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Die herrliche Komödie "Das schönste Freudenhaus in Texas" schafft mit zündenden Songs und mitreißenden Tanzeinlagen die neueste Texas-Legende nach der Schlacht um Alamo. Der Niedergang der echten Chicken Ranch wurde zur Inspiration für ein Musical, welches jetzt in der Leinwandfassung in die Kinos kommt. Zu sehen sind Burt Reynolds als Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd und Dolly Parton als Miss Mona, die Besitzerin der Chicken Ranch. Die beiden finden nich...

Jim Higgins defied Canadian law to fight for democracy in the Spanish Civil War. On return, he was branded a communist, hounded by the RCMP, and welcomed by Lincoln Battalion comrades when he sought refuge in New York. Jim was born in London in 1907, schooled in Manchester and Bristol, and sailed to Canada at twenty-one. During the Great Depression, employers blacklisted him for union organizing, the RCMP added him to their radical files for r...

Jim Higgins defied Canadian law to fight for democracy in the Spanish Civil War. On return, he was branded a communist, hounded by the RCMP, and welcomed by Lincoln Battalion comrades when he sought refuge in New York. Jim was born in London in 1907, schooled in Manchester and Bristol, and sailed to Canada at twenty-one. During the Great Depression, employers blacklisted him for union organizing, the RCMP added him to their radical files for r...

The Radical Statistician: Unleashing the power of applied statistics in the real world is a statistics guide for the rest of us. No need to be a math major-or even good at math! Whether you are a working professional, a student, or simply a person who wants to better understand how to conduct, use or interpret statistical analyses, you will find this book an invaluable resource. Written by Dr. Jim Higgins, Ed.D., The Radical Statistician is in...

From the humble Ingalls family cabin in the woods to Ayad Akhtar s multicultural conflicts, the Badger State s stories and imagery have long inspired. Explore how Aldo Leopold and Lorine Niedecker drew on their close observations of the natural world. Contrast the distinct novels that Jane Hamilton and Larry Watson set on Wisconsin apple orchards. Delve into Thornton Wilder s enduringly popular Our Town and the wild fiction of Ellen Raskin and...

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As a prelude to the post-war concept of a single "main battle tank" design, vehicles during World War II tended to be categorized as light, medium, and heavy, depending on their use. In this last category, tanks had grown in size, weight, and firepower to counter ever-improving anti-tank weapon systems. This resulted in changes in tactics and doctrine to better integrate heavy armor into a combined arms system. This was especially true on the ...

The book tells the story of the British Trotskyists as they emerged from the Second World War, and of how the group around Tony Cliff built a distinct tendency based on the theories of State Capitalism and the Permanent Arms Economy. Higgin's describes the development of this, the IS tendency from Cliff's early years in Palestine, through the 50s and 60s, down to the expulsion of the IS Opposition in the mid-70s, shortly before the Internation...

HEAD BOY Book Two SHAKING TrilogyCathie has left Jimmy and her family home to live with her two unmarried sisters, and begin a new life her herself and family. Problems arise in the small flat. Cathie has another three battles to fight. Applying for a home of her own and financial support. A legal-separation and custody of her two youngest children - Jim will be fifteen and can decide his options - also her battle with breast cancer.She is als...

SYNOPSIS: for THE ENCHANTED NURSERY book 1: NESSIE'S FRIENDS by Jim Higgins. All rights reserved. The main story in the manuscript is about the children and the cuddly toys and dolls in The ENCHANTED NURSERY. Also their wishes and adventures. They go to different destinations. Loch Ness, to meet Nessie, and have an adventure with the Loch Ness Monster. Book 2: HEATHER AND HAMISH To Edinburgh Castle to look for, and find Heather the tartan doll...

The SHAKING trilogy: part one SHAKING. The younger members of the family were being re-housed in the peripheral housing scheme and life including Jim's with cerebral palsy. Annie and Johnnie get re-housed in a five-apartment flat. They live through the Blitz. Cathie meets Jimmy and have a troubled sectarian marriage, experiences a difficult birth with Jim. Jimmy is demobed after serving in the War. He gets a job as a slater and plasterer an...

STILL SHAKING: Jim has settled back home with his family, and into his job in the engineering industry. Still experiencing difficulties with cerebral palsy, with his shaking hands and unsteady legs. He is determined to achieve his potential. Being non-reliant proves impossible, and he receives assistance and understanding from his work-mates in his first job since training at the National Spastic Society training centre. There is much jollity,...

To Edinburgh Castle to look for, and find Heather the tartan dolls' "long lost love" Hamish the tartan piper doll, who is stuck in a glass bottle with his bagpipes. Will they get him out?They also have adventures and wishes granted in London Zoo, where Percy Penguin wants to meet his old friends, and see real live penguins. The Magic Toy Box also takes them to Blackpool to have an adventure on the pier with Reggie Rabbit, who lived in a stall ...