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The Importance of Being Earnest
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and reader‚s notes to help the modern reader appreciate Wilde's wry wit and elaborate plot twists. Oscar Wilde’s madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers’ entanglements still delights readers more than a century after its 1895 publication and premiere performance. The rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters of The Importance of Being Earnest have made it a mainstay of the high school curriculum for decades. Cecily Cardew and Gwendolen Fairfax are both in love with the same mythical suitor. Jack Worthing has wooed Gewndolen as Ernest while Algernon has also posed as Ernest to win the heart of Jack’s ward, Cecily. When all four arrive at Jack’s country home on the same weekend—the "rivals" to fight for Ernest’s undivided attention and the "Ernests" to claim their beloveds—pandemonium breaks loose. Only a senile nursemaid and an old, discarded hand-bag can save the day!.
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Sculpting with Light: Techniques for Portrait Photographers
Techniques for creating flawless lighting show photographers of all levels how to take full control of their photographic atmosphere in this indispensable guide. Illustrating the physics that govern light; the visual difference between the eye and camera; the qualities of incident and reflected light; and the effects of the size, intensity, direction, contrast, and ratio of light, this manual offers tools for sculpting the face for remarkable portraits. The three desirable positions for the main light are described in detail, as well as how to use those arrangements to accentuate all types of faces—oval, long, angular, heart-shaped, and square—to create portraits with a variety of different effects, from romantic to edgy to high fashion. .
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Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked on an endeavor unlike any other in her distinguished career: she decided to write a personal memoir in the form of a diary. Over the course of a year she set down not only the events and impressions of her extraordinarily active life, but also the memories, joys, discoveries, and crises of a lifetime. This enchantingly original volume is the result. Time to Be in Earnest offers an intimate portrait of one of most accomplished women of our time. Here are vivid, revealing accounts of her school days in Cambridge in the 1920s and '30s, her happy marriage and the tragedy of her husband's mental illness, and the thrill of publishing her first novel, Cover Her Face, in 1962. As she recounts the decades of her exceptional life, James holds forth with wit and candor on such diverse subjects as the evolution of the detective novel, her deep love of the English countryside, her views of author tours and television adaptations, and her life-long obsession with Jane Austen. Wise and frank, engaging and graceful, this "fragment of autobiography" will delight and surprise P. D. James's admirers the world over. .
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Save Our Slides: PowerPoint Design That Works
Presentation slides have become the most misused tool in the history of communication, which is why this book is not another operating manual for PowerPoint That's where this book is different It teaches how to craft slides that communicate effectively by using rules of good slide design. First and foremost, slides are a visual medium, yet most presenters make the critical mistake of treating PowerPoint like a word processor. But like all visual media, slides have design requirements that are very different from text-based tools. Save Our Slides is the first undergraduate and professional text to articulate a detailed, systematic set of visual design rules for PowerPoint and to do so in a colorful, engaging way. This is the text that undergraduates in communication and business as well as working professionals have been waiting for. Most people know how to "make" slides, but look where that's gotten us--a well deserved backlash against ugly slides that confound the communication process rather than promote it. What's desperately needed in today's colleges and workplaces is a clear set of audience-centered design principles for PowerPoint. In Save Our Slides, visual communication expert Dr. William Earnest does just that by carefully introducing, illustrating, and explaining his five Rules of Design, providing strategies for minimizing text use, avoiding poor color combinations, selecting appropriate clip-art, working with photographs, and more. TABLE OF CONTENTS Why This Book? A Brief Intro A Few Simple Rules Rule 1: Pick a Good Template Exercise 1: Good Template, Bad Template Designer's Notebook: Templates Rule 2: Limit the Number of Words Exercise 2: The Joy of Keywording Rule 3: Use Sans Serif Fonts for Better Legibility Designer's Notebook: Fonts Rule 4: Handle Graphic Elements Professionally Designer's Notebook: Clip-Art Styles Rule 5: Choose High Contrast Color Combinations Exercise 3: Putting It All Together Exercise 4: You Make the Rules About the Author.
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Norton Critical Editions)
The text of this Norton Critical Edition of The Importance of Being Earnest is the established three-act version Originally in four acts, Wilde shortened it to three at the urging of George Alexander, the owner of the St. James Theatre and first actor to play Jack Worthing. The play is accompanied by explanatory annotations and by an appendix of excised portions. "Backgrounds" includes essays on Wilde and the 1890s by prominent cultural critics Joseph Donohue, Regenia Gagnier, and Karl Beckson. "Reviews and Reactions" collects contemporary responses to The Importance of Being Earnest, among them George Bernard Shaw's famous dissenting view and the American assessment by H. F. "Essays in Criticism" includes six diverse assessments of Wilde and the play by E. H. Mikhail, Camille Paglia, Christopher Craft, Michael Patrick Gillespie, Peter Raby, and Richard Haslam. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included. About the Series: No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton Critical Editions. Each volume combines the most authoritative text available with the comprehensive pedagogical apparatus necessary to appreciate the work fully. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students. Each edition is printed on acid-free paper and every text in the series remains in print. Norton Critical Editions are the choice for excellence in scholarship for students at more than 2,000 universities worldwide..
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The Importance of Being Earnest (Penguin Popular Classics)
Oscar Wilde's brilliant play makes fun of the English upper classes with light-hearted satire and dazzling humour. It is 1890's England and two young gentlemen are being somewhat limited with the truth. To inject some excitement into their lives, Mr Worthing invents a brother, Earnest, as an excuse to leave his dull country life behind him to pursue the object of his desire, the ravishing Gwendolyn. While across town Algernon Montecrieff decides to take the name Earnest, when visiting Worthing's young ward Cecily. The real fun and confusion begins when the two end up together and their deceptions are in danger of being revealed..
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Creative Mind and Success
Creative Mind and Success is a guide to mental wellness and success Like Science of the Mind, this book focuses on how the power of positive thinking can better your life, but it has more of a focus on financial well-being. This book is clearly a precursor to Think and Grow Rich and The Secret. Earnest Shurtleff Holmes was the founder of the Church of Religious Science. Religious Science, like many New Thought faiths, emphasizes positive thinking, influence of circumstances through mental processes, recognition of a creative energy source and of natural law. Holmes had an immense influence on New Age beliefs, particularly his core philosophy that we create our own reality..
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Extraordinary Uses For Ordinary Things
Save the day with over 2,300 clever, ingenious, smart ways to use everyday household products—all guaranteed to save you time and money! Did you know that tea can hide gray hair? Or that aspirin can revive a dead car battery? How about the power of table salt to make panty hose last longer? Or that shaving cream can remove rug stains? Yes, there’s a treasure trove hidden in your pantry, medicine cabinet, garage, and basement. This remarkable book shares amazing secrets to save you time and money—and shelf space in the process. Fully illustrated and written in a clear, down-to-earth style, this practical guide contains over 2,300 handy tips about using more than 200 common household items like aluminum foil and dental floss in exciting new ways. Don’t spend your hard-earned money on expensive storebought products. Restore, replace, repair, or revive practically everything in your home with this indispensable handbook that features: • Nearly 400 full-color illustrations • Easy A-to-Z format to find items easily • Clear, step-by-step instructions • At-a-Glance section provides the Best Uses for every item • Hundreds of sidebars full of extra tips and informative ideas • Complete index for cross-referencing Throughout, Did You Know?, Science Fair, and Kids’ Stuff sidebars add to the wonder and fun of this easy-to-use reference. From Alka-Seltzer to baby shampoo, pepper to pillowcases, vinegar to yogurt—discover the untold value of hundreds of everyday items with Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things..
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays (Enriched Classics Series)
Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical ScholarshipWilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest, and his other popular plays -- Lady Windermere's Fan, An Ideal Husband, and Salome -- challenged comtemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • A chronology of the author's life and work • A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context • An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations • Detailed explanatory notes • Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work • Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction • A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson.
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