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In the heart of a world shrouded in mystery and ancient powers, a young ninja named Ryu finds himself thrust into a perilous journey that will test the limits of his courage and determination. When a chance encounter with the enigmatic god Aetherion offers him untold power, Ryu must choose between the allure of godhood and the bonds of his mortal existence.As Ryu grapples with his decision, he uncovers a web of secrets and betrayals that stretches...
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"Just because you trust someone doesn't mean that person is trustworthy!" Berlin: Back to the Beginning takes a trip back in time to the Cold War, when Chief is thrust into the dark world of espionage and illicit agent networks. His initial assignment to Field Station Berlin, an NSA collection site, changes the trajectory of Chief's life forever, launching the young and innocent soldier into the deep, dark shadows of Covert Operations. Follow the...
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David Rabe explores the struggle between hope and anguish in the human spirit in this story of two small-time jewel thieves united in a strangely unsettling friendship and the constant fight to prove to themselves and others how tough they are. But when their frantic scheming suddenly begins to betray them in mysterious ways, they find themselves trapped into a kidnapping and a murder over which they seem to have no control. Or do they? David Rabe's...
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El Manual del Hombre Hombre busca empoderar a los hombres para que abracen su autenticidad y forjen relaciones positivas con los demás, sin temor a expresar sus emociones y ser ellos mismos. Esperamos que esta guía haya sido útil para comprender el comportamiento de un hombre de verdad y fomentar una masculinidad responsable y respetuosa. Recuerda que ser un hombre de verdad implica reconocer la diversidad de experiencias y estar dispuesto a crecer...
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All the Way tells the story of the tumultuous first year of Lyndon Baines Johnson's presidency. Thrust into power following the Kennedy assassination and facing an upcoming election, Johnson is nevertheless determined to end the legacy of racial injustice in America and rebuild it into the Great Society-by any means necessary. In order to pass the landmark 1964 Civil Rights bill, LBJ struggles to overpower an intransigent Congress while also attempting...
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Written in 1950, Eugene Ionesco's first play, The Bald Soprano, was a seminal work of Absurdist theatre. Today, it is celebrated around the world as a modern classic for its imagination and sui generis theatricality. A hilarious parody of English manners and a striking statement on the alienation of modern life, it was inspired by the strange dialogues Ionesco encountered in foreign language phrase books.
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David Rabe has been a major voice and crucial force in American drama since 1971 when, in the midst of the Vietnam War, he startled the nation with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel. The story of a native recruit's initiation into war, it is by turns brutal and hilarious. It won the young playwright an Obie and was hailed by The New York Times as "rich humor, irony, and insight." More than four decades later, Rabe continues to be one of our most...
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Renowned for his wicked camp humor and biting social satire, playwright and drag legend Charles Busch has delighted audiences both on and off Broadway. This book contains four of his works, among them Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, one of the longest-running plays in Off-Broadway history.
Also included is the Tony-nominated Broadway hit The Tale of the Allergist's Wife-a comedy about a self-absorbed Upper West Side woman whose life is devoted to mornings...
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The same week his private equity firm forces massive layoffs at a national grocery chain, Rick throws himself an extravagant engagement party, setting off a publicity nightmare. Fortunately, Seth, one of Rick's partners, has a win-win deal to invest in an American-made luggage company for a song and rescue his boss from a PR disaster. But Jenny, Seth's counterpart, has an entirely different plan: to squeeze every last penny out of the company, no...
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His plays are known for containing hilarity at every turn and revealing social commentary in every corner. Now collected in Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them and Other Political Plays are Durang's most revealing political and social satires. Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them tells the story of a young woman in crisis: Is her new husband, whom she married when drunk, a terrorist? Or just crazy? Or both? Is her father's...
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David Hare, "Britain's leading contemporary playwright," has established a unique reputation for plays that are at once personal and political, deeply serious and incredibly funny (The Times). He is the author of seventeen plays, many of which have been presented on Broadway. Included in this collection are Fanshen; A Map of the World; Saigon: Year of the Cat; The Bay at Nice; and The Secret Rapture. Of the title play, Frank Rich of The New York Times...
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Moscow, 1938. Stalin has been in power for sixteen years and his purges are underway. Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita is lying unpublished in a desk drawer, and his latest play Molière has been banned following terrible reviews in Pravda. As a secret policeman dryly puts it, this has opened up a convenient "gap in his schedule." This "gap" is to be filled by writing a play about Stalin's life.
As Bulgakov loses himself in a world of secrets,...
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The screenplay is accompanied by Kramer's reflections on the history of the production, sure to be of interest to any student of film. This volume also includes several early plays, Sissies' Scrapbook, A Minor Dark Age, and the political farce Just Say No, illuminating the development of one of our most important literary figures.
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TODO NACE EN EL AMOR PROPIO En un mundo lleno de superficialidad y apariencias, Martín se encuentra atrapado en una búsqueda interminable de validación externa. A pesar de su éxito profesional, su vida amorosa es un reflejo de su fragilidad emocional y su constante necesidad de sentirse valorado. Sin embargo, un giro inesperado lo lleva a embarcarse en un viaje de autodescubrimiento que cambiará su perspectiva para siempre. En medio de sus luchas...
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Innocent debutante Tessa Branscombe senses that underneath her handsome guardian's cool demeanor there is an intensely passionate nature. The arrogant earl infuriates her-yet makes her want to explore those hidden depths….
Peyton Ramsden, Earl of Dursley, has no time for girls-especially those who are suddenly given over to his care! Miss Tessa Branscombe, in particular, is trouble. She tempts this very proper earl to misbehave-and forbidden fruit...
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Mounia, Joëlle, Marie et Francis ont un point commun : leurs enfants, de jeunes adultes, sont partis ensemble, en 2014, pour la Syrie, rejoindre Daech. Depuis, ils ont mis leur vie entre parenthèses, et attendent un possible retour. Comment vivre avec ce choix terrible fait par leurs enfants, comment rester des parents, garder le lien, cultiver l'amour ? Est-ce possible ? Le destin commun de leurs enfants réunit ces quatre parents mais leurs relations...
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