Bandon Public Library

"[Our Town] leaves us with a sense of blessing, and the unspoken but palpable command to achieve gratitude in what remains of our days on earth." — The New Yorker

Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the mythical village of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire—an allegorical representation of all life—is an American classic. It is the simple story of a love affair that asks timeless

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In a large country house in Derbyshire in April 1809 sits Lady Thomasina Coverly, aged thirteen, and her tutor, Septimus Hodge. Through the window may be seen some of the "five hundred acres inclusive of lake" where Capability Brown's idealized landscape is about to give way to the Gothic style: "everything but vampires," as the garden historian Hannah Jarvis remarks to Bernard Nightingale when they stand in the same room 180 years later. Bernard...

As an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and a father, Harry Potter struggles with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs while his youngest son, Albus, finds the weight of the family legacy difficult to bear.

The plays are: 'No Exit', an unforgettable portrayal of hell; 'The Flies', a modern reworking of the Electra-Orestes story; 'Dirty Hands' is about a young intellectual torn between theory and praxis; 'The Respectful Prostitute', a scathing attack on American racism.

This study tells the thrilling tale of Hitler's plan to invade Britain and end its involvement in World War II, and sheds new light on the greatest threat to Britain in over a century.

The Collected Stories of Diane Williams brings together over three hundred new and previously published short fictions--distilled works of "unsettling brilliance" (Vanity Fair) that have rewritten the rules of the American short story.

"The turbulent, 20 year love affair between artist Georgia O'Keefe and photographer Alfred Steiglitz fuels some of the most important art of the 20th century. Celebrated photographer and art impresario Alfred Steiglitz (Jeremy Irons) is shocked to learn that the extraordinary drawings he has recently discovered were rendered by a woman. Deciding to display the work of then-unknown artist Georgia O'Keefe (Joan Allen) in his gallery without her knowledge,...

"Filled with daily affirmations, plot advice, and writing exercises, The Plot Whisperer of Writing Prompts will set your projects in the right direction--and on their way to the bestseller list! "--P. [4] of cover.