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  Light For The World To See - A...

  Kwame Alexander

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  From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events.   A book in the tradition of James Baldwin’s “A Report from Occupied Territory,”  Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical response to the struggles of Black lives in our world . . . to America’s crisis of conscience . . . to the centuries of loss, endless resilience, and unstoppable hope.   Includes an introduction by the author and a bold, graphically designed interior.

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  Yo vengo desde lejos para...

  Aljure Fortunato

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  Hoy, estoy más orgulloso y más asombrado de mi padre, Fortunato, un médico y cirujano sobresaliente; que salvó vidas de personas y tuvo el alcance universal de la poesía. Fue capaz de trasladar su mente científica a su realidad poética artística. Le pregunto al lector, ¿cómo puede ser esto posible? La respuesta está dentro de este libro. En los poemas de mi padre, usted, el lector, encontrará pistas de cómo ser capaz de tener esa apertura de pensamiento y ese alcance universal.
  / Today, I am prouder and more astonished at my father, Fortunato, who being an outstanding medical doctor and surgeon; who saved lives of people, was able to have the universal scope of poetry. He was able to shift his scientific mind to his artistic poetry reality. I ask the reader, how can this be possible? The answer lies within this book. In my father's poems you, the reader, will find clues on how to be able to have that openness of thought and that universal scope.

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  National Velvet - Adapted from...

  Mr Punch

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  Mr Punch Presents: NATIONAL VELVET, telling the story of Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor), the idealistic English farm girl with a passion for horses, who wins the spirited steed ‘Pie’ in the local town lottery. Her infectious enthusiasm encourages the embittered jockey Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) to train the horse ‘Pie’ for the Grand National - England's greatest racing event. Recreated for radio with the original stars. 
   
  This high-quality audiobook has been re-mastered and re-edited from the original radio broadcast. 
    
  Also available as part of the Hollywood Playhouse BOX SET, a collection of 14 Oscar winning ear-movies, adapted from the original screenplays & performed for the radio by many of the original film stars in front of a live studio audience. 
    
  "These radio dramas were….to become as popular as the movies themselves." Hollywood Movie Memories 
    
  "This is an excellent audio product that will appeal to the majority of audiobook listeners." Talking Business 
    
  "A lovely series to add to any film, audio or crime lovers’ collection." Audio World

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  The Graduate

  Terry Johnson, Charles Webb,...

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  An American classic adapted for the stage, starring Kathleen Turner as Mrs. Robinson and Matthew Rhys as Benjamin Braddock. A fresh-faced college grad returns home, diploma in hand, to seek an answer to that age old question: “Now what?” Lacking any clear career path, he falls prey to the original “cougar”, the predatory Mrs. Robinson, wife of his father's business partner. But it’s Mrs. Robinson’s daughter who captures his heart.Includes and interview with the star of The Graduate, screen legend Kathleen Turner.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Kathleen Turner as Mrs. RobinsonMatthew Rhys as Benjamin BraddockBruce Davison as Mr. BraddockJohn Getz as Mr. RobinsonJamison Jones as Hotel Clerk and othersDevon Sorvari as Elaine RobinsonLinda Purl as Mrs. Braddock and othersAdapted for the stage by Terry Johnson, based on the novel by Charles Webb and the screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Directed by John Rubinstein.  Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

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  Peribanez (NHB Classic Plays)

  Lope de Vega

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  A gripping drama of sex, power and passion from the Spanish Golden Age.
  A peasant wedding. Just as Peribanez and Casilda become man and wife, the Commander of the region is carried dying to their home. His waking sight of Casilda condemns him to a desparate love. Joy turns to despair and then to revolt in this gripping rediscovery of Lope de Vega's 17th-century classic.
  'A brilliant coup... outstanding. No one who sees it will forget it' - Daily Telegraph
  'A superb revival ... terrific' - Independent

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  Kindertransport

  Diane Samuels

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  As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many Jews tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport, and is the title of Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets, and survival.Includes a conversation with Kindertransport survivor Hilda Fogelson.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Jane Kaczmarek as HelgaHugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/ Misc.Shannon Lee Clair as EvaAngela Paton as LilMolly Quinn as FaithSusan Sullivan as EvelynDirected by Jeanie Hackett. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

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