A Delicate Balance
By: Edward Albee
3.91
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
Edwards Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance reveals the emotional savagery of su…
Want to Read $ 9.99"Addiction is a repeated temporary...stilling. I am concerned with peace...not mere relief."-Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance
"Addiction is a repeated temporary...stilling. I am concerned with peace...not mere relief."-Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance
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1. The Chairs
By: Eugène Ionesco , Martin Crimp
3.85
Format: 60 pages, Paperback
In a house on an island a very old couple pass their time with private games and half-remembered st… read more
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- classics
- literature
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
2. Driving Miss Daisy
By: Alfred Uhry
4.25
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recentl… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- 20th century
- plays
- drama
3. The Changeling
By: Thomas Middleton , William Rowley
3.61
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
New Mermaids are modernized and fully-annotated editions of classic English plays. Each volume Th… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Let me feel how thy pulses beat."-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling
"Tis time to die, when 'tis a shame to live."-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling
"She that in life and love refuses me, In death and shame my partner she shall be."-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling
"FRANCISCUS: How sweetly she looks! Oh, but there's a wrinkle in her brow as deep as philosophy."-Thomas Middleton, The Changeling
4. Dinner With Friends
By: Donald Margulies , Matthew Arkin , None , None , None , None
3.65
Format: 135 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Filled with humor, warmth, insight and wisdom, Dinner w… read more
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- theatre
- plays
- fiction
- drama
5. The Devil's Disciple
By: George Bernard Shaw
3.91
Format: 69 pages, Paperback
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of dow… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
6. Love's Labour's Lost
By: William Shakespeare , Henry R. Woudhuysen
4.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
To begin the introduction, the editor discusses the link between Love's Labour's Lostand the writin… read more
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- classics
- literature
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
7. I Am My Own Wife
By: Doug Wright
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
I Am My Own Wife is the winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. From the Obie Award-winning au… read more
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- theatre
- plays
- drama
8. Buried Child
By: Sam Shepard
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
A newly revised edition of an American classic, Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize winning Buried Childis… read more
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- classics
- american
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
9. A Delicate Balance
By: Edward Albee
3.91
Format: 178 pages, Paperback
Edwards Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance reveals the emotional savagery of su… read more
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- high school
- classics
- american
- literature
- theatre
- 20th century
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Addiction is a repeated temporary...stilling. I am concerned with peace...not mere relief."-Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance
10. Red
By: John Logan
3.66
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF SIX TONY AWARDS A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twe… read more
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- american
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
11. Disgraced
By: Ayad Akhtar
4.83
Format: 28 pages, Paperback
The story of Amir Kapoor (Aasif Mandvi), a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly movi… read more
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- theatre
- plays
- fiction
- drama
12. Water by the Spoonful
By: Quiara Alegría Hudes
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Paperback
The 2012 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned … read more
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- theatre
- plays
- fiction
- drama
13. Anna in the Tropics
By: Nilo Cruz
4.10
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama . . . there are many kinds of light. The light of fires… read more
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- theatre
- plays
- fiction
- drama
14. The Elephant Man
By: Bernard Pomerance
3.80
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
"The Elephant Man" is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part… read more
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15. The Heidi Chronicles
By: Wendy Wasserstein
4.22
Format: 129 pages, Paperback
Comprised of a series of interrelated scenes, the play traces the coming of age of Heidi Holland, a… read more
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16. Jumpers
By: Tom Stoppard
3.36
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Incredible Radical Liberal Jumpers are a team of acrobatic professors of philosophy, whose absu… read more
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17. Long Day's Journey Into Night
By: Eugene O'Neill
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work… read more
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18. The Dumb Waiter
By: Harold Pinter
3.72
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
One of his most recognized and acclaimed plays, Harold Pinter’s “The Dumb Waiter” is a humorous and… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- 20th century
- plays
- drama
19. Steel Magnolias
By: None
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Presents the script of a 1988 play about a group of women in Chinquapin, Louisiana, who learn to dr… read more
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20. The Father
By: August Strindberg
3.61
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
Many experiences in the personal life of dramatist August Strindberg involved duels between the sex… read more
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- classics
- literature
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"You do much worse things- you who can see to other planets."- Bertha, "The Father"-August Strindberg, The Father
"Yes, I am crying although I am a man. But has not a man eyes! Has not a man hands, limbs, senses, thoughts, passions? Is he not fed with the wine food, hurt by the same weapons, warmed and cooled by …"-August Strindberg, The Father
21. Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces
By: Samuel Beckett
2.80
Format: None pages,
s/t: All That Fall; Embers; Acts Without Words, I and II; Mimes This collection of Nobel Prize winn… read more
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22. Six Degrees of Separation
By: John Guare
3.37
Format: 395 pages, Paperback
The extraordinary tragicomedy of race, class and manners. read more
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23. Other Desert Cities
By: Honor Moore , Jon Robin Baitz
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
In OTHER DESERT CITIES, Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs to visit her parents after a six-… read more
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24. From Manchester to the Arctic
By: Sheena Billett
4.31
Format: 261 pages, ebook
In the challenging but rapidly changing 1970s, Connie Sanders, a broken-hearted nurse, flees to the… read more
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- fiction
- drama
"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic
25. The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity
By: J.B. Lion
4.32
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
epic fantasy graphic fiction novel with mythologic and spiritual themes. read more
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- fiction
- drama
"Monster? Monster, you say?"-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity
"The Order? Here inside such a weak soul?"-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity
"Continue your search for the truth but remember one thing--all things are possible."-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity
"Everyone is so enamored with the puppet; they never notice the man pulling the strings."-J.B. Lion, The Seventh Spark: Volume One – Knights of the Trinity
26. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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- fiction
- drama
"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
27. Burned Out
By: Dean Mafako
4.30
Format: 526 pages, Paperback
Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive… read more
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- fiction
"The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
"One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them…"-Dean Mafako, Burned Out
28. Wife For Sale
By: Tabita Gutu
4.41
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Take an unhappy married couple with a small baby, a man whose wife died in a tragic accident and ca… read more
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- drama
29. The Local School
By: Colin Phelan
4.28
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Although many view schools, colleges, and universities as the primary places from which we attain a… read more
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"Water is to India as blood is to the body, with the many rivers functioning as arteries – the Ganges being the aorta – and the monsoon timelessly arriving as a much-needed annual blood transfusion."-Colin Phelan, The Local School
"Everyone is recharged for the second half, no bell, no forced learning, no principal’s office for tardiness or absenteeism; instead, a voluntary return to our collective pane of learning. Final conve…"-Colin Phelan, The Local School
"Despite the business and auto-rickshaws and bantering Bengalis just beyond his brown front door, Sanjit cultivates a distinct learning environment and energy, one created and galvanized above the til…"-Colin Phelan, The Local School
"It is here where education is championed and gratefully pursued as the human right which many in our world classify it to be. For although regarded as a human right, many entitled to education often …"-Colin Phelan, The Local School
30. Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
By: Kyle Keyes
4.30
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Matching Configurations is the second sequel to Quantum Roots, a light Sci-Fi adventure story that … read more
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- fiction
- drama
"Somehow, creation manages to form without species intervention."-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
"Molly is not a Quaker, Jeremy. Quakers don't have tits that big."-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
"Most of us can find our way out of the wilderness without Moses."-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
"You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes."-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)
31. Growing Up American: A Novel
By: Rafael Polo
4.29
Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1959, the Cold War was getting warmer. Cuba was the revolutionary fuel that made it hot. When Fi… read more
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"When power becomes the ultimate goal, freedom must be shackled."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"It became visible as a firefly in the dark that the political climate was swiftly getting more and more oppressive."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"At last, he fully understood that change comes from within. It was up to him to get up and fight for a better life."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
"His family could not understand the attraction to Marxism. It offered nothing and demanded everything, including your soul."-Rafael Polo, Growing Up American: A Novel
