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David Henry Hwang has the potential to become the first important dramatist of American public life since Arthur Miller, and maybe the best of them all. -Detroit NewsDavid Henry Hwang has created an extraordinary body of work over the last twenty years: the Tony Award-winning play, M. Butterfly; the OBIE Award-winning and 1998 Tony nominated Golden Child; the libretti to The Voyage (included here) and 1000 Airplanes on the Roof (both for composer Philip Glass); and the book to Aida, which he coauthored. He has received fellowships from the Rockefeller and Guggenheim foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts and The Pew /TCG National Artists Residency Program.This eight-play collection includes:FOB: «fresh off the boat» explores the conflicts between old and new worldsThe Dance and the Railroad: a haunting play about the inhuman conditions of railroad workers in the 1860s American WestFamily Devotions: a biting work which probes the religious conflicts in a modern Chinese-American familyThe Sound of a Voice: a meditation on the traditional roles of man and woman set in feudal JapanThe House of Sleeping Beauties: a reworking of a novella by Yasunari KawabataThe Voyage: the libretto to the opera by Philip Glass, which examines Columbus's arrival in AmericaBondage: a one-act set in an S&M parlor, which examines racial stereotypes and sexual mythsTrying to Find Chinatown: a two-person play, in which two Asian-American men-one searching for his Asian heritage, the other trying to shake himself free-meet by chance in New York City"David Henry Hwang knows America-its vernacular, its social landscape, its theatrical traditions. He knows the same about China. In his plays, he manages to mix both of these conflicting cultures until he arrives at a style that is wholly his own. Hwang's works have the verve of the well-made American stage comedies and yet, with little warning, they bubble over into the mystical rituals of Asian stagecraft. By at once bringing West and East into conflict and unity, this playwright has found the perfect

В этом издании неадаптированные рассказы А. Конан Дойля, О. Генри, Оскара Уайльда, Марка Твена, Джека Лондона и Саки смогут прочитать даже те, кто пока не очень хорошо знает английский. К каждой странице текста дается словарь самых нужных слов и краткие грамматические комментарии. С их помощью читатели легко уследят за сюжетом и сами не заметят, как освоят немало новых слов и устойчивых выражений, научатся увереннее употреблять грамматические конструкции и без проблем доберутся до развязки. Книга предназначена для тех, кто изучает английский язык на продолжающем уровне и стремится к его совершенствованию.

A framework for overcoming the six types of innovation killers Everybody wants innovation—or do they? Creative People Must Be Stopped shows how individuals and organizations sabotage their own best intentions to encourage «outside the box» thinking. It shows that the antidote to this self-defeating behavior is to identify which of the six major types of constraints are hindering innovation: individual, group, organizational, industry-wide, societal, or technological. Once innovators and other leaders understand exactly which constraints are working against them and how to overcome them, they can create conditions that foster innovation instead of stopping it in its tracks. The author's model of constraints on innovation integrates insights from the vast literature on innovation with his own observations of hundreds of organizations. The book is filled with assessments, tools, and real-world examples. The author's research has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Guardian and San Jose Mercury News, as well as on Fox News and on NPR's Marketplace Includes illustrative examples from leading organizations Offers a practical guide for bringing new ideas to fruition even within a previously rigid organizational culture This book gives people in organizations the conceptual framework and practical information they need to innovate successfully.

Are you ready to get what you’ve always wanted – more money, a new job, better sex?Self-help guru and Observer columnist Barefoot Doctor brings you his witty and irreverent guide to understanding what you really want and getting it without trying.The Barefoot Doctor has just the prescription of Taoist theory and good old common sense to show you how to manifest exactly what you want!Manifesto is a unique Barefoot Doctor blend of relaxation, visualisation, and affirmation techniques for specific wants. It is written and delivered in true Barefoot Doctor style; variously witty, light hearted, compassionate, sexy, and friendly; full of wisdom and littered with encouragement and insights. It is a powerfully positive, quirky and humorous read. Dip in for daily guidance.Manifesto Includes techniques to clear negative and limiting thought patterns enabling you to change the way you think and feel. it also includes discussions on the topic of human desire, our underlying need to continually improve ourselves, understanding what it is we really want, AND, how we should enjoy the wanting as well as the getting!

The French rugby team is in town – and Catrin’s world is about to be turned upside down.Hired as an intern at a coveted talent agency, blonde bubbly Catrin Owens knew she could excel at the job. The rules are strict – business is business and pleasure is separate. Not a problem for hardworking and determined to excel Catrin. She’s never veered off the path for success. And a certain 6 ft-something wall of lean muscle that is her latest client is not going to distract her now.Scarred, and brimming with forbidden sex appeal, French rugby star Henri Chevallier crashes through the walls of Catrin’s neatly-ordered life – tearing through her professionalism like a scrap of cheap lingerie.The sex is fierce, exhilarating…life-changing – and almost all the more exciting as she knows she’s risking the career she dreamed of. Catrin knows she should step away. But Henri is a temptation she can’t seem to resist…