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TODD, Richard Andrew Palethorpe was born on June 11, 1919 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Major A. W. and Marvilla Palethorpe Todd (nee Agar-Daly).
(Oversize illustrated memorial edition. Includes many phot...)
Oversize illustrated memorial edition. Includes many photos of the planes and airmen in the Battle.
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(Dark Comedy Minimum Characters: 5 male, 2 female, expan...)
Dark Comedy Minimum Characters: 5 male, 2 female, expanded cast possible Interior For almost a century an evil has haunted the Orpheus Theatre, awaiting fulfillment of a chilling prophecy, and a blood-stained Ouija board and cryptic rhyme are the only keys to a terrifying truth. With lots of casting options, simple production requirements, and TWO possible endings (one scary, one funny), this show is destined to become a staple for theatre groups everywhere!
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( This gorgeous cornerstone volume celebrating the camera...)
This gorgeous cornerstone volume celebrating the camera and the art of the photograph, created in collaboration with the George Eastman House, spans almost 200 years, from the first faint image ever caught to today's state-of-the-art digital equipment. The informative narrative by Todd Gustavson--including insightful essays by Steve Sasson (inventor of the digital camera) and Alexis Gerard (visionary founder of Future Image Inc.)--traces the camera's development, the lives of its inventors, and the artists behind the lens. Images of more than 350 cameras from the George Eastman House Collection, plus historic photos, ads, and drawings, complement the text.
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( Through the Refugee Act of 1980, the United States offe...)
Through the Refugee Act of 1980, the United States offers the prospect of safety to people who flee to America to escape rape, torture, and even death in their native countries. In order to be granted asylum, however, an applicant must prove to an asylum officer or immigration judge that she has a well-founded fear of persecution in her homeland. The chance of winning asylum should have little if anything to do with the personality of the official to whom a case is randomly assigned, but in a ground-breaking and shocking study, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Andrew I. Schoenholtz, and Philip G. Schrag learned that life-or-death asylum decisions are too frequently influenced by random factors relating to the decision makers. In many cases, the most important moment in an asylum case is the instant in which a clerk randomly assigns the application to an adjudicator. The system, in its current state, is like a game of chance. Refugee Roulette is the first analysis of decisions at all four levels of the asylum adjudication process: the Department of Homeland Security, the immigration courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the United States Courts of Appeals. The data reveal tremendous disparities in asylum approval rates, even when different adjudicators in the same office each considered large numbers of applications from nationals of the same country. After providing a thorough empirical analysis, the authors make recommendations for future reform. Original essays by eight scholars and policy makers then discuss the authors’ research and recommendations Contributors: Bruce Einhorn, Steven Legomsky, Audrey Macklin, M. Margaret McKeown, Allegra McLeod, Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Margaret Taylor, and Robert Thomas.
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( From the world-famous Eastman House comes a lavish, exp...)
From the world-famous Eastman House comes a lavish, expansive guide to nearly 200 years of photographic invention and innovation. Richly visual and wonderfully informative, it showcases 500 groundbreaking cameras from the museum's collection that forever changed our perception of the world, and of ourselves. Todd Gustavson, curator of technology at the George Eastman House, organizes the cameras into genealogical categories--from detective to digital, stereo to subminiature. Alongside the 35mm, you'll see curiosities like stereoscopic cameras, postcard cameras, and spy cameras hidden in watches, buttons, and fountain pens. Essays by experts in the field--including Robert Shanebrook, Martin Scott, and Mark Osterman--trace the technological development of the camera and provide insight into the innovators behind the lens.
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( Although Americans generally think that the U.S. Depart...)
Although Americans generally think that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is focused only on preventing terrorism, one office within that agency has a humanitarian mission. Its Asylum Office adjudicates applications from people fleeing persecution in their homelands. Lives in the Balance is a careful empirical analysis of how Homeland Security decided these asylum cases over a recent fourteen-year period. Day in and day out, asylum officers make decisions with life-or-death consequences: determining which applicants are telling the truth and are at risk of persecution in their home countries, and which are ineligible for refugee status in America. In Lives in the Balance, the authors analyze a database of 383,000 cases provided to them by the government in order to better understand the effect on grant rates of a host of factors unrelated to the merits of asylum claims, including the one-year filing deadline, whether applicants entered the United States with a visa, whether applicants had dependents, whether they were represented, how many asylum cases their adjudicator had previously decided, and whether or not their adjudicator was a lawyer. The authors also examine the degree to which decisions were consistent among the eight regional asylum offices and within each of those offices. The authors’ recommendations, including repeal of the one-year deadline, would improve the adjudication process by reducing the impact of non-merits factors on asylum decisions. If adopted by the government, these proposals would improve the accuracy of outcomes for those whose lives hang in the balance.
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DESCRIPTION “An excellent book to read at this time during the anniversary of the bombing of the German dams by what seemed impossible odds.” Review. ‘Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters’ tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous raid on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, providing a fitting and timely tribute to a truly courageous aviator. This short introduction to the Dambusters raid is the first chapter of ‘British Flying Legends’ a new book by Richard Edwards and is around the length of a short story, approximately 30 printed pages. ‘Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters’ is a concise account of Bomber Command’s most accomplished aviator and their most famous raid of the Second World War. It gives the reader an immediate and straightforward insight into the life and personality of Guy Gibson and is aimed at people who are looking for an uncomplicated account of a significant part of British wartime history. Other more in-depth titles are available for people who are looking for definitive or academic reading and you should consider those first if that’s what you’re looking for. In addition to exploring the Dambusters raid this book looks at Gibson’s childhood, his RAF career and the development of the bouncing bomb, including the intense wrangling within the RAF that almost stopped it from getting off the drawing board. It also reveals the truth behind the mysterious air crash that one year later cost Gibson and his navigator, Jim Warwick, their lives and why the RAF chose to keep the cause of the crash a secret. Each further chapter of ‘British Flying Legends’ will examine the life and achievements of a different aviation legend from the twentieth-century. Richard will release each chapter individually, as well as in a single volume, allowing the reader to either pick and choose the topics that they are interested in or to read the whole set. To find out more about the ‘British Flying Legends’ series visit Richard’s website and blog at http://richardedwards.info. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Richard Edwards lives in Sussex and writes both fiction and non-fiction, with a particular interest in military history, biography and adventure. He has published ‘The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Imperial Naval Air Service’ and ‘Heroes and Landmarks of British Aviation’, which are available in hardback and ebook through Pen and Sword Aviation. For more information visit http://richardedwards.info.
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(DESCRIPTION This special eBook presents the first and se...)
DESCRIPTION This special eBook presents the first and second chapters of ‘British Flying Legends’ together in one volume. ‘Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters’ tells the dramatic story of a renowned British flying legend and his leadership of the infamous raid on the Ruhr dams in May 1943, providing a fitting and timely tribute to a truly courageous aviator. ‘John Moffat: Legend of the Bismarck’ tells the remarkable story of a Fleet Air Arm pilot and flying legend who, with a single torpedo strike, delivered from an obsolete biplane, in a force nine gale, in the middle of the Atlantic, brought about the sinking of Nazi Germany’s most powerful battleship, the Bismarck. These two short eBooks are each around the length of a short story and combine in this single volume to be approximately 70 printed pages. ‘Guy Gibson: Legend of the Dam Busters’ is a concise account of Bomber Command’s most accomplished aviator and their most famous raid of the Second World War. In addition to exploring the Dambusters raid it looks at Gibson’s childhood, his RAF career and the development of the bouncing bomb, including the intense wrangling within the RAF that almost stopped it from getting off the drawing board. It also reveals the truth behind the mysterious air crash that one year later cost Gibson and his navigator, Jim Warwick, their lives and why the RAF chose to keep the cause of the crash a secret. ‘John Moffat: Legend of the Bismarck’ gives an insight into one of the Fleet Air Arm’s greatest unsung heroes and his part in the Second World War’s most infamous sea battle, the Royal Navy’s frantic search and subsequent sinking of the Bismarck. This chapter also looks at the tragic loss of HMS Hood during the Battle of the Denmark Strait and the story of HMS Ark Royal and her aircraft that helped deliver the decisive torpedo attacks, not least of all, the out-dated Fairey Swordfish biplane. This eBook is aimed at those looking for an immediate and uncomplicated account of two truly outstanding legends of British aviation history. There are other more in-depth titles available, which may be more suited to people interested in definitive or academic reading, you should consider those first if that’s what you’re looking for. Further chapters from ‘British Flying Legends’ will examine the lives and achievements of other aviation legends from the twentieth-century. The chapters are being released individually, in short compendiums and, in due course, as a single volume, allowing readers to either pick the topics that they are interested in or to read the whole set. To find out more about the ‘British Flying Legends’ series visit Richard’s website and blog at http://richardedwards.info. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Richard Edwards lives in Sussex and writes both fiction and non-fiction, with a particular interest in military history, biography and adventure. He has published ‘The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Imperial Naval Air Service’ and ‘Heroes and Landmarks of British Aviation’, which are available in hardback and eBook through Pen and Sword Aviation. For more information visit http://richardedwards.info.
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(If hospital walls could talk, what tales would they tell?...)
If hospital walls could talk, what tales would they tell? Hospitals are the nexus point between life and death, the place into which people enter this world, but also exit it. In The World's Most Haunted Hospitals, paramedic and paranormal investigator Richard Estep recounts some of the most fascinating--and often chilling--stories of hospital hauntings from across the globe, including: • The ghostly apparitions at an old Utah hospital, now a nursing home, whose appearances are said to predict a patient's death. • The Italian island referred to by locals as "the gateway to Hell," where the restless spirits of thousands of plague victims prowl the dark streets and fields. • The terrifying screams and violent phenomena that keep visitors away from an abandoned airbase hospital in the Philippines. • The ghostly nurse in grey who haunts the corridors of a London hospital and has frightened generations of doctors and nurses encountering her restless spirit. Join Richard on this fascinating journey around the world, stopping off at a wide spectrum of haunted hospitals and asylums, old and new, and shiver at the personal encounters of doctors, nurses, patients, and others with the strange and inexplicable.
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( In 1899, the United States federal government began the...)
In 1899, the United States federal government began the process that would end in the construction of a mental institution designed specifically for America's Indian population. The Canton, or Hiawatha, Asylum opened its doors, and from across the nation, Indian people were sent to live out their days on the South Dakota Plains. When it closed in 1934, the asylum had served over three hundred patients. However, once an inmate was admitted to Canton, there was no way out other than death. Over one hundred inmates died behind the asylum walls. This previously unknown part of American history is told for the first time here.
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TODD, Richard Andrew Palethorpe was born on June 11, 1919 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Major A. W. and Marvilla Palethorpe Todd (nee Agar-Daly).
Student privately, Shrewsbury, England.
The Hasty Heart 1949, Stage Fright 1950, Lightning Strikes Twice (United States of America) 195i, Robin Hood 1952, Twenty-Four Hours of a Woman’s Life, The Venetian Bird 1953, Rob Roy 1954, The Sword and the Rose 1954, The Dam Busters 1955, A Man Called Peter 1955, The Virgin Queen (United States of America) 1955, The Sixth of June, Yangtse Incident 1956, Saint Joan, Chase a Crooked Shadow 1957, The Naked Earth, Danger Within 1958, The Long, the Short and the Tall 1959, Don’t Bother to Knock (for own film co. Haileywood Films Ltd.) 1960, The Hellions 1960, Never Let Go 1961, The Longest Day 1962, The Boys 1962, Sanders 1963, Operation Crossbow 1965, Coast of Skeletons 1965, The Last of the Long-Haired Boys 1968, Dorian Gray 1970, Asylum 1972; returned to London stage as Lord Goring (An Ideal Husband), tour of S.A. 1965, Nicholas Randolph (Dear Octopus), Haymarket 1967; formed Triumph Theatre Production 1970, appeared in numerous productions in Britain, as the Comte (The Marquise), United States of America 1972, as Andrew Wyke (Sleuth), Australia and New Zealand 1972-1973, English tour 1976, R.S.C. productions of The Hollow Crown and Pleasure and Repentance, Canada and United States of America 1974, as Martin Dysart (Equus) for Australian National Theatre Company, Perth Festival 1975, toured as John (Miss Adams Will Be Waiting) 1975, toured S.A. in On Approval 1976, in Quadrille 1977, The Heat of the Moment 1977, appeared in Double Edge in United Kingdom and Canada 1978, in Nightfall, South Africa 1979, in This Happy Breed, United Kingdom 1980; The Business of Murder (Duchess Theatre 1981, Mayfair Theatre 1981-1988). TV appearances include: Wuthering Heights, Doctor Who Joined 1947; served in King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and Parachute Regiment 1940-1946. Entered film industry in For Them That Trespass 1948. President Birmingham Age Concern since 1990.
(Dark Comedy Minimum Characters: 5 male, 2 female, expan...)
( This gorgeous cornerstone volume celebrating the camera...)
( Through the Refugee Act of 1980, the United States offe...)
( In 1899, the United States federal government began the...)
(If hospital walls could talk, what tales would they tell?...)
(DESCRIPTION “An excellent book to read at this time duri...)
( From the world-famous Eastman House comes a lavish, exp...)
(DESCRIPTION This special eBook presents the first and se...)
( Although Americans generally think that the U.S. Depart...)
(Oversize illustrated memorial edition. Includes many phot...)
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Founder, member Dundee (Scotland) Repertory, 1938-1939, 1947-1949. Stage appearances include An Ideal Husband, London, 1965, Dear Octopus, 1967, Equus, Australia, 1975, Nightfall, Republic of South Africa, 1979, This Happy Breed, 1980, The Business of Murder, London, 1981-1988, Intent to Kill, 1990, The Woman in Black (Australia), 1991, Beyond Reasonable Doubt, 1992, Scrooge in a Christmas Carol, 1993, Brideshead Revisited, 1994-1995, An Ideal Husband, 1996-1997. Founder, Triumph Theatre Company, 1970.(films) The Hasty Heart, 1949, Stage Fright, 1950, Lightning Strikes Twice, 1951, Robin Hood, 1952, The Sword and the Rose, 1953, Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue, 1954, The Dam Busters, 1955, A Man Called Peter, 1955, The Virgin Queen, 1955, D-Day: The Sixth of June, 1956, Saint Joan, 1957, Chase a Crooked Shadow, 1957, Never Let Go, 1961, The Longest Day, 1962, Operation Crossbow, 1965, The Last of the Long-Haired Boys, 1968, Asylum, 1972. Author: (autobiographies) Caught in the Act, 1986, In Camera, 1989.
Commissioned King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, then captain parachute regiment, 1940-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member Masons, Army and Navy Club.
Married Catherine Grant-Bogle, August 13, 1949 (divorced 1970). Children: Peter (deceased), Fiona. Married Virginia Anne Mailer, 1972 (divorced 1992).
Children: Andrew, Seumas (deceased 1997).