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Chapters: Elisha Rawlinson, John Smith, Hubert Myers, Amos Marshall, Joseph Cawthra, Matthew Myers, Joseph Preston, Joshua Penny, Fred Smith, James Yeadon. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Elisha Barker Rawlinson was a first class cricketer who played 1 first class matches for Lancashire CCC in 1867, 37 for Yorkshire CCC between 1867 and 1875, 6 for the United North of England Eleven from 1870 to 1874 and 1 for the North of England in 1875. He played non first class cricket for Durham in 1884 and 1885. A right-handed batsman, standing nearly five foot nine inches, he scored 1120 runs at 15.34 with a best of 55 for Yorkshire against Nottinghamshire CCC. He took 8 wickets at just 9.87, bowling right arm round arm fast, with a best analysis of 4 for 41 for Yorkshire against Gloucestershire CCC. He took 23 catches, mainly at cover point. He was born on April 10, 1837 in Yeadon, near Leeds, Yorkshire, and played his early cricket for the "Coffee Pot" and "Berry Pot" Clubs in that town. He was known for playing single wicket matches for small stakes and assisted many clubs in the Yeadon area. His brother, Tom Rawlinson, was a professional league cricketer who played at Lord's for The Colts (Professionals Who Have Never Appeared at Lord's or The Oval) versus the M.C.C. "E.B." went to Oxford to visit his brother in 1863 and was engaged at Magdalen College, returning to finish the season at Pontefract, where playing for the Tailors and Drapers of that town against the Printers he scored 130 out of his side's total of 138. During 1864 and 1865 he was engaged at Christ College, Oxford in the early part of the season, going on to Folkestone for the latter part. At Folkestone he scored 56 and 12 against the visiting American Eleven and also visited Paris w...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10849744 ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Yellow Tapers for Paris, to Every Man a Penny, the Little Friend, Father Malachy's Miracle, a Thread of Scarlet, a Girl From Lübeck, the Bishop, the World, the Flesh, and Father Smith, Vespers in Vienna, Only Fade Away, Children of This Earth, Luckypenny, the Fair Bride, the Divided Lady, Prayer for the Living, the Accounting, an Account of Capers, Father Hilary's Holiday, Girl in May, a Foot in the Grave, Flutter in the Dovecote, This Sorry Scheme, the Stooping Venus, Urban the Ninth, the Other Mary, and There Were Giants, High Brows. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: 'Yellow Tapers for Paris is a 1943 novel by Scottish writer Bruce Marshall. The crushing 1940 defeat of France (an event the author lived through) is the subject of this novel. Marshall implies that France lost its soul and was itself more responsible for its defeat than Germany. We meet Bigou, the protagonist, in 1934. He is an honest, hard-working, but irreligious and immoral accountant, employed by a successful industrial firm in Paris. He is mildly troubled that his firm expends considerable effort conniving to avoid paying its legitimate taxes. Conversations with accountants and employees of other companies lead Bigou to realize that most of the business enterprises of the time in France are behaving similarly, The novel gives us a picture of Bigous life. The reader is introduced to his family, sulky, plucky daughter Odette and sickly wife Marie, friends, his coworkers and other people he meets in his business life. The author endeavors to show that money and pleasure were the main goals sought with any sincerity. Even religion, when it did exist, wasnt much more than an outward display. Bigou does come to believe that the local priest is one of ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22606722 ... Read more

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From thought-provoking trends to entertaining trivia, this delightfully illustrated A–Z encyclopedia covers it all: Gracie Allen, Ally McBeal, Asian women, black sitcoms, cable TV, the Emmys, tabloid and talk shows, older women on television, Penny Marshall, Our Miss Brooks, Jane Pauley, soap operas, Jamie Tarses, That Girl, Oprah Winfrey, and more.

Although limited to the role of women in and on television, Women and American Television is notable for unearthing the more obscure personalities and programs not covered by other television encyclopedias. Includes cross references, bibliography, helpful appendixes, and a subject index.

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Sorry, but a book about women and television that doesn't have extensive sections devoted to soap operas cannot claim to be an encyclopedia.Very disappointed.

A core addition to television history collections.
Women And American Television: An Encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference of more than 400 entries on the individuals, programs, media innovations, and broad topics concerning women's involvement in front of,and behind, the television camera. The A to Z format covers specificindividuals, television programs, and entities from Gracie Allen to AlleyMcBeal, Penny Marshall to Jane Pauley, Lucille Ball to Mary Tyler Moore,Our Miss Brooks to Oprah Winfrey. Women And American Television is enhancedwith numerous sidebar articles on a range of topics including Asian Women,Buddy Characters, Fifties Moms, Older Women on Television, Rural Women,Screwball Wives, and more. Women And American Television covers the moreobscure personalities and programs omitted from lesser televisionencyclopedias and includes a substantial bibliography, several appendixes,and a comprehensive subject index. Women And American Television is anessential, core addition to any personal, academic, public or professionallibrary television history and reference collection. ... Read more