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The Aeneidby Publius Vergilius MaroISBN 0023253401 (0-02-325340-1)
Softcover, Bobbs-Merrill Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid'Book summary:Library of Liberal Arts title. [via]
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The Aeneidby Virgil, C. Day LewisISBN 0030831865 (0-03-083186-5)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid'Book summary:At the beginning of Vergils epic poemlong considered a classic of Western literaturethe hero Aeneas escapes from the carnage of the Trojan War and embarks on a treacherous series of adventures that eventually lead him to the future site of Rome. Vergil renders Aeneas dramatic story in deceptively simple but powerful language, yet the poets style is often lost in translation. This magnificent new English translation of the Aeneid conveys the force of the original poetry, as well as its subtle undertones, in part by employing the poets own metrical style.[via]
Unlike other modern translators of Vergil, who forgo meter entirely or use iambic pentameter (the meter of Shakespeare and other English poets), Patricia A. Johnston uses dactylic hexameter, the meter used by Vergil and by all ancient writers of epic poetry, beginning with Homer. Johnston also avoids elaborate or esoteric language and instead uses clear, unadorned diction to capture Vergils masterful simplicity.
This volume is unique as well in addressing the needs of students and other readers who may be encountering Vergils work for the first time. In her introduction to the poem, Johnston traces the life of Vergil, describes his other works, and provides a brief plot summary of the Aeneid. Her lucid explanation of poetic meters in English and Latin is useful even for readers who thought they understood the difference between a dactyl and a spondee. Throughout the poem itself, she provides ample footnotes to explain the meaning of unfamiliar references. The volume concludes with a glossary of names and a select bibliography.More editions of The Aeneid:
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The Aeneid of Virgilby Manufactured by Prentice-HallISBN 0023585005 (0-02-358500-5)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid of Virgil'Book summary:Paperback (1951) Scribner's Sons [via]
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The Aeneid of Virgilby Rolfe Humphries, Brian Wilkie, VirgilISBN 0024277800 (0-02-427780-0)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Traditionby Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez, Charles M. SchulzISBN 0060198516 (0-06-019851-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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Cheaper by the Dozenby Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth CareyISBN 006008460X (0-06-008460-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cheaper by the Dozen'Book summary:What do you get when you put twelve lively kids together with a father -- a famous efficiency expert -- who believes families can run like factories, and a mother who is his partner in everything except discipline? You get a hilarious tale of growing up that has made generations of kids and adults alike laugh along with the Gilbreths in Cheaper by the Dozen.
Translated into more than fifty-three languages and made into a classic film starring Clifton Webb and Myrna Loy, Cheaper by the Dozen is a delightfully enduring story of family life at the turn of the 20th century.
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Directors on Directing: A Source Book to the Modern Theaterby Toby Cole, Helen Krich ChinoyISBN 0023233001 (0-02-323300-1)
Softcover, Allyn & Bacon
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The Elements of Playwritingby Louis E. CatronISBN 0020692919 (0-02-069291-9)
Softcover, Pearson P T R
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Playwriting'Book summary:Louis Catron, the highly regarded teacher, author, and playwright, has created an exceptional book destined to serve aspiring playwrights as Strunk and White's classic Elements of Style has served other writers. Addressing both the artistic and the utilitarian with equal regard, the book presents the basic principles of writing stageworthy plays, such as plot, dialogue, and character development, along with practical guidelines on working with actors and directors, getting produced and published, and finding an agent. It explores both how to write plays and what it means to be a playwright - from turning ideas into plays and structuring a play's action to creating dimensional characters and understanding the varying demands of monodramas, one-acts, and full-length plays. Throughout, the author emphasizes creating stageworthy plays and favors concrete advice over theory. In addition to insights on what producers, directors, actors, and audiences look for in plays, he includes numerous examples from classical and modern plays, exercises the budding playwright can use to sharpen and develop skills, directions for typing a script in the proper format, and advice on a subject too often neglected: evaluating and revising the play. At once inspirational and practical, The Elements of Playwriting is an essential reference for beginning and experienced playwright alike, and an invaluable resource for anyone involved in the art and craft of theatre. [via]
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Eleven Plays of William Butler Yeatsby W. B. Yeats, A. Norman JeffaresISBN 002012970X (0-02-012970-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf: A Choreopoemby Ntozake ShangeISBN 0020248911 (0-02-024891-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf: A Choreopoem'Book summary:The complete text and stage directions to Shange's 1976 Broadway production is the moving statement of a talented black woman artist who sings the song of her own experience in a way that all can relate to it. [via]
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Fundamentals of Play Directingby Alexander Dean, Lawrence CarraISBN 003014843X (0-03-014843-X)
Hardcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fundamentals of Play Directing'Book summary:This thorough, detailed introduction to modern stage directing focuses on fundamentals, with an emphasis on the director's interaction with actors. The material is organized in a clear, step-by-step teaching format, from explanations to demonstrations and exercises [via]
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I Am Phoenixby Paul FleischmanISBN 0060218819 (0-06-021881-9)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Am Phoenix'Book summary:A collection of poems about birds to be read aloud by two voices. [via]
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I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voicesby Paul Fleischman, Ken NuttISBN 0060218827 (0-06-021882-7)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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The Knight of the Burning Pestleby Francis Beaumont, Andrew GurrISBN 0050016873 (0-05-001687-3)
Hardcover, Oliver & Boyd
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Masterpieces of the Dramaby Arthur M. Eastman, Alexander Ward Allison, Arthur Japheth CarrISBN 0023019700 (0-02-301970-0)
Softcover, Macmillan
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Monsterby Walter Dean Myers, Christopher MyersISBN 0060280778 (0-06-028077-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monster'Book summary:"Monster" is what the prosecutor called 16-year-old Steve Harmon for his supposed role in the fatal shooting of a convenience-store owner. But was Steve really the lookout who gave the "all clear" to the murderer, or was he just in the wrong place at the wrong time? In this innovative novel by Walter Dean Myers, the reader becomes both juror and witness during the trial of Steve's life. To calm his nerves as he sits in the courtroom, aspiring filmmaker Steve chronicles the proceedings in movie script format. Interspersed throughout his screenplay are journal writings that provide insight into Steve's life before the murder and his feelings about being held in prison during the trial. "They take away your shoelaces and your belt so you can't kill yourself no matter how bad it is. I guess making you live is part of the punishment."
Myers, known for the inner-city classic Motown and Didi (first published in 1984), proves with Monster that he has kept up with both the struggles and the lingo of today's teens. Steve is an adolescent caught up in the violent circumstances of an adult world--a situation most teens can relate to on some level. Readers will no doubt be attracted to the novel's handwriting-style typeface, emphasis on dialogue, and fast-paced courtroom action. By weaving together Steve's journal entries and his script, Myers has given the first-person voice a new twist and added yet another worthy volume to his already admirable body of work. (Ages 12 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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The Playboy of the Western World and Riders to the Seaby John SyngeISBN 0048220418 (0-04-822041-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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RhinocErosby Eugene IonescoISBN 0030137314 (0-03-013731-4)
Softcover, Harcourt School
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› Find signed collectible books: 'RhinocEros'Book summary:"Tous les chats sont mortels. Socrate est mortel. Donc Socrate est un chat." Tout langage stéréotypé devient aberrant. C'est ce que Ionesco démontre dans Rhinocéros, pièce qui a tout d'abord vu le jour sous la forme d'une nouvelle. Partisan d'un théâtre total, il porte l'absurde à son paroxysme en l'incarnant matériellement.
Allégorie des idéologies de masse, le rhinocéros, cruel et dévastateur, ne se déplace qu'en groupe et gagne du terrain à une vitesse vertigineuse. Seul et sans trop savoir pourquoi, Bérenger résiste à la mutation. Il résiste pour notre plus grande délectation, car sa lutte désespérée donne lieu à des caricatures savoureuses, à des variations de tons et de genres audacieuses et anticonformistes. La sclérose intellectuelle, l'incommunicabilité et la perversion du langage engendrent des situations tellement tragiques qu'elles en deviennent comiques, tellement grotesques qu'elles ne peuvent être que dramatiques.
On a dit du théâtre de Ionesco qu'il était engagé ; il l'est, en faveur de l'individu, menacé de marginalisation quand, malgré ses faiblesses, il parvient à résister aux tentations avilissantes qu'il a lui-même fait naître. --Sana Tang-Léopold Wauters [via]
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The Skin of Our Teeth: A Playby Thornton WilderISBN 0060088931 (0-06-008893-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Skin of Our Teeth: A Play'Book summary:A 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 departs from his studied use of nostalgia and sentiment in Our Town to have an Eternal Family narrowly escape one disaster after another, from ancient times to the present. Meet George and Maggie Antrobus (married only 5,000 years); their two children, Gladys and Henry (perfect in every way!); and their maid, Sabina (the ageless vamp) as they overcome ice, flood, and war -- by the skin of their teeth.
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Ten Little Niggersby Agatha ChristieISBN 0002318350 (0-00-231835-0)
Hardcover, Collins for the Crime Club
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Tom Thumb: And, The Tragedy of Tragediesby Henry Fielding, L. J MorrisseyISBN 0050018132 (0-05-001813-2)
Hardcover, Oliver & Boyd
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Writing the Romantic Comedy: The Art and Craft of Writing Screenplays That Sellby Billy MernitISBN 0060195681 (0-06-019568-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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