One enthusiastic Amazon reviewer wrote in 2008 that John Quick’s "Fool’s Hill: A Kid’s Life in an Oregon Coastal Town" (Oregon State University Press, 1995) “is one of my favorite books, ever. About a young, precocious, inquisitive boy trying to make sense of the illogical world of adults, and the joy of growing up in a small coastal town. Each chapter reads like its own story. The author's reflections and remembrances are laugh-out-loud funny, a few are sad, some have elements of both.”With permission of the estate of John Quick, who died in 2000, Elaine Manson Buller has interpreted and enlivened the memoir in her treatment. Set in Oregon in 1941, the play focuses on John, his family, and other young and older residents in their colorful small-town setting on a bluff on the Pacific Ocean. Their dialogue continues Quick’s masterful storytelling…to read now, and to imagine someday being enjoyed on “the big screen.”..
*Illustrated*Includes Table of ContentsAnton Chekhov (1860-1904) may have suffered an untimely death, but he squeezed the most out of his 44 years of life. Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be one of the greatest writers in history, particularly in the genre of short stories. Chekhov’s major innovation near the end of the 19th century was in what became known as “stream-of-consciousness” writing, in which he eschewed common traditional story structure and simply wrote as though he was thinking aloud. Renowned writers like James Joyce and William Faulkner would eventually run with this theme, producing classics in the same vein. Chekhov was one of Russia’s most famous and popular writers in his time, producing well-received works like The Lady with the Dog and The Bishop. This edition of Chekhov’s Essential Collection is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with over a dozen pictures of Chekhov. .. 
