Educational: First / native language: School editions of literature texts
Simon & Schuster Ltd Hilda Must Be Dancing
Book SynopsisNone of her jungle friends can find Hilda Hippo a quieter, less disruptive replacement for dancing, her favorite hobby, until Water Buffalo suggests an activity that allows Hilda to express her dance creativity in a new way.
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SteinerBooks, Inc Winter Awake
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The American Clock
Book SynopsisIt is Mr. Miller''s notion, potentially a great one, that the Baums'' story can help tell the story of America itself during that traumatic era.'NEW YORK TIMESWhen the stock market crashes, the once-financially comfortable Baum family lose everything and are forced to leave their lofty home in Manhattan to live with relatives in Brooklyn: how can their pride, purpose and artistic endeavours survive such a sudden and shocking reversal of fortune?A sweeping, hard-hitting look at the Great Depression of the 1930s, The American Clock is a vaudevillian celebration of American resilience and optimism in the face of national crisis, and was performed on Broadway in 1980.This Methuen Drama Student Edition is edited by Jane K. Dominik, with commentary and notes that explore the play''s production history (including excerpts from interviews with designers of the 1980 Broadway production) as well as the dramatic, thematic and academic debates that surround it.Trade ReviewThis panoramic 1980 play about America during the Great Depression [is] described as “a vaudeville” [and] it shows how the nation’s built-in optimism came up against economic reality ... The play, which combines the texture of despair with a residual hope epitomised in the line “a country can’t just die”, shows just how much the 30s shaped Miller’s artistic imagination. ... It shows [Miller's] enduring capacity to capture the state of a troubled nation. -- Michael Billington * Guardian *The piece serves as a warning from history ... but there’s nothing dusty or dutifully clock-watching about it ... [Miller] billed the show as a “vaudeville”, likened it to a mural – and that gives him a means of pushing out across the nation, giving voice to a chorus of bewilderment, as the banks fail, the bailiffs call, the crops rot, and the air hangs heavy with resentment and revolutionary fervour. Yet swimming amid the tide of acrimony, there’s stoical humour, resilient American optimism and even young romantic love ... [The play feels] eerily up to-the-moment and [serves] as an invaluable reminder of how an economic shock can change a country forever. -- Dominic Cavendish * Daily Telegraph *No 20th-century playwright was more gifted at depicting the downsides of the American dream than Arthur Miller -- Dominic Maxwell * The Times *Frequently magnificent and ... also ... nauseatingly prescient. [The play's] kaleidoscopic vision of an advanced society sleepwalking into an essentially self-inflicted disaster is certainly painfully relevant to Britain’s current interests. ...It’s a powerful, poignant and frequently enlightening journey ... This strange, flawed forgotten play is the most relevant piece of political theatre in town. -- Andrzej Lukowski * Time Out *Table of ContentsCHRONOLOGY COMMENTARY Historical, social and cultural contexts Genre and themes Play as performance Production history Academic debate Behind the scenes Further study PLAY TEXT NOTES
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Hodder Education Plays for Today: With CSEC Study Guide
Book SynopsisTi-Jean and his Brothers was Derek Walcott's first venture into musical plays and is still his most popular work. A lilting St Lucian folk-tale, it tells the story of a poor family who dwell on the edge of a magical forest haunted by the devil's spirits. The brilliance of Walcott's writing draws us into the realms of fantasy where the actual and the miraculous collide.Dennis Scott's An Echo in the Bone is set during a traditional Nine-Night Ceremony held to honour the spirit of the dead. Shattering sequential time in a series of dreamlike episodes the play takes us back to the time of plantations and slavery - and the savage murder of the white estate owner. Who killed Mr. Charles? The answers lie deep in the racial memory, they 'echo in the bone'.The giddy atmosphere of carnival is the setting for Errol Hill's Man Better Man, a rumbustious, colourful comedy musical about stickfighters. With dance and song the battling troubadours and the calypsonian weave a tale of braver, superstition and fraudulence. When first performed the Times described it as 'a blazing electrifying feast of rhythm and colour'.
£17.51
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd Othello - The Student's Shakespeare
Book SynopsisOthello is one of the most powerful of Shakespeare's tragedies. It is a thrilling drama about love and hate, trust and betrayal, jealousy and revenge. With its complex themes, and compelling language, it speaks directly to today's audiences and sparks vigorous debate. This new edition includes the complete text with explanatory notes and a full introduction that describes the setting, summarises the plot and profiles the main characters. It discusses Shakespeare's language and the play's themes, and it gives typical essay and test questions to help students prepare for exams. Angela Sheehan, who introduces the play, is a Shakespeare enthusiast. She has had a distinguished career editing encyclopedias, educational texts and reference books for children, and published The Best-Loved Plays of Shakespeare and the Shakespeare for Everyone series.Table of ContentsIntroduction The republic of Venice The people of Venice Venice at War The Story of Othello and plot outline The play's characters : Othello; Desdemona; Iago; Emilia; Cassio; Roderigo; Brabantia Themes and Language: Jealousy; Racism and Sexism; Wives and daughters; Shakespeare's Language EXAMINING THE PLAY
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Zero to Ten Julius Caesar: Shakespeare for Everyone
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Gordon and Breach The Simpleton
Book SynopsisFirst Published in 2000. The Simpleton, which was written in 1968 and could not be performed for political reasons, saw the light of day only in 1994. Its complex games of power and identity, played out among a group of actors, remain entirely contemporary today. Set in a theatre, The Simpleton, in the age-old tradition of Russian drama, tackles the timeless problems of personal freedom and inner independence. It is anything but a simple play with its complicated chameleon-like nature new levels of reality continually moving in to push their predecessors out of the way. The mystification begins at the outset with the future arsonist, the Fop, prowling through the gall grumbling about the presence of spectators... The Simpleton is unlike anything else that was being written in the Soviet Union at the time and aside from its searing thematic content, it is astonishingly inventive in its theatricality.
£120.00
Gordon and Breach Your Murderer
Book SynopsisFrom Russia comes this ironic, satirical, multi-layered, modern pop-art parable by Vassily Aksyonov. Your Murderer is a richly grotesque hodgepodge of different linguistic levels that defies all rules and mixes a powerful cocktail out of traditional slogans, invented obscentities, foreign words and phrases, terminology from sports and heavy drinking, and pure nonsense. Daniel Gerould is Lucille Lortel Distinguished Professor of Theater and Comparative Literature at the City University of New York. He is the Editor of Slavic and East European Performance and of harwood academic publishers's Polish and East European Theater Archive series. Your Murderer comes from Russia and is an ironic, satirical, multi-layered, modern pop-art parable - richly grotesque and on different linguistic levels. that defies all rules, mixing a powerful cocktail out of traditional slogans, invented obscentities, foreign words and phrases, terminology from sports and heavy drinking, and pure nonsense.
£102.00
Facts On File Inc Critical Companion to Nathaniel Hawthorne
Book SynopsisOffers critical entries on Hawthorne's novels, short stories, travel writing, criticism, and other works, as well as portraits of characters, including Hester Prynne and Roger Chillingworth. This reference also provides entries on Hawthorne's family, friends - ranging from Herman Melville to President Franklin Pierce - publishers, and critics.
£60.00
Chelsea House Publishers F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: New Edition
Book SynopsisSelf-made millionaire Jay Gatsby epitomizes the decadence of the 1920s Jazz Age in this tale of mobility and decline, told with detached curiosity by his neighbor and confidant Nick Carraway. This new edition offers a selection of contemporary critical commentary on this classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also in this volume is an introductory essay by Yale literature professor Harold Bloom, a bibliography, a chronology of Fitzgerald's life, and an index for quick reference.
£38.21
Taylor & Francis Short Plays with Great Roles for Women
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Equestrian Drama
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Equestrian Drama
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Taylor & Francis Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeares Sonnets Soliloquies and Monologues
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Taylor & Francis The SelfCentred Art
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The SelfCentred Art
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Staging Detection
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Staging Detection
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Taylor & Francis Brecht Sourcebook A Critical Anthology Worlds of Performance
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Taylor & Francis A Dream An Excursion to the Museum Routledge Harwood Polish East European Theatre Archive 11 Routledge Harwood Polish East European Theatre Archive S
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Taylor & Francis Award Monologues for Men
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Taylor & Francis Award Monologues for Men
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Taylor & Francis Shakespeares Dramatic Heritage Collected Studies in Mediaeval Tudor and Shakespearean Drama Routledge Library Editions
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Drama Anthology
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Taylor & Francis Jacobean Public Theatre
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Taylor & Francis A Dream
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Baby Beebee Bird
Book Synopsis ''Hooray for the return of the baby beebee bird'' – Kirkus Reviews. It''s night time at the zoo, and all the animals are wide awake. The new baby beebee bird is keeping everyone up with his happy night song. Will they ever get some sleep? In this newly enlarged and full–colour edition, Diane Redfield Massie''s classic story has been lovingly re–illustrated by the award–winning Steven Kellogg, creating a captivating bedtime story that is just as much fun as a visit to the zoo! Ages 3–6
£9.27
HarperCollins Fire Truck
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Magic Toyshop
Book SynopsisFrom the master of the literary supernatural and author of The Bloody Chamber, a startling tale of the redemptive power of physical and emotional love One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next morning her world is shattered. Forced to leave the comfortable home of her childhood, she is sent to London to live with relatives she has never met: Aunt Margaret, beautiful and speechless, and her brothers, Francie, whose graceful music belies his clumsy nature, and the volatile Finn, who kisses Melanie in the ruins of the pleasure gardens. And brooding Uncle Philip loves only the life-sized wooden puppets he creates in his toyshop. This classic gothic novel established Angela Carter as one of our most imaginative writers and augurs the themes of her later creative work.
£13.60
Penguin Putnam Inc Dirty Beasts
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Penguin Books Ltd Apple Farmer Annie
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Penguin Books Ltd Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with
Book SynopsisMiss Bindergarten and her kindergarteners are stepping out of the classroom and going to all sorts of places. Franny gets to decorate a cake at the bakery, Jessie learns to Stop, Drop, and Roll at the fire station, Patricia gets to push the mail at the post office, and all of the kindergarteners read colorful picture books at the library! They even have time to play at the park and have a picnic. Miss Bindergarten's kindergarten is having so much fun!
£7.99
Firebird Outcast of Redwall
Book SynopsisThe Redwall series is soon to be a Netflix original movie!Energetic and poignant as ever, Jacques' Outcast of Redwall is another must-read in the bestselling Redwall series. Abandoned as an infant by his father, the evil warlord Swartt Sixclaw, Veil is raised by the kindhearted Bryony. Despite concerns from everyone at Redwall, Bryony is convinced that Veil's goodness will prevail. But when he commits a crime that is unforgivable, he is banished from the abbey forever. Then Swartt and his hordes of searats and vermin attack Redwall, and Veil has to decide: Should he join Swartt in battle against the only creature who has ever loved him? Or should he turn his back on his true father?Perfect for fans of T. A. Barron’s Merlin saga, John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series, and J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series.
£10.44
Penguin Random House Australia This is the House that Jack Built
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Penguin Random House Australia Fannys Dream Picture Puffin Books
Book SynopsisIn this inventive take on the traditional Cinderella tale, Fanny Agnes is a sturdy farm girl with a big dream. Someday, she believes, she will marry a prince. When the town mayor announces he is throwing a grand ball, Fanny is convinced her time has come. She puts on her best calico dress and goes out to the garden so that she'll be ready when her fairy godmother arrives. As the seconds tick by, Fanny waits and waits. Finally, she hears a voice. It isn't her fairy godmother-but it is someone who will change her life forever.
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Harcourt Children's Books I Aint Gonna Paint No More Ala Notable Childrens
Book SynopsisIn the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places.
£16.19
Gulliver Books Andy and Tamika
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Random House USA Inc Hoot
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Penguin Putnam Inc What Pete Ate from A to Z
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Penguin Young Readers Group I Wanna Iguana
Book SynopsisAlex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts his arguments in writing. He promises that she won't have to feed it or clean its cage or even see it if she doesn't want to. Of course Mom imagines life with a six-foot-long iguana eating them out of house and home. Alex's reassurances: It takes fifteen years for an iguana to get that big. I'll be married by then and probably living in my own house. and his mom's replies: How are you going to get a girl to marry you when you own a giant reptile? will have kids in hysterics as the negotiations go back and forth through notes. And the lively, imaginative illustrations show their polar opposite dreams of life with an iguana.
£13.29
Penguin Putnam Inc Holy Enchilada 6
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Houghton Mifflin Uncommon Traveler Mary Kingsley in Africa
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Houghton Mifflin Ducky
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Cengage Learning, Inc TwentyOne Elephants and Still Standing
Book SynopsisUpon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, P.T. Barnum and his twenty- one elephants parade across to prove to everyone that the bridge is safe.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Corduroys Valentines Day
Book SynopsisJoin this classic teddy bear for a Valentine’s Day celebration. It''s almost February 14th, so Corduroy and his friends decide to celebrate Valentine''s Day by making their own beautiful cards. Then Corduroy walks to the mailbox and sends his letters. When he gets home, he finds a wonderful surprise--special valentines just for him! This brightly colored, festively shaped board book is perfect for the youngest fans of Corduroy, one of the best-loved characters in children''s books for fifty years.
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Random House Children's Books Junie B Jones Smells Something Fishy 12 Stepping Stone Books
Book Synopsis“Hilarious. Barbara Park makes reading fun.” —Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man Barbara Park’s #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty-five years. Over 65 million copies sold! Meet the World’s Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! There’s going to be a pet day at school, only guess what? No dogs allowed! And that’s the only kind of pet Junie B. has! If Mother and Daddy won’t buy her a new pet, Junie B. will just have to find one on her own. Like maybe a jar of ants. Or a wiggly worm. Or—could it be—something even better? USA Today: “Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set.” Publishers Weekly: “Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.—a
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc How Many Stars in the Sky
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Roses are Pink Your Feet Really Stink
Book SynopsisThis Valentine''s Day favorite read-aloud will prompt lots of giggles, as well as discussions on kindness and forgiveness.Gilbert is all set to write fifteen friendly valentine cards to his classmates. But how can he write a nice poem for the boy who tweaked his nose, or the girl who made fun of his glasses? Instead, Gilbert writes two not-so-nice valentines...and signs the wrong name on both!When his classmates read his poems, their feelings are hurt, and Gilbert''s prank quickly turns into pandemonium. But with the help of a friend and an honest apology, there''s always time for a change of heart on Valentine''s Day.
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