Cervantes's Eight Interludes
Cervantes's Eight Interludes

Author: Miguel Cervantes

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 1495049698

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Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) is Spain's most famous author, primarily because of his celebrated novel Don Quixote. His first love, however, was the theater, for which he wrote extensively. His Interludes, published 400 years ago in 1615, are short, comic plays that explore the underbelly of Renaissance Spanish society. Their characters include hillbillies and con artists, pimps and prostitutes, adulterous wives and jealous husbands, and an array of other comical figures. Cervantes's treatment of them is simultaneously critical and sympathetic. Although interludes tend to be works of light comedy, Cervantes often imbues his with deeper themes. Charles Patterson, a scholar of Hispanic theater, has created translations of the Interludes that are true to the earthiness of the originals but designed to be readily playable for today's actors and accessible to modern audiences. This book includes an introduction that places the plays in context, briefly describing the life of Cervantes, theater in early modern Spain, Cervantes's interludes, and Patterson's approach to translating them. Casual readers, theater and literature students, and professional actors alike will delight in these comedic gems that reveal a less familiar side of one of history's greatest writers.

Slayful Stories
Slayful Stories

Author: Melanie Mccurdie

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 9781530144990

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Welcome to Interludes, a collection of short stories by Canadian author Melanie McCurdie. These separate journeys take place in ordinary towns, in the midst of ordinary life. The stories in this collection peel back the facade of normal, revealing the horrors that await, and in every one, something lurks... All the players in these nasty and wicked little tales soon reveal their true, appalling faces that skulk beneath the masks they wear. Interludes contains several new tales including: Thicker Than Water, Frozen, Follow The Dog and a sneak peek into the upcoming novel Autopsia featuring the excerpt Snapshot.

Interludes
Interludes

Author: Harmony Kent

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781530002641

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A collection of short erotic fiction that will tickle more than your taste buds and wet more than your appetite. With a range of genres and styles, this book has enough steam for everyone. GREY MANCHESTER-contemporary romance in 1000 words. Will Nadine choose to drop her knife or her knickers? DOUBLE TROUBLE-menage a trois in 2000 words. After a dry spell, Sophia gets more than she bargained for with a solicitor and a teacher. DRAGON KISSED-shifter romance in 3000 words. Jenna's life is fairly run of the mill until she has a flying accident. With a dragon. All is not as it seems in this fiery romance. TRYST-contemporary romance in 4000 words. Polly pushes the boundaries on a workplace night out. LOVE ON THE CORNISH LINE-contemporary romance in 5000 words. Becky falls flat on her face, and madly in love. Her weekly commute home proves to be anything but routine. THE INLAW-contemporary romance in 6000 words. At 43, amputee Carla never expected in her wildest dreams to be called a MILF by a hot young stud. Trouble is, he's her son in law's brother. And young enough to be her son. Sparks fly when she's caught with her hands in the biscuit tin. NIGHT NURSE-contemporary romance in 7000 words. Denise has only weeks left to live. What constitutes life, though? What fills the yawning hours of empty days? Who are you once the chemo and the cancer have stripped you bare? What to do?-Go out on a slow fizzle, or with a big bang? OVERBOARD-contemporary romance in 8000 words. When Stella falls overboard in the middle of the Pacific, she gets more than she bargained for. Sharks and storms not withstanding. ALIEN LIAISON-alien romance in 9000 words. When the military transport, Lunas Two, crash lands on Zorth, Jay is given the job of liaising with the locals. She's seen plenty of aliens in her four years of service, but never one as finger licking good as Lemo. How far will she have to go to keep the peace? SAVING FACE-historical romance in 10,000 words. Non-related step brother and sister, David and Annalise, break all the rules in this steamy historical romance. Forced to live apart from the love of her life and into an arranged and loveless marriage, Annalise has to grow up fast. When all is lost, will she be able to save face? READER ADVISORY: This book contains explicit sex scenes and language hot enough to burn your pages. For mature readers only."

Chicago Renaissance
Chicago Renaissance

Author: Liesl Olson

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2017-08-22

Total Pages: 397

ISBN-13: 030023113X

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A fascinating history of Chicago’s innovative and invaluable contributions to American literature and art from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century This remarkable cultural history celebrates the great Midwestern city of Chicago for its centrality to the modernist movement. Author Liesl Olson traces Chicago’s cultural development from the 1893 World’s Fair through mid-century, illuminating how Chicago writers revolutionized literary forms during the first half of the twentieth century, a period of sweeping aesthetic transformations all over the world. From Harriet Monroe, Carl Sandburg, and Ernest Hemingway to Richard Wright and Gwendolyn Brooks, Olson’s enthralling study bridges the gap between two distinct and equally vital Chicago-based artistic “renaissance” moments: the primarily white renaissance of the early teens, and the creative ferment of Bronzeville. Stories of the famous and iconoclastic are interwoven with accounts of lesser-known yet influential figures in Chicago, many of whom were women. Olson argues for the importance of Chicago’s editors, bookstore owners, tastemakers, and ordinary citizens who helped nurture Chicago’s unique culture of artistic experimentation. Cover art by Lincoln Schatz

Erotic Interludes
Erotic Interludes

Author: Lonnie Barbach

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 1995-06-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0452273986

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With her groundbreaking works of erotica, Lonnie Barbach has given women a forum to express their most passionate and imaginative fantasies about sex and sexual encounters. These graphic stories, filled with the unexpected and the forbidden, brilliantly capture the myriad layers, colors, and visions of every woman's sexuality. A book that can be read as a starting point for shared intimacies or as a pleasure experienced in solitude, EROTIC INTERLUDES stimulates the mind as well as the body. These twenty-one stories by and about women--yound and old, married and single, heterosexual and lesbian--bring a feminine point of view to such subjects as mysterious partners, racy games, and risque encounters. But most important, EROTIC INTERLUDES is fun, celebrating a woman's sensualtiy and reaffirming her right to the positive pleasures and adventure of sex. The result is a classic work of explicit passion, ready to be thoroughly enjoyed.

Forest Interludes
Forest Interludes

Author: Anitā Agnihotrī

Publisher: Zubaan

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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This Volume Contains Translations Of Selected Prose Writings By Anita Agnihotri Originally Written In Bengali Between 1992-96.

Apex Legends: Pathfinder's Quest (Lore Book)
Apex Legends: Pathfinder's Quest (Lore Book)

Author: Respawn Entertainment

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1506719902

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Explore the world of the hit game through the eyes of the lovable robot, Pathfinder, as he chronicles his journey throughout the various environs of the Outlands to interview his fellow Legends -- all in the hope of finally locating his mysterious creator. The rich history of Apex Legends is explained by the characters that helped to shape it, as are their unique bonds of competition and camaraderie.

Dust & Grooves
Dust & Grooves

Author: Eilon Paz

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 1607748703

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A photographic look into the world of vinyl record collectors—including Questlove—in the most intimate of environments—their record rooms. Compelling photographic essays from photographer Eilon Paz are paired with in-depth and insightful interviews to illustrate what motivates these collectors to keep digging for more records. The reader gets an up close and personal look at a variety of well-known vinyl champions, including Gilles Peterson and King Britt, as well as a glimpse into the collections of known and unknown DJs, producers, record dealers, and everyday enthusiasts. Driven by his love for vinyl records, Paz takes us on a five-year journey unearthing the very soul of the vinyl community.

Stolen Moments
Stolen Moments

Author: Stacia Seaman

Publisher: Erotic Interludes

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933110165

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Saggio (Sage) Amante, Lynn Ames, Sylvie Avante, Kim Baldwin, Georgia Beers, Ronica Black, Gun Brooke, Jessica Casavant, JC Chen, Lesley Davis, Kenya Devoreaux, Aunt Fanny, Clio Jones, LC Jordan, Karin Kallmaker, Eevie Keys, Marie Lyn, Sherry Michaels, Cliodhna O'Bannion, Meghan O'Brien, Karen Perry, RM Pryor, Radclyffe, Jean Stewart, Renee Strider, T. Szymanski, K I Thompson, Saskia Walker, Kathryn Wolf...a talented array of authors from around the world write about love on the run, in the office, in the shadows...women stealing time from ordinary life to make passion a priority. Sizzling erotica with style from 'love in the stacks' to 'mile high moments' and hot stranger-sex to steamy long-term couple love. These are the stories of women who can't wait a minute longer for their pleasure. Once you start reading, neither will you. Book jacket.

Active Collections
Active Collections

Author: Elizabeth Wood

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1351383515

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In recent years, many museums have implemented sweeping changes in how they engage audiences. However, changes to the field’s approaches to collections stewardship have come much more slowly. Active Collections critically examines existing approaches to museum collections and explores practical, yet radical, ways that museums can better manage their collections to actively advance their missions. Approaching the question of modern museum collection stewardship from a position of "tough love," the authors argue that the museum field risks being constrained by rigid ways of thinking about objects. Examining the field’s relationship to objects, artifacts, and specimens, the volume explores the question of stewardship through the dissection of a broad range of issues, including questions of "quality over quantity," emotional attachment, dispassionate cataloging, and cognitive biases in curatorship. The essays look to insights from fields as diverse as forest management, library science, and the psychology of compulsive hoarding, to inform and innovate collection practices. Essay contributions come from both experienced museum professionals and scholars from disciplines as diverse as psychology, education, and history. The result is a critical exploration that makes the book essential reading for museum professionals, as well as those in training.