David Bruce: 180 books

Living works of art tend to take joy in living. So how can we be a living work of art? Some ways include living a life of wit and intelligence, practicing an art, doing good deeds, paying attention to your soul as well as your body, staying angry at the things that should anger us, and being aware...

This book contains 250 anecdotes and stories, especially about the arts, including dance. For example: 1) Fern Helsher worked as a press agent for Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. As a former newspaper woman, she had many contacts and was able to get Mr. Shawn more and better publicity. Once, she went...

A Sample: 1) American dance pioneer Ted Shawn once choreographed the bawdy ancient Greek comedy 'Lysistrata,' in which the Spartan and Athenian women decide to stop the Peloponnesian War by declining to have sex with their husbands until the war ends. His choreography for the dance was “hot,”...

AN EXCERPT: “She Says We Saved Her Life” On 22 August 2013, a black man kidnapped a white woman in Dallas, Texas. About an hour later, Aaron Arias, a 19-year-old Hispanic college student at Texas A&M in Texarkana, and Jamal Harris, age 17, a black Seagoville high school student,...

This short 13,000-word pamphlet contains Mark Twain anecdote and quotations and a short biography. Here is a sample anecdote: Humorist Mark Twain, author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, once stayed at the home of political cartoonist Thomas Nast, who first used the images of an elephant and a donkey...

The purpose of this book is educational. I have read, studied and taught Voltaire’s "Candide," and I wish to pass on what I have learned to other people who are interested in studying Voltaire’s "Candide. " This book uses a question-and-answer format. It poses, then...

I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to buy one copy...

This book contains 250 stories about good deeds, including this one: At the 1992 Olympics Games in Barcelona, cameraman Kenny Woo went around dropping pennies because he knew that the members of the United States women’s gymnastics team thought that finding a penny meant they would have good luck.

This book uses a question-and-answer format. It poses, then answers, relevant questions about the "Aeneid." This book goes through the "Aeneid" book by book. Teachers may find this book useful as a discussion guide for the epic poem. Teachers can have students read chapters...

I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to buy one copy...

I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to buy one copy of this eBook and give copies to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to buy one copy...

This book uses a question-and-answer format. This book goes through the play scene by scene. Teachers may find this book useful as a discussion guide for the tragedy. Teachers can have students read a section of the play, then teachers can ask students selected questions from this study guide.

This book uses a question-and-answer format. This book goes through the play scene by scene. I recommend that you read the relevant section of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," then read my comments, then go back and re-read the relevant section of "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." However, do what works...

This book uses a question-and-answer format. This book goes through the play scene by scene. I recommend that you read the relevant section of "Macbeth, " then read my comments, then go back and re-read the relevant section of "Macbeth."Teachers may find this book useful as a discussion guide...