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Abomination
Kimbra Swain - 2017
The Agency's purpose coincides with its leader, Hyperion. As the father to the sun, the moon and the dawn, the Greek Titan endeavors along with his vast network to ensure the world keeps turning. Abigail Davenport, a descendant of the Titan and powerful magic wielder, must adapt the network she established before it falls behind with the changing technological world. She uncovers a plot to destroy all that she built along with millions of innocent lives. Tadeas Duarte, a Mayan Jaguar Guardian, works in the basement of The Agency's facility in Boulder, Colorado. He may be the Agency's best trainer, but he vows never to use his talents again, after a tragic accident. His unique shifting ability and tether to the spirit world make him the best candidate to join Abigail. She must convince him that his talents are a gift and not a curse. A dire warning from the Archangel Gabriel compels Abigail and Tadeas confirm their alliance and seek out the enemy. Together they will discover the true face of evil, the power of partnership and that sometimes you've got to have faith.
The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Mary Lefkowitz - 2016
Not only is the influence of Greek drama palpable in everything from Shakespeare to modern television, the insights contained in Greek tragedy have shaped our perceptions of the nature of human life. Poets, philosophers, and politicians have long borrowed and adapted the ideas and language of Greek drama to help them make sense of their own times.This exciting curated anthology features a cross section of the most popular--and most widely taught--plays in the Greek canon. Fresh translations into contemporary English breathe new life into the texts while capturing, as faithfully as possible, their original meaning.This outstanding collection also offers short biographies of the playwrights, enlightening and clarifying introductions to the plays, and helpful annotations at the bottom of each page. Appendices by prominent classicists on such topics as "Greek Drama and Politics," "The Theater of Dionysus," and "Plato and Aristotle on Tragedy" give the reader a rich contextual background. A detailed time line of the dramas, as well as a list of adaptations of Greek drama to literature, stage, and film from the time of Seneca to the present, helps chart the history of Greek tragedy and illustrate its influence on our culture from the Roman Empire to the present day.With a veritable who's who of today's most renowned and distinguished classical translators, The Greek Plays is certain to be the definitive text for years to come.Praise for The Greek Plays"Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm deftly have gathered strong new translations from Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Emily Wilson, as well as from Mary Lefkowitz and James Romm themselves. There is a freshness and pungency in these new translations that should last a long time. I admire also the introductions to the plays and the biographies and annotations provided. Closing essays by five distinguished classicists--the brilliant Daniel Mendelsohn and the equally skilled David Rosenbloom, Joshua Billings, Mary-Kay Gamel, and Gregory Hays--all enlightened me. This seems to me a helpful light into our gathering darkness."--Harold Bloom
Shifters of Bear's Den Complete Series
Cecilia Lane - 2019
A secretive town. Six growly bears claim their fated mates.Forbidden MateLeah lives a life haunted by secrets. She can't stay in one place for long, even if bear shifter Callum’s slow, sexy smile and quiet strength make her yearn for more. As Leah’s secrets unravel, danger looms over her and all of Bearden. Can the alpha bear keep his people safe, especially the woman who is fated to be his?Dangerous MateRylee doesn’t have time for distractions or bossy bodyguards, even if they’re tall, dark and gorgeous. She’s determined to ignore the tension sizzling between her and gruff bear shifter Cole, but it grows harder to resist his charm as one wicked-hot kiss leads to another. While Rylee and Cole fight their attraction, sinister forces gather in the town of Bearden.Hunted MateNo one could call fox shifter Becca fragile. She's been to hell and back and got the t-shirt, thank you very much. After experiencing a tragic loss and the abandonment of her mate, she left Bearden and vowed never to return. Only, fate had a different plan in mind and Nolan’s bear will no longer be denied.Runaway MateMeghan's on the run, hiding from a vengeful ex-fiance after she dumped him at the altar. Just when her heart is on the edge of loving an untamed shifter, danger looms, threatening all she holds dear. The only one who can save her is a wild and feral bear.Stolen MateEverly’s terrible, no-good day starts with defying her alpha’s plans to mate her to make little black panther heirs. Everyone thinks Sawyer is steady and gentlemanly, but that ends when he hauls the curvy blonde to his cabin for some neighborly protective custody. To keep from returning to her alpha, Everly claims she’s already married. To Sawyer.Untamed MateMara flirted with darkness to save her family. Now, locked in a cell, she struggles to atone for her crimes. Will a hulking bear shifter and a mission to save missing children be her chance for redemption?The Shifters of Bear's Den Complete Series collection is for readers who enjoy steamy paranormal romance novels filled with intense action, sassy heroines, and broody bear shifters hot enough to melt your heart. Download now because you love forbidden romances, second chances, and happily-ever-afters.
Guardians of the Garden (Guardians Book I)
Theresa Pocock
At least there she would be free from the garden’s magic, free to lead her own life, and free to never again think about ancient apples, or duty, or life unending. Seth Johnson's sister is losing her battle with cancer, and his parents seem to have given up on trying to save her. He cannot let her die. He will do anything to stop it including cutting a deal with a mercenary. Neither Seth nor Miriam want to be caught up in the tide of fate and feelings destined for them, but with such harshly opposing goals their worlds are bound to collide. If Miriam and Seth cannot find a way to have faith in each other this will end with the death of a beloved sister, a destroyed relationship, and the secret of immortality revealed to a pre-apocalyptic world.Pocock takes her readers to a land where myth, folklore and reality merge, where love is strong, fear runs deep, and the end of the world is coming.
The Closed Doors
Pauline Albanese - 2015
You can download it here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ww9m...This is a coming of age story. This is about closing your eyes, shedding your skin, finding yourself, and touching your soul. In the Underworld, Persephone looks her Death in the face.
பாஞ்சாலி சபதம் [ Panjali Sabatham ]
Subramaniya Bharathiyar
The jubilant Kauravas insult the Pandavas in their helpless state and even try to disrobe Draupadi in front of the entire court, but her honour is saved by Krishna who miraculously creates lengths of cloth to replace the ones being removed.
The Cabin
David Mamet - 1992
They are about guns, campaign buttons, and a cabin in the Vermont woods that stinks of wood smoke and kerosene -- and about their associations of pleasure, menace, and regret.The resulting volume may be compared to the plays that have made Mamet famous: it is finely crafted and deftly timed, and its precise language carries an enormous weight of feeling.
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Stephen Adly Guirgis - 2005
This latest work from the author of Our Lady of 121st Street "shares many of the traits that have made Mr. Guirgis a playwright to reckon with in recent years: a fierce and questing mind that refuses to settle for glib answers, a gift for identifying with life's losers and an unforced eloquence that finds the poetry in lowdown street talk. [Guirgis brings to the play] a stirring sense of Christian existential pain, which wonders at the paradoxes of faith" (Ben Brantley, The New York Times).
Destroyer of Light
Jennifer Marie Brissett - 2021
In the four habitable areas of the planet—Day, Dusk, Dawn, and Night—the haves and have nots, criminals and dissidents, and former alien conquerors irrevocably bind three stories:*A violent warlord abducts a young girl from the agrarian outskirts of Dusk leaving her mother searching and grieving.*Genetically modified twin brothers desperately search for the lost son of a human/alien couple in a criminal underground trafficking children for unknown purposes.*A young woman with inhuman powers rises through the insurgent ranks of soldiers in the borderlands of Night.Their stories, often containing disturbing physical and sexual violence, skate across years, building to a single confrontation when the fate of all—human and alien—balances upon a knife’s-edge.
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes
Seamus Heaney - 1990
Written in the fifth century BC, this play concerns the predicament of the outcast hero, Philoctetes, whom the Greeks marooned on the island of Lemnos and forgot about until the closing stages of the Siege of Troy. Abandoned because of a wounded foot, Philoctetes nevertheless possesses an invincible bow without which the Greeks cannot win the Trojan War. They are forced to return to Lemnos and seek out Philoctetes' support in a drama that explores the conflict between personal integrity and political expediency.Heaney's version of Philoctetes is a fast-paced, brilliant work ideally suited to the stage. Heaney holds on to the majesty of the Greek original, but manages to give his verse the flavor of Irish speech and context.
Arion and the Dolphin
Vikram Seth - 1994
This theme from Arion and the Dolphin as retold by Vikram Seth from an ancient Greek legend, is brilliantly expressed by the tender, dramatic harmonies of shape, color, and line in Jane Ray's glowing illustrations. Full color.
All This Intimacy
Rajiv Joseph - 2010
In an unprecedented (for him) run of promiscuity, Ty has managed to impregnate three women in the span of one week: His ex-girlfriend, his 40-something married next-door neighbor, and his 18 year-old student. In this edgy comedy by playwright Rajiv Joseph, Ty's problems illuminate every triumph and failure of his life, and as the women
Five Plays: Antigone, Eurydice, The Ermine, The Rehearsal, Romeo and Jeannette
Jean Anouilh - 1958
Jean Anouilh Five Plays—the finest English-language anthology of his works—crackles with both his sharp wit and his icy cynicism. In Antigone, his preeminent play and exemplar of his themes and style, he creates a disturbing world in which fate may be no more than a game of role-playing. Eurydice, The Ermine, The Rehearsal, Romeo and Jeannette are the other plays included in this edition.
Plays 1: Philadelphia, Here I Come! / The Freedom of the City / Living Quarters / Aristocrats / Faith Healer / Translations
Brian Friel - 1984
A collection of six plays by the Irish playwright, Brian Friel.Philadelphia, Here I Come! -- The Freedom of the City -- Living Quarters -- Aristocrats -- Faith Healers -- Translations