A moving testament to one of the literary world's most celebrated marriages: that of the greatest playwright of our age, Harold Pinter, and the beautiful and famous prize-winning biographer Antonia Fraser.

In this exquisite memoir, Antonia Fraser recounts the life she shared with the internationally renowned dramatist. In essence, it is a love story and a marvelously insightful account of their years together, beginning with their initial meeting when Fraser was the wife of a member of Parliament and mother of six, and Pinter was married to a distinguished actress. Over the years, they experienced much joy, a shared devotion to their work, crises and laughter, and, in the end, great courage and love as Pinter battled the illness to which he eventually suc­cumbed on Christmas Eve 2008.

Must You Go? is based on Fraser’s recollections and on the diaries she has kept since October 1968. She shares Pinter’s own revelations about his past, as well as observations by his friends. Fraser’s diaries—written by a biographer living with a creative artist and observing the process firsthand—also pro­vide a unique insight into his writing.

Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser lived together from August 1975 until his death thirty-three years later. “O! call back yesterday, bid time return,” cries one of the courtiers to Richard II. This is Antonia Fraser’s uniquely compelling way of doing so.

This novel chronicles the anomie following the First World War. American society enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity during the roaring 1920s as the economy soared. At the same time, Prohibition, the ban on the sale and manufacture of alcohol as mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers and led to an increase in organized crime.

The murder mystery takes place in 1990 in the peaceful western Pennsylvania Amish community of Solitude. Members of the Amish community have received anonymous threats, their barns have been burned down, and their horse drawn buggies have been attacked and driven off the highway. The situation deteriorates even more when a young Amish schoolteacher is found stabbed to death in her classroom. Dana Blades, a thirty nine year old Florida history professor and sleuth, is home to care for her ailing mother. She reconnects with some of her childhood friends, including some members of the Amish community, who all work to see the murder solved. The investigation leads Dana through many twists, turns and run ins with hate groups, land developers, suspicious neighbors and the police. Many fear that dark and sinister forces are at work in this bucolic community. Dana, who has her own secrets and share of painful losses, takes the reader through many exciting and heartstopping events that lead to a surprising conclusion that leaves her and Solitude reeling.

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THE HARVARD MAN - He is brilliant, possessing intelligence most would classify as genius, and he has always believed he was destined for Harvard University. However, there is a flaw. He is also mentally unstable, a psychopath with violent tendencies. Harvard has rejected his application! Now, he is determined to exact revenge in sweeping strokes of violence that will display his brilliance and bring America’s most prestigious university to its academic knees. If he can’t have Harvard, no one can!

A brave and breathtaking musical.--The New York Times

A dingy motel room. Small-town America. Carmichael travels with a suitcase full of hands, but he wants his own back.

Toby has a hand that he’d like to sell Carmichael for the right price.

Marilyn wishes that Toby had never stolen that hand from the museum. 

Mervyn thinks Marilyn is pretty hot. He works reception, though he wouldn’t call himself a receptionist. Life and death are up for grabs, and fate is governed by imbeciles and madmen in this darkly comic new play from the acclaimed playwright Martin McDonagh. A Behanding in Spokane turns over American daily existence, exposing the obsessions, prejudices, madness, horrors, and, above all, absurdities that crawl beneath it.

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“Senelick’s accomplishment is astounding.”—Library Journal Anton Chekhov is a unique force in modern drama, his works cherished for their brilliant wit and insight into the human condition. In this stunning new translation of one of Chekhov’s most popular and beloved plays, Laurence Senelick presents a fresh perspective on the master playwright and his groundbreaking dramas. He brings this timeless trial of art and love to life as memorable characters have clashing desires and lose balance in the shifting eruptions of society and a modernizing Russia. Supplementing the play is an account of Chekhov’s life; a note on the translation; an introduction to the work; and variant lines, often removed due to government censorship, which illuminate the context in which they were written. This edition is the perfect guide to enriching our understanding of this great dramatist or to staging a production.

Cali Vanderbrooke had no idea how much her life would change
when she walked into her uncle's casino resort. After laying eyes
on the handsome blue eyed cowboy, she felt an instant attraction
for the large muscular stranger.
Cole Michaels was mesmerized by the African-American beauty
with the hazel eyes. Little did he know she was the once homely
looking sister of his old friend, whom he'd been sent to protect.
When Cali discovers the secret that Cole's been keeping, will he
be able to get her to forgive him in time to save her from a mad
man obsessed with having her for himself.
Will the two realize that love is more than a RISKY GAMBLE.

Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 60 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. From its inception, The Best American Short Plays has identified new, cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, Terrence McNally, and David Mamet. The complex and diverse plays that make up this collection reflect both personal concerns and social issues. The 2008-2009 edition includes A Second of Pleasure, by Neil LaBute; St. Francis Preaches to the Birds, by David Ives; The Stormy Waters, The Long Way Home, by Carey Lovelace; Early Morning, by Eric Lane; Sisters, by Adam Kraar, Maria Filimon, and Tasnim Mansur; Little Duck, by Billy Aronson; A Portrait of the Woman as a Young Artist, by Meg Miroshnik; Slapped Actress, by Emily Conbere; The Last Artist in NYC, by Polly Frost and Ray Sawhill; THE TRUE AUTHOR of the plays formerly attributed to Mister William Shakespeare REVEALED to the world for the first time by Miss Delia Bacon, by James Armstrong; The Lovers and Others of Eugene O'Neill, by Marla Del Collins; III, by Joe Salvatore; Pete and Joe at the Dew Drop Inn, by Lewis Gardner; This Is Your Lifetime, by Jill Elaine Hughes; Decades Apart, by Rick Pulos; Never Spoke Again, by Barbara Parisi-Pasternack; 508, by Amy Herzog; Ella, by Dano Madden; and Naked Old Man, by Murray Schisgal.