List 1 of books by David Henry

Chinglish (TCG Edition)

by David Henry Hwang
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012

Acclaimed playwright David Henry Hwang’s hilarious comedy Chinglish has been described as a sly, funny, multi-tiered joke with a laugh-out-loud surface that conceals a movingly somber aftertaste” (Village Voice) and a triumph in any language” (New York Magazine). Springing from the...

Trying to Find Chinatown

The Selected Plays of David Henry Hwang

by David Henry Hwang
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999

David Henry Hwang has the potential to become the first important dramatist of American public life since Arthur Miller, and maybe the best of them all. -Detroit News David Henry Hwang has created an extraordinary body of work over the last twenty years: the Tony Award-winning play, M. Butterfly;...

Furious Cool

Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him

by David Henry, Joe Henry
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013

“Addictively readable . . . Someday, when fewer people know Richard Pryor’s name, Furious Cool will be the best defense against the worst sort of forgetting--the kind that involves who we are now, who we loved once, and why.” —Esquire Richard Pryor was arguably the single most influential...

San Francisco Noir

by Robert Mailer Anderson, Will Christopher Baer, Kate Braverman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005

Brand new stories by: Domenic Stansberry, Barry Gifford, Eddie Muller, Robert Mailer Anderson, Michelle Tea, Peter Plate, Kate Braverman, David Corbett, Alejandro Murguía, Sin Soracco, Alvin Lu, Jon Longhi, Will Christopher Baer, Jim Nesbit, and David Henry Sterry. San Francisco Noir lashes...

Red Fox

The Catlike Canine

by J. David Henry
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013

In this engaging introduction to the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), J. David Henry recounts his years of field research on this flame-colored predator. With its catlike whiskers, teeth, and paws, as well as vertical-slit pupils, the North American red fox not only resembles but often behaves like a feline,...

M. Butterfly

With an Afterword by the Playwright

by David Henry Hwang
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1993

David Henry Hwang’s beautiful, heartrending play featuring an afterword by the author – winner of a 1988 Tony Award for Best Play and nominated for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize Based on a true story that stunned the world, M. Butterfly opens in the cramped prison cell where diplomat Rene Gallimard...

The Beginner's Guide to American History

Illustrated Edition: Columbus, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, King Philip, William Penn, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln

by David Henry Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018

Object of this book is to present clearly and accurately facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest for everyone interested in history. Contents: Columbus John and Sebastian Cabot Balboa, Ponce De Leon, and De Soto Sir Walter...

Golden Child

by David Henry Hwang
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998

• David Henry Hwang is the leading Asian-American playwright • Broadway opening April 1998 • Has been developed at numerous theatres around the country • His first Broadway production since M. Butterfly • Produced originally at the Public Theatre in NYC>

The Glorious World Cup

A Fanatic's Guide

by Alan Black, David Henry Sterry
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010

Read Alan Black and David Henry Sterry's posts on the Penguin Blog. A guide to the biggest sporting event in the world-for those who like their soccer with a side of kick-ass. The teams, the fans, the goals, the saves, the divas, the divers, the myths, the madness-they're all part of...

Why The Written Word Still Matters Most: The Benefits of Going Analog in a Digital World

by David Henry
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

Reading is not a habit grown of indolence. It is relaxing precisely because it requires and active mind. It is a workout that leaves the exerciser feeling rejuvenated. The act of creation is a burden shared by author and reader alike, the latter reliably removed from the buzzing of his workaday mind...

Elephants Don't Sit on Cars

by David Henry Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017

Jeremy James always seems to be getting into mischief and is fed up with grown-ups never knowing the answer to important questions. Join Jeremy James as his navigates his way through messy pesky supermarkets, goes to a football game and discovers the consequences of eating too many sweets ....

Never Say Moo to a Bull

by David Henry Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017

Jeremy James always seems to be getting into mischief and is fed up with grown-ups never knowing the answer to important questions . . . Join Jeremy James as he finds himself in a runaway car, causes havoc at a birthday party and comes up with a cunning plan on how to get rich. Illustrated...

The Beginner's Guide to American History (Illustrated Edition)

by David Henry Montgomery
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Object of this book is to present clearly and accurately facts and principles in the lives of some of the chief founders and builders of America which would be of interest for everyone interested...

M. Butterfly

Broadway Revival Edition

by David Henry Hwang
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017

**Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and soon to be back on Broadway in a revival directed by the Lion King's Julie Taymor, starring Clive Owen "A brilliant play of ideas… a visionary work that bridges the history and culture of two worlds."—Frank...