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Dry lips oughta move to Kapuskasing: a play
Par Tomson Highway. 1989
Sequel to "The rez sisters" (EB64360), this play tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve. Focuses on…
seven "Wasy" men and the game of hockey. Some strong language. 1989.The rez sisters: a play in two acts
Par Tomson Highway. 1988
Seven women attempt to beat the odds by winning the biggest bingo in the world and escaping their tortured lives.…
Winner of the 1986 Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best New Play and nominated for the Governor General's Award. 1988.Adventures of a black girl in search of God
Par Djanet Sears. 2003
Set in present-day Negro Creek, a 200-year-old Black community, Rainey Baldwin-Johnson, a country doctor, struggles to come to terms with…
the loss of her daughter, the disintergration of her marriage and an eccentric elderly father on an astonishing crusade. 2003.Cat on a hot tin roof
Par Tennessee Williams. 1986
Maggie the Cat fights for the lives of her damaged and drinking husband Brick, herself, and their unborn children in…
the revised version of the dramatization of Big Daddy's birthday and deathday party and family gathering. Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for drama.Les belles-soeurs (Collection Théâtre canadien ; #26)
Par Michel Tremblay, Alain Pontaut. 1972
Germaine Lauzon, ménagère de Montréal, a gagné un million de timbres-primes. Une bonne occasion pour inviter parentes et amies à…
une soirée de "collage de timbres". Mais les 15 femmes entassées dans la cuisine n'en restent pas longtemps aux civilités : jalousies, vengeances et haines personnelles éclatent, venant gâcher la fête. [1972]Home truths: a play
Par David Lodge. 1999
Adrian Ludlow, a novelist with a distinguished reputation, is now seeking obscurity in a cottage beneath the Gatwick flight path.…
His university friend Sam Sharp, a successful screenwriter, drops in on the way to Los Angeles, fuming over a dreadful profile of him in a Sunday newspaper. Together they decide to take revenge on the interviewer, though Adrian is risking what he values most - his privacy. 1999.February 1945. The war is almost over and Britain and America rule the waves, but sixty young Nazi soldiers still…
choose to undertake a mission in U-869 - to reach and bomb the coast of America. Several weeks later the boat barely has enough fuel to make it home and radio links with Germany are broken. The commander, Neuerberg, must make a tough decision: to carry on to America and risk death in the pursuit of glory, or to admit defeat and return home. Driven by pride, patriotism and determination, he decides to risk it. In 1991, a group of deep-sea divers hear about the wreck of a U-boat 260 feet beneath the sea. There are virtually no records of the Nazi submarine, and an on-location investigation is extremely dangerous. But twelve divers decide to take the risk. Over the next six years they eventually piece together an incredible story. 2004.The hollow: a play : from The mousetrap and selected plays
Par Agatha Christie. 1993
Wrapped for eternity: the story of the Egyptian mummy
Par Mildred Mastin Pace, Tom Huffman. 1974
Without feathers
Par Woody Allen. 1975
Wilhelm Tell (German literary classics in translation)
Par Friedrich Schiller, William Faulkner Mainland. 1972
This classic in German literature, first published in 1805, became popular after Rossini used it as a libretto for an…
opera. The legend is based on the Swiss liberation movement. The hero is a quiet man, who is respected for his ability with a bow and arrow by the more militant elements of the politically active rebels. 1972. Uniform title: Wilhelm Tell.Walking the Bible: a journey by land through the five books of Moses
Par Bruce S Feiler. 2001
One part adventure story, one part archaeological detective work, one part spiritual exploration, author Feiler recounts a personal odyssey -…
by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel - to retrace the Five Books of Moses through the desert. Along with archaeologist Avner Goren, he treks through Turkey, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, the Sinai, and Jordan, visiting the actual places of some of history's most storied events, from the mountain where Noah's ark landed to the site of the legendary burning bush. 2001.Waiting for Godot: a tragicomedy in two acts
Par Samuel Beckett. 1965
In this version of the play, the character's names are read out each time they speak. The play is a…
comment on the absurdity of man's hope and importance. Two old tramps sit by the side of the road, waiting for their friend Godot, only to be repeatedly told that Godot will not come today, he will come tomorrow, and so they engage in endless conversation as they wait patiently. 1965. Uniform title: En attendant Godot.Visions and revisions
Par Dale Peck. 2015
Novelist and critic Dale Peck's latest work - part memoir, part extended essay - is a foray into what the…
author calls "the second half of the first half AIDS epidemic," i.e., the period between 1987, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) was founded, and 1996, when the advent of combination therapy transformed AIDS from a virtual death sentence into a chronic manageable illness. 2015.Valley of the Kings
Par John Romer. 1981
A popular historical account of one of the world's richest archaeological sites, the valley that contains all the known tombs…
of the pharaohs of the Egyptian New Kingdom. This double account tells the story of both the magnificent tombs themselves and the travelers and diggers of recent centuries who have hunted for the mysterious past of ancient Egypt. 1981.Two plays for voices
Par Neil Gaiman. 2002
Produced by the Sci-Fi Channel and Seeing Ear Theatre, these two plays are adapted for voice by Neil Gaiman from…
two of his short stories. 2002. Snow glass apples -- Murder mysteries.Twelfth night (SmartPass)
Par William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2006
The lovely Viola disguises herself as a young man and quickly falls in love with the Duke she serves. The…
Duke in turn sends the disguised Viola to woo his lady - the fiesty and impetuous Olivia. Olivia becomes smitten with the young man Viola impersonates, and all careens to a happy resolution by the play's end. For senior high readers. 2006.Tutankhamen: the life and death of the boy-king
Par Christine El Mahdy. 1999
Egyptologist examines archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct the life of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh. El Mahdy separates fact from…
legend as she describes Egyptian civilization based on evidence from Luxor in the fourteenth century B.C. Also provides details of British archaeologist Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. 1999.Tomboy survival guide
Par Ivan E Coyote. 2016
A memoir told in stories, about how Coyote learned to embrace their tomboy past while carving out a space for…
those of us who don't fit neatly into boxes or identities or labels. Ivan writes about their years as a young butch, dealing with new infatuations and old baggage, and life as a gender-box-defying adult, in which they offer advice to young people while seeking guidance from others. (And for tomboys in training, there are even directions on building your very own unicorn trap.) Recounts Ivan's past as a diffident yet free-spirited tomboy, and maps their journey through treacherous gender landscapes and a maze of labels that don't quite stick, to a place of self-acceptance and an authentic and personal strength. 2016.Time detectives: clues from our past
Par Donalda Badone. 1992