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In these three plays, García Lorca's acknowledged masterpieces, he searched for a contemporary mode of tragedy and reminded his audience that dramatic poetry-or poetic drama-depends less on formal convention that on an elemental, radical outlook on human life. His images are beautiful and exact, but until now no translator had ever been able to make his characters speak unaffectedly on the American stage. Michael... (more)

Where Are You Now?: A Novel

by Mary Higgins Clark

From America's Queen of Suspense comes a gripping tale of a young woman trying to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy -- a quest with terrifying repercussions. It has been ten years since twenty-one-year-old Charles MacKenzie Jr. ("Mack") went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already accepted at Duke University Law School, he walked out of his apartment on Manhattan's Upper West... (more)

Greek Tragedies Volume 1David Greene

Greek Tragedies Volume 1

by David Greene

Aleja's Beautiful Poetic Strategy in Recovery

Aleja's Beautiful Poetic Strategy in Recovery

by Aleja Bennett

This book is written for the bereaved, neglected, addicted, and the abused. You will embark upon tragedies such as the World Trade Center and New Orleans’ terrible loss. Topics such as forgiveness and a process of healing are all summed up in this poetry. It is now time for change in America and the other parts of the world. We must go from negative to positive, from drugs to no drugs at all. To the alcoholic... (more)

The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition, Second Edition (Slipcased)

The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition, Second Edition (Slipcased)

by William Shakespeare

The best-selling complete Shakespeare in a vibrant new slipcased edition. Lauded on publication in 1997 as the essential Shakespeare for a new generation, The Norton Shakespeare became a bestseller. The text is based on the Oxford Edition, which brings readers closer to Shakespeare's plays as they were first acted than was ever before possible. This Second Edition introduces new scholarship and editorial... (more)

Thousand Shades of Blue (Young Adult Novels) (Young Adult Novels)

Thousand Shades of Blue (Young Adult Novels) (Young Adult Novels)

by Robin Stevenson

A sailing trip to the Caribbean might sound great, but sixteen-year-old Rachel can't stand being trapped on a small boat with her family. She misses her best friend and feels guilty about leaving her older sister Emma, who lives in a group home. Her father is driving her crazy with his schedules and rules, her brother is miserable, and there is never anyone her own age around. Worst of all, there is nowhere to go... (more)

Lipstick Apology

by Jennifer Jabaley

Sometimes a good-bye is just the beginning… When Emily Carson’s parents die in a plane crash, she’s left with nothing but her mother’s last words scrawled in lipstick on a tray table: “Emily, please forgive me.” Now it’s fall and Emily moves to New York City— where she attracts the attention of two very different boys: the cute, popular Owen, and her quirky chemistry partner, Anthony. With the help of some... (more)

A Night to Remember

by Walter Lord

Includes two sections of b&w photo plates; the endpapers show a diagram of the ship. Walter Lord's account of the sinking of the Titanic provides detailed a history of the events, and information on the passengers and crew. 8.5 inches tall, 209 pages, index, passenger list.

The Tragedies of William Shakespeare (Modern Library)

The Tragedies of William Shakespeare (Modern Library)

by William Shakespeare

An appealing collection of the great tragedies of Shakespeare.

The Straits

by Jeremy Craig

He could have saved them. When a hurricane ripped through Florida last year, it leveled high school student Jim Beauregard's house—while his mom and sister were trapped inside. Now "home" is a FEMA trailer, shared with his overweight and disabled aunt. Facing eviction, Jim's got to earn enough money for a new place, fast. But when he loses his construction job after being duped by his nemesis, Hollis... (more)

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Each edition includes: • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play • Scene-by-scene plot summaries • A key to famous lines and phrases • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language • An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play • Illustrations from the Folger... (more)

Tragedies

by William Shakespeare

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) Shakespeare’s four greatest tragedies were written in a remarkably short period of time, between 1598 and 1606. Hamlet , Othello , Macbeth , and King Lear are each so singular an achievement that any rereading of them reinforces the awe and almost idolatrous worship that this most uncanny of the world’s great writers invariably inspires. In these four plays, Shakespeare engages... (more)

The Oxford Book of English Verse

Here is a treasure-house of over seven centuries of English poetry, chosen and introduced by Christopher Ricks, whom Auden described as "exactly the kind of critic every poet dreams of finding." The Oxford Book of English Verse, created in 1900 by Arthur Quiller-Couch and selected anew in 1972 by Helen Gardner, has established itself as the foremost anthology of English poetry: ample in span, liberal in the kinds... (more)

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Three Plays

by Federico García Lorca

Where Are You Now?: A Novel

by Mary Higgins Clark

Greek Tragedies Volume 1

by David Greene

Aleja's Beautiful Poetic Strategy in Recovery

by Aleja Bennett

The Norton Shakespeare: Based on the Oxford Edition, Second Edition (Slipcased)

by William Shakespeare

Thousand Shades of Blue (Young Adult Novels) (Young Adult Novels)

by Robin Stevenson

Lipstick Apology

by Jennifer Jabaley

A Night to Remember

by Walter Lord

The Tragedies of William Shakespeare (Modern Library)

by William Shakespeare

The Straits

by Jeremy Craig

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

Tragedies

by William Shakespeare

The Oxford Book of English Verse