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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.Murmuring judges
By David Hare. 1993
Takes a three-tiered view of a single instance of British "justice": the trial, conviction and appeal process of a dubiously…
guilty accomplice to a theft and kidnapping attack. The case is examined from the point of view of the police, the lawyers and the judges, as well as from inside the prison system. 1993.Mrs. Adams in winter: a journey in the last days of Napoleon
By Michael O'Brien. 2010
Bancroft Prize-winning British historian re-creates the forty-day journey by Louisa Catherine Adams and her seven-year-old son from St. Petersburg, Russia,…
to Paris during the winter of 1815. Provides an in-depth look at the early life of the future American first lady, wife of John Quincy Adams. 2010.Mort d'un commis voyageur: pièce en deux actes (Bibliothèque pavillons .)
By Arthur Miller, Raymond Gerome. 2009
Amérique, années quarante. WIlly Loman, voyageur de commerce qui a fait les beaux jours de son entreprise se retrouve rétrogradé…
en bas de l'échelle quand ses patrons jugent qu'il n'est plus rentable. Après 36 ans de maison, la nouvelle le terrasse. Il fait tout ce qu'il peut pour se maintenir à flots mais on assiste, impuissants, à la mort attendue de Willy Loman. 2009.Monologues du vagin (Le rayon gay)
By Eve Ensler, Christine Barbaste. 2005
Un petit livre magique de poésie, d'humour, de force, de vérité. À mettre entre toutes les mains, femmes ou hommes,…
jeunes ou vieux. Pour apprendre à ne plus avoir peur de parler de ce foutu vagin! Mais surtout pour une belle réflexion sur ce que c'est d'être une femme. Beaucoup de langage grossier. 2005. Titre uniforme: The vagina monologues.L'intimité: théâtre
By Emma Haché. 2003
Onze tableaux et sept personnages pour conter l'histoire d'un couple improbable: une jeune Allemande et un soldat canadien que leur…
désarroi a uni le temps de faire un enfant et que les caprices promotionnels d'un politicien réunit à nouveau. Cette seconde pièce d'une auteure d'origine acadienne a reçu, en 2003, la Prime à la création du Fonds Gratien Gélinas. Prix du Gouverneur général (théâtre). 2004. 2003.Le visiteur: [théâtre] (Actes Sud-Papiers)
By Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. 1994
À Vienne, en 1938, alors que les Allemands ont envahissent l'Autriche et persécutent les Juifs, Anna Freud est conduite à…
la Gestapo pour un interrogatoire. Désespéré, son père, le célèbre psychanalyste, reçoit alors la visite d'un étrange visiteur qui prétend être Dieu... Une pièce humoristique qui fut maintes fois saluée par la critique et couronnée de nombreux prix. 1994.Anéantis: [théâtre] (Scène ouverte)
By Sarah Kane, Lucien Marchal. 1998
Dictionnaire insolite de la Norvège ((Dictionnaire insolite).)
By Ingrid Van Houdenhove, Simon Descamps. 2014
" Si à Oslo règne Harald V, la vraie souveraineté en Norvège est bien celle de la nature. Cliché ?…
Réalité ! L'outdoor s'enseigne à l'école. Les Sâmes continuent à élever des rennes mais ont leur parlement depuis 1989. Se rendre en Norvège, c'est avant tout rencontrer un mode de vie original, où le repas chaud se prend à 17 heures et où la pizza surgelée est élevée au rang de plat national. On s'y régale de fromage brun, d'oeufs et de langue de morue tandis que le saumon n'est pas un plat de fête. On peut aussi planter sa tente partout ou dormir dans des hôtels de glace... " -- 4e de couv.Mingan my village
By Solange Messier. 2014
"Mingan my village" is a collection of 15 faces and 15 poems written by young Innu. Given a platform to…
be heard, the children chose to transport readers far away from the difficulties and problems related to their realities to see the beauty that surrounds them in nature. Winner of the 2013 Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec (5-11 years category). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2014.Miles away: a walk across France
By Miles Morland. 1992
In 1989 Miles Morland gave up his high-pressure job in the London office of a Wall Street firm--with no specific…
plans for the future. His wife Guislaine, whom he had divorced and remarried, suggested they walk across southern France. Morland recounts their preparations for the trip, their blistering trek, the French history they learned, the side trips they made, and their delight in being together. Some strong language. 1992.Megève, un roman d'amour (Memoires - Temoignages - Biographies Ser. #Vol. 6089742)
By Nadine De Rothschild. 2004
Memory serves and other essays (Writer as critic ; #13)
By Lee Maracle. 2015
Gathers together the oratories that author Maracle has delivered and performed over a twenty-year period. Revised for publication, the lectures…
hold the features and style of oratory intrinsic to the Salish people in general and the Stó:lō in particular. From her Coast Salish perspective and with great eloquence, Maracle shares her knowledge of Stó:lō history, memory, philosophy, law, spirituality, feminism and the colonial condition of her people. 2015. Uniform title: Essays.Medicine unbundled: a journey through the minefields of indigenous health care
By Gary Geddes. 2017
Me artsy: an exploration and deconstruction of the Aboriginal artistic spirit as seen and practised through various art forms that demonstrate reflections on society through an indigenous perspective, including talents not just limited to those considered
By Drew Hayden Taylor, Zacharias Kunuk. 2015
While First Nations cultural practice still honours traditional forms, contemporary indigenous artists have diversified into many areas. The fourteen contributors…
whose essays make up "Me Artsy" pursue such varied disciplines as filmmaking, gourmet cuisine, blues piano, fashion design, acting, writing and painting as well as traditional drumming and storytelling. Their concerns include the ones that occupy artists everywhere—how does one get started, where do you find inspiration, how does one make a living. What makes "Me Artsy" special is that all these concerns are always overlaid with an awareness of First Nations identity. 2015.Mediterranean: portrait of a sea
By Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford. 1971
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.La cité des anges déchus
By John Berendt, Pierre Brévignon. 2007
Un peu à la manière de " Minuit dans le jardin du bien et du mal ", un portait de…
Venise à l'occasion de l'incendie qui détruisit le théâtre de La Fenice le 1er février 1996. À mi-chemin entre le reportage et le journal de voyage, une évocation envoutante de la Sérénissime nourrie de quelque dix ans de fréquentation et qui s'achève, comme il se doit, avec la réouverture de La Fenice. Quelques descriptions de violence. 2007. Titre uniforme: The city of falling angels.London for the independent traveler
By Ruth Humleker. 1987
A series of ten three-day walking tours of the British capital, each geared to the interests of the art lover,…
the royalty watcher, the shopper, the reader of literature and others. 1987.Taylor has spent years traversing every corner of London, getting to know its people, including the voice of the London…
Underground, a West End rickshaw driver, an East End nightclub doorperson, a mounted soldier of the Queen's Life Guard at Buckingham Palace, and a couple who fell in love at the Tower of London - and now live there. Rich and poor, old and young, native and immigrant, men and women (and even a Sarah who used to be a George) - share tales that capture the city. Includes sex, violence and strong language. 2012.