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When Algernon and Jack fall in love with two young ladies, they do it under false pretenses that cause confusion and mayhem to threaten the relationships. Includes a chronology of the playwright's life and work; social, political, cultural, and economic context of the play; the play's performance history; and analysis and commentary on the play's major themes and issues.
3) Candide
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The story of an optimist whose life takes him from one disaster to another.
4) Fancy Nancy
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A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
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The most celebrated story collection from “one of the true American masters” (The New York Review of Books)—a haunting meditation on love, loss, and companionship, and finding one’s way through the dark that includes the iconic and much-referenced title story featured in the Academy Award-winning film Birdman.
"Raymond Carver's America is ... clouded by pain and the loss of dreams, but it is not as...
"Raymond Carver's America is ... clouded by pain and the loss of dreams, but it is not as...
7) Custodians of wonder: ancient customs, profound traditions, and the last people keeping them alive
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"A vivid look at the ten key people who are maintaining some of the world's oldest and rarest cultural traditions. Eliot Stein has traveled the globe in search of remarkable people who are preserving some of our rarest cultural rites. In Custodians of Wonder: Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive, Stein introduces readers to a man saving the secret ingredient in Japan's 700-year-old original soy sauce recipe....
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"Captures the smells, tastes, and unforgettable traditions about the most popular, exciting, contemplative, and unqiue Christmas customs and legends from around the world. Find out why [we] celebrate Christmas on December 25th, who invented the first glass ornament, why people build nativity scenes, and more"-- Provided by publisher.
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For the past one hundred years, Emily Post has been America's definitive source for how to navigate-- and enhance-- every social interaction. This centennial edition has been updated for our increasingly diverse and intersectional world. Post and Senning-- great-great grandchildren of Emily Post-- continue the Post family legacy of upholding traditions while moving forward with the times. From table manners and gift-giving to video meetings, AI and...
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"An instruction manual for life, love, and relationships by a brilliant young scientist whose Asperger's syndrome allows her--and us--to see ourselves in a different way...and to be better at being human Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the age of eight, Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, she asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. With no blueprint...
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"We Should Get Together is the handbook for anyone who's ready for better friendships, now. Have you recently moved to a new city and are struggling to make friends? Do you find yourself constantly making plans with friends that fall through? Are you more likely to see your friends' social media posts than their faces? You aren't alone. Millions of adults struggle with an uncomfortable and persistent ache: platonic longing, which is the unfulfilled...
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