Crime is everywhere in postwar Los Angeles -- and so is Sgt. Joe Friday.From robbery detail to the Bunco Squad, from narcotics to homicide, he's on the job in radio's definitive police procedural series.Jack Webb dons Friday's badge (number 714) for twenty real-life tales of crime and investigation -- with only the names changed to protect the innocent! Ben Alexander co-stars as partner Frank Smith. Also heard in these broadcasts are radio regulars Jack Kruschen, Georgia Ellis, Vic Perrin,...

Early modern London - too foggy and Protestant to have a carnival -offered its inhabitants commercial events during which to indulge theirneed for bodily delights and festival exuberance. The fair of StBartholmew, held anually in Smithfield on 24 August, served Jonson asan opportunity to dissect a wide cross-section of Londoners and theirvarious reasons for spending a day out among the booths, stalls, smellsand noises of the fair. Unusually magnani...

The struggle over land has been the central issue in Zimbabwe ever since white settlers began to carve out large farms over a century ago. Their monopolisation of the better-watered half of the land was the focus of the African war of liberation war, and was partially modified following Independence in 1980. A dramatic further episode in this history was launched at the start of the last decade with the occupation of many farms by groups of African veterans of the liberation struggle and t...

Within this single volume, surgeons and medical students are able to find up-to-date clinical information and advice needed to manage this unique condition of small renal masses. The book aims to present information on the topic in a clear and logical way, with the help of figures, tables, and images that will assist in the practical application of the skills that are obtained from the book.The growth of new technologies and the continued development of existing techniques have led...

This book moves scholarly debates beyond the old question of whether or not international institutions matter in order to examine how they matter, even in a world of power politics. Power politics and international institutions are often studied as two separate domains, but this is in need of rethinking because today most states strategically use institutions to further their interests. Anders Wivel, T.V. Paul, and the international group of contributing authors update our underst...

What if a lifetime library could fit into a single collection? The Complete Harvard Classics and Shelf of Fiction unites two of the most respected literary collections ever assembled. Curated to provide a full education through reading, this monumental anthology brings together the finest works of philosophy, history, poetry, drama, science, and fiction from the world's greatest thinkers and storytellers. The Harvard Classics offer essential nonfiction and literary masterpieces that shaped...

A literary treasure of over one hundred unpublished letters from National Book Award-winning author Flannery O'Connor and her circle of extraordinary friends.Flannery O’Connor is a master of twentieth-century American fiction, joining, since her untimely death in 1964, the likes of Hawthorne, Hemingway, and Faulkner. Those familiar with her work know that her powerful ethical vision was rooted in a quiet, devout faith and informed all she wrote and did....

Sergeant Joe Friday of the LAPD was arguably the most pivotal figure in radio drama's postwar shift toward ultra-realism. Just an ordinary plainclothes cop doing his job, and doing it with a meticulous attention to detail that revolutionized the way radio told its stories.Jack Webb stars Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero, Barney Phillips as Ed Jacobs, and Ben Alexander as Frank Smith in this collection of twenty absorbing crime dramas!Episodes Include: The Big Pair 09-21-50; The...

The 1959–60 television season was the height of success for the animated cartoon creative team of Messrs. Hanna-Barbera and one Daws Butler. Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Mr. Jinks, Quick Draw McGraw, and Baba Looey were household names with young and old alike. Huckleberry Hound fan clubs sprouted around the country.In this fourth volume of rarities, Butler prot├®g├® Joe Bevilacqua has once again uncovered recordings of the legendary voice genius that were thought lost and remaste...

I’m surrounded by people at church . . . so why do I feel so alone?You show up at church every Sunday. You see people you know. You listen to a sermon together. And then you go home feeling just as isolated as you did before. What’s going on?We all know that a church is supposed to be a community. The trick is to actually make it one. Communities don’t happen by chance—certainly not in our Lone Ranger culture that values independence and individualism. A tr...

Recently I've heard a lot of people say things like "Romance is dying" or "Chivalry is dead now." Basically, they claim that romance used to be better.However, I argue that isn't the case. Love isn't dying... no, it was always dead.If you've ever struggled with finding love or staying in love, then join me on this journey as I go through history, Catholic teaching, Star Wars, and the wise words of comedian Daniel Sloss to explain the romantic ills of our time. You do not ne...

Armstrong and Miller are Britain's favourite comedy duo. In their first book, they bring their brilliant characters to the page in a brand-new way. In the classic tradition of books by such greats as Monty Python and Morecambe & Wise, THE ARMSTRONG AND MILLLER BOOK is a highly illustrated book, packed with inventive and completely original material.