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by L. M. Montgomery (Author)Selling over 50 million copies and translated into 36 languages, Anne of Green Gables chronicles the life of a young girl in the fictional town of Avonlea. After a childhood spent in foster care and orphanages, orphan girl Anne is mistakenly adopted by two middle-aged siblings and ends up on the farm of Green Gables. She soon finds acceptance and love from her newfound parents, and deals with the perennial schoolgirl problems of friendship, bullying, rivalry, trage...

Passion's Fictions from Shakespeare to Richardson: Literature and the Sciences of Soul and Mind - Hardcover

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by Benedict S. Robinson (Author)Passion's Fictions traces the intimate links between literature and the sciences of mind and soul from the age of Shakespeare to the rise of the novel. It chronicles the emergence of new sciences of the passions between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and it argues that this history was shaped by rhetoric that contained the most extensively particularized discourse on the passions, offering principles for moving and affecting the passions of others in c...

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by Aimé Césaire (Author), Richard Miller (Translator)"C saire's Tempest, in translation by Richard Miller, is a sprightly and song-filled enchantment. The luminous intelligence of Mr. C saire's meditation on the absurdities of colonialism shines through the antics of the bewildered characters." -New York Times "The weapon of poetry may be C saire's greatest gift to a modern world still searching for freedom. As one of the last truly great 'universalists' of the twentieth century, he has had a...

The Taming of the Shrew: Oxford School Shakespeare - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Roma Gill (Author)This edition of The Taming of the Shrew is especially designed for students, with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations, clear background information, and rigorous but accessible scholarly credentials. This edition includes illustrations, preliminary notes, reading lists (including websites) and classroom notes, allowing students to master Shakespeare's work. About the Series: Newly redesigned and easier to read, each play in...

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by Oscar Wilde (Author)"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde's Lady Windemere's Fan is a four-act comedy of manners set in London. It centers around the character of Lady Windermere who suspects that her husband may be having an affair with an older beautiful woman named Mrs Erlynne. Instead of leaving the other woman, the husband pays no heed to his wife's complaints. He even invites Mrs Erlynne to attend a celebration in their house, which eventual...

The Sea Lady: by H. G. Wells - Paperback

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by T. a. Copeland (Author), H. G. Wells (Author)In The Sea Lady H. G.Wells employs a time-honored technique of satire: the alien perspective. A mermaid finds the ordinary world we inhabit not altogether sensible, her previous experience making it strange to her, and therefore strange to us as well. Herein lies a good deal of humor. In an early scene Wells burlesques the way popular literature represents his world and then uses the rest of the story to criticize the world as it truly is.But th...

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by Jean Phenson Fleury (Author), Sidon Joseph (Author)This is a story of two brilliant students, Michael and Romeo, who met in high school and were mocked by their fellow students as two best friends. They discovered their flair for music through an amazing musical performance at their prom party. Despite offers from the top universities, they chose music as their career path. Their career started in a piano bar where every performance of theirs was unique. There, Michael met Hilda, who bore ...

The Miracle: At Hominy Falls Mine - Paperback

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by Nancy Richmond (Author), Charles Richmond (Author)2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Hominy Falls Mine Disaster that took place in the heart of the Appalachian coal fields in Nicholas County, West Virginia on May 6, 1968. Twenty five coal miners were trapped in an underground tomb when 15 million gallons of water broke into the Hominy Falls mine from an abandoned work site. For the next 10 days, the attention of the nation was riveted on the small mining community as volunteers worked ...

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, Eumenides - Paperback

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by Rodney Merrill (Author), Aeschylus (Author)The Oresteia of Aeschylus is the greatest monument of the ancient Greek theater, and one of the greatest classics of Western literature. It is the only surviving trilogy of the many performed in the Theater of Dionysos of Athens at a spring religious festival, the City Dionysia, and its subject is a mythical enactment of the transition from retributive justice to fully civil means of dealing with wrongdoing, a central concern of societies everywhe...

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by Christopher Marlowe (Author)The spirit of Machiavelli presides over The Jew of Malta, in which the title character relentlessly plots to maintain and extend his political influence and wealth. A paragon of remorseless evil, Barabas befriends and betrays the Turkish invaders and native Maltese alike, incites a duel between the suitors for his daughter's hand, and takes lethal revenge upon a convent of nuns. Both tragedy and farce, this masterpiece of Elizabethan theater reflects the social ...

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by Euripides (Author)One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and fathered her two children, Jason abandons her for a more favorable match, never suspecting the terrible revenge she will take. Euripides' masterly portrayal of the motives fiercely driving Medea's pursuit of vengeance for her husband...

Anna Christie: A Play In Four Acts - Paperback

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by Eugene O'Neill (Author)Eugene O'Neill's 1922 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "Anna Christie," is the story of a young woman who following an illness decides to visit and spend some time with her father, a coal barge captain who she hardly knows. During this time she meets a sailor, Mat, who is looking to settle down, and the two fall in love. "Anna Christie" is a gripping drama of a woman torn between the expectations of two men, her father and her lover, and the shocking confession of her p...

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by William Congreve (Author)William Congreve was an English playwright and poet in the late 17th century. Congreve's most famous play was The Way of the World. Number of Pages: 78 Dimensions: 0.16 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: December 24, 2014

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by G. K. Chesterton (Author)This collection of English essays from G.K. Chesterton includes the following works: 1: INTRODUCTORY: ON GARGOYLES, THE SURRENDER OF A COCKNEY, THE NIGHTMARE and THE TELEGRAPH POLES, among others. Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.24 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: December 11, 2014

Journeys: A Collection of Poems About Life, Love, Faith and Determination - Paperback

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by Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (Author)Journeys is a collection of poems written between 1974 and 2019. The poems are personal in nature and take readers on an interesting journey through time. Journeys represent the past, the present, and the future. This anthology is intended to captivate its readers by taking them on a journey that begins in the ghettos of Bull Bay, Jamaica, and ends up (for now) miles away in the creative capital of the world-Providence, Rhode Island. Journeys will captivate i...

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by George Brant (Author)Bringing fierce guitar playing and swing to gospel music, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a legend in her time and a huge influence on Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, and Ray Charles. Marie and Rosetta chronicles her first rehearsal with a young prot g e, Marie Knight, as they prepare to embark on a tour that would establish them as one of the great duos in musical history. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.18 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: November 09, 2017

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by The Perfect Library (Editor), Aristophanes (Author)"Lysistrata" from Aristophanes. Most famous writer of ancient Greek comedies (448 BCE-385 BCE). Number of Pages: 38 Dimensions: 0.08 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: July 09, 2015

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by Gregory Zilboorg (Translator), Leonid Andreyev (Author)LEONID ANDREYEV as a literary figure was born in the gloomy atmosphere of depression of the 'nineties. He thus appeared upon the literary stage at a period when the old and splendid generation of Turgenev and Dostoevsky had already passed away and when Chekhov had begun to demonstrate before the reader the gloom and colourlessness of Russia life. Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.27 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN ...

Lest We Forget: The Stage Play - Paperback

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by Duke Ellington (Contribution by), Nina Simone (Contribution by), Howard Thurman (Contribution by) Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.07 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: June 15, 2015

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by Ruben Fresneda (Illustrator), Oscar Wilde (Author)The Critic as Artist is an essay by Oscar Wilde, containing the most extensive statements of his aesthetic philosophy. A dialogue in two parts, it is by far the longest one included in his collection of essays titled Intentions published in May 1891. The Critic as Artist is a significantly revised version of articles that first appeared in the July and September issues of The Nineteenth Century, originally entitled The True Function and Val...

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by Anton Chejov (Author)El jard n de los cerezos es una comedia escrita en cuatro actos, ambientada en el declive econ mico de la aristocracia rusa a finales del siglo XIX. Durante este periodo, los hijos de los que hab an sido sus esclavos se enriquec an y ten a lugar una inversi n de papeles que pon a en entredicho el modus vivendi de las clases adineradas tradicionales.Author BiographyAntón Chéjov (1860-1904) Narrador y dramaturgo ruso. Considerado el representante más destacado de la escu...

Sorrow: (Historical Fiction Romance) (Mail Order Brides) (Western Historical Romance) (Victorian Romance) (Inspirational Christian Romance) - Paperback

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by Claire Dawson (Author)Not even three months into her new marriage, Claire Huntsman finds herself newly widowed. Her beloved husband and best friend, Garret, the very man that drew her from Massachusetts to the Montana Territory from a Mail Order Bride advertisement, has been pronounced missing and dead. Stricken with grief, Claire remains with Garret's family as she wrestles with uncertainty about her future in the forest-enclosed, mountain town of Timberfalls. She is plagued with fatigue ...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)William Shakespeare is almost universally considered the English language's most famous and greatest writer. In fact, the only people who might dispute that are those who think he didn't write the surviving 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems still attributed to him. Even people who never get around to reading his works in class are instantly familiar with titles like King Lear, Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Romeo & Shake...

Cymbeline In Plain and Simple English: A Modern Translation and the Original Version - Paperback

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by Bookcaps (Editor), William Shakespeare (Author)Romeo and Juliet may be Shakespeares most known romance, but Cymbeline is home of his most mature...if you can understand it. Let BookCaps help with this modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy. If you have struggled in the past reading Shakespeare, then we can help you out. Our books and apps have been used and trusted by millions of students worldwide. Plain and Simple English books, let you see both the original and the modern tex...

Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words - Paperback

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by Darryl L. Lacy (Author)Nikki Giovanni, admired for her honesty and strength, is recognized the world over as being a poet of both social and self growth. Nikki G: A Portrait of Nikki Giovanni in Her Own Words offers a glimpse into how the poet lives as a poet. As an influential force in the oral poetry movement in Black culture, Nikki Giovanni's words are theatre. Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 22, 2012 ...

Cupid's Birthday Book: One Thousand Love-Darts from Shakespeare, Gathered and Arranged for Every Day in the Year - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), George Johnston (Author)This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of pr...

A Human Being Died That Night - Paperback

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by Nicholas Wright (Author)Eugene de Kock was a paid white political assassin nick-named "Prime Evil" for his crimes against anti-apartheid activists. While serving his two life sentences, black psychologist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela went to interview him hoping to seek humanity and forgiveness within the government-sanctioned monster. The thought-provoking interogation moves from clinical to intimate in a cell where fear and compassion coexist. Number of Pages: 54 Dimensi...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Hester Lees-Jeffries (Introduction by), G. Blakemore Evans (Editor)For this updated critical edition of Romeo and Juliet, Hester Lees-Jeffries has written a completely new introduction. It draws on recent research in theatre to set Romeo and Juliet in its mid-1590s context, making connections with other plays by Shakespeare and other literature of the period, as well as with the social and cultural contexts of the day, with discussions of London and Italy, dan...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Othello is one of Shakespeare's four major tragedies. With its varied and enduring themes of love, jealousy, betrayal, racism, sexism, revenge and repentance, Othello is perhaps Shakespeare's most accessible tragedy. It is frequently performed in professional and community theatre, and has been the source for numerous operatic, film, and literary adaptations. Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Da...

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Coallier (Editor)Mark Antony and CleopatraThe relations or affections of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra, onto the strategic interactions between Mark Anthony and Octavius. The discourse moves to the Octavius house, revealing Octavia, and later then, Pompey in the background. Overall the focus retains upon Mark Anthony, Cleopatra, and Octavius.56+ Characters*Overall contents was translated from poem form to play form, as basis for copyright ownership. Meaning all ...

Ncs: All's Well that Ends Well 2ed - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), Russell Fraser (Editor), Alexander Leggatt (Illustrator)Alexander Leggatt has written a new Introduction to this updated edition of Russell Fraser's text on one of Shakespeare's most ambiguous plays. Leggatt's interest in performance informs his introduction and account of the instability of the main characters. He offers a thoughtful account of the play's critical and theatrical fortunes to the end of the twentieth century, as well as of the audience experien...

Hamlet: The Oxford Shakespearehamlet - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author), G. R. Hibbard (Editor)This Oxford Shakespeare edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. Arguing that the text currently accepted is not, in fact, the most authoritative version of the play, this new edition turns to the First Folio of 1623--Shakespeare's "fair copy"--that has been preserved for us in the Second Quarto. Introducing fresh theatrical momentum, this revision provid...