Best Selling Books by Richard Nelson

Fourth volume in a multivolume work considered to be useful to Lincoln scholars. Completed by Richard N Current using the notes and drafts Randall left at his death, this book describes the key events of Lincoln''s administration from December 1863 to April 1865. It is a Bancroft Prize-winning history of Lincoln''s last year in office.

"The General from America provides a rich portrait of Benedict Arnold, a man most often dismissed simply as a traitor (at least in the United States). Nelson''s account of Arnold''s search for love and country, and his discovery of only compromise and despair, will haunt readers and audiences."--BOOK JACKET.

Three Plays of Adolescence: Goodnight Children Everywhere; Franny''s Way; Madame Melville Goodnight Children Everywhere Olivier Award for Best Play, 2000 ''Exile - both literal and emotional - has been a haunting preoccupation for this dramatist. And with all themes of displacement and loss comes the yearning for a sense of place, for those attachments we cannot always rationalize but know as home. In Goodnight Children Everywhere, the safe harbor of home has been dynamited by war... A disturbing and lovely domestic drama about the loss of childhood.'' New York Observer Franny''s Way ''Boundaries warp and melt in the dense urban heat that pervades Franny''s Way, Nelson''s sensitively drawn portrait of love in the age of J.D.Salinger. The lines between childhood and adulthood blur disorientatingly for the three generations of characters gathered in a cramped apartment in Greenwich Village at the height of the summer in the 1950''s... Nelson continues to give compassionate and insightful life to such erotic waywardness.'' New York Times ''It moves with the breathless haste of a horny teen on prom night.'' Time Out New York Madame Melville ''A memory play of wonderful delicacy, tenderness and humour... I left the theatre elated at having discovered such a terrific new play. An exquisite reminder of lost love, innocence and youth.'' Daily Telegraph ''An elegant, tender, beguiling play.'' Guardian ''It moves with the breathless haste of a horny teen on prom night.'' Time Out New York Madame Melville ''A memory play of wonderful delicacy, tenderness and humour... I left the theatre elated at having discovered such a terrific new play. An exquisite reminder of lost love, innocence and youth.'' Daily Telegraph ''An elegant, tender, beguiling play.'' Guardian

One of Chekhov''s most powerful plays probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha and Irina, former Muscovites now living in a provincial town from which they long to escape.

In today''s challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a shifting economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don''t. This revised edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower Exercise with updated tips on social media and search tactics. Bolles demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, expertly guiding job-hunters toward their dream job.

Presents advice for teenagers on landing a dream job.

In the 10th-century, Bukhara was a cultural center that rivaled Baghdad, and was known as ""the dome of learning in the East."" It was a dynamic metropolis, capital of the semi-independent dynasty that ruled Iran and Central Asia. This work presents insights into life in Eastern Iran and Central Asia during a period of change in the Islamic world.

Since the early 1980s, universities in the United States have greatly expanded their patenting and licensing activities. The Congressional Joint Economic Committee, among other authorities, have argued that this surge contributed to the economic boom of the 1990s. And, many observers have attributed this trend to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. Using quantitative analysis and detailed case studies, this book tests that conventional wisdom and assesses the effects of the Act, examining the diverse channels through which commercialization has occurred over the 20th century and since the passage of the Act.

This year''s edition faces squarely the "workquake" that is shaking up the jobmarket around the world and gives not only simple steps but also steady hope.48 pp.

This Old Testament Library volume offers a commentary on the book of Joshua. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

Nelson, self-described as "a guy who had way too much fun", has a lunatic appetite for having a good time. And a good time he has, whether rafting the Omo River in Ethiopia, scuba-diving in the Marshall Islands, walking on hippos in Tanzania, or cavorting with penguins in Antarctica. (And let us not forget the skydiving, hand-gliding, and hot-air ballooning.) Prepare yourself for one hell of a ride.

“A full emotional geography of a family . . . Seemingly light conversation scrapes the skins of the characters in this sharply etched study of dislocation, loneliness and sexual betrayal.”—Ben Brantley, The New York Times “Nelson is a master of the quiet detail, of the oblique rhythm that transforms emotional diffidence into fascinating character.”—Linda Winer, Newsday “The early scenes proceed with the closely observed simplicity of Chekhov, whereas the later more wrenching moments evoke the eloquent bitterness of Albee.”—David Cote, TimeOut New York A new work by leading American playwright Richard Nelson, who for more than 25 years has written prolifically, and with fine detail, on the perplexities of everyday living. In Rodney’s Wife, a fading American actor in Rome for the filming of a 1960s spaghetti Western gathers with family and friends at a rented villa. Over the course of one booze-soaked summer night, jealousies and secrets are revealed that crumble the foundations of their relationships. Inspired by Euripides, the play is a tragedy of exiles who continue to need each other, even as they push away. Richard Nelson won Britain’s Olivier Award for Best Play for Goodnight Children Everywhere, and the Tony Award for Best Book for his musical James Joyce’s The Dead. His plays have been widely produced in the U.S. and Great Britain. He is an Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Chair of the Playwriting Department at the Yale School of Drama.

The fifth edition of Richard Nelson-Jones'' Theory and Practice of Counselling and Therapy provides an essential introduction to the major theoretical approaches in counselling and psychotherapy today. This comprehensive and accessible book has been substantially revised and updated, and now includes two brand new chapters on solution-focused therapy and narrative therapy by Alasdair Macdonald and Martin Payne. Following a clearly-defined structure, each chapter describes the origin of the therapeutic approach, a biography of its originator, its theory and practice, discusses case material and further developments, and suggests further reading. Each chapter also contains review and personal questions. Richard Nelson-Jones'' authoritative and practical textbook is the ideal companion for students on introductory courses and those embarking on professional training.

"A thoroughly invigorating, tightly focused piece of Chekhovian drama, wherein chatter about work and art . . . fail to mask deep vulnerability."—Chicago Tribune A play about Frank Lloyd Wright set in the summer of 1923, when the great architect has recently left Chicago for California, hoping to mend his relationship with his adult children. Richard Nelson brings to life two great architectural demigods, Wright and Louis Sullivan, only to show their all-too-human frailties. Richard Nelson''s plays include Rodney''s Wife, Goodnight Children Everywhere, Some Americans Abroad, Franny''s Way, New England, and James Joyce''s The Dead (with Shaun Davey), winner of the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical.

A Chekhovian quartet of plays examining the contemporary American experience.

"Presents in booklet form a self-directed series of pen and paper exercises"--Back cover

V. 1, Adam-Curr -- V. 2, Dahl-Loma -- V. 3, Long-Shil -- V. 4, Shin-Zall.