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1. 1. Ferris Wheel A Short Play

   

   Set against the backdrop of a small-town carnival, this poignant play explores the unexpected connection between two strangers who find themselves sharing a Ferris wheel ride. As the wheel turns, the characters, each grappling with their own personal struggles and loneliness, engage in a candid conversation that reveals their vulnerabilities and desires. Through their brief encounter, they discover a shared sense of understanding and solace, highlighting the profound impact of human connection in the most unlikely of places.

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2. 2. An Illustrated Dictionary Of The Gods And Symbols Of Ancient Mexico And The Maya

   An Illustrated Dictionary of Mesoamerican Religion

   

   A compact, illustrated reference that explains the gods, supernatural beings, ritual objects and recurring motifs of ancient Mesoamerica—with emphasis on Maya and central Mexican traditions—through concise alphabetical entries that identify names, functions, visual attributes, mythic associations and regional or chronological variants; entries are supported by drawings, photographs of artifacts and glyphs, cross-references and short interpretive notes, making it a handy resource for students, scholars and general readers who need quick, reliable access to the meanings and iconography of deities, cosmological concepts and ritual paraphernalia.

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3. 3. Big World

   

4. 4. Biloxi

   

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5. 5. Always Happy Hour

   

   A spare, unsentimental collection of short stories set in the American Midwest that follows working‑class characters—often women—grappling with loneliness, strained family ties, economic precarity, and the small rituals that both sustain and erode them; through controlled, observant prose the book reveals moments of tenderness, stubborn resilience, regret, and quiet desperation beneath everyday disappointments and fleeting consolations.

6. 6. The Last Days Of California

   

   A thirteen-year-old girl narrates a tense, often comic family road trip from the Deep South to California as her evangelical father prepares the household for the Rapture; along the highways she records prayers, arguments, humiliations and small rebellions, witnessing the strains of religious fervor on family life while grappling with her own sexual awakening, doubts, and longing for independence — a coming-of-age portrait of belief, family conflict, and the messy, heartbreaking collisions between doctrine and ordinary desire.

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7. 7. The Art Of Mesoamerica

   From Olmec to Aztec

   

   A richly illustrated, wide-ranging survey that traces the development of Mesoamerican artistic traditions from the Formative through the Postclassic periods, examining major cultures (Olmec, Teotihuacan, Maya, Mixtec, Aztec and others), media and techniques, iconography, and the social, political and ritual contexts that shaped imagery and objects. The book balances close visual analysis of monuments, sculpture, ceramics, murals and codices with archaeological and historical evidence to show how art functioned in systems of power, religion and identity, how styles and ideas circulated across regions, and how continuity and transformation unfolded over millennia. Written for students and general readers, it synthesizes current scholarship while emphasizing interpretation of form, symbolism and the material lives of artworks.

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