Learning from Working: Getting the Most from Your Cooperative Education/Internship Program

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Focusing on the work and labor history of shipyard workers in the Royal Dockyards, this text examines the question of state employment and the specific characteristics of that pattern of industrial relations. It encompasses discussions of the nature of work and resistance to forms of authority. Particular forms of control are available to the employer which are absent from the experience of the private sector. In addition, the state is often under pressure to act as a model employer, and this can lead to tensions between this objective and the need for financial constraint and public surveillance of the uses of taxation.

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Why is it that a man with a vacuum cleaner just has to discover exactly what it is capable of sucking up? And have you ever wondered why cars parked outside massage parlours contain dogs? Why Monopoly is the root of all evil? Why every man should own a circular saw? Or wondered what it's like to sleep on a waterbed when drunk?

Joe Bennett is an Englishman abroad. With prose as clear as sunlight he illuminates normal life. The result is abnormally funny. He celebrates simplicity, and lacerates pomposity. Among his many topics are consultants, cappuccinos, karaoke, therapy, apostrophes, dogs and golf.

In his own words, 'If anything holds these observations together it is that I like people but not in herds. I distrust all beliefs, most thought and anything ending in ism. Most opinion is emotion in fancy dress.'

Enjoy the company of this old-fashioned wit, whose sparkling vignettes highlight the absurdities of life.

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This book is a hand's down must have in your book collection.......2004-07-11

Joe Bennett's humour has a way of making you smile even when you don't want to! Bennett's witty and original way of explaining everyday occurences has an effect that makes you think how funny (and strange) life really is. Get this book!

Fun Run Entertains.......2000-07-28

This is a largely funny collection of short, independent anecdotes, fictions and would-be essays by columnist Joe Bennett. Funny as they are, however, Fun Run is more than a humor book.

There's serious work behind Bennett's crafted silliness and brilliant satire. His columns methodically strip bare every institution, social trend, and public figure that carry the scent of pretension - himself included.

Fun Run looks at cappuccinos, government speak, home repair, vitamin therapy, Russian fishermen and American foreign aggression. In the process, Bennett plays with a range of styles and tones, at turns didactic, absurd, ironic and thoughtful. His range is so broad that readers who like predictability might disapprove. I didn't.

I enjoyed how Fun Run changed rhythm, tone and thematic scope with each column. I usually put books by columnists down after 15 minutes because they become predictable and repetitive. I stayed with Fun Run for a good evening - it captivated me with its variety.

Fun Run is a fun read. It entertains and enlightens, and Bennett has a tremendous command of language.

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Only If You Love Musical Comedy.......2007-08-22

Fabulous research screaming for a sequel for the last 15 years. Buy this if you love musical comedy. Otherwise you might be bored by the details, but never by the author's wit.

Top Flight Reference - Entertaining, Too.......2006-04-13

This is a must read for any Broadway fan! Mandelbaum dishes on which shows deserved to be flops, and which were victims of circumstances. Read it!

Should be required reading for all Broadway buffs.......2005-11-06

Plenty has been said about the most prominent examples of the American musical theatre repertoire; such classic shows as SOUTH PACIFIC, WEST SIDE STORY, and COMPANY have been endlessly dissected, analyzed, and deconstructed.

"Not Since Carrie," however, is the first book to take a look at the losers--the shows that, for one reason or another, failed to light up the Great White Way for long, bringing disgrace, financial loss, and (sometimes) embarrassment to all involved. The fact that the book is one of the few on musical theatre to do this is enough reason alone to pick up a copy, but Mandelbaum thankfully provides each entry with plenty of interesting information and insightful, witty commentary. Additionally, many of the shows have been lost to history (CARRIE, in particular, has been all but buried by its creators as an embarrassment), never having been recorded or having long out-of-print recordings (although studio cast recordings and rereleases of some shows have occured since the book was published), so this collection of information on the show is all casual fans have to remember the show.

If there is one criticism of the book, it is one that others below have noted: the book needs an update! In the 14 years since the book was published the Broadway scene has changed immeasurably and a new edition of the book ought to reflect that. I for one would love to hear Mandelbaum's thoughts on such recent notorious flops as DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES or LENNON, as well as more recent "heartbreakers" (A CLASS ACT, JANE EYRE THE MUSICAL).

All in all, this book represents a bit of a stepping stone for casual or beginning musical theatre lovers--once they've grown to fully appreciate the classics, they next turn to the far more fascinating story of flops, and "Not Since Carrie" is an indispensible primer.

I can never put it down!.......2004-04-02

I have read NOT SINCE CARRIE from cover to cover several times. Ken Mendelbaum's writing is witty, entertaining, and informative. The first chapter, entitled "Catastrophes and Camp," is the most hilarious, conjuring up "ineffable mental pictures" (Mendelbaum's words) of such all-out Broadway fiascos as KELLY, LEGS DIAMOND, and PRINCE OF CENTRAL PARK. Later chapters, especially "Missed Opportunities" and "Heartbreakers and Cream," are both funny and fascinating, describing musicals that might have been hits but, for whatever reason, were not. The fifth chapter, "Don't Let This Happen To You," is the most interesting, explaining in depth the reasons WHY particular shows failed. Likewise, the book's epilogue examines the infamous CARRIE and finds that, after all, Stephen King's novel is not so bizarre a subject for a musical. Because Mendelbaum is such a knowledgable theatre historian and gifted writer, NOT SINCE CARRIE, riotously funny as it is, is also a valuable piece of musical theatre scholarship.

Endlessly fascinating look at Broadway's worst.......2004-01-19

"Not Since Carrie: 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops," by Ken Mandelbaum, is a fascinating look at its title subject. Mandelbaum breaks this vast collection of flops into a number of categories--star flops, flops based on movies, "missed opportunities," etc. One particularly intriguing section of the book is Chapter 5, "Don't Let This Happen to You"; here the author gives a list of rules to follow in order to avoid creating a flop. Example, rule #9: "Don't do sequels" (such as "Annie 2").

Mandelbaum's prose is clear, authoritative, and often appropriately biting. Many accounts of flops stand out as particularly fascinating--Peter Allen's disastrous "Legs Allen," the aforementioned "Annie 2," etc. The book is full of black-and-white photographs--playbill covers, shots of the performers, promotional art. This gives the book great visual appeal. Some of the musicals described are almost too bizarre to be believed (such as "Into the Light," a show about the Shroud of Turin).

Mandelbaum opens and closes the book with spellbinding in-depth sections on "Carrie" the musical, complete with photos. This helps give the book as a whole a satisfying structure. Indeed, "Not Since Carrie" ultimately reads like a vast multigenerational epic--at times funny, absurd, and/or tragic.

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Not Since Carrie (Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops)
Ken Mandelbaum
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OT5JV2

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This digital document is an article from World Literature Today, published by University of Oklahoma on June 22, 1994. The length of the article is 705 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Raiding the Icebox: Reflections on Twentieth-Century Culture.
Author: Marcel Cornis-Pope
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 1994
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: v68 Issue: n3 Page: p647(1)

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Today millions of people around the world are playing video games at any given time. From Pong to Playstation 2 and beyond, Understanding Video Games is the first general introduction to the burgeoning field of video game studies-it traces the history of the medium, introduces the major theories developed to analyze video games, examines the core elements of game design, and addresses the major debates surrounding the medium.

Authored by members of the Center for Computer Games Research, described by The New York Times as the "hub" of game studies research, this book is essential reading for scholars, gaming enthusiasts, aspiring game designers, and anyone interested in understanding the ways video games are reshaping popular culture and entertainment.

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This book provides in-depth projects with instruction and practice for courses involving Web site production with interactive graphics, animation, and sound. It is an excellent addition to any curriculum on multimedia and Web site design and offers instsruction on Macromedia Flash MX 2004, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Fireworks MX 2004, and Freehand MX.

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Ernest Jones (1819-69) was the last of the Chartist leaders, and in many ways the last in the long line of gentlemanly radicals who graced popular politics in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. His life was an extraordinarily colourful affair. Born into the fringes of the late Hanoverian court, and an habitue of the fashionable literary salons of London society, Jones renounced respectability and joined the Chartists, suffering imprisonment for his radical beliefs. He re-emerged as a popular leader at the height of the agitation for the second reform bill in the mid-1860s, becoming, alongside John Bright, the most popular orator of his generation. Jones was also a poet, dramatist and novelist, and this study - the first full biography in over a century - interweaves an account of his literary achievement with his political career, revealing Jones as the mid-Victorian incarnation of Shelley's romantic vision of the poet as patriot. A major contribution to Chartist historiography, this book also reveals the materials out of which political personality was fashioned in the mid-Victorian age.

Ernest Jones, Chartism, and the Romance of Politics 1819-1869

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Ernest Jones, Chartism, and the Romance of Politics 1819-1869
Miles Taylor
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKPQNM

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