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Like a Prisoner

Stories of Endurance

by Fatos Lubonja ...

Translated by John Hodgson ...

The book contains eleven dramatic and often horrifying stories, each describing the life of a different prisoner in the camps and prisons of communist Albania. The prisoners adapt, endure, and generally survive, all in different ways. They may conform, rebel, construct alternative realities of the imagination, cultivate hope, cling to memories of lost love, or devisenincreasingly strange and ... Read more

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The book contains eleven dramatic and often horrifying stories, each describing the life of a different prisoner in the camps and prisons of communist Albania. The prisoners adapt, endure, and generally survive, all in different ways. They may conform, rebel, construct alternative realities of the imagination, cultivate hope, cling to memories of lost love, or devisenincreasingly strange and
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Top Tips: Writing a CV

Top Tips, #1

by John Hodgson ...

Series Book 1 - Top Tips
THREE QUESTIONS:Have you already submitted countless CV's/Resumes?Have you sometimes wondered if they actually arrived?Are you still waiting for an invitation to attend an interview?CONSIDER THIS:A single job advertisement can attract 200-300 appplications.Recruiters DO NOT read every CV/Resume that arrives on their desk.30-40% of CV's get binned because they fail the TEN SECOND TEST.That's right. ... Read more

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THREE QUESTIONS:Have you already submitted countless CV's/Resumes?Have you sometimes wondered if they actually arrived?Are you still waiting for an invitation to attend an interview?CONSIDER THIS:A single job advertisement can attract 200-300 appplications.Recruiters DO NOT read every CV/Resume that arrives on their desk.30-40% of CV's get binned because they fail the TEN SECOND TEST.That's right.
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The Interview Bible

by John Hodgson ...

The Interview Bible is for anybody planning to attend an interview - on either side of the table.THE INTERVIEWEEYou may have applied for numerous jobs and been turned down, or you may have sent off countless applications and not had a single reply.Follow the guidelines contained in this book, and your chances of being offered the job of your choice will increase 1000%You will stand head and ... Read more

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The Interview Bible is for anybody planning to attend an interview - on either side of the table.THE INTERVIEWEEYou may have applied for numerous jobs and been turned down, or you may have sent off countless applications and not had a single reply.Follow the guidelines contained in this book, and your chances of being offered the job of your choice will increase 1000%You will stand head and
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A Dictator Calls

by Ismail Kadare ...

Translated by John Hodgson ...

**Longlisted for the International Booker PrizeThe Wall Street Journal, A Best Book of the YearUsing a sophisticated and literary version of the ever-popular game of telephone to examine the relationship of writers with tyranny, Ismail Kadare reflects on three particular minutes in a long moment of time when the dark shadow of Joseph Stalin passed over the world**In June 1934, Stalin allegedly ... Read more

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**Longlisted for the International Booker PrizeThe Wall Street Journal, A Best Book of the YearUsing a sophisticated and literary version of the ever-popular game of telephone to examine the relationship of writers with tyranny, Ismail Kadare reflects on three particular minutes in a long moment of time when the dark shadow of Joseph Stalin passed over the world**In June 1934, Stalin allegedly
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The Fall of the Stone City

by Ismail Kadare ...

Translated by John Hodgson ...

Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013.In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokastër, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel, a reunion in the ... Read more

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Shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2013.In September 1943, Nazi troops advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokastër, Albania. The very next day, the Germans vanish without a trace. As the townsfolk wonder if they might have dreamt the events of the previous night, rumours circulate of a childhood friendship between a local dignitary and the invading Nazi Colonel, a reunion in the
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Literacy and Growth

A Genealogy of English Teaching

by John Hodgson, Ann Harris ...

Series series National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE)
Literacy and Growth is a unique genealogical study of English teaching in the UK and abroad since the 18th century. Focusing specifically on the concepts of literacy and growth, this book explores key moments in the development of ideas about English teaching.Hodgson and Harris reveal the Enlightenment forebears of such contemporary concepts as “cultural capital” and “critical literacy”; the ... Read more

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Literacy and Growth is a unique genealogical study of English teaching in the UK and abroad since the 18th century. Focusing specifically on the concepts of literacy and growth, this book explores key moments in the development of ideas about English teaching.Hodgson and Harris reveal the Enlightenment forebears of such contemporary concepts as “cultural capital” and “critical literacy”; the
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The Accident

by Ismail Kadare ...

Translated by John Hodgson ...

Why did the taxi crash on the autobahn in Vienna?Who exactly were Besfort Y and Rovena, the mysterious couple who died after being flung from the backseat?How was Besfort connected to the war in the Balkans? And why was his affair with Rovena clouded in jealousy and mistrust?Who wanted them dead?This is the story of the last forty weeks of their lives - a fever dream where love and obsession ... Read more

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Why did the taxi crash on the autobahn in Vienna?Who exactly were Besfort Y and Rovena, the mysterious couple who died after being flung from the backseat?How was Besfort connected to the war in the Balkans? And why was his affair with Rovena clouded in jealousy and mistrust?Who wanted them dead?This is the story of the last forty weeks of their lives - a fever dream where love and obsession
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The Traitor's Niche

A Novel

by Ismail Kadare ...

Translated by John Hodgson ...

"Kadare is inevitably linked to Orwell and Kundera, but he is a far deeper ironist than the first, and a better storyteller than the second. He is a compellingly ironic storyteller because he so brilliantly summons details that explode with symbolic reality." —The New YorkerAt the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the ... Read more

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"Kadare is inevitably linked to Orwell and Kundera, but he is a far deeper ironist than the first, and a better storyteller than the second. He is a compellingly ironic storyteller because he so brilliantly summons details that explode with symbolic reality." —The New YorkerAt the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the
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Mastering Movement

The Life and Work of Rudolf Laban

by John Hodgson ...

Like Picasso in painting, Stravinsky in music, or Stanislavski in theatre, Rudolf Laban (1879–1958) has been a seminal influence in contemporary arts.This is the first major study of Laban's movement theories and practice, exploring the ideas on mastering movement and giving the reader a practical understanding of balance and harmony in the human body – the core of Laban's thinking. John Hodgson ... Read more

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Like Picasso in painting, Stravinsky in music, or Stanislavski in theatre, Rudolf Laban (1879–1958) has been a seminal influence in contemporary arts.This is the first major study of Laban's movement theories and practice, exploring the ideas on mastering movement and giving the reader a practical understanding of balance and harmony in the human body – the core of Laban's thinking. John Hodgson
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Top Tips: Interviewing

Top Tips, #1

by John Hodgson ...

Series Book 1 - Top Tips
If you've taken part in job interviews and are still waiting to receive that illusive job offer, this is the book for you.You'll learn why jobs are sometimes offered to candidates less qualified than you, or with little or no previous experience.The TOP TIPS in this book will give you confidence in your ability to perform well at the INTERVIEW. Fail to prepare and prepare to fail. One of life's ... Read more

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If you've taken part in job interviews and are still waiting to receive that illusive job offer, this is the book for you.You'll learn why jobs are sometimes offered to candidates less qualified than you, or with little or no previous experience.The TOP TIPS in this book will give you confidence in your ability to perform well at the INTERVIEW. Fail to prepare and prepare to fail. One of life's
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The Doll

A Portrait of My Mother

by Ismail Kadare ...

Translated by John Hodgson ...

In this autobiographical novel, Albania’s most renowned novelist and poet Ismail Kadare explores his relationship with his mother in a delicately wrought tale of home, family, creative aspirations, and personal and political freedom.“Houses like ours seemed constructed with the specific purpose of preserving coldness and misunderstanding for as long as possible.”In his father’s great stone house ... Read more

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In this autobiographical novel, Albania’s most renowned novelist and poet Ismail Kadare explores his relationship with his mother in a delicately wrought tale of home, family, creative aspirations, and personal and political freedom.“Houses like ours seemed constructed with the specific purpose of preserving coldness and misunderstanding for as long as possible.”In his father’s great stone house
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A Girl in Exile

Requiem for Linda B.

by Ismail Kadare ...

Translated by John Hodgson ...

**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“Erotic, paranoiac and lightly fantastical.” —The Wall Street Journal“At a time when parts of the world are indulging nostalgia for communism, Kadare’s novel confronts the infuriating impossibility of art in an autocratic, anti–individualist system.” —The Washington Post**During the bureaucratic machinery of Albania’s 1945–1991 dictatorship, playwright ... Read more

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**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“Erotic, paranoiac and lightly fantastical.” —The Wall Street Journal“At a time when parts of the world are indulging nostalgia for communism, Kadare’s novel confronts the infuriating impossibility of art in an autocratic, anti–individualist system.” —The Washington Post**During the bureaucratic machinery of Albania’s 1945–1991 dictatorship, playwright
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