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Playing Out in the Wireless Days
'Playing Out in the Wireless Days' is the sequel to 'Headlong into Pennilessness, ' by poet and art critic, Michael Glover. It is a fond look back, reflecting on the inevitability of change, to growing up in Sheffield in the 50s and 60s, illustrated with poems, sketches and photographs
Invasion Scare 1940
In the Summer of 1940, after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the Franco/German armistice which followed the fall of France, Britain stood alone against the the armed might if Hitler's Germany, supported only by the forces of her dominions and inspired by little but the rhetoric of her newly-appointed Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. It seemed inevitable at the time that Hitler's next move would be the invasion of Britain and Churchill was not slow to use this threat to unite the people of Britain behind him; for not a few people in influential circles in Britain then favourited a quick settlement with the Fuhrer. Michael Glover's penetrating analysis of t...
Great Works
This fully illustrated book offers a highly enjoyable and intelligently-written tour through art history, with the renowned art critic and poet Michael Glover. Every Saturday for the best part of a decade, thousands of people have been turning to the pages of the British newspaper The Independent to read Michael Glover's thoughts about a particular piece of art. Pithy, astute, erudite, often humorous, and always engaging, these enormously popular essays are filled with compelling and entertaining observations as well as trenchant commentary about art, history, culture, and humanity. Collected for the first time in book form, this selection of 50 essays--a number of which have been exclusivel...
Thrust
A laugh-out-loud visual history of the strangest piece of men’s clothing ever created: the codpiece. The codpiece was fashioned in the Middle Ages to close a revealing gap between two separate pieces of men’s tights. By the sixteenth century, it had become an upscale must-have accessory. This lighthearted, illustrated examination of its history pulls in writers from Rabelais to Shakespeare and figures from Henry VIII to Alice Cooper. Glover’s witty and entertaining prose reveals how male vanity turned a piece of cloth into a bulging and absurd representation of masculinity itself. The codpiece, painted again and again by masters such as Titian, Holbein, Giorgione, and Bruegel, became a symbol of royalty, debauchery, virility, and religious seriousness—all in one. Centuries of male self-importance and delusion are on display in this highly enjoyably new title. Glover’s book moves from paintings to contemporary culture and back again as it charts the growing popularity of the codpiece and its eventual decline. The first history of its kind, this book is a must-read for art historians, anthropologists, fashion aficionados, and readers looking for a good, long laugh.
Perl 5 How-to
Perl is the scripting language used by most people seetting up their own Web servers. This book gives Perl programmers everything needed to write professional scripts and solve practical problems in an easy-to-use, topic-organized format. It provides more than 100 real-life programming situations and their solutions.
My Soul Speaks Wisdom
My Soul Speaks Wisdom is a powerful collection of life, love, and inspirational poems used for everyday living. This book will provide insights on life, love, and also offer solid words of encouragement when you feel you can't go on. Whether you have or haven't experienced much about life, love, this is a great book of poetry for inquiring minds to read and absorb knowledge. My Soul Speaks Wisdom is a must read.
Warfare from Waterloo to Mons
Søkrig og skibstyper, flådeartilleri; Krimkrigen, Sebastopol mm., geværtyper; Peninsulærkrigen, Solferino.
What You Do WIth Days
This is a book of poems soaked in the spirit of Sheffield through and through, then and now, by Michael Glover, a Sheffielder by birth, and author of the bestselling 111 Places in Sheffield That You Shouldn't Miss. It listens in to local talk, watches how local folk booze and goster, frolic, caper, saunter around, let their hair down or get it done specially for Saturday night out on the town, or just sit back in Millhouses Park in the sun, gently doing nowt much at all. Take a sip.
Hypothetical May Morning
Michael Glover's most accomplished collection draws on a variety of themes and situations. The sands are forever shifting, you question the speaking voice is, and there is a darkness about it. Are the poems as lightsome, playful and direct as they first seem? Or is there a deception? Laughter dries on the tongue.
Late Days
A picture book for adults: artworks by Ruth Dupré complement beautifully the verse and prose of Michael Glover. It tells the story of a woman slowly losing her grip on a life well lived, as past and present meld with real and imagined. Let the words and images wash over you - at the end you feel you have read something important.
