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Book Synopsis A Kestrel for a Knave by : Barry Hines
Download or read book A Kestrel for a Knave written by Barry Hines and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Penguin Decades bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Barry Hines's A Kestrel for a Knave was published in 1968, and was made into one of the key British films of the sixties. Billy Casper is beaten by his drunken brother, ignored by his mother and failing at school. He seems destined for a hard, miserable life down the pits, but for a brief time, he finds one pleasure in life: a wild kestrel that he has raised and tamed himself.
Download or read book Kes written by Barry Hines and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This new stage adaptation of Barry Hines' well-known film and novel once again proves its gritty charm and popular staying power..." --Back cover.
Download or read book Kes written by Barry Hines and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Casper has nowhere to go and nothing to say, but he is determined not to work down the mines. His family and friends are mean and tough, and are sure that he is heading for trouble. His only companion is his kestrel, trained from the nest but, like Billy, untamed.
Download or read book British Film written by Jim Leach and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-30 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description
Book Synopsis The Cinema of Ken Loach by : Jacob Leigh
Download or read book The Cinema of Ken Loach written by Jacob Leigh and published by Wallflower Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cinema of Ken Loach: Art in the Service of the People examines the linking of art and politics that distinguishes the work of this leading British film director. Loach's films manifest recurrent themes over a long period of working with various collaborators, yet his handling of those themes has changed throughout his career. This book examines those changes as a way of reaching an understanding of Loach's style and meaning. It evaluates how Loach incorporates his political beliefs and those of his writers into his work and augments this thematic interpretation with contextual information gleaned from original archive research and new interviews."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Kes written by Barry Hines and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Play of Kes written by Barry Hines and published by Heinemann. This book was released on 1993 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. In this dramatization of Barry Hines's novel, 15-year-old Billy trains a kestrel for whom he learns to feel great affection.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000 by : Dominic Head
Download or read book The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000 written by Dominic Head and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available.
Book Synopsis Ks3 Success Workbook English 4-7 by : Kath Jordan
Download or read book Ks3 Success Workbook English 4-7 written by Kath Jordan and published by Letts and Lonsdale. This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in a clear and accessible way, the 'Key Stage 3 Success Workbooks' cover everything students need to know for Key Stage 3, providing different styles of questions to test students' knowledge on any given subject.
Book Synopsis A Kestrel for a Knave, Barry Hines by : Edward Craigs
Download or read book A Kestrel for a Knave, Barry Hines written by Edward Craigs and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Literature in Transition, 1960-1980: Flower Power by : Kate McLoughlin
Download or read book British Literature in Transition, 1960-1980: Flower Power written by Kate McLoughlin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces transitions in British literature from 1960 to 1980, illuminating a diverse range of authors, texts, genres and movements. It considers innovations in form, emergent identities, changes in attitudes, preoccupations and in the mind itself, local and regional developments, and shifts within the oeuvres of individual authors.
Download or read book Barry Hines written by David Forrest and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Hines’s novel A Kestrel for a Knave, adapted for the screen as Kes, is one of the best-known and well-loved novels of the post-war period, while his screenplay for the television drama Threads is central to a Cold War-era vision of nuclear attack. But Hines published a further eight novels and nine screenplays between the 1960s and 1990s, as well as writing eleven other works which remain unpublished and unperformed. This study examines the entirety of Hines’s work. It argues that he used a great variety of aesthetic forms to represent the lives of working-class people in Britain during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and into the post-industrial conclusion of the twentieth century. It also makes the case that, as well as his literary flair for poetic realism, Hines’s authorial contributions to the films of his novels show the profoundly collaborative nature of these works.
Book Synopsis A Kestrel for a Knave, Barry Hines by : Claire Wright
Download or read book A Kestrel for a Knave, Barry Hines written by Claire Wright and published by Letts & Londsale. This book was released on 1995 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book offers a brief plot synopsis, a double-page graphic overview and insight into the text, a short introduction to major characters and themes and a who's who in the text - introducing a cameo icon for each major character. It explains major and minor themes in the texts - introducing thematic icons, gives a detailed commentary on the text, linked closely to the text for ease of reference, and features icons to enable flexible following of themes and characters. There is also a self-test quiz for each section, focusing on skills that will be required for coursework and exams and a checklist of important quotes. Guidance on structure and content of exam essays is given with examples of questions.
Book Synopsis Kes - A Kestrel for a Knave by : Martin Stephen
Download or read book Kes - A Kestrel for a Knave written by Martin Stephen and published by Addison-Wesley Longman. This book was released on 1982 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis As Kingfishers Catch Fire by : Alex Preston
Download or read book As Kingfishers Catch Fire written by Alex Preston and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Delightful . . . an original look at the literature inspired by Britain's birdlife' the Guardian, Best Nature Books of 2017 '[The] pages light up with feathered magic' Evening Standard When Alex Preston was 15, he stopped being a birdwatcher. Adolescence and the scorn of his peers made him put away his binoculars, leave behind the nature reserves and the quiet companionship of his fellow birders. His love of birds didn't disappear though. Rather, it went underground, and he began birdwatching in the books that he read, creating his own personal anthology of nature writing that brought the birds of his childhood back to brilliant life. Looking for moments 'when heart and bird are one', Preston weaves the very best writing about birds into a personal narrative that is as much about the joy of reading and writing as it is about the thrill of wildlife. Beautifully illustrated and illuminated by the celebrated graphic artist Neil Gower, As Kingfishers Catch Fire is a book to love and to hold, to return to again and again, to marvel at the way that authors across the centuries have captured the endless grace and variety of birds. It will make you look at birds, at the world, in a newer, richer light. 'A joyful and a wondrous book . . . Each bird illustrated by Gower in a mixture of gouache and watercolour that brings to mind both William Morris and Eric Ravilious' the Observer 'I can see it under the Christmas tree of every family with a bird feeder and a copy of the RSPB Handbook . . . Preston captures his birds beautifully' The Times
Book Synopsis The History Hit Miscellany of Facts, Figures and Fascinating Finds by : History Hit
Download or read book The History Hit Miscellany of Facts, Figures and Fascinating Finds written by History Hit and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'History is a bottomless reservoir of all the bonkers, heroic, awful and weird things we eccentric humans have ever done. We can't help generating extraordinary stories... Most importantly, like all the best stories, they are true.' - Dan Snow Have you ever wondered who the third man on the moon was? Did you know that Dick Whittington really was the medieval Mayor of London? Why was a pigeon a hero to the American army? What's the difference between a dolmen and a barrow? Who were the Wu, Wei and Shu Han? Was Napoleon really small? Who said 'Pardon me, sir, I didn't mean to' just before they were executed? When was the oldest known shark attack? The answers to all these questions and so much more are contained within this wonderful miscellany of historical facts, figures and fascinating finds which will enthral, entertain and inform everyone who loves history and wants to know more about more.
Download or read book Reading Lessons written by Carol Atherton and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English teacher's love letter to reading and the many ways literature can make us, and our lives, better. How can a Victorian poem help teenagers understand YouTube misogyny? Can Jane Eyre encourage us to speak out? What can Lady Macbeth teach us about empathy? Should our expectations for our future be any greater than Pip’s? And why is it so important to make space for these conversations in the first place? In a career spanning almost three decades, English teacher Carol Atherton has taught generations of students texts that will be familiar to many of us from our own schooldays. But while the staples of exam syllabuses and reading lists remain largely unchanged, their significance – and their relevance – evolves with each class, as it encounters them for the first time. Each chapter of Reading Lessons invites us to take a fresh look at these novels, plays and poems, revealing how they have shaped our beliefs, our values, and how we interact as a society. As she recalls her own development as a teacher, Atherton emphasizes the vital, undervalued role a teacher plays, illustrates how essential reading is for developing our empathy and makes a passionate case for the enduring power of literature. 'Beautifully written, sensitive and full of warmth ... A vital point of reflection for anyone who has taught, or been taught, English literature' Jeffrey Boakye 'A love letter to literature itself ... At a time when English is under attack as an academic subject, Carol Atherton’s powerful defence of it reminds us what we are in danger of losing' Robert Douglas-Fairhurst, author of The Turning Point
