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Vieillir au masculin: accepter le passage du temps
By Hubert De Ravinel. 1997
Voici un livre plain de témoignages vivifiants et stimulants sur le fait de "vieillir au masculin." Selon l'auteur, il s'agit…
"d'une période de vie féconde et créatrice ou l'homme intérieur" pour enfin se libérer et s'épanouir. 1997.Two plays for voices
By Neil Gaiman. 2002
Produced by the Sci-Fi Channel and Seeing Ear Theatre, these two plays are adapted for voice by Neil Gaiman from…
two of his short stories. 2002. Snow glass apples -- Murder mysteries.Twelfth night (SmartPass)
By William Shakespeare, Simon Potter, Phil Viner, Jools Viner. 2006
The lovely Viola disguises herself as a young man and quickly falls in love with the Duke she serves. The…
Duke in turn sends the disguised Viola to woo his lady - the fiesty and impetuous Olivia. Olivia becomes smitten with the young man Viola impersonates, and all careens to a happy resolution by the play's end. For senior high readers. 2006.Toe rubber blues: mid-life thoughts on the prospects of aging
By Tom Allen. 1999
Three plays: The white devil, The Duchess of Malfi [and] The devil's law-case (English Library)
By John Webster, D. C Gunby. 1972
In his introduction to the first of these early-seventeenth-century dramas, The White Devil, Webster predicted his tragedy would endure through…
the ages. In the late twentieth century, it is still performed, together with The Duchess of Malfi. The Devil's Law-Case, a tragicomedy, may be based on Webster's flirtation with law before he took up literature. 1972.Three by Tennessee: Sweet Bird Of Youth; The Rose Tattoo; The Night Of The Iguana
By Tennessee Williams. 1976
Three classic plays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist. In "Sweet Bird of Youth" a gigolo returns to his southern hometown.…
"The Night of the Iguana" is set in a run-down Mexican tourist hotel. In "The Rose Tattoo" a Sicilian widow finds love. Some violence and some strong language. 1976. Uniform title: Plays.This is war
By Hannah Moscovitch. 2013
In this play, Master Corporal Tanya Young, Captain Stephen Hughes, Private Jonny Henderson, and Sergeant Chris Anders have lived through…
an atrocity while holding one of the most volatile regions in Afghanistan. As each of them is interviewed by an unseen broadcasting organization, they recount their version of events leading up to the horrific incident with painful, relenting replies. What begins to form is a picture of the effects of guilt and the psychological toll of violence in a war where the enemy is sometimes indiscernible. c2013.The winter's tale
By William Shakespeare. 1996
King Leontes of Sicilia becomes unjustifiably jealous of his wife, Hermione. The disgraced queen is banished for her attention towards…
Leontes' honourable friend, King Polixenes of Bohemia. Leontes' lack of trust creates disaster in both households, and costs him sixteen years of mourning before things are resolved happily for all. 1996. Written circa 1611.The warmth of the heart prevents your body from rusting: ageing without growing old
By Marie De Hennezel. 2011
The inevitable ageing process does not have to condemn us to solitude, suffering, degradation or dependency. In this meditation on…
ageing, Marie de Hennezel guides us through the true 'art of growing old'. 2011. Uniform title: Chaleur du coeur empêche nos corps de rouiller.The vagina monologues
By Eve Ensler. 2001
These monologues are a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a…
new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a grassroots movement, V-Day, to stop violence against women. Descriptions of sex. 2001.The trials of Ezra Pound
By Timothy Findley. 1995
In 1945, American poet Ezra Pound was accused of treason because of broadcasts made on Italian Radio during World War…
II. Findley's play is about the hearings to establish Pound's mental fitness to stand trial, and is based on transcripts of those hearings. Some strong language. 1995.The tragedy of Richard II (New Folger Library Shakespeare)
By William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A Mowat. 1962
Historical tragedy and study of kingship first performed in the 1590s. Richard II, a weak and ineffectual king, settles a…
quarrel and exiles Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, for ten years. He then seizes Henry's property to finance the Irish wars. Henry returns to claim his inheritance, murders the king's supporters, and imprisons Richard. Henry usurps the throne, but lives in fear until the deposed Richard is no more. 1962. Uniform title: King Richard IIThe three sisters (Dover Thrift Editions Ser.)
By Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. 1993
Olga is an old-maid school teacher, Masha is unhappily married, and Irina works in a telegraph office. The sisters are…
overcome with boredom following the death of their father, commander of a Russian brigade. When their brother marries a country girl who tries to control everyone, the three find a new purpose in life. 1993, c1900. Uniform title: Tri sestry.The taming of the shrew (New Penguin Shakespeare Ser.)
By William Shakespeare, G. R Hibbard. 1968
The summer of a dormouse
By John Mortimer. 2001
In this bitter-sweet account of the onset of old age, John Mortimer's characteristic vivacity shines through as he lunches with…
the old lags and captains of industry at Wormwood Scrubs, contemplates Barbra Streisand's legs and begins to suffer from the afflictions that cast down his father at a similar age. 2001.The sisters Rosensweig
By Wendy Wasserstein. 1993
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author sets this play about three middle-aged Jewish sisters in London in August 1991. The family is…
celebrating the fifty-fourth birthday of the eldest, Sara. Each sister has a successful career and is content with the life she leads. But Sara's plans to remain single may be changed by a guest at the party. 1993.Six million people in the UK, often unnoticed by the rest of us, provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly…
relatives, friends or neighbours. Their job is long, lonely and hard, yet there is limited support and no formal training. As a result, carers suffer frequent damage to physical and mental health. This book is written for them - and also for the rest of us who don't know what being a carer is all about. The book airs such topics as sex, thoughts of murder, and dealing with the responses of friends and officials who fail to understand. 2006.The school for scandal (Longman Study Texts Ser.)
By Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Ray Heath. 1984
The retirement time bomb: how to achieve financial independence in a changing world
By Gordon Pape. 2006
Financial expert Pape explains how to avoid a retirement crisis. Offers strategies for setting realistic goals that will help achieve…
financial security for retirement. Provides advice on pension plans, RRSPs, and government benefits, and includes tax-saving strategies. 2006.The real world?
By Michel Tremblay. 1988
A playwright uses the private lives of his family for material in his dramas. Both the "real" family and the…
writer's more dramatic version are presented on stage simultaneously. Some strong language. 1988. Uniform title: Le vrai monde?