Major tie-in to the Museum of London's largest ever exhibition, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. Over 200 stunning archive photographs, most of which have never been published before, illustrate this mesmerising guide to Victorian London seen through the eyes of Charles Dickens. Setting Dickens against the city that was the backdrop and inspiration for his work, it takes the reader on a memorable and haunting journey, discovering the places and subjects which stimulated his imagination. Here are captivating photographs of famous landmarks such as the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square and Westminster Abbey, alongside coaching inns, the Thames before the Embankment was built, the construction of the Metropolitan Underground Line, the docklands that studded the river and the many villages that make up London today. Authoritatively written and beautifully illustrated, this book will appeal to anyone who loves this beguiling city and wants to explore it as it was in Dickens' day.

Dickens's Victorian London: 1839–1901

History

Williams, Tony

Werner, Alex

Europe

Ebury Press

The Cinema of George A. Romero: Knight of the Living Dead, Second Edition (Directors' Cuts)

In this comprehensive portrait of horror's definitive director, Tony Williams ties George A. Romero's films to the development of literary naturalism and American culture, expanding the artist's creative footprint beyond his mastery of the "splatter movie" genre. Williams locates Romero's influences in the work of Emile Zola, the Entertainment Comics of the 1950s, and the novels of Stephen King, revealing the interdisciplinary depth of his seminal films Night of the Living Dead (1968), Creepshow (1982), Monkey Shines (1988), and The Dark Half (1992). For this second edition, Williams reads Romero's Bruiser (2000) against his more recent Land of the Dead (2005) and takes a fresh look at Diary of the Dead (2007) and Survival of the Dead (2009), two overlooked films that feature Romero's greatest achievements yet.

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Wallflower Press

An efficient and cost-effective HR function is essential to the successful running of any organization. And yet for many businesses it is impossible or costly to have HR staff in every office. This is particularly true for companies who have many branches, such as banks and building societies. So what are they to do? Increasingly they are turning to shared services by creating a unit within the organization that typically undertakes personnel administration and basic operational support. This may be delivered to managers and employees through some combination of call centre, personal contact or intranet. Creating a shared services centre enables the HR function to redefine its relationship with its stakeholders. It can become more of a strategic player and make a more business-focused contribution. This book explains what shared services are and what they look like for the HR function. It describes why organizations opt for shared services and what activities are included. It sets out the relationship between shared services and the other HR activities, and between HR and line management. How To Get Best Value From HR outlines the process of introducing shared services, from identifying customer needs through designing the structure to implementation and monitoring. It also outlines the likely pitfalls and, importantly, offers possible solutions. In particular the book highlights the big design issues, including whether to outsource services, where a shared services centre should be located, how services should be delivered and organized, including through the option of e-HR. Crucially it features an extended case study of the Royal Bank of Scotland's experience of introducing HR shared services, providing a unique insight into the reality of this new way of working.

How To Get Best Value From HR: The Shared Services Option

Business & Money

Reilly, Peter

Human Resources

Routledge

HR has sought to reposition itself as a strategic contributor to organizations. To facilitate this, it has restructured, bringing in shared services, business partners and centres of expertise, simplifying, automating and rationalising processes, and devolving some activities to managers, whilst outsourcing others. HR has yet to give sufficient attention to the capability of the function to deliver against the added value promise. This book looks at the developments that have brought HR to its present position. It sets out a vision of where HR might be headed, including a definition of its role and activities. It identifies a number of challenges that HR will have to face if it is to be effective. These include not just skills, but problems with structures and relationships with stakeholders, be they line managers or employees. The authors also highlight ways of monitoring HR performance and of demonstrating its value. It all adds up to an authoritative reference guide for all HR directors seeking to define their role and future aims, for those new to the function on the challenges they will face, and for senior executives on what they should expect the added value to be from their HR function.

Strategic HR: Building the Capability to Deliver

Industries

Gower

The solution is finally revealed to the most notorious crime story of all. The person identified in this book as the killer of five women in London's East End in 1888 has never before been named a suspect in more than 100 years of intense speculation—and yet clear evidence connects him to three of the five victims, and circumstantial evidence connects him to the other two. Tony Williams did not set out to find Jack the Ripper, but when researching his family history he uncovered incontrovertible evidence that his illustrious ancestor John Williams—still venerated today, and an eminent man in his field—is indeed Jack the Ripper. Together, the authors prove not only that their suspect had links with the victims, but that he was in Whitechapel at the same time as the crimes were committed, and he had the knowledge and the skills which the nature of the murders required. At last, the legend and myths surrounding the identity of Jack the Ripper have been brought to an end.

Uncle Jack

Politics & Social Sciences

Price, Humphrey

Social Sciences

Orion Publishing

This work is an account of popular theatre as the central form of entertainment in Regency and Victorian London. The author roots each play in the context of its original performance, as most London theatres had a distinctive local audience and character, and an understanding of a particular drama involves considering the class and attitudes of those for whom it was performed.

The Representation of London in Regency and Victorian Drama (1821-1881) (Studies in Theatre Arts)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Edwin Mellen Pr

Part One of this book focuses on Larry Cohen's films and television work. Part Two consists of an extensive interview with Cohen and several of his collaborators.

Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker

McFarland Publishing

Now in a revised edition, this book is the only published study devoted to Larry Cohen and his significance as a great American filmmaker. The first edition is long out of print and often sought after. This edition covers all the director's films, television work and screenplays, and contains an updated interview with the director as well as interviews with his colleagues Janelle Webb Cohen, Michael Moriarty and James Dixon. The filmography and bibliography are also updated.

Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, rev. ed.

McFarland Company

Structures of Desire: British Cinema, 1939-1955 (The Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video)

Examines the cultural, historical, and ideological factors influencing British cinema during World War II and the postwar years, with attention to male-female relationships as well as to utopian desires for a better postwar world. This book examines representations of desire in British cinema during a period of turbulent change. In addition to investigating male-female desire in status quo “realist” films and in various “anti-realist” movements represented by Gainsborough Melodrama and the work of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, the book also explores the various factors that affected utopian aspirations for a better postwar world and how these desires eventually became restrained by the dominant forces of conservative ideology. Structures of Desire provides new perspectives on previously recognized film movements such as Ealing Comedy and Gainsborough Melodrama while also offering analyses of interesting but neglected films such as Love on the Dole (1941), Perfect Strangers (1945), They Made Me a Fugitive (1947), The Bad Lord Byron (1949), and Madeleine (1950).

State Univ of New York Pr

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Dickens's Victorian London: 1839–1901

The Cinema of George A. Romero: Knight of the Living Dead, Second Edition (Directors' Cuts)

The Cinema of George A. Romero: Knight of the Living Dead, Second Edition (Directors' Cuts)

How To Get Best Value From HR: The Shared Services Option

Strategic HR: Building the Capability to Deliver

Uncle Jack

The Representation of London in Regency and Victorian Drama (1821-1881) (Studies in Theatre Arts)

Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker

Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker, rev. ed.

Structures of Desire: British Cinema, 1939-1955 (The Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video)