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Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival

Gidion's Knot; The Niceties; Memoirs of a Forgotten Man; Dead and Breathing; 20th Century Blues

By: Susan Miller,Eleanor Burgess,Johnna Adams,Chisa Hutchinson,D.W. Gregory

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Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival

Gidion's Knot; The Niceties; Memoirs of a Forgotten Man; Dead and Breathing; 20th Century Blues

By: Susan Miller,Eleanor Burgess,Johnna Adams,Chisa Hutchinson,D.W. Gregory

Based at Shepherd University, in West Virginia, the Contemporary American Theater Festival is nationally and internationally recognized as a home for playwrights and the development and production of new plays. The Festival makes it a priority to celebrate and produce playwrights with strong, distinct voices, with a core value to tell diverse stories. This anthology of work provides plays that speak to one of the most compelling virtues of artists everywhere – freedom of speech. A necessary volume of women playwrights' work, ranging from a two-time Obie Award-winning author to emerging writers just beginning their careers, it represents a group of women who vary in age, race and sexual orientation and offers an invitation to artistic leaders, scholars and students to embrace gritty, thought-provoking new dramatic work. Edited by The Festival's Producing Directors Peggy McKowen and Ed Herendeen, this anthology features an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage. Each of the five powerful plays is followed by an informative and discursive playwright interview conducted by Sharon J. Anderson that contextualizes and develops the works within the wider context of the annual festival. The plays include: Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W Gregory Dead and Breathing by Chisa Hutchinson 20th Century Blues by Susan Miller

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350084824

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9781350084827

Sans Merci

By: Johnna Adams

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Sans Merci

By: Johnna Adams

Kelly, an idealistic young woman—and a survivor of rape and attempted murder by South American revolutionaries—is visited three years after the attack by the conservative mother of Tracy, the other victim. Slowly, the survivor and mother dance through their grief at losing Tracy, while negotiating the truth of what brought the two young women together, why they undertook their dangerous humanitarian mission, and what happened on that final day.

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Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

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0822233142

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9780822233145

Quick and Painless: Vol. II

Volume II

By: Johnna Adams, Jeremy Gable, Jason Aaron Goldberg, Jeff Goode, Julianne Homokay, Lucy Wang

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Quick and Painless: Vol. II

Volume II

By: Johnna Adams, Jeremy Gable, Jason Aaron Goldberg, Jeff Goode, Julianne Homokay, Lucy Wang

A collection of ten minute plays from the first season of "Quick & Painless". Three ten minute plays with a common theme. Four themes. Featuring the themes: - Altered States - With Friends Like These - Time is Money - Death Comes to Us All

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Original Works Publishing

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193496235X

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9781934962350

Gidion's Knot

By: Johnna Adams

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Gidion's Knot

By: Johnna Adams

Over the course of a parent/teacher conference, a grieving mother and an emotionally overwhelmed primary school teacher have a fraught conversation about the tragic suicide of the mother's son, Gidion. Gidion may have been bullied severely—or he may have been an abuser. As his story is slowly uncovered, the women try to reconstruct a satisfying explanation for Gidion's act and come to terms with excruciating feelings of culpability.

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0822229676

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9780822229674

Cockfighters

By: Johnna Adams

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Cockfighters

By: Johnna Adams

Cockfighters takes place in a lonely West Texas town where vengeance and violence come more naturally to the Fowler family than to the gamecocks they fight"--Page 4 of cover.

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1934962015

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Lickspittles, Buttonholers and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens

By: Johnna Adams

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Lickspittles, Buttonholers and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens

By: Johnna Adams

During the Napoleonic wars, three extraneous Danish court officials—a professional loudmouth (the buttonholer), a kiss-ass for hire (the lickspittle), and a successful dastard (the go-between)—are tossed out of court just as Denmark’s merchant fleet becomes of strategic importance. The three men journey to France and meet Napoleon’s top lickspittle, buttonholer, and go-between—who are females?! Unnecessarily complex plots abound, flying machines are destroyed, and the head of Marie Antoinette is discovered during the madcap struggle to save Copenhagen from British howitzers. With an extraordinary use of rhyming alexandrine verse, plus cameos by sestina, haiku, free verse, limericks, and sonnets, LICKSPITTLES, BUTTONHOLERS AND DAMNED PERNICIOUS GO-BETWEENS is a farce for the ages, a delightful romp no matter your poetic preferences.

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0822234807

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9780822234807

The Supreme 15

Cases and Study Materials for AP Government and Politics Exam

By: Gretchen Oltman,Johnna L. Graff,Cynthia Wood Maddux

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The Supreme 15

Cases and Study Materials for AP Government and Politics Exam

By: Gretchen Oltman,Johnna L. Graff,Cynthia Wood Maddux

This book is centered on the fifteen landmark cases as identified and required for students taking the College Board Advanced Placement® Government and Politics Exam. Reading U.S. Supreme Court cases can be a difficult task, especially in the limited time frame allotted to prepare for the exam. In keeping with the College Board’s admonition that students be able to read and understand the high-level language of primary sources, this book engages readers with the original language of the cases in a condensed form with the most integral pieces intact in order to prepare students for the complex thinking and analysis required for the course and the exam. More than simple summaries, these cases maintain the original language and include thought-provoking, challenging, questions to train readers to read like lawyers, not only for the exam, but for the rest of their lives as consumers of new and emerging case law.

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208

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1475849389

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9781475849387

The Themes That Bind Us

Simplifying U.S. Supreme Court Cases for the Social Studies Classroom

By: Gretchen Oltman,Johnna L. Graff,Cynthia Wood Maddux

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The Themes That Bind Us

Simplifying U.S. Supreme Court Cases for the Social Studies Classroom

By: Gretchen Oltman,Johnna L. Graff,Cynthia Wood Maddux

Teaching U.S. Supreme Court cases can be a daunting task for any social studies teacher, but this book can ease that process. Carefully aligned with the NCSS’ Ten Themes, this teacher’s guide provides thirty-two high-interest U.S. Supreme Court cases edited to a more reader-friendly format while retaining the original verbiage. Features of each chapter include pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading questions, as well as teaching extensions to help students better understand the stories behind the cases, the intricacies of the laws involved, and the effects of the Court’s decisions on American life. This book provides any teacher with viable, useable case law to fit any historical timeframe or unit of study.

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1475836082

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9781475836080

Ocean Animals

Who's Who in the Deep Blue

By: Johnna Rizzo

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Ocean Animals

Who's Who in the Deep Blue

By: Johnna Rizzo

Swim with sharks! Dive with dolphins! Stroll the beach with penguins! Young readers will joyfully immerse themselves in this awesome adventure at sea, in which stunning National Geographic photos reveal hidden worlds of action and beauty. We meet 30 favorite sea creatures and explore their watery homes: playful dolphins, mysterious sharks, graceful sea turtles, waddling penguins, and dozens of others. Kids will marvel at speedy swimmers on the hunt, and smile at cuddly scenes of animal families. To give background on the attention-grabbing photographs, each page is sprinkled with fun facts and layered with information about ocean wildlife and environments. Age-appropriate text tells each animal's story in language that's accurate, lively, and non-intimidating. National Geographic maps encourage kids to learn about the geography of land and sea. Conservation tips help readers of all ages understand how we can be kind to the oceans. At home in the classroom and on the family bookshelf, is a trove of thrilling sights and discoveries. Timed to coordinate with the release of Disney's much-anticipated movie on Earth Day 2010, this exciting book taps into and encourages new awareness about the world's marine environments.

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1426325061

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9781426325069

Angel Eaters

By: Johnna Adams

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Angel Eaters

By: Johnna Adams

The Angel Eaters trilogy follows three generations of a family cursed with the gift of raising people from the dead. These angel eaters, like a sin eater in reverse, eat the goodness off a dead body, bringing the deceased back from the dead brimming with evil and intent on mayhem"--Cover, page 4.

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1934962538

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Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival

Gidion's Knot; The Niceties; Memoirs of a Forgotten Man; Dead and Breathing; 20th Century Blues

By: Susan Miller,Eleanor Burgess,Johnna Adams,Chisa Hutchinson,D.W. Gregory

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Plays by Women from the Contemporary American Theater Festival

Gidion's Knot; The Niceties; Memoirs of a Forgotten Man; Dead and Breathing; 20th Century Blues

By: Susan Miller,Eleanor Burgess,Johnna Adams,Chisa Hutchinson,D.W. Gregory

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1350084832

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Lickspittles, Buttonholers and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens

By: Johnna Adams

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Lickspittles, Buttonholers and Damned Pernicious Go-Betweens

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Angel Eaters

By: Johnna Adams

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Cockfighters

By: Johnna Adams

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Cockfighters

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Cockfighters takes place in a lonely West Texas town where vengeance and violence come more naturally to the Fowler family than to the gamecocks they fight"--Page 4 of cover.

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8 Little Antichrists

The Angel Eaters Trilogy

By: Johnna Adams

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8 Little Antichrists

The Angel Eaters Trilogy

By: Johnna Adams

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1934962554

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Rattlers

The Angel Eaters Trilogy

By: Johnna Adams

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Rattlers

The Angel Eaters Trilogy

By: Johnna Adams

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1934962546

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9781934962541

World Builders

By: Johnna Adams

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World Builders

By: Johnna Adams

Max and Whitney both have personality disorders that cause them to retreat into imaginary worlds. When participating in a clinical drug trial that aims to rid them of their delusions, they fall in love. As the pills take effect and the fantasies subside, Max and Whitney must decide if romance is worth leaving their worlds behind."--Back cover.

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