Heinemann Plays for 11-14 The Girl and the Snake and Other Short Plays, (Hardcover)

from whitetara

I bought this book upon seeing that Caroline Alexander was doing a lecture about it at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. I honestly did not know her from anybody at that point but I love the museum, go to a lot of their lectures, and had a passing interest in the history of the ...

from johnleague

Popular histories sometimes (not always, but often enough to notice) suffer from one of two things: a deliberate paring away of detail--be it description or incident--to make for easier reading or a slimmer volume, or a concerted refusal to acknowledge or explore information that does not gird th...

from bcquinnsmom

I expected this book to be excellent simply by virtue of having been written by Caroline Alexander, whose previous work, The Endurance, was outstanding. If you haven't read that one and you are interested in Shackleton, I strongly suggest you find a copy and read it. The Bounty is another one of ...

from CecilyK

I've had this book in my library for years and finally picked it up a month or two ago. I had no idea that I'd be swept into one of the most interesting narrative histories I've ever read. Alexander has done her research thoroughly and what I find most astounding is just how much source material ...

from stephengoldenberg

A riveting account of an event which most of us feel we already know about. It is very constructed to build up suspense in the 'storytelling' of the events. It is detailed and very well researched yet still leaves many questions unanswered - not least the confusing accounts of what may or may not...