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  • Selected Works of RD Laingby RD Laing

    Routledge 1998; US$ 250.00

    The patterns delineated here have not yet been classified by a Linnaeus of human bondage. They are all, perhaps, strangely, familiar. In these pages I have confined myself to laying out only some of those I actually have seen. Words that come to mind to name them are: knots, tangles, fankles, impasses, disjunctions, whirligogs, binds. more...

  • Pinter Ethicby Penelope Prentice

    Routledge 2000; US$ 34.95

    The only comprehensive guide to the plays of one of the world's greatest yet most puzzling contemporary dramatists. more...

  • A Charmed Lifeby Francis Bridger

    Doubleday Publishing 2002; US$ 13.99

    In this enlightening look at J.K. Rowling's phenomenal bestsellers, a Christian minister illuminates the powerful, positive message Harry Potter and his magical world bring to readers of all ages. Potter fever has swept the world and shows no signs of abating. the books and the recent movie have attracted millions of followers and fans, all of them eagerly awaiting the next installments. Along with the widespread enjoyment and appreciation of Harry Potter and his friendships, however, criticism of the series has also emerged. The opposition has focused on two issues; the darkness of the novels and their apparent endorsement of witchcraft and the occult. In A Charmed Life , Francis Bridger, a theologian and pastor, argues that far from promoting... more...

  • Art of Crimeby Leslie Kane

    Routledge 2004; US$ 115.00

    This collection of 15 original essays, assembled by renowned Mamet and Pinter scholar Leslie Kane, examines the pervasiveness of crime and criminality in the plays and screenplays of two of the most influential contemporary dramatists. more...

  • Family Reunionby Carol Smith

    Hachette Book Group USA 2001; US$ 10.99

    Odile Annesley, once-beloved matriarch to the grand Annesley clan, has been living in self-imposed exile for forty years following a family tragedy. With her eightieth birthday approaching, she contacts her scattered grandchildren to give them details about her will. more...

  • Friends for Lifeby Carol Smith

    Hachette Book Group USA 2001; US$ 10.99

    Five women become unlikely friends when they all stay in the same British public hospital. As they get to know each other, they discover that their lives intertwine--through bosses, ex-husbands and lovers. And the death of one of them, apparently from complications from surgery, seems to bring the others even closer. But when another is brutally attacked, the three remaining friends realize these deaths are connected and they must uncover a dangerous, psychotic killer who may be within their very circle. more...

  • Death of an Addictby M. C. Beaton

    Hachette Book Group USA 2001; US$ 6.99

    Tommy Jarret is a young former heroin addict from Strathbane. Happy about his drug-free future, he had rented a chalet and was writing a book about recovery. Hamish Macbeth is surprised to hear of his sudden death from an overdose because Tommy had seemed so happy and his life had even taken a spiritual bent after he had joined a local New Age group, the Church of the Rising Sun. Macbeth pokes around and becomes suspicious of the church. Posing as homeless and depressed, he joins the church and volunteers his services as a handyman. Although he doesn't find anything strange other than the church's belief that all troubles stem from sexual oppression, his superiors have been separately investigating the source of widespread drug infiltration... more...

  • Theatre of Howard Barkerby Charles Lamb

    Routledge 2004; US$ 39.95

    This revised edition includes: *a new interview with Barker; *a revised introduction, *an updated bibliography *a full production chronology. more...

  • Death, The One and the Art of Theatreby Howard Barker

    Routledge 2004; US$ 33.95

    This is the latest collection of Barker's revelatory philosophical musings on theatre. It is an array of speculations, deductions and prose poems, which cast a unique light on the nature of theatre. more...

  • Howard Barker's Theatre of Seductionby Charles Lamb

    Routledge 1997; US$ 55.95

    Study of the British playwright, Howard Barker which arose from Lamb's idea that current performance theories and production techniques do not work with Barker's plays. Lamb sets Barker's work against those ideas expounded by Edward Bond and the world of deconstruction and postmodern thought. Nine of Barker's drawings are also reproduced. more...