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  Color of Lies - A Novel of...

  Abbe Rolnick

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  The loss of a "nuclear" bomb off Puerto Rico during WWII brings strange consequences to a stressed community in Washington State decades later. In the Skagit River Valley, gateway to the pristine Pacific Northwest wilderness, vegetation, birds, and people are inexplicitly dying. One elderly bully's spiteful lies have trapped her victims in a toxic web. A long-standing spat over property rights threatens to escalate into a fight involving all of Concrete, Washington, as unexplained events raise suspicions about long-buried secrets.    
  Power is something that Molly McCain craves, and she will destroy anything standing in her way to get it: her family, her neighbors, and the environment. JoAnne, a former World War II pilot is wheelchair-bound from a youthful accident involving sinister secrets. Maria, JoAnne's niece and a professional pilot, masks the unresolved pain of childhood abandonment. Spencer, a young organic vintner, suspects the rich valley soil has been polluted by undocumented wastes. Russell, a spunky 95-year-old ham radio buff, intercepts curious messages that provide clues to the decades-long cover-up.    
  Lies, even the little white lies told to protect themselves and each other from the past, suddenly conspire against them as the valley's secrets unravel. Threatened with exposure, the perpetrator resorts to more malicious behavior, and her victims must join with the community to stop her and save the valley.

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  Van Gogh in Brixton

  Shaun Traynor

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  An emotional poetic narrative of love lost, love regained.

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  Forever House (NHB Modern Plays)

  Glen Waldron

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  A darkly comic drama from an exciting new playwright.
  In three linked scenes, all set in the same terraced house, three ill-matched pairs search for a new beginning - but the past won't let any of them go without a struggle.
  Teenager Richard is plotting his escape to art college, just as lecturer Graham is settling in. Mum-to-be Laura has big plans for her forever home - if only Becci will sell it to her. And in the middle of the night, marine expert Mark has an unexpected visitor, a young woman with more than paddleworm samples on her mind...
  A story of buried secrets and new beginnings, Forever House is the debut play of West Country-born writer Glenn Waldron. It's a pitch-black comedy drama that asks the question: can you ever really start again?
  'Waldron has an exceptional ear for dialogue... every character rings with credibility' - Exeunt Magazine
  'a well-observed piece' - Whatsonstage.com

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  The Poetry of Arthur Conan Doyle...

  Sir Aarthur Conan Doyl

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  If ever a writer needed an introduction Arthur Conan Doyle would not be considered that man. After all, Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the foremost literary detective of any age. Add to this canon his stories of science fiction and horror, his historical novels, his political campaigning, his efforts in establishing a Court Of Appeal and there is little room for anything else. Except he was also a poet.  Not perhaps the finest but his distinctive voice is certainly evident amongst his lines and verses.  And it’s a voice worth listening too; something very different from what you might expect. So without further ado our readers, including Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe bring you the poems of Arthur Conan Doyle. 
   
  01 - Arthur Conan Doyle - An Introduction 
  02 - 1902 - 1909 
  03 - A Post Impressionist 
  04 - The Banner Of Progress 
  05 - The Wanderer 
  06 - Advice To A Young Author 
  07 - The Groom's Story 
  08 - The Groom's Encore 
  09 - Pennarby Mine 
  10 - Cremona 
  11 - A Forgotten Tale 
  12 - Hope 
  13 - Empire Builders 
  14 - The Frontier Line 
  15 - Compensation 
  16 - Song Of The Bow 
  17 - The Blind Archer 
  18 - The Franklin's Maid (from The White Company) 
  19 - A Womans Love 
  20 - Man's Limitation 
  21 - The Storming Party 
  22 - A Ballad Of The Ranks 
  23 - Mind And Matter 
  24 - 'Ware Holes 
  25 - Lay Of The Links 
  26 - The Bay Horse 
  27 - The Farnshire Cup 
  28 - The Old Huntsman 
  29 - The Dying Whip 
  30 - Darkness 
  31 - Corporal Dick's Promotion 
  32 - The Echo 
  33 - December's Snow 
  34 - The Passing 
  35 - The End 
  36 - About The Copyright Group 
  37 - Copyright Notice 2012

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Birds - 12...

  John Keats, Percy Bysshe...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
   
  01 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Birds - An Introduction 
  02 - Ode To A Nightingale by John Keats 
  03 - To a Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley 
  04 - The First Swallow by Charlotte Smith 
  05 - The Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson 
  06 - The Peacock's Eye by Gerald Manley Hopkins 
  07 - Cuckoo Song by Rudyard Kipling 
  08 - The Pelican Chorus by Edward Lear 
  09 - The Kingfisher by W H Davis 
  10 - The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy 
  11 - The Owl by Alfred Lord Tennyson 
  12 - The Nightingale Has a Lyre of Gold by Wiliam Ernest Henley 
  13 - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

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  Poison (NHB Modern Plays)

  Lot Vekemans

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  An extraordinary play that asks a simple question: is it ever possible to move on?
  Poison by Dutch writer Lot Vekemans had a critically acclaimed run in New York in 2016, and was premiered in the UK at the Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, in November 2017, directed by Paul Miller.
  'An absorbing dance around the truth, in which tenderness and starkness alternate and the awkward cadences of debate are chasteningly authentic… considers the effects of grief, but instead of making pain appear poetic it portrays with sober precision the essential ordinariness of its two characters' - Evening Standard
  'Painful, powerful… a minutely realistic look at the oddly colourless nature of grieving, and the grim concrete structures that 21st-century secular society builds around it' - Time Out
  'Quietly unflinching… an almost forensic exploration of the hard, sharp edges of grief and loss… [has a] bruising truthfulness' - The Stage
  'searing... a tear-jerker' - New York Times
  'truly astounding' - Broadway World

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