 | Orphans (Kessler)
Publication Date: January 11, 2011Comic Drama Characters: 3 male Interior Set Off-Broadway audiences gave this moving drama standing ovations. Two brothers live in a house in North Philly. Although adults, there is something child-like about these orphans. The eldest supports himself and his slightly retarded brother by petty thievery. One night he brings home a rich older man to get him drunk and rob him. It turns out that the man-Harold is very rich and on the lam from a hitman. Harold establishes the house as a base of operations and, in a strange, hilarious and moving way, becomes the fa...
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|  | Striving for the Wind (African Writers Series)
Publication Date: June 1992| Series: African Writers Series Set in Kenya, this portrayal of post-colonial decadence features the newly wealthy black landowner, Baba Pesa, who clashes with his family, friends and neighbours as he attempts to gain financial dominance of his region. ...
|  | Service With a Smile: 52 Humorous Sketches for Sunday Worship
Publication Date: August 1999Your congregation will love these fifty-two warmly humorous sketches designed to complement a sermon. Talent, temptations, communication, obedience, change and a wide range of other topics and special days are addressed in dramatic situations that will tickle your congregation's funny bone -- and prepare them for the sermon that follows.The small casts (one to five characters), short playing times (around five minutes each) and minimal prop and costume requirements add up to an easy-to-use collection of drama.Accompanying each sketch is the theme and appropriate ...
|  | The Assassination: Who Killed Indira G?
Publication Date: August 1, 2008Who killed Mrs Gandhi? We know the name of the assassins, but did they act alone? In this fictional filmscript, Tariq Ali suggests that larger forces were at work, exploiting genuine Sikh grievances to settle their own score with a Prime Minister who, whatever her faults, was fiercely independent of Washington and safeguarded Indian sovereignty with a zeal inherited from her father. Provocative and suggestive, this script planned as the second of a series was never completed. The Assassination is published here for the first time and completes Ali’s tri...
|  | Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico
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|  | Poesies Completes (French Edition)
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| | An Anthology of German Poetry: 1830-1880
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|  | John Keats: A Literary Life (Literary Lives)
Release Date: August 21, 2012| ISBN-10: 113703047X | ISBN-13: 978-1137030474| Edition: Reprint At the heart of this ‘Literary Life’ are fresh interpretations of Keats’s most loved poems, alongside other neglected but rich poems. The readings are placed in the contexts of his letters to family and friends, his medical training, radical politics of the time, his love for Fanny Brawne, his coterie of literary figures and his tragic early death. ...
|  | The Unburied
Release Date: November 1, 2000In Victorian England, Dr. Courtine is invited to spend the days before Christmas with Austin, a friend from his youth, in the Cathedral Close of Thurchester. Courtine hopes to research an unsolved mystery at the cathedral library, but when Austin captivates him with the story of the town ghost -- a macabre tale of murder and deception dating back two centuries -- Courtine finds himself drawn instead into a haunting world of avarice, skullduggery, and exceptional evil.Daring, unpredictable, atmospheric, The Unburied is a dazzling entry in the canon of classic V...
|  | The Tell-Tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture
Publication Date: October 26, 2011| ISBN-10: 078646318X | ISBN-13: 978-0786463183Greed and guilt, near-indecipherable codes, murder plots born of madness--these motifs drive the best modern mysteries, but they are rooted in the early nineteenth century and the carefully constructed fiction of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe's methods of storytelling and suspense remain relevant, reappearing in detective novels and on screens large and small. This work examines a wide selection of today's mystery and thriller novels, films, television programs, and video games to explore Poe's ongoing influence on p...
|  | Forgotten Past
Publication Date: April 23, 2011Forgotten Past is a work of fiction set in California, primarily Cambria which lies at the southern end of the famed Pacific Coast Hwy. 1 near Hearst Castle. The lead character, Professor Sean Lordson, has a background that appears to be catching up with him. Once an operative for a secretive government agency, Sean feels he must rekindle his highly trained skills to save his life and protect his family. Sean has a past he'd like to forget and a past he tried for years to remember. The events that pose a threat will uncover truths he had buried long ago.Profes...
|  | North Dakota Night Dragons (American Chillers No. 19)
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|  | Sinister Spiders of Saginaw (Michigan Chillers)
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|  | Buzz Beaker and the Cave Creatures (Stone Arch Readers - Level 3 (Quality)))
Publication Date: August 1, 2010| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up...
|  | The Mightiest Heart
Release Date: September 28, 1998Who can resist a story about a dog who so loved his master that he gave up his life? This exquisitely illustrated tale, based on the legend of Llywelyn, a thirteenth-century Welsh prince, and his loyal hound, Gelert, will keep young readers and listeners spellbound. Laurel Long joins the ranks of today's premier illustrators in her debut, adding incredible power to Lynn Cullen's spare but emotionally charged text. Each picture is like a precious treasure, revealing painstaking attention to detail, breathtaking color, and characters whose mutual love transcends...
| | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (My Fairy Tale Library)
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|  | Happy New Year, Beni
Publication Date: September 15, 1993| Age Level: 4 and up This Rosh Hashanah, Beni and Sara are going to Grandma and Grandpa's for the holidays. Everyone will be there-- including cousin Max.Before dinner, Sara lights the candles and Grandpa says the Kiddush. "To a sweet, good year! L'shanah Tovah!" At the temple, Papa blows the shofar and joyfully welcomes in the new year. But Max almost spoils the holiday for everyone-- he hogs all the sweet fruits at dinner and puts creepy surprises under his cousins' pillows. It's only when Grandpa takes a quiet moment to explain the tradition of Tashlik...
|  | Franklin Quiere Una Mascota (Franklin Wants a Pet) (Spanish Edition)
Publication Date: September 1998| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Franklin the turtle wants a pet and when his parents finally agree, they are surprised at the pet that Franklin chooses. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
|  | Little Owl, Here's Your Towel! (Sweet Talkin')
Release Date: July 24, 2001| Age Level: 2 and up...
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