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Jumpers for Goalposts
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 14.57A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way. Luke wants Danny, but Danny's got a secret. Joe's happy in goal but Geoff wants a headline gig. Viv just wants to beat the lesbians to the league title. Game on. Jumpers for Goalposts premiered at Watford Palace Theatre in April 2013, before touring the UK.... more...
Chimerica
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 14.57A powerful, provocative play about international relations and the shifting balance of power between East and West. Tiananmen Square, 1989. As tanks roll through Beijing and soldiers hammer on his hotel door, Joe ? a young American photojournalist ? captures a piece of history. New York, 2012. Joe is covering a presidential election, marred by... more...
#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
Nick Hern Books 2013; US$ 14.57A timely play based on the true story of an imprisoned Nobel Laureate. On 3 April 2011, as he was boarding a flight to Taipei, the Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Airport. Advised merely that his travel ?could damage state security?, he was escorted to a van by officials after which he disappeared for 81 days. On his release, the... more...
The Figure of the Singer
OUP Oxford 2013; US$ 64.99Why did poets continue to call themselves singers, and their poems songs, long after the formal link between poetry and music had been severed? Daniel Karlin explores the origin and meaning of the 'figure of the singer', tracing its roots in classical mythology and in the Bible, and following its rise from the 'adventurous song' of... more...
Mommy Prayers
Hyperion 2012; US$ 17.99We all pray for world peace--but only moms need a Prayer at Preschool Pickup: "O God, please don't let me be late. Please keep the light green for just one more second. Please fill the small, tight heart of the program director with mercy and pity so that she doesn't charge me the completely outrageous $1-per-minute late fee." What if there were... more...
Somewhere in the Night
Free Press 2010; US$ 25.00Film noir is more than a cinematic genre. It is an essential aspect of American culture. Along with the cowboy of the Wild West, the denizen of the film noir city is at the very center of our mythological iconography. Described as the style of an anxious victor, film noir began during the post-war period, a strange time of hope and optimism mixed... more...
Reframing Theology and Film (Cultural Exegesis)
Baker Publishing Group 2007; US$ 28.00Identifies and explicates the areas that are currently being overlooked or undervalued in the current discussions of theology and film. more...
Cinema, Theory, and Political Responsibility in Contemporary Culture
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 41.00Explores the political significance of aesthetic analysis in the context of film and cultural studies. more...
Literary Journals in Imperial Russia
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 26.00Originally published in 1998, this was the first volume to examine the extraordinary history of literary journals in imperial Russia. more...
Ideas and Forms of Tragedy from Aristotle to the Middle Ages
Cambridge University Press 1993; US$ 40.00This book explores the various meanings given to tragedy, from Aristotle, via Roman ideas and practices, to the middle ages. more...









