Bøger af Alan Burton

On Monday, December 4, 1967, a body was discovered in the science building of the largest university in West Texas. The next day, citizens of Lubbock gathered for the Carol of Lights, and event typically the centerpiece of the holidays for the quiet college town. But in 1967, the normal festive excitement and anticipation was shockingly and swiftly shattered by the harrowing events that had occurred just twenty-four hours earlier. For the first time, the story of this shocking murder has been painstakingly reconstructed by Alan Burton and Chuck Lanehart. Piecing together timelines based on interviews, journalists' archives, courtroom transcripts, and the personal experiences of Lubbockites, Fatal Exam situates the murder, relates the capture, and details the trial of the crime's perpetrator. Not your standard psychopathic master, the criminal at this story's center cuts a challenging profile, and his story shines an unusual light on the criminal justice system. Fatal Exam is a crime story, but it's also the story of its biggest university in West Texas and the peculiar town-and-gown relationship that comes in such a far-flung setting.

Mike Leach Unplugged In today's college football world, Washington State University coach Mike Leach stands head and shoulders above his coaching peers when it comes to quotability. "Leachspeak" has evolved from the scripture of Bear Bryant, the folksy, descriptive stories of Darrell Royal and Spike Dykes, the one-line humor of Lou Holtz, the confidence of Barry Switzer, and even the head-scratching, syntax-challenged misstatements of Bill Peterson. Prior to taking over the WSU program in 2012, Leach enjoyed a 10-year run of success at Texas Tech. Here, for the first time, is a collection of Coach Leach's best quotes. Some samples from Squib-Kick It to a Fat Guy: On executing an onside kick against Texas: "The plan was to squib-kick it to a fat guy. Of course, the fat guys at Texas are nimble and they have good hands." On rule changes: "I really don't know what all the rule changes are for this year, but I'll figure 'em out by halftime of the first game." On an upcoming Texas Tech season: "Well, outside of Lubbock, expectations aren't very high. But it's okay, we play in Lubbock a lot this season." On his team's lack of focus: "As coaches we failed to get through to them, and as coaches we failed to make coaching points and our points more compelling than their fat little girlfriends." After beating Texas A&M: "Once in awhile, a pirate can beat a soldier."

Mike Leach is back by popular demand.The words and random thoughts of college football's most interesting coach are chronicled inSquib-Kick It to a Fat Guy, Volume II ... and 701 more memorable quotes from the playbook of Coach Mike Leach.This collection is the sequel to the original Squib-Kick It to a Fat Guy... and 699 more memorable quotes from the playbook of Coach Mike Leach, which hit the (book)stores/online in the summer of 2016.Since that time, after successfully rebuilding the Washington State football program, Leach has moved on from Pullman, Washington, to Starkville, Mississippi, as the head coach of the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the powerful Southeastern Conference.Along the way, he has left us with a pirate's treasure of fresh quotes and observations, that, quite frankly, coupled with his Air Raid offense, make the game of college football more entertaining and enjoyable for everyone.Volume II covers the "Best of Leach'' for the past five years, as well as dipping back into his earlier days of coaching for some classic and unique perspectives on football and life.About the AuthorAlan Burton has more than 35 years of experience in the field of media/communications. He currently serves as the special assistant to the president/director of university communications at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. He has been associated with the Durant, Oklahoma, school in various capacities for the past twenty years.Burton was director of community relations for the Sherman (Texas) Independent School District for eleven years, and prior to that, was sports editor of the Sherman Democrat.The Sherman native has received writing awards from the Associated Press, Texas School Public Relations Association, and the Oklahoma College Public Relations Association.Burton is a 1979 graduate of Texas Tech University, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in English.Squib-Kick It to a Fat Guy, Volume II is his eighth book; previous subjects have included Texas celebrities, sports and music quotes, and a history of college football radio broadcasting in the Lone Star State.

The Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on individual authors, stories, films, filmmakers, television shows and the various sub-genres of the British spy story.

An entertaining look back at the high school days of more than 100 celebrities.

British cinema has been around from the very birth of motion pictures, from black-and-white to color, from talkies to sound, and now 3D, it has been making a major contribution to world cinema. Many of its actors and directors have stayed at home but others ventured abroad, like Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock. Today it is still going strong, the only real competition to Hollywood, turning out films which appeal not only to Brits, just think of Bridget Jones, while busily adding to franchises like James Bond and Harry Potter.So this Historical Dictionary of British Cinema has a lot of ground to cover. This it does with over 300 dictionary entries informing us about significant actors, producers and directors, outstanding films and serials, organizations and studios, different films genres from comedy to horror, and memorable films, among other things. Two appendixes provide lists of award-winners. Meanwhile, the chronology covers over a century of history. These parts provide the details, countless details, while the introduction offers the big story. And the extensive bibliography points toward other sources of information.

A historical and critical assessment of the cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph, one of the most significant filmmaking teams that characterised British cinema in the postwar decades.