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Peter Brookes of The Times
The case for Peter Brookes as our pre-eminent political cartoonist is well made. His daily contribution to the comment pages of The Times, not to mention his much loved Nature Notes series are frequently hilarious, sometimes poignant and always incisive. In this wonderful new book, he picks out a selection of his favourite drawings from recent years. New Labour, as ever, has been a rich source of material for a satirist of Brookes' ability, be it the Millennium Dome, Stephen Byers, Foot and Mouth disease, Stephen Byers, the Fuel Protests, Stephen Byers, spin doctors or Stephen Byers. The Conservative Party is treated with equal disdain, from the drinking ability of William 'Fourteen Pints' Hague to the anonymity of whatever it is his successor is called. This collection offers a diverse and delightful chronicle of our times: an astute cartoon telling laced with barbed wit and wisdom.
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Critical Times
Critical Times subjects our political overlords to the most brutalof roastings, ridiculing those who profess to lead us and holding themighty to account. Always hilarious and beautifully crafted, thesecartoons -- from Brexit to Trump, and back again -- are the sumptuous evidence ofa contemporary genius at work.
Nature Notes
In 1996, Peter Brookes launched a series of cartoons in The Times called "Nature Notes." It includes Boris Yeltsin as a Muscovy (lame) duck; Ian Paisley as an Orange-utan ('Devours all greenery'); and Baroness Thatcher as a rabid old bat. This second volume brings together over fifty new illustrations, with each cartoon taking as its theme a news story of the time, from Tory in-fighting to Monicagate. Both a revealing commentary on the first years of the New Labour government and a hilarious succession of merciless character studies, this book is essential reading for the politically informed.
Troubling Confessions
Literature has often understood the problematic nature of confession better than the law, as Brooks demonstrates in perceptive readings of legal cases set against works by Roussean, Dostoevsky, Joyce, and Camus, among others."--BOOK JACKET.
Sign of the Times
'Sign of the Times' is the latest collection of incomparable sketches of contemporary and political life by the current British Cartoonist of the Year, culled from his cartoons in 'The Times'. Bristling with mischief and political savvy, 'Sign of the Times' subjects the world and its leaders to the most sophisticated of lampooings.
The Empty Space
From director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook, The Empty Space is a timeless analysis of theatre from the most influential stage director of the twentieth century. As relevant as when it was first published in 1968, groundbreaking director and cofounder of the Royal Shakespeare Company Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing a theatrical performance--of any scale. He describes important developments in theatre from the last century, as well as smaller scale events, from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting, from Brecht's revolutionary alienation technique to the free form happenings of the 1960s, and from the different styles of such great Shakespearean actors as John Gielgud and Paul Scofield to a joyous impromptu performance in the burnt-out shell of the Hamburg Opera just after the war. Passionate, unconventional, and fascinating, this book shows how theatre defies rules, builds and shatters illusions, and creates lasting memories for its audiences.
Brewing
Brewing: Science and practice updates and revises the previous work of this distinguished team of authors, producing what is the standard work in its field. The book covers all stages of brewing from raw materials, including the chemistry of hops and the biology of yeasts, through individual processes such as mashing and wort separation to packaging, storage and distribution. Key quality issues are discussed such as flavour and the chemical and physical properties of finished beers.
Testing Times
This is a collection of satirical sketches of contemporary political life by Britain's greatest living cartoonist, The Times's Peter Brookes. Always hilarious and beautifully crafted, these cartoons - which take us well beyond the 2015 general election and its historic fallout - are the sumptuous evidence of a contemporary genius at work.
A Devil's Triangle
In a cold, hard slap across the face of Americans, Brookes warns that the terrorist threat has not subsided in the four years since 9/11, but in fact has escalated.
