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The central part of this story is a fascinating account of the trials and tribulations associated with the author s determination to establish a heart transplant programme in Britain. He eventually performed Britain s first successful heart transplant at Papworth Hospital near Cambridge in 1979. At the time there were only four other centres in the world performing heart transplants. However, within a decade over 4,000 patients a year were being transplanted worldwide, and Papworth had become one of the best known hospitals for heart and lung transplantation.

The author s involvement in...

Ballett, Dressur, Barock im Dienst des Feminismus 

Inmitten der bis heute wegweisenden Konzeptkunst der 1970er-Jahre und im Umfeld der feministischen Avantgarde entwickelte Rose English (geb. 1950 Hereford, GB) ihre einzigartige Arbeitsweise. Heute zählt sie zu den einflussreichsten Performance-Künstler*innen mit einem außergewöhnlich vielschichtigen uvre. In ihrem Werk verbindet sie Elemente von Theater, Zirkus, Oper, Comedy und Poesie, um die Themen der Geschlechterpolitik, der Identität von Performer*innen und der Metaphysik der Präsenz - die eigentliche...

Furtive and Fearless's adventures continue, taking them to more exciting and dangerous places, which allow them to meet many more exotic creatures in unexpected situations.

We meet David again, the little boy who lived at 18 Mulberry Road, and who named and fed the family of sparrows called Twitcherly. He makes a special friend called Billy, who lives close to David's new home, and with whom he enjoys out-of-this-world adventures that no other six year old could possibly experience.

A magical owl called...Owl, a grey parrot called Gerald, and a toucan named Teddy are some of...

A tale based loosely in reality, this story traces the fortunes of the Ingles family in the West Riding coal fields around Wakefield. Theirs is a saga that could be replicated time after time in an area where scratching a living wasn't easy, and where coal, drink, and occasional infidelity played integral parts in the life of the community. Their story starts in the mid-1940s and paints a picture of the privations endured, the dramas enacted, and the joys and sorrows shared, in a town where all understood how hard it was to break free from the shackles of a traditional coal mining...