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|  | A Midsummer Night's Dream by A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Alfred Alexander Evans, Barbara A. Mowat, David Bevington
Confusions of the heart reign in Athens, where everyone is pining away for the wrong person except Theseus, the Duke and his fiancie, Hippolyta, whose wedding day is fast approaching. Hermia, the Duke`s daughter, is intent on marrying Lysander, although her father disapproves and threatens to make her a nun if she refuses to marry his choice for her, Demetrius. However, Helena loves Demetrius, who courted her once, and Lysander and Hermia plan to elope despite the Duke`s orders. Hoping that Demetrius will fall for her instead, Helena plans to alert Demetrius that Hermia will shortly be spoken for. Meanwhile, in a subplot, the artisans Quince, Snug, Flute, Snout, Starveling, and Bottom, are rehearsing the play PYRAMUS AND THISBE to be performed at the Duke`s wedding. As Hermia and Lysander head into woods to elope, with Helena and Demetrius following, the amateur acting troupe likewise takes cover in the woods to rehearse in privacy. This leads all the players into the realm of fairy magic, where fairies Oberon and Titania are arguing over a changeling. When Oberon decides to play a trick on Titania with the aid of a magic flower that causes people to fall in love with the first person (or beast) they set eyes on, the real trouble starts. The flower is used liberally on both the humans and the fairies by the trouble-making sprite Puck, inspiring many amorous entanglements. There is no known source for Shakespeare`s fantastic plot, though the structure is classical, as the events begin in the court, relocate to an uncivilized environment, and return to the court with renewed order, and aspects of the imagery are drawn from classic works, such as Apuleius`s THE GOLDEN ASS and Ovid`s METAMORPHOSES. Evidence in the play, like Titania`s remark about three unusually unpleasant summers in a row--documented elsewhere in England`s records--suggest a composition date of 1595 or 1596. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT`S DREAM was listed in a 1598 catalogue of Shakespeare`s works, and was publi AUTHOR: A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Alfred Alexander Evans, Barbara A. Mowat, David Bevington
PUBLISHER: Naxos of America, Incorporated
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | A New World Trade Center by Max Protetch
Description not available.Prominent architects offer proposals and drawings of projects for the World Trade Center site that emphasize the symbolic role of architecture and the relationship between buildings and their contexts. AUTHOR: Max Protetch
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Family Houses by the Sea by Alexandra D'Arnoux, Jerome Darblay
Description not available.Full-color photographs of beautiful houses and a personal and evocative text celebrate seaside life and the warmth of family traditions from California to France to Scandinavia. 20,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Alexandra D'Arnoux, Jerome Darblay
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Rethinking Architecture by Neil Leach
This book brings together the core writings on architecture by key philosophers and cultural theorists of the 20th century - the very best theoretical writings on the ideas which have shaped our cities and experiences of architecture. AUTHOR: Neil Leach
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | A/Beautiful Mind by Ron Howard
Description not available.Presents a script of the film, along with photographs and complete cast and crew credits. AUTHOR: Ron Howard
PUBLISHER: Newmarket Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Code of Kings by Justin Kerr, Linda Schele, MacDuff Everton, Peter Mathews
A tour of ancient Mayan ruins and the hieroglyphs that cover them, which serve as enduring testimony to the sophistication and power of Mayan civilization. AUTHOR: Justin Kerr, Linda Schele, MacDuff Everton, Peter Mathews
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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