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Alice in Westminster

Author : Rachel Reeves
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786731517
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Alice in Westminster written by Rachel Reeves and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Bacon was one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable female politicians. Born and raised in the Yorkshire town of Normanton, she defied the odds to be elected Labour MP for Leeds North East in the 1945 General Election. Famed in her home town for her unlikely love of sports cars, she was a much-respected, no-nonsense, hard-working representative for her beloved Yorkshire home in Westminster. Mentored by Herbert Morrison and Hugh Gaitskell, she rose through the party becoming a Home Office minister under Roy Jenkins and latterly an Education Minister with responsibility for the introduction of comprehensive schools. In the Home Office in the 1960s she oversaw the introduction of substantial societal changes, including the abolition of the death penalty, the decriminalisation of homosexuality and the legalisation of abortion. Her political career spanned some of the most momentous decades in Britain's postwar history and she played an integral part in some of the most significant social, educational and political changes which the country has ever witnessed.Labour MP Rachel Reeves here tells Alice Bacon's story, narrating one woman's extraordinary progression from the coalfields to the Commons.

The Westminster Alice

Author : Saki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913724108
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book The Westminster Alice written by Saki and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Westminster Alice is a collection of humorous vignettes by Saki, first published in the Westminster Gazette in 1902, which form a political pastiche of the Alice books by Lewis Carroll, featuring an unforgettable cast of notable politicians of the day, and brought to life with illustrations by F. Carruthers Gould - 'with apologies to Sir John Tenniel' for their striking likeness to the original Alice illustrations. Desperately trying to navigate her way through the world of Ineptitudes, Knights, Queens and Mad Hatters, Alice delivers a stinging satire of Westminster politics - which, imbued with Saki's charm and delicate wit, and set in a world evocative of Carroll's timeless Wonderland, is as charming today as when it was written, and belongs on every Alice fan's bookshelf.

The Westminster Alice

Author : Saki
Publisher : London : s.n.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Westminster Alice written by Saki and published by London : s.n.. This book was released on 1902 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Westminster Alice

Author : Hector H Munro
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780343633950
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book The Westminster Alice written by Hector H Munro and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Westminster Alice

Author : Hector Hugh Munro (Saki)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781904808541
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Westminster Alice written by Hector Hugh Munro (Saki) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint. Originally published: London: Westminster Gazette, 1902.

The Westminster Alice (Illustrated Edition)

Author : H. H. Munro (Saki)
Publisher : Echo Library
ISBN 13 : 9781406889659
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book The Westminster Alice (Illustrated Edition) written by H. H. Munro (Saki) and published by Echo Library. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also as H H Munro, was a British writer whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. The Westminster Alice, a collection of vignettes published by the Westminster Gazette in 1902, is a political parody of Lewis Carroll's two Alice books. It is critical of the politics of the day, of which Alice tries to make sense, and a number of notable British politicians are identified in the book including Joseph Chamberlain as the Queen of Hearts, the Red Queen and the Mad Hatter, and Arthur Balfour as the White Queen and the March Hare. The book includes 48 drawings after the originals by John Tenniel which were drawn by Francis Carruthers Gould (1844-1925), a highly regarded caricaturist and political cartoonist who contributed to the Westminster Gazette and later acted as its assistant editor.

Alice in Wonderland

Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher : The Floating Press
ISBN 13 : 1877527815
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (775 download)

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Download or read book Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice in Wonderland (also known as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland), from 1865, is the peculiar and imaginative tale of a girl who falls down a rabbit-hole into a bizarre world of eccentric and unusual creatures. Lewis Carroll's prominent example of the genre of "literary nonsense" has endured in popularity with its clever way of playing with logic and a narrative structure that has influence generations of fiction writing.

The Westminster Alice

Author : Hector Hugh Munro
Publisher : Brouwer Press
ISBN 13 : 9781473308978
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Westminster Alice written by Hector Hugh Munro and published by Brouwer Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by H. H. Munro was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Westminster Alice' is a collection of satirical sketches, including 'Alice in Lambeth', 'Alice in Pall Mall', 'Alice in a Fog', and many more. Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma in 1870. He was raised by aunts in North Devon, England, before returning to Burma in his early twenties to join the Colonial Burmese Military Police. Later, Munro returned once more to England, where he embarked on his career as a journalist, becoming well-known for his satirical 'Alice in Westminster' political sketches, which appeared in the Westminster Gazette. Arguably better-remembered by his pen name, 'Saki', Munro is now considered a master of the short story, with tales such as 'The Open Window' regarded as examples of the form at its finest.

Westminster's World

Author : Donald Searing
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674950726
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Westminster's World written by Donald Searing and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Policy Advocates to Whips to Ministers, the many roles within the British Parliament are shaped not only by institutional rules but also by the individuals who fill them, yet few observers have fully appreciated this vital aspect of governing in one of the world's oldest representative systems. Applying a new motivational role theory to materials from extensive first-hand interviews conducted during the eventful 1970s, Donald Searing deepens our understanding of how Members of Parliament understand their goals, their careers, and their impact on domestic and global issues. He explores how Westminster's world both controls and is created by individuals, illuminating the interplay of institutional constraints and individual choice in shaping roles within the political arena. No other book tells us so much about political life at Westminster. Searing has interviewed 521 Members of Parliament--including Conservative Ministers Margaret Thatcher, Peter Walker, and James Prior; Labour Ministers Harold Wilson, Barbara Castle, and Denis Healey; rising stars Michael Heseltine, Norman Tebbitt, David Owen, and Roy Hattersley; habitual outsiders, like Michael Foot, who eventually joined the inner circle; and former insiders, like Enoch Powell, who were shut out. Searing also gives voice to the vast number of Westminster's backbenchers, who play a key part in shaping political roles in Parliament but are less likely to be heard in the media: trade unionists, knights of the shires, owners of small businesses, and others. In this segment of his study, women, senior backbenchers, and newcomers are well represented. Searing adroitly blends quantitative with qualitative analysis and integrates social and economic theories about political behavior. He addresses concerns about power, duty, ambition, and representation, and skillfully joins these concerns with his critical discoveries about the desires, beliefs, and behaviors associated with roles in Parliament. Westminster's World offers political scientists, historians, anthropologists, political commentators, and the public rich new material about the House of Commons as well as a convincing model for understanding the structure and dynamics of political roles.

Saki's Cats

Author : Saki
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1913724174
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Saki's Cats written by Saki and published by Renard Press Ltd. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saki’s Cats rounds up the tales about cats, big and small, by the undisputed master of the short story. ‘Tobermory’, one of Saki’s most famous pieces, demonstrates the danger that would ensue from granting cats the power of speech – animals have long lurked unseen, eavesdropping, in the background. The tom in ‘The Philanthropist and the Happy Cat’ is the only one to enjoy his meal, as is the leopard in ‘The Guests’. In ‘The Penance’ and ‘Mrs Packletide’s Tiger’, hunters who put cats in their sights are humiliated and blackmailed. ‘The Achievement of the Cat’ considers how cats have come to be served by the human race. In addition to the short stories about cats, Saki’s Cats also collects Saki’s juvenile letters to his sister Ethel about the tiger cub he adopted while living in Burma. The feisty felines of these tales are the only clear winners, and, with a characteristic smirk and dash of his pen, it is Edwardian Society that Saki sends slinking off, tail between its legs. 'His stories and novels appear as delightful and […] sophisticated as they did when he first published them.' Noël Coward

The Story of Alice

Author : Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674970764
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Alice written by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Douglas-Fairhurst illuminates two entangled lives: the Oxford mathematician Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Alice Liddell, the child for whom he invented the Alice stories. This relationship influenced Carroll’s imaginative creation of Wonderland—a sheltered world apart during the stormy transition from the Victorian to the modern era.

The Westminster Alice, illustr. by F.C. Gould

Author : Hector Hugh Munro
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Westminster Alice, illustr. by F.C. Gould written by Hector Hugh Munro and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Westminister Alice

Author : Saki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Westminister Alice written by Saki and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes

Author : Alice Ogden Bellis
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664236465
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes written by Alice Ogden Bellis and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive book, the first of its kind, the author shares the work of many feminist biblical scholars who have examined women's stories in the last twenty-five years. These stories are powerful accounts of women in the Old Testament--stories that have profoundly affected how women understand themselves. -- Publisher description.

Westminster Abbey

Author : David Cannadine
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
ISBN 13 : 9781913107475
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Westminster Abbey written by David Cannadine and published by Paul Mellon Centre. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and authoritative history that explores the significance of one of the most famous buildings and institutions in England Westminster Abbey was one of the most powerful churches in Catholic Christendom before transforming into a Protestant icon of British national and imperial identity. Celebrating the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the current Abbey church building, this book features engaging essays by a group of distinguished scholars that focus on different, yet often overlapping, aspects of the Abbey's history: its architecture and monuments; its Catholic monks and Protestant clergy; its place in religious and political revolutions; its relationship to the monarchy and royal court; its estates and educational endeavours; its congregations; and its tourists. Clearly written and wide-ranging in scope, this generously illustrated volume is a fascinating exploration of Westminster Abbey's thousand-year history and its meaning, significance, and impact within society both in Britain and beyond.

Don't Think, Dear

Author : Alice Robb
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0861542355
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Don't Think, Dear written by Alice Robb and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Don’t think, dear’ said Balanchine. ‘Just do.’ For centuries, being a ballerina has been synonymous with being beautiful, thin, obedient and feminine. It is the crucible of womanhood, together with the harassment, physical abuse and eating disorders endemic at top schools. Can we abide this in a post #MeToo world? Weaving together her own time at America’s most elite ballet school with the lives of renowned ballerinas throughout history, Alice Robb interrogates what it means to perform ballet today. She confronts the all-consuming nature of the form: the obsessive and dangerous practices to perfect the body, the embrace of submission and the idealisation of suffering. Yet ballet also gifts its dancers ‘brains in their toes’, a way to fully inhabit their bodies and a sanctuary of control away from the pressures of the outside world. Perhaps it is time to reimagine its liberating potential.

Are Women People? - A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times

Author : Alice Duer Miller
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473374472
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Are Women People? - A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times written by Alice Duer Miller and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.