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Chess on the Web

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Hurst, Sarah

Puzzles & Games

B.T.BATSFORD LTD

Chess on the Web: New Edition

Batsford

The Diaries of Sarah Hurst records the day to day life of a young woman who lived in Horsham, Sussex between 1759 and 1762. Consequently, this book can claim to be one of the most important sources of information on life in the 18th century.  The Diaries of Sarah Hurst not only create a vivid portrayal of the local town's people they also provide a fascinating insight into the social history of women, as they contain the intimate thoughts and feelings of a young woman and her relationships with the people around her.  Sarah's intimate diaries can't help but touch the reader as she writes about her love for Henry Smith, a man who was thirteen years older than her.

The Diaries of Sarah Hurst 1759-1762: Life and Love in Eighteenth Century Horsham

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Amberley Publishing

Chess can be an obsession that takes over your life, whether you are a wood-pushing novice or a superstar grandmaster. British journalist Sarah Hurst was infected with chess fever at the age of 20 and spent seven years exploring the mysterious world of the amateur and professional player. In pursuit of interviews she slid down an icy hill in Hastings to catch a Chinese women’s world champion, chased Garry Kasparov around London, chatted cheerfully with a manic depressive in Budapest, and roamed the Russian steppe with Kalmyk Buddhists. 
When a newspaper editor Larisa Yudina was murdered within a mile or two of City Chess, the pet project of millionaire dictator Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Hurst began to expose the darker side of chess politics. She urged professional players to boycott the World Chess Olympiad, pointing to Ilyumzhinov’s corruption and possible involvement in the murder. But chess players had no desire to reject the millions of dollars Ilyumzhinov was pouring into prize funds, and the boycott campaign failed. 
The historical articles in this book show that chess, insanity and politics have always been inextricably connected. Nikolai Krylenko, the founder of the Soviet chess movement, was a public prosecutor at Stalin’s show trials. One of the greatest players of all time, Alexander Alekhine, was an alcoholic who wrote anti-Semitic articles in Nazi newspapers. America’s chess hero, Bobby Fischer, the world champion who single-handedly defeated the Soviet chess battalions, gave up the game after his victory and only resurfaced to break sanctions in Serbia. 
You will be captivated by Hurst’s insights and observations. "The lasting impression of Sarah is of a fearless and humorous person for whom no challenge is insurmountable." Ken Whyld

Curse of Kirsan

Russell Enterprises, Inc.

A Native Lad: Benny Benson Tells Alaska's Story is based onthe script of a play by Sarah Hurst, first performed at TatitlekCommunity School in January 2010.The story consists of 16 scenes marking major events in Alaskahistory, narrated by Benny Benson, the designer of the Alaskaflag. Benny travels in time to meet a modern-day high schoolstudent named Abigail, who is wondering where her PFD checkcomes from. The scenes cover the Alaska Purchase through to thestatehood movement, the struggle for the Alaska Native ClaimsSettlement Act and the discovery of oil at Prudhoe Bay.This graphic novel, illustrated in a varied range of style by ninesuperb Alaska artists, can be used in a classroom setting to teachAlaska history to grades 7 through to college level, or it cansimply be read for enjoyment by children or adults. Forty pagesof supplemental notes further explain each scene and providequestions for group discussion as well as sources of additionalreading to research topics in detail.

A Native Lad

Children's Books

Comics & Graphic Novels

Epicenter Press (WA)

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