Six plays, united only by the fact that they take place in one and the same suburban motel room: Problem Child, Criminal Genius, Risk Everything, Adult Entertainment, Featuring Loretta, and The End of Civilization. Transients, lovers, the haunted, the hunted, the desperate, the dumb, each strut and fret their hour upon the stage and then are heard of no more.

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Mauritius, a small, multicultural island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar and southeast of the Seychelles. Well known as a holiday destination for beach and resort loving tourists, it possesses a wide range of natural and man-made attractions, enjoys a sub-tropical climate with clear warm sea waters, attractive beaches, tropical fauna and flora complemented by a multi-ethnic and cultural population that is friendly and welcoming. Mauriti...

From banking and finance to digital data protection, contracts, and taxation, modern financial and commercial practices are heavily impacted by continuing and relentless advances in digital technology. This volume presents a comprehensive and fully integrated treatment of all the major new subjects that have emerged from these developments, including specifically Financial Technology (FinTech), Regulatory Technology (RegTech), and wider advanced new technology (TechTech), all of which have...

Praise for the first edition:"An indispensable guide for those who make art out of the contrast between light and dark. And, it's a sheer pleasure for everyone else, thanks to its many wonderful illustrations."-- Artsforum"Walker's instruction is so clear and well organized that this handbook is perfect for the beginner."-- American ArtistThe history of woodcuts goes back more than a thousand years. Working carefully a...

In this unbelievable book by George Walker, he describes how he was called by God to compose and publish articles online. His opinions and suggestions reverse political tendencies around the world, dispelling evil, terrorism, injustice, and demons, rebuilding a new order. Most incredibly, everything he writes about comes true, or is about to become true, no matter how inconceivable. Some of the events that Walker predicted that came to pass include Trump’s election, objections to North Kor...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful Maldives islands. The Maldives are an archipelago of 1,192 coral islands grouped into 26 coral atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts) in the Indian Ocean. They lie south-southwest of India and are considered part of Southern Asia.Finding Internet access when out and about can be problematic so carry your mobile guidebook in the palm of your hand. We include a fully linked Table of Contents and...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar.Many of the beaches are untouched by man's influence and are refreshingly uncrowded. They offer clear blue skies and a tranquility you will rarely find, as well as scenery that is breath-taking. The Seychelles also has the distinction of having the highest Human Development Index in Africa.Finding Internet access when out and about can be problematic s...

Newly unemployed baby boomers Gwen and Ned appear to be completely different people: Gwen, a practical, down-to-earth Latin teacher; Ned, an impractical investment advisor constantly dreaming up new ventures for making money. But appearances can be deceiving, as their son Alex, who left home years ago, and their daughter Karen, recently diagnosed with schizophrenia, can attest. Unable to maintain the façade of their former middle-class lifestyle, Gwen and Ned search for a new life in vain,...

New York City, 1928. Master-thief Mac must join an FBI sting operation against a cadre of corrupt bankers. Music, murder, and mayhem ensue – at the speakeasy where criminals scheme and on Wall Street where financiers conspire.This trenchantly satirical play was first produced at the Stratford Festival in 2009, where director Jennifer Tarver described it as being loosely based on John Gay’s Beggar’s Opera (1728) which was later immortalized in the great Brecht-Weill composi...

Sit your butt down and learn your three Rs: ranting, resisting, and respect.In two new plays, Canada‘s king of black comedy takes on the failing education system. Both Parents Night and The Bigger Issue are set in public-school classrooms after hours and involve confrontations between stressed-out teachers and ticked-off parents. Both sympathize with embattled educators and evince Walker’s trademark understanding of poverty and the working classes. In both, Walker...

Canada’s top playwright sears the page with three new darkly comic plays that denounce political culture, individualism, and the accompanying moral depravity. The title play, Dead Metaphor, examines the collision of a politician’s personal and professional lives, complicated by a son’s return from Afghanistan. In The Ravine, a mayoral candidate learns that his ex-wife is living in a gully nearby and wants to put a hit on him. The Burden of Self-Awareness has mone...

People Live Here is a collection of three exciting new plays by George F. Walker, Canada’s king of black comedy and a winner of two Governor General’s Literary Awards for Drama. The Chance is a funny, quirky, and suspenseful play portraying three aspiring but economically deprived women living in a working-class neighbourhood of Toronto. The serendipitous discovery of a $300,000 cheque left behind by one of Jo’s one-night stands sends Jo’s mother Marcie, optimistic but ex...