MB - Plays & Playwrights 1

A brilliantly witty story of unconventional, unwavering, and regularly exasperating friendship. Meet Jarvis Ham: tea-room assistant, diarist, lift-cadger, Princess Di fan, secret alcoholic, and rele……続きを見る

A short story about funerals, what it means to us, living ones, but more importantly how the protagonist discovers how to use it metaphorically into a good, life-changing experience. This is a tale ……続きを見る

This book contains several tables of HTML content to make reading easier. Through the story of the brilliant but conflicted young Raskolnikov and the murder he commits, Fyodor Dostoyevsky explores t……続きを見る

This book contains several tables of HTML content to make reading easier. Tolstoy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars an……続きを見る

War Cantata translated by Keith Turnbull How far will humanity go in its quest for power? Why do we desire to eliminate each other through war? War Cantata looks at ways the impulse for violence is ……続きを見る

This anthology, featuring works by John Philip Kemble and the timeless William Shakespeare, explores the multifaceted dimensions of 'Twelfth Night; or, What You Will', casting a new light upon this ……続きを見る

The story of a modern Asian young woman trying to straddle Western attitudes and traditional beliefs. You've heard of an Essex Girl or even a Chelsea Girl but what is a Hounslow Girl? The term has b……続きを見る

Es war eine wundervolle Nacht, eine solche Nacht, wie sie vielleicht nur vorkommen kann, wenn wir jung sind, lieber Leser." – In dieser Nacht treffen in Petersburg zwei einsame Gestalten aufeinander……続きを見る

Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots ofte……続きを見る

In a community gripped by fear, tragedy begins with a whisper, a rumor, an accusation. "Sex Offender Lives Here" is a suspenseful tale of divorce, child custody battles, and America's obsession with……続きを見る

Bewaji is a 24-year old woman who is hired to investigate a strange case involving an American woman romantically involved with a man living in Nigeria. The presumption is that the woman is a victim……続きを見る

For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of J. M. Barrie, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus mat……続きを見る

Behind the closed doors of Andover Palace, the lives of the King, his children, and cousins play out against their public images and their personal passions... King Michael has finally decided to re……続きを見る

Behind the closed doors of Andover Palace, the lives of the King, his children, and cousins play out against their public images and their personal passions... King Michael has finally decided to re……続きを見る

A teenage girl hawking mangoes on the streets of Lagos has only one goal: to raise enough money to pay her examination fees. Her short, but colorful journey turns out to be an adventure, and a brief……続きを見る

Nobel Prize-winning dramatist Luigi Pirandello is known worldwide for his innovative, complex plays. In Pirandello's Theatre of Living Masks, Umberto Mariani and Alice Gladstone Mariani offer the fi……続きを見る

Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan, was a Scottish author and dramatist whose works have enjoyed frequent revivals in film and on stage. One of his mos……続きを見る

She keeps a tight list and doesn’t let anything go unchecked, except for one important misplaced item: a favour to her neighbour. With this broken promise, a series of events unfolds that lead to he……続きを見る

Lindsay's boyfriend, Preston, explains how it all went downーthe deal, the arrest, the jail time. None of it was his fault...or so he says. "Preston's Take" shows how a naive young woman can get suc……続きを見る

Every family has its secrets. Elena Poulous knew that. As an attorney she witnessed such deception every day. But she never thought her Greek-American family was like everybody else's. She believed ……続きを見る

When preachers in a rural Georgia town move to ban some classic American novels from the high school curriculum -- and post the Ten Commandments in every classroom -- only one person stands up to th……続きを見る

EXTRAIT: ACTE PREMIER SCENE I SILVIA, LISETTE SILVIA __ Mais encore une fois, de quoi vous mêlez-vous, pourquoi répondre de mes sentiments ? LISETTE __ C'est que j'ai cru que dans cette occasion-ci,……続きを見る

Though he is today best remembered for his acerbic satire, American writer Ambrose Bierce had a surprisingly broad range as a writer. Black Beetles in Amber is a collection of Bierce's poetry, which……続きを見る

In this play from Peter Pan writer J. M. Barrie, sisters Susan and Phoebe Throssell are in dire financial straits and decide to establish a school in order to pay the bills. When a long-lost lover c……続きを見る

Mitte der 1970er entdeckte Natalia Ginzburg dieses literarische Kleinod von 1885 wieder, das mit schnörkelloser Raffinesse und feiner Ironie die lakonische Geschichte eines Entkommens erzählt: Nicht……続きを見る

Ever since Peter Pan flew in through Wendy Darling's nursery window and took her off to Never Land, Barrie's classic adventure story has thrilled and delighted generations of theatre-goers. J M Barr……続きを見る

Drawing together the work of ten leading playwrights - a mixture of established and emerging writers - this National Theatre Connections anthology is published to coincide with the 2014 festival, wh……続きを見る

Nobody knows us. They think they do. But they don't. In a world of champagne and canapés, the five Colby sisters are the glamorous faces of New York high society. With wealth, style and desirable hu……続きを見る

I ain't got a city named for me . . . The swans have though, haven't they. They got a city named for them. Seventeen-year-old Emma dreams of travelling adventures beyond her Swansea home. Rhys, her ……続きを見る

In this second, fully revised edition of his acclaimed study of Barker's work, Charles Lamb sets out to make emotional sense of the characters and their interactions. This is a detailed exploration ……続きを見る