Crimson Dragon Publishing carries books that encourage readers of all ages by sparking the imagination. While we focus on the fantasy and science fiction genres, we also carry illustrated books for young readers that focus on social-emotional skills development and fictionalized non-fiction.
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MMC EDIZIONI is a publishing house based in Rome.Born in 2001 as a generalist, along the time it has specialized almost exclusively in non-fiction, dedicated in particular (but not only) to the city of Rome.The main series, called "A walk with history" offers an alternative vision of the city through the historical reconnaissance and analysis of some of its urban furnishings that are not taken into consideration such as small fountains, clocks, inscriptions, sacred shrines, plaques. This series stands out for a particular graphic style and for the abundance of photographs, specially made for these books.Other series on Rome are instead dedicated to in-depth studies on specific historical and customs themes, or on the mysterious aspects of the city that also reveal its dark side.In the MMC catalogue are other non-fiction books on topics such as Music, Interculture, Anthropology and a series of stories for children encouraging solidarity, non-violence and respect for the environment
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After the first use of nuclear weapons in 1945, Albert Einstein warned that 'we thus drift towards unparalleled catastrophe'. Today we are no longer drifting but racing toward catastrophe at breakneck speed. This book analyses recent events that have brought about a dangerous Third Nuclear Age. From the collapse of arms control treaties and the development of hypersonic missiles, to the pop culture that shapes how we think about nuclear weapons, via how nuclear weapons intersect with the global threats posed by pandemics, populism, climate change, corruption, militarism, and racism, this book explores the nuclear zeitgeist of today. It presents the case for critical nuclear studies, and provides an important intervention into debates about nuclear weapons and international security. Today, the planet stands on the brink of catastrophe. This book tells you why, and what we can do about it.
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Wer nur Wasser trinkt, hat etwas zu verbergen«, schrieb Baudelaire. Dieses Buch aber plaudert aus, welche Wirkungen Schriftstellerinnen und Dichter dem Wein, ob rot oder weiß, allein in den letzten hundert Jahren angedichtet, nachgesagt und zugesungen haben: wieviel an Hochstimmung, Witz und Glück – aber auch an Melancholie und Verzweiflung. Von Weinkultur und Weingenuß, von geselligen Trinkern und Trinkgelagen, von Weinliebhabern und Quartalssäufern erzählen Sherwood Anderson, Marguerite Duras, Patricia Highsmith, Hermann Hesse, James Joyce, Clarice Lispector, Fernando Pessoa, Jean Rhys, Georges Simenon und viele andere.
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Rescaling the state provides a theoretically-informed and empirically-rich account of the process of devolution undertaken in the UK since 1997, focusing in particular on the devolution of economic governance. Using case studies from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, the book examines the purported reasons for, and the unintended consequences of, devolution. As well as comparing policy and practice across the four devolved territories, the book also explores the pitfalls and instances of good practice associated with devolution in the UK. Rescaling the state is an important text for all social scientists - particularly political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and human geographers - interested in the devolution of power in the UK and, indeed, all instances of contemporary state restructuring. It is also a significant book for all policy-makers interested in understanding the increasing complexity of the policy landscapes of economic governance in the UK. ;
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With well over 6,300 articles, including over 500 new entries, this fourth edition of The Encyclopedia of British Film is a fully updated invaluable reference guide to the British film industry. It is the most authoritative volume yet, stretching from the inception of the industry to the present day, with detailed listings of the producers, directors, actors and studios behind a century or so of great British cinema. Brian McFarlane's meticulously researched guide is the definitive companion for anyone interested in the world of film. Previous editions have sold many thousands of copies and this fourth edition will be an essential work of reference for enthusiasts interested in the history of British cinema, and for universities and libraries.
"The Bookshop Hotel took a deep breath... For so long, the building had longed for heavy hearts to grow light and for weary souls to find laughter."Returning to her hometown of Lily Hollow, AJ Rhys sets out to fulfill her childhood dream of restoring the old hotel on Aspen Court. With nothing but the legacy of her great-grandfather and the help of two dedicated strangers, she begins transforming the once-grand hotel into her ideal refuge.Only after the renovations are in full swing does it become clear that the hotel is having an effect on the town and everyone in it. Memories still haunt both AJ and Lily Hollow, but they begin to release their grip as the hotel binds its patrons together.The first book in a series, The Bookshop Hotel is a story of family, tragedy, forgiveness and the power of books. Join AJ and the residents of a small town where the past is never far away and secrets remain just below the surface.
Carey Morris was a man endowed with many gifts, as painter, illustrator, author and cellist, but he has not perhaps received the recognition which he deserves, prompting no less a figure than Sir Kyffin Williams to write: "He is a very talented profession
Gwynfor Evans propelled Welsh politics onto the UK stage in the second half of the twentieth century. This award-winning biography of an iconic figure examines his complex character and dissects his personal and political relationships to reveal, for the
Much-praised, well-reviewed winner of a People's Book Prize. The Salt-Stained Book is a sailing adventure novel which has proved popular with adults and older children alike. The Salt-Stained Book pays homage to Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons but remains completely comprehensible to people who have never read Ransome or stepped on board a boat. The action is deliberately kept local and specific as the teenage hero, Donny, awaits the arrival of his unknown great aunt from Shanghai. Issues of disability and abuse of power are important themes within the novel but primarily it's an exciting story with characters to touch the heart and an powerful emotional range. Sailors and Ransome lovers additionaly relish the authors lifelong relationship with his yacht Peter Duck. This has already gained the Salt-Stained Book readers in Japan and New Zealand. A translation into German is in progress and the book was recently read at the Flensburg Book Festival (Sept 2014) The Salt-Stained Book has sold almost 4000 copies in its print edition and is also popular as a Kindle ebook and an audio download. It should be welcome wherever outdoor adventure is enjoyed. "I loved it," said Griff Rhys Jones, author, TV presenter and sailor.
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“We all know Jean Rhys. But now, out from under the shadow of her more famous contemporary, comes Eliot Bliss. Bliss: an early twentieth century, white creole, Jamaican, lesbian writer. Bliss: whose out-of-print 1931 novel Saraband Calderaro first stumbles across in a bookshop in New York in 1998. Bliss: the absent figure Calderaro pursues throughout this book. The scholar Michela Calderaro reads into the past to recover Bliss, a writer she reveals as ahead of her time and not fit for her time or place in the world. Calderaro delivers Bliss back to the present, through interviews conducted across many years with Bliss’s lifelong partner Patricia Allan-Burns, through the recollections of editors and friends painstakingly tracked down, through letters and diaries discovered and meticulously pored over and pieced together. Calderaro’s book is, like Bliss’s own novels as we come to learn, genre-defying. One part biography, one part criticism, one part memoir, one part detective story, Sheer Bliss carries us on the ‘treasure hunt’ Calderaro enacted over twenty years of research and personal devotion to solving a literary puzzle: Who exactly was Eliot Bliss and why were she and her work forgotten? Calderaro answers in luminous prose and what amounts to the most suspenseful excavation of a writer’s life and lost-then-recovered legacies I’ve yet encountered.” —Shara McCallum, Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts, Penn State University
Billy Williams? Cabbage Patch? was bought by the RFU for just short of £5573 in 1907 and within three years it had hosted its first rugby international ? England v Wales in January 1910 in the newly expanded International Championship, the Five Nations. Now 100 years later it has become the largest dedicated rugby union venue in the world, seating 82,000 spectators, and in 2015 will host its second Rugby World Cup final. Twickenham is synonymous with the game of rugby and embodies the spirit of the game and its followers. Despite the intensity of modern-day competition, opposing fans of all ages mix freely in the stands. Banter is exchanged in the car parks and the bars, and after the drama of the game on the pitch, players shake hands while above them the colours of both sides mingle as the stadium empties. Post-match celebration and debate continue in and around the ground, but the dejection of defeat is mostly short-lived on a Twickenham evening. 100 Years of Twickenham and the Five/Six Nations Championshiptells the story of Twickenham?s relationship with international rugby?s oldest competition. Mick Cleary, rugby correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, provides the narrative, while leading rugby historian and statistician Chris Rhys provides an authoritative record of every game played in each decade of the competition plus additional records and tables. The tale begins in the early years of the championship, disrupted by two World Wars and to some extent marred by the absence of France for most of the 1930s. Nevertheless every period has its legends and this was the time of Ronnie Poulton, Wavell Wakefield and Alex Obolensky, George Stephenson of Ireland, Scotland?s Oxford Four and Welshmen Wilf Wooller, Cliff Jones and Vivian Jenkins ? great players who dominated the game in their time. In the post-war era, the championship, France and the crowds returned to Twickenham. Grand Slams were won and lost at the stadium as the game?s famous names paraded their talents in front of knowledgeable and appreciative spectators. Jackie Kyle was the inspiration for Ireland in the late 1940s; Cliff Morgan led the way for the Welsh, to be followed by the likes of Gareth Edwards, Barry John and J.P.R. Williams in the 1970s; Jean Prat and Guy Basquet brought France to the fore; Jim Aitken and David Sole enjoyed great moments for Scotland; Bill Beaumont and Will Carling led England revivals. In 2000 Italy joined the competition ? now the Six Nations ? and have already enjoyed their own special days and the talents of Diego Domínguez and Sergio Parisse. Over the past 30 years Twickenham has steadily evolved from a traditional rugby ground into a multi-purpose modern arena. But throughout all the changes it has managed to retain its special, indeed unique, atmosphere. A huge international event can still be a memorable day out for the family ? a tradition that Twickenham will carry with pride into its preparations for Rugby World Cup 2015.
Everyone agrees that Bob Dexter, the prominent Evangelical clergyman, has a great deal of personal charisma. Those who know him realise that he also has an unshakable faith in his own righteousness, and a real talent for rubbing people up the wrong way. It is no surprise, therefore, that someone should want to kill him. In fact, when the Reverend Dexter moves to a small Norfolk parish, traditionally Anglo-Catholic, and begins remoulding it in his own image, his distraught parishioners are not the only ones with good reason to want to remove him. And there are secrets in his seemingly tranquil family life that Dexter does not even begin to suspect - until the fateful and eventful day of his death. Solicitor David Middleton-Brown and his artist-friend Lucy Kingsley step in to investigate. Their search for the truth culminates at the annual National Pilgrimage to Walsingham, where Anglo-Catholic pomp clashes with heated Evangelical protest, and feelings run perilously high. Too late, perhaps, David realises the danger: will he be in time to prevent a second murder?
An intriguing look at music listening in nineteenth-century America
“Método de Tango” (Spanish for “Tango Method”) is the first fundamental book series that teaches how to play tango music, published in English and Spanish since 2014 by Tango Sin Fin in Buenos Aires, Argentina.This book series is the only collection which provides any musician, arranger, composer or ethnomusicologist from around the world a methodological and pedagogical approach to tango language, using academic terms, exercises and musical studies. CONTENTS» Each volume is focused on one instrument: violin, bass, bandoneon, piano, flute and guitar. » All the tools and techniques for playing tango music are covered throughout specific chapters and exercises.» 5 to 8 original works for ensemble are included in each book. Parts for other instruments are included on a separate insert.» Audio and video recordings and play-along tracks for each exercise and pieces are available for free on Tango Sin Fin’s YouTube channel. THE VIOLIN IN TANGO CONTENTS» Rhythmic melody. Different ways to articulate and accentuate a rhythmic tango melody.» Expressive melody. The art of phrasing, the tools to express tango music.» The rhythmic base. The typical marking models and the role of the violin as a part of the rhythmic base.» The use of ornaments and percussion effects, guidelines to play in a tango ensemble, the history of the violin in tango, the different styles of the genre.» 7 original works for violin and other instruments.» 130 audio and video examples.
Essential reading for the creative writer.
