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  • The Historic Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix

    Series series Images of America
    Phoenix's Manzanita Speedway, the last of the big dirt tracks located near the central corridor of a major metropolitan area, is now gone. The track opened in the early 1950s when Jack Holloway, president of the Arizona Jalopy Racing Association, along with Avery Doyle and Gene Gunn, set about convincing Rudy Everett and Larry Meskimen to convert their unprofitable dog-racing operation into a ... Read more

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  • Judy Upton Plays 2

    Bruises; The Girlz; Sliding With Suzanne; Gaby Goes Global; Lockdown Tales

    by Judy Upton ...
    Series series Contemporary Dramatists
    Since her early break-through at the Royal Court Theatre in 1995, where she won the George Devine award and was joint winner of the Verity Bargate Award, Judy Upton has proven herself to be one of Britain's most prolific and diverse writers. In this, her second collection, we see work ranging from 1995 through to the 2000s and a collection of short work created during the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic ... Read more

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  • Upton Plays: 1

    Ashes and Sand; Sunspots; People on the River; Stealing Souls; Know Your Rights

    by Judy Upton ...
    Series Book 1 - Contemporary Dramatists
    "Judy Upton's a playful writer who likes nothing better than to upset expectations" IndependentAshes and Sand: "Searing, brutal...Judy Upton's vicious little hand grenade of a play explodes onto the stage...her writing blazes with anger about the waste of a generation with no hopes" Independent"Sunspots confirms Upton as one of the most promising writers working in London at present" What's ... Read more

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  • Confidence

    by Judy Upton ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    If you're not interested in earning a new pair of Nikes by the end of the day…complete designer wardrobe by the end of the week…all the beers you can drink…if you don't want to meet Uma Thurman…then okay, stay here, as King of the Slackers, that's fine by me.As another summer season on the seafront gets underway Ella is turning up the heat in a high stakes game to get as far away as possible. ... Read more

    $19.09 CAD

  • Confidence

    by Judy Upton ...
    Series series Modern Plays
    Upton's a playful writer who likes nothing better than to upset expectationsJoin the schemers and the dreamer on the English seafront, as another summer season begins. There's serious money to be made. Amongst the paint-peeling kiosks on the prom, Ella arrives like an erotic whilrwind, hell-bent on secruing the elusive jackpot and a ticket to Hollywood. But everyone else is raising their game too ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Jelly Babes

    A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

    Unabridged

    43 min

    Resourceful mum Shanice is persuaded by her next-door neighbour, Evie, to take up the bizarre sport of jelly wrestling to make ends meet in this BBC Radio 4 'Afternon Play'. Becky, AKA 'Azaria The Amazon', shows Shanice the ropes, and she is soon wowing the rowdy stag night audiences with her slams and smackdowns. By night she's bikini clad 'Alice Malice', by day she's mum to gymnastics-mad Alex ... Read more

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  • The Military Orders Volume IV

    On Land and By Sea

    Edited by Judi Upton-Ward ...
    Series series The Military Orders
    In the last two decades there has been an explosion of scholarly interest in the Military Orders. With a history stretching from the early twelfth century to the present day, they were among the richest and most powerful orders of the church in medieval Europe. They founded their own states in Prussia and on the Mediterranean islands of Rhodes and Malta. They are of concern to historians of the ... Read more

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  • Hometown Tales: South Coast

    Series series Hometown Tales
    Original tales by remarkable writersHometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home.In these pages on the South Coast, you'll find ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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    Hometown Tales: South Coast

    Series series Hometown Tales

    Unabridged

    3 hours 7 min

    Original tales by remarkable writersHometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction - they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the meaning of home.In these pages on the South East, you'll find ... Read more

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    A spirited history of the changes that transformed Europe during the 1,000-year span of the Middle Ages: "A dazzling race through a complex millennium."— Publishers WeeklyThe millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period—one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages. Yet distinguished historian Chris ... Read more

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  • A Cottage by the Sea

    A fan favourite from the Sunday Times bestseller

    THE BESTSELLING NOVEL FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY-SELLING AUTHORFor three friends, one summer will change everything . . .Grace has been best friends with Ella and Flick forever. The late-night chats, shared heartaches and good times have created a bond that has stood the test of time.When Ella invites them to stay for a week in her cottage in South Wales, Grace jumps at the chance to see her old ... Read more

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  • A Brief History of the Knights Templar

    Series series Brief Histories
    Much has been written about the Knights Templar in recent years. A leading specialist in the history of this legendary medieval order now writes a full account of the Knights of the Order of the Temple of Solomon, to give them their full title, bringing the latest findings to a general audience. Putting many of the myths finally to rest, Nicholson recounts a new history of these storm troopers of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD