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The century
By Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster. 1998
Researched and compiled by the staff of ABC News, this chronicle of the twentieth century charts changes in popular attitudes…
in the United States and describes key events in other countries as they affected the American worldview. Personal interviews and a series of story-filled essays provide a "coherent picture of a remarkable time." Bestseller. 1998.King Lear
By William Shakespeare. 2002
A tragedy concerning a petulant king and his three daughters. Amid the political action, Lear is taken in by false…
avowals of love from two of his daughters, and disinherits his third because of her refusal to flatter him. This is a fully dramatised version. Believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606. 2002.Peter Shaffer's Amadeus
By Peter Shaffer. 1981
A play inspired by music and death revolves around the bitter jealousy of Antonio Salieri, the court composer who played…
second fiddle to the more brilliant Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Some strong language. c1981. Uniform title: AmadeusMissing, porté disparu
By Thomas Hauser. 1982
Un journaliste américain vivant au Chili est arrêté chez lui quelques jours après le coup d'état de 1973. Un mois…
plus tard son cadavre sera identifié à la morgue de Santiago. Sa femme et son père veulent faire toute la lumière sur cette affaire. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1982. Titre uniforme: Execution of Charles Horman.Much ado about nothing
By William Shakespeare. 1996
The proud would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick circle each other warily, and as they draw closer and closer to their…
inevitable union, their scathing witticisms and sly innuendoes reach a feverish intensity that befits the passionate longing they both vainly seek to deny. First publicly acted prior to 1600. c1996.Much ado about nothing (New Folger Library Shakespeare Ser.)
By William Shakespeare, Barbara A Mowat, Paul Werstine. 1995
First performed in 1598, this comedy in five acts concerns two pairs of lovers. Before Hero and Claudio can find…
happiness together, they must sort out the complications of Don John's false accusations. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Benedick match wits and fall in love. Includes notes and explanatory essays. 1995.Measure for measure (The new Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
By William Shakespeare, James Mansfield Nosworthy. 1968
When Vincentio leaves the city government in the hands of Judge Angelo, the laws against fornication, which had been loosely…
enforced, are now more strictly observed. When a young couple is caught expecting a child out of wedlock the man is sentenced to death. Vincentio is disguised as a friar to spy on the doings in his city and aids in a plan to stop Angelo. 1973, c1604.Henry V: the life of Henry the Fifth (Plays (Nick Hern Books))
By William Shakespeare, Nick De Somogyi. 2001
Historical drama. The newly ascended king of England first deals with three suspected traitors. Then, on a pretext, Henry invades…
France to claim the throne. After his victory in the battle of Agincourt, there is a huge celebration, and Henry turns his attention to his courtship of Catherine of France, as two knaves and a braggart provide comic relief. 2001, c1599.Kiss of the spider woman (Arena Bks.)
By Manuel Puig, Thomas Colchie. 1984
Compiled together for the first time, here are three plays by Argentine novelist and playwright Manuel Puig, who died in…
1990. The centrepiece of the volume is Puig's "Kiss of the Spider Woman", made into an acclaimed film starring William Hurt. Also included are the compelling works "Under a mantle of stars" and "Mystery of the rose bouquet". 1984. Uniform title: Beso de la mujer araña.Julius Caesar (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
By 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.In the footsteps of Alexander the Great: a journey from Greece to Asia
By Michael Wood. 1997
Michael Wood retraces the 2000 mile journey from Greece to India, made by Alexander the Great. In an account based…
on a range of sources as diverse as medieval travellers' narratives, satellite photography and eye-witness reports, momentous events of the past are interwoven with present day reality. 1997.In search of the Trojan War
By Michael Wood. 1985
The tale of the siege of Troy is perhaps the greatest non-religious story ever told. It has haunted the western…
imagination for nearly 3000 years, and the story of the modern quest for the reality behind Homer's epic has its own excitement: was there ever an actual siege of Troy? Did Helen, Agamemnon, Paris and all the other larger-than-life characters really exist? This is the story of the men who were determined to find out. 1985.In search of the Dark Ages
By Michael Wood. 1981
I think you're totally wrong: a quarrel
By David Shields, Powell Caleb. 2014
An impassioned, funny, probing, fiercely inconclusive, nearly-to-the-death debate about life and art - beers included. Caleb Powell always wanted to…
become an artist, but he overcommitted to life, whereas his former professor David Shields always wanted to become a human being, but he overcommitted to art. They spend four days at a cabin in the Cascade Mountains, playing chess, shooting hoops, hiking; they rewatch My Dinner with André and The Trip, relax in a hot tub, and talk about everything they can think of in the name of exploring and debating life and art, marriage, family, sports, sex, happiness, drugs, death, betrayal - and, of course, writers and writing. 2014.Doubt: a parable
By 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.Grass beyond the mountains: discovering the last great cattle frontier on the North American continent
By Richmond P Hobson. 1951
In the fall of 1934, three cowhands with a dream of owning a cattle ranch made their way from peaceful…
Wyoming to the harsh, uncharted territory of the British Columbian interior. In conditions as challenging as any encountered by the western frontier pioneers of a hundred years earlier, the three men and their equipment-laden horses conquered the tortuous miles over narrow passes and mountain summits, hewed their first cabin from virgin timber, and attempted to carve out a space for themselves on the unforgiving landscape. Followed by "Nothing too good for a cowboy". 1951.Canada: a people's history, volume two
By Don Gillmor, Pierre Turgeon, Achille Michaud. 2001
Beginning with the Riel Rebellion and ending with the confrontation between the Mohawk and the army at Oka, Quebec, in…
1990, Volume II covers more than a hundred years of change and development in Canada. It deals with the two world wars, the Depression years, and Canada's adjustments to the post-war world and the arrival of wave after wave of immigrants. Also examined are the political changes, including the eruption of nationalism in Quebec, women's long fight for equal rights, and the creation of Canadians' most cherished social service: universal health care. 2001.Canada: a people's history, volume one
By Don Gillmor, Pierre Turgeon. 2000
Based on the CBC series of the same name, this work covers the history of Canada from the earliest days…
to the 1870's. Described are explorers, adventurers, settlers, native peoples, leaders, the ordinary people of the land, and their contributions. Major events, including wars and the Riel rebellion, are also discussed. Some violence. Uniform title: Canada (Television program)As you like it (Shakespeare, Penguin Ser.)
By William Shakespeare, H. J Oliver. 1968
A pastoral comedy set primarily in the forest of Arden. A duke is exiled by his cruel brother, who later…
banishes his daughter as well. The action switches from the count to the forest where the exiles and friends wander in a maze of romances and mixed identities. For Senior High readers. 1968, c1599.An inspector calls (SmartPass)
By Phil Viner, Jools Viner, J. B Priestley, Gil Maine, Jonathan Lomas. 2006
Peel away the layers of Priestley's complex drama to appreciate this powerful warning play, wrapped up in the genre of…
a gripping detective story, to truly understand that "We don't live alone. We are members of one body". For senior high readers. 2006, c1945.