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Three by Tennessee: Sweet Bird Of Youth; The Rose Tattoo; The Night Of The Iguana
Par Tennessee Williams. 1976
Three classic plays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist. In "Sweet Bird of Youth" a gigolo returns to his southern hometown.…
"The Night of the Iguana" is set in a run-down Mexican tourist hotel. In "The Rose Tattoo" a Sicilian widow finds love. Some violence and some strong language. 1976. Uniform title: Plays.This is war
Par Hannah Moscovitch. 2013
In this play, Master Corporal Tanya Young, Captain Stephen Hughes, Private Jonny Henderson, and Sergeant Chris Anders have lived through…
an atrocity while holding one of the most volatile regions in Afghanistan. As each of them is interviewed by an unseen broadcasting organization, they recount their version of events leading up to the horrific incident with painful, relenting replies. What begins to form is a picture of the effects of guilt and the psychological toll of violence in a war where the enemy is sometimes indiscernible. c2013.The winter's tale
Par William Shakespeare. 1996
King Leontes of Sicilia becomes unjustifiably jealous of his wife, Hermione. The disgraced queen is banished for her attention towards…
Leontes' honourable friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia. Leontes' lack of trust creates disaster in both households, and costs him sixteen years of mourning before things are resolved happily for all. 1996. Written circa 1611.The vagina monologues
Par Eve Ensler. 2001
These monologues are a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a…
new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a grassroots movement, V-Day, to stop violence against women. Descriptions of sex. 2001.The trials of Ezra Pound
Par Timothy Findley. 1995
In 1945, American poet Ezra Pound was accused of treason because of broadcasts made on Italian Radio during World War…
II. Findley's play is about the hearings to establish Pound's mental fitness to stand trial, and is based on transcripts of those hearings. Some strong language. 1995.The tragedy of Richard II (New Folger Library Shakespeare)
Par William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A Mowat. 1962
Historical tragedy and study of kingship first performed in the 1590s. Richard II, a weak and ineffectual king, settles a…
quarrel and exiles Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, for ten years. He then seizes Henry's property to finance the Irish wars. Henry returns to claim his inheritance, murders the king's supporters, and imprisons Richard. Henry usurps the throne, but lives in fear until the deposed Richard is no more. 1962. Uniform title: King Richard IIThe town of Hercules: a buried treasure trove
Par Joseph Jay Deiss. 1974
Reconstructs the summer day in 79 a.d. when Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the town of Herculaneum. Tells of the rediscovery…
of the town and the exciting archaeological digs of recent centuries. Grades 5-8. 1974.The three sisters (Dover Thrift Editions Ser.)
Par Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. 1993
Olga is an old-maid school teacher, Masha is unhappily married, and Irina works in a telegraph office. The sisters are…
overcome with boredom following the death of their father, commander of a Russian brigade. When their brother marries a country girl who tries to control everyone, the three find a new purpose in life. 1993, c1900. Uniform title: Tri sestry.The taming of the shrew (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
Par William Shakespeare, G. R Hibbard. 1968
The story of archaeology: the 100 great discoveries
Par Paul G Bahn. 1997
Amazing discoveries such as the tomb of Tutankhamen and the caves at Lascaux are headline news but archaeology also reveals…
the lives of ordinary people, our ancestors, and constantly challenges our perception of the past. With an ever growing battery of scientific tools and techniques archaeology has transcended its origins as the pastime of gentleman scholars to become a twenty-first century science. 1997.The sisters Rosensweig
Par Wendy Wasserstein. 1993
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author sets this play about three middle-aged Jewish sisters in London in August 1991. The family is…
celebrating the fifty-fourth birthday of the eldest, Sara. Each sister has a successful career and is content with the life she leads. But Sara's plans to remain single may be changed by a guest at the party. 1993.The school for scandal (Longman Study Texts Ser.)
Par Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Ray Heath. 1984
The road to Ubar: finding the Atlantis of the sands
Par Nicholas Clapp. 1998
A day-by-day account of two expeditions to Arabia in search of the site of the fabled city of Ubar. Inspired…
by a 1980 trip to return endangered Arabian oryxes to their native habitat, Clapp became intrigued with the legend of Ubar and obtained government radar imagery to help locate the ancient remains. Bestseller. 1998.The riddle of the Rosetta Stone: key to ancient Egypt
Par James Giblin. 1990
Before the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, Egyptian hieroglyphic writing -- composed of pictures of animals, birds, and…
geometric shapes -- was a mystery. For nearly 1400 years the meanings had been lost. The author chronicles the fascinating story of how the stone was discovered and, after countless attempts, finally deciphered by scholars. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1990.The real world?
Par Michel Tremblay. 1988
A playwright uses the private lives of his family for material in his dramas. Both the "real" family and the…
writer's more dramatic version are presented on stage simultaneously. Some strong language. 1988. Uniform title: Le vrai monde?The merchant of Venice (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
Par William Shakespeare, W Moelwyn Merchant. 1967
The lost Ark of the Covenant: solving the 2,500 year old mystery of the fabled biblical ark
Par Tudor Parfitt. 2008
Historian-adventurer, author of "Journey to the Vanished City: The Search for a Lost Tribe of Israel", recounts his quest for…
the ancient sacred chest that once held the Ten Commandments. Parfitt begins among a remote African people who claim such a box lies in a mountain cave. 2008.The Jesus family tomb: the discovery, the investigation, and the evidence that could change history
Par Simcha Jacobovici, Charles R Pellegrino. 2007
Jerusalem, 1980. Following the accidental bulldozing of a tomb, archaeologists arrived to find ten ossuaries - limestone boxes that served…
as first-century coffins. Six had inscriptions, including Jesus, son of Joseph; two Marys; and Judah, son of Jesus, which the team concluded were merely coincidence. Twenty-five years later, journalist Jacobovici tracked down the ossuaries and the tomb, and soon found that the archaeologists were unaware of key evidence that made this the discovery of a lifetime. Some descriptions of violence, some strong language. 2007.The incredible adventures of Mary Jane Mosquito: a one-woman musical in one act
Par Tomson Highway. 2016
Tomson Highway's musical cabaret is the story of a wingless little mosquito from Manitoba. The ageless theme of a misfit,…
who finds her voice through song and who learns to make friends by communicating directly with her audience, is a timely treat for anyone who has felt like an outsider, dealt with bullying, moved to a new place, or was different from the rest of the pack. The entire script is here, complete with song lyrics, stage directions, Cree vocabulary, and challenging tongue twisters to delight all ages. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.The iceman cometh (Vintage International)
Par Eugene O'Neill. 1999
1912. A seedy, skid row saloon, peopled by society's failures: worn-out anarchists, failed con artists, drifters, whores, pimps, and informers.…
The pipe-dreaming drunks of Harry Hope's bar numb themselves with rotgut gin and make grandiose plans, while waiting for the annual appearance of the big-spending, fast-talking salesman, Hickey. But this year's visit fails to bring the expected good times, as a changed Hickey tries to bring the barflies salvation. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 1999, c1940.