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My weird school daze volume 8
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IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
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When Ella Mentry School is threatened with closure due to budget cuts, A.J.'s new speech teacher, Miss Laney, comes up with a brilliant, if weird, plan to save the day.
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The high school or college English class offers a long list of technical terms: Symbolism, Irony, Metafiction, Allegory, Metaphor… With such a barrage, it can be tough to sort them all out. Yet here's the list, from Absurdity to Zeugma, all defined through the clever wordplay of Hamilton. In fact, musicals use all the rhythm and rhyme patterns of history's top poets, and the literary skill of crafting characters and straddling genre. Further, the...
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This antique text contains a fascinating and detailed treatise on the production a of play, written by Joseph Capek and originally published in 1928. A comprehensive exposition of Capek's ideas on the subject, this text will be of great value to anyone with an interest in theatre production and constitutes a great addition to collections of theatrical literature.
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Torero
Antonio quiere llegar a ser un torero reconocido, como lo fue su abuelo. Su papá es un carnicero que no tiene nada que ver con ese "toreo sin sentido". Quiere que su hijo Antonio trabaje junto a él en la carnicería. Algún día el abuelo de Antonio se sentirá orgulloso de él. Y su abuela también aunque ella ya no esté. Antonio cree que ella puede verlo desde el cielo. Antonio está enamorado de María. María le dice: "enséñame que...
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In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, swaggering, carefree carnival barker Billy Bigelow captivates and marries naive millworker Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant, and – desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family – he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent "up there."...
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Two guys. One girl. A big confusing mess. I never thought I'd have two guys fighting over me. I mean, I'm totally not that girl. At least, I didn't think I was…Turns out, it's a lot more confusing than I would have thought. I ended up deciding I couldn't be with either one of them.At least for now. I need space to clear my head. Because my heart doesn't know who it wants. I'm confused, and I don't want to hurt either of these guys I care so much...
8) Destiny
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Destiny has crushed on Isaac for years, but when he finally notices her, she realizes she's gotten in way over her head. High school sophomore Destiny Clark cares about three things: avoiding bullies, staying out of trouble, and getting into Primus, her school's elite choir.Actually, there's a fourth. Isaac Robinson. Not that she's willing to admit it. He's the top singer in Primus and so gorgeous it hurts. It doesn't matter anyway. He's in a relationship,...
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When the truth is uncovered, the bullies come out to play. I've kept my forbidden boyfriend a secret.But he hates hiding.So I agree to step into the light as a couple. Bad idea. Our secret romance turns into a disaster rivaling scenes from Romeo and Juliet. Bullies emerge from all sides, and we're in serious trouble.I've worked my tail off to be bolder, but standing up for myself comes with a price. Our whirlwind romance spirals out of control.And...
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What are the stakes of cultural production in a time of war? How is artistic expression prone to manipulation by the state and international humanitarian organizations? In the charged political terrain of post-genocide Rwanda, post-civil war Uganda, and recent violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Laura Edmondson explores performance through the lens of empire.
Instead of celebrating theatre productions as expression of cultural agency and...
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She broke his heart. Will he ever forgive her? My school came out with a scary new policy, and now I might have to leave the academy.It's the only school my family's ever known, and we're not sure what to do.It feels like my life is falling apart. On top of that, I've messed everything up with Preston, and now I'm sure he'll never forgive me. I'm worried I've lost his friendship forever. But after what I've done, I probably deserve it. The worst part...
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Just when everything seems to be perfect, it all falls apart. I never thought things would actually work out with Isaac. After everything we'd been through, it seemed impossible. But then his parents started coming around and mine did too. They were actually getting along, and I started letting myself hope like I'd never allowed myself to hope before. Maybe this could all work out. For real this time. But then Isaac dropped a bombshell on me, and...
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Dream come true? Or disaster? When I got cast in Les Miserables, alongside Isaac, my not-so-secret crush, I thought I'd made it.But it wasn't all it's cracked up to be.You see, I have to sing my true feelings of rejection in front of the entire school. Plan B.If I can get my brother's best friend to agree to be my boyfriend, maybe I won't look like an idiot in front of everyone. But there's a huge problem. I can't ignore my feelings for Isaac, and...
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Can she keep him, or will his ex steal him back? I'm back to sneaking around with my boyfriend, Isaac.It's the worst. But then my parents find out, and I have a new definition of "the worst."It's time to stage a breakup.But my plan backfires when Isaac's ex is newly available.Thanks to our fake breakup, she thinks he's available, too. Now she wants him back.And I'm back to declaring my feelings of rejection onstage while Isaac sings love songs to...
15) Operation Yes
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Ready? Line UP! FALL IN! And you'll fall for this timely and generous novel set on an Air Force base during the Iraq War, about an amazing teacher and the students she inspires.
No one in her sixth-grade class knows quite what to make of Ms. Loupe, with her short hair, her taped square "stage" on the floor, and the interest in improvisational theatre. After all, their school is on an Air Force base--a place that values discipline more than improv....
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Ce livre raconte une histoire oubliée. Celle d'une étonnante modernité qui s'est propagée à Montréal au début du xxe siècle. Des spectacles amalgamant revues d'actualité, épisodes de films d'aventures américains, sketchs, chansons, parodies et monologues faisaient le bonheur du public venu se distraire, même le dimanche! Sur scène et à cté de l'écran, c'est la langue de la rue et des manufactures qui se faisait entendre.
Auteurs, comédiens,...
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In classic Hollywood tradition, Farley Granger, a high school senior, was discovered by Sam Goldwyn's casting director in an off-Hollywood Boulevard play. Granger describes how he learned his craft as he went on to star in a number of films, giving an insider's view of working with Hitchcock on Strangers on a Train and Rope, Luchino Visconti on Senso, and Nick Ray on They Live by Night.
He is eloquent about his bisexuality and tells of affairs with...
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