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The Complete Pelican Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, John Dover Wilson
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare.Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works... -
![Ghosts: The Button House Archives by Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby]()
Ghosts: The Button House Archives by Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe comic companion to the BBC sitcom GHOSTS.Everybody leaves a trace. The ghosts of Button House may have been dead a long time - some of them a very long time - but they have all left their mark on the world (even if, in Robin's case, that mark is just a handprint on the wall of a cave)... -
![Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917 by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton]()
Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty, 1485-1917 by Richard Curtis, Ben Elton
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThen look no further. Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty is the book for you. Here, at last, for the first time, are the full scripts of one of British television's funniest comedies... -
![Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus]()
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsis as original and vibrant as its protagonist... -
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![The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll]()
The Granny by Brendan O'Carroll
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe New York Times Book Review praised Brendan O'Carroll's first novel, The Mammy, as "Cheerful...as unpretentious and satisfying as a home-cooked meal...with a delicious dessert of an ending... -
![The Lion in Winter by James Goldman]()
The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsInsecure siblings fighting for their parents’ attention; bickering spouses who can’t stand to be together or apart; adultery and sexual experimentation; even the struggle to balance work and family: These are themes as much at home in our time as they were in the twelfth century. In James Goldman’s classic play The Lion in Winter, domestic turmoil rises to an art form... -
![The Lord and the Cat's Meow by G.L. Robinson]()
The Lord and the Cat's Meow by G.L. Robinson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA languid Lord Devin is astonished when a petite virago called Wilhelmina accuses him of selling an unfit horse to a drayman. He isn't aware of the irregularities in his stables. Later, she foists a stray, starving kitten called Horace on him. But Hermione, his betrothed, hates cats. And Horace hates her...Categorized as:
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![Selected Stories by O. Henry]()
Selected Stories by O. Henry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"Selected Stories of O. Henry," by O. Henry, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras...Categorized as:
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![My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe]()
My Fair Lady by Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride... -
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Selected Stories by O. Henry
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsO. Henry originated the humorous, energetic tale that ends with an ironic, even shocking twist. In "After Twenty Years," for example, two boys agree to meet at a particular spot exactly twenty years later. Both are faithful, but in the intervening years one boy has turned into a criminal, the other into a policeman...Categorized as:
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![The Lord and the Red-Headed Hornet by G.L. Robinson]()
The Lord and the Red-Headed Hornet by G.L. Robinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmelia Organizes Herself Into Trouble!She's a born organizer and a redhead to boot. Can she get everyone around her marching to her tune?Amelia and Aurelius are orphaned twins. She's a bossy, fiery red-head. Her handsome brother wants to join Wellington's army. But she wants him to become a diplomat...Categorized as:
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![1776 by Peter Stone, Sherman Edwards]()
1776 by Peter Stone, Sherman Edwards
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings1776 is an inspiring and imaginative re-creation of the events from May 8 to July 4 in Philadelphia, when the second Continental Congress argued about, voted on, and signed the Declaration of Independence. From John Adams's opening diatribe to the signing of the document, 1776 is a classic musical play of mounting tension and triumph... -
![Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist by Erich Kästner]()
Going to the Dogs: The Story of a Moralist by Erich Kästner
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGoing to the Dogs is set in Berlin after the crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, years of rising unemployment and financial collapse. The moralist in question is Jakob Fabian, “aged thirty-two, profession variable, at present advertising copywriter . . -
![残疾暴君的掌心鱼宠 [The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish] by Xue Shan Fei Hu, 雪山肥狐]()
残疾暴君的掌心鱼宠 [The Disabled Tyrant’s Pet Palm Fish] by Xue Shan Fei Hu, 雪山肥狐
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne day, Li Yu transmigrated into a fish. Furthermore, this fish even had a master. This master was the sinister and terrifying, mute tyrant from a novel. The system gave Li Yu a task. If he wanted to change back into a human, he had to obtain the tyrant’s heart.Li Yu full of tears: System, please wake up. I’m only a fish. He can’t even speak. How can we interact?System: Stop jabbering... -
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![In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl]()
In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“A fascinating, funny and evocative play. . . . Ruhl develops the story with the enticing blend of irreverent humor and skewed realism. . . . It’s beautiful.” –San Francisco Chronicle “[This] breathtakingly inventive addition to Ruhl’s singular body of work . . . has the potential to be a modern masterpiece... -
![The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart]()
The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Man Who Came to Dinner...and stayed and stayed and stayed! Sheridan Whiteside, the man who came to dinner, throws out insults with a voluminous precision volley. Maggie Cutler, his secretary, is described by Whiteside as an aging debutante supporting her two-headed brother... -
![Pygmalion and Three Other Plays by George Bernard Shaw]()
Pygmalion and Three Other Plays by George Bernard Shaw
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPygmalion and Three Other Plays, by George Bernard Shaw, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras... -
![The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol]()
The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsConsidered the high point of Gogol's writing for the stage and a masterpiece of dramatic satire, The Inspector General skewers the stupidity, greed, and venality of Russian provincial officials. When it is announced that the Inspector General is coming to visit incognito, Anton, the chief of police, hastens to clean up the town before his arrival... -
![You Can't Take it With You by Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman]()
You Can't Take it With You by Moss Hart, George S. Kaufman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAt first the Sycamore family seems mad, but it is not long before we realize that if they are mad, the rest of the world is really verklempt... -
![The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White]()
The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollowing A Boy's Own Story (now a classic of American fiction) and his richly acclaimed The Beautiful Room Is Empty, here is the eagerly awaited final volume of Edmund White's groundbreaking autobiographical trilogy... -
![Trouble by Lex Croucher]()
Trouble by Lex Croucher
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere's a new governess at Fairmont House, and she's going to be nothing but trouble.Emily Laurence is a liar. She is not polite, she's not polished, and she has never taught a child in her life. This position was meant to be her sister's––brilliant, kind Amy, who isn't perpetually angry, dangerously reckless, and who does (inexplicably) like children... -
![The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody]()
The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Hollywood-bound actress Violet London meets speakeasy singer Moxie Valette, her trip takes an unexpected turn toward love. New York City, 1931: When wry Broadway actress Violet London and her hard-drinking cohorts venture into a speakeasy the night before she is to board a train for Hollywood, she is floored by sassy blond singer Moxie Valette... -
![Queen Lucia by E.F. Benson]()
Queen Lucia by E.F. Benson
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsQueen Lucia is the first book in the Mapp and Lucia series. Mrs. Lucas, Lucia to her intimates, resides in the village of Riseholme, a pretty Elizabethan village in Worcestershire, where she vigorously guards her status as "Queen" despite occasional attempts from her subjects to overthrow her. Lucia’s dear friend Georgie Pillson both worships Lucia and occasionally works to subvert her power... -
![Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin]()
Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’s October, 1904 in Paris, France. Young Albert Einstein and young Pablo Picasso meet at a bar to discuss philosophy, politics and women... -
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![Travesties by Tom Stoppard]()
Travesties by Tom Stoppard
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTravesties was born out of Stoppard's noting that in 1917 three of the twentieth century's most crucial revolutionaries -- James Joyce, the Dadaist founder Tristan Tzara, and Lenin -- were all living in Zurich... -
![The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse by Mabel Maney]()
The Case of the Not-So-Nice Nurse by Mabel Maney
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNurse Cherry Aimless’s first vacation from her hectic career in a big-city hospital takes her to visit her spinster Aunt Gertrude in thrilling San Francisco. Wistfully trading her starched white cap and dress for a bright yellow poplin frock with a flared skirt, young Cherry takes to the highway, never imagining the gay adventures that await her... -
![The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni]()
The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography, key dates and suggestions for further reading) and the complete text, uncluttered with footnotes... -
![Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson]()
Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKen Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggles to find meaning in his life. As he contemplates selling the farmhouse, old friends and family members descend for a vacation. A bittersweet portrait of the rock n roll generation at the precise moment they realize the fireworks ended yesterday... -
![A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark]()
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSet on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilariously portraying love, fraud, death, evil, and transformation. Mrs. Hawkins, the majestic narrator, takes us well in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London... -
![Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde]()
Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCentering around the arrival of a mysterious woman hoping to break into London's society, this was Wilde's first great stage success. Lady Windermere learns from a friend that Lord Windermere is spending a great deal of time with a Mrs. Erlynne, and fearing that he is being unfaithful to her, she decides that their marriage is at an end. Then, in an act of striking generosity, Mrs... -
![Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood]()
Mr Norris Changes Trains by Christopher Isherwood
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAfter a chance encounter on a train the English teacher William Bradshaw starts a close friendship with the mildly sinister Arthur Norris. Norris is a man of contradictions; lavish but heavily in debt, excessively polite but sexually deviant. First published in 1933 Mr Norris Changes Trains piquantly evokes the atmosphere of Berlin during the rise of the Nazis... -
![A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde]()
A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth... -
![Jodía Pavía (1525): Un relato by Arturo Pérez-Reverte]()
Jodía Pavía (1525): Un relato by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDesde su cárcel madrileña, en una carta a su amante Mimí la Garce, el rey Francisco I de Francia rememora la batalla en que fue derrotado y preso en Italia por las tropas de Carlos V. Un relato irreverente y muy divertido sobre la Batalla de Pavía de 1525. «Querida Mimí, mon amour: Unas veces se pierde y otras se deja de ganar. Aquí me tienes, voilá, de turista forzoso en Madrid... -
![An American Daughter by Wendy Wasserstein]()
An American Daughter by Wendy Wasserstein
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLyssa Dent Hughes is the privileged, well-educated daughter of a Republican senator. She is the wife of a professor and the owner of a lovely house in Georgetown. She is also the president's nominee for Surgeon General. When the media discovers that once, long ago, she failed to respond for jury duty, this relatively minor misstep is portrayed as a serious moral lapse... -
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![The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw]()
The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPurchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - At the most wretched hour between a black night and a wintry morning in the year 1777, Mrs... -
![If You're Reading This, I'm Already Dead by Andrew Nicoll]()
If You're Reading This, I'm Already Dead by Andrew Nicoll
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'I want people to know how Otto Witte, acrobat of Hamburg, became the crowned king of Albania.' Otto Witte is an old man. The Allies are raining bombs on his city and, having narrowly escaped death, he has come home to his little caravan to drink what remains of his coffee (dust) and wait for the inevitable... -
![Luciérnaga by Natalia Litvinova]()
Luciérnaga by Natalia Litvinova
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLa narradora de esta historia nace a pocos kilómetros de Chernóbil el año que explota la central nuclear y crece en un país atravesado por la confusión y la miseria... -
![O scrisoare pierdută by Ion Luca Caragiale]()
O scrisoare pierdută by Ion Luca Caragiale
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsO scrisoare pierdută (Romanian for "A Lost Letter") is a play by Ion Luca Caragiale. It premiered in 1884, and arguably represents the high point of his career... -
![As You Like It by William Shakespeare]()
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 62 ratings(Applause Books). If there ever has been a groundbreaking edition that likewise returns the reader to the original Shakespeare text, it will be the Applause Folio Texts. If there has ever been an accessible version of the Folio, it is this edition, set for the first time in modern fonts. The Folio is the source of all other editions... -
![Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw]()
Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMiddle-aged Mrs. Warren is a madam, proprietress of a string of successful brothels. Her daughter, Vivie, is a modern young woman, but not so modern that she's not shocked to discover the source of her mother's wealth... -
![Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics by Anonymous, Joe Klein]()
Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics by Anonymous, Joe Klein
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA brilliant and penetrating look behind the scenes of modern American politics, Primary Colors is a funny, wise, and dramatic story with characters and events that resemble some familiar, real-life figures... -
![The Impostures Of Scapin by Molière]()
The Impostures Of Scapin by Molière
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Impostures of Scapin is a 3-act comedy in prose.In his fathers' absence, Octave has secretly married Hyacinthe, the woman he loves, but on his return his father has decided to marry him to an unkown. As to Leander it is Zerbinette he loves, but his father has also decided otherwise... -
![Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare]()
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMeasure for Measure is among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare’s plays. In it, a duke temporarily removes himself from governing his city-state, deputizing a member of his administration, Angelo, to enforce the laws more rigorously. Angelo chooses as his first victim Claudio, condemning him to death because he impregnated Juliet before their marriage... -
![Ya-Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells, Judith Ivey]()
Ya-Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells, Judith Ivey
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn emotionally charged addition to Rebecca Wells' award-winning bestseller Little Altars Everywhere and #1 New York Times bestseller Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Ya-Yas in Bloom reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the 1930s and roars through sixty years of marriage, children, and hair-raising family secrets... -
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![She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith]()
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWealthy countryman Mr. Hardcastle arranges for his daughter Kate to meet Charles Marlow, the son of a wealthy Londoner, hoping the pair will marry. Unfortunately Marlow is nervous around upper-class women, yet the complete opposite around lower-class females. On his first acquaintance with Kate, the latter realises she will have to pretend to be common, or Marlow will not woo her... -
![Screwball by Simon Rich, Beck Bennett]()
Screwball by Simon Rich, Beck Bennett
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSNL’s Beck Bennett performs Screwball, a wildly funny and wistful take on Babe Ruth’s little-known stint in the minor leagues, from one of America’s funniest writers, Simon Rich. Before he was “Babe” or “The Sultan of Swat” or “The Great Bambino”, George Herman Ruth was just another teenage misfit at St. Mary’s School for Boys... -
![All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare]()
All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsHelena, a ward of the Countess of Rousillion, falls in love with the Countess's son, Bertram. Daughter of a famous doctor, and a skilled physician in her own right, Helena cures the King of France-who feared he was dying-and he grants her Bertram's hand as a reward... -
![Vanity and Vexation: A Novel of Pride and Prejudice by Kate Fenton]()
Vanity and Vexation: A Novel of Pride and Prejudice by Kate Fenton
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA clever and cunning modern day retelling of the adored Jane Austen novel "Tall, dark, and arrogantly handsome---not to mention distinguished, powerful, and rolling in money. Mr... -
![When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins]()
When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNothing is more dangerous than a woman with a showstopping joke.Franny Steinberg knows there's powerful magic in laughter. She's witnessed it. With the men of Chicago off fighting WWII on distant shores, Franny has watched the women of the city taking charge of the war effort... -
![Fuenteovejuna: A Dual-Language Book - English and Spanish Edition by Lope de Vega]()
Fuenteovejuna: A Dual-Language Book - English and Spanish Edition by Lope de Vega
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA captivating 17th-century drama of peasants defending their honor against oppression by a feudal lord. This edition features an informative introduction with background on Spanish theater of the era as well as on the dramatist's career and on the play itself. Features an excellent English-prose version on the pages facing the original Spanish...
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