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by Del Shores (Author)Ditty Blaylock the most prolific singer in gospel music history is being honored by Gospel Music Network. All the stars are aligning to showcase Ditty's songs on her TV special. But there is one glitch. A little hiccup. Ditty has promised a reunion of The Blaylock Sisters her three adult daughters who were once national sensations - "little superstars for Jesus."Rachel the oldest sister who lives with Ditty is furious when she finds out that her baby sister Bethany an at...

Isla Vulnerable: Based on a True Story - Paperback

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by Ivan Luiz Hernandez (Author)1st PLACE WINNER OF THE C.I.B.A. HEMINGWAY AWARDBEST 1st BOOK, INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARDS"An inherently compelling read from start to finish that deftly combines the elements of espionage and romance." -MBR Bookwatch"This would make a great, great film." -On the Bookshelf with Doc Kirby, WTBF"Absolutely enthralling and entertaining. Kept me engaged to the very end." -Bare Books Podcast"A wonderfully rendered story." -Denton Record-ChronicleIn late 1950's C...

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by David Williamson (Author)It's election night 1969. Don and Kath hope that there will be a change of government, and give a party to watch the results. As the tide turns against Labor, the good cheer palls and the faded ideals and disappointed hopes of the characters begin to show. Williamson's brilliant satire examines a society on the threshold of emerging from a generation of comfortable, conservative political and social values. Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.26 x 8.27 x 5.39 IN Publ...

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by Meyne Wyatt (Author)Young actor Breythe left Kalgoorlie dreaming of a dazzling career. Now he's found himself starring in a controversial Australia Day ad that pays big, but draws the ire of his mob. Racism is subtle but persistent in an industry where directors request he darken up for 'authenticity' and typecast him as 'tracker, ' 'drinker' or 'thief'. Returning home, Breythe's just as alienated from country and lore. His cultural capital distances him from furious brother Mateo and acti...

Rabbit-Proof Fence: the screenplay - Paperback

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by Christine Olsen (Author)Three Aboriginal girls are forcibly removed from their outback families in 1931 to be trained as domestic servants as part of official government policy. They escape and begin a 1500-mile journey home using a rabbit-proof fence as their guide, with the authorities chasing them all the way. Winner of a NSW Premier's Award for Script Writing and a Community Relations Commission Award, the screenplay is adapted from Doris Pilkington Garimara's book Follow the Rabbit-Pr...

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by Kate Mulvany (Joint Author), Craig Silvey (Joint Author)It's summer 1965 in a small, hot town in Western Australia. Overseas, war is raging in Vietnam, civil rights marchers are on the streets, and women's liberation is stirring, but at home in Corrigan Charlie Bucktin dreams of writing the great Australian novel. Charlie's fourteen and smart. But when sixteen-year-old, constantly in-trouble Jasper Jones appears at his window one night, Charlie's out of his depth. Jasper has stumbled upon ...

David Williamson: Collected Plays Volume V - Paperback

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by David Williamson (Author)Australia's most well-known playwright, David Williamson, returns with four new plays'three comedies that demonstrate his continued skill at tapping into the zeitgeist, alongside a sweeping historical drama. In Nearer the Gods, Williamson brilliantly recreates Sir Isaac Newton's battle with the Royal Society to prove his astonishing universal theory of gravity. In Sorting Out Rachel Williamson steps onto fertile ground with a social comedy about legacy, greed, enti...

Williamson: Collected Plays Volume IV - Paperback

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by David Williamson (Author)David Williamson is the most popular, prolific and produced playwright in Australian history. These four comedies consolidate his place as a great dramatic entertainer. Williamson turns his unflinching gaze on the foibles and follies of married life and life itself. In Jack of Hearts, Williamson has written his charm into a lovable loser who does his best to disprove the theory that nice guys always finish last. In Cruise Control three philandering, bickering and w...

Williamson: Collected Plays Volume III - Paperback

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by David Williamson (Author)One of Australia's Living National Treasures and its best known and most widely performed playwright, David Williamson brings us five of his latest works. Age has not wearied him, and indeed this collection exemplifies Williamson's uncanny ability to be timely, relevant and thoroughly modern. As director Sandra Bates notes in her introduction, Williamson is unique in Australian theatre because of 'his ability to see and understand Australia's current circumstances,...

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by Jack Davis (Author)The friendship between an Aboriginal boy and a white girl raises issues of race in a touching story of two families who seem to have nothing in common ... until danger strikes and forces them to face their prejudices. Illustrated by Ellen Jose. Number of Pages: 82 Dimensions: 0.22 x 8.54 x 6.58 IN Publication Date: December 31, 1987

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by Adriane Williams (Author)In My Husband's Women, Marcus is the golden child, the center of his mother's world. Mrs. Collin has always played an out-sized role in his life, offering opinions and guidance that Marcus finds comforting. But when Racquel enters the picture, things begin to shift. Racquel, now his wife, is trying to navigate marriage while contending with a mother-in-law who seems to hold all the power.Mrs. Collin's over-protectiveness borders on control, leaving Racquel feeling ...

A Doll's House (Collector's Edition) (Laminated Hardback with Jacket) - Hardcover

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by Henrik Ibsen (Author) Collector's Edition Laminated Hardback with Jacket In a seemingly idyllic Norwegian town, Nora Helmer lives a comfortable life as a devoted wife and mother, but beneath the surface, cracks begin to appear. When a hidden secret from her past threatens to unravel everything, Nora is forced to confront the restrictive roles imposed on her by her marriage and society. As she navigates these revelations, her journey becomes one of self-discovery and defiance. The play delv...

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by Jay Bell (Author)Beyond the handsome face and fierce attitude is a heart in need of healing.Kelly Phillips is an out and proud teenager, and thanks to the gay youth group he frequents, he's never been short on friends or lovers. But when you have so much, it's hard not to focus on what's just out of reach: A best friend, who would be Mr. Right if he wasn't already Mr. Straight. Or the bashful guy at school, who would be easier to wrangle if not for his angel wings. And then there's the bro...

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by Danny Simon (Author)Full Length Comedy / 6 m 2 f / Ints.Ron is a Jew who has been shacked up with a gentile girl for a year and she is much his junior. (She is twenty-three and he turns out to be not forty-two but 50). The reasons he won't marry her include alimony to his ex-wife and his deeply religious Jewish mother. So she will convert. The ensuing comedy shows her trying to master the rituals and becoming more Jewish than Ron himself. The deliveryman scene involves getting him to turn ...

The Plays of Anton Chekhov: Nine Plays Including the Sea-Gull, the Cherry Orchard, the Three Sisters and Others - Paperback

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by Anton Chekov (Author)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition. Number of Pages: 242 Dimensions: 0.51 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

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by Washington Irving (Author)Reprint of the original, first published in 1843. Number of Pages: 454 Dimensions: 1.13 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 10, 2016

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Hamlet, Shakespeare's most popular play, is always fresh and intriguing, even after four centuries. Written at the same time as Montaigne's essays, it addresses many of the same philosophical concerns. Number of Pages: 136 Dimensions: 0.32 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: October 27, 2017

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by Henry Meyerson (Author)Comedy / 1m 2f / Unit SetHelen's life became complicated after her husband Murray's stroke and her sister Gladys's revelation wanting to set the record straight in case Murray should die that she and Murray had been having an affair. Helen suspected Murray was no angel when she married him. After all as a stand-up comic he was always on the road and she knew comics could be loose cannons. Helen knew she was trading the risk Murray would bring to any relationship let ...

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by Rachel Bonds (Author)Ana is on scholarship at a boarding school far from home, deeply and distinctly alone until she crosses paths with day student Jonah. They navigate the edges of this new relationship, tentative and heady, but something else is stirring - what begins as an exploration of new, exultant desire shifts into more complex negotiations of intimacy and survival. A story of fracture and resilience, what bodies carry and what they can release, and the radical possibilities of tru...

Watching the Moon and Other Plays - Paperback

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by Massimo Bontempelli (Author), Patricia Gaborik (Translator)Massimo Bontempelli (1878-1960), poet, novelist, playwright and composer would become one of the literary giants of the twentieth century. The father of magic realism in Italy, he was associated with the futurist avant-garde and then launched his own influential literary movement, Novecento. Editor and creator of various journals, he collaborated with some of the greatest writers of his day, from James Joyce to Luigi Pirandello. Bo...

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by C. L. Greco (Author) Lightning in a BottleIn the year 2047, an ancient mystery breaks free, tearing the veil between myth and reality. Pietro Bjornson, a young and reluctant Pope, is drawn into an impossible conflict when legendary gods-Zeus, Hades, Ares, and others-return to reclaim a world that has long forgotten them. As humanity grapples with the existence of these ancient forces, Pietro faces a crisis of faith that threatens to unravel everything he believes.Tasked with holding togeth...

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by Maricarmen Herrera (Author)Los corazones tristes y rotos de estas tres mujeres, Angela, Ariana y Andrea, tendran que coincidir en algun momento de sus vidas, ya que solo juntas tendran esa oportunidad para sanar mutuamente sus heridas.Sus vidas se entrelazan para contar un relato de amor y familia, las experiencias del inmigrante latinoamericano, el lazo entre la vida y la muerte con lo absurdo de como las reglas de una sociedad te dictan como vivir la vida. Pero aun mas absurdo es andar e...

Hamlet: The Undiscovered Country, Second Edition - Paperback

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by Steve Roth (Author)This book reads like a cross between a literary detective novel and a personal conversation with a passionate Shakespeare scholar, unpacking the play that Roth calls "the seminal text of the humanist religion." It unveils new realities about the play, explores troves of long-buried Hamlet lore, untangles centuries of commentary and criticism, and delivers the punch lines for a whole raft of Shakespeare's remarkably involved in-jokes. Roth tackles old arguments like Hamle...

Aunt Tina, Church Secretary, Be Careful What You Say Because She Writes Things Down Bonus Toxemia - Paperback

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by Lorrie O. Hewitt (Author)Looking for a wonderful way to relaxnd enjoy a feel-good story? Come along with Aunt Tina to Glenco Institutional Missionary Baptist Church! In this short, delightful play, experience the fun ups and downs of the church secretary as she interacts with members of her church. Watch closely, you may even see someone you recognize in your church. Let's begin! The bonus book is a short story about a young woman's spiritual journey through the traumatic effects of severe...

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by Claudia Shear (Author), Tim Federle (Author)Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence, but not until she becomes unexpectedly entwined with the Tuck Family does she get more than she could have imagined. When Winnie learns of the magic behind the Tuck's unending youth, she must fight to protect their secret from those who would do anything for a chance at eternal life. As her adventure unfolds, Winnie faces an extraordinary choice: return to...

Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific - Paperback

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by Richard Rodgers (Author), Oscar Hammerstein (Author), Joshua Logan (Author)Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with a mature French planter, Emile. Nellie learns that the mother of his children was an island native and, unable to turn her back on the prejudices with which she was raised, refuses Emile's proposal of marriage. Meanwhile, the strapping Lt. Joe Cable denies himself the fulfillment of a future with an innocent Tonkinese girl with whom he's fallen in love out of ...

The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812 - Paperback

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by James Blake Bailey (Author)As The Butte Daily Post said in 1897, this book is a "gruesome publication." The Diary covers a unique vocation that thrived in the early nineteenth century: Resurrectionist. It was a job created out of a need for anatomy schools to acquire bodies for dissection during lectures. Fresh bodies. And those willing to dig them up were paid handsomely for their morbid efforts. William Burke and William Hare, who you'll read about within these pages, killed sixteen peop...

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by Craig Lucas (Author), Nathan Tysen (Author), Daniel Messe (Author) Number of Pages: 110 Dimensions: 0.23 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: May 13, 2020

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by Terrence McNally (Author), Stephen Flaherty (Composer), Lynn Ahrens (Lyricist) Number of Pages: 114 Dimensions: 0.24 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: July 29, 2020

The Buckinchere Collection: of short stories - Hardcover

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by B. Lorenzo Buckinchere (Author)Join freelance journalist and Gothic Fiction author, B. Lorenzo Buckinchere, in his debut publication, The Buckinchere Collection of short stories. An anthology of six suspenseful short stories exploring themes of existentialism, and the macabre.The hermit next doorA man tells his friends the story of one of his mysterious former neighbors, an elderly lady who never left her apartment.Scenario for a jacketAn expectant mother tends to harbor male company, much...

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by Paul Allen (Author)Grimley Colliery is set to close as the accountants say there's more money in it shut than open, even after redundancy payments. It means 1200 job losses, a dying town and the loss of its brass band. But under the leadership of Danny, coughing with coal-dusted lungs, the band is somehow transformed into British champions with local lass Gloria whipping up the money needed to get them to the Albert Hall. Number of Pages: 118 Dimensions: 0.25 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Dat...

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by Dan Goggin (Author)Musical / 5f / Unit set Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Off Broadway Musical in its original New York production, this hilarious international hit was revived in New York with a male cast Nunsense A Men . The show is a fund raiser put on by the Little Sisters of Hoboken to raise money to bury sisters accidently poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia (Child of God). Up dated with new jokes, additional lyrics, two new arrangements and a brand ...