Cyrano is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents whose whimsical aptitude for the spoken word is overshadowed by an attribute that is iconic, outrageous and gigantic—his nose. How can the curiously-snouted Cyrano ever hope to win the affections of the beautiful Roxane?An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring Caroline Aaron, Hugo Armstrong, Kalen Harriman, Gregory Itzin, Hamish Linklater, Anna Mathias, Morgan Ritchie, Jason Ritter, Andre Sogliuzzo, Devon Sorvari, and ...

Build stronger homes. Stronger teams. Stronger futures.Supported Independent Living (SIL) is where people live their lives. To do it well, providers need more than good intentions.They need homes that feel like home, strong teams, reliable systems, and a genuine commitment to helping people live their best lives.This book brings together frontline leaders, clinicians, strategists, innovators, and people with lived experience to show you what good SIL looks like in t...

A whirlwind courtship. A storybook wedding. A kiss for the bride. And suddenly everything changes. When Peter and Rita’s brand-new marriage is strained by a magical twist of fate, true love will never mean quite the same thing again.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recordings, starring:Caroline Aaron as Mrs. BoyleShannon Cochran as LeahTate Donovan as PeterCharles Durning as Old ManArabella Field as RitaChuma Hunter-Gault as the Waiter and o...

Compte rendu du symposium internal, « L’aménagement des langues dans les capitales et milieux urbains : pratiques et défis », qui a eu lieu les 25 et 26 mars 2010 à l'Université d'Ottawa, en partenariat avec l'Institut dans langues officielles et du bilinguisme, Patrimoine canadien, le Commissariat aux langues officielles et la Ville d'Ottawa.Le Symposium sur l'aménagement des langues dans les capitales et milieux urbains a réuni des administrateurs et des chercheurs du Canada et d...

Social work is often presented as a benevolent and politically neutral profession, avoiding discussion about its sometimes troubling political histories.This book rethinks social work’s legacy and history of both political resistance and complicity with oppressive and punitive practices. Using a comparative approach with international case studies, the book uncovers the role of social workers in politically tense episodes of recent history, including the anti-racist struggle in the...

This issue explores love through a prismatic lens in works of science fiction, fantasy, even horror. "Our Better Angels" asks what it means to be human, and you will be surprised at the answers each author provides. Approximately 122 pages.

Lens of War grew out of an invitation to leading historians of the Civil War to select and reflect upon a single photograph. Each could choose any image and interpret it in personal and scholarly terms. The result is a remarkable set of essays by twenty-seven scholars whose numerous volumes on the Civil War have explored military, cultural, political, African American, women’s, and environmental history.The essays describe a wide array of photographs and present an eclecti...

A survey of the innovative scholarship emerging at the intersections of rhetoric, and fieldworkA variety of research areas within rhetorical studies—including everyday and public rhetorics, space and place-based work, material and ecological approaches, environmental communication, technical communication, and critical and participatory action research, among others—have increasingly called for ethnographic fieldwork that grounds the study of rhetoric with...

In this FULL CAST audiobook, seven strangers wake up in a sealed compound with no idea how they got there. They are informed by a computer-generated voice that they must complete tasks in order to leave, and that failure to complete any of the tasks or breaking any of the rules results in a strike.The first two strikes induce extreme pain. The third strike is death.As they struggle to survive without turning on each other, they have no idea that their actions and choices coul...

The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless necessary to consider the distinct manifestations of ecological thought in various cultures. In this sense, the volume demonstrates in twenty-six essays from different disciplines how German literature, philosophy, art, and science have c...

This collection of original essays reveals the richness and dynamism of contemporary scholarship on the Civil War era. Inspired by the lines of inquiry that animated the writings of the influential historian Gary W. Gallagher, this volume includes nine essays by leading scholars in the field who explore a broad range of themes and participants in the nation’s greatest conflict, from Indigenous communities navigating the dangerous shoals of the secession winter to Confederate guerrillas cau...

If you want to discover how to grow your small business and personal brand using social media, then keep reading...This book will show you the exact practices you need to optimize every aspect of your social media game plan on any platform. Moreover, it will show you the best strategies and tips to use in and beyond to drive your growth.Through the clearly laid out step-by-step approaches, anyone willing to learn and develop, can grasp the skills and approaches necessary to s...