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Edward (Ted) Parr studied playwriting at New York University in the 1980’s and staged several plays Off-Off-Broadway, including Trask, Mythographia, Jason and Medea, Rising and an original translation of Oedipus Rex before pursuing a lengthy career in the law and public service. He has always had a strong interest in narrative and expanding narrative forms. In his novel writing, Edward explores older genres of fiction (like the pulp fiction French Foreign Legion adventure or the earliest spy adventures) as inspiration to examine historical periods and places. His historical fiction trilogy "Kingdoms Fall" was award best first novel and best historical fiction novel 2016 by Literary Classics. His biggest inspirations are Charles Dickens, Geo ...more

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	Kingdoms Fall - The Laxenburg Message (Kingdoms Fall, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingdoms Fall - The Korniloff Affair really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Soldier of the Legion by C.N. Williamson, Edward Parr (Goodreads Author), A. M. Williamson 3.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1914 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingdoms Fall - The Wieringen Proposal 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingdoms Fall it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tamanrasset: Crossroads of the Nomad it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kingdoms Fall: The Complete Trilogy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Soldier of the Legion: With a Foreword by Edward Parr by C.N. & A.M. Williamson, Edward Parr (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Naked and the Dead

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The Woman in White

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I read the script of "The Gladiator" which is included in the extra materials in this book along with several other scripts by Bird. It's an engaging story and easy to imagine the scale that a production of such a play would need on the stage. The st ...more
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“Darwinism is not a theory of random chance. It is a theory of random mutation plus non-random cumulative natural selection. . . . Natural selection . . . is a non-random force, pushing towards improvement. . . . Every generation has its Darwinian failures but every individual is descended only from previous generations' successful minorities. . . . [T]here can be no going downhill - species can't get worse as a prelude to getting better. . . . There may be more than one peak.”
― Richard Dawkins, Climbing Mount Improbable

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