A Streetcar Named Desire is one of the most remarkable plays of our time. It created an immortal woman in the character of Blanche DuBois, the haggard and fragile southern beauty whose pathetic last grasp at happiness is cruelly destroyed. It shot Marlon Brando to fame in the role of Stanley Kowalski, a sweat-shirted barbarian, the crudely sensual brother-in-law who precipitated Blanche’s tragedy. Produced across the world, translated into many languages, and recreated as a prize-winning film, A Streetcar Named Desire has attracted one of the widest audiences in contemporary literature.
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942) is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic Light-heavyweight gold medal. In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and the BBC.
Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., who was named for the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay. Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964 and subsequently converted to Sunni Islam in 1975.
Dortmunder should have never listened to his cohort, Andy Kelp, who says he's got a failsafe plan to pull off the perfect kidnapping. It's all laid out in a crime novel, claims Kelp. Dortmunder has doubts. He's right. Kelp takes poetic license. What's not in the book are the suffocating Mickey Mouse masks, the getaway car that won't fit in the truck, the ransom demand that's bumbled over the phone and especially not a precocious victim named Jimmy. When the plot thickens and the FBI closes in, the book goes out the window, along with little Jimmy and the loot. So much for happy endings.
"Comic and inventive. If criminals were anything like these hooligans, we'd all be safe." (The New York Times)
A Snowman named just Bob (a picture book by Mark Kimball Moulton)
With a message of friendship to warm the coldest nights, Bob the
Snowman captures the hearts of adults and children alike. "A Snowman
Named Just Bob" is a magical family storybook written by Mark Kimball
Moulton and illustrated by artist Karen Hillard Crouch. The playful yet
powerful message of friendship will dance off the page and into your
heart.
