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Pregnancy and childbirth, Reference
The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians covers everything you need to make the thrilling and challenging journey to motherhood:… from choosing a donor to tracking fertility to signing the right papers on the dotted lines. Rachel Pepper's lively, easy-to-read guide is the first place to go for up-to-date information and sage advice on everything from sex in the sixth month to negotiating family roles. Why a second edition? When the acclaimed first edition appeared, the author's daughter was only a few months old. This new edition takes into account the parenting know-how Pepper has developed over the intervening six years, as well as the evolving legal status of lesbian parents, and the increasing importance of the Internet for information on fertility, sperm banks, and donors. The resource section is greatly expanded, as are the sections on each trimester of pregnancy, on childbirth, and on life with a newborn. And Pepper provides more insight into preconception planning for both single lesbians and couples. An indispensable resource, The Ultimate Guide to Pregnancy for Lesbians is now bigger and better.
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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A R Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel The legendary Pelican… Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare s time an introduction to the individual play and a detailed note on the text used Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A R Braunmuller these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series edited by Alfred Harbage appeared between 1956 and 1967 With definitive texts and illuminating essays the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students teachers and theater professionals for many years to come For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world With more than 1 800 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators
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Law and crime biography, Biography, United States history, Native peoples
The author was a businessman from New York who got tired of the Big City life and was… unhappy for some time He decided to move as far away from that environment Taking only his dog some gear and an open heart he travelled to Canada During this trip he found an island of epic beauty and decided to purchase it His story tells of his difficulty trying to adapt to such the harsh environment The local population were Native Americans who gave him the name Crazy White Man for making the changes that he did Dick Morenus New York radio and magazine writer took to the Ontario bush country to shed his ulcers After writing this hilarious account of his six-year transition from tenderfoot to woodsman-guide he returned to city life to teach write and lecture CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- As a story of the indomitable spirit of men and women pitted against the overwhelming forces of nature Crazy-White-Man is an inspiring one as a tale of pure adventure it will be hard to put down a book that is a little classic of the rugged life CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR -- one of the best tales of escape from city pressures It is a vivid close-up of the Ontario bush--written down with the vividness and gaiety of a man who knew he was free NEW YORK TIMES -- Respect for Mr Morenus courage and hardihood grows with every page we read it emerges as a valuable addition to the small number of books about the Canadian bush COLORADO SPRINGS FREE PRESS -- Anyone from young to old who has wanted to toss the soft life of today into the discard and live as our ancestors did will enjoy this book To those who have lived under frontier conditions it will be equally refreshing--and that cannot be said for many of this type
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Drama, Criticism, Arts and entertainment
This is the first book to survey comprehensively the field of Elizabethan and Jacobean citizen comedy Most studies of… the period focus on major authors this one follows recurring themes and motifs through a variety of plays by many authors from the moralizing comedies of the boys companies Professor Leggatt provides not only a fresh perspective on familiar plays by such figures as Jonson Middleton and Dekker but also a new look at a number of neglected comedies some by unfamiliar authors some by major authors working together Standard figures the usurer the prodigal and the prostitute and standard plots notably intrigues based on money or sex or both are traced to show the changes that occur in apparently stereotyped material at the hands of individual authors The result is to display the range and internal variety of a genre that too often is seen as all of a piece and to show the different ways in which social thinking can interact with the demands and comic form This book will interest students of Renaissance English drama both for its treatment of a neglected type of play and for its comments on individual citizen comedies Those who are concerned with drama as a vehicle for social commentary will find many points for discussion
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General fiction, Suspense and thrillers, Drama
Two of Tennessee Williams s most revered dramas in a single paperback edition for the first time Orpheus Descending… is a love story a plea for spiritual and artistic freedom as well as a portrait of racism and intolerance When charismatic drifter Valentine Xavier arrives in a Mississippi Delta town with his guitar and snakeskin jacket he becomes a trigger for hatred and a magnet for three outcast souls storekeeper Lady Torrance lewd vagrant Carol Cutrere and religious visionary Vee Talbot Suddenly Last Summer described by its author as a short morality play has become one of his most notorious works due in no small part to the film version starring Elizabeth Taylor Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift that shocked audiences in 1959 A menacing tale of madness jealousy and denial the horrors in Suddenly Last Summer build to a heart-stopping conclusion With perceptive new introductions by playwright Martin Sherman -- he reframes Orpheus Descending in a political context and explores the psychology and sensationalism surrounding Suddenly Last Summer -- this volume also offers Williams s related essay The Past the Present and the Perhaps and a chronology of the playwright s life and works
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The Persians is an Athenian tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus First produced in 472 BC it… is the oldest surviving play in the history of theatre It dramatises the Persian response to news of their military defeat at the Battle of Salamis 480 BC which was a decisive episode in the Greco-Persian Wars as such the play is also notable for being the only extant Greek tragedy that is based on contemporary events
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Multi-cultural fiction, Family stories, General fiction, Drama
Prospero s Daughter is a brilliantly conceived retelling of Shakespeare s The Tempest set in a remote corner of the… author s native Trinidad during the height of tensions between Trinidadians and British Colonial rule Above all it is the story of a boy and a girl who form an unlikely and forbidden alliance to uncover a terrible secret
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General fiction, Drama
In Vichy France in 1942 eight men and a boy are seized by the collaborationist authorities and made to… wait in a building that may be a police station Some of them are Jews All of them have something to hide-if not from the Nazis then from their fellow detainees and inevitably from themselves For in this claustrophobic antechamber to the death camps everyone is guilty And perhaps none more so than those who can walk away alive In Incident at Vichy Arthur Miller re-creates Dante s hell inside the gaping pit that is our history and populates it with sinners whose crimes are all the more fearful because they are so recognizable One of the most important plays of our time Incident at Vichy returns the theater to greatness -The New York Times
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Law and crime biography, Biography, United States history, Native peoples
This is the follow-up novel to John H Culp s highly successful Born of the Sun containing many… of the central characters of the earlier novel--particularly the Kid and the rough-and-ready crew of the Tail End Ranch of North-west Texas Readers will be taken on more wild-and-woolly adventures and are in for an even more exciting dramatic spree in the thundering danger-filled pages of The Restless Land Piles dramatic scene upon dramatic scene until the reader is left breathless --Chicago Sunday Tribune THE RESTLESS LAND should be a pleasure to readers of --Kirkus Service Like its predecessor THE RESTLESS LAND is agreeable to read an entertaining story of cowhands Indians and other members of a frontier community with its abundance of roughhousing murder and legitimate killing in range and Indian conflicts --Library Journal Crowded with stirring conflict and colorful characters THE RESTLESS LAND finishes with a spectacular climax that will bring readers to their cheering feet --Dallas Morning News THE RESTLESS LAND IS A GRIPPING TALE --Nashville Banner
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Native peoples, Sports and games
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Born to Run tells you what you need to… know—before or after you read Christopher McDougall’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Born to Run by Christopher McDougall includes: Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsDetailed timeline of key eventsImportant quotesFascinating triviaGlossary of termsSupporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work About Born to Run by Christopher McDougall: Christopher McDougall’s New York Times–bestselling Born to Run brought the underground sport of distance running to the forefront of American conversation, spurring trends like barefoot running and chia seeds’ recognition as a superfood. Centering around two long-distance races, the second of which McDougall intends to run, the book is written in a distinctly Gonzo journalism–style. The author focuses on the Tarahumara, an ancient tribe of runners that lives isolated in Mexico’s Copper Canyons, but he also pulls in plenty of other characters, past and present, and explores the biological reasons we are all born to run. The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.
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Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work. First published by Yale University… Press in 1956, it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1957 and has since sold more than one million copies. This edition, which includes a new foreword by Harold Bloom, coincides with a new production of the play starring Brian Dennehy, which opens in Chicago in January 2002 and in New York in April.
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Native peoples history, History, Customs and cultures, Native peoples
Most books dealing with North American Indigenous peoples are exhaustive in coverage. They provide in-depth discussion of various culture areas… which, while valuable, sometimes means that the big picture context is lost. This book offers a corrective to that trend by providing a concise, thematic overview of the key issues facing Indigenous peoples in North America, from prehistory to the present. It integrates a culture area analysis within a thematic approach, covering archaeology, traditional lifeways, the colonial era, and contemporary Indigenous culture. Muckle also explores the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and anthropologists with rigor and honesty. The result is a remarkably comprehensive book that provides a strong grounding for understanding Indigenous cultures in North America.
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Christian fiction, Historical fiction, Drama
Sophocles addresses themes of civil disobedience fidelity and love for family and questions which law is greater… the gods or man s--in this play that challenged many established mores of Ancient Greece
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United States history, Archaeology, Native peoples
Taking an archaeological perspective on the past Jeffrey S Girard traces native human habitation in northwest Louisiana from… the end of the last Ice Age through the formation of the Caddo culture in the tenth century BCE to the early nineteenth century Employing the results of recent scientific investigations The Caddos and Their Ancestors depicts a distinct and dynamic population spanning from precolonial times to the dawn of the modern era Girard grounds his research in the material evidence that defined Caddo culture long before the appearance of Europeans in the late seventeenth century Reliance solely on documented observations by explorers and missionaries which often reflect a Native American population with a static past propagates an incomplete account of history By using specific archaeological techniques Girard reveals how the Caddos altered their lives to cope with ever-changing physical and social environments across thousands of years This illuminating approach contextualizes the remnants of houses mounds burials tools ornaments and food found at Native American sites in northwest Louisiana Through ample descriptions and illustrations of these archaeological finds Girard deepens understanding of the social organization technology settlement art and worldviews of this resilient society This long-overdue examination of an often-overlooked cultural force provides a thorough yet concise history of the 14 000 years the Caddo people and their predecessors survived and thrived in what is now Louisiana
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Animals and wildlife, United States history, Native peoples
Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie came back from their adventure in Magic Tree House… #53: Shadow of the Shark, they had lots of questions. How many teeth do sharks have? What is their favorite food? What are some other top predators? How do they keep life in balance? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts about sharks and other predators. Filled with up-to-date information, photographs, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the nonfiction Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discover in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet Common Core text-pairing needs. Have more fun with Jack and Annie on the Magic Tree House website at MagicTreeHouse.com!
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United States history, General non-fiction, Native peoples
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When… Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #27: Thanksgiving on Thursday, they had lots of questions. What was it like to sail on the Mayflower? Why did the Pilgrims choose Plymouth? How did they survive in their new home? What did they really eat at the first Thanksgiving? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts. Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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United States history, United States travel and geography, Native peoples
Native Americans like Squanto provided good fortune for the Pilgrims of colonial America During this period tensions were… high between Europeans and the Native Americans in present-day Massachusetts Squanto Samoset and Hobbamock served as interpreters and ambassadors establishing peaceful alliances between these two groups
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Plagued by the success of his first book and haunted by his past Sin Hwang arrives in Hong Kong… with some unusual cargo and a lot of emotional baggage Featuring a surreal cast of characters from a foul-mouthed Paddington Bear to a wisecracking Buddhist monk this sharply comedic and heartbreakingly poignant tale of self familial and spiritual discovery reflects the cycles from which we must all break free as we find our way
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It s been over twenty years since Guy ditched his high-school sweetheart Gloria at the prom and… they haven t spoken since Now he s a failed LA lawyer divorced and working at his brother s resort in the Muskokas When a wedding conveniently brings Gloria to the resort for a weekend Guy is determined to keep his distance But their high-school friends Eva Leslie and Peggy and Peggy s mom Jessie the crew s former teacher decide to play matchmakers and reconnect the long-split pair Between the reunion of old friends each with their own surprises Gloria and Guy are pushed together learning the power of forgiveness the warmth of opening up to someone and the possibilities of a rewritten future
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In Up the Garden Path Rosa a young Barbadian seamstress offers to pose as her brother to… go to the Niagara Region in Ontario to work There she meets an aspiring actress obsessed with Joan of Arc the ghost of a black Loyalist soldier who wants to die and a boss who can t keep the starlings away from his failing vineyard Finding it impossible to ignore their demands but not wanting to be found out and sent home Rosa has to stop and figure out what she really wants instead of what everyone around her needs Based on Bernard Shaw s short story The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God follows a black girl who is abandoned by a white missionary for asking too many questions Taking matters into her own hands the Black Girl sets off to find out who or what God really is Along the way she meets a number of characters who have very different views on God but the Black Girl s unrelenting questions create conflict and in the end she s forced to make her own decisions on God and her search