Burnett: 718 books

As personal technology becomes ever-present in the classroom and rehearsal studio, its use and ubiquity is affecting the collaborative behaviors that should underpin actor training. How is the collaborative impulse being distracted and what kind of solutions can re-establish its connections? The...

How will you justify your actions on Judgement Day? Maybe you can just brazen things out; after all it worked down here, most of the time. You must have noticed how all around you greed, anger, envy and worse sins are being committed, to say nothing of the crimes ending up on the news. If...

The 9/11 tragedy is foreseen by a former Viet Nam era prisoner of war, working in the Twin Towers for a prestigious Wall Street firm. He struggles to save his friends and himself from a coming disaster he doesnt understandand to simply keep a job that is becoming more and more ethically challenging....

John Wesley (1703-91) was a unique character in history who left a disproportionately large imprint on the world. That imprint was a contagious passion for what he called real Christianity--the Good News of saving grace and scriptural holiness. This book examines Wesley's life and faith in order to...

"Alguma coisa surgirá, se eu pensar e esperar um pouco. A Magia dir-me-á - afirmou numa voz suave e expectante."   Sara Crewe, uma aluna excecionalmente inteligente e imaginativa do Colégio de Miss Minchin, fica devastada quando o pai morre. Sem dinheiro, Sara é rebaixada, humilhada e forçada a trabalhar como criada. Mas a história não acaba aqui e o seu destino reserva-lhe a felicidade.

Medical thermography or infrared thermal imaging is a rapid and non-invasive procedure for mapping skin-temperature distribution of the human body. The natural infrared emission from the skin is captured by the imaging camera, and is displayed as a digital image where abnormal physiological activity...

À la suite d'une épidémie de choléra aux Indes qui a tué ses parents, Mary Lennox, petite anglaise renfermée, désagréable et laideronne, part vivre chez un oncle étrange au fin fond des landes, en Angleterre. En explorant la propriété de celui-ci, la petite fille trouve par hasard,...

Cédric ne connaissait rien de son histoire. Quoiqu’il habitât New-York, il savait, parce que sa mère le lui avait dit, que son père était Anglais  ; mais quand le capitaine Errol était mort, Cédric était encore si petit qu’il ne se rappelait...

Exilé de Samavie, Marco Loristan habite à Londres avec son père, Stefan, dans un appartement miteux. Père et fils sont patriotes ; tous deux rêvent d'un retour à l'âge d'or de Samavie, avant la mystérieuse disparition du jeune prince et le début de la guerre qui déchire le pays depuis cinq...

Quando il destino strappa Sara dalla sua amata India per portarla in un tetro collegio inglese, la bambina non si perde d’animo. Da tempo ha imparato a trarre forza dalle meravigliose storie che sa inventare... e quante nuove amiche si conquista raccontandole! Ma dopo la morte del padre, l’arcigna...

Fun reading for children.  Although about Halloween, this tale is great reading for any day.

Sara Crewe's young but doting father sends her to a London boarding school when she is seven. On her eleventh birthday her life of luxury comes to an abrupt end when she receives news that her father has died, shortly after losing his entire fortune. The school-mistress turns Sara into a servant to pay...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

Maisie McLelland spent ten years building up McLelland Events in Glasgow and has just bought a holiday home in the relaxing small seaside town of Largs on the west coast of Scotland. She immediately befriends her elderly neighbour, the widow of a local fisherman. When Elizabeth is in need of...