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A wonderfully evocative vocal guide taking the listener on an entertaining and informative journey through 1000 years of English Monarchy. The fascinating story of England's history and of the public and private life of her Royal Family is highlighted by extracts form the diaries and speeches of English monarchs and observations by their contemporaries. In addition to Sir Derek Jakobi's fluent narration he is joined by six others actors, John Graham, Richard Hampton, Robert Harris, David March, Rosalind Shanks and David Weston adding vivid colour and personality to the history of England's most famous family.
Nobody's Nation offers an illuminating look at the St. Lucian, Nobel-Prize-winning writer, Derek Walcott, and grounds his work firmly in the context of West Indian history. Paul Breslin argues that Walcott's poems and plays are bound up with an effort to re-imagine West Indian society since its emergence from colonial rule, its ill-fated attempt at political unity, and its subsequent dispersal into tiny nation-states.
Under an intense, blue Jamaica sky, music journalist Mick Sever lands a front row seat to the Next Big Thing - a reggae/rap band known as Derek and The Laments. Derek Lyman, the band's charismatic Rastafarian singer has an unmistakable hold on the audience, and his provocative lyrics work the crowd into a frenzy. But lurking beneath the new stars' promise is a deadly secret-two female fans have been savagely killed after attending Laments' concerts. And everyone begins to wonder if the band is connected to the murders?
The poetry of Derek Walcott is said to standout from other contemporary American works because of its bold eloquence. This text provides literary criticism from some of the most respected authorities on his poetry. Examined works include "The Theatre of Our Lives."
Derek WalcottNobel Laureate Derek Walcott is one of the Caribbean's most famous writers. His unique voice in poetry, drama and criticism is shaped by his position at the crossroads between Caribbean, British and American culture and by his interest in hybrid identities and diaspora. Edward Baugh's Derek Walcott analyses and evaluates Walcott's entire career over the last fifty years. Baugh guides the reader through the continuities and differences of theme and style in Walcott's poems and plays.
