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Troilus and Cressida
Par William Shakespeare. 1966
A tragedy about lovers during the Trojan Wars, first performed in 1602. Troilus, one of the king of Troy's five…
sons, is in love with Cressida, the daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest siding with the Greeks. Calchas, knowing that Troy is about to fall to the Greeks, flees, leaving Cressida to be taken prisoner. Although Cressida vows to remain faithful to Troilus, he witnesses her betrayalHyman describes the roles she believes natural light and light therapy play in insomnia, eating disorders, alcoholism, stress, infertility, depression…
caused by seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and general health and growth. She explains the daily and monthly biological rhythms tied to the sun and the moon, and the role of the hormone melatoninThe tragedy of King Lear
Par William Shakespeare. 1992
First published early in the seventeenth century, this tragedy concerns a petulant monarch and his daughters Gonerill, Regan, and Cordelia.…
Amid much other, more political action, Lear is taken in by false avowals of love from Gonerill and Regan, and disinherits Cordelia because of her refusal to flatter him and to meet his unreasonable demandsThe tragedy of Richard the second
Par William Shakespeare. 1962
Historical tragedy and study of kingship first performed in the 1590s. Richard II, a weak and ineffectual king, settles a…
quarrel and exiles Henry Bolingbroke, son of John of Gaunt, for ten years. He then seizes Henry's property to finance the Irish wars. Henry returns to claim his inheritance, murders the king's supporters, and imprisons Richard. Henry usurps the throne, but lives in fear until the deposed Richard is no moreThe second part of Henry the sixth
Par William Shakespeare. 1966
Late sixteenth-century historical play about the reign of King Henry the Sixth. The earl of Suffolk secures a favorable position…
for himself when he arranges a marriage between the young king and Margaret of Anjou. But the peaceful scene is disturbed when the terms of the contract become known. A famous quarrel erupts between Queen Margaret and a duchess, the nobility jockey for power, rebels take to the streets, and the royal couple fleeLove's labour's lost
Par William Shakespeare. 1990
Late sixteenth-century dramatic comedy in which the king of Navarre and three of his friends swear to avoid the company…
of women for three years and to devote themselves to study. Their plans go awry when the charming princess of France arrives on a diplomatic mission with three vivacious ladies. When the princess's father dies, the ladies impose a year-long interruption of the merrimentAll's well that ends well
Par William Shakespeare. 1965
Early seventeenth-century dramatic comedy about a young woman who saves a king's life and is given her choice of husbands.…
The man she loves does not reciprocate her affection, and the play deals with her attempts to claim him legally if not amorouslyHow we die: reflections on life's final chapter
Par Sherwin Nuland. 1994
In hopes of removing mystery from dying and making it less frightening, a Yale medical professor explains the biological and…
clinical aspects of death. He describes six causes of death he asserts to be representative of universal processes, portrays patients, and muses about care and dignity. The examples are heart attack, Alzheimer's disease, murder, AIDS, cancer, and old age. BestsellerHenry V (Oxford paperbacks)
Par William Shakespeare. 1982
Historical drama. The newly ascended king of England first deals with three suspected traitors. Then, on a pretext, Henry invades…
France to claim the throne. After his victory in the battle of Agincourt, there is a huge celebration, and Henry turns his attention to his courtship of Catherine of France, as two knaves and a braggart provide comic reliefToward the radical center: a Karel C̈apek reader
Par Karel C̈apek. 1990
English translations of three plays and several short stories, essays, and assorted sketches on gardening and travel provide a sampling…
of the work of this prolific Czechoslovakian writer. The word "robot" from his 1922 play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots,") included here, has entered everday languageLong day's journey into night
Par Eugene O'Neill. 1955
An autobiographical play set in 1912 in the summer home of a theatrical family isolated from the community by a…
kind of ingrown misery and a sense of doom. This work was found in manuscript form among the papers left after the playwright's death in 1953Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Par William Shakespeare. 1968
A seventeenth-century romantic drama about the trials of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, who attempts to win the king of Antioch's…
daughter by solving the monarch's riddle. Upon guessing the king's incestuous relationship with Princess Hesperides, Pericles is banished. He is shipwrecked and marries a foreign princess, who appears to die in childbirth. Years of confusion and mishap precede a joyous family reunionTitus Andronicus
Par William Shakespeare. 1967
A late sixteenth-century tragedy about Titus Andronicus, a noble Roman general under the empire. Titus returns to the city after…
his victory over the Goths, bringing the Gothic queen Tamora and her three sons with him. Titus turns his attention to seeking revenge for the atrocities that have been committed against his family. Later, his promises turn to reality in a grotesque and bloody sequence of deception, barbarism, and crueltyThe taming of the shrew
Par William Shakespeare. 1984
A dramatic comedy written in the late sixteenth century and set in Padua. Katherina is a young woman of violent…
whims and tempers. Her father, Baptista Minola, is so anxious to see her married that he forbids his much-sought-after younger daughter, Bianca, to marry first. Petruchio, an imperturbable gentleman from Verona, accepts Katherina's hand and begins the relentless taming processThe tempest
Par William Shakespeare. 1987
Early seventeenth-century romantic drama about Prospero, duke of Milan, ousted from his throne by his brother Antonio and banished with…
his daughter Miranda to a primitive island. Years later, a shipwreck deposits Antonio and his collaborators on the island. Prospero, knowledgeable about magic, releases spellbound spirits who help him undo his usurperThe tragedy of Coriolanus
Par William Shakespeare. 1962
Written in the early seventeenth century, the tragedy deals with Caius Marcius, a haughty Roman general who is given the…
surname Coriolanus after defeating the Volscians in the battle of Corioli. Persuaded to seek election to the consulship, he is eventually banished from Rome by fickle plebeians. The play records his attempts to get revengeEverybody's guide to chiropractic health care
Par Nathaniel Altman. 1990
The author explains the basic ideas and treatments that make up chiropractic care. Following a history of the profession, including…
its struggle for acceptance by the medical community, Altman describes how to become an educated consumer. He discusses obtaining proper spinal adjustment and relief from pain, and he provides tips for maintaining the benefits enjoyed by good chiropractic healthCymbeline
Par William Shakespeare. 1965
A seventeenth-century tragicomedy about Cymbeline, a British king, who banishes his daughter Imogen's husband Posthumus in disapproval of their secret…
marriage. The queen, second wife to the king, connives to arrange a match between Imogen and her own son, Cloten. A series of deceptions cause all to believe Imogen dead, but coincidences lead to some happy reunionsKing Henry VIII
Par William Shakespeare. 1990
This historical drama, written in the early seventeenth century, deals with the fall and death of the duke of Buckingham;…
the question of the king's divorce from the dignified Queen Katherine and his marriage to Anne Bullen; and the disgrace and demise of Cardinal Wolsey. Later, the play turns to Anne's coronation; to the archbishop of Canterbury's success over his enemies; and to the christening of a princess, who becomes Queen Elizabeth IIt's better to be over the hill than under it: thoughts on life over sixty
Par Eda LeShan. 1990
This collection contains seventy-five selections from LeShan's regular columns on aging. She covers topics such as marriage, friendship, retirement, grandchildren,…
sex, health, money, and she encourages the aging to love, grow, accept and continue to keep their minds alive and receptive