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Peace, David

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Summary: Haunting and evocative, brutal and surreal, these twelve connected tales evoke the life of the Japanese writer Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892-1927), whose short story "In the Grove" served as an inspiration for Akira Kurosawa's famous film Rashōmon, and whose narrative use of multiple perspectives and different versions of a single event influenced generations of storytellers. Writing out of his own...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A Knopf 2018

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Peace, David

Summary: In 1958, Manchester United was flying high: the best-known soccer team in the world and reigning English champions, the team was led by a bright young group of star players nicknamed the "Busby Babes" after their charismatic manager Matt Busby. But on a snowy afternoon that February, a plane carrying the team back from a European Cup match crashed on takeoff in Munich, killing 23...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton

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Peace, David

Summary: Presents a story based on the life of acclaimed British football manager and coach Bill Shankly that celebrates his enduring influence within the Liverpool Football Club.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014

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Summary: "After a failed attempt to crack Fleet Street, a cynical journalist returns to his homeland of Yorkshire and finds himself assigned to report on the case of a local girl who has gone missing. But after her bizarrely mutilated body is discovered, he is thrown into a sleaze infested, nightmarish world of corruption. As the killer's identity remains a mystery, savage events spiral out of control,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2009

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY RED

Summary: The Hollow crown: "New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the 'Henriad' for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II; King Henry IV, Part 1; King Henry IV, Part 2; King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the 14th century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV HOL

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