“maggie macnab”

Our complex world is comprised of a handful of some very simple patterns which, in turn, are made of basic shapes. These shapes have found their way into human design since the beginning of our time because they tell an eternal tale in a glimpse and their structure instructs about our connection to ... More

Presiding over the "golden era" of the British Film Industry from the mid to late 1940s, J. Arthur Rank financed movies such as "Oliver Twist," "The Red Shoes," "Brief Encounter," "Caesar and Cleopatra" and "Black Narcissus," Never before, and never since, has the industry risen to such heights. "J.... More

Tracing the development of theater and music hall stars and their usually awkward transition into film, Geoffrey Macnab explores the failure of British cinema to create its own stars. Through closely focused essays on key figures (Novello, Fields, Formby, Dors, Bogarde, Mason, Matthews), he offers a... More

Tracing the development of theater and music hall stars and their usually awkward transition into film, Geoffrey Macnab explores the failure of British cinema to create its own stars. Through closely focused essays on key figures (Novello, Fields, Formby, Dors, Bogarde, Mason, Matthews), he offers a... More

Here's the innovative new problem-based book which explains the practical guidelines on the management of the critically ill child, from presentation in the emergency room through to transfer to the pediatric intensive care unit. Written by experts, this user-friendly text has excellent features suc... More

A revealing account of life on the Scottish island of Mull during the first quarter of the 20th century, focusing especially on the years of WWI, from the son of the governor of Mull's poorhouse (one of the last in the Hebrides). Peter MacNab's "fisherman's yarns" and other personal reminiscences ar... More