The zoo story:
Two men, Peter and Jerry meet at a bench in Central Park New York. Jerry stars talking to Peter, who is reluctant to give up his peace. Jerry however is not having it and keeps rambling. Peter is slowly giving in, until Jerry is taking “his” bench. Jerry is behaving stranger and stranger and at the end Peter and Jerry clash with a disastrous result.
The sandbox:
A strange little play with Mommy and Daddy who take Grandma to the beach, where eventually the Young man takes a special role in Grandma’s life.
this is a preview of the zoo story and other plays – edward albee
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This is the fifth book in the famous and by now classic story of Harry Potter the teenage wizard. “He-who-must-not-be-named” is back now for only a little while and the world already isn’t the same anymore. People fight a lot, Hogwarts is taken over by the Ministry of Magic (which is not a good thing), Harry Potter is being portrayed as a liar and last but not least “the order of the Phoenix” is being formed again after almost 16 years. So much for a quiet year.
this is a preview of harry potter and the order of the phoenix – j.k. rowling
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A very uncomplicated and amusing play. This play has everything a good classic play should have: characters with secrets, a situation that starts easy but spins out of control in no time, love interests, confusion of tongues, little fights, a moral and a happy ending.
The characters with secrets are John/Jack and Algernon. The love interests are Lane and Cecily. The situation is John wanting to marry Cecily, but she only wants to marry an Earnest. The confusion is in all the names the characters have. The fight is between Algernon and John. The moral is: be yourself and truthful and the happy ending…well, I think I don’t have to say anything about that.
this is a preview of the importance of being earnest – oscar wilde
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A nice little story told in journal form. Cassandra is the one who is telling the story about her life and love(s).
She lives in a castle where also live: her strange father, stepmother Topaz, sister Rose, brother Thomas and help Stephen. When the family of which they rent the castle, comes to England (from the USA) the story really sets of. Two young men, Simon and Neil, belong to that family and steal the harts of Rose and Cassandra with whom Stephen is hopelessly in love.
this is a preview of i capture the castle – dodie smith
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Although the book is about football, football and football Hornby’s style of writing drew me to the book repeatedly. With his choice of words, his distinctive (English) humor he gets to me every time.
At times he is really funny, but at other times he can be serious about things happening in the (soccer-)world, like discrimination of players and deaths as a result of vandalism. This makes the book more than just an easy tribute to the game.
I enjoyed myself reading it.
this is a preview of fever pitch – nick hornby
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Lucinda (Lucy) Purefoy wants to change the world. She wants to do good in the world and where better to start than with young offenders just coming out of jail.
That is why she joins an organization called SCRAP and she is waiting for a Terry Keegan at the gates of Wormwood Scrubs.
This meeting is the beginning of a relationship between the two in which both their characters and endurance is put to the test.
this is a preview of quite honestly – john mortimer
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Thomas Fowler and Alden Pyle are friends against their will in a time of war. Fowler is a British journalist who won’t take sides and Pyle is “the quiet American” with his own agenda who seems like a young and naive man.
At the beginning of the book Fowler learns that Pyle is dead. The rest of the book is the time that Fowler and Pyle knew each other, told by Fowler. We get to know how they met, how Pyle takes Fowler’s girl Phuong, how Pyle saves Fowler from being killed and how (besides all this) they are destined to get to know each other.
this is a preview of the quiet american – graham greene
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