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  The Real Ted Hastings - The True...

  Robin Jarossi

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  Line of Duty holds its status as the defining TV crime drama of today. The conspiracy theme of the series chimes at a time when public institutions and representatives are distrusted. 
  Ted Hastings, the show's head of anti-corruption, has emerged as the beating heart of the series. This book reveals how the compelling drama reflects real crimes, events and figures, most notably that of Robert Mark and his battle against Met corruption. 
  ‘None of my people would plant evidence. They know I would throw the book at them… followed by the bookshelf’ 
  Starting with a bang – ‘I’ll put you all back in uniform’ were his first words to his team. New Met Commissioner Robert Mark – the inspiration for Ted Hastings – took on his entire corruption-riddled detective branch in his first brutal speech. The scale of the problem facing Robert Mark was institutionalised corruption in CID. 
  During his four years eleven months as commissioner, he saw 478 men leave the force following or in anticipation of criminal/disciplinary proceedings. Departures in the previous decade had averaged about 16 a year. 
  Mark's extraordinary career established the need for a dedicated team to investigate corruption that lives on today.

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  Why Bushwick Bill Matters

  Charles L. Hughes

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  In 1989 the Geto Boys released a blistering track, “Size Ain’t Shit,” that paid tribute to the group’s member Bushwick Bill. Born with dwarfism, Bill was one of the few visibly disabled musicians to achieve widespread fame and one of the even fewer to address disability in a direct, sustained manner. Initially hired as a dancer, Bill became central to the Geto Boys as the Houston crew became one of hip-hop’s most important groups. 
   
  Why Bushwick Bill Matters chronicles this crucial artist and explores what he reveals about the relationships among race, sex, and disability in pop music. Charles L. Hughes examines Bill's recordings and videos (both with the Geto Boys and solo), from the horror-comic persona of “Chuckie” to vulnerable verses in songs such as “Mind Playing Tricks On Me,” to discuss his portrayals of dwarfism, addiction, and mental illness. Hughes also explores Bill’s importance to his era and to the longer history of disability in music. A complex figure, Bill exposed the truths of a racist and ableist society even as his violent and provocative lyrics put him in the middle of debates over censorship and misogyny. Confrontational and controversial, Bushwick Bill left a massive legacy as he rhymed and swaggered through an often-inaccessible world.

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  Caldecott & Co - Notes on Books...

  Maurice Sendak

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  A collection of Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak's critical writings devoted to authors and artists whose work he admired, including Randolph Caldecott, Beatrix Potter, and Walt Disney, along with several interviews and autobiographical pieces. Now with a new introduction by Sergio Ruzzier! 
   Over twenty-five years of his life, Maurice Sendak regularly published essays and reviews devoted to an astonishing variety of writers and illustrators whose work he admired. The subjects of his appreciation ranged from Randolph Caldecott, George MacDonald, and Beatrix Potter to Margot Zemach, Harriet Pincus, and Edward Ardizzone, from Walt Disney and Lothar Meggendorfer to Mother Goose and Hans Christian Anderson. 
  Back in print with a new introduction by Sergio Ruzzier, Maurice Sendak’s Caldecott & Co. is an eminent collection of essays, interviews, and speeches that’s proven to be as timeless as the beloved author and illustrator himself. 
  HarperCollins is proud to present this new edition of Caldecott & Co. that has been printed in close collaboration with the Maurice Sendak Foundation to ensure that Maurice Sendak’s work has been reproduced to the highest standards.

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  The Return of The Red Light -...

  Edgar Futrell

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  The Return of the Red Light Machete Bandit is the haunting account of a real-life figure whose actions shocked an entire community. Through psychological insight and unfiltered storytelling, Edgar brings the reader face-to-face with a man raised in chaos, hardened by prison, and ultimately shaped by a system that failed him. 
  As a former inmate turned college graduate and youth mentor, Edgar Futrell understands the mindset of lost young men. His background in Psychology and Sociology gives him a lens that many don't have—and that lens reveals how tragedies like this don’t begin with violence, but with neglect, trauma, and silence. 
  This book isn’t glorification. It’s revelation. 
  It’s not about the crime—it’s about how someone becomes capable of it.

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  Thou Art Alive! - Shakespeare...

  Eliza Langland

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  Written in two parts in an accessible, conversational style, this book is more than a ‘how-to’ primer on the cue-script method: how Shakespeare and his actors staged his plays with minimal to no full company rehearsal.  In Part 2, the author (a professional actor, director and academic researcher) expands upon how she has used this approach to Shakespeare herself and, as a result, made some ground-breaking discoveries. 
   
  For those listeners who may be unfamiliar with cue-scripts, and to bring the text to life, through performance, this edition, first published in print and e-book format in 2017, has been specially rewritten, updated and adapted for audio. The word on the page being, of course, vital to the process, the audiobook comes with a free, downloadable pdf and the updated version is also available in print and as an e-book."  A lifelong dedication to the theatre arts and a personal vow to help keep theatre alive, inspired its title. But of course it was Ben Johnson who said it first: “Thou art alive while thy book doth live.” Thy book being, of course, The first Folio (1623).  The insights provided in this book, as well as in the other books you'll find recommended in its bibliography, confirm just how authoritative the First Folio (1623) really is. 
   
  To anyone who finds this book useful, may you feel inspired to verify, refine and expand upon this work and, in turn, share your findings with you own audience, readers, students and colleagues.  The modest number of personal, new and surprising insights it has been possible to include in this slim volume is suggestive of many more to come.

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  19: The Musical - An American...

  Jennifer Schwed, Doug Bradshaw

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  19: The Musical is the dynamic and little-known story of Alice Paul, Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, Inez Milholland and the other suffragists who fought to get women the right to vote - The 19th Amendment. The inspirational story of these fearless women is brought to life through jazz, traditional musical standards style, spoken word, and hints of gospel. Alice Paul and the suffragist's fight for equality have been re-imagined for a new generation with a poignant and uplifting message that will resonate for years to come. 
  Originally created and performed on stage, 19: The Musical has been adapted for a new medium to reach a broader audience through audiobooks. 
  Book & Lyrics by Jennifer Schwed and Doug Bradshaw, ​​​​​​​Music Composed & Arranged by Charlie Barnett

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