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Arab and Jew: wounded spirits in a promised land
By David K Shipler. 1986
The author, a 'New York Times' Jerusalem correspondent, looks at the Israeli people who lead lives complicated by long histories,…
bitter feuds and complex identities. He also discusses the stereotypes the Arabs and Jews have of each other, and the fears those images evoke. 1987 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. c1986.The homecoming: [a play]
By Harold Pinter. 1965
Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun
By Rhoda Blumberg. 1985
Invincible Louisa: the story of the author of Little women
By Cornelia Meigs. 1968
Death of a salesman: certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem
By Arthur Miller. 1949
A modern drama which indicts the optimism and materialism of American society. Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, experiences a profound…
sense of failure as he recognizes signs of aging in himself and decides to take stock of his accomplishments. Pulitzer Prize winner. Originally written in 1949. Textbook format. 1949.Long day's journey into night
By Eugene O'Neill. 1955
An autobiographical play set in 1912 in the summer home of a theatrical family isolated from the community by a…
kind of ingrown misery and a sense of doom. Realistic and moving, this work was found in manuscript among the papers left after the playwright's death in 1953. 1956, c1955.The teahouse of the August moon
By John Patrick. 1957
Captain Fisby is presented with two geishas in return for a favour, and persuades the Colonel that the American way…
is not the only way. A comedy in three acts, adapted from the novel about U.S. troop occupation of Okinawa during World War II. 1957.Amos Fortune: free man
By Elizabeth Yates. 1950
Amos Fortune was a prince in the At-mun-shi tribe in Africa. He was captured by slave traders, brought to Massachusetts…
and sold at auction when he was fifteen years old. He never lost his dignity and courage but dreamed of being free and buying the freedom of his closest friends. His dreams finally came true when he was sixty years old. A Newbery Award book. Grades 3-6. 1950.The Gutenberg galaxy: the making of typographic man
By Marshall McLuhan. 1977
Controversial when first published, this classic book theorizes that the invention of printing has shaped our lives. McLuhan looks at…
politics, economics, philosophy, literature and post-Newtonian physics. Winner of the 1962 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. c1962, 1977.A guide to understanding the Indian Act and its impact on generations of Indigenous Peoples, as well as an examination…
of how Indigenous Peoples can return to self-government, self-determination, and self-reliance. Bestseller. Winner of the 2019 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award. 2018.