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  War and Peace

  Leo Tolstoy

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  A nation at war. Lives intertwined. Love and destiny forged on history's grandest stage.
  Set against Napoleon's invasion of Russia, War and Peace follows the luminous journeys of Pierre, Natasha, Andrei, and the families whose fortunes rise and fall with the tide of battle. From glittering ballrooms to brutal battlefields, Tolstoy weaves passion, loss, courage, and philosophical insight into a story that captures the full sweep of human experience.
  
  Praised as "the greatest epic novel ever written," this masterpiece blends unforgettable characters with breathtaking historical detail, offering profound reflections on fate, freedom, and what it means to truly live.
  
  If you crave sweeping storytelling, powerful emotion, and classics that echo long after the final page, this timeless epic will leave an indelible mark on your heart.
  
  Open the book—and step into a world where history and humanity collide.

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  White Flags - United We Stand...

  Jo Marr

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  A distraught Palestinian doctor processing his son's suicide finds common ground with the Israeli investigator who lost his best friend in the attack. 
  When an explosion devastates a peaceful neighborhood, Dr. Rami Amar receives news his son was the perpetrator. Shocked by their son's apparent radicalization, Dr. Amar and his wife, Lyda struggle to make sense of their loss, which is further intensified by the investigator, Major Shani of the Israeli Defense Forces. For Shani, this is personal. His childhood friend was killed in the attack. Following protocol, Shani confiscates Dr. Amar's travel documents and destroys his home, and the undercurrent of distrust between the two men is unmistakable.  
  With only questions and no answers, Dr. Amar decides to fix up a dilapidated local school to get the stone-throwing youths off the streets and into the classroom. But when it's impossible to acquire proper supplies, he turns to an unlikely source of help: Major Shani. To keep the students in school, learning lessons of peace, not hate, Dr. Amar promises after-school soccer matches. However, to keep his word, Dr. Amar needs even more help from Shani to break through a seemingly unmovable obstacle. Will Dr. Amar ever find out what really happened to his son? Will the men be able to unite for a common cause, or does the pain of past events run too deep?

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  The Trials

  Dawn King

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  'Everyone lived like we did! Well maybe not everyone, everyone. But… I wasn't any worse than anyone else.'
  The near future. The climate emergency is gathering pace, and our generation is being judged.
  The jurors are children. But are they delivering justice – or just taking revenge?
  Dawn King's searing play The Trials was first performed at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in January 2022, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. It received its British premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in August 2022, directed by Natalie Abrahami.
  The Trials offers an exciting opportunity for theatre companies to address the climate emergency and intergenerational conflict, as the jury of 12 to 17-year-olds hold the stage alongside three adult defendants.

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  A Foreign Country

  Nigel Pantling

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  In A Foreign Country, Nigel Pantling takes us to some strange places - the exotic, the imaginary and the rediscovered past - and for each he serves up a heady local brew, equal parts memory, invention, wit and menace. Here, North Korean tourists rub shoulders with Syrian adventurers, the newly dead with a City lothario, Popeye and Olive Oyl with Cold War warriors. Surprising and unsettling by turns, these poems are a whistle-stop journey though different times, countries and customs, enriched by deep personal experience.

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  The Well of the Saints - A...

  J.M. Sygne

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  A blind couple regains their sight only to realize they hate the look of one another. Hilarity and pigheadedness ensues. 
  Come join me on a three act romp through the Irish countryside where we begin to learn that ugliness and beauty aren't as topical as one might believe, and that the people who have their sight are oftentimes the ones who are the most oblivious.

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  If Cows Could Fly

  David Fluck

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  Ever seen a flying cow, a horse that knits, or an eel that rides a bike? Well, welcome in to a world where your fantasy and imagination can bring them all to life. 
  This set of humorous poems, mainly concerning the strange things animals may get up to, are suitably illustrated by the author's whimsical drawings.

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