wyszukanych pozycji: 27
Classroom Virtuoso: Recollections of a Life in Learning
ISBN: 9781607090052 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) With the same wit and perception that have made his classes so memorable, and from his singular perspective as student, scholar, playwright, actor, and musician, Professor Cahn offers fascinating insights about learning of all kinds. Equally delightful are the candid reflections on his career, unabashed confessions that will touch anyone who has ever wondered about those rare individuals who bring esteem to the title 'teacher.'
With the same wit and perception that have made his classes so memorable, and from his singular perspective as student, scholar, playwright, actor, an...
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246,65 zł |
Romantic Trapezoid
ISBN: 9781498255318 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Description: In this witty and ironic novel, Melissa and Dave claim to love each other, but clash as to how the relationship should proceed. Their predicament is complicated by Beth, who brazenly asserts her own amorous intentions. Add a provocative element of mystery, and the result is a subtly subversive comedy about contemporary romance. Endorsements: Critical Praise for Victor L. Cahn "" Cahn] establishes himself as a master of black comedy."" --UPI ""Quick exposition, swift character development, perfect dialogue ..."" --Albany Times-Union ""Victor L. Cahn is clearly a gifted writer.""...
Description: In this witty and ironic novel, Melissa and Dave claim to love each other, but clash as to how the relationship should proceed. Their pre...
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171,78 zł |
Introducing Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Guide for Teachers
ISBN: 9781475836097 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines six of his most familiar tragedies, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar with them. Proceeding scene by scene through each play, Cahn focuses on character, language, and theme to help students appreciate that these works' issues and implications remain universal.
This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines six of his most familiar tragedies, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar ...
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279,53 zł |
Conquering College: A Guide for Undergraduates
ISBN: 9781607091882 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) With singular candor, this book discusses the potential pitfalls and rewards of campus life, including the transition from high school; the challenges of academic, personal, and social freedom; and the opportunities offered by courses, professors, and extracurricular programs. All this information is presented in the context of one central theme: that college is preparation not simply for a career, but for life.
With singular candor, this book discusses the potential pitfalls and rewards of campus life, including the transition from high school; the challenges...
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164,43 zł |
Introducing Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Romances: A Guide for Teachers
ISBN: 9781475837988 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines seven of his most familiar plays, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar with them. Proceeding scene by scene through each work, Cahn focuses on character, language, and theme to help students appreciate that these plays' issues and implications remain universal.
This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines seven of his most familiar plays, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar wi...
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279,53 zł |
Political Animal
ISBN: 9781498261227 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Description: This book is a close examination of one of Shakespeare's most controversial characters: Prince Hal/Henry V. From his early tavern dalliances with Sir John Falstaff, to his assumption of the English throne, to his military successes and marriage, the analysis weighs his many disparate qualities, such as charm, aggression, wit, and faith, as well as his relationship to questions about power, religion, and morality that dominate Shakespeare's history plays. The study also links this complex figure to electoral issues and strategies of our own day. Endorsements: ""An elegant reading...
Description: This book is a close examination of one of Shakespeare's most controversial characters: Prince Hal/Henry V. From his early tavern dallian...
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163,19 zł |
Romantic Trapezoid
ISBN: 9781608992416 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Description: In this witty and ironic novel, Melissa and Dave claim to love each other, but clash as to how the relationship should proceed. Their predicament is complicated by Beth, who brazenly asserts her own amorous intentions. Add a provocative element of mystery, and the result is a subtly subversive comedy about contemporary romance. Endorsements: Critical Praise for Victor L. Cahn "" Cahn] establishes himself as a master of black comedy."" --UPI ""Quick exposition, swift character development, perfect dialogue ..."" --Albany Times-Union ""Victor L. Cahn is clearly a gifted writer.""...
Description: In this witty and ironic novel, Melissa and Dave claim to love each other, but clash as to how the relationship should proceed. Their pre...
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94,48 zł |
Embraceable Me
ISBN: 9780573698989 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Dramatic ComedyCharacters: 1 male, 1 femaleInterior SetEdward is smart, shy, and quirky, while Allison is sexy, dramatic, and vulnerable. Embraceable Me is a comic and passionate "He said - She said" that traces the twenty-year journey of these unlikely friends as they struggle to resolve their feelings for the most important person in their lives."A charming, smart two-hander...enjoyable and eminently watchable...a witty, bittersweet, intellectual character study." -NYTheatre.com."An entertaining story of an unlikely romance." -Theatermania.com. "Actually left me smiling, uplifted, and...
Dramatic ComedyCharacters: 1 male, 1 femaleInterior SetEdward is smart, shy, and quirky, while Allison is sexy, dramatic, and vulnerable. Embraceable ...
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68,50 zł |
Roses in December
ISBN: 9781606082515 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Description: Relationships in their comic and dramatic variety are at the core of this collection of what playwright Victor L. Cahn calls ""chamber plays."" All dramatize relationships between two people: sometimes to find love, sometimes to find self-assurance or power. All are also distinguished by an elegant wit and stylistic sophistication that makes these works literary as well as theatrical delights. Endorsements: About ROSES IN DECEMBER: ""Cahn serves up something of a bona fide thriller along with the genuinely wise psychological insights that lie at the heart of ROSES IN DECEMBER,...
Description: Relationships in their comic and dramatic variety are at the core of this collection of what playwright Victor L. Cahn calls ""chamber pl...
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244,79 zł |
Introducing Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Guide for Teachers
ISBN: 9781475836103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines six of his most familiar tragedies, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar with them. Proceeding scene by scene through each play, Cahn focuses on character, language, and theme to help students appreciate that these works' issues and implications remain universal.
This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines six of his most familiar tragedies, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar ...
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137,03 zł |
Conquering College: A Guide for Undergraduates
ISBN: 9781607091875 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) With singular candor, this book discusses the potential pitfalls and rewards of campus life, including the transition from high school; the challenges of academic, personal, and social freedom; and the opportunities offered by courses, professors, and extracurricular programs. All this information is presented in the context of one central theme: that college is preparation not simply for a career, but for life.
With singular candor, this book discusses the potential pitfalls and rewards of campus life, including the transition from high school; the challenges...
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389,15 zł |
Introducing Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Romances: A Guide for Teachers
ISBN: 9781475837995 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines seven of his most familiar plays, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar with them. Proceeding scene by scene through each work, Cahn focuses on character, language, and theme to help students appreciate that these plays' issues and implications remain universal.
This guide for instructors of Shakespeare examines seven of his most familiar plays, with the goal of inspiring students who are largely unfamiliar wi...
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137,03 zł |
Dally With The Devil
ISBN: 9780615939537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Charlotte runs an influential political blog from her home on Cape Cod. Irene, working for a long-time Senator in the midst of a tough campaign, supplies Charlotte with damaging material about the Senator's opponent. Megan, an aide to that opponent, arrives with new reports, and the three power-brokers lock horns in a battle of manipulation and political intrigue. As charges escalate and the battle swerves in unexpected directions, these highly intelligent and articulate women serve up blackmail, power plays, and plenty of media spin. In other words, politics as usual "A tight drama,...
Charlotte runs an influential political blog from her home on Cape Cod. Irene, working for a long-time Senator in the midst of a tough campaign, suppl...
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58,39 zł |
Roses in December
ISBN: 9780573698590 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Characters 1 male, 1 female
Dramatic Comedy In this play of letters, a young official in a college alumni off ce invites a celebrated but reclusive author to the thirty-fifth reunion of his class. When he declines, she charmingly prods him, and thereby begins a witty and revelatory correspondence that becomes part mystery, part memory, and part romance. Rich and revealing." - The New Yorker "Written beautifully as a series of letters, this warm and satisfying work follows in the footsteps of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters and deserves to become just as enduringly popular... Cahn... Characters 1 male, 1 female
Dramatic Comedy In this play of letters, a young official in a college alumni off ce invites a celebrated but reclusi... |
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59,91 zł |
Romantic Trapezoid
ISBN: 9780881458091 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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76,71 zł |
A Dish for the Gods & Sheepskin: Two Plays About Academic Life
ISBN: 9780692462423 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "A Dish For The Gods" Julia Reynolds, a celebrated literary critic and media personality, hurries onstage to deliver a lecture. Before long, however, she finds herself unable to continue, and to help explain her predicament, she recalls events from her life. After dropping out of college, she returned to school in her late twenties and met Professor Greg Davidson, a classroom dynamo who soon appears onstage and thereafter moves in and out of her presentation. Subsequent scenes reveal how Greg inspired Julia to blossom intellectually, as well as how their personal relationship flourished....
"A Dish For The Gods" Julia Reynolds, a celebrated literary critic and media personality, hurries onstage to deliver a lecture. Before long, however, ...
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67,41 zł |
Political Animal
ISBN: 9781610975780 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Description: This book is a close examination of one of Shakespeare's most controversial characters: Prince Hal/Henry V. From his early tavern dalliances with Sir John Falstaff, to his assumption of the English throne, to his military successes and marriage, the analysis weighs his many disparate qualities, such as charm, aggression, wit, and faith, as well as his relationship to questions about power, religion, and morality that dominate Shakespeare's history plays. The study also links this complex figure to electoral issues and strategies of our own day. Endorsements: ""An elegant reading...
Description: This book is a close examination of one of Shakespeare's most controversial characters: Prince Hal/Henry V. From his early tavern dallian...
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85,89 zł |
Shakespeare the Playwright: A Companion to the Complete Tragedies, Histories, Comedies, and Romances
ISBN: 9780313274930 / Angielski / Twarda / 1991 / 888 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (dostawa w 2025) A useful guide for the general reader, as well as high school and undergraduate students, to Shakespeare's 37 plays. After a brief introduction outlining Shakespeare's life and career, Cahn carefully guides the reader through each play in turn, from first scene to last, using a mixture of quotation, paraphrase, and critical comment. His style is accessible and unpretentious, and his insights into the psychological consistency' of Shakespeare's characters--the main focus of the commentary--are stimulating and sometimes provocative. Library Journal Contending that the... A useful guide for the general reader, as well as high school and undergraduate students, to Shakespeare's 37 plays. After a brief introduction out... |
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350,78 zł |
Sound Bites: A Novel about Politics and the Media
ISBN: 9781620323045 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Synopsis:
The absurdities of contemporary politics and culture are lampooned in this unique and biting novel, composed entirely of media "sound bites." Here are the voices of our time: politicians, reporters, pundits, and voters, all clashing amid a senatorial campaign between a young conservative woman and a venerable liberal man. The result is a fast-paced satire filled with sharp dialogue and ironic surprises. Endorsements: "Victor Cahn is just as adept writing about politics and the media as he is lecturing on Shakespeare. Sound Bites is an original, entertaining romp that captures the... Synopsis:
The absurdities of contemporary politics and culture are lampooned in this unique and biting novel, composed entirely of media "sound bi... |
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103,07 zł |
Fit to Kill
ISBN: 9780573663970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Thriller / 1m, 2f / Interior Fit to Kill is a thriller about strategy, deception, and betrayal. Adrian, a charming but self-indulgent chess master, enjoys a life of luxury thanks to his marriage to Janice, an older but still sexy and vibrant woman who has made her fortune as the CEO of an exercise empire. The arrival of Amy, a reporter with an agenda of her own, unleashes a whirlwind of deadly schemes that will keep audiences guessing until the final seconds. Deliciously scary...an event worth celebrating... Cahn] establishes himself a master of black comedy involving murder in the great...
Thriller / 1m, 2f / Interior Fit to Kill is a thriller about strategy, deception, and betrayal. Adrian, a charming but self-indulgent chess master, en...
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68,50 zł |