The intrigues of such aptly named characters as Lady Sneerwell, Sir Joseph Surface, Lady Candour, and Sir Benjamin Backbite have amused theater audiences for more than two centuries. They are the invention of the Irish-born playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and they unfold, collide, and backfire hilariously in his masterpiece, The School for Scandal, a play still considered by many the best comedy of manners in English. It is a comedy with two...

A Five Star Life is the sophisticated story of one woman's quest for personal and professional fulfillment set against some of the most stunning cities and opulent hotels of the world. Stylish and independent, Irene (Margherita Buy) is a single career woman in her forties with a job to die for. As a luxury hotel critic, she checks into the world's finest establishments incognito to assess their standards, meticulously judging every detail from the...

A story of the days when England and Spain struggled for the supremacy of the sea. An exciting account of life on the high seas as seen through the eyes of young Ned Hearne. The brave 16th-century teen sails with Francis Drake, experiences a harsh seafaring life, and visits unexplored lands. The historical portion of the story is absolutely to be relied upon.

This is the first monograph on the performance and reception of sixteenth- and seventeenth- century national drama in contemporary Spain, which attempts to remedy the traditional absence of performance-based approaches in Golden Age studies. The book contextualises the socio-historical background to the modern-day performance of the country's three major Spanish baroque playwrights (Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Vega and Tirso de Molina), whilst...

Un repaso ácido y crítico a la actual clase política que nos está llevando al precipicio. Desde los origines de esta vorágine de despropósitos que se inició con la llegada de los socialistas al poder en 1982 hasta nuestros días. Como Felipe González empezó a corromper las instituciones, con su afán de intervenir en todos los aspectos de la vida nacional, desde hasta que hora podíamos ver la televisión, pasando por el control de la Justicia...

Harry Sandwith, a Westminister boy, becomes a resident at the chateau of a French marquis, and after various adventures accompanies the family to Paris at the crisis of the Revolution.

Gloria Ruiz vuelve a la narrativa con una novela corta en la que pueden encontrarse todos los rasgos de su novelística: protagonistas femeninas en un trasfondo rural de la España de posguerra caracterizado por la represión de las emociones y la dureza de vivir para los perdedores. La protagonista de 'Morir por cesar el llanto' es Adana, una mujer que intenta sobrevivir a la pena de un marido y un hijo desaparecidos y a la que ni la aparición de...

There are not too many German books that can offer fiction, romance, mystical and suspense stories in one collection, but this one has it all! The reading material in this book is especially helpful for beginners and is perfect for anyone who wants to learn to read and write German. You'll have fun reading whilst learning a wide range of new vocabulary and phrases. This book contains a collection of 25 culturally interesting and entertaining German...

Picking up where The Blunt Playwright left off, Clem Martini returns to the subject of playwriting, turning his attention to the lessons modern playwrights can learn from the ancient Greeks. Outlining the major playwrights of the era, their major works, and the impact they had on our modern understanding of drama, Martini weaves his direct, informative, and entertaining style through centuries of dramatic evolution to show us exactly what the first...

Irish Republican martyrs rise against overpowering British forces to spark the revolution at Easter 1916, while the Clans search for unity and treasure to honor the Clans Pact of their ancestors in the third book, Rising in The Irish Clans historical fiction eight novel series. Follow Tadgh, Morgan, eventually Collin and their compatriots through the brutal Rising and its aftermath.