Author: EGMONT BOOKS Publisher: ISBN: 9781405251143 Category : Listening Languages : en Pages : 24
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This is a story about Victor, a shiny red engine who runs the Sodor Steamworks. But when Thomas had to take over, it took Victor to show him that Really Useful Engines listen to each other …
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9781405285827 Category : Languages : en Pages : 32
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Victor, the shiny red engine, runs the Sodor Steamworks. When Thomas is asked to take over for the day, he finds he has a lot to learn from Victor! Based on the classic tales from the Reverend W. Awdry, with a stunning, modern look. Thomas Engine Adventures is a great way to pass on the tradition of Thomas to early readers. Children aged 2 and up will love meeting classic characters such as Percy, James, Gordon, and Toby down on The Fat Controller's railway. These fun, short stories come with a bonus spot-and-see activity at the end. Perfect for bedtime. Thomas has been teaching children lessons about life and friendship for over 70 years. He ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, Winnie-the-Pooh and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage.
Author: F. Douglas Scutchfield Publisher: University Press of Kentucky ISBN: 0813155657 Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 361
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This study affords an entirely new view of the nature of modern popular entertainment. American vaudeville is here regarded as the carefully elaborated ritual serving the different and paradoxical myth of the new urban folk. It demonstrates that the compulsive myth-making faculty in man is not limited to primitive ethnic groups or to serious art, that vaudeville cannot be dismissed as meaningless and irrelevant simply because it fits neither the criteria of formal criticsm or the familiar patterns of anthropological study. Using the methods for criticism developed by Susanne K. Langer and others, the author evaluates American vaudeville as a symbolic manifestation of basic values shared by the American people during the period 1885-1930. By examining vaudeville as folk ritual, the book reveals the unconscious symbolism basic to vaudeville-in its humor, magic, animal acts, music, and playlets, and also in the performers and the managers -- which gave form to the dominant American myth of success. This striking view of the new mass man as a folk and of his mythology rooted in the very empirical science devoted to dispelling myth has implications for the serious study of all forms of mass entertainment in America. The book is illustrated with a number of striking photographs.
Author: Emily Stead Publisher: ISBN: Category : Children's stories Languages : en Pages :
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Victor, the shiny red engine, runs the Sodor Steamworks. When Thomas is asked to take over for the day, he finds he has a lot to learn from Victor! Based on the classic tales from the Reverend W. Awdry, with a stunning, modern look. Thomas Engine Adventures is a great way to pass on the tradition of Thomas to early readers. Children aged 2 and up will love meeting classic characters such as Percy, James, Gordon, and Toby down on The Fat Controller's railway. These fun, short stories come with a bonus spot-and-see activity at the end. Perfect for bedtime.
Author: Victor Bulmer-Thomas Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300235194 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 461
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A sweeping history of the United States through the lens of empire—and an incisive look forward as the nation retreats from the global stage A respected authority on international relations and foreign policy, Victor Bulmer-Thomas offers a grand survey of the United States as an empire. From its territorial expansion after independence, through hegemonic rule following World War II, to the nation’s current imperial retreat, the United States has had an uneasy relationship with the idea of itself as an empire. In this book Bulmer-Thomas offers three definitions of empire—territorial, informal, and institutional—that help to explain the nation’s past and forecast a future in which the United States will cease to play an imperial role. Arguing that the move toward diminished geopolitical dominance reflects the aspirations of most U.S. citizens, he asserts that imperial retreat does not necessarily mean national decline and may ultimately strengthen the nation-state. At this pivotal juncture in American history, Bulmer-Thomas’s uniquely global perspective will be widely read and discussed across a range of fields.
Author: Sherman Alexie Publisher: Random House ISBN: 074938669X Category : American literature Languages : en Pages : 236
Book Description
Weaves characters, themes and language in 22 linked stories that evoke the complex density of life in and around the Spokane Indian Reservation. The author is one of Granta's 20 Best Young American Writers.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: 9781405267304 Category : Thomas the Tank Engine (Fictitious character) Languages : en Pages : 24
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It's an exciting day for Thomas and his friends when The Thin Controller puts Peter Sam in charge. He's given just one instruction: 'Don't Bother Victor!' But will Peter Sam be able to keep to his word? Find out in this bright and colourful story book.
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