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I Am a Pencil

A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories

By: Sam Swope

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I Am a Pencil

A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories

By: Sam Swope

A children's book author relates how a workshop for a group of third graders grew into a three-year relationship with the class of mostly new Americans as he taught them to write stories and poems and learned of their hopes and lives.

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324

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Macmillan

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0805078517

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9780805078510

Katya's Book of Mushrooms

Fungi, Fauna, Facts & Folklore

By: Katya Arnold,Sam Swope

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Katya's Book of Mushrooms

Fungi, Fauna, Facts & Folklore

By: Katya Arnold,Sam Swope

Mushrooms are exciting to find, beautiful to look at, fascinating to identify, and delicious to eat. When you know what to look for, a mushroom hunt is as safe and enjoyable as a treasure hunt. Katya Arnold ranges through the world to find hundreds of varieties of mushrooms, as well as fascinating anecdotes and fun facts that make these wonders of nature exciting and immediate. A walk in the woods will never be the same!

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133

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Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

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162779915X

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9781627799157

The Brother

The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case

By: Sam Roberts

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The Brother

The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case

By: Sam Roberts

The Brother now discloses new information revealed since the original publication in 2003?including an admission by his sons that Julius Rosenberg was indeed a Soviet spy and a confession to the author by the Rosenbergs? co-defendant ... Sixty years after their execution in June 1953 for conspiring to steal atomic secrets, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg remain the subjects of great emotional debate and acrimony. The man whose testimony almost single-handedly convicted them was Ethel Rosenberg?s own brother, David Greenglass, who recently died. Though the Rosenbergs were executed, Greenglass served a mere ten years in prison, after which, with a new name, he disappeared. But journalist Sam Roberts found Greenglass, and then managed to convince him to talk about everything that had happened"--Amazon.com.

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592

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Simon and Schuster

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1476747385

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9781476747385

Frank O'Hara's New York School and Mid-Century Mannerism

Perfectly Disgraceful

By: Sam Ladkin

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Frank O'Hara's New York School and Mid-Century Mannerism

Perfectly Disgraceful

By: Sam Ladkin

Frank O'Hara's New York School & Mid-Century Mannerism offers a ground-breaking account of the poet Frank O'Hara and the extraordinary cultural blossoming O'Hara catalysed, namely the mid-century experimental and multi-disciplinary arts scene, the New York School. Fresh accounts of canonical figures (Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, George Balanchine, Fred Astaire) and original work on those too little discussed (Edwin Denby, Elaine de Kooning) resound with analysis of queer iconology from Michelangelo's David to James Dean. Sam Ladkin argues that O'Hara and the New York School revive Mannerism. Turning away from interpretations of O'Hara's Transcendentalism, Romanticism, or pastoralism, 'mid-century Mannerism' helps explain O'Hara's self-conscious style, its play with sweet and grand grace, contortion of conventional measure, risks with affectation, conceits, nonchalance, and scrambling of high/low culture. Mannerism clarifies the sociability implicit in the formal innovations of the New York School. The work also studies the kinship between art mediums by retooling rhetoric and recovering a perennial manneristic tendency beyond period style. Genealogies of grace, the figura serpentinata, sprezzatura, ornatus, and the marvellous exemplify qualities exhibited by O'Hara's New York School. Ladkin relates the essential role of dance in the New York School. O'Hara's reception has been tied to painting, predominantly Abstract Expressionism. He was also, however, a balletomane, a fan, for whom ballet was 'made up exclusively of qualities which other arts only aspire to in order to be truly modern.' Relaying ballet's Mannerist origins and aesthetics, and demonstrating its influence alongside Broadway and Hollywood musical-dance on art and poetry, completes the portrait of mid-century modernity.

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377

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Oxford University Press

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0192866729

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9780192866721

A Lie of the Mind

A Play in Three Acts

By: Sam Shepard

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A Lie of the Mind

A Play in Three Acts

By: Sam Shepard

Currently a critical and box office sensation, Sam Shepard's newest play is amasterpiece of poetic and theatrical brilliance that looks unerringly at loveand family in the American West. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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108

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Dramatists Play Service Inc

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0822206560

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9780822206569

Life isn't everything

Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends.

By: Ash Carter,Sam Kashner

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Life isn't everything

Mike Nichols, as remembered by 150 of his closest friends.

By: Ash Carter,Sam Kashner

An up close and personal portrait of a legendary filmmaker, theater director, and comedian, drawing on candid conversations with his closest friends in show business and the arts—from Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep to Natalie Portman and Lorne Michaels. The work of Mike Nichols pervades American cultural consciousness—from The Graduate and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? to Angels in America, The Birdcage, Working Girl, and Primary Colors, not to mention his string of hit plays, including Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple. If that weren’t enough, he was also one half of the timelessly funny duo Nichols & May, as well as a founding member of the original improv troupe. Over a career that spanned half a century, Mike Nichols changed Hollywood, Broadway, and comedy forever. Most fans, however, know very little of the person behind it all. Since he never wrote his memoirs, and seldom appeared on television, they have very little sense of his searching intellect or his devastating wit. They don't know that Nichols, the great American director, was born Mikail Igor Peschkowsky, in Berlin, and came to this country, speaking no English, to escape the Nazis. They don't know that Nichols was at one time a solitary psychology student, or that a childhood illness caused permanent, life-altering side effects. They don't know that he withdrew into a debilitating depression before he "finally got it right," in his words, by marrying Diane Sawyer. Here, for the first time, Ash Carter and Sam Kashner offer an intimate look behind the scenes of Nichols' life, as told by the stars, moguls, playwrights, producers, comics and crewmembers who stayed loyal to Nichols for years. Life Isn't Everything is a mosaic portrait of a brilliant and original director known for his uncommon charm, wit, vitality, and genius for friendship, this volume is also a snapshot of what it meant to be living, loving, and making art in the 20th century.

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311

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Macmillan + ORM

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1250112869

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9781250112866

The Trouble with Pink Wheelbarrows

By: Sam Eaton

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The Trouble with Pink Wheelbarrows

By: Sam Eaton

Have you ever had to deal with pink wheelbarrows? They have been my greatest failure. As a result, it turns out those moments of sheer frustration, and the odd tear shed in sheer agitation, were the best things that could have ever happened to me.

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177

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Winsome Entertainment Group LLC

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1513697811

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9781513697819

When Blanche Met Brando

The Scandalous Story of A Streetcar Named Desire

By: Sam Staggs

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When Blanche Met Brando

The Scandalous Story of A Streetcar Named Desire

By: Sam Staggs

Exhaustively researched and almost flirtatiously opinionated, When Blanche Met Brando is everything a fan needs to know about the ground-breaking New York and London stage productions of Williams' "Streetcar" as well as the classic Brando/Leigh film. Sam Staggs' interviews with all the living cast members of each production will enhance what's known about the play and movie, and help make this book satisfying as both a pop culture read and as a deeper piece of thinking about a well-known story. Readers will come away from this book delighted with the juicy behind-the-scenes stories about cast, director, playwright and the various productions and will also renew their curiosity about the connection between the role of Blanche and Viven Leigh's insatiable sexual appetite and later descent into breakdown. They may also-for the first time-question whether the character of Blanche was actually "mad" or whether her anxiousness was symptomatic of another disorder. "A Streetcar Named Desire" is one of the most haunting and most-studied modern plays. Staggs' new book will fascinate fans and richen newcomers' understanding of its importance in American theater and movie history.

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497

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Macmillan

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1466830484

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9781466830486

The Arthurdale Community School

Education and Reform in Depression Era Appalachia

By: Sam F. Stack

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The Arthurdale Community School

Education and Reform in Depression Era Appalachia

By: Sam F. Stack

This work examines the Arthurdale School, which was created during the Great Depression and dedicated to the purpose of building community and preparing students for participation in democratic society.

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221

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University Press of Kentucky

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081316690X

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9780813166902

Detroit

By: Sam Moussavi

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Detroit

By: Sam Moussavi

Isaiah is a hot-shot freshman, talented and hard-working enough to be on the varsity basketball team at one of the top private high schools in Detroit. The problem is, his family is breaking apart and he is losing street-cred with his new suburban address. Will Isaiah be able to rise above the taunts from teammates and opponents-real or imagined? Will he be able to overcome the deconstruction of his family? Detroit is a book from Hoop City, an EPIC Press six set series. Some titles may contain explicit content and/or language.

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203

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ABDO

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1680761641

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9781680761641

Gate in the Garden Wall

By: Sam Pickering

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Gate in the Garden Wall

By: Sam Pickering

Familiar essays by Sam Pickering, who has written more than thirty books and barrows of articles. When not at his desk, he was in the classroom, the last thirty-five years teaching English at the University of Connecticut.

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191

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Madville Publishing

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1956440119

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9781956440119

Of Cats and Men

Profiles of History's Great Cat-Loving Artists, Writers, Thinkers, and Statesmen

By: Sam Kalda

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Of Cats and Men

Profiles of History's Great Cat-Loving Artists, Writers, Thinkers, and Statesmen

By: Sam Kalda

A stylish, illustrated gift book profiling notable cat-loving men throughout history. Some of history’s greatest men have been cat lovers, and their cats have contributed to their genius and legacy: the static charge from a cat’s fur sparked young Nikola Tesla’s interest in electricity; Sir Isaac Newton is said to have invited the first cat flap; visitors to Ernest Hemingway and Winston Churchill’s homes still encounter the descendants of their beloved cats; William S. Burroughs and Andy Warhol both wrote books inspired by their feline friends. Stylishly illustrated and full of charming, witty profiles and quotes from history’s most notable “cat men,” Of Cats and Men pays tribute to thirty luminaries and visionaries who have one thing in common: a pure and enduring love of cats.

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114

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Ten Speed Press

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0399578447

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9780399578441

I Am a Pencil

A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories

By: Sam Swope

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I Am a Pencil

A Teacher, His Kids, and Their World of Stories

By: Sam Swope

A teacher discovers how reading, writing, and imagining can help children grow, change, and even sometimes survive A few years back, children's-book writer Sam Swope gave a workshop to a third-grade class in Queens. So enchanted was he with his twenty-eight students that he "adopted" the class for three years, teaching them to write stories and poems. Almost all were new Americans (his class included students fom twenty-one countries) and Swope was drawn deep into their real and imaginary lives, their problems, hopes, and fears. I Am a Pencil is the story of his years with this very special group of students. It is as funny, warm, heartbreaking, and hopeful as the children themselves. Swope follows his colorful troop of resilient writers from grades three to five, coaxing out their stories, watching talents blossom, explode, and sometimes fizzle, holding his breath as the kids' families brave new lives in a strange big city. We meet Susie (whose mom was a Taoist priestess), Alex (who cannot seem to tell the truth), and Noelia (a wacky Dominican chatterbox). All of the children have big dreams. Some have big problems: Salvador, an Ecuadorian boy, must cope with a strict Pentecostal father; Soo Jung mystifies Swope with sudden silences - until he discovers that her mother has left the family. Preparing his students for a world of adult dangers, Swope is astonished by their courage, humanity, but most of all by their strength.

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320

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Henry Holt and Company

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1466843926

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9781466843929

The Krazees

By: Sam Swope

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The Krazees

By: Sam Swope

Describes the havoc created when "The Krazees" take over Iggie's house and head on a boring rainy day.

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0060215410

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9780060215415

Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants

By: Sam Swope

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Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants

By: Sam Swope

While hoping to find his mother, Jack encounters seven deadly giants: the Giant Poet, the Terrible Glutton, Mrs. Roth, the Wild Tickler, Avaritch, Orgulla the Great, and the Green Queen.

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Farrar Straus & Giroux

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0374336709

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9780374336707

Book's by Sam Swope

I Am a Pencil

I Am a Pencil

Katya's Book of Mushrooms

Katya's Book of Mushrooms

The Brother

The Brother

Frank O'Hara's New York School and Mid-Century Mannerism

Frank O'Hara's New York School and Mid-Century Mannerism

A Lie of the Mind

A Lie of the Mind

Life isn't everything

Life isn't everything

The Trouble with Pink Wheelbarrows

The Trouble with Pink Wheelbarrows

When Blanche Met Brando

When Blanche Met Brando

The Arthurdale Community School

The Arthurdale Community School

Detroit

Detroit

Gate in the Garden Wall

Gate in the Garden Wall

Of Cats and Men

Of Cats and Men

I Am a Pencil

I Am a Pencil

The Krazees

The Krazees

Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants

Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants

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