| The Skin of Our Teeth: A Play (Perennial Classics) Release Date: April 15, 2003| Series: Perennial ClassicsA timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition features Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder. Time magazine called The Skin of Our Teeth "a sort of Hellzapoppin' with brains," as it broke from established theatrical conventions and walked off with the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama. Combining farce, burlesque, and satire (among other styles), Thornton Wilder de...
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| | The Undomestic Goddess Release Date: October 30, 2007Workaholic attorney Samantha Sweeting has just done the unthinkable. She’s made a mistake so huge, it’ll wreck any chance of a partnership. Going into utter meltdown, she walks out of her London office, gets on a train, and ends up in the middle of nowhere. Asking for directions at a big, beautiful house, she’s mistaken for an interviewee and finds herself being offered a job as housekeeper. Her employers have no idea they’ve hired a lawyer—and Samantha has no idea how to work the oven. She can’t sew on a button, bake a potato...
| | Three Bedrooms In Chelsea Release Date: April 1, 2006Love may come and go. But location is everything. It's bad enough that actress/waitress Edie Amos's boyfriend leaves her for a job in Istanbul. And that she's been fired from her only acting job - as a dancing fava bean in an industrial show. But how can she possibly pay the rent on her Chelsea dream apartment? Is nothing permanent in this life? The only thing to do is find a roommate. Unfortunately, she gets two. Tall, blonde, and imposing Greta Stolenbauer is like a dominatrix without a dungeon. Her idea of exercise is smoking while watching the Yoga channel and ...
| | A Man of the People Release Date: December 19, 1988By the renowned author of Things Fall Apart, this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between the two worlds. ...
| | Angel's End (Berkley Sensation) Release Date: May 1, 2012| Series: Berkley Sensation In the mountains of Colorado, a small town called Angel’s End welcomes everyone with open arms—even a man fleeing his past… Wounded and on the run, Cade Gentry stumbles into a kind man who’s on his way to become the new pastor of Angel’s End. But not long after Timothy Key takes him in, Cade’s enemies catch up with him, and the young pastor is killed in the crossfire. Cade survives, stealing Timothy’s identity to escape, and arrives in Angel’s End on the brink of death. Leah Findle...
| | Deception Pass: The Terrorist Plot to Smuggle Nuclear Weapons into the United States of America Publication Date: June 2002Despite the best efforts of the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Coast Guard, the Border Patrol, and police officers all across the nation, literally tons of illegal drugs continue to flow into the United States of America.What is to prevent a determined terrorist organization from smuggling weapons of mass destruction across our borders using the same methods?Michael J. Marin provides a compelling look at the horrific possibilities in his novel Deception Pass. ...
| | Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music: Ancient to Baroque (6-CD set), Vol 1 Publication Date: April 2001This audio complement to "A History of Western Music" includes recordings of all the works appearing in "The Norton Anthology of Western Music". As in the previous edition, the recordings are of the highest quality and are performed by groups and soloists. New track references in the textbook allow students to locate the recorded works on the CD set as they read the corresponding discussions in the text. The collection features 20 new works, plus an additional 14 new recordings of works included in the previous edition. ...
| | The World According to Clarkson Release Date: March 24, 2010The world is an exciting and confusing place for Jeremy Clarkson - a man who can find the overgrown schoolboy in us all. In "The World According to Clarkson", one of the country's funniest comic writers has free reign to expose absurdity, celebrate eccentricity and entertain richly in the process. And the net is cast wide: from the chronic unsuitablity of men to look after children for long periods or as operators of 'white goods', Nimbyism, cricket and PlayStations, to astronomy, David Beckham, 70's rock, the demise of Concorde, the burden of an Eton education an...
| | The three billy goats Gruff Publication Date: 2001The goats, the bridge, the terrible troll--this old tale has the bold dramatic action that children love. Rabbit Ears(rg) Storybook Classic. Size D illustrated hardcover book and cassette. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
| | Localizing Caroline Drama: Politics and Economics of the Early Modern English Stage, 1625-1642 Release Date: October 31, 2006| ISBN-10: 1403972826 | ISBN-13: 978-1403972828| Edition: First Edition This collection of original essays redefines the plays and theatrical culture of the years 1625 through 1642 as something more than simply post-Shakespearean or pre-Revolutionary in character. Through local readings of the texts and institutions of the Caroline theater, leading scholars reveal the drama's intriguing mixture of political engagement, religious controversy, urbane cosmopolitanism, and commercial ingenuity. Spanning locations both real and imagined - from London ...
| | Russian Metaphysical Romanticism: The Poetry of Tiutchev and Boratynskii (Studies of the Russian Institute, Columbia University) ...
| | Chiang Yen (Twayne's World Authors Series) ...
| | The Future of Religion: Post Modern Perspectives - Essays in Honour of Ninian Smart ...
| | Remember How I Love You: Love Letters from an Extraordinary Marriage Release Date: October 3, 2011Every morning for the thirteen years he was on Law & Order, Jerry Orbach wrote his wife a short love poem and placed it next to her coffee cup before he left for work. Over the years Jerry wrote hundreds of notes -- all of which Elaine cherished and preserved. Now dozens of Jerry's most meaningful poems to Elaine, along with stories from his amazing career and their enduring romance, tell the tale of their life together. With essays from some of Jerry's dearest friends and a foreword by Sam Waterston, Elaine created a collection of funny and moving poetry and a t...
| | Claiming a Betrayed Mate [Rough River Coyotes 2] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic ManLove) Publication Date: September 17, 2012[Siren Everlasting Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, shape-shifters, sex in shifted form, HEA] Betrayal hasn't lessened his desire... Being found naked and covered in blood and feathers in a chicken coop is the least of Nathan McAllister's worries. The owner of the Rough River Ranch realizes Nathan is someone's mate and all the cowboys are eager to be that man, but Nathan dashes their hopes when he asks to see Jake Tanner. Unlike the other men of the ranch, Jake insists if he has a mate it sure as hell isn't Nathan. Their breakup...
| | Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Four Novels and the Fifty-six Short Stories Complete (Volume 1, ISBN#0-517-502917) Publication Date: 1976June 1976, 15th Printing of 2nd Edition. Volume 1. ...
| | The Mandel Files, Volume 2: The Nano Flower Release Date: May 29, 2012| Series: Mandel Files (Book 2) Peter F. Hamilton’s groundbreaking Mandel Files series concludes with The Nano Flower, a tour de force of unbridled imagination and cutting-edge scientific speculation. Greg Mandel is a psychic detective whose skills have been augmented by powerful but dangerous biotechnology. Those abilities have won him success and almost killed him many times over. Little wonder that he has settled down to the life of a gentleman farmer. But Greg’s former employer, the mighty tech company Event Horizon, needs him once more...
| | The Secrets of Droon #4: City in the Clouds Publication Date: October 1, 1999| Age Level: 7 and up...
| | School of Fear: Class Is Not Dismissed! Publication Date: September 14, 2010| Grade Level: 3 and up...
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