Bøger af Andrew Sinclair

Prohibition: The Era of Excess is a non-fiction book written by Andrew Sinclair that explores the history of the prohibition era in the United States. The book covers the period from 1920 to 1933, when the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol was banned in the country. Sinclair delves into the reasons behind the implementation of prohibition, including the temperance movement and the political and social climate of the time.The book also examines the impact of prohibition on American society, including the rise of organized crime, the emergence of speakeasies, and the increased consumption of illegal alcohol. Sinclair explores the cultural and artistic developments of the era, including the emergence of jazz music and the rise of flapper culture.Throughout the book, Sinclair provides a detailed and engaging account of the prohibition era, drawing on a wide range of sources including historical documents, personal accounts, and contemporary media. The book is a fascinating exploration of a pivotal period in American history, shedding light on the complex social, cultural, and political forces that shaped the era of excess.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

As a rule, a good novel does not always make a good play--especially a novel as unconventional as this one by Dylan Thomas. But Andrew Sinclair's brilliant adaptation of Adventures in the Skin Trade is the exception. This is the story of young Samuel Bennet--a not entirely innocent provincial--who leaves his Welsh home to let adventure find him in London. Sam is soon deeply involved--all the while with his finger stuck fast in an ale bottle--with a fantastic assortment of odd characters whom only Dylan Thomas could have conceived. What The Times Literary Supplement said about Adventures in the Skin Trade as a novel still applies to the play: "There is no doubt of Thomas's genius as a comic writer ... there are memorable images and phrases on every page." One reason is Andrew Sinclair's exceptionally skillful adaptation.

The changing role and status of women in America from colonial times to the present, and the American woman's unrelenting struggle for complete equality with men are the major themes of this work. The works of leading feminists, suffragists, abolitionists, unionists, and temperance workers are explored.

He ends up on his own, beginning to see Cambridge has more to offer than a three years' muckabout in a festering fen.'Very clever indeed . . . This portrait of la vie de boheme universitaire should raise squeals of outraged delight .

Paradoxically perhaps the 1940s was a decade of cultural efflorescence. Writing, painting, theatre, cinema and dancing all thrived in this period. This book recreates the world of the 1940s with its encounters and characters, its conflicts and its discoveries, its hopes and its disillusions.

The Breaking of Bumbo was first published fifty years ago when the author was twenty-two. it continues to read freshly.'This bitter, ironical and very clever first novel paints a devastating portrait of an upper-class misfit, half clown, half Hamlet .

A disturbing and original history of the political use of terror from antiquity to the present day.

a social history, comprehensive, detailed, documented, and well written.' Arthur Weinberg, Chicago Tribune'Here is a work of real social history, at once scholarly and entertaining, thoughtful, penetrating and analytical.' John A.

Great exponents of the art of equestrian warfare include, Alexander the Great, Hannibal, King Arthur, Saladin, the Knights of the Templar, the Reivers of the Scottish Borders, the Mongols, North American Indians, the Confederate forces during the American Civil War and the Boers.