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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Simon Crook
‘Crook has stepped on to the gore-slicked stage with a deliciously gruesome portfolio of twisty tales’ DAILY MAIL ’Plenty of creepy fun to be had’ GUARDIAN There’s a new horror behind every door… Welcome to Silverweed Road – a once quiet suburban street where nothing is quite as it seems. In this macabre collection of twisted tales, were-foxes prowl, a swimming pool turns predatory, a haunted urn plots revenge and a darts player makes a deal with the devil himself. As the residents vanish one by one, a sinister mystery slowly unpeels, lurking in the Woods at the road’s dead-end. Creepy, chilling, and witty by turn, Silverweed Road deals in love, loss, isolation, loneliness, obsession, greed,and revenge. Come take a walk through suburban hell. The neighbours will be dying to meet you …
Code the Classics Volume II
Dr. David Braben OBE FREng; Simon Brew; Allister Brimble; David Crookes; Andrew Gillett; Dan Malone; Eben Upton; Liz Upton; Sean M. Tracey
Raspberry Pi Press
2024
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Take inspiration from the some of the greatest video games of the 1980s and learn how to write your own modern classicsCode the Classics Volume II not only tells the stories of some of the seminal video games of the 1980s, but shows you how to create your own games inspired by them, following examples programmed by Raspberry Pi founder Eben Upton. In this book, you'll learn how to run and edit the games in this book by installing Python, Pygame Zero, and an IDE. You'll also:Get game design tips and tricks from the masters.Understand the fundamental tasks needed for every game: display images, play sound effects and receive inputs from the keyboard or a game controller.Learn how to code your own games with Pygame Zero, a library that helps automate those tasks.Explore the code listings and find out how they work.You'll meet these vintage-inspired games, and learn from their code in between rounds of play:Avenger: fly across a scrolling landscape while you save humans from malevolent aliens.Beat Streets: fight your way through a level, and defeat a notorious crime boss.Eggzy: collect gems and survive as long as possible before time runs out.Leading Edge: Race a car on a pseudo-3d race track.Kinetix: Break bricks with your paddle, and use powerups to avoid various menaces.
Though well-known as the author of Trilby and the creator of Svengali, the writer-artist George Du Maurier had many other accomplishments that are less familiar to modern audiences. This collection traces Du Maurier’s role as a participant in the wider cultural life of his time, restoring him to his proper status as a major Victorian figure. Divided into sections, the volume considers Du Maurier as an artist, illustrator and novelist who helped to form some of the key ideas of his time. The contributors place his life and work in the context of his treatment of Judaism and Jewishness; his fascination with urbanization, Victorian science, technology and clairvoyance; his friendships and influences; and his impact on notions of consumerism and taste. As an illustrator, Du Maurier collaborated with Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Gaskell and sensational writers such as M. E. Braddon and the author of The Notting Hill Mystery. These partnerships, along with his reflections on the art of illustration, are considered in detail. Impossible to categorize, Du Maurier was an Anglo-Frenchman with cultural linkages in France, England, and America; a social commentator with an interest in The New Woman; a Punch humourist; and a friend of Henry James, with whom he shared a particular interest in the writing of domesticity and domestic settings. Closing with a consideration of Du Maurier’s after-life, notably the treatment of his work in film, this collection highlights his diverse achievements and makes a case for his enduring significance.
This title argues that 'travellers' tales of wonder' are a vital yet unacknowledged presence in contemporary literature. Exploring travellers' tales of wonder in contemporary literature, this study challenges a sensibility of disenchantment with travel. It reassesses travel writing as an aesthetically and ethically innovative form in contemporary international literature, and demonstrates the crucial role of wonder in the travel narratives of writers such as Bruce Chatwin, V.S. Naipaul, and W.G. Sebald. Their 'travellers' tales of wonder' are read as a challenge to the hubris of thinking the world too well known, and an invitation to encounter the world - including its most troubling histories - with a sense of wonder. It reassesses the place of travel writing in literary history to argue that the genre is important as a site of aesthetic innovation and ethical engagement in contemporary literature. It demonstrates the central role of wonder in travel accounts often regarded as narratives of disenchantment. It explores the way travellers' tales of wonder recover and renew ancient and early modern forms in approaching modern and contemporary issues. It offers new, in-depth readings of the work of three major writers, in each case drawing on as yet unpublished results of archival research.
A new perspective on a book that transformed Victorian illustration into a stand-alone art. Edward Moxon's 1857 edition of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Poems dramatically redefined the relationship between images and words in print. Cooke's study, the first book to address the subject in over 120 years, presents a sweeping analysis of the illustrators and the complex and challenging ways in which they interpreted Tennyson's poetry. This book considers the volume's historical context, examining in detail the roles of publisher, engravers, and binding designer, as well as the material difficulties of printing its fine illustrations, which recreate the effects of painting. Arranged thematically and reproducing all the original images, the chapters present a detailed reappraisal of the original volume and the distinctive culture that produced it.
A detailed study of Victorian supernaturalism in book and magazine illustrations and cartoons Illustrating the Victorian Supernatural explores written and visual texts through which the original Victorian readership encountered and navigated their experience of supernaturalism. Looking across the nineteenth century, Simon Cooke investigates illustrative responses to well-known texts by writers such as Charles Dickens and Henry James while also examining responses to less familiar ghost stories by female authors such as M. E. Braddon and Amelia Edwards. The mix of familiar and unfamiliar carries forward into the selection of artists, both those in the mainstream-John Leech, George Cruikshank, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais-and others whose names are lost to modern readers and whose work deserves to be better known. The study addresses two main questions: how illustration responded to key literary texts and how graphic designs related to contemporary contexts of race, gender, and class and to the workings of the supernatural itself. The first chapter focuses on satirical writings about ghosts and ghostliness and the various ways illustrators depicted that mockery. Chapter 2 traces artistic responses to Dickens’s writing of the supernatural as a mode of psychological investigation. Chapter 3 looks at class and gender and the problematic practice of male artists illustrating female-authored ghost stories. The fourth chapter examines satirical cartoons’ deployment of supernatural imagery to anatomize issues of imperialism and race. Finally, chapter 5 examines how neo-Victorian artists have revisited the classic texts and taken up the themes established by their forebears.
What if you were suddenly in charge? After the initial excitement of a "battlefield promotion" wears off, you need to get in the trenches and get the job done. And if you are already in the trenches, you need quick access to information that will make your job easier. A comprehensive desk reference and guide, Clinical Studies Management: A Practical Guide to Success provides the practical skills and methods required by project managers running clinical studies. The author explains a framework for project management based on seven core themes: goals, budgets, time, resources, measurement, communication, and training. He solidly reviews how modern management theory can be brought to bear on the specialized demands of clinical trials. The book covers the practical how-tos of writing and costing a study, organizing an Investigator Meeting, and improving patient enrollment in your study. Divided into stand-alone chapters that make the information easy to find, the book presents a comprehensive overview of drug development processes and the trends that are driving change. If you are new to study management, the book rapidly brings you up to speed. If you are an experienced study manager, it gives you a convenient and authoritative reference you will use on a daily basis. Whatever your level of experience, Clinical Studies Management: A Practical Guide to Success supplies the tools you need to manage your projects efficiently and effectively.
Though well-known as the author of Trilby and the creator of Svengali, the writer-artist George Du Maurier had many other accomplishments that are less familiar to modern audiences. This collection traces Du Maurier’s role as a participant in the wider cultural life of his time, restoring him to his proper status as a major Victorian figure. Divided into sections, the volume considers Du Maurier as an artist, illustrator and novelist who helped to form some of the key ideas of his time. The contributors place his life and work in the context of his treatment of Judaism and Jewishness; his fascination with urbanization, Victorian science, technology and clairvoyance; his friendships and influences; and his impact on notions of consumerism and taste. As an illustrator, Du Maurier collaborated with Thomas Hardy, Elizabeth Gaskell and sensational writers such as M. E. Braddon and the author of The Notting Hill Mystery. These partnerships, along with his reflections on the art of illustration, are considered in detail. Impossible to categorize, Du Maurier was an Anglo-Frenchman with cultural linkages in France, England, and America; a social commentator with an interest in The New Woman; a Punch humourist; and a friend of Henry James, with whom he shared a particular interest in the writing of domesticity and domestic settings. Closing with a consideration of Du Maurier’s after-life, notably the treatment of his work in film, this collection highlights his diverse achievements and makes a case for his enduring significance.
Puppy Training: The Complete Guide: How To Train And Housebreak Your Puppy Into An Obedient And Well Behaved Member Of The Family
Simon Cooke
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Looking For EASY TO FOLLOW Yet PROVEN Methods To Train Your Puppy? This Book Will Provide You With ALL The Information You Will Need Thinking about getting a puppy? Have you recently bought a puppy and are wondering what the most effective methods are in order to train it? Perhaps you have had your puppy for some time already and are looking to correct certain behaviors or maybe you are just looking for some extra insight into the psychology of your puppy to further understand how it behaves? On the surface, training your puppy can see like a mammoth task, especially when it seems that your puppy refuses to listen. However, the good news is, through the tried and tested methods listed in this book, even the most stubborn of puppies can be transformed This book will provide a detailed, comprehensive and easy-to-understand overview that covers all the information that you will need. Here Is A Preview Of What You Will Learn... Understanding Your Puppy The Right Mindset To Have When Training Your PuppyWhat You Will Need For Your PuppyHow To Housebreak Your PuppyTraining Your Puppy To Use The Toilet OutsideClicker TrainingCrate TrainingHow To Walk Your PuppyHow To Handle Jumping & BitingAnd Much, Much More So what are you waiting for? Take action and download Puppy Training: The Complete Guide today and start building the life you've always wanted for you and your puppy
Drug development is risky business. It is against the backdrop of huge financial, scientific, technical and medical risks that a clinical trials manager is expected to function, effectively identifying and managing all project risks, to deliver a successful outcome. Focusing on the day-to-day needs of a clinical trials manager, Clinical Trials Risk Management explains the key concepts and principles of risk management, as well as showing how best to how to apply them directly to 'real life' clinical trial situations. After building a foundation of basic principles, the authors lead you through specific methods for handling the risks characteristically encountered in clinical trials. Their combined years of experience in pharmaceutical research and development shine through the narrative, making the prose both lively and informative. They discuss concepts using worked examples and include a summary of the main points at the end of each chapter. In addition to diagrams and Risk and Precision Tree charts, the text is sprinkled with humorous line drawings that reinforce the concepts.After reading this book, you will know how to: Prepare a Risk Assessment Design an Impact-Probability Matrix Compile a Risk Register Run a Monte Carlo Simulation Set up a Project Decision Tree Plan preventative and contingency actionsThe stand-alone chapters provide easy access to topics, while anecdotal and visual examples make them easy to remember. Martin Robinson and Simon Cook deliver a clear interpretation of complex information, thus saving you the time it would take to wade through a lengthier text, adopting a straightforward approach to examining clinical trials from a risk manager's perspective. A practical, readable guide, the book is filled with information that can be put to immediate use to improve current or planned clinical trials.
"There is a saying that you never really own a cat, rather the cat owns you. If that really is the case then we should be grateful that they allowed themselves to be photographed at all, for they are just as much the stars of the show as their human counterparts" from the introduction There were an impressive number of animal stars during the golden age of film; not just cats, but also dogs, lions, monkeys, elephants and any number of other species that could find a part to play. With studio contracts and the potential to earn sums equal to that of their human co-stars was it any wonder that animals (and their trainers) were ever present. Cats, however, had something of a unique place within this menagerie of animals. Some, like the young cat that sits on Marlon Brando's knee in a scene from The Godfather found themselves a place in cinema history, but most simply lived out their lives within the confines of the lots untroubled by dreams of stardom. Hollywood Cats showcases an incredible selection of photographs, taken during the golden age of Hollywood, of stars with their cats, celebrating and documenting this special relationship. Both Carole Lombard and Greer Garson manage to look even more sultry draped alongside their feline friends; photographs of madcap duo Laurel and Hardy playing with a kitten are both comical and endearing. Perhaps the most famous - and arguably the most important of all Hollywood cats is the MGM lion, Leo, who appeared (and still appears) on every MGM movie.
"This book is here to remind long-time movie fans why these important 20th-century icons will forever remain the Fabulous Faces of our time." — The Eye of Photography "Enigmatic, dazzling and fabulous: the faces of Hollywood’s golden age." — The Times "A new book pulls together glamorous portraits of film stars from the 1920s to the 60s who could draw an audience with their name alone." — The Guardian "Intense close-ups, staged embraces and smouldering, emotive glances exude star power in this fitting tribute to a bygone age.” “Star quality emanates from every page.” — The Lady Magazine Fabulous Faces of Classic Hollywood brings together some of the greatest portraits taken by leading Hollywood portrait photographers during the motion picture industry's golden years of 1920 to 1960. Little-seen negatives, long buried in the remarkable and internationally renowned archives of the John Kobal Foundation, have been unearthed and printed to reveal some of Hollywood's favourite stars at the height of their careers. Full-page images of Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, as well as lesser lights including Anna May Wong, Lon Chaney, Lupe Velez and Ramon Novarro, will remind long-time movie fans why these important 20th-century icons will forever remain the fabulous faces of the movie world. Selected by best-selling author Robert Dance and writer and award-winning film producer Simon Crocker, over 200 photographs are presented alongside an essay by Dance, describing what it takes to become a fabulous face and an international icon.
For Simon, cooking is about care, precision and love, and combining his professional skills with his understanding of home cooking, once again, he has created delicious recipes you will enjoy making - and eating. From the author of the number 1 best-selling book, The Good Cook, here are some more seriously good recipes.
A collection of stories, 150 words or less. Collectively described as Flash Fiction.
Words have been my constant companion on my journey, hence the title of this anthology 'Simple Man of Words'; because that is what and who I am.
The Intellectual Foundations of Alfred Marshall's Economic Science
Cook Simon J.
Cambridge University Press
2009
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This book provides a contextual study of the development of Alfred Marshall's thinking during the early years of his apprenticeship in the Cambridge moral sciences. Marshall's thought is situated in a crisis of academic liberal thinking that occurred in the late 1860s. His crisis of faith is shown to have formed part of his wider philosophical development, which saw him supplementing Anglican thought and mechanistic psychology with Hegel's Philosophy of History. This philosophical background informed Marshall's early reformulation of value theory and his subsequent wide-ranging reinterpretation of political economy as a whole. The book concludes with the suggestion that Marshall's mature economic science was conceived by him as but one part of a wider, neo-Hegelian, social philosophy.
The Intellectual Foundations of Alfred Marshall's Economic Science
Cook Simon J.
Cambridge University Press
2015
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This book provides a contextual study of the development of Alfred Marshall's thinking during the early years of his apprenticeship in the Cambridge moral sciences. Marshall's thought is situated in a crisis of academic liberal thinking that occurred in the late 1860s. His crisis of faith is shown to have formed part of his wider philosophical development, which saw him supplementing Anglican thought and mechanistic psychology with Hegel's Philosophy of History. This philosophical background informed Marshall's early reformulation of value theory and his subsequent wide-ranging reinterpretation of political economy as a whole. The book concludes with the suggestion that Marshall's mature economic science was conceived by him as but one part of a wider, neo-Hegelian, social philosophy.