The scenes contained in this volume are presented exactly as written by the playwrights, with no internal deletions. The introductions to each follow the headings "Characters," "Scene," and "Time"; the playwrights' stage directions are contained in parent

We are pleased to present this collection of masterful concert arrangements that have been a major part of the Castellani Andriaccio Duo’s touring and recording repertoire for decades. These arrangements stand out as works of art unto themselves in addition to their place in the broader musical repertoire that they represent. This contribution to the classical guitar repertoire is just one component of the Castellani Andriaccio Duo’s legacy to the instrument as one of the foremost guitar duos in history.

This memoir paints a nostalgic portrait of the life and times of the young Choppy as he stumbled upon Porky, together creating the legendary comic tandem in the Philippines called Porkchop Duo. For thirty years, the Porkchop Duo entertained generations of Filipinos with their iconic brand of stand-up comedy, travelling to 34 countries as “Showbiz Ambassadors of Good Will” and bringing laughter and fun to countless homesick Overseas Filipino Workers across the world. Told with unyielding candor and wit, Choppy recounts his days: from being a poor Tondo boy in between jobs to make a living, a youth leader keeping a dual personality to ironically conceal his shenanigans, to a young family man winning over his personal battles—inspirations that were to become materials for their much-celebrated repertoire of rib-tickling jokes. Choppy gives us a glimpse of the landscape of the Philippine stand-up comedy, how they found their way in, and broke new grounds. He reveals how they peddled an epic idea that would make them pioneers of comedy albums in the Philippines, eventually making stand-up comedy a household name for entertainment. Then he tells a moving story of grief, when his father, and shortly his partner, Porky, died, and tells how he unremittingly continues the legacy of the Porkchop Duo despite the odds. This unprecedented Autobiographical Joke Book packed with almost 100 jokes will surely take you back to the Porkchop Duo’s world-renowned performances.

The duets in Ten Concert Pieces for Classic Guitar Duo are written in different musical styles and varying degrees of difficulty. In addition to several pieces emulating the Baroque and Classical periods, the collection includes compositions inspired by the bossa nova, jazz, blues, and even the musical cross-pollination of the stride piano style. Ideal for recital, concert or festival settings, audiences as well as intermediate to moderately advanced guitarists will enjoy the timeless, international flavor of these engaging original compositions. Written in standard notation only.

Paladin Duos is another fiction that presents the dangers and life- style of bounty hunters. In this book, the bounty hunter takes a partner, a woman who quickly becomes an equal. After several escapades, the ultimate caper takes the heroine into undercover. After a long period on the trail the inevitable occurs. The duo decides to retire and start two business enterprises. The businesses described show another form of entrepreneurship for the times. The book has gunfights, adventure, romance and the intrigue of starting a business in the 1880’s.

"Drawing upon new manuscript discoveries, the author shows how Burchard tried to create a new text that would address these problems. He carefully selected and compiled canons from earlier collections and then went on to tamper systematically with the texts he had chosen. By doing so, he created a book of church law that appeared to be based on indisputable authority, that was internally consistent and that was easy to apply through logical extrapolation to new cases. The present study thus provides a window into the development of legal and theological reasoning in the medieval West, and suggests that, thanks to the work of ambitious bishops, the flowering of law and theology began far earlier, and for different reasons, than scholars have heretofore supposed."--BOOK JACKET.