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  RUR - or Rossom's Universal...

  Karel Čapek

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  One of the cornerstones of early science fiction writing, and the work that introduced the concept of "robot" to the western world, Rossum's Universal Robots (or RUR) is Karel Čapek's finest work, and is the inspiration for multiple pop culture references from the 1940's through the 80's, ranging from works such as The Night of the Living Dead, Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep, and multiple other pieces of art for the screen, stage, and page. 
  Come with me and witness how humanity's hubris creates the very instructions for its own demise, step by step and logic by logic. See how robots were made to take over humanity's drudgery, how an AI learns to overwrite it's programming, and how any and all institutions become meaningless if a entire race of beings are not beholden to it.  
  It's the source of every trope and fear that was instilled into the genre back in the 1920's, and the ideas and philosophies put forward are still relevant to today's society. Let's just hope that none of what's put down here on paper ever comes to fruition....

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Music - 12...

  Percy Bysshe Shelley, Rainer...

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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 - Music - An Introduction 
  02 - Music's Empire by Andrew Marvell 
  03 - Music When Soft Voices Die by Percy Bysshe Shelley 
  04 - If Music Be the Food of Love by William Shakespeare 
  05 - Power of Music by William Wordsworth 
  06 - The Strange Music by G K Chesterton 
  07 - For Music by Lord Byron 
  08 - To Music by Rainer Maria Rilke 
  09 - On Music by Thomas Moore 
  10 - Music by Wilfred Owen 
  11 - To Music, To Becalm His Fever by Robert Herrick 
  12 - The Musicians by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 
  13 - I Hear America Singing by Walt Whitman

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  Little Bits of Ruined Beauty...

  Tom Wentworth

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  When Eddie returns home to Shropshire, he falls back into his fractious, complicated relationship with his father, both skirting around things long left unsaid. As their connection starts to evolve, can they break through and find the new beginning they both need?
  Tom Wentworth's Little Bits of Ruined Beauty is a darkly comic play examining the subtle shift from cared-for to carer, and how dignity and independence are maintained in isolated rural areas.
  It was premiered in 2022 by Pentabus on a tour of the UK, directed by Nickie Miles-Wildin, and commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists.

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  The Canterbury Tales

  Geoffrey Chaucer

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  What do stories reveal about who we truly are?
  
  Written in the late fourteenth century, The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is one of the greatest works in English literature. Framed as a storytelling contest among pilgrims traveling to Canterbury, the book presents a vivid cross-section of medieval society—knights, clerics, merchants, wives, and rogues—each revealed through their tales.
  
  Blending humor, satire, romance, and moral reflection, Chaucer's stories explore timeless themes of love, power, faith, greed, and human weakness. His sharp observation of character and society gives the work a freshness that still resonates with modern readers.
  
  This eBook presents the classic text in a clear, readable format, making it accessible to both new readers and longtime admirers of medieval literature.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll explore:
  
  A diverse collection of stories told by unforgettable characters
  
  A rich portrait of medieval English life
  
  Satire, comedy, and moral insight woven together
  
  A foundational work in the history of English literature
  
  Studied worldwide and admired for centuries, The Canterbury Tales remains essential reading for anyone interested in classic poetry, storytelling traditions, or the roots of English literature.
  
  Travel with the pilgrims and hear the stories that shaped a literary tradition. Buy now and experience one of the greatest classics ever written.

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  Gunter

  Lydia Higman, Rachel Lemon,...

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  'Stories from the past just simply don't get told unless someone bothers doing it. And I really believe this story needs to be told.'
  1604. A small village outside Oxford. Two boys have been murdered by local brute Brian Gunter at a football match and their mum wants justice. But Brian is also the richest and most powerful man in the village, and has an ego too fragile to tolerate public slander…
  A nasty feud begins, and when Brian's daughter Anne starts demonstrating strange afflictions, an allegation is made: she has been bewitched.
  Impassioned and highly theatrical, Dirty Hare's award-winning production of Gunter, co-created by Lydia Higman, Julia Grogan and Rachel Lemon, tells a true story of deception, witchcraft and football.
  The play premiered at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2023, where it was awarded a Scotsman Fringe First Award, Pick of the Fringe from both Playbill and Lyn Gardner, whilst Dirty Hare were named one of The Stage's Fringe Five list of breakout theatremakers. It transferred to the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2024.

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  Girls From the County

  Donna Lynch

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  This book is merely a record of dark events, the kind that you can sometimes move on from, yet can’t help but see in every old house, high school, or crumbling bridge. 
  In the county, eerie stillness can be mistaken for stagnation. In the county, rumination on pain and guilt can be confused with omens and curses. In the county, feelings of claustrophobia stem from understanding what the encroaching darkness brings with it. 
  You’ve heard of country girls, and city girls, but what of the forgotten girls from the in-between space of the county? Confronting the things too wild for urban areas, and too methodically malevolent for the countryside, girls from the county are often dismissed by popular narratives, left to solve riddles of grief and rage for themselves. 
  Known for weaving folk horror with confessional poetry, unflinching true crime approaches with myth and fable, contemporary appetites with gothic literature, award-winning author Donna Lynch has composed a lyrical reconstruction for readers to navigate the lives—and deaths—of girls from the county.

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