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Themba: a boy called Hope
Themba: a boy called Hope
Lutz van Dijk
¥40.79
Growing up in rural South Africa, Themba dreams of becoming a famous footballer. One day he leaves his village and travels with his sister in search of their mother. Life is a struggle in the city and Themba has to grow up fast. A lucky break gives him the chance to train as a footballer in the premier league. Finally he’s playing professionally and everyone wants to know about the rising young star – but Themba has a secret – should he tell the truth about his HIV and risk everything he’s ever dreamed of?
The Divided Laing: Or The Two Ronnies
The Divided Laing: Or The Two Ronnies
Patrick Marmion
¥38.62
London 1970: Experimental psychiatrist R.D. Laing is facing eviction from his pioneering asylum in the East End’s Kingsley Hall. Local residents are up in arms – and to make matters worse, Ronnie’s revolutionary colleague David Cooper is flipping out on the roof… With his personal life going down the pan and his mental state heading the same way, Ronnie takes an acid trip to the future. His mission is to save his therapeutic collective The Philadelphia Association and secure his professional legacy. Will it be a one-way ticket to madness – or can breakdown sometimes mean breakthrough?
Who Do We Think We Are?
Who Do We Think We Are?
Sonja Linden
¥38.62
A kaleidoscope of stories about war, displacement, revolution and liberation taking us on an emotional journey across three continents. Based on the actors’ personal and family experiences, the stories interweave and overlap, exploring moments of joy, sadness and laughter set against key historical events over the last hundred years. Poignant, moving, funny, inspiring, this is the first piece of work created by the Visible Ensemble, dedicated to putting older performers and their rich lives centre stage.
The Seven Against Thebes
The Seven Against Thebes
Aeschylus
¥40.79
When Oedipus, King of Thebes, realized he had married his own mother and had two sons and two daughters with her, he blinded himself and cursed his sons to divide their kingdom by the sword. The two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, in order to avoid bloodshed, agreed to rule Thebes in alternate years. After the first year, Eteocles refused to step down, leading Polynices to raise an army of Argives captained by the eponymous Seven to take Thebes by force. This is where Aeschylus' tragedy starts.
Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya
Anton Chekhov
¥24.44
Uncle Vanya is different from Chekhov's other major plays as it is essentially an extensive reworking of his own other play published a decade earlier, The Wood Demon. By elucidating the specific changes Chekhov made during the revision process—these include reducing the cast-list from almost two dozen down to nine, changing the climactic suicide of The Wood Demon into the famous failed homicide of Uncle Vanya, and altering the original happy ending into a more problematic.
Mental and Physical Endurance: How to reach your physical and mental peak
Mental and Physical Endurance: How to reach your physical and mental peak
Alexander Stilwell
¥61.83
Most of us know that we are not exercising our minds and bodies as much as we should. The Elite Forces Manual of Mental and Physical Endurance uses techniques developed by special forces units to train their recruits to show how we can improve our mental and physical fitness. The book is a detailed examination of what it takes to become as fit as a special forces soldier, taking a holistic view of the body and mind. It is equally important to focus on diet, rest patterns and mental discipline as it is to concentrate on physical exercises. Using simple steps, the book shows the reader how they can build up their endurance over a matter of weeks and months, and how their quality of life will benefit. Like elite soldiers, top athletes need the spur of competition to achieve their greatest successes, and The Elite Forces Manual of Mental and Physical Endurance demonstrates how you can gain the psychological edge over your opponent. Whether you are competing in unarmed combat sports, running a marathon or just looking to get ahead, the book has helpful and practical advice for you. Using photographs and artworks, The Elite Forces Manual of Mental and Physical Endurance shows how special forces units such as the SAS and Delta Force stretch themselves mentally and physically, giving the reader the opportunity to train as they do in easy-to-follow steps to reach their peak of mental and physical strength.
Three Sisters
Three Sisters
Anton Chekhov
¥24.44
Three Sisters was written for the Moscow Art Theatre and was directed by Staniskavski himself on first opening. The play is often included in Chekhov's list of four outstanding plays and part of the classic repertoire of many world theatres. The play follows Chekhovian tradition of subtle character development and humour which often makes it a challenge for both performers and directors.
Louisa May Alcott Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 60+ Works
Louisa May Alcott Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 60+ Works
Louisa May Alcott, Ednah D. Cheney
¥8.09
Louisa May Alcott Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Louisa May Alcott collection, including the most complete set of Alcott’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Louisa May Alcott Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women. She was raised by her transcendentalist parents and she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau. Nevertheless, her family suffered severe financial difficulties and Alcott worked to help support the family from an early age. The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Louisa May Alcott’s work with more than 100 works - All her books, All her novels, and All her short stories. Plus there is Extra Bonus Material and a full length Biography. Works Including: Little Women and its sequel Good Wives Little Men: Life At Plumfield With Jo’s Boys Jo’s Boys: Sequel To Little Men? Under The Lilacs? Flower Fables? A Modern Cinderella; Or The Little Old Shoe And Other Stories? The Candy Country Eight Cousins and??Rose In Bloom - A Sequel To ‘Eight Cousins' An Old-Fashioned Girl Your Free Special Bonuses Louisa May Alcott - Her Life, Letters, And Journals?- Edited By Ednah D. Cheney – A biography and collection of Alcott’s intriguing correspondence. The Poetry Of Louisa May Alcott?- A complete set of Alcott’s rare poems. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Alcott collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by her world like never before!
William Shakespeare Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 220+ Plays, Sonnet
William Shakespeare Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 220+ Plays, Sonnet
William Shakespeare, William Hazlitt, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Samuel Johnson
¥8.09
William Shakespeare Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best William Shakespeare collection, including the most complete set of Shakespeare’s works available plus many free bonus materials. William Shakespeare Shakespeare is the first name we think of when we think of English literature. His works have an absolutely timeless quality. The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Shakespeare’s work, including not only all his plays, poetry, annotations and commentaries on those, but also his rare, hard-to-find Apocryphal Plays. Apocryphal Plays The Apocryphal Plays, as they are known, were not as widely published as Shakespeare’s well-known works, due to not being included in the famous ‘First Folio’ published by his fellow actors. As a result, they are extremely sought-after. Electrifying argument rages over them, often being discussed more than Shakespeare’s more familiar works. The Most Famous Commentaries This ultimate collection also contains some of the most famous commentaries on Shakespeare’s works, from some of the most celebrated literature experts in history: Samuel Johnson - known as the most quoted man after Shakespeare, Johnson’s famous ‘Preface to Shakespeare’ is one of the authorities on The Bard. He also created amazing Annotations of Shakespeare’s plays. All are included. William Hazlitt - We include hs in depth analysis, Characters Of Shakespeare’s Plays, explores each play and its players. Samuel Taylor Coleridge -?His Critical Analysis is considered highly influential and extremely insightful. Shakespeare Biographies This collection also included 2 full length biographies: Life Of Shakespeare By Sidney Lee A Study In Shakespeare By Algernon Charles Swinburne Bonuses In addition, you also receive in this collection: Life of Shakespeare – A quick biography about Shakespeare’s intriguing life. Apocryphal Explanation - Commentary about the fascinating Apocryphal Plays. Get It Now This is the best Shakespeare collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his world! Works Included: Comedies, including: Merchant Of Venice Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Twelfth Night Histories, including: Henry V Richard Iii Henry Viii Tragedies, including: Romeo & Juliet Titus Andronicus Julius Caesar Macbeth Hamlet Othello Apocrypha, Including: Thomas Cromwell Edward Iii Sir Thomas More Mucedrous Merry Devil Of Edmonton All Poems and Sonnets
Mother and the Tiger
Mother and the Tiger
Dana Hui Lim
¥65.32
In 1969 the small Asian nation of Cambodia was under attack: first by US bombers as the Vietnam war spilled over the border, and then by the Khmer Rouge as they began their brutal reign of terror. Under the rule of Pol Pot, ordinary city folk were driven from their homes and banished to labour camps that eventually saw two million people die. Darkness descended and "Year Zero" had begun. Mother and the Tiger is the story of one small girl, who struggled to survive one of the most ruthless regimes in human history. Six-year-old Hui Lim was trapped by the madness around her and cast into a seemingly endless nightmare. Her family was cursed as a member of a hated ethnic minority and targeted by the murderous Khmer Rouge. To survive where so many others died, Hui had to tap an inner strength that she never knew she possessed. Despite her youth she was determined to find her scattered family, no matter the odds. Her memoir of that brutal regime proves that even amidst the blackest depths of human depravity, hope can endure.
The Frogs
The Frogs
Aristophanes
¥40.79
The Frogs tells the story of the god Dionysus, who, despairing of the state of Athens' tragedians, travels to the underworld to bring the playwright Euripides back from the dead. He brings along his slave Xanthias, who is smarter and braver than Dionysus. As the play opens, Xanthias and Dionysus argue over what kind of jokes Xanthias can use to open the play.
The Ecclesiazusae
The Ecclesiazusae
Aristophanes
¥40.79
A group of women, led by the wise and redoubtable Praxagora, has decided that the women of Athens must convince the men to give them control of the city, as they are convinced they can do a better job. Disguised as men, the women sneak into the assembly and command the majority of votes needed to carry their series of revolutionary proposals, even convincing some of the men to vote for it on the grounds that it is the only thing they have not tried.
Visual Grammar: No Mistakes Grammar, Volumes I, II, and III
Visual Grammar: No Mistakes Grammar, Volumes I, II, and III
Giacomo Giammatteo
¥106.19
This book is a combination of No Mistakes Grammar volumes I, II, and III. But it’s so much more. It has some new material, but it also has about 200 pictures. That’s right—pictures. This is one of the world’s first, if not the first, visual grammar book. Most people learn better with pictures. With Visual Grammar, you get images that show examples of the words you’re learning. Not every word has a picture but a lot of them do. This book includes misused words, redundancies, absolutes, flat adverbs, eponyms, idiomatic expressions, Latin phrases, and more. ?
The Seagull
The Seagull
Anton Checkov
¥8.09
Space and Time are pleased to bring you The Seagull by Anton Checkov. This classic is presented as a wonderfully presented edition with a fully interactive table of contents.
Hamlet
Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Edith Nesbit
¥38.62
This edition of 'Hamlet' is an adaptation of Shakespeare's eponymous play 'The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'. Set in Denmark, the story dramatises the revenge Prince Hamlet is called to wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by the ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet. Narrated in plain modern English, capturing the very essence and key elements of the original Shakespeare's drama.
The Clouds
The Clouds
Aristophanes
¥40.79
Strepsiades complains to the audience that he is too worried about household debts to get any sleep – his aristocratic wife has encouraged their son's expensive interest in horses. Strepsiades, having thought up a plan to get out of debt, wakes the youth gently and pleads with him to do something for him. Pheidippides at first agrees to do as he's asked then changes his mind when he learns that his father wants to enroll him in The Thinkery, a school for wastrels and bums that no self-respecting, athletic young man dares to be associated with.
I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given To Me By A Young Lady From Rwanda
I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document Given To Me By A Young Lady From Rwanda
Sonja Linden
¥40.79
Inspired by the real life experiences of Rwandan refugees in the UK, the play tells the story of two people from entirely different worlds who meet at a Refugee Centre in London: Juliette is a young Rwandan asylum seeker, detemined to write a book on the genocide that killed her famiily; Simon is a middle-aged failing novelist, whose job is to help people write. The play follows their funny and touching relationship and tackles issues that face many refugees who live in the UK today. Nominated as Time Out Critics’ Choice, the play has been broadcast by the BBC World Service and was toured nationally by iceandfire in Autumn 2004 with the support of the Arts Council England.
The Wasps
The Wasps
Aristophanes
¥40.79
The play begins with a strange scene—a large net has been spread over a house, the entry is barricaded and two slaves are sleeping in the street outside. A third man is positioned at the top of an exterior wall with a view into the inner courtyard but he too is asleep. The two slaves wake and we learn from their banter that they are keeping guard over a 'monster'. The man asleep above them is their master and the monster is his father—he has an unusual disease.
Print on Demand—Who to Use to Print Your Books: No Mistakes Publishing, Volume I
Print on Demand—Who to Use to Print Your Books: No Mistakes Publishing, Volume I
Giacomo Giammatteo
¥40.79
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Prometheus Bound
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
¥40.79
Prometheus, a Titan who defies the gods and gives fire to mankind, acts for which he is subjected to perpetual punishment. The Oceanids appear and attempt to comfort Prometheus by conversing with him. Prometheus cryptically tells them that he knows of a potential marriage that would lead to Zeus's downfall. A Titan named Oceanus commiserates with Prometheus and urges him to make peace with Zeus.
The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
Anton Chekhov
¥24.44
The Cherry Orchard is one of the best known plays by the prolific Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov. It has been translated into practically all languages and is part of the classic repertoire of all world stages. Chekhov is known for his art of subtlety, humour, stream of consciousness technique, and fine balance which is often difficult to get right. Chekhov described the play as a comedy, with some elements of farce, though Stanislavski treated it as a tragedy. Since its first production, directors have contended with its dual nature. The play concerns an aristocratic Russian landowner who returns to her family estate just before it is auctioned to pay the mortgage. Unresponsive to offers to save the estate, she allows its sale to the son of a former serf. The story presents themes of cultural futility – both the futile attempts of the aristocracy to maintain its status and of the bourgeoisie to find meaning in its newfound materialism. It dramatises the rise of the middle class after the abolition of serfdom in the mid-19th century and the decline of the power of the aristocracy.