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Investing for Dummies
I was surprised that this book didn't go into greater detail with regards to stock market investing and company research. I've only been investing for about 2 years now, but I learned very little from the book that I didn't already know. The information given is very basic and general, so unless you're a true beginner, you probably won't pick up much either.
Investing for Dummies
This product is exactly what I need to start my financial journey. The Seller got the book to me in due time and it was in good condition. Anyone interested in gaining financial literacy and getting their money in order...get this book.
Sam Shepard, Seven Plays
I bought this book for a play reading group. I read a number of the plays, and ended up choosing "Curse of the Starving Class," which has some fascinating and memorable characters. It is a difficult play, but the group liked it. Sam Shepard is a great playwright.
Sam Shepard, Seven Plays
This is one of the most intense collection of plays that I have ever read. Sam Shepard has a knack for grabbing you with dark, brooding characters whose primal needs aren't just shown onstage- they drive the plot. Characters aren't simply hungry, they're ravenous. Shepard writes dramas that place us in familiar settings, but there are tribal battles being waged that both repulse and captivate. "Buried Child" was my first introduction to theatre drama and I've never seen drama in the same way. One sign of Shepard's brilliance is the fact that every time I read one of these plays, I find something new. Truly, one of the most remarkable reads that you could ever buy.
Sam Shepard, Seven Plays
American playwrights aren't good at creating a career of playwriting. Why, I can't say. They write dynamically for a given period and then off they go into putting the holy bible on stage or some such epic. They become mystics, like Allen Ginsberg. Shepard wrote plays for a while and then, I think, Hollywood put the zap on him and he was gone. His occasional pieces today are weak imitations of his former self. Money and fame may be responsible. Who knows? Here gathered in a single anthology are the key works, on which his life's reputation rests. "True West" sets the stage: we have real dramatic conflict, exciting dialog (of the sort last heard in Albee's "Zoo Story"), and high theatricality. The rest of the anthology is well worth reading, but for my money Shepard wrote a fine short play but his long and longer pieces are less interesting. Shepard has said in interviews that he sees plays as an outlet for ideas. The problem as I see it is that he has none.
Sam Shepard, Seven Plays
The basic text of the most exciting playwright of recent decades. The place to start when discovering the American drama as reader, actor, or teacher!