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by Pedro Calderon De La Barca (Author)Life is a Dream is a philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life. Focusing on Segismundo, Prince of Poland, the central argument is the conflict between free will and fate. The play remains one of Calder n's best-known and most studied works. Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.2 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: February 17, 2012

Marriage Is Good, But Get a Background Check - Paperback

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by Geri Lewis (Author) Number of Pages: 100 Dimensions: 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 31, 2011

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by Kris Saknussemm (Author)"At once, names like Ionesco, Beckett, and Albee come to mind, but then are topped by the understanding that this voice has an even more unsettling, hard-hitting edge." -Phil Abrams Instructions for Reading The Humble Assessment: Step one: Take a deep breath. Meet Mr. Humble. He is the sixteenth person to be interviewed for the position of Financial Controller. He needs this job. But he's not going to beg. Yet. Follow Kris Saknussemm, the masterful creator of Zanes...

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by Peter Kline (Author)Deviants is about transgression and transcendence, about passing as a man or a woman, as gay or straight, about passing through unseen, passing by without stopping to help, passing over the threshold, passing from innocence, passing from life.The deviants in this book are the many masks we wear, the loners and flirts, the worriers and snarlers; they can be found in the deviant use of ancient forms. These poems are beautiful and meaningfully interactive, clear and access...

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by Sultana Jones (Author)Can a new life rise out of the mess of an old one? Dr. Edward Clint has been making good money and living a nice life, complete with a fancy car, a nice home, and all other usual trappings of success. But lately he's been feeling that something's not quite right. He tries to push it aside, but the feeling won't leave. Unable to resist the unsettling feelings any longer, he has a change of heart and gives up his medical practice as an abortion doctor. But that's just t...

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by Joy Marino (Author)Is Love Enough? Overwhelmingly stressed by relentless rumors of Mica's infidelity, Hope unintentionally confronts him. Instead of finding a resolution, she miscarries. The cycle of toxic relationships continue. Desperately trying to sustain, Hope realizes she's in over her head. Smothered with lies, deceit, and scandalous affairs she struggles to keep her marriage afloat. Drowning in the sea of Mica's iniquity, gasping she decides to let go. After twelve years of riding ...

The Garden's Last Flowers: Book 2 of the Montclair Murders - Paperback

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by M. Everett Baylor (Author)"I can't believe they found my secret place." As he drove along the highway, a voice in his head began to speak; "let's kill again Kelvin...let's have some fun on the way to Tampa " He looked in the rearview mirror at a set of bloodshot eyes looking back at him. "If I'm going to go down, I'm going to go down swinging," he said. His mind raced as he wondered if he'd make it to Tampa to see Candy again. The voice began to speak to him again; "we must plant as we jou...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Murder, mayhem, and magic. Pushed by his wife to seize the throne, Macbeth kills his rightful liege and then tries desperately to hold onto the kingdom that he has wrongfully usurped. Prophesy and magic abound in this dark, moody, and atmospheric play. Out, damned spot Out, I say One- two -why then 'tis time to do't. Hell is murky. Fie, my lord, fie A soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would h...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Rain, Wind, Thunder, Fire-- King Lear is Shakespeare's brilliant play about truth, love, and madness. King Lear slowly descends into madness after dividing his kingdom between the two daughters who are willing to flatter him rather than giving it to the one daughter who actually loves him. Have more than thou showest, Speak less than thou knowest, Lend less than thou owest, Ride more than thou goest, Learn more than thou trowest. Number of Pages: 132 Dimensions:...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Betrayal and Honor-- Fearing that Caesar means to end the Roman republic and make himself the emperor, Brutus, Caesar's closest friend, allows himself to be caught up in a plot to kill Caesar. Once Caesar is killed Brutus realizes, too late, that there was far more to this than meets the eye. Let me have men about me that are fat; Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights; Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. N...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Doomed Love-- Mark Antony has given himself over to the love of Cleopatra, ignoring his responsibilities to Rome. In his absence the city has suffered and petty squabbles have led to war. Despite wanting to stay by Cleopatra's side, Antony must return to Rome even though it spells disaster for all involved. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water; the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Vengeance and War-- Rome is in turmoil, there is rioting in the streets and open warfare between the varying ruling factions. Coriolanus would bring peace and order to Rome, but will Rome let him? You common cry of curs whose breath I hate As reek o' the rotten fens, whose loves I prize As the dead carcases of unburied men That do corrupt my air, -I banish you. Number of Pages: 142 Dimensions: 0.33 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: July 27, 2013

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by William Shakespeare (Author)War and Betrayal-- France threatens war with England unless King John renounces his claim to the throne in favor of his nephew Arthur. John refuses and war ensues. John is excommunicated by the Pope, and his nephew Arthur dies under mysterious circumstances. Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin, but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then shall be, To say there is no vice, but beggary Number of Pages: 96 Dimensions: 0.23 x 9 x 6 IN...

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by William Shakespeare (Author)Greed and Anger-- King Richard is called upon to settle a dispute over money between Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray. The situation escalates and Mowbray challenges Bolingbroke to a duel. A tournament is held to that end, but at the very beginning of the duel Richard interrupts the duel and banishes both men from England. And thus starts a downward spiral for King Richard. Must I not serve a long apprenticehood To foreign passages, and in the end, Having my...

Essays on World Literature: Aeschylus - Dante - Shakespeare - Paperback

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by Ismail Kadare (Author), Ani Kokobobo (Translator)The Man Booker International-winning author of Broken April and The Siege, Albania's most renowned novelist, and perennial Nobel Prize contender Ismail Kadare explores three giants of world literature--Aeschylus, Dante, and Shakespeare--through the lens of resisting totalitarianism. In isolationist Albania, which suffered under a Communist dictatorship for nearly half a century, classic global literature reached Ismail Kadare across centuri...

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by Francine Rodriguez (Author)Alberto is a charismatic and crafty immigrant who has developed a thriving business selling non-existent legal services to immigrants at exorbitant prices. He handpicks lawyers who are incompetent, unsuccessful or of questionable character to maintain his facade. as well as those who have become indebted to him for their survival. As the law closes in on him for his professional and personal misconduct, he orchestrates another desperate scheme to survive with fat...

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by Ben Jonson (Author), Jonas Barish (Editor)2018 Reprint of 1958 Edition. Much-studied and frequently performed, this comedy by the great Elizabethan playwright Ben Jonson satirizes the greed, mendacity, gullibility, and pretension of seventeenth-century London society. In Volpone (1605), a crafty rich man attempts to augment his wealth by feigning a mortal illness. His wealthy neighbors, spying the opportunity for an inheritance, vie with each other in courting the "dying" man's favor. The ...

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by Rafael Granizo (Author)Sinopsis: Dramaturgia biogr fica de Gerta Pohorylle, m s conocida por Gerda Taro, fotoperiodista de Guerra que muri atropellada por un tanque republicano en la Batalla de Brunete, en el t rmino municipal de Villanueva de la Ca ada, a la temprana edad de 25 a os. Bajo un car cter valiente y optimista, siempre escondida tras la figura de Robert Cappa que cre ella misma, se convirti en la primera reportera gr fica de guerra siendo otra v ctima m s de aquellas mujeres...

Bacon, Shakespeare and the Rosicrucians - Paperback

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by W. F. C. Wigston (Author)The consideration of the Bacon-Shakespeare-Rosicrucian controversy is undertaken not for the vain purpose of digging up dead men's bones but rather in the hope that a critical analysis will aid in the rediscovery of that knowledge lost to the world since the oracles were silenced. It was W. F. C. Wigston who called the Bard of Avon "phantom Captain Shakespeare, the Rosicrucian mask". This constitutes one of the most significant statements relating to the Bacon-Shak...

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by The Team (Author)RoosevElvis ("Rose-of-Elvis") tells the story of Ann, a thirty-five year old meat-processing plant worker living in Rapid City, South Dakota. Painfully shy, Ann has recently begun to inhabit the character of Elvis Presley at home. In his skin, Ann begins to find the courage to open up to the world. Ann meets and sleeps with Brenda, a woman whose online dating profile lists taxidermy and Teddy Roosevelt among her interests. The two take a weekend camping trip to the Badland...

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by Marius Von Mayenburg (Author), Maja Zade (Translator)The first English-language collection of plays by one of Europe's most influential and widely produced playwrights. Marius von Mayenburg's plays have been staged all over Europe, including the prestigious Schaub hne in Berlin, where he was Writer in Residence, and Royal Court in London. This collection includes three of his plays: Eldorado, Perplexed and The Dog, The Night and the Knife.Author BiographyMarius von Mayenburg studied mediae...

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by Marius Von Mayenburg (Author), Maja Zade (Translator)A new play by one of Germany's most prominent playwrights, available for the first time in English. Benjamin won't do swimming at school. His mum thinks he's on drugs or has body issues. But Benjamin has found God and mixed-sex swimming lessons offend him. Martyr considers when we should accommodate others' beliefs, and when we should take a stand.Author BiographyMarius von Mayenburg studied mediaeval literature in Munich and Berlin, and...

John Dryden - Secret Love or, The Maiden Queen:

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by John Dryden (Author)John Dryden was born on August 9th, 1631 in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. As a boy Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. In 1644 he was sent to Westminster School as a King's Scholar. Dryden obtained his BA in 1654, graduating top of the list for Trinity College, Cambridge that year. Returning to London during The Protectorate, Dryden now obtained work with Cromwell's Secretary of State, John Thurloe. ...

Christopher Marlowe - The Tragedy of Dido Queene of Carthage:

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by Christopher Marlowe (Author)Christopher Marlowe was born in Canterbury to shoemaker John Marlowe and his wife Catherine. His exact date of birth is not known, but he was baptised on 26 February 1564. And with this, Christopher Marlowe, one of the supreme English literary talents, made his entrance into the world. Little is really known of his life except that from an early age, even at University, he was perhaps working as a spy. His short life was filled with writing great works of except...

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by Pam Gems (Author)This West End and Broadway hit is set in Paris in the 1970s. Legendary screen and stage actress, Marlene Dietrich, now in her seventies, prepares for her evening performance.Back JacketParis, the 1970s. Legendary screen and stage actress, Marlene Dietrich, now in her seventies, is preparing for her evening's solo performance... A moving celebration of the woman behind the myth, Marlene was an immediate success when it first opened, with an outstanding performance by the in...

Ostrovsky: Plays Two: The Forest; Artistes & Admirers; Wolves & Sheep; Sin & Sorrow; The Power of Darkness - Paperback

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by Alexander Ostrovsky (Author), Stephen Mulrine (Translator)Includes the plays The Forest, Artistes and Admirers, Wolves and Sheep and Sin and Sorrow Four of Ostrovsky's finest plays. The best known of these, The Forest (1871), has two young lovers in thrall to their tyrannical elders, who are prevented from marrying until a pair of strolling actors come to their rescue. In Artistes and Admirers (1881), a comedy of theatre life, a dedicated young actress renounces both love and fortune in or...

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by Richard Bean (Author)Written with scurrilous bravura, Richard Bean's great sweep of a comedy follows a pair of star-crossed lovers amid cutters' mobs, Papists, Jewish anarchists and radical Islamists across four tempestuous centuries. "Irish and Jewish, that's the worst mix. You end up with a family of drunk burglars run by a clever accountant."Author BiographyIn 2011 Richard became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, The Heretic and One Man,...

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by Anya Reiss (Author)Winner of 2010 Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award For Most Promising Playwright, of the 2010 TMA Award for Best New Play and Winner of 2011 Critics Circle award for Most Promising Playwright. This play looks at the distance between close family relations and a young girl on the brink of adolescence.Author BiographyANYA REISS wrote Spur of the Moment while she was on the Royal Court's young writers program. The artistic directors were so impressed by her work that the...

African Theatre 14: Contemporary Women - Paperback

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by Martin Banham (Editor), James Gibbs (Editor), Yvette Hutchison (Contribution by)Looks at the lives, challenges and contributions of African women from across the continent to making and participating in theatre in the 21st century. Drawing on expertise from across the African continent this collection reflects the realities for women working and making theatre: how Egyptian director Dalia Basiouny has documented the "Tahrir Stories" of the Egyptian Revolution; how in Uganda women have used...

The Road to the Never Land: A Reassessment of J M Barrie's Dramatic Art - Paperback

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by R. D. S. Jack (Author)Sir James Barrie's fall from critical grace has been spectacular. Ranked in his own day with Shaw and Hardy, he is now usually dismissed as superficial, sentimental and commercial to the point of artistic dishonesty. Professor Jack argues that the naturalistic, psychological and national criteria used to condemn him are at odds with his proclaimed purposes. Using Barrie's own literary theory as contained in Sentimental Tommy and elsewhere, he measures the playwright a...

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by Regina Buccola (Abridged by)A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most widely studied comedies.Â This guide offers students an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, and film versions as well as opera and ballet.Â It includes a keynote chapter outlining major areas of current research on the play and four new critical essays.Â Finally, a guide to critical, web-based and production-related resources and an annotated bibliog...