Gathers monologues for women and men from Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Sheridan, Dryden, and Congreve

Includes selected pieces, drawn from Greek drama, Shakespeare and his contemporaries, restoration comedies, and eighteenth century drama, for two or more people

Gathers selections from poetry, fiction, diaries, and journals that provide useful monologues for actresses (view table of contents)

Product Description: In this compelling, behind-the-scenes account, former top CIA officer and Cuba expert Brian Latell examines the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel's younger brother, Raul. Exploring the brothers' remarkable relationship, he reveals how Fidel and Raul have collaborated, divided responsibilities, and resolved disagreements for more than forty-six years--a challenge to the notion that the little-known Raul has been an insignificant player...read more

Product Description: A quiet mission of assassination is no sweat for legendary agent Matt Helm--until a shapely foreign agent he never got around to finishing off lures him into a strange trek in the wilds of northern Mexico. And when a Russian missile is smuggled out of Cuba, it falls into the hands of a political fanatic much too close to home...read more

From Kirk Mitchell comes a riveting suspense thriller in the tradition of Tony Hillerman and Joseph Wambaugh, featuring Bureau of Indian Affairs Criminal Investigator Emmett Quanah Parker and FBI Special Agent Anna Turnipseed, two Native American cops searching for justice between their heritage and the law.Though there are signs of foul play, Emmett Quanah Parker and Anna Turnipseed aren't looking for a killer --the remains dug out of a riverbank by an illegal fossil hunter are 14,000 years old. Parker and Turnipseed have been sent to central Oregon as official witnesses to the examination of the relics.But the bones quickly provoke a controversy that threatens to erupt into violence: the skeleton is not Native American but distinctly Caucasian, shattering long-held tenets of who first inhabited this continent.Emmett, with his Comanche and white ancestry, and Anna, a reservation-born Modoc with Asian blood, share a sensitivity to both parties' concerns -- and a forbidden attraction that's causing them professional and personal problems.As people connected to the case begin to lose their lives, Emmett and Anna are paralyzed by their own demons. And if they stop watching each other's back, even for a moment, the killer may target them too. From the Paperback edition.

Product Description: Donal Graeme was a Dorsai, a mercenary soldier, and also a mutant gifted with insight into the path forward for the human race. Through his gifts, Donal would come to bend time and live three lifetimes—and, in the process, run into problems he had not expected: first, his own flaws, and second, the existence of another mutant, Bleys Ahrens...read more

Product Description: The murder of a boy from a prominent Greek family takes Inspector Andreas Kaldis into the world of Athens' high society, where age-old frictions between old and new money breed jealousy, revenge, and some very dangerous truths.

Dr. Amin Jaafie, an Arab-Israeli citizen working as a respected surgeon, finds his life torn apart in the wake of a terrorist bombing at a local restaurant as he deals with the discovery that his own wife was the suicide bomber responsible.

Product Description: The well-aimed insult was never in better shape than when Shakespeare mastered the art of defining dramatic conflict with rapier wit rather than swordplay. This audiocassette is a collection of some of the most cutting jeers and outrageous affronts ever spoken and as such can be a fine resource for just those moments you don't want to let slip by without comment...read more

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Product Description: [This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.] [Directed by Gabrielle de Cuir] [Read by Stefan Rudnicki] With its intense mix of mystery, adventure, and a surprise ending, Benito Cereno at first seems merely a provocative example from the genre Herman Melville created with his early bestselling novels of the sea...read more