Author: Mark Frank
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781440139987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Collection of Plays by Mark Frank: Volume III introduces ten new plays by playwright Mark Frank. In the hilarious comedy, I Swear By The Eyes of Oedipus! we get find Oedipus great, great, great, great...(well you get the point) grandson try to come to terms with the prophecy that he will sleep with his mother and kill his father. In Hurricane Iphigenia, Category 5, Tragedy in Darfur we are taken to the Sudan region in Africa by the Greek princess. Can she save the two million displaced Christian Africans hunted by the Islamic Janjaweed? In the drama, The Rainy Trails we go on a spiritual Native American journey with Rainy trying to tackle racism. In the Greek play Iphigenia Rising, Electra, Iphigenia and Orestes are faced with the blame game with the deaths of their parents from alcohol which will change their lives forever. In The Rock of Troy, the Iliad is revisited with all twenty-four books translated with no dialogue, only action and classical rock music from the seventies and eighties. Five new oneacts are also introduced in the book with the dramatic plays, The Mahmudiyah Incident, The Land of Never, and A Christmas Musical, and the comedies Troubles Revenge, a sequel to A Purrfect Life, and Humpty Dumpty: the musical?
A Collection of Plays by Mark Frank Volume Iii
Author: Mark Frank
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781440139987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Collection of Plays by Mark Frank: Volume III introduces ten new plays by playwright Mark Frank. In the hilarious comedy, I Swear By The Eyes of Oedipus! we get find Oedipus great, great, great, great...(well you get the point) grandson try to come to terms with the prophecy that he will sleep with his mother and kill his father. In Hurricane Iphigenia, Category 5, Tragedy in Darfur we are taken to the Sudan region in Africa by the Greek princess. Can she save the two million displaced Christian Africans hunted by the Islamic Janjaweed? In the drama, The Rainy Trails we go on a spiritual Native American journey with Rainy trying to tackle racism. In the Greek play Iphigenia Rising, Electra, Iphigenia and Orestes are faced with the blame game with the deaths of their parents from alcohol which will change their lives forever. In The Rock of Troy, the Iliad is revisited with all twenty-four books translated with no dialogue, only action and classical rock music from the seventies and eighties. Five new oneacts are also introduced in the book with the dramatic plays, The Mahmudiyah Incident, The Land of Never, and A Christmas Musical, and the comedies Troubles Revenge, a sequel to A Purrfect Life, and Humpty Dumpty: the musical?
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781440139987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
A Collection of Plays by Mark Frank: Volume III introduces ten new plays by playwright Mark Frank. In the hilarious comedy, I Swear By The Eyes of Oedipus! we get find Oedipus great, great, great, great...(well you get the point) grandson try to come to terms with the prophecy that he will sleep with his mother and kill his father. In Hurricane Iphigenia, Category 5, Tragedy in Darfur we are taken to the Sudan region in Africa by the Greek princess. Can she save the two million displaced Christian Africans hunted by the Islamic Janjaweed? In the drama, The Rainy Trails we go on a spiritual Native American journey with Rainy trying to tackle racism. In the Greek play Iphigenia Rising, Electra, Iphigenia and Orestes are faced with the blame game with the deaths of their parents from alcohol which will change their lives forever. In The Rock of Troy, the Iliad is revisited with all twenty-four books translated with no dialogue, only action and classical rock music from the seventies and eighties. Five new oneacts are also introduced in the book with the dramatic plays, The Mahmudiyah Incident, The Land of Never, and A Christmas Musical, and the comedies Troubles Revenge, a sequel to A Purrfect Life, and Humpty Dumpty: the musical?
Being Frank
Author: Donna W. Earnhardt
Publisher: Flashlight Press
ISBN: 1936261464
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Frank follows the motto, "Honesty is the best policy." He tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Frank never lies to his schoolmates, he always tells the truth to adults, and he's always honest with police officers. The balancing act of finding tact, that fine line between telling the truth and telling too much truth, is the main theme of this story, and it's very funny—although not necessarily to his friend Dotti whose freckles remind Frank of the Big Dipper, or to the teacher who hears that her breath smells like onions, or to the principal who is told that his toupee looks like a weasel. No one is quite as impressed with Frank's honesty as he thinks they should be. He is sweet and straightforward, and, well, very frank, but with everyone annoyed at him, Frank is now honestly unhappy. He decides to visit his confidante and pal, Grandpa Ernest, who has a history of frankness himself. With a few lessons from Grandpa, Frank begins to understand that the truth is important, but so is not being hurtful. With amusing characters and expressive artwork, this story tells the powerful message of finding the good in everything—a lesson that sends compassion and understanding to take the place of rudeness in the complex concept of truth.
Publisher: Flashlight Press
ISBN: 1936261464
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Frank follows the motto, "Honesty is the best policy." He tells the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Frank never lies to his schoolmates, he always tells the truth to adults, and he's always honest with police officers. The balancing act of finding tact, that fine line between telling the truth and telling too much truth, is the main theme of this story, and it's very funny—although not necessarily to his friend Dotti whose freckles remind Frank of the Big Dipper, or to the teacher who hears that her breath smells like onions, or to the principal who is told that his toupee looks like a weasel. No one is quite as impressed with Frank's honesty as he thinks they should be. He is sweet and straightforward, and, well, very frank, but with everyone annoyed at him, Frank is now honestly unhappy. He decides to visit his confidante and pal, Grandpa Ernest, who has a history of frankness himself. With a few lessons from Grandpa, Frank begins to understand that the truth is important, but so is not being hurtful. With amusing characters and expressive artwork, this story tells the powerful message of finding the good in everything—a lesson that sends compassion and understanding to take the place of rudeness in the complex concept of truth.
World Without Fish
Author: Mark Kurlansky
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 1523507098
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A KID’S GUIDE TO THE OCEAN "Can you imagine a world without fish? It's not as crazy as it sounds. But if we keep doing things the way we've been doing things, fish could become extinct within fifty years. So let's change the way we do things!" World Without Fish is the uniquely illustrated narrative nonfiction account—for kids—of what is happening to the world’s oceans and what they can do about it. Written by Mark Kurlansky, author of Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster, and many other books, World Without Fish has been praised as “urgent” (Publishers Weekly) and “a wonderfully fast-paced and engaging primer on the key questions surrounding fish and the sea” (Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish). It has also been included in the New York State Expeditionary Learning English Language Arts Curriculum. Written by a master storyteller, World Without Fish connects all the dots—biology, economics, evolution, politics, climate, history, culture, food, and nutrition—in a way that kids can really understand. It describes how the fish we most commonly eat, including tuna, salmon, cod, swordfish—even anchovies— could disappear within fifty years, and the domino effect it would have: the oceans teeming with jellyfish and turning pinkish orange from algal blooms, the seabirds disappearing, then reptiles, then mammals. It describes the back-and-forth dynamic of fishermen, who are the original environmentalists, and scientists, who not that long ago considered fish an endless resource. It explains why fish farming is not the answer—and why sustainable fishing is, and how to help return the oceans to their natural ecological balance. Interwoven with the book is a twelve-page graphic novel. Each beautifully illustrated chapter opener links to the next to form a larger fictional story that perfectly complements the text.
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
ISBN: 1523507098
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
A KID’S GUIDE TO THE OCEAN "Can you imagine a world without fish? It's not as crazy as it sounds. But if we keep doing things the way we've been doing things, fish could become extinct within fifty years. So let's change the way we do things!" World Without Fish is the uniquely illustrated narrative nonfiction account—for kids—of what is happening to the world’s oceans and what they can do about it. Written by Mark Kurlansky, author of Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster, and many other books, World Without Fish has been praised as “urgent” (Publishers Weekly) and “a wonderfully fast-paced and engaging primer on the key questions surrounding fish and the sea” (Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish). It has also been included in the New York State Expeditionary Learning English Language Arts Curriculum. Written by a master storyteller, World Without Fish connects all the dots—biology, economics, evolution, politics, climate, history, culture, food, and nutrition—in a way that kids can really understand. It describes how the fish we most commonly eat, including tuna, salmon, cod, swordfish—even anchovies— could disappear within fifty years, and the domino effect it would have: the oceans teeming with jellyfish and turning pinkish orange from algal blooms, the seabirds disappearing, then reptiles, then mammals. It describes the back-and-forth dynamic of fishermen, who are the original environmentalists, and scientists, who not that long ago considered fish an endless resource. It explains why fish farming is not the answer—and why sustainable fishing is, and how to help return the oceans to their natural ecological balance. Interwoven with the book is a twelve-page graphic novel. Each beautifully illustrated chapter opener links to the next to form a larger fictional story that perfectly complements the text.
Mark Twain's Literary Resources
Author: Alan Gribben
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 1588385663
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Dr. Alan Gribben, a foremost Twain scholar, made waves in 1980 with the publication of Mark Twain's Library, a study that exposed for the first time the breadth of Twain's reading and influences. Prior to Gribben's work, much of Twain's reading history was assumed lost, but through dogged searching Gribben was able to source much of Twain's library. Mark Twain's Literary Resources is a much-expanded examination of Twain's library and readings. Volume I included Gribben's reflections on the work involved in cataloging Twain's reading and analysis of Twain's influences and opinions. This volume, long awaited, is an in-depth and comprehensive accounting of Twain's literary history. Each work read or owned by Twain is listed, along with information pertaining to editions, locations, and more. Gribben also includes scholarly annotations that explain the significance of many works, making this volume of Mark Twain's Literary Resources one of the most important additions to our understanding of America's greatest author.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 1588385663
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
Book Description
Dr. Alan Gribben, a foremost Twain scholar, made waves in 1980 with the publication of Mark Twain's Library, a study that exposed for the first time the breadth of Twain's reading and influences. Prior to Gribben's work, much of Twain's reading history was assumed lost, but through dogged searching Gribben was able to source much of Twain's library. Mark Twain's Literary Resources is a much-expanded examination of Twain's library and readings. Volume I included Gribben's reflections on the work involved in cataloging Twain's reading and analysis of Twain's influences and opinions. This volume, long awaited, is an in-depth and comprehensive accounting of Twain's literary history. Each work read or owned by Twain is listed, along with information pertaining to editions, locations, and more. Gribben also includes scholarly annotations that explain the significance of many works, making this volume of Mark Twain's Literary Resources one of the most important additions to our understanding of America's greatest author.
A Collection of Plays by Mark Frank
Author:
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595215238
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595215238
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Time
Author: Briton Hadden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Railway Carmen's Journal
Story World and Photodramatist
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
Author: Nathan Englander
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307958736
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
From the Pulitzer-nominated, bestselling author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, eight powerful stories, dazzling in their display of language and imagination. “Showcases Mr. Englander’s extraordinary gifts as a writer.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times From the title story, a provocative portrait of two marriages inspired by Raymond Carver’s masterpiece, to “Peep Show” and “How We Avenged the Blums,” two stories that return to the author’s classic themes of sexual longing and ingenuity in the face of adversity, these stories affirm Nathan Englander’s place at the very forefront of contemporary American fiction.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307958736
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
From the Pulitzer-nominated, bestselling author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, eight powerful stories, dazzling in their display of language and imagination. “Showcases Mr. Englander’s extraordinary gifts as a writer.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times From the title story, a provocative portrait of two marriages inspired by Raymond Carver’s masterpiece, to “Peep Show” and “How We Avenged the Blums,” two stories that return to the author’s classic themes of sexual longing and ingenuity in the face of adversity, these stories affirm Nathan Englander’s place at the very forefront of contemporary American fiction.
Cuban Revelations
Author: Marc Frank
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813047846
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
In Cuban Revelations, Marc Frank offers a first-hand account of daily life in Cuba at the turn of the twenty-first century, the start of a new and dramatic epoch for islanders and the Cuban diaspora. A U.S.-born journalist who has called Havana home for almost a quarter century, Frank observed in person the best days of the revolution, the fall of the Soviet Bloc, the great depression of the 1990s, the stepping aside of Fidel Castro, and the reforms now being devised by his brother. Examining the effects of U.S. policy toward Cuba, Frank analyzes why Cuba has entered an extraordinary, irreversible period of change and considers what the island's future holds. The enormous social engineering project taking place today under Raúl's leadership is fraught with many dangers, and Cuban Revelations follows the new leader's efforts to overcome bureaucratic resistance and the fears of a populace that stand in his way. In addition, Frank offers a colorful chronicle of his travels across the island's many and varied provinces, sharing candid interviews with people from all walks of life. He takes the reader outside the capital to reveal how ordinary Cubans live and what they are thinking and feeling as fifty-year-old social and economic taboos are broken. He shares his honest and unbiased observations on extraordinary positive developments in social matters, like healthcare and education, as well as on the inefficiencies in the Cuban economy.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813047846
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
In Cuban Revelations, Marc Frank offers a first-hand account of daily life in Cuba at the turn of the twenty-first century, the start of a new and dramatic epoch for islanders and the Cuban diaspora. A U.S.-born journalist who has called Havana home for almost a quarter century, Frank observed in person the best days of the revolution, the fall of the Soviet Bloc, the great depression of the 1990s, the stepping aside of Fidel Castro, and the reforms now being devised by his brother. Examining the effects of U.S. policy toward Cuba, Frank analyzes why Cuba has entered an extraordinary, irreversible period of change and considers what the island's future holds. The enormous social engineering project taking place today under Raúl's leadership is fraught with many dangers, and Cuban Revelations follows the new leader's efforts to overcome bureaucratic resistance and the fears of a populace that stand in his way. In addition, Frank offers a colorful chronicle of his travels across the island's many and varied provinces, sharing candid interviews with people from all walks of life. He takes the reader outside the capital to reveal how ordinary Cubans live and what they are thinking and feeling as fifty-year-old social and economic taboos are broken. He shares his honest and unbiased observations on extraordinary positive developments in social matters, like healthcare and education, as well as on the inefficiencies in the Cuban economy.