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Glengarry Glen Ross: A Play
KSh700.00This scalding comedy took Broadway and London by storm and won the 1984 Pulitzer Prize. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing about small-time, cutthroat real estate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream. Revived on Broadway in 2006 this masterpiece of American drama became a celebrated film which starred Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin and Alan Arkin.
“Crackling tension…ferocious comedy and drama.”-The New York Times
“Wonderfully funny…A play to see, remember and cherish.”-New York Post
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Pronouncing Guide to French, German, Italian and Spanish
KSh400.00Pronouncing Guide to French, German, Italian and Spanish is an invaluable aid to the exact pronunciation of the four languages. Each section of the Guide consists of the following divisions: a general explanatory preface, a table of phonetic symbols with the sound of each described; a key to the pronunciation of the letters of the language; a table of common terminations, including for German the common prefixes and the pronouncing Vocabulary itself.
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The Awesome Book of One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers
KSh500.00Award-winning author Sandy Silverthorne and John Warner’s first collection of one-minute mysteries has sold more than 100,000 copies, and now the two offer more fun thinking puzzles for super-sleuths of all ages. It’s an entertaining book for the whole family.
Each one-page mystery is illustrated with a hilarious cartoon that presents an obvious (and obviously incorrect!) solution. Readers can turn to a page of clues, each one revealing more information until the a-ha! moment finally arrives. Sure to make folks scratch their heads and think outside the box, this is the perfect book to pass the time or pep up a party—good clean fun for anytime, anywhere, and anyone!
Previously released as Return of the One-Minute Mysteries and Brain Teasers.
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The Answer / La Respuesta
KSh800.00Sor Juana In&ecute;s de la Cruz (1648/51-1695), a Mexican nun, wrote this essay which is a defense of the right of women to be engaged in intellectual work. Her writings brought her into conflict with the Church.
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The Essential Casablanca: 101 Things You Didn’t Know about America’s Favorite Film
KSh700.00Given its ubiquity in popular culture and its place in the hearts of generations of moviegoers, one wonders, after all this time, if there could be anything more we don’t already know about “Casablanca.” No matter how familiar the images, how memorable the lines, how timeless the story, the answer is, yes, there’s a whole book worth of things most will be “shocked, shocked” to learn. “The Essential Casablanca” is brimming with amazing true stories, corrected myths, and particular particulars about the most popular movie in the history of cinema. It’s not meant to provide a comprehensive nor com�plete academic reference, but rather an accessible distillation, a delightful confection in its own right, about a film that is one of the most beloved pieces of motion picture art and one that has resonated across nearly three-quarters of a century.
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Native Tongue
KSh800.00When the precious blue-tongued mango voles at the Amazing Kingdom of Thrills on North Key Largo are stolen by heartless, ruthless thugs, Joe Winder wants to uncover why, and find the voles. Joe is lately a PR man for the Amazing Kingdom theme park, but now that the voles are gone, Winder is dragged along in their wake through a series of weird and lethal events that begin with the sleazy real-estate agent/villain Francis X. Kingsbury and can end only one way
