A collection of ten detective, mystery, and thriller plays first produced in the mid-twentieth century, several of which were later adapted into motion pictures.

Contains the librettos of eight rock musicals from the 1960s-90s. Credits for these works are: "The Wiz: the Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1974), music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. / "Two Gentlemen of Verona" (1971), book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare comedy. / "Grease" (1971), music, lyrics and book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. /...

Ukiyo-e is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica. The term ukiyo-e ranslates as "picture[s] of the floating world". Edo (modern Tokyo) became the seat of government for the military dictatorship...