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Meg's expecting twins—-any minute!—-in this next hilarious entry in the award-winning, New York Times bestselling series!
Meg is eight and a half months pregnant with twins when Michael asks if she wouldn't mind another houseguest. One of his doctoral students is directing his new translation of a play by a minor Spanish playwright, and the playwright has agreed to come to town for the production.
Senor Mendoza turns out
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"The Lake Shore Limited" is the story of how Wilhelmina "Billy" Gertz has come to create the title's play out of emotions surrounding an imagined terrorist bombing of a Chicago train, how the play is then created anew on the stage, and how the play's performance touches and changes the lives that intersect and interweave with Billy's.
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The year is 1597. For nearly a decade, the island of Britain has been under the rule of King Philip in the name of Spain. The citizenry live under an enforced curfew—and in fear of the Inquisition’s agents, who put heretics to the torch in public displays. And with Queen Elizabeth imprisoned in the Tower of London, the British have no symbol to unite them against the enemy who occupies their land.
William Shakespeare has...
William Shakespeare has...
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"In 1943 Hollywood, aspiring murder mystery screenwriter Annie Laurence, to get a foot in the door, volunteers at the Hollywood Canteen, a club run exclusively by industry members, and gets an opportunity to prove her worth by solving a real-life murder case, chronicling her investigation in an anonymous magazine column"--
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Becoming a famous playwright is all Winnie ever dreamed about. For now, though, she'll have to settle for assisting the celebrated, sharp-witted feminist playwright Juliette Brassard. When an experimental theater company in London, England, decides to stage Juliette's most renowned play, The Lights of Trafalgar, Winnie and Juliette pack their bags and hop across the pond. Then, Juliette's nephew, Liam, enters stage left. He's handsome, he's smart,...
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An "elegantly written . . . exhilarating" Booker-award finalist is "a knowing glimpse at the ways we hold ourselves responsible for saving the people we love" (People).
It is the summer of 1997. In England, Alec Valentine is returning home to care for his ailing mother, Alice, a task that only reinforces his deep sense of inadequacy. In San Francisco, his older brother Larry prepares to come home as well, knowing it will be hard...
It is the summer of 1997. In England, Alec Valentine is returning home to care for his ailing mother, Alice, a task that only reinforces his deep sense of inadequacy. In San Francisco, his older brother Larry prepares to come home as well, knowing it will be hard...
10) Dual image
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Booth DeWitt had written his greatest script. From the pain of a bitter marriage came a bitingly brilliant story. Ariel Kirkwood, who plays Amanda Jamison on a popular soap opera, knew she wanted to play the scheming wife--a complete change from her sweet daytime heroine.
11) As if on cue
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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2021.
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It seems that aspiring playwright Natalie and musician Reid have been in competition all their young lives. When they are forced to compete for scarce school budget dollars they embark on an all-out prank war. When it backfires; they are forced to cooperate, pool their talents and ambitions to produce a school musical. Not only is cooperation an unfamiliar role, it leads to their having feelings for each other. -- adapted from run-on sentence provided....
12) Glitter Baby
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Welcome to the world of the Glitter Baby. Fleur Savagar is the most beautiful woman in the world-- to everyone but herself. With her oversized hands and paddle-boat feet, her streaky blond hair and funny green eyes, she lives a life filled with secrets that began before she was born. That was when her bewitching mother left home to find James Dean and met Errol Flynn instead. Now Fleur has to grow up quickly, and life won't make that easy. Jake Koranda...
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2023.
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English
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"Open the door....Holly Sherwin has been a struggling playwright for years, but now, after receiving a grant to develop her play Witching Night, she may finally be close to her big break. All she needs is time and space to bring her vision to life. When she stumbles across Hill House on a weekend getaway upstate, she is immediately taken in by the mansion, nearly hidden outside a remote village. It's enormous, old, and ever-so eerie--the perfect place...
15) Lark
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Bellamy's blossoms volume 2
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Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
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304 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
19) Act of Will
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A Will Power novel volume 1
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Tor
Pub. Date
2009.
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First edition.
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334 pages : map ; 25 cm.
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English
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