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Return once more to a galaxy far, far away with this sublime retelling of George Lucas's epic Star Wars in the style of the immortal Bard of Avon. The saga of a wise (Jedi) knight and an evil (Sith) lord, of a beautiful princess held captive and a young hero coming of age, Star Wars abounds with all the valor and villainy of Shakespeare's greatest plays. 'Tis a tale told by fretful droids, full of faithful Wookiees and fearsome Stormtroopers, signifying...pretty much everything.

Hot on the heels of the New York Times best seller William Shakespeare's Star Wars comes the next two installments of the original trilogy: William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back and William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return. Return to the star-crossed galaxy far, far away as the brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor, and their jesting droids match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize in elegant and impeccable iambic pentameter. Something Wookiee this way comes!

Hot on the heels of the New York Times bestseller William Shakespeare's Star Wars comes the next two installments of the original trilogy: William Shakespeare's The Empire Striketh Back and William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return. Return to the star-crossed galaxy far, far away as the brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor, and their jesting droids match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize in elegant and impeccable iambic pentameter. These two plays offer essential listening for all ages.

Experience The Force Awakens as a Shakespeare play, complete with Elizabethan verse, Shakespearian monologues, and theatrical stage directions! As the noble Resistance clashes with the vile First Order, Rey, Finn, Poe Damaron, Kylo Ren, and BB-8 are pulled into a galaxy-wide drama - in iambic pentameter! Star Wars fans and Shakespeare enthusiasts alike will enjoy the authentic meter, reimagined movie scenes and dialogue, and hidden Easter eggs throughout.

Eight long-time friends take a raft trip on Oregon's Deschutes river, which becomes an annual event. When one member of the group writes an over-the-top article about the trip, in which he calls the trip “the universe’s greatest adventure ever,” unexplained forces take note. From then on, the group must make the same trip each year or be responsible for a natural disaster somewhere in the world. RAFT TRIP follows the group through the years as they discover the consequences of their trip, struggle to believe, stretch the boundaries of friendship and morality, and learn how far they ...

Experience Dickens’ classic tale in iambic pentameter! Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy theater owner with a stingy heart, until he’s visited by his old partner, Marlowe. The ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future become Puck (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Falstaff (the Henry V plays), and the ghost of King Hamlet.

No one thought that MacTrump - Lord of MacTrump Towers, Son of New York - would ascend to the highest position in the kingdom. Yet with the help of his unhappy but dutiful wife Lady MacTrump, his clever daughter Dame Desdivanka, and his coterie of advisers, MacTrump is comfortably ensconced in the White Hold as President of the United Fiefdoms, free to make proclamations to his subjects through his favorite messenger, McTweet. The Democrati, mourning the loss of their cherished leader O'Bama, won't give up without a fight.

"bobby bauman ain’t doin nothin wrong. just goin out for a wander on a saturday which everbody knows is allowed cause everbody knows that it ain’t a school day and everbody knows it ain’t the sabbath cept for the adventists but sometimes bobby seen greg mckinley walkin round on a saturday even though he’s a adventist so maybe even the adventists say it’s all right to walk round on a saturday which means everbody knows it is and not even Sir could be upset bout it. besides bobby has his new brown cord-o-roy trousers on even though he never did hear who roy was or how he made a pair...