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The Interviewee and Other Stories
Three fascinating stories by accomplished writer Christopher J.F. Gibson who has published over 60 Short Stories. Insightful and humorous these stories will make you think and laugh.
Two Plays for Stage
2 One Act Plays for stage. Silent Witness is a Monologue with a performance time of approximately ten minutes. 'Sir, Please Sir' is written for three actors with a performance time of about fourteen minutes. Both plays are written in stage format. Both have just one minimalist set. Each are two scenes separated by a Blackout.
War of Words
A Stage Play of about 50 minutes performance-time. A Black comedy that addresses the 'Fall-out' of war on family life.
Inside Stories
Inside Stories is the fifth book of short stories by Scottish author Christopher J F Gibson. The stories tell of ordinary people who surprise us with their extraordinary behaviour. The narratives are in turn edgy and moral. They take us into the 'underworld' of antiques, librarians, model railway enthusiasts, snobbery and immigrants. The five tales amount to nearly 10,000 words in total. They represent a different genre from those the author has previously published and have found some inspiration from some of Roald Dahls stories 'Tales of The Unexpected.'
The Guitar
"Guitars inspire cult-like devotion: an afficionado can tell you precisely when and where their favorite instruments were made. And she will likely also tell you about the wood they were made from and its unique effects on the instruments' sound. In Following Guitars, Chris Gibson and Andrew Warren trace guitars all the way back to the tree. It is a book about musical instrument making, the timbers and trees from which guitars are made. It chronicles the authors' journeys across the world, to guitar festivals, factories, remote sawmills, Indigenous lands, and distant rainforests, in search of the behind-the-scenes stories of how guitars are made, where the much-cherished guitar timbers ultim...
Battle Flight
From the origins of net centric warfare in the 1940s, the Stage Plans of the 1950s, and the change of threat from aircraft to the ballistic missile, Battle Flight examines the steps taken to protect the British populace from nuclear Armageddon. Following WWII, Britain's air defences comprised a mix of interceptors and anti-aircraft guns that were tailored to counter mass bomber raids by piston-engine aircraft. These defences were rendered obsolete by the jet engine and the atomic bomb and the search for a cost-effective anti-aircraft system began. Interceptors were the obvious first line of defence and would remain so to this day, but unguided rockets and new surface-to-air guided-weapons (S...
Movement-driven Development
Long infamous for its severe inequality, infant mortality, and clientelist politics, Brazil in the late 20th and early 21st centuries improved the health and well-being of its populace more than any large democracy. Christopher L. Gibson sheds light on the previously poorly understood cause of this shift, arguing that it was due to a subnationally-rooted process driven by civil society actors, namely the Sanitarist Movement. Gibson improves our understanding of the political and social trajectory of Brazil and similar democracies today.
'I'm Just the Cat' and Other Tales
Five Short Tales, approximately 11,000 words in total. Some trace the more humorous aspects of human idiocycracies, others are themed around cats. The stories are. 'I'm Just The Cat' Alberto Church Cat The Happiest Days of My Life 'Sir, Please Sir!' I laugh a lot when I write stories such as these; if I can make you smile reading them then they will have been worthwhile. Happy reading! Chris
Festival Places
Festivals have burgeoned in rural areas, revitalising old traditions and inventing new reasons to celebrate. How do festivals contribute to tourism, community and a rural sense of belonging? What are their cultural, environmental and economic dimensions? This book answers such questions - featuring contributions from leading geographers, historians, anthropologists, tourism scholars and cultural researchers. It draws on a range of case studies: from the rustic charm of agricultural shows and family circuses to the effervescent festival of Elvis Presley impersonators in Parkes; from wildflower collecting to the cosmopolitan beats of ChillOut, Australia’s largest non-metropolitan gay and lesbian festival. Festivals as diverse as youth surfing carnivals, country music musters, Aboriginal gatherings in the remote Australian outback, Scottish highland gatherings and German Christmas celebrations are united in their emphasis on community, conviviality and fun.
Herding Cats
This book is a collection of Five short stories with seven illustrations. Sometimes in these stories the cats are anthropomorphic, in others they are…well, just cats. The stories range from about 780 to 1700 words in length.This edition contains one major revision. The fourth story in previous editions was 'Sibling Rivalry'. This has been replaced with a new story 'Bobbin'. The illustrations are the sole work of the author with the exception of the one within the short story 'Herding Cats'. A special friend, Anne Turnbull, has kindly allowed me to use this picture. Any mistakes the reader discovers are, of course, the responsibility of the cats, who helped to edit the manuscript.
