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Abe Koogler Selected Plays (Methuen Drama Play Collections)
by Abe Koogler“Koogler's characters are earnest, idiosyncratic, and suspicious of hierarchy. Often bitingly funny, Koogler's plays…reveal larger truths about the economic and racial systems under which we all live.” (The Yale Review)Abe Koogler writes darkly comedic plays about ordinary Americans confronting larger political and economic forces, from small town residents grappling with environmental change to slaughterhouse workers trying to retain their humanity. Although grounded in realism, Koogler's plays often incorporate imaginary elements and heightened or musical language, creating moving and memorable works of art.In his first play collection, Koogler's work is brought together and introduced by the author, offering an overview of his range in style, from the naturalistic to the absurd.Deep Blue Sound: “If anything links all of these people, it is an aching loneliness. That they are trying to figure out what happened to orcas, which are remarkably social animals, is among the nice touches that Koogler has sneaked into his group portrait.” (New York Times)Fulfillment Center: “steeped in a luminous and illuminating empathy that feels both uncommon and essential right now.” (New York Times)Aspen Ideas: A fast-paced and darkly comedic thriller about an annual conference of the famous and well-connected, held high in the Colorado mountains.Kill Floor: “Melancholy and moving. A very closely, and often quite beautifully, observed character study.” (Chicago Tribune)Advance Man: Ripe with experimental language, movement and absurdism, a surprising comedy exploring what it means to be a politically engaged American.
Abela: The Girl Who Saw Lions
by Berlie Doherty"Be strong, my Abela."These are the last words of Abela's mother in their HIV/Aids stricken African village, where it seems that to live or to die, to be sick or to be healthy, is just a matter of chance. It takes all Abela's strength to survive her Uncle Thomas's scheming to get to Europe, but what will be her fate as an illegal immigrant?"I don't want a sister or brother," thinks Rosa in England, when her mother tells her that she wants to adopt a child. Could these two girls ever become sisters? Is there room in Rosa's family for an African orphan haunted by lions? Is there room in their hearts?Abela is a powerful and moving story influenced by a visit to Africa, from the Carnegie Medal-winning author Berlie Doherty writing at her very best.
Abel's Daughter: A Handful Of Silver
by Meg HutchinsonA dramatic tale of a wronged woman who rises above adversity to grasp love and happiness at last. For fans of Josephine Cox and Catherine Cookson.Shocked beyond measure at her wrongful imprisonment, Phoebe Pardoe finds it hard to adjust to the harshness of life in the infamous Handsworth Prison. Abused and beaten, she struggles to maintain her unconquered spirit, little suspecting that her arrest is the work of her jealous Aunt Annie.Phoebe has a guardian angel in the form of Sir William Dartmouth, who eventually engineers her release. But even so, cruelly disinherited, Phoebe must strive to make a living for herself in a man's world. Especially as Annie has not given up her perverse quest for revenge...
Abel's Daughter
by Meg HutchinsonShe will fight for her father's legacy against those determined to destroy her... Abel Pardoe's daughter Phoebe is young and in love, doted on by her mine owner father and engaged to be married to the handsome and charming Montrose Wheeler. But when Abel is killed in a freak accident Phoebe's whole world quickly crumbles around her. Still grieving, she is stunned to be convicted of a crime she didn't commit. The product of a gilded upbringing, Phoebe finds it hard to adjust to the harsh cruelty of life in the infamous Handsworth Prison. A sentence that would be even harder to bear if she knew that someone close to home had engineered her imprisonment. On her release, Phoebe vows that one day she will count for something and so she returns to the canal side house she bought with money from her grandmother, determined to help those less fortunate than herself. But little does she know, her hidden enemy is still set on revenge...
Abel's Island (Newbery Award And Honor Bks.)
by William SteigWinner of the Newbery Medal and Honor: a heartwarming tale of one mouse's struggle to go home, with delightful illustrations by the authorAbel has been happily married to Amanda for over a year. He has a comfortable home, an allowance from his mother, and no reason to worry. But one summer afternoon, a sudden storm blows away Amanda's scarf. Abel rushes after it – and is swept away by the wind.When he finally comes to rest, he finds himself marooned on an uninhabited island. Ever resourceful, he is sure he will escape. He tries everything – bridges, boats, catapults, stepping stones – but gradually comes to realise that there is no way out...As the winter draws in, the canny mouse must endure hunger, danger, and the ever-present threat of an owl with nasty intentions. And will he ever get home? Will he see his beloved Amanda once more?William Steig (1907-2003) was an American author and illustrator of award-winning books for children. His books include Shrek!, on which the films of the same name are based, Dominic and The Real Thief, both published by Pushkin Children's. He twice received the Newbery Honor, was awarded the Caldecott Medal, and was the US nominee for both of the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988.
Abendländische Mystik im Mittelalter: DFG-Symposion 1984 (Germanistische Symposien)
In dem vorliegenden Band werden verschiedene, an der Mystikforschung interessierte Disziplinen zusammengeführt, um kritisch Bilanz zu ziehen und Perspektiven der Weiterarbeit zu eröffnen. Als besonders attraktive Schwerpunkte der Tagung erwiesen sich die Themen der Frauenmystik, des Meister Eckhart und der Sprache und der Formen der Mystik, denen sich eine grundsätzliche Debatte über das Wesen des Mystischen und seiner Begriffsbestimmung anschloss.
Abenteurer als Helden der Literatur: Oder: Wie wurden oder machten sich Schwindler, Spione, Kolonialisten oder Militärs zu großen Gestalten der europäischen Literatur?
Der thematische Bogen spannt sich von Columbus´ kurioser Reise nach China bis zu den Araberaufständen, die zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts von Lawrence of Arabia für die englische Kolonialpolitik organisiert wurden. Vorgeführt werden so seltsame Erscheinungen wie Theodor Neuhoff, der es für einige Wochen zum König von Korsika brachte, aber als Würfelspieler in Venedig endete, oder Isabelle Eberhardt, die in Männerkleidung afrikanische Wüsten durchquerte und dabei ertrank. Mehrere Beiträge widmen sich kurz (oder auch lang) dauernden Karrieren im Ancien régime: dem Thronprätendenten Maurice de Saxe, dem Field Marshal Keith, dem Hypnotiseur Mesmer, dem Frauenhelden Casanova oder dem Schwindler Cagliostro. Autoren sind u.a. Michael Asher, Anthony Cross, Claude Foucart, Hans-Wolf Jäger,Volker Kapp, Bernhard Kytzler, Gertrud Lehnert, Karl Maurer, Monika Schmitz-Emans, Alexandre Stroev, Ralph-Rainer Wuthenow.
„Aber Tote weinen nicht“: Komisches Schreiben im Nachexil bei Alfred Polgar, Albert Drach und Georg Kreisler (Exil-Kulturen #5)
by Philipp WulfDie Studie analysiert die Ästhetik des Komischen in Texten von Alfred Polgar, Albert Drach und Georg Kreisler, in denen die nach 1945 gewandelte wie fortdauernde Erfahrung der Exilierung – die Konstellation des Nachexils – thematisch wird. Die Arbeit widmet sich sowohl der Erschließung der Kategorien Heimat und nationale Identität als auch der bis heute kontroversen Erforschung der Komik, die insbesondere in der Exilliteratur als unkonventionell zu gelten hat. – Die Primäranalysen nehmen ein heterogenes Textkorpus aus Prosaminiaturen, Liedtexten, Romanen und einem Theaterstück in den Blick: Die Gleichzeitigkeit von Selbstverlachung und Selbstbehauptung bei Drach steht neben den Komisierungen der Kommunikation zwischen Remigrant/innen und Nicht-Exilierten bei Polgar und der pessimistischen Gesellschaftskritik Kreislers.
"... aber von Ihnen dependier ich unüberwindlich..." Friedrich Hölderlins ferne Leidenschaft: M&P Schriftenreihe
by Götz-Lothar Darsow
The Abertump Uprising (The Strange Life of Horatio Evans #2)
by Ray NoyesGrowing in confidence, but fed up with a lack of progress in bringing communism to Abertump, Horatio Evans decides to declare the town an independent soviet socialist republic. He, as its leader, decides to emulate Karl Marx by creating a reading room behind Jones’ Emporium, (the ironmonger), in which to find inspiration. However, he finds he’s the only one who’s looking for inspiration. The rest of the town seem quite content, thank you. How will he stir up the populace and persuade them to revolt? Horatio enlists the aid of the communist parties of London, Moscow, and East Berlin in his push for revolution. He hides his full intentions from Abertump Town Council under the guise of twinning it with Berlin. A group of six men set off for the German capital in an ancient Austin A35 van to make contact with real communists, but fail to get very far. How Horatio extricates himself from the failed uprising is a stroke of sheer genius.
Aberystwyth Mon Amour: Rejacketed (The Aberystwyth Mysteries)
by Malcolm PryceSchoolboys are disappearing all over Aberystwyth and nobody knows why. Louie Knight, the town's private investigator, soon realises that it is going to take more than a double ripple from Sospan, the philosopher cum ice-cream seller, to help find out what is happening to these boys and whether or not Lovespoon, the Welsh teacher, Grand Wizard of the Druids and controller of the town, is more than just a sinister bully. And just who was Gwenno Guevara?
Abfallverbindungen: Verworfenes und Verwerfungen in Erzähltexten der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur (Gegenwartsliteratur #1)
by Christina GehrleinWas sind die Begleiterscheinungen einer Industriegesellschaft, die in immer größerem Ausmaß Abfälle produziert, die räumliche und zeitliche Grenzen sprengen? Wie hängt deren Entstehung mit Imaginationen und Phantasmen zusammen? Was wissen literarische Texte über die Transformationen, die den Wandel von Abfällen begleiten? Christina Gehrlein nimmt sich diesen Fragen an und betrachtet Akte der Verschiebung - zwischen Wert und Unwert, Nutzen und Unnutzen, Kultur und Natur, Nichtabfall und Abfall. Damit eröffnet sie ein Panorama an Reflexionsangeboten auf individueller wie gesellschaftlicher Ebene, in Bezug auf Handlungsweisen, aber auch dichotome Perspektiven.
Abhaya: The Destroyer of Adharma
by Saiswaroopa IyerEver wondered what made Lord Krishna marry the 16,100 women held captive by a demon? Of these prisoners, one was Princess Abhaya Dhaarmaseni, and this is the story of her adventures through the Mahabharata. The princess of a little-known kingdom in western Bharatavarsha, Abhaya's idyllic life is thrown into disarray owing to the run-up to the Rajasuya announced by King Yudhishtira of Indraprastha. The only hope is her friend Krishna Vaasudeva of Dwaraka. But there is a greater danger lurking in eastern Bharatavarsha. Lord Bhauma of Kamarupa (who later is infamously known as Narakasura) plots to use religion to extend his dominion that wrecks Abhaya's kingdom and kills her father. What is Bhauma's plan? How does a lone princess stand up against this sinister zealot? Caught up in the larger hustle of the Rajasuya, can Krishna reach her on time to prevent the disaster?
Abhishek Majumdar: Collected Plays (Oberon Modern Playwrights)
by Abhishek MajumdarThe first collection of plays from Indian playwright Abhishek Majumdar, in Hindi.
Abhishek Majumdar Collected Plays: Dweepa; Pah-La; Djinns of Eidgah; Muktidham; 9 Kinds of Silence (Methuen Drama Play Collections)
by Abhishek MajumdarIn his first play collection published in English, international audiences can finally discover the acclaimed work of Abhishek Majumdar. Internationally celebrated author and theatre maker Abhishek Majumdar has worked across the world as a playwright, theatre director and scenographer. Performed at the Royal Court Theatre, Deutsch Schauspielhaus. Edinburgh Festival and at worldwide venues in cities such as Bangalore, New York, Hamburg, London, Yokohama, Cairo and Buenos Aries, his plays speak to all audiences through their emotional truth and shocking relatability. Infusing retellings of contemporary events with timeless themes, this collection threads together explorations of authoritarianism, radicalization and the sense of belonging: both intimate and far-reaching in scope, Majumdar marries the personal with the universal. With an introduction by renowned Indian Philosopher Sundar Sarukkai, the anthology cements Majumdar's place as an important and necessary voice in contemporary drama: whether for performance or for study, Abhishek Majumdar Collected Plays is the essential introduction to the playwright's beloved work.
Abhishek Majumdar Collected Plays: Dweepa; Pah-La; Djinns of Eidgah; Muktidham; 9 Kinds of Silence (Methuen Drama Play Collections)
by Abhishek MajumdarIn his first play collection published in English, international audiences can finally discover the acclaimed work of Abhishek Majumdar. Internationally celebrated author and theatre maker Abhishek Majumdar has worked across the world as a playwright, theatre director and scenographer. Performed at the Royal Court Theatre, Deutsch Schauspielhaus. Edinburgh Festival and at worldwide venues in cities such as Bangalore, New York, Hamburg, London, Yokohama, Cairo and Buenos Aries, his plays speak to all audiences through their emotional truth and shocking relatability. Infusing retellings of contemporary events with timeless themes, this collection threads together explorations of authoritarianism, radicalization and the sense of belonging: both intimate and far-reaching in scope, Majumdar marries the personal with the universal. With an introduction by renowned Indian Philosopher Sundar Sarukkai, the anthology cements Majumdar's place as an important and necessary voice in contemporary drama: whether for performance or for study, Abhishek Majumdar Collected Plays is the essential introduction to the playwright's beloved work.
Abhyantar - Novel: अभ्यंतर - कादंबरी
by Vinita Deshpandeअभ्यंतर या कादंबरीचे विशेष म्हणजे ती समाजव्यवस्थेवर आधारित असून आजच्या काळात या विषयावर विचार करायला लवणारी आहे. सम्राट अशोकने अखंड भारतावर दीर्घकाळ राज्य केले. तो एक शूरवीर योद्धा तर होताच, एक अनुशासित आणि सुनियोजित शासनव्यवस्थेसाठी त्याने केलेले प्रयत्न या कादंबरीत मांडले आहे. कलिंगयुद्धानंतर सम्राट अशोकच्या जीवनाचा या कथानकात घेतलेला आढावा, त्याची मनस्थिती, समस्त भारतात सर्वधर्मसमभाव साधण्यासाठी त्याने केलेले प्रयत्न आणि ज्ञानकोशाची गुंफण लेखिकेने लीलया गुंफली आहे. कथानकातील भाषाप्रयोग तुम्हाला गतकाळात घेऊन जातो.
Abi Morgan: Plays One (Oberon Modern Playwrights)
by Abi Morgan'Tiny Dynamite: An impossible love story is given a second chance and three scorched characters are about to learn that lightning does strike twice. Splendour: Inside a beautiful state residence on the edge of a city, four women wait. They talk: films, Prada, chilli vodka, anything. Outside civil war looms ever nearer. Tender: In a city of fast talk and chance encounters, how much faith can we put in other people? Abi Morgan’s acerbic play takes a scalpel to modern love and friendship. Lovesong: The story of one couple, told from two different points in their lives – as young lovers in their twenties and as worldly companions looking back on their relationship. 27: Dr Richard Garfield has given Ursula a difficult choice. She is the Mother Superior in waiting of a convent that has been given the opportunity to take part in his revolutionary scientific study. Ursula must weigh up the value of preserving her faith, versus embracing science.
Abi Morgan Two Plays: Splendour/Tender (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Abi MorganInside a beautiful state residence on the edge of an Eastern European city, four women wait. They talk – movies, handbags, vodka, anything. For outside, as snow is falling, civil war looms ever nearer. A play about decadence, desire and dictatorship, Splendour brilliantly peels back the cruel veneer of our lives to reveal the beating heart within. Tender takes place in a city full of chance encounters. Al loves Hen, but now there’s a baby on the way everything looks different. Gloria loves Marvin, but one day he walked out and disappeared. And Hen’s mate Tash just loves a laugh and a drink. Particularly a drink. In this world of fast talk and hard sell, how much faith can we put in other people? Splendour was first produced by Paines Plough and won the Barclays TMA Award for Best New Play. Tender was first produced by Birmingham Rep, in a co-production with Hampstead Theatre and Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Abiayalan Pluriverses: Bridging Indigenous Studies and Hispanic Studies
by Gloria ChacónAbiayalan Pluriverses: Bridging Indigenous Studies and Hispanic Studies looks for pathways that better connect two often siloed disciplines. This edited collection brings together different disciplinary experiences and perspectives to this objective, weaving together researchers, artists, instructors, and authors who have found ways of bridging Indigenous and Hispanic studies through trans-Indigenous reading methods, intercultural dialogues, and reflections on translation and epistemology. Each chapter brings rich context that bears on some aspect of the Indigenous Americas and its crossroads with Hispanic studies, from Canada to Chile. Such a hemispheric and interdisciplinary approach offers innovative and significant means of challenging the coloniality of Hispanic studies.
Abide With Me (Mills And Boon Silhouette Ser.)
by Delia ParrThe three Long sisters of Welleswood, New Jersey, felt they could handle any problem, any crisis together…
Abigail (The Stevenson Saga #4)
by Malcolm MacdonaldAbigail Stevenson is beautiful and talented, passionate and headstrong. Her parents, in reaction to their own struggle out of poverty, have brought her up to the innocence and idleness that are the privilege of the Victorian ruling class; but Abigail will have none of the cloistered aristocratic life they intend for her. From the moment she tricks her maid, Annie, into divulging the secret of what happens between men and women, Abigail's life becomes a voyage of discovery. This is both a gripping and passionate story of one woman's fight to free herself from the shackles of her social class and an electrifying vision of the Victorian era.
Abigail
by Magda SzabóA teenage girl's difficult journey towards adulthood in a time of war. Of all her novels, Magda Szabó's Abigail is the most widely read in her native Hungary. Now, fifty years after it was written, it appears for the first time in English, joining Katalin Street and The Door in a loose trilogy about the impact of war on those who have to live with the consequences. It is late 1943 and Hitler, exasperated by the slowness of his Hungarian ally to act on the "Jewish question" and alarmed by the weakness on his southern flank, is preparing to occupy the country. Foreseeing this, and concerned for his daughter's safety, a Budapest father decides to send her to a boarding school away from the capital. A lively, sophisticated, somewhat spoiled teenager, she is not impressed by the reasons she is given, and when the school turns out to be a fiercely Puritanical one in a provincial city a long way from home, she rebels outright. Her superior attitude offends her new classmates and things quickly turn sour.It is the start of a long and bitter learning curve that will open her eyes to her arrogant blindness to other people's true motives and feelings. Exposed for the first time to the realities of life for those less privileged than herself, and increasingly confronted by evidence of the more sinister purposes of the war, she learns lessons about the nature of loyalty, courage, sacrifice and love.Translated from the Hungarian by Len Rix
Abigail The Breeze Fairy: The Weather Fairies Book 2 (Rainbow Magic)
by Daisy MeadowsGet ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up. Jack Frost has promised not to trouble the Rainbow Fairies again, but he didn't say anything about the Weather Fairies! Now he has stolen the feathers from Doodle, the weather-vane cockerel in charge of the weather. It's up to Rachel and Kirsty to get each of the feathers back! 'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.comRead all seven fairy adventures in the Weather Fairies set! Crystal the Snow Fairy; Abigail the Breeze Fairy; Pearl the Cloud Fairy; Goldie the Sunshine Fairy; Evie the Mist Fairy; Storm the Lightning Fairy; Hayley the Rain FairyIf you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other series: Magic Animal Friends and Unicorn Magic!
Abigail's Party
by Mike Leigh40th anniversary edition with a new introduction by Mike Leigh. Forty years on from its first performance at the Hampstead Theatre and original screening on BBC1 soon after, Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party - telling of two marriages spectacularly unravelling at an awkward neighbourhood drinks party - remains a pinnacle of British theatre.Here is the original script, complete with a new introduction by Mike Leigh describing the play's unlikely genesis, how it came to be made and where he believes it fits within his oeuvre as one of the country's leading writers and directors.'The play came from my intuitive sense of the spirit and the flavour of the times, and from a growing personal fear of, and frustration with the suburban existence' Mike Leigh, from his new introduction'Leigh's play isn't simply about marriage and Essex, but also about the unhappy state of the realm' Guardian