To interrupt, both on stage and off, is to wrest power. From the Ghost's appearance in Hamlet to Celia's frightful speech in Volpone, interruptions are an overlooked linguistic and dramatic form that delineates the balance of power within a scene. This book analyses interruptions as a specific form in dramatic literature, arguing that these everyday occurrences, when transformed into aesthetic phenomena, reveal illuminating connections: between characters, between actor a...

Shaping Shakespeare for Performance: The Bear Stage collects significant work from the 2013 Blackfriars Conference. The conference, sponsored by the American Shakespeare Center, brings together scholars, actors, directors, dramaturges, and students to share important new work on the staging practices used by William Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The volume’s contributors range from renowned scholars and editors to acclaimed directors, highly-trained actors, and budding researchers. T...

The hunters wear hoodies, long sleeves, and high boots, leaving no skin exposed. They take aggressive precautions to prevent mosquito bites. After slathering copious amounts of repellent onto the backs of their hands and face, willingly, in lousy conditions, they embarked into a notoriously hostile environment whose occupants pay zero attention to human security or comfort. The reward of returning home before daybreak with a sack of toads makes it all worthwhile.

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

Domenica and Michael plan to spend the winter in Andalusia. They travel in an eco-friendly manner by harnessing their two horses to a covered wagon and bringing their two goats along. They set off from the Black Forest, heading for France. After experiencing merciless heat and extreme drought, they are driven south by the frosty mistral wind. They find a hut with a large wood-burning stove. Shortly after, they fight for survival during a snowstorm. In the spring, they reach Spain and trave...

The diaries and letters of women who braved the overland trails during the great nineteenth-century westward migration are treasured documents in the study of the American West. These eight firsthand accounts are among the best ever written. They were selected for the power with which they portray the hardship, adventure, and boundless love for friends and family that characterized the overland experience. Some were written with the skilled pens of educated women. Others bear the marks of ...

Ribeyes & Cowtales: A Collection of Recipes & Memories From a World Champion Chuck Wagon CookBy: Jerry Baird and Michael ShawRibeyes & Cowtales is a beautifully designed cowboy cookbook with authentic recipes by World Champion Chuckwagon Cook, Jerry Baird. The visual representation of the cowboy comes from the eyes and camera of Michael Shaw. With Baird’s recipes and stories and Shaw’s extraordinary photos, they weave a unique book and share delectable dishes that are sure t...

National bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone spin a breakneck tale about a heroic chuckwagon cook who knows just what to do when cowboys get hungry—for revenge...Framed for murder, Dewey “Mac” McKenzie is running for his life. Though Mac's never even made a pot of coffee, he talks his way onto a cattle drive heading west—as a chuckwagon cook. Turns out he has a natural talent for turning salt pork and dried beans into culinary gold. He's as good with a pot a...

In this thrilling frontier saga, bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone celebrate an unsung hero of the American West: a humble chuckwagon cook searching for justice—and fighting for his life...Dewey “Mac” McKenzie is wanted for a killing he didn't commit. He saved his hide once by signing on as a cattle drive chuckwagon cook and bolting the territories. Turned out Mac was as good at fixing vittles as he was at dodging bullets. But Mac's enemies are hungry for ...