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    And The Sun Stood Still

    Unabridged

    1 hour 50 min

    Dava Sobel’s thoughtful play brings to life the story of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer and mathematician who proposed the heliocentric model of the universe in which the Sun stands at the center. Plagued by self-doubt and threatened by religious censure, Copernicus resisted the publication of his work until just before his death in 1543. The play follows Copernicus in those final ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD

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    Judgment at Nuremberg

    Unabridged

    2 hours 1 min

    Abby Mann's classic story about the Nuremberg trials, under which German leaders were found guilty of crimes against humanity in 1945 and 1946. Even today, the play remains a shattering indictment of the consequences of unchecked authority and the seductive power of group thought.Includes an audience talkback with Judge Bruce Einhorn, who served at the Justice Department supervising litigation ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD

  • The Prose Elegy

    An Exploration of Modern American and British Fiction

    Traditional English poetic elegists offer both writers and readers hope. After lamenting an individual's death and confronting the mortality of all living things, these poets seek consolation from religion, philosophy, or culture for the inevitability of death. The modern prose elegy, however, follows a different path -- one that determinedly questions all possible resolutions. In The Prose Elegy, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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    Tug of War, The

    Unabridged

    2 hours 40 min

    The judgment of an untested president is all that stands between us and WWIII. As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must chart a course between conflicting counsel and unparalleled emotional stakes to prevent nuclear annihilation. The newly-minted U.S. President is put to the ultimate test in this riveting original commission from playwright David Rambo ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD

  • Stadia

    The Populous Design and Development Guide

    In this fully updated and redesigned edition of the essential and long-established Stadia, the authors offer their unrivalled expertise to all professionals who commission, plan, design, and manage high-quality sports venues.Ideas about the design and use of stadiums continue to evolve and this fifth edition includes the latest developments in the field. Including updated chapters on ... Read more

    $148.40 CAD

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    Atomic Bombers

    Unabridged

    1 hour 29 min

    In 1943, something strange is going on in the New Mexican desert. By night, the starkly beautiful canyons of Los Alamos fill with the sound of exploding graphite – and by day, the crackle of scientific brainpower. Fifty years after Hiroshima, Atomic Bombers takes us into those secretive canyons to meet the cadre of brilliant scientists who worked there. With wisecracking physicist Dr. Richard ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD

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    Columnist, The

    Unabridged

    1 hour 55 min

    Veteran journalist Joseph Alsop thrived in his role as the right-hand man for Washington’s political elite, influencing both policy and public opinion with his inflammatory columns. But as the political certainties of the post-war era began to chip away in the late 1960s, so did Alsop’s authority, both on the page and in his own life.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production featuring: Tara Lynne ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD

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    Nora

    Unabridged

    1 hour 24 min

    "The late master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman streamlined Ibsen’s A Doll’s House to expose the contemporary heart of the 19th century masterpiece. Taut with suspense, this critically-acclaimed adaptation focuses on Nora, a young wife and mother who exploits her childlike charm to survive in a man’s world. But Nora has a secret that threatens her cozy existence, and she begins a perilous journey to ... Read more

    $9.55 CAD

  • David Auburn Collected Plays

    Proof; The Columnist; Lost Lake; The New York Idea; Summer, 1976

    by David Auburn ...
    Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
    "The strength of David Auburn's plays lies in part in the fact that his characters are ambiguous, their fates not assured, not least because they are unclear about themselves. They are frequently capable of denial, unsure of who they are or how they relate to those around them." Chris BigsbyPulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning author David Auburn is an American dramatist who never fails to write ... Read more

    $37.09 CAD

  • A More Perfect Heaven

    How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos

    by Dava Sobel ...
    By 1514, the reclusive cleric Nicolaus Copernicus had written and hand-copied an initial outline of his heliocentric theory-in which he defied common sense and received wisdom to place the sun, not the earth, at the center of our universe, and set the earth spinning among the other planets. Over the next two decades, Copernicus expanded his theory through hundreds of observations, while compiling ... Read more

    $14.09 CAD

  • The Glass Universe

    How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars

    by Dava Sobel ...
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel, the "inspiring" (People), little-known true story of women's landmark contributions to astronomyA New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017Named one of the best books of the year by NPR, The Economist, Smithsonian, Nature, and NPR'sScience Friday**Nominated for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Litera... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Elements of Marie Curie

    How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

    by Dava Sobel ...
    The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo’s Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who were launched into stellar scientific careers of their own“Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains ... Read more

    $20.79 CAD