The Congress of Vienna
“With swift pace, clear focus and a series of brilliant character sketches, this is narrative history at its best.” –The New York Times
keep reading“With swift pace, clear focus and a series of brilliant character sketches, this is narrative history at its best.” –The New York Times
keep readingFrom the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times Notable Book, The Dressing Station, comes an electrifying memoir of a doctor’s education in…
keep reading“Jessica Anthony has given a voice—wry, sad, and arresting—to the wounded little homunculus that lives, largely ignored, in all of us, a creature that…
keep reading“A cogent defense of the directors’ textual deviations and appeals for an infusion of new energy into performances of Beckett’s plays….A triumph of mood,…
keep reading“Judith Choate’s Cooking with Yogurt is a winner: over a hundred recipes add yogurt to everything from breakfast dishes to desserts; but don’t expect the usual sour cream substitute approach. International spices and different cooking patterns celebrate yogurt as a special ingredient in and of itself.” –The Bookwatch…
keep reading“Orton’s plays are a flamboyant dance with the death he found in life. He liked being “the fly on the wall” who registered idiom,…
keep reading“Beckett’s prose, most especially his stories, historically have taken a back seat to his theatrical works and poetry. The works in this collection, eloquent…
keep readingA collection of Pinter’s first five plays, as well as two short stories written before the Nobel Prize winner turned to the theatre.
keep readingIn volume two of his collected works, the plays and revue sketches mark a period of transition, as Harold Pinter’s characters and settings become more recognizably realistic….
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