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Автор: Mark Hayhurst
Название: First Light
ISBN: 1350012467 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350012462
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 1899.00 р.
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Описание:

Now. Tonight. Before we're sent back to the front. Take every bit of money you got. Ditch everything else.

July 1916. Albert Ingham and Alfred Longshaw are crouched in a muddy, rat-infested trench in France. These sharp and funny young soldiers from a battalion of the Manchester Pals are about to take part in one of the most savage assaults in the history of human warfare, The Battle of the Somme.

Their survival is a miracle. Their company has lost 600 men. Overwhelmed by the sheer horror of the experience, neither of them dare stare extinction in the face again. So, when they are ordered to transfer to the Machine Gun Corps and return to the blood-soaked front line, they decide, for the first time in their young lives, to take their fragile destiny in their own trembling hands.

But becoming a deserter, that most embarrassing and shameful sort of fighting man, takes more courage than they ever knew they had.

Mark Hayhurst's play is a gripping thriller that exposes the impact of the First World War on soldiers and their families. It follows his acclaimed debut at Chichester Festival Theatre with Taken at Midnight in 2014, which transferred to the West End the following year. First Light received its world premiere at Chichester's Minerva Theatre on 10 June 2016.

Автор: Mark Hayhurst
Название: Taken At Midnight
ISBN: 1472590295 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472590299
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
Цена: 1741.00 р.
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Описание: In your quest for respectability I think we can say you have been talking out of both corners of your mouth. One corner talks to your rich backers, the other to your street-fighters. 1931. Hans Litten is one of the most celebrated lawyers in Berlin, famed for his brilliant mind and the rhetorical flair with which he defends those fighting back against the rapidly growing Nazi movement. So, when he calls Herr Hitler as star witness in the trial of a band of murderous SA men, the politician feels the full force of Litten’s intellect, wit and courage. It arouses in Hitler a feeling he can’t abide or forget. Two years later, on the night of the Reichstag fire, Litten is arrested. He is held without trial, beaten, tortured, and threatened as ‘an enemy of human society’. As Litten disappears into the Nazi system, his indomitable mother, Irmgard, confronts his captors and, at enormous personal risk, fights to secure his release. This riveting drama by the writer of The Man Who Crossed Hitler explores Irmgard's struggle, her son’s resistance, and the heroic battle of the weak against the powerful, truth against lies and mothers against murderers. Taken At Midnight received its world premiere on 26 September 2014 at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. This edition features an introduction by the author.

Автор: Hayhurst Dirk
Название: Out of My League: A Rookie`s Survival in the Bigs
ISBN: 0806534869 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806534862
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 1931.00 р.
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Описание: A humorous, candid and insightful memoir of Hayhurst's rookie season in the majors. . .Grade: Home Run. --Cleveland Plain Dealer
After six years in the minors, pitcher Dirk Hayhurst hopes 2008 is the year he breaks into the big leagues. But every time Dirk looks up, the bases are loaded with challenges--a wedding balancing on a blind hope, a family in chaos, and paychecks that beg Dirk to answer, "How long can I afford to keep doing this?"
Then it finally happens--Dirk gets called up to the Majors, to play for the San Diego Padres. A dream comes true when he takes the mound against the San Francisco Giants, kicking off forty insane days and nights in the Bigs.
Like the classic games of baseball's history, Out of My League entertains from the first pitch to the last out, capturing the gritty realities of playing on the big stage, the comedy and camaraderie in the dugouts and locker rooms, and the hard-fought, personal journeys that drive our love of America's favorite pastime.
"A rare gem of a baseball book." --Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
"A fun read. . .This book shows why baseball is so often used as a metaphor for life." --Keith Olbermann
"Entertaining and engaging. . .reminiscent of Jim Bouton's Ball Four." --Booklist
"Observant, insightful, human, and hilarious." --Bob Costas

Автор: Hayhurst Dirk
Название: Bigger Than the Game
ISBN: 0806534877 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806534879
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 1655.00 р.
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Описание: "The best writer in a baseball uniform." --Tyler Kepner, The New York Times
After nearly a decade in the minors, Dirk Hayhurst defied the odds to climb onto the pitcher's mound for the Toronto Blue Jays. Newly married, with a big league paycheck and a brand new house, Hayhurst was ready for a great season in the Bigs.
Then fate delivered a crushing hit. Hayhurst blew out his pitching shoulder in an insane off-season workout program. After surgery, rehab, and more rehab, his major-league dreams seemed more distant than ever.
From there things got worse, weirder, and funnier. In a crazy world of injured athletes, autograph-seeking nuns, angry wrestlers, and trainers with a taste for torture, Hayhurst learned lessons about the game--and himself--that were not in any rulebook. Honest, soul?searching, insightful, hilarious, and moving, Dirk Hayhurst's latest memoir is an indisputable baseball classic.
Praise for The Bullpen Gospels and Out of My League
"Dirk Hayhurst writes about baseball in a unique way. Observant, insightful, human, and hilarious." --Bob Costas
"A fun read. . .This book shows why baseball is so often used as a metaphor for life." --Keith Olbermann
"Entertaining and engaging. . .reminiscent of Jim Bouton's Ball Four." --Booklist
"A rare gem of a baseball book." --Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
"A humorous, candid, and insightful memoir of Hayhurst's rookie season in the majors. . .Grade: Home Run." --Cleveland Plain Dealer