As You Like it


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All the World's a Stage


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This is young William, His mind all ablaze, Who stays up all night Writing poems and plays. And this is a book, unforgettable and wise, that applauds inspiration, creation, story, and the world and works of William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Anita Lobel, All the World's a Stage pays tribute to the act of turning words into art.




All the World's a Stage


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Actor Dennis Weaver, star of television's "McCloud," and host of the Western Channel, shares the story of his childhood and military years, his acting career, and his later life activities as a spokesperson for social and environmental concerns.




All the World's a Stage


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Based on fact, this coming-of-age story offers a vivid picture of life behind the curtain at Shakespeare's theater. Illustrations.




All the World’s a Stage


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Classroom role-playing simulations bring the drama of politics to life and enrich traditional learning by plunging students into the midst of historical or current events. Ben-Yehuda gives students and instructors the resources and confidence to embark on a careful enactment of scenarios that will inspire enthusiasm in participants and stick in the memory long after the curtain falls. The book includes in-depth discussions of three possible theatrical simulations: appeasement in 1938 Munich, the regional turmoil following the 1947 UN Palestine Partition decision, and the Syrian civil war and ongoing global confrontation with ISIS. It is appropriate for students in global studies courses at all levels.




The Seven Ages of Man


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Tom Cruise


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The exclusive biography of the most famous man in Hollywood - both on and off-screen




Shakespeare


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Bill Bryson’s bestselling biography of William Shakespeare takes the reader on an enthralling tour through Elizabethan England and the eccentricities of Shakespearean scholarship—updated with a new introduction by the author to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colorful muddle to reveal the man himself. His Shakespeare is like no one else's—the beneficiary of Bryson's genial nature, his engaging skepticism, and a gift for storytelling unrivaled in our time.




All the World's a Stage


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Presents the history and development of the world's theaters from ancient times to the present.




All the World's a Stage


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An illustrated selection of speeches, poems, and songs excerpted from the works of William Shakespeare.