Chronicles of prydain movie
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West, Mark D.
PERSONAL:
Education: Rhodes College, B.A., 1989; Columbia University, J.D., 1993.
ADDRESSES:
Office—Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan, 1080 S. University Ave., Ste. 3640, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106. E-mail—[email protected].
CAREER:
Writer, attorney, and educator. United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, clerk for judge Eugene H. Nickerson; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Tokyo, Japan, New York, NY, attorney; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, professor of law, Center for Japanese Studies, director, 2003—.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Abe fellow, 1996-97; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellow; Fulbright research scholar.
WRITINGS:
(With Curtis J. Milhaupt) Economic Organizations and Corporate Governance in Japan: The Impact of Formal and Informal Rules,Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2004.
Law in Everyday Japan: Sex, Sumo, Suicide, and Statutes,University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 2005.
The Japanese Legal System: Cases, Codes, and Commentary, Thomson/West (St. Paul, MN), 2006.
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Westmark (novel)
1981 fantasy novel by Lloyd Alexander
Westmark (1981) is a speculative fiction novel by Lloyd Alexander. It won the National Book Award in the category of Children's Fiction (hardcover edition) in 1982.[1] The novel follows Theo, a printer's devil, while he flees from the law after an altercation with the police. He takes up with a charismatic confidence man named Count Las Bombas and a mysterious girl named Mickle. Mickle is eventually unveiled as the rightful heir to the throne and Theo falls in love with her. The Kestrel continues the story.
Westmark is notable for being one of Alexander's darker works. According to Alexander, it was inspired by the events of the 18th and 19th centuries as well as by his own experiences as a soldier in World War Two. Westmark, both the book and the trilogy bearing its name, has received some attention critically and academically. Notably, while often classed as fantasy, it involves very few, if any, fantastical elements. The novel has instead been considered a meditation on politics, power, and ethical
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- Mark West lives in Northamptonshire with his wife Alison and their son Matthew. By day he works as a finance manager but in his spare time enjoys reading, walking, watching films and playing Dudeball with his son. A voracious reader, he likes most genres but particularly enjoys thrillers, horror - especially the paperback originals from the 1970s and 80s - and biographies.
DON'T GO BACK is his debut thriller novel from The Book Folks.
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