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Jumpers
Par Tom Stoppard. 1986
Juno and the paycock: In "Three plays" (Pan classics)
Par Sean O'Casey. 1980
Set in the tenements in Ireland during the "Troubles", this play mingles the vulgar, comic and the tragic; its entertaining…
braggarts and parasites are contrasted with the women who suffer and endure. 1980.Julius Caesar (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
Par William Shakespeare, Norman Sanders. 1967
Loved by the Roman crowd but more and more feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire…
to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the most famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. 1967, c1599.Indian Arm
Par Henrik Ibsen, Hiro Kanagawa. 2016
Rita and Alfred Allmers live in an isolated family cabin on native leasehold land overlooking Indian Arm, a still untamed…
glacial fjord just north of Vancouver, BC. With Alfred now struggling with his latest work, Rita has been tasked with caring for their adopted son Wolfie, a sensitive First Nations teen who has been designated as 'special needs' for much of his life. Rita's resentments and frustrations are further embittered by her younger half-sister, Asta, a constant reminder of the innocence, idealism and sexual allure Rita once had and yearns for again. Winner of the 2017 Governor General’s Award for Drama. 2016.The right to remain silent is one of the most easily recognized and oft-quoted constitutional rights in American culture, yet…
there is widespread misunderstanding about the right and the protections promised under the Fifth Amendment. Dershowitz reveals precisely why our Fifth Amendment rights matter and how they are being reshaped, limited, and in some cases revoked in the wake of 9/11. 2008.In the realm of hungry ghosts: close encounters with addiction
Par Gabor Maté. 2008
Maté describes his patients while looking to the root causes of addiction, applying a clinical and psychological view to the…
physical manifestation and offering some answers for why people inflict such catastrophe on themselves. He takes aim at the ineffectual War on Drugs, and shows how measures such as safe injection sites are more successful at reducing drug-related crime and the spread of disease than anything most governments are doing. 2008.Doubt: a parable
Par John Patrick Shanley. 2005
The Bronx, 1964. Sister Aloysius, stern principal of St. Nicholas Catholic School, is convinced that school chaplain Father Flynn is…
a pedophile, and that instead of mentoring the school's only black student, he has seduced him. Through meetings with Flynn, young teacher Sister James, and the student's mother, she gathers her evidence and plans a course of action. No one is totally right or truthful, keeping everyone in a state of doubt. Pulitzer Prize winner. 2005.Everyday law: a survival guide for Canadians
Par Jack Batten, Marjorie Harris. 1987
Easy-to-follow handbook that outlines the common legal problems which every Canadian faces. Discusses such subjects as choosing a lawyer, preparing…
a will, getting married, going to court, and buying a house. c1987.Good masters! Sweet Ladies!: voices from a medieval village
Par Laura Amy Schlitz. 2008
Nineteen monologues and two dialogues about the ten- to fifteen-year-old sons and daughters of nobility and paupers living near an…
English manor in 1255. Interspersed between dramatic readings are background pieces on medieval customs and events, such as farming, falconry, the Crusades, and pilgrimages. Grades 5-8. 2008.Greek drama: tragedy and comedy (The modern scholar)
Par Peter Meineck. 2005
In this course, New York University professor Peter Meineck discusses the historical, social, political and cultural context of ancient Greek…
drama, concentrating on the four playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripedes, and Aristophanes. 2005.Henry V (SmartPass)
Par William Shakespeare, Mike Reeves, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2006
This guide to the prevention, intervention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse gives a step-by-step plan of what to…
say to children and how to say it. Offers suggestions on teaching refusal techniques, and choosing drug treatment programs. 1988.I am a camera: a play in three acts
Par Christopher Isherwood, John Van Druten. 1952
An English writer and his amoral lover pursue their personal relationships in Berlin in the 1930s, almost oblivious to the…
rise of the Nazis. Adapted from "The Berlin stories of Christopher Isherwood." 1971, c1952.How to stop smoking and stay stopped for good
Par Gillian Riley. 2007
Everyone knows how bad smoking is for them, but they just can't seem to give up. If you're really serious…
about giving up smoking then this is the book that will not only help you to stop, but to stay stopped for good. Gillian Riley's techniques allow you to understand your addiction, take control and break your habit. 2007.Elizabeth Rex
Par Timothy Findley. 2000
This drama brings together William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth I, as they and the members of Shakespeare's acting troupe discuss…
what makes a man a man and a woman a woman. Much of the dialogue is between Elizabeth, who has reigned in essence as a man, and Ned, one of the actors who throughout his career has played women. On the eve of the execution of the Queen's former lover, the characters come to unexpected conclusions about identity, sex, humanity and love. Some strong language. Winner of the 2000 Governor General's Award for Drama. 2000.FairTax, the truth: answering the critics
Par Neal Boortz, John Linder, Rob Woodall. 2008
In 2005, radio show host Boortz and Georgia congressman Linder wrote "The FairTax Book", presenting a plan designed to eliminate…
federal taxes and the IRS and jump-start the U.S. economy. This follow-up offers new insights, and debunks the negative myths and misrepresentations of their idea. The plan enables Americans to keep all the money in their paychecks; eliminates the fraud, hassle, and waste of the current system; and revolutionizes the way America pays for itself. 2008.Ends and odds: plays and sketches
Par Samuel Beckett. 1977
Dead white writer on the floor
Par Drew Hayden Taylor. 2011
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Par Sharon Pollock. 1984
Damaged angels: a mother discovers the terrible cost of alcohol in pregnancy
Par Bonnie Buxton. 2004
Recounts the author's struggles to raise an adopted daughter whom she didn't realize was afflicted with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder…
(FASD). Also offers guidance to parents who have children with FASD. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2004.