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Oedipus the King
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Written by Sophocles, Oedipus is one of the first and greatest of all Greek tragedies. Harry Lennix stars as Oedipus, the king who unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother. Translated by Nicholas Rudall. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast per…
Written by Sophocles, Oedipus is one of the first and greatest of all Greek tragedies. Harry Lennix stars as Oedipus, the king who unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother. Translated by Nicholas Rudall. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast per…
Under an Outlaw Moon - A Novel (Unabridged)
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Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He&apos;s reckless, she&apos;s naive. Longing for freedom from tough times, they rob a bank, setting off a series of events that quickly spin out of their control <br/> Under an Outlaw Moon is based on…
Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He&apos;s reckless, she&apos;s naive. Longing for freedom from tough times, they rob a bank, setting off a series of events that quickly spin out of their control <br/> Under an Outlaw Moon is based on…
Things That Happen - And Other Poems (Unabridged)
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Bhaskar Chakrabarti&apos;s poetry is synonymous with the romantic melancholia inherent to Calcutta. His trenchant poetic voice was one of the most significant to emerge in the 1960s and &apos;70s-perhaps the most prolific period of modern Bengali poe…
Bhaskar Chakrabarti&apos;s poetry is synonymous with the romantic melancholia inherent to Calcutta. His trenchant poetic voice was one of the most significant to emerge in the 1960s and &apos;70s-perhaps the most prolific period of modern Bengali poe…
No-No Boy
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Ken Narasaki&apos;s adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government&apos;s incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Ame…
Ken Narasaki&apos;s adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government&apos;s incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Ame…
Copenhagen
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How different would the world have looked had the Nazis been the first to build an atomic bomb? Werner Heisenberg, one of Hitler&apos;s lead nuclear scientists, famously and mysteriously met in Copenhagen with his colleague and mentor, Niels Bohr, on…
How different would the world have looked had the Nazis been the first to build an atomic bomb? Werner Heisenberg, one of Hitler&apos;s lead nuclear scientists, famously and mysteriously met in Copenhagen with his colleague and mentor, Niels Bohr, on…
Washington Black (Ungekürzt)
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Die Flucht ist nur der Anfang Barbados, 1830: Der schwarze Sklavenjunge Washington Black schuftet auf einer Zuckerrohrplantage unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen. Bis er zum Leibdiener Christopher Wildes auserwählt wird, dem Bruder des brutalen Plantag…
Die Flucht ist nur der Anfang Barbados, 1830: Der schwarze Sklavenjunge Washington Black schuftet auf einer Zuckerrohrplantage unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen. Bis er zum Leibdiener Christopher Wildes auserwählt wird, dem Bruder des brutalen Plantag…
Moscow is silent. Selected poems
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Endless sensuality that is boundlessly mesmerizing. Tenderness that works wonders and changes a person beyond recognition. Love that grows with pain and suffering and eventually blooms like an extraordinary orchid. Every line of mine is saturated wit…
Endless sensuality that is boundlessly mesmerizing. Tenderness that works wonders and changes a person beyond recognition. Love that grows with pain and suffering and eventually blooms like an extraordinary orchid. Every line of mine is saturated wit…
The Berlin Airlift (Unabridged)
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It has been 70 years since the &apos;Iron Curtain&apos; was drawn around the Western-occupied sectors of Berlin by the Soviet Union. Having occupied Berlin three years earlier, Russian forces managed to enforce a blockade on the city in June 1948, pr…
It has been 70 years since the &apos;Iron Curtain&apos; was drawn around the Western-occupied sectors of Berlin by the Soviet Union. Having occupied Berlin three years earlier, Russian forces managed to enforce a blockade on the city in June 1948, pr…
Sabor al amor prohibido. Crónicas del Siglo de Oro
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Este libro es una historia de amor, que relata como dos corazones enamorados luchan por el derecho de estar juntos y por su felicidad, pasando por muchas pruebas y superando todas las dificultades que aparecen en su camino. Los eventos que cuenta est…
Este libro es una historia de amor, que relata como dos corazones enamorados luchan por el derecho de estar juntos y por su felicidad, pasando por muchas pruebas y superando todas las dificultades que aparecen en su camino. Los eventos que cuenta est…
Six Degrees of Separation
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In a Fifth Avenue apartment high above Central Park, art dealer Flanders Kittredge and his wife Ouisa are trying to interest a moneyed friend in a $2 million investment. When an unexpected young guest arrives, claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier…
In a Fifth Avenue apartment high above Central Park, art dealer Flanders Kittredge and his wife Ouisa are trying to interest a moneyed friend in a $2 million investment. When an unexpected young guest arrives, claiming to be the son of Sidney Poitier…
History's Great Plagues - How Germs Shaped Civilization (Unabridged)
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Plague has terrified and fascinated humanity for all of recorded history. Now, in the current moment of COVID-19, people around the globe are again struggling to learn how to navigate life during a pandemic. As in times of uncertainty throughout hist…
Plague has terrified and fascinated humanity for all of recorded history. Now, in the current moment of COVID-19, people around the globe are again struggling to learn how to navigate life during a pandemic. As in times of uncertainty throughout hist…
Tape
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When Jon attends the premiere of his movie in the Lansing Film Festival, he faces the most important weekend of his young life, but not in ways he expected. His old pal Vince has been stewing for a decade, and their high school friend Amy is now the …
When Jon attends the premiere of his movie in the Lansing Film Festival, he faces the most important weekend of his young life, but not in ways he expected. His old pal Vince has been stewing for a decade, and their high school friend Amy is now the …
The Arthur Miller Collection (Unabridged)
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After the Fall Miller drew on his own life to tell the story of Quentin, who&apos;s haunted by a disastrous affair with a needy sex symbol – a character said to be based on Marilyn Monroe. All My Sons Julie Harris stars in Miller&apos;s classic about…
After the Fall Miller drew on his own life to tell the story of Quentin, who&apos;s haunted by a disastrous affair with a needy sex symbol – a character said to be based on Marilyn Monroe. All My Sons Julie Harris stars in Miller&apos;s classic about…
reasons to be pretty
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What does it mean to be pretty? Do you really need someone to validate your appearance? Neil LaBute tackles our obsession with physical beauty head-on in a work nominated for multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Our production, directed by the playwr…
What does it mean to be pretty? Do you really need someone to validate your appearance? Neil LaBute tackles our obsession with physical beauty head-on in a work nominated for multiple Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Our production, directed by the playwr…
Speed the Plow
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Jaded Hollywood producer Bobby Gould has spent a career reaping what others sow, until the night he&apos;s forced to choose between his loyal friend&apos;s sure-fire hit and a beautiful girl&apos;s art-house project. During a wicked evening of seduct…
Jaded Hollywood producer Bobby Gould has spent a career reaping what others sow, until the night he&apos;s forced to choose between his loyal friend&apos;s sure-fire hit and a beautiful girl&apos;s art-house project. During a wicked evening of seduct…
The Assembled Parties
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It&apos;s Christmas 1980, and inside a sprawling Upper West Side apartment, Faye Bascov is about to throw an opulent Christmas dinner-a tradition for this secular, well-educated Jewish family. But any family gathering is an invitation for old resentm…
It&apos;s Christmas 1980, and inside a sprawling Upper West Side apartment, Faye Bascov is about to throw an opulent Christmas dinner-a tradition for this secular, well-educated Jewish family. But any family gathering is an invitation for old resentm…
Together Tonight - Hamilton, Jefferson, Burr
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Three prominent Americans debate the merits of unchecked immigration, national security, and civil rights. While it sounds like a contemporary, made-for-TV event, this confrontation takes place in 1799, with three of America&apos;s Founding Fathers a…
Three prominent Americans debate the merits of unchecked immigration, national security, and civil rights. While it sounds like a contemporary, made-for-TV event, this confrontation takes place in 1799, with three of America&apos;s Founding Fathers a…
Murder on the Inside - The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary (Unabridged)
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Shortlisted for the Speaker&amp;#39;s Book Award • Shortlisted for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book &quot;You have taken our civil rights-we want our human rights." On April 14, 1971, a handful of prisoners attacked the guards …
Shortlisted for the Speaker&amp;#39;s Book Award • Shortlisted for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book &quot;You have taken our civil rights-we want our human rights." On April 14, 1971, a handful of prisoners attacked the guards …
The Way of War. Chinese Strategy Manual
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For the first time in the English language a comprehensive collection of the classical Chinese military maxims, sourced from the wide selection of relevant texts, both well-known and obscure, on a basis of practical modern-day usage, is presented in …
For the first time in the English language a comprehensive collection of the classical Chinese military maxims, sourced from the wide selection of relevant texts, both well-known and obscure, on a basis of practical modern-day usage, is presented in …
The Story of Wine - From Noah to Now (unabridged)
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The fully updated digital edition of Hugh Johnson&apos;s multi-award-winning 1989 masterpiece, in which the author explores humanity&apos;s fascination with the most venerable of alcoholic beverages from Noah to Now. When first published in 1989 The …
The fully updated digital edition of Hugh Johnson&apos;s multi-award-winning 1989 masterpiece, in which the author explores humanity&apos;s fascination with the most venerable of alcoholic beverages from Noah to Now. When first published in 1989 The …

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