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Humans ask this question frequently, what is love? A lot of us
believe that we know the true meaning of the word, while in
reality; it is a word that has a lot of definitions according to
each person's point of view. Some think that love can be told by
words, others think it's something felt by actions. But the problem
isn't in the meaning of the word. The real question is how far
could you go for someone you love? To what extent would you endure
and bear the pain subjected by the one you love? When is it time to
let go? Is it possible? "Ironic isn't it, we ignore the ones who
adore us, adore the ones that ignore us, love the ones who hurt us,
and hurt the ones that love us? " Jordan Neil Yet, sometimes that
hurt makes us blind to see the truth. Or maybe what you think is
the truth, is actually the camouflage of the truth. Sometimes the
truth isn't on the surface. You have to see what lies beyond
that...You have to look for the truth behind truth.
On paper, David Epslamowitz has it all. At only thirty years
old, he is the proud owner of one the most successful hedge funds
and resides in a posh three-story penthouse on the most prominent
street in the Big Apple. He is known on the street as a devoted
philanthropist renowned for his good-looks and obnoxiously infinite
bank account. Nevertheless, David struggles internally for the
balance of what truly inspires him while at the same time trying to
fulfill his deceased father's expectations. Ultimately he fills
this void in the eyes of an alluring French actress and learns what
truly fulfills him... love. It seems that nothing can keep David
from being with her but the closer he gets, the more it seems
someone is trying to sabotage the relationship. Slowly, David
discovers that not only is someone out to ruin him, but that he and
those close to him are in extreme danger.Living in a suburb of the
Big Apple since a teen, Viktor Kozlov became the most sought-after
assassin, just like his father before him. He's been hired by the
government, the mafia and anyone who could afford him for his
extraordinary ability to make his "hits" appear as accidental
deaths. However, Viktor struggles for the balance of who he is and
who he is destined to be until one day when an unusual client
arrives at his house with an extra unusual request.Don't Bite the
Apple is a suspenseful thriller that will keep you pleading for
clues to solve the mystery of David's fate. Fear, laugh and cry
with David as the twists are revealed and you discover why, when,
and who connects him to the most dangerous assassin in the world.
This story epitomizes the question of what it is to be successful.
Success is not measured by wealth; rather, it has to do with the
difference between what you were born with and what you did with
it. In that search for who you are, the greater your access to
money, the more temptations that are available to you and those
around you, especially in the Big Apple.
After an interval of some months or years, and at Phlius, a town of
Peloponnesus, the tale of the last hours of Socrates is narrated to
Echecrates and other Phliasians by Phaedo the 'beloved disciple.'
The Dialogue necessarily takes the form of a narrative, because
Socrates has to be described acting as well as speaking. The
minutest particulars of the event are interesting to distant
friends, and the narrator has an equal interest in them. During the
voyage of the sacred ship to and from Delos, which has occupied
thirty days, the execution of Socrates has been deferred. (Compare
Xen. Mem.) The time has been passed by him in conversation with a
select company of disciples. But now the holy season is over, and
the disciples meet earlier than usual in order that they may
converse with Socrates for the last time. Those who were present,
and those who might have been expected to be present, are mentioned
by name. There are Simmias and Cebes (Crito), two disciples of
Philolaus whom Socrates 'by his enchantments has attracted from
Thebes' (Mem.), Crito the aged friend, the attendant of the prison,
who is as good as a friend-these take part in the conversation.
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Host
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Joel Garden
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R1,269
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Host is a historical drama which covers the journey not of one set
of characters but of a whole nation, the Kingdom of Tizlius. Within
these pages are the stories of Tizlius monarch's and nobles,
usurpers and Chancellors, clans and generals, its alliance with its
co-religionists against their common enemy, years of plague and
unrest, political conspiracies, regicide and civil war.
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Spun
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Rabiah Hussain
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R383
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Safa and Aisha have been best friends for years. They used to bunk
off school, revise for exams together and even went to the same
university. But now they're forging different paths for the first
time: Safa to work in the City, and Aisha to teach in Newham. When
London is attacked one day in July, Safa and Aisha feel the whole
world spinning. As extremes from all sides take hold of the city,
can their friendship survive the upheaval? Spun is the exhilarating
debut play from Rabiah Hussain. Seen through the eyes of two
British Pakistani Muslim girls from East London, this funny and
moving drama unravels the makings of a friendship, microaggressions
in the city, and the challenge of keeping rooted through unstable
times.
Gabriel de la palabra. Gabriel de la persecucion. Gabriel del
nirvana a ultranza de la "metalitica" civilizacion condicionada
Anfitrion de las esferas luminicas de la alegria, evangelista de
las calles de Dios. Hedonista frontal y por tal excomulgado. Que
mas da? Cuando el habla de sus hermanos desangelados. Gabriel
frente al " angelus nominis" prefiere por todo lo alto el nombre de
hermano. Este es el autor que te dejamos en los ojos de tus manos.
No preguntes de donde viene, sino comienza a andar el camino para
encontrartelo
This book is a collection of 22 essays by scholars in the field of
Medieval Drama, mostly relating to performance both past and
present. Alford wrote one essay in the book.
The spellbinding story of a family that spans two generations;It's
1946. Tomas is 17 years old, living in Franco's fascist Spain, on
the Canary Islands, where they are still recovering from three
years of a bloody civil war. Torn between his family and the desire
for freedom, Tomas makes a decision that changes his life and those
around him forever. Journey is based on the true story of a man
named Tomas Castellano, and the secret he's kept from his family
his entire life.It all begins on the night before Tomas and
Marlene's 50th wedding anniversary, when their son Mike Castellano,
discovers the secret. Because of the political circumstances, and
economics, Tomas leaves his home, his family, everything he knows,
and loves - in search for freedom, and a better life, which nearly
cost him, his. Journey shows us vividly, the ache and the pain one
goes through - and the courage one needs to leave behind their
home, their family, everything they know and love to live a life of
freedom.Without telling anyone, Tomas and his friend Antonio risk
their lives to escape. The story follows the extraordinary
adventure of two young men, their struggle for survival, and the
suffering a family goes through not knowing whether their son is
alive or dead.Journey is a story about freedom...Freedom, to live
the life you dream of...Freedom, that happens when you to let go,
And... Freedom, that comes from knowing who your father is and
where you came from.
The Peaceful brothers, Tommo and Charlie, have a tough rural
childhood facing the death of their father, financial hardship and
a cruel landlord. Their fierce loyalty to each other pulls them
through, until one day they both fall for the same girl. And then
the Great War comes. It tells the story of a country lad fighting a
war he doesn't understand for people he cannot respect. We join
18-year-old Private Tommo Peaceful in the trenches as he tells us a
story of courage, devotion and sibling rivalry on what may be his
last night on earth. Private Peaceful was shortlisted for the
Carnegie Medal, won the Red House Children's Book Award and the
Blue Peter Book Award and is acknowledged by Michael Morpurgo (War
Horse, The Butterfly Lion) to be his favourite work. This new,
small ensemble version by Simon Reade was commissioned by
Nottingham Playhouse.
Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry
themselves can best re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies
of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New
Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the
literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the poetry of the
originals. The tragedies collected here were originally available
as single volumes. This new collection retains the informative
introductions and explanatory notes of the original editions, with
Greek line numbers and a single combined glossary added for easy
reference.
This volume collects for the first time three of Sophocles most
moving tragedies, all set in mythical Thebes: Oedipus the King,
perhaps the most powerful of all Greek tragedies; Oedipus at
Colonus, a story that reveals the reversals and paradoxes that
define moral life; and Antigone, a touchstone of thinking about
human conflict and human tragedy, the role of the divine in human
life, and the degree to which men and women are the creators of
their own destiny.
In hierdie drama word die leser/gehoor gekonfronteer met die
gevolge van keuses waarmee bykans alle Suid-Afrikaners kan
identifiseer: kwessies soos emigrasie, die behoud van bande met die
geboorteland, nagevolge van die Angolese bosoorlog, moorde op
bejaardes en sosiale onsekerhede as gevolg van kriminele geweld.
Hiermee gee Opperman dramaties gestalte aan die gedagte dat die
persoonlike dikwels ’n politieke strekking het. Ook ander
verwysingsraamwerke tree na vore, waaronder die invloed van die
geskiedenis en die soeke na identiteit.
Hate knows no bounds... It was a cold dark night, and Andre was
eager to get home to his family. A 35-year old African-American, he
is a successful businessman. Driving down a deserted road, he has
to abruptly stop for what apparently is a body on the pavement.
Getting out to help, he is suddenly surrounded by men in white
hoods - and realizes he has fallen for a trap. Will he get out
alive? In a world where hate driven crimes dominate headline news,
A High Price for Justice is a compelling account of one man's fight
to expose an evil conspiracy and unsolved murders involving some of
Mississippi's high society.
THE ENGLISH FOLK-PLAY By E. K. CHAMBERS OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON
PRESS 1933 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON OXFORD UNIVERSIXY PRESS AMEN
HOUSE, E. G. 4. London Edinburgh Glasgow-Leipzig New York Toronto
Melbourne Capetown Bombay Calcutta Madras Shanghai HUMPHREY MILKORD
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY PRINTED TN GREAT BRITAIN AT THE
UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD BY JOHN JOHNSON, ANALYSIS THE MUMMERS PLAY
AND ITS CONGENERS PAGE THE MUMMERS PLAY ..... 3 THE PRESENTATION .
. . . .13 THE COMBATANTS . . . . .23 THE DISPUTE . . . . . - 33 THE
LAMENT . . . . . .38 THE WESTON-SUB-EDGE PLAT . . .41 THE CURE . .
. . . .50 JACK FINNEY ...... 57 MULTIPLIED COMBATS . . . 59 THE
Quite . . . . . .63 THE MYLOR PLAY . . . . .71 COSTUME . . . . .
.83 ABNORMAL MUMMERS PLAYS . . .87 THE PLOUGH PLAY . . . . .89 THE
REVESBY PLAY . . . . .104 THE SWORD DANCE . . . . .123 THE
AMPLEFORTH PLAY . . . .131 THE MORRIS DANCE . . . . .150 JACK OF
LENT . . . . .153 MEDIEVAL PARALLELS . . . .160 vi ANALYSIS PAGE
SAINT GEORGE 170 THE SEPEN CHAMPIONS . . . .174 THE STAGE AND THE
FOLK . . . .185 THE RESIDUAL PROBLEM . . .192 THE PROBLEM OF ORIGIN
PARALLELS FROM WESTERN EUROPE . . 197 PARALLELS FROM THE BALKANS .
. .206 A PRIMITIVE LUDUS . . . . .211 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LUDUS
. .216 WOOING PLATS . . . . .229 1 52 OF TEXTS 236 INDEX 245
ILLUSTRATIONS 1. ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Drawing by THOMAS
FISHER in J. G. Nichols, Ancient Paintings at Stratford upon-dvon
1838, from Fresco in the Chapel of the Gild of Holy Cross.
frontispiece 2. A KIRMESS IN THE NETHERLANDS. Engraving in the
British Museum from Painting by PIETER BRUEGHEL c. I53 6 9-facing
p. 204 THE MUMMERS PLAY AND ITS CONGENERS The Mummers Play. years
ago, I attempted, in TheMediaeval Stage, to give an account of the
Mummers Play, as one of several ludi of the folk which involve an
element of mimesis. Since then, much additional material has been
collected on the play and its congeners, notably by the late
Reginald Tiddy and Cecil Sharp, and by Professor C. R. Baskervill,
Mr. Douglas Kennedy, and Mr. Stuart Piggott and fresh light has
been thrown on the possible origin of such ludi by the discovery of
close analogues still surviving in various parts of the Balkans. It
seems, therefore, worth while to go over the ground again, and to
bring together the threads of the old and the new evidence with
regard to this singular and long-enduring seasonal ceremony. In
1903 I was able to make use of twenty-nine examples of the play. I
can now draw upon well over a hundred, more or less complete,
together with a few entangled in ludi of other types. Probably
there are others, even in print, which have eluded my search, and
there are references, in Tiddys valuable study and elsewhere, to
performances at various places from which no texts, so far as I
know, are upon record. But my hundred or so examples cover the
greater part of the country, and extend to Wales, the Isle of Man,
the eastern coast-line of Ireland, and the Lowlands of Scotland.
From the more purely Celtic
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