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  • Theophilus North: A Novel

    Thornton Wilder

    eBook (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, April 9, 2019)
    The last of Thornton Wilder’s works published during his lifetime, Theophilus North is part autobiographical and part the imagined adventures of Wilder’s twin brother who died at birth. This edition features an updated afterword from Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the novelist, story and setting.Setting out to see the world in the summer of 1926, Theophilus North gets as far as Newport, Rhode Island, before his car breaks down. To support himself, Theophilus takes jobs in the elegant mansions along Ocean Drive, just as Wilder himself did in the same decade. Soon the young man finds himself playing the roles of tutor, tennis coach, spy, confidant, lover, friend and enemy as he becomes entangled in adventure and intrigue in Newport’s fabulous addresses, as well as in its local boarding houses, restaurants, dives and military barracks.Narrated by the elderly North from a distance of fifty years, Theophilus North is a fascinating commentary on youth and education from the vantage point of age, and deftly displays Wilder’s trademark wit juxtaposed with his lively and timeless ruminations on what really matters, at the end of the day, about life, love, and work.
  • Our Town: A Play in Three Acts

    Thornton Wilder

    Hardcover (Harper, Sept. 23, 2003)
    This beautiful hardcover edition features an eyeopening Afterword written by Tappan Wilder, Thornton Wilder's nephew, that includes Wilder's unpublished notes and other illuminating photographs and documentary material.Our Town was first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama of life in the small village of Grover's Corners, an allegorical representation of all life, has become an American classic. It is Thornton Wilder's most renowned and most frequently performed play.
  • Doormaker: The One Door

    Jamie Thornton

    eBook (Igneous Books, Aug. 27, 2019)
    Read the fourth and final book in the Doormaker series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Thornton. Finish the epic journey of magic, other worlds, and power.“…very evocative…” - BookNest, C.T. Phipps ★★★★★Who will win control of the three worlds?Maella’s been captured by General Foster—the very person hunting her family into extinction. He plans to force Maella and her brother, Esson, to use their doormaker powers to open access to the One Door. Once General Foster controls the One Door, he’ll control all the worlds and hunt down the rest of Maella’s doormaker family. But when the relic that controls access to the One Door is discovered to be incomplete, Maella is confronted with what seems like her only option for survival: to align herself with Doormaker Tain—the uncle who drove her family so many years ago to take refuge on Earth—to defeat General Foster. Maella must return to Earth to complete the relic, but what awaits her at the One Door will determine the fate of all the worlds.Interview with the AuthorQ - In what order should people read the Doormaker series? Who is likely to enjoy the series? The short story (Devil’s Harvest) and the short novel (Torchlighters) could be read and enjoyed at any point during the series, but otherwise I recommend the following reading order: Devil’s Harvest (Prequel Short Story), Rock Heaven: Book 1, Torchlighters, Tower of Shadows: Book 2, Library of Souls: Book 3, The One Door: Book 4.Reviewers describe the Doormaker series like HIS DARK MATERIALS meets SLIDERS. Also, the Doormaker series has dragons. These dragons don’t breathe fire (sorry), and are called Klylups. And there are some seriously dark secrets and history you'll discover about them.Q - Why did you decide to write the Doormaker series? I’m a voracious reader of fantasy and science fiction: Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, Cassandra Clare, Bella Forrest Jeff Wheeler, Sarah J Maas, Rachel E Carter, Philip Pullman, to name a few of my favorites. I wanted to write a story about “The One,” but with some major twists. My main character, Maella (May-ella), starts totally unskilled and has been kept in the dark for her entire life about her family history, her magical abilities—everything. There’s a very good reason why, but no one will tell her that either! When I kept showing people the short story, they kept asking—actually demanding—to know what happened next. So I wrote how Maella starts so unskilled and innocent to eventually holding the fate of three worlds in her hands. So now there are 6 books in the series (lol). 4 full length novels, 1 short novel, and 1 short story.Q - Thanks for talking with me today. Any last words? Hmmm. This is toughest question of them all, but…To all the readers out there—may light show you the way and darkness show you the stars.Q - Do we have to read the Doormaker series to understand why these are your last words to this interview? Maybe. (Yes).
  • Beat This: The Eggbeater Chronicles

    Don THORNTON

    Paperback (Off Beat Books, March 15, 1994)
    Beat This: The Eggbeater Chronicles [Paperback] [Jun 01, 1994] Thornton, Don ...
  • The Bridge of San Luis Rey

    Thornton Wilder

    Paperback (Washington Square # W 236, Jan. 1, 1963)
    classic fiction
  • Of Menudo and Covfefe: A Collection of Uplifting and Bizarre Poems From A Basic Bro

    R. M. S. Thornton

    Paperback (Independently published, Oct. 9, 2018)
    Do you love poetry? Do you love word play? Do you love well crafted and sophisticated prose? Well, this book may just be for you. Because I'm not like a regular poet, I'm a cool poet. If I had to describe my poetry, I'd say it's like watching Batman riding an American eagle which has been genetically spliced with a racoon (an Eagle-Coon) fighting a tyrannosaurus who has the face and mannerisms of Nicolas Cage while simultaneously battling off an army of giant, sentient, rabid cupcakes riding unicorns whose horns have been replaced with Shaquille O'Neal's left foot. Now, I know what you're thinking: how could anyone possibly fit this much awesome into a book this small? Well...maybe you should just read and find out.
  • Three Plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, and The Matchmaker

    Thornton Wilder

    Paperback (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, Jan. 2, 2007)
    From celebrated Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Thornton Wilder, three of the greatest plays in American literature together in one volume.This omnibus edition brings together Wilder’s three best-known plays: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, and The Matchmaker. Includes a preface by the author, as well as a foreword by playwright John Guare.Our Town, Wilder's timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning look at love, death, and destiny, opened on Broadway in 1938 and continues to be celebrated and performed around the world.The Skin of our Teeth, Wilder's 1942 romp about human follies and human endurance starring the Antrobus family of Excelsior, New Jersey, earned Wilder his third Pulitzer Prize. The Matchmaker, Wilder's brilliant 1954 farce about money and love starring that irrepressible busybody Dolly Gallagher Levi. This play inspired the Broadway musical Hello, Dolly!
  • Doormaker: Tower of Shadows

    Jamie Thornton

    language (Igneous Books, Jan. 15, 2018)
    From New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Jamie Thornton.LIGHT SHOW THE WAY. DARKNESS SHOW THE STARS.Maella has broken the one family rule. She has (accidentally) unleashed otherworldly violence on her friends, herself, and the three worlds.But then Maella and her friends are captured and forced to work as torchlighters inside the Tower of Shadows.Now Maella must race against the prediction of her death all while keeping her doormaker abilities a secret, uncovering the truth about her own father, and escaping the Tower of Shadows with her friends. But Maella will also discover her terrifying role in the search for the One Door.Start reading and get ready for a late night.
  • The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume II

    Thornton Wilder

    eBook (Theatre Communications Group, Nov. 1, 2014)
    The publication of volume two of this landmark collection celebrates the close of the centennial year of Thornton Wilder's birth. This volume collects 17 plays from the author's three-minute and five-minute plays for five actors series and includes the full-length play The Alcestiad, a major work by the author of Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth which has long been unavailable.
  • Theophilus North: A Novel

    Thornton Wilder

    eBook (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, April 9, 2019)
    The last of Thornton Wilder’s works published during his lifetime, Theophilus North is part autobiographical and part the imagined adventures of Wilder’s twin brother who died at birth. This edition features an updated afterword from Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the novelist, story and setting.Setting out to see the world in the summer of 1926, Theophilus North gets as far as Newport, Rhode Island, before his car breaks down. To support himself, Theophilus takes jobs in the elegant mansions along Ocean Drive, just as Wilder himself did in the same decade. Soon the young man finds himself playing the roles of tutor, tennis coach, spy, confidant, lover, friend and enemy as he becomes entangled in adventure and intrigue in Newport’s fabulous addresses, as well as in its local boarding houses, restaurants, dives and military barracks.Narrated by the elderly North from a distance of fifty years, Theophilus North is a fascinating commentary on youth and education from the vantage point of age, and deftly displays Wilder’s trademark wit juxtaposed with his lively and timeless ruminations on what really matters, at the end of the day, about life, love, and work.
  • Doormaker: Rock Heaven

    Jamie Thornton

    eBook (Igneous Books, Dec. 19, 2017)
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Thornton discover the magic of the doormakers and begin an epic journey of mysteries, monsters, puzzles, and power. Magically unskilled. Innocent of her family's dark history. The quest to uncover the truth and tame her magic will determine the fate of three worlds.“…something Stephen King would come up with…very evocative…” - BookNest, C.T. Phipps ★★★★★"Imagine not being able to open a door without mistakenly opening a portal to another world…even a refrigerator..." - Amie's Book Reviews ★★★★★“This book series is haunting me…” ★★★★★“…too stressful…everything keeps going wrong and the main character cannot catch a break…” ★★★★★“…I enjoyed this book immensely…” ★★★★★THREE WORLDS. ONE RULE. SHE MUST NEVER OPEN A DOOR.Before Maella’s father left, he made her promise to never, ever open a door.Maella still didn’t understand why those were his last words to her.She knew the family rule.She had kept her promise even as her family had broken it again and again.Since before Maella can remember, one family rule has shaped her life: never open a door. Maella comes from a family of doormakers—people who unleash otherworldly violence when they open something even as simple as a cabinet door.But when Maella is forced to open a portal, she discovers worlds of nightmarish dragon-like monsters, magical drug deals, political prisoners, religious cults, and a terrifying prediction: Maella will die upon opening her seventh door. In order to survive, Maella must uncover her family’s secrets, all while hiding her identity and outrunning the prediction of her death.But what do you do when the truth you need could destroy the universe? Find out in this first book of the Doormaker fantasy series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jamie Thornton.Interview with the AuthorQ - In what order should people read the Doormaker series? Who is likely to enjoy the series? The short story (Devil’s Harvest) and the short novel (Torchlighters) could be read and enjoyed at any point during the series. Otherwise I recommend: Devil’s Harvest (Prequel Short Story), Rock Heaven: Book 1, Torchlighters, Tower of Shadows: Book 2, Library of Souls: Book 3, The One Door: Book 4.Reviewers describe the Doormaker series like HIS DARK MATERIALS meets SLIDERS. Also, it has dragons. Though these dragons don’t breathe fire (sorry), they are involved in some seriously dark secrets.Q - Why did you write the Doormaker series? I’m a voracious reader of fantasy: Cassandra Clare, Bella Forrest, Jeff Wheeler, Sarah J Maas, Rachel E Carter, Philip Pullman, to name a few of my favorites. I wanted to write a story about “The One,” but with some major twists. My main character, Maella (May-ella), starts totally unskilled and has been kept in the dark for her entire life about her family history, her magical abilities—everything. There’s a very good reason why, but no one will tell her that either! When I kept showing people the short story they kept demanding to know what happened next. So I wrote how Maella starts unskilled and innocent to eventually holding the fate of three worlds in her hands. Now there are 6 books in the series. 4 full length novels, 1 short novel, and 1 short story.Q - Thanks for talking with me today. Any last words? Hmmm. This is toughest question of them all, but…To the readers out there—may light show you the way and darkness show you the stars.Q - Do we have to read the Doormaker series to understand why these are your last words to this interview? Maybe. (Yes).
  • Our Town

    Thornton Wilder

    Paperback (Samuel French, Inc., Feb. 6, 2013)
    Winner! 1938 Pulitzer Prize for Drama In an important publishing event, Samuel French, in cooperation with the Thornton Wilder estate is pleased to release the playwright's definitive version of Our Town. This edition of the play differs only slightly from previous acting editions, yet it presents Our Town as Thornton Wilder wished it to be performed. Described by Edward Albee as "...the greatest American play ever written," the story follows the small town
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