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  • Listen in terror

    British horror radio from the advent of broadcasting to the digital age

    by Richard Hand ...
    This groundbreaking book is the first full-length study of British horror radio from the pioneering days of recording and broadcasting right through to the digital audio cultures of our own time. The book offers an historical, critical and theoretical exploration of horror radio and audio performance examining key areas such as writing, narrative, performance practice and reception throughout the ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • Performing Grand-Guignol

    Playing the Theatre of Horror

    by Prof. Richard J. Hand, Prof. Michael Wilson ...
    Series series Exeter Performance Studies
    From the authors of the successful Grand-Guignol and London’s Grand Guignol - also published by UEP – this book includes translations of a further eleven plays, adding significantly to the repertoire of Grand-Guignol plays available in the English language. The emphasis in the translation and adaptation of these plays is once again to foreground the performability of the scripts within a modern ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Grand-Guignol

    The French Theatre of Horror

    by Prof. Richard J. Hand, Prof. Michael Wilson ...
    Series series Exeter Performance Studies
    The Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Paris (1897 - 1962) achieved a legendary reputation as the 'Theatre of Horror' a venue displaying such explicit violence and blood-curdling terror that a resident doctor was employed to treat the numerous spectators who fainted each night. Indeed, the phrase 'grand guignol' has entered the language to describe any display of sensational horror.Since the theatre ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • American Horror Story and Cult Television

    Narratives, Histories and Discourses

    Edited by Richard Hand, Mark O’Thomas ...
    Series series Anthem Series on Television Studies
    Over the course of ten seasons since 2011, the television series American Horror Story (AHS), created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, has continued to push the boundaries of the televisual form in new and exciting ways. Emerging in a context which has seen a boom in popularity for horror series on television, AHS has distinguished itself from its ‘rivals’ such as The Walking Dead, Bates Motel or ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Terror on the Air!

    Horror Radio in America, 1931-1952

    by Richard J. Hand ...
    The macabre world of monsters, killers on the loose and revenge from beyond the grave existed not only in the movies, but also on the radio before television's dominance in American homes. One of many distinct genres born of early broadcasting, terror-inspiring radio thrilled millions. Nearly 80 such programs, many of enduring sophistication, aired every week in the late 1940s.This first full ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Radio in Small Nations

    Production, Programmes, Audiences

    Edited by Mary Traynor, Richard Hand ...
    Series Book 1 - Global Media and Small Nations
    This is the first title in a new series of volumes examining different dimensions of the media and culture in small nations. Whether at a local, national or international level, radio has played and continues to play a key role in nurturing or denying, even destroying, peoples sense of belonging to a particular community, whether it be defined in terms of place, ethnicity, language or patterns of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Octave Mirbeau: Two Plays

    "Business is Business" and "Charity"

    Octave Mirbeau was one of the most prolific literary figures of France’s storied Belle Époque, and his innovative theatrical works are only recently being rediscovered and appreciated by modern audiences. Here for the first time in English-language translation are his two most celebrated and successful plays: Business is Business, a classical comedy of manners recalling Molière; and Charity, a ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Education, Ethics and Experience

    Essays in honour of Richard Pring

    Edited by Michael Hand, Richard Davies ...
    Education, Ethics and Experience is a collection of original philosophical essays celebrating the work of one of the most influential philosophers of education of the last 40 years. Richard Pring’s substantial body of work has addressed topics ranging from curriculum integration to the comprehensive ideal, vocational education to faith schools, professional development to the privatisation of ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Grand-Guignolesque

    Classic and Contemporary Horror Theatre

    Edited by Prof. Richard J. Hand, Prof. Michael Wilson ...
    Series series Exeter Performance Studies
    While the infamous Théâtre du Grand-Guignol in Paris closed its doors in 1962, the particular form of horror theatre it spawned lives on and has, moreover, witnessed something of a resurgence over the past twenty years. During its heyday it inspired many imitators, though none quite as successful as the Montmartre-based original. In more recent times, new Grand-Guignol companies the world over ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Mahara ePortfolios: Beginner's Guide

    Create your own ePortfolio and communities of interest within an educational and professional organization with this book and ebook

    by Richard William Hand, Thomas W. Bell, Derrin Michael Kent ...
    Create your own ePortfolio and communities of interest within an educational and professional organization with this book and ebookKey FeaturesA step-by-step approach that takes you through examples with ample screenshots and clear explanationsCreate, customize, and maintain an impressive personal digital portfolio of web pages and mini websites (collections) with a simple point-and-click ... Read more

    $28.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Statistics: A Very Short Introduction

    by David J. Hand ...
    Narrated by Richard Trinder ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 23 min

    Modern statistics is very different from the dry and dusty discipline of the popular imagination. In its place is an exciting subject which uses deep theory and powerful software tools to shed light and enable understanding. And it sheds this light on all aspects of our lives, enabling astronomers to explore the origins of the universe, archaeologists to investigate ancient civilizations, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gothic Film

    An Edinburgh Companion

    Edited by Richard J. Hand ...
    Series series Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic

    $26.79 USD