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Tales of the Lost Formicans

Tales of the Lost Formicans

Constance Congdon

Broadway Play Publishing
1990
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This witty and passionate play explores the story of a man with Alzheimer's and at the same time turns into "a travel guide to Middle America conducted by aliens from outer space." The play has a wonderful comic sensibility, but this is a chillingly painful play addressing postmodern society's collective nervous breakdown. "If not the best new play of recent years, surely this is the most imaginative. Constance Congdon's brilliant Off-Broadway script wryly deflects the story of a man with Alzheimer's disease into a travel guide to Middle America conducted by aliens." -William Henry III, Time "Constance Congdon's TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS is a treat in so many ways - starting with its deliciously wry title ... you shouldn't miss it: Congdon is a new voice, and her innumerable small triumphs are achieved with a freshness of spirit, with a humor and charm so distinctively individual, that one just wants to hear more and more from her ... Congdon's aliens are a fluidly shifting metaphor for her own complex relation to the subject of her drama, a lower-middle suburban family coping with three generations' worth of stress simultaneously ..." -Michael Feingold, Village Voice "... a savagely uncompromising play of searching insights, biting wit and all too recognizable home truths ... There are laughs, wit and humor, but this is a chillingly painful play. Congdon is a terrific playwright with sure command of language and her subject ..." -Polly Warfield, Drama-Logue "Congdon's writing creates dialogue that crackles with wit, imagination and incisive passion ..." -A J Esta, Drama-Logue
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A Mother

A Mother

Constance Congdon

Broadway Play Publishing
2004
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An adaptation of Gorky's classic black comedy, VASSA ZHELEZNOVA, A MOTHER concerns a family's stern, penny-pinching matriarch who will do anything for her family. "... Dark, invigoratingly sardonic...Constance Congdon's MOTHER is as uncompromisingly savvy as it is bitingly funny... MOTHER is an exhilarating blend of one of Chekhov's dysfunctional provincial families run through the wringer of Joe Orton's iconoclastic comedy. It's also Maxim Gorky through and through, providing a canny look at Gorky as a dramatic bridge between Chekhov and Brecht. Congdon's A MOTHER is adapted from Gorky's play VASSA ZHELEZNOVA...MOTHER is] as much an enlightening rediscovery as an exciting new play. Vassa, a kind of proto-Mother Courage, is the head of a family one generation removed from serfdom and facing a crisis. The husband with whom she's built a fairly successful peat-mining and tile-making business is dying upstairs. Without a will, all their possessions will pass to their two sons-the uselessly self-pitying Pavel and the slothful, self-indulgent Semyon, a man who can no longer fit into any of his clothes except pajamas. Congdon's dialogue is crisp, her Gorky-derived characters captivating and her wit devilishly sharp..." Robert Hurwitt, San Francisco Chronicle
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Paradise Street

Paradise Street

Constance Congdon

Broadway Play Publishing Inc
2018
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A deeply intelligent, provoking, and witty play, PARADISE STREET wrestles with important questions of class and gender in this country. It takes you for a wild ride through the transformation of several characters dealing with what feminism has done for, and to, their lives.
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2 Washington Square

2 Washington Square

Constance Congdon

Broadway Play Publishing
2020
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I have always loved the story in Henry James' novel, Washington Square, and I needed to find something for a young Hispanic actress I wanted to work with, so with Ron Bashford's help, we adapted the story. As we worked on it, we found that it fit really well in the early Sixties, on the verge of the huge social revolution. This time period also made sense because the female lead was trapped in the Fifties by her conservative mother, a successful woman who was ashamed of having a half-Hispanic child. Sometimes, when you're working on a play, things fall in place-the backstory for our play (I say "our" because Ron Bashford was such a close collaborator) arose effortlessly out of the story we were presenting. As the last scene takes place, the young Hispanic daughter hears the beginning of a Sixties protest and leaves the house to join them.Constance Congdon
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The Search for E. T. Bell

The Search for E. T. Bell

Constance Reid

Mathematical Association of America
1996
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Eric Temple Bell (1883-1960) was a distinguished mathematician and a best selling popularizer of mathematics. His Men of Mathematics, still in print after almost sixty years, inspired scores of young readers to become mathematicians. Under the name of John Taine, he also published science fiction novels (among them The Time Stream, Before the Dawn, and The Crystal Horde) that served to broaden the subject matter of that genre during its early years. In The Search for E. T. Bell, Constance Reid has given us a compelling account of this complicated, difficult man who never divulged to anyone, not even to his wife and son, the story of his early life and family background. Her book is thus more of a mystery than a traditional biography. It begins with the discovery of an unexpected inscription in an English churchyard and a series of cryptic notations in a boy's schoolbook. Then comes an inadvertent revelation, by Bell himself, in a respected mathematical journal. You will have to read the book to learn the rest.
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Jumeau

Jumeau

Constance Eileen King

Schiffer Publishing Ltd
1997
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Of all the French dollmakers, for over half a century, Jumeau reigned supreme. Originally made as playthings, many of these dolls are, today, among the most sought after antiques, being fought-over at international auctions by some of the leading collectors. This history book, the most complete written on the subject to date, traces the chronology of Jumeau production from its beginnings in the 1840's through the end of the nineteenth century. Full color pictures, carefully chosen to show the beauty and different moods of the faces, are accompanied by text that provides collectors with important and interesting information. A current price guide, a special section on Jumeau marks, and a historical list of international prices and sizes are presented as important references.
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The Accidental Orphan

The Accidental Orphan

Constance Horne

Press Porcepic,Ontario
1998
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Eleven-year-old Ellen finds herself wrongly accused of stealing while selling flowers on the Liverpool docks. In her escape she becomes a stowaway aboard a steamship bound for Canada, an unwilling member of a band of orphans headed for new families on the Prairies. Adopted by the Aitkens, a family on a Manitoba homestead, she soon lands herself at the centre of a number of calamities, unexpectedly learning about rural life in the New World and the value of family ties, both those forged in blood and those forged in trust.
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Carmen Lomas Garza

Carmen Lomas Garza

Constance Cortez

UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press
2010
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Widely known for works that celebrate the traditions of her family and her South Texas Latino community, Carmen Lomas Garza has been active as a painter, printmaker, muralist, and children’s book illustrator since the 1970s. Born in Kingsville, Texas, she experienced institutionalized racism in a segregated school system that punished Mexican American students for speaking Spanish. Through her art, which draws on her childhood memories and depicts the relationship between family and community, Garza challenges the legacy of repression while establishing the folk art idiom, as employed by nonwhite and immigrant artists, as a vital element of American modernism. Garza’s art illustrates how, despite racial inequities, cultural conflict, and urban pressures, the Mexican American community has sustained a rich and vital cultural identity. In this volume of the pathbreaking A Ver series, Constance Cortez explores Garza’s artwork in the context of the Chicano/a art movement, family and regional traditions, and Garza’s own political and social activism.
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Hospice or Hemlock?

Hospice or Hemlock?

Constance Putnam

Praeger Publishers Inc
2002
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End-of-life decision making is often viewed from an academic perspective, which can obscure the debate's central human concerns. This guide introduces general readers to people with personal stakes in the right-to-die conundrum. Putnam provides practical assistance to readers and their loved ones, simultaneously incorporating the abstract and theoretical analysis essential to examining how we die in contemporary Western society. She also presents the backgrounds of the Hospice and Right-to-Die (Hemlock) Movements.To elucidate the human side of the debate, Putnam profiles and interviews six important figures:• Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern Hospice Movement• Derek Humphry, founder of The Hemlock Society in the U.S.• Herbert Cohen, an early leader in euthanasia circles in The Netherlands• Timothy Quill, whose assistance in a patient suicide resulted in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court• Joanne Lynn, founder of Americans for Better Care for the Dying• Jack Kevorkian (profiled, but unavailable for interview)Another unique feature of this book is the application of philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson's general theory of rights to the very specific right to die. Pointing to potential compatibilities between the two positions, she concludes that heroic compassion does not require a final choice between Hospice and Hemlock—there may be room enough for both.
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Secrets of a Healer - Magic of Massage

Secrets of a Healer - Magic of Massage

Constance Santego

Maximillian Enterprises Inc.
2020
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Secrets of a Healer - Magic of Massage includes over twelve massages and the specific movements and techniques that I taught my students when I owned an accredited Natural Health & Healing College. Have fun practicing these beneficial massages on your friends and family.LEARNING OUTCOME: When you have completed this book and studied the concepts and techniques, you will be able to perform many massages that help to reduce stress, relax sore and achy muscles, and improve many of the body's vital systems; such as circulation and lymphatic. Relax, Rejuvenate, and Bond Many Different Types of Massages Be Able to perform Basic Massage Techniques on yourself, friends, and loved ones.
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Secrets of a Healer - Magic of Hypnotherapy

Secrets of a Healer - Magic of Hypnotherapy

Constance Santego

Maximillian Enterprises Inc.
2020
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The Miracle of HypnotherapyI was fourteen when my grandmother took me to see Reveen. I was mesmerized by his ability to put people into a trance state and suggest that they do something, and they did. But it wasn't until I was in my thirties that I was hooked. I wanted to know how they did it How did the hypnotist make you do things that you said you couldn't do?Once I found out that hypnosis was a type of meditation and that you were speaking directly into the subconscious mind, is when I fell in love with it I have not found anything better than hypnotherapy for helping a person be rid of their phobias, past hang-ups, fears, or self-sabotage acts. I now use a combination of hypnotherapy with soooo many of the modalities I offer. It is one of the most incredibly effective techniques I know how to do to help empower a person's body, mind, and soul.Learning OutcomeWhen you have completed this book and studied the concepts and techniques, you will be able to perform basic hypnotherapy to help reduce stress, relax sore and achy muscles, and empower the body, mind, and soul. For you, your friends, and family.- Relax, Rejuvenate, and Expand your Awareness, - Learn the many Different Types of inductions and techniques, - Bonus, learn how to perform the 'Energy Clearing Technique.'
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A Conversation with My Mother About Sex, Boys and How She Married My Dad

A Conversation with My Mother About Sex, Boys and How She Married My Dad

Constance McKinsey Banks

Neelia Publishing
2009
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This book was written with the hope of encouraging mothers to have conversations with their daughters about topics that are very important but are often difficult to discuss. After reading it, hopefully daughters will be encouraged to go to their mothers, aunts, or other female relative and ask these sometimes "hard questions" and hopefully, mothers will be encouraged to initiate conversations (even if uncomfortable at first) that will answer these same questions for their daughters.
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