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Winner of the George Devine Award for 2002, published to tie in with the opening at the Traverse Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival "And that is why we can't have these/Fatally radiant creatures/Walking round the place/Reminding us how clumsy/And mean-spirited/And graceless/And cowardly/And shapeless/And flabby and foul we all are." In a drowned world - how far will you go to save your own skin? In this vicious tale of love, revolt and beauty,...

Arranged chronologically, this resource book traces the history of world exploration from the nomads of ancient times to today's exploration of outer space. Games, songs, dramatics, writing projects, group discussions and other activities are used to help bring historical events to life.

A volume which responds to the need for subject access to materials on all aspects of African-American life and culture - from the "A.M.E Church" to "Zoning". It offers approximately 5000 subject headings that are interfaced with and interlinked to the Library of Congress subject headings.

A reportage play. Valerie wants a job, Frank wants to run the marathon--Paul, Philip and Alan just want to hold on. This dramatic piece of reportage draws on interviews with murderers to create stark, uncompromising portraits of people rebuilding their lives.

An impressive mythology envelops Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela's successor to the South African presidency. But key questions arise: Does he have an ideology? If so, what informs it, and how does it translate into practice? Has Mbeki managed to capture and articulate a clear vision, and a sense of collective values? Does he offer the leadership South Africa needs? This book offers critical perspectives of the globally dominant neo-liberal order,...

Exposes and examines the hidden threats to liberty and the rule of law posed by "pharmacracy"--the emerging alliance of the government and the health-care system.

The plays in O'Connell's trilogy portray the vulnerable and the violent as they lash out against the world around them

In 1969, the year following the death of Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen published his first book. Who, reading Intimacy: Essays in Pastoral Psychology, at the time could have guessed that its 37 year old Dutch priest-author would become one of the most popular spiritual writers of the 20th-century?Unlike Merton, whose strictly spiritual writings appealed almost exclusively to Roman Catholics, Nouwen had an enormous following among Protestants as ...

Hippolytus, the spoiled prince, is driven to preserve his self inviolate. Emotions, particularly love, and need of any type are an unbearable threat to the prince. Phaedra, his stepmother, is in love with him. The impossibility of the situation leads to their bloody destruction.

Open Mind, Open Heart" will take readers into a world where God can do anything, into a realm of the greatest adventure--"where one is open to the Infinite and hence to infinite possibilities" (Thomas Keating).

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Dick Barton, hero of the BBC's 1940's radio serial is back in this, the third of Phil Wilmott's critically acclaimed and hugely successful series of musical comedies. This show works independently of its predecessors or as the final part of a hilarious trilogy. A ruthless Latin love lothario has set his sights on the women of London. No gal is safe from the swarthy continental's sultry seductions as he cha-cha-chas his wicked way into the boud...

In Blue, three childhood friends devise a deadly daily ritual and jump off a cliff. InTouched, Cora and Mikey make a pact to escape their uncle's dishevelled pub for Dublin, a place they dream is a paradise.

Believing that educational progressivism has overestimated the power of rationality and repressed any understanding of unconscious mental processes, the author uses psychoanalysis to explore the constitution of the human subject within an educational setting.

This is the true story of a concentration camp survivor who becomes a member of the Resistance in Auschwitz, who acts as a courier to get messages out of the camp. He finds himself working for Dr. Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death", and, in a bizarre twist of fate, becomes the only Jew saved by the deadly doctor's skills. Photos.

It is estimated that there are 43 million Americans with one or more physical or mental disabilities. Over the past several decades, the disability movement has grown in strength and sophistication, attaining maturity with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. This landmark civil rights legislation ushered in a new era for people with disabilities.Many religious people, however well meaning, are unfamiliar with the language and philosop...

The acclaimed author of Beautiful Thing is back with another frank and hilarious play exploring the ins and outs of modern relationships.

This book contains the latin text of Plautus's Pseudolus, with a detailed introduction including sections on Greek new comedy, figures of language and thought and the presentation of the text. The edition also includes a bibliography, extensive notes and and a metrical synopsis.

Any attempt to identify the thread that runs through the late Erich Fromm's writings will soon uncover an unequivocally humanistic world view. From the 1930s on, this was Fromm's guiding principle. It signified Fromm's break with the Frankfurt School: Marcuse, Adorno and Horkheimer. This posthumous volume includes writings from one of Fromm's most fertile periods--the 1960s. These writings concentrate on humanistic science, socialism, religion...