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Hope Lost: Book 2 of the New Hope Protectorate Saga - Paperback

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by Sue Herbine (Author)It had been a harsh winter, and the children gathered felled twigs for tinder. However, they found a shoe and it was attached to a black man. The young children thought he had turned to stone. He had been dead for so long. But Ted was not dead, and a complicated adventure started leading our four heroes on the journey of a lifetime. Read to find out if Jason and Rachel find God, how the first people of color seen in over eight years integrated into the community, and ho...

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by Maurice Maeterlinck (Author)Another play by Maurice Maeterlinck, first published in 1895. The Interior explores themes of identity, memory, and the fluid boundary between reality and imagination. Its experimental structure and enigmatic characters make it a challenging and thought-provoking work.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of Ame...

Polly: An Opera. Being The Second Part Of The Beggar's Opera. Written By Mr. Gay - Paperback

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by John Christopher 1667-1752 Pepusch (Created by), Gay John 1685-1732 (Author)Polly is a classic work of 18th century English opera. Written as a sequel to John Gay's popular 'Beggar's Opera', the play tells the story of Polly Peachum, daughter of the infamous highwayman MacHeath. The play is a satirical commentary on the politics and social struggles of the time, and features a cast of colorful characters including prostitutes, thieves, and corrupt politicians. This book is a must-read for ...

Blood of Empires: Trilogy - Volume III - Paperback

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by John Lawrence Burks (Author)The epic journey of Venu concludes in this third volume of BLOOD OF EMPIRES. Venu emerges from hiding in Samaria, still as an undercover mercenary for Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, who beheaded John the Baptist. After reuniting with his Spartan teacher from Athens's Lyceum, he will travel to Jerusalem. Together, they will arrive in Jerusalem just before the triumphal entrance of Israel's promised Messiah riding in on a donkey's colt, which i...

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by Francisca Gómez Seijo (Author)Los personajes de la tragedia ática han sido ampliamente estudiados desde perspectivas en las que, a menudo, sus palabras y actos se explican a partir de nuestras nociones modernas sobre la mente humana y la personalidad, y desde valoraciones éticas y juicios morales ajenos a la Grecia clásica. El ensayo Rescatando a Helena se propone contemplar la caracterización de Helena en la tragedia homónima de Eurípides desde una perspectiva en la que la inteligibilidad...

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by Kelvin Everest (Editor)Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the major Romantic Poets and wrote what is critically recognised as some of the finest lyric poetry in the English Language. In this volume, the editors have selected the most popular and significant poems from the 6-volume Longman Annotated edition of Shelley's poems.Author BiographyKelvin Everest is Emeritus Bradley Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Liverpool. He has published extensively on English Romantic poetry,...

Scottish Charms And Amulets (1894) - Paperback

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by George Fraser Black (Author)Scottish Charms and Amulets is a book written by George Fraser Black and published in 1894. The book explores the tradition of charms and amulets in Scotland, delving into the superstitions and beliefs of the Scottish people. The author provides a comprehensive overview of the different types of charms and amulets used in Scotland, including those used for protection, love, luck, and healing. The book also includes information on the origins and symbolism of the...

The Art Of Pastry Making: According To The French And English Methods (1893) - Paperback

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by Emile Herisse (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN Pu...

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by David Of Cardiovascular Wood (Author) Number of Pages: 70 Dimensions: 0.15 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 01, 1982

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by Charles Busch (Author)The turbulent life of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, is told, viewed through the outrageous comic lens of master parodist Charles Busch. Evoking both 1930's Hollywood epics and the grand 19th Century romantic theatre of Sarah Bernhardt, this version of the life of the ill-fated Egyptian Queen takes her from her teenage seduction of the Roman leader Julius Caesar through her volatile tragic romance with Mark Antony and to her ultimate death. Charles Busch's Cleopatra ha...

Marquis de Sade's Wettest Midsummer Night's Dream Conceivable! - Hardcover

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by Ophelia T'Wat (Author), Robert Dwight Brown (Author), William Shakespeare (Based on a Play by)Go Beyond Your Wettest Dreams!Classically Illustrated with Dialogue Enchanted with Colour! In the last decade of the 16th century, William Shakespeare could not dare write A Midsummer Night's (Wet) Dream unabridged. By the happenchance of his birth-century, The Bard wrote in a poetic 'Shakespearean Code', hinting at sexualities and paraphilias he fully intended to compose and expose his Elizabetha...

A Paraphrase on the Book of Ecclesiastes: First Published in the Year 1768, and Entitled Choheleth; Or, the Royal Preacher, a Poem. to Which Are Added - Paperback

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by Anonymous (Author), J. Dennis Furley (Author), Chris Higgins (Author)Title: A Paraphrase on the Book of Ecclesiastes: first published in the year 1768, and entitled "Choheleth; or, the Royal Preacher, a poem." By J. Dennis Furley.] With notes philological, critical, and explanatory. To which are added, the text of the Authorised Version, supplementary notes, corrections and improvements, by Nathaniel Higgins.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the n...

The Beggar's Opera, its Predecessors and Successors - Paperback

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by Frank Kidson (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reprod...

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by Robin Soans (Author)"I looked around the room and I thought, I'm the only person in this room that hasn't killed anyone" Talking to Terrorists is a play commissioned by the Royal Court and Out of Joint. The writer, director Max Stafford-Clark, and actors interviewed people from around the world who have been involved in terrorism. They wanted to know what makes ordinary people do extreme things.As well as those who crossed the line, they met peacemakers, warriors, journalists, hostages and...

Shakespeare's Histories on Screen: Adaptation, Race and Intersectionality - Hardcover

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by Jennie M. Votava (Author), Mark Thornton Burnett (Editor)This volume reframes the critical conversation about Shakespeare's histories and national identity by bringing together two growing bodies of work: early modern race scholarship and adaptation theory. Theorizing a link between adaptation and intersectionality, it demonstrates how over the past thirty years race has become a central and constitutive part of British and American screen adaptations of the English histories. Available to...

French Ways And Their Meaning - Paperback

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by Edith Wharton (Author)""French Ways And Their Meaning"" is a non-fiction book written by Edith Wharton, an American author and literary critic. The book was first published in 1919 and provides a detailed exploration of French culture and society during the early 20th century. Wharton, who lived in France for many years, uses her personal experiences and observations to examine various aspects of French life, such as fashion, cuisine, art, literature, and social customs. The book also delv...

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by Deborah C. Ashbaugh (Author)What kind of parents give away seven lonely, scared, innocent children? This is the true story of a family torn apart by careless and neglectful parents-the story of seven children left to fend for themselves, abandoned by their parents, and adopted out to other families. It's a story of bitterness, hatred, and jealousy between family members who would go to any lengths to get what they want. It's a story of innocence lost. And for one of these abandoned childre...

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by Mary Austin (Author)Mary Austin was an early ecologist, feminist, and desert dweller. The Land of Little Rain is a book about earth, sky, weather, and some of the plants and animals that survive and reproduce among those elemental and elementary events, She describes a few of the people who once lived in what was something close to an original state of nature. The Table on Contents includes The land of little rain. -- Water trails of the Ceriso. -- The scavengers. -- The pocket hunter. - S...

The Macropulos Secret - A Comedy - Paperback

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by Karel Čapek (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 218 Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: September 20, 2012

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by Chris a. Candelario (Author)The Naranjo Saga: Orange Man, Pumpkin Mountain, and Pueblo Traitor explode in rich drama and death defying survival. In the early 1600s when the first Black slave, Mateo Naranjo, escapes the cruelty of his Spanish Masters, he sets forth a rich dynasty that lasts to this day in the American Southwest. The Naranjo Saga highlights the three pueblo revolts of 1599 OM, 1680 PM, and 1696 PT. After a TV news interview in Santa F New Mexico, Candelario offhandedly lear...

Side Chic 2: (A Ratchet Mess) - Paperback

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by La'tonya West (Author)Now that Lala has given birth to the twins she's started to see life differently. Things aren't just about her or her feelings for Tre anymore. She has agreed to stay in her lane and not bring any drama Tre's way as long as he agrees to handle his business when it comes to her children but will she be able to keep her word once she sees how attentive Tre is to his other kids and how unattention he is to hers? Lala isn't the only problem that Tre has, now that Tamika k...

Side Chic 3: (The Ratchetness Continues) - Paperback

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by La'tonya West (Author)After learning that Tre has been shot, Lala and Kisha are both faced with the horrible reality that he may not make. Lala is a nervous wreck as she waits to find out Tre's fate. Kisha, on the other hand is pissed to find out that Tre and Tamika have been creeping behind her back. She feels betrayed yet again and not just by anybody but by the woman who claimed to be her best friend. Will she be able to put her anger aside long enough find out if Tre will pull through ...

The Tragedy of Coriolanus - Large Print Edition: A Play - Paperback

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by William Shakespeare (Author)A Play by William Shakespeare. 16 point type. Number of Pages: 248 Dimensions: 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 26, 2014 Large Print: Yes

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by Philip Armstrong (Author)Theseus and the Minotaur is a tragic drama in one act (about 45 minutes in duration) suitable for high school students or young adult theater. Theseus is a brave hero. He carries a great sword. He aspires to be King of Athens. Yet he is judged poorly for being the illegitimate son of the sovereign, and is labelled as unfit for kingship. He knows he can only achieve his dreams by undermining the legitimacy of the monarch and the political stability of the entire reg...

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by The Perfect Library (Editor), Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (Author)"Autobiography" from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. German writer and statesman (1749-1832). Number of Pages: 300 Dimensions: 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 13, 2015

El Hombre de la Mascara de Hierro (Spanish Edition) - Paperback

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by Yordi Abreu (Editor), Alejandro Dumas (Author)El hombre de la m scara de hierro es un misterioso personaje franc s de los siglos XVII-XVIII, que fue encarcelado por razones desconocidas y permaneci encerrado hasta su muerte en la prisi n de la Bastilla. Mientras estuvo en prisi n su rostro fue cubierto con una m scara probablemente hecha de terciopelo, aunque la leyenda dice que era de hierro. La primera referencia a su existencia la hizo el fil sofo de la Ilustraci n Voltaire, a trav s d...

I Didn't Want to Pay for a Rent-A-Car - Paperback

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by Daniel S. Dechi (Author) Number of Pages: 300 Dimensions: 0.66 x 8.04 x 5.03 IN Publication Date: December 19, 1996

A Doll's House: And Two Other Plays by Henrik Ibsen (1910) - Paperback

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by Henrik Johan Ibsen (Author) Number of Pages: 308 Dimensions: 0.65 x 9.25 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: July 13, 2006 Accelerated Reader: Quiz Name: Doll's House Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12 Reading Level: 5.9 Point Value: 4

Prometheus Unbound - A Lyrical Drama - Paperback

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by Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (Author), Percy Bysshe Shelley (Author)The Prometheus Unbound is a four-act play by Percy Bysshe Shelley originally published in 1820. This work is inspired by Aeschylus's "Prometheus Bound" and concerns the final release from captivity of Prometheus. However there is no reconciliation between Prometheus and Zeus in Shelley's narrative. Instead, Jupiter is overthrown, which allows Prometheus to be released... Number of Pages: 236 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.25 x...

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by Mary Kate Caffrey (Author)"Any student of acting must begin by reawakening his or her ability to play like a child. The Natural Actor focuses on stimulating this ability using simple, natural, easily understood techniques. First, students train their instruments: body, voice, mind, and spirit. The trained instrument is then used to practice the craft of acting through games, improvisation, and open scenes. Journal prompts encourage critical thinking about the learning process. Physical tra...

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by Voltaire (Author), Fran Ois-Marie Arouet (Author), William F. Fleming (Author)M rope produced in 1743, is the greatest of Voltaire's tragedies and a perfect literary performance. Frederick the Great amused himself by turning it into the libretto of an opera. Its success was great and the author was called before the curtain, an honor until then unknown in France. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low...

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by Matthew J. Elliott (Author)A collection of Sherlock Holmes radio scripts with detailed notes on Canonical references, rewrites, influences and the challenges of adapting Conan Doyles original tales for a 21st Century audience. Number of Pages: 356 Dimensions: 0.74 x 9.69 x 7.44 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 02, 2012