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The Image of God

A BBC Radio Adaptation of the Medieval Mystery Plays

by David Buck ...

Narrated by David Buck, Timothy West, Denis Quilley, Peter Jeffrey, Hannah Gordon, Julian Glover, Richard Briers, John Rowe, Annette Crosbie, John Shrapnel0, Nigel Anthony1, Full Cast2 ...

Unabridged

5 hours 22 min

A full-cast three-part adaptation of the Medieval Mystery Plays, introduced by David BuckDuring medieval religious holidays in certain English towns and cities, members of the various guilds would gather in the streets to re-enact Bible stories, from the Creation to the Last Judgment. Often staged from dawn to dusk on a single day, they were performed on a procession of pageant wagons, and the ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A full-cast three-part adaptation of the Medieval Mystery Plays, introduced by David BuckDuring medieval religious holidays in certain English towns and cities, members of the various guilds would gather in the streets to re-enact Bible stories, from the Creation to the Last Judgment. Often staged from dawn to dusk on a single day, they were performed on a procession of pageant wagons, and the
... Read more
The Time-Optimized Life

Moving Everyday Preparation, Execution and Control from Finite to Infinite

by David Buck, Rev. Dr. Susan Rose ...

Time management is a worn-out cliché that needs to be replaced.People manage their time, but they continue to manage it poorly. Life is populated with a series of reactive responses to personal priorities and professional needs. Individuals do not control their calendar; the calendar controls them. Until there is a clear understanding that true productivity begins when the narrative is switched to ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Time management is a worn-out cliché that needs to be replaced.People manage their time, but they continue to manage it poorly. Life is populated with a series of reactive responses to personal priorities and professional needs. Individuals do not control their calendar; the calendar controls them. Until there is a clear understanding that true productivity begins when the narrative is switched to
... Read more
Responding to Chaos

Tradition, Technology, Society and Order in Japanese Design

by David N Buck ...

A celebration of a unique culture and its experience of design, this sensitive text is a timely examination of Japanese design at the start of a new century. The country's economic boom in the 1980s produced a surge of interest in land and building, and consequently in design in all its forms. From restaurant interiors to products, from private housing to recreational spaces, design received an ... Read more

$145.99 USD

A celebration of a unique culture and its experience of design, this sensitive text is a timely examination of Japanese design at the start of a new century. The country's economic boom in the 1980s produced a surge of interest in land and building, and consequently in design in all its forms. From restaurant interiors to products, from private housing to recreational spaces, design received an
... Read more
Tamil dalit literature

My own experience

Edited by David C. Buck, M. Kannan ...

Series series Mondes Indiens/South Asia
Now, however, there are voices representing millions of Dalits - people who certainly do speak for themselves, but many of whom cannot write for themselves, and would not be published if they did. Some of those voices, translated from Tamil into English, are contained in this volume, along with an extensive introduction. Each of the nine Dalit authors collected here has contributed an essay on his ... Read more

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Now, however, there are voices representing millions of Dalits - people who certainly do speak for themselves, but many of whom cannot write for themselves, and would not be published if they did. Some of those voices, translated from Tamil into English, are contained in this volume, along with an extensive introduction. Each of the nine Dalit authors collected here has contributed an essay on his
... Read more
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Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

Narrated by David Buck ...

Unabridged

6 hours 51 min

Having outwitted a band of pirates to obtain a map disclosing the whereabouts of Captain Flint’s treasure, Young Jim sets sail for Treasure Island. But the crew of the Hispaniola are not what they seem. Revealing themselves as another gang of cut throats, led by the villainous Long John Silver, they are hell-bent on seizing both the ship and the treasure. Will they succeed? The struggle of Young ... Read more

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Having outwitted a band of pirates to obtain a map disclosing the whereabouts of Captain Flint’s treasure, Young Jim sets sail for Treasure Island. But the crew of the Hispaniola are not what they seem. Revealing themselves as another gang of cut throats, led by the villainous Long John Silver, they are hell-bent on seizing both the ship and the treasure. Will they succeed? The struggle of Young
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A House Through Time

by David Olusoga, Melanie Backe-Hansen ...

‘A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes’ Choice MagazineIn recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great adventure of genealogical research, and who have encountered their ancestors in the archives and uncovered family secrets, are now turning to the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

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‘A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes’ Choice MagazineIn recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great adventure of genealogical research, and who have encountered their ancestors in the archives and uncovered family secrets, are now turning to the
... Read more

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JavaScript Robotics

Building NodeBots with Johnny-Five, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and BeagleBone

by Backstop Media, Rick Waldron, Andrew Fisher, Lyza Danger Gardner, Susan Hinton, Sara Gorecki, Bryan Hughes, David Resseguie, Emily Rose, Raquel Velez, Jonathan Beri, Kassandra Perch, Anna Gerber, Donovan Buck, Julian David Duque, Pawel Szymczykowski ...

JavaScript Robotics is on the rise. Rick Waldron, the lead author of this book and creator of the Johnny-Five platform, is at the forefront of this movement. Johnny-Five is an open source JavaScript Arduino programming framework for robotics. This book brings together fifteen innovative programmers, each creating a unique Johnny-Five robot step-by-step, and offering tips and tricks along the way. ... Read more

$8.99 USD

JavaScript Robotics is on the rise. Rick Waldron, the lead author of this book and creator of the Johnny-Five platform, is at the forefront of this movement. Johnny-Five is an open source JavaScript Arduino programming framework for robotics. This book brings together fifteen innovative programmers, each creating a unique Johnny-Five robot step-by-step, and offering tips and tricks along the way.
... Read more
A Musicology for Landscape

by David Nicholas Buck ...

Series series Design Research in Architecture
Drawing conceptually and directly on music notation, this book investigates landscape architecture’s inherent temporality. It argues that the rich history of notating time in music provides a critical model for this under-researched and under-theorised aspect of landscape architecture, while also ennobling sound in the sensory appreciation of landscape.A Musicology for Landscape makes available to ... Read more

$95.99 USD

Drawing conceptually and directly on music notation, this book investigates landscape architecture’s inherent temporality. It argues that the rich history of notating time in music provides a critical model for this under-researched and under-theorised aspect of landscape architecture, while also ennobling sound in the sensory appreciation of landscape.A Musicology for Landscape makes available to
... Read more
Christmas Day in the Morning

Awakening the Joy of Christmas

by Pearl S. Buck, David Warner ...

In this adaptation of “Christmas Day in the Morning,” Rob looks back on his boyhood and remembers giving an unusual gift of self—a gift that filled him with Christmas joy. Now, fifty years later, Rob realizes he can still give a gift from his heart.The original Pearl S. Buck story, published in Collier’s magazine in 1955, concludes with the older Rob writing a letter of gratitude and love to his ... Read more

$11.99 USD

In this adaptation of “Christmas Day in the Morning,” Rob looks back on his boyhood and remembers giving an unusual gift of self—a gift that filled him with Christmas joy. Now, fifty years later, Rob realizes he can still give a gift from his heart.The original Pearl S. Buck story, published in Collier’s magazine in 1955, concludes with the older Rob writing a letter of gratitude and love to his
... Read more
Helen Chadwick

Life Pleasures

by Maria Christoforidou, Philomena Epps, Katrin Bucher Trantow, Louisa Buck, David Notarius ...

The first ever critical biography of Helen Chadwick, who died tragically young but is now revered as a pioneering feminist artist.Helen Chadwick (1953–1996) embraced the sensuous aspects of the natural world, breaking taboos of the "traditional" or "beautiful." Her sculpture, performance, and photography is radical, provocative, and often steeped in humor, and employs unusual, sometimes grotesque ... Read more

$25.99 USD

The first ever critical biography of Helen Chadwick, who died tragically young but is now revered as a pioneering feminist artist.Helen Chadwick (1953–1996) embraced the sensuous aspects of the natural world, breaking taboos of the "traditional" or "beautiful." Her sculpture, performance, and photography is radical, provocative, and often steeped in humor, and employs unusual, sometimes grotesque
... Read more
Chaplaincy in Hospice and Palliative Care

by Margery Collin, Jacki Thomas, Martin Hill, Judy Davies, Helen Newman, Jonathan Pye, Jonathan Wittenberg, Julian Abel, David Buck, Caroline McAfee, Ruth White, Jill Brown, Louise Adey Huish, Gary Windon, Liza Waller, Sally Bedborough, Nell Mellerick, Jessica Rose, Andy Edmeads, Stig Graham, Abbas Khalifa, Simon O'Donoghue, Kathryn Morrison, Matthew Hagan, Dawn Allan, Ewan Kelly, Margaret Whipp, Richard Clarke ...

Hospice chaplains have traditionally played a unique part in palliative care, providing human compassion and support to help ease life's final chapter. This book thoughtfully tackles the question at the heart of modern hospice chaplaincy: do chaplains have a distinctive role in an increasingly secular society?A comprehensive look at why and how this work needs to be done, each chapter will be a ... Read more

$27.09 USD

Hospice chaplains have traditionally played a unique part in palliative care, providing human compassion and support to help ease life's final chapter. This book thoughtfully tackles the question at the heart of modern hospice chaplaincy: do chaplains have a distinctive role in an increasingly secular society?A comprehensive look at why and how this work needs to be done, each chapter will be a
... Read more
A Private Wilderness

The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson

by Sigurd F. Olson ...

The personal diaries of one of America’s best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writerFew writers are as renowned for their eloquence about the natural world, its power and fragility, as Sigurd F. Olson (1899–1982). Before he could give expression to The Singing Wilderness, however, he had to find his own voice. It is this struggle, ... Read more

$16.99 USD

The personal diaries of one of America’s best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writerFew writers are as renowned for their eloquence about the natural world, its power and fragility, as Sigurd F. Olson (1899–1982). Before he could give expression to The Singing Wilderness, however, he had to find his own voice. It is this struggle,
... Read more

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