual aspect as well as the introductory sections on art for each century give the reader an excellent idea of the symbiosis between visual and literary representations. Further innovative aspects include - discussions of non-fictional works from literary criticism and theory, travel writing, historiography, and the social sciences - analyses of such popular genres as crime fiction, science fiction, fantasy, the Western, horror fiction, and children’s literature - footnotes explaining technical and historical terms and events - a detailed glossary of literary terms - chronological tables for British/Anglo-Irish and American literatures an updated (cut-off date 2020), extensive bibliography containing suggestions for further reading

Book Irish Theatre in the Twenty First Century

Download or read book Irish Theatre in the Twenty First Century written by Nicholas Grene and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-09-26 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish Theatre in the Twenty-First Century is the first in-depth study of the subject. It analyses the ways in which theatre in Ireland has developed since the 1990s when emerging playwrights Martin McDonagh, Conor McPherson, and Enda Walsh turned against the tradition of lyrical eloquence with a harsh and broken dramatic language. Companies such as Blue Raincoat, the Corn Exchange, and Pan Pan pioneered an avant-garde dramaturgy that no longer privileged the playwright. This led to new styles of production of classic Irish works, including the plays of Synge, mounted in their entirety by Druid. The changed environment led to a re-imagining of past Irish history in the work of Rough Magic and ANU, plays by Owen McCafferty, Stacey Gregg, and David Ireland, dramatizing the legacy of the Troubles, and adaptations of Greek tragedy by Marina Carr and others reflecting the conditions of modern Ireland. From 2015, the movement #WakingTheFeminists led to a sharpened awareness of gender. While male playwrights showed a toxic masculinity on the stage, a generation of female dramatists including Carr, Gregg, and Nancy Harris gave voice to the experiences of women long suppressed in conservative Ireland. For three separate periods, 2006, 2016, 2020-2, the author served as one of the judges for the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, attending all new productions across the island of Ireland. This allowed him to provide the detailed overview of the 'state of play' of Irish theatre in each of those times which punctuate the book as one of its most innovative features. Drawing also on interviews with Ireland's leading theatre makers, Grene provides readers with a close-up understanding of Irish theatre in a period when Ireland became for the first time a fully modernized, secular, and multi-ethnic society.

Book Contemporary Irish Theatre

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charlotte McIvor
  • Publisher : Springer Nature
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 3031550129
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book Contemporary Irish Theatre written by Charlotte McIvor and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book In My Opinion  JonBenet Ramsey  the Travesty of Innocence Revisited

Download or read book In My Opinion JonBenet Ramsey the Travesty of Innocence Revisited written by and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mortal Evidence

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cyril H. Wecht
  • Publisher : Prometheus Books
  • Release : 2010-10-29
  • ISBN : 1615920544
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Mortal Evidence written by Cyril H. Wecht and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-10-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lifeless newborn baby is found discarded in a motel Dumpster. Authorities quickly arrest the infant's teenage parents, charging them with murder. Did Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson, in fact, murder their own baby? Tammy Wynette died suddenly at a relatively young age, and yet no autopsy was performed? Was someone trying to hide the real cause of death? Did Sam Sheppard (later dubbed "The Fugitive" based on a television series) really kill his wife? And if not, who committed the murder? Things are not always as they appear, as world-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht shows in this riveting behind-the-scenes look at nine famous cases. In the nationally known baby case involving Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson, Dr. Wecht reviews the evidence and comes to a startling conclusion. In fascinating detail, he demonstrates how the tools of forensic pathology often uncover murky, long-hidden secrets that crack seemingly unsolvable crimes. Writing in the first-person Dr. Wecht leads you into the heart of the investigation, focusing each chapter on a single engrossing drama. He reveals the most startling evidence that shows why JonBenet Ramsey's killer most likely came from within her home, why O.J. Simpson probably had an accomplice in the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman, shocking revelations about Robert Berdella's grisly torture and sex-abuse crimes against young men, and many intriguing facts about other infamous cases. If you find the fictional plots of such dramas as C.S.I. exciting, you will be amazed by the true stories told by Dr. Wecht, with the help of two top-flight veteran reporters, Greg Saitz and Mark Curriden, in this amazing real-life thriller. As this intriguing page-turner proves, the science of forensic pathology has changed the face of detective work forever.

Book Pride

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matthew Todd
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2020-06-23
  • ISBN : 1681885239
  • Pages : 97 pages

Download or read book Pride written by Matthew Todd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1969, police raided New York gay bar the Stonewall Inn. Pride charts the events of that night, the days and nights of rioting that followed, the ensuing organization of local members of the community, and the 50+ years since in which activists and ordinary people have dedicated their lives to reversing the global position. Pride documents the milestones in the fight for equality, from the victories of early activists, to the gradual acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community in politics, sports, and the media and the landmark court cases that helped to ban discrimination, permit marriage, and help in the fight for equality. This wide-reaching text covers key figures and notable moments, events, and breakthroughs a wealth of rare images and documents, as well as moving essays from key witnesses to the era. Pride is a unique and comprehensive account of the ongoing challenges facing the LGBTQ community, and a celebration of the equal rights that have been won for many as a result of the sacrifices and passion of this mass movement. Includes personal testimonies from: Travis Alabanza, Bisi Alimi, Georgina Beyer, Jonathan Blake, Deborah Brin, Maureen Duffy, David Furnish, Nan Goldin, Asifa Lahore, Paris Lees, Lewis Oakley, Reverend Troy Perry, Darryl Pinckney, Jake Shears, Judy Shepard, and Will Young.

Book Dictionary of African Biography

Download or read book Dictionary of African Biography written by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-02 with total page 3382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).

Book Guernsey Breeders  Journal

Download or read book Guernsey Breeders Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sati Achath
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2011-06
  • ISBN : 146341157X
  • Pages : 66 pages

Download or read book written by Sati Achath and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives in a nutshell the bio of 60 Hollywood celebrities who are currently active in films. Each bio is accompanied by a caricature of the celebrity made by the author himself.

Book Focus On  100 Most Popular African American Players of American Football

Download or read book Focus On 100 Most Popular African American Players of American Football written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 1071 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: