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In A Vulgar Art Ian Brodie uses a folkloristic approach to stand-up comedy, engaging the discipline's central method of studying interpersonal, artistic communication and performance. Because stand-up comedy is a rather broad category, people who study it often begin by relating it to something they recognize---literature- or -theatre-; -editorial- or -morality---and analyze it accordingly. A Vulgar Art begins with a more fundamental observation: someone is standing in front of a group of people, talking to them directly, and trying to make them laugh. So this book takes the...

Aimless young Ben 'One' Kester and gruff former publican Ben 'Two' Markham become unlikely partners in a minibus tour of Melbourne underworld sites.

The customers are coming, the unlikely friendship is growing: this could be the making of both of them.

But can a tormentor be a mentor?

And can either man overcome their savage pasts?

Suburban Tours, traverses the pub sub-culture of inner Melbourne, the savage fringes of the outer suburbs and probes the significance of Bryan Adams, punting on aged geldings and the terrors of lint.

Strategy in the Missile Age first reviews the development of modern military strategy to World War II, giving the reader a reference point for the radical rethinking that follows, as Dr. Brodie considers the problems of the Strategic Air Command, of civil defense, of limited war, of counterforce or pre-emptive strategies, of city-busting, of missile bases in Europe, and so on. The book, unlike so many on modern military affairs, does not present a program or defend a policy, nor is it a brief for any one of the armed services. It is a balanced analysis of the requirements of...

Marriage takes hard work. Daily life can take its toll on even a successful marriage. And when one of the parties commits adultery, the effect on a marriage can be devastating--and final. But it does not have to be.

Author Hannah Brodie's Corduroy is the true story of love and faith bound together beneath God's gaze. Young love, starry-eyed and rose-rimmed, turned sinister and dark when vows were shattered and trust broken. The promise of a married life of blissful togetherness was torn to shreds by a prolonged marital affair. Brodie tells the story of a young wife who just wouldn't...

Although the EYFS recommends that observation, assessment and planning should be linked in a constant, cyclical process, in practice this can be a significant challenge. This book presents an integrated framework which puts the cycle into practical terms, bringing it all together to ensure a seamless process and to support you in this vital part of your...