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  Lucy Kirkwood Plays: One (NHB...

  Lucy Kirkwood

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  Since her debut in 2008, Lucy Kirkwood has firmly established herself as a leading playwright of her generation, the writer of a series of savagely funny, highly intelligent and beautifully observed plays that tackle the pressing issues of our times.
  This collection, with an introduction by the author, brings together five of her plays, starting with the wild and riotously funny farce, Tinderbox (Bush Theatre, 2008), a disturbing vision of a dystopian future where England is dissolving into the sea, realised with 'off-kilter imaginative flair' (The Times).
  Written for Clean Break theatre company, it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (Arcola Theatre, 2009; winner of the John Whiting Award) is a devastating report from the hidden world of Eastern European women trafficked to London to work in the sex industry.
  The previously unpublished small hours (Hampstead Theatre, 2011), a collaboration with Ed Hime, directed by Katie Mitchell, is an intimate dissection of the claustrophobic world of a new mother struggling to cope on her own.
  The sharply satirical NSFW (Royal Court, 2012) is a 'richly absorbing and inventive' (Telegraph) look at power games, privacy and gender politics in the media.
  The volume concludes with Chimerica (Almeida Theatre and West End, 2013), a gripping and provocative examination of the shifting balance of power between East and West. Winner of multiple awards, including the Olivier and Critics' Circle Awards for Best New Play, the Evening Standard Best Play Award and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Chimerica is 'gloriously rich and mind-expanding' (Guardian), and a 'tremendously bold piece of writing' (Evening Standard).

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  And the Prophet Said - Kahlil...

  Kahlil Gibran

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  Newly discovered writings from the author of the classic bestseller, The ProphetAnd the Prophet Said is a new complete gift edition of Gibran's classic text with over 150 newly discovered poems, aphorisms, and epigrams. Originally published in 1923 by Knopf, The Prophet is a teaching fable that has been cherished by millions for nearly 100 years.  It is a book of wisdom that to live, provides guidance for readers on how to live a life imbued with meaning and purpose. He explores all of life's important issues--including love, marriage, the human condition, friendship, prayer, beauty, death, and much more.What makes this edition of The Prophet especially exciting is the inclusion of newly discovered Gibran material. In 2017, Dalton Hilu Einhorn gained access to the Gibran/Haskell archives at the University of North Carolina. Buried among this treasure trove of papers, he discovered over 150 of Kahlil Gibran poems, aphorisms, and sayings that had never been published.Here is classic Gibran wisdom and inspiration that leads readers to contemplate love, beauty, mortality, and meaning. The words have an immediacy and depth that will appeal to the millions who have read The Prophet.

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  Short Story Press Presents Poor...

  Short Story Press, Robert Porter

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  Poor Choices is a short story about an intelligent man named Dan who works retail. Dan has a lot of talents and a good education, but he is prone to making bad choices that keep him from really having the type of life that he wants. He works at a company called Game Swap, which is a used video game store not unlike ones you see in the mini-malls across America. The story takes real life inspiration from working at a video game retail store and all the annoyances that come from working within that corporate structure. The focal point of the story isn’t retail life itself though, but more the feelings of the main character Dan. 
  There are many people who can relate to the type of character Dan is. He feels like he can do so much more with his life, but the worries over paying the bills and making sure things stay normal keep him within this box. He is much like many twenty-something’s who are trying to find their place in the world and figure out exactly where they want to end up. Dan wants to answer all the question marks about his future, but will the poor choices he is prone to making keep him from doing so? 
  Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

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  Leaves of Grass

  Walt Whitman

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  A seminal event in American literature, this nineteenth-century collection of poetry and essays celebrates nature and humanity’s place in it.Leaves of Grass is a timeless collection of poems and essays penned by influential nineteenth-century writer Walt Whitman. This profound compilation explores topics such as nature, mysticism, mortality, transcendentalism, and democracy. Inspired by personal experiences and observations, Whitman spent almost four decades piecing together the complete work, sharing societal ideals and epiphanies about life that still resonate with readers today.

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  Fifty Shades of Roses - 50 of...

  Robert Burns, Edith Nesbit,...

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  There are many things we can perhaps more easily say with flowers than with words.  And flowers can say many things to us.  So perhaps these poetic expressions of spoken words and flowery subject are a perfect match.   
   
  Many would agree that there is one flower, the rose, that embodies both the human condition, its ambitions, its sacrifices and its symbolism of devoted love that together with its own peerless self; the beauty of its perfume, its hues and colours, its shapes and forms, from rambler and climber to the stately grace of a rose bed, and, of course, its thorns, to warn that consequences carry a price. 
   
  Poets know that a rose is perhaps able to speak in many tongues on many subjects and it is therefore unsurprising that the rose is one of the great enduring symbols of the tradition in both Western and Eastern poetry.   
   
  A rose can bring a tremble of the lip, or raise the beating of a heart. They can create a mood or simplify a feeling.  Their message can be direct or nuanced but so often it is just perfect.   
   
  Our classic poets from Hafiz, D H Lawrence, Robert Burns and Shakespeare, along with very many others, explore this beautiful living symbol with their exquisite lines and verse. 
   
  1 - Fifty Shades of Roses - An Introduction 
  2 - The Year of the Rose by Algernon Charles Swinburne 
  3 - A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns 
  4 - Rosa Rosarum by Agnes Mary Frances Robinson 
  5 - Venus in the Garden by James Weldon Johnson 
  6 - A White Rose by John Boyle O'Reilly 
  7 - Rosa Mundi by Arthur Symons 
  8 - Rose of All the World by D H Lawrence 
  9 - To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick 
  10 - Go Lovely Rose by Edmund Waller 
  11 - To Roses in the Bosom of Castara by William Habington 
  12 - Gloire de Dijon by D H Lawrence 
  13 - Sonnet 130 - My Mistress' Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun by William Shakespeare 
  14 - Sonnet 109 - O! Never Say That I Was False of Heart by William Shakespeare 
  15 - My Rose by Hildegarde Hawthorn 
  16 - A Ballad of Dreamland by Algernon Charles Swinburne 
  17 - Roses of a Dream by Damon Runyon 
  18 - Sonnet 54 - O! How Much More Doth Beauty Beauteous Seem by William Shakespeare 
  19 - Sonnet 99 - The Forward Violet Thus Did I Chide by William Shakespeare 
  20 - In an Eastern Rosegarden by Pirani Ameena Begum 
  21 - Early Apollo by Rainer Maria Rilke 
  22 - No Rose That in a Garden Ever Grew by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  23 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats 
  24 - The Rose by John Cournos 
  25 - Where Roses Would Not Dare to Go by Emily Dickinson 
  26 - Amid the Roses by Alice Dunbar Nelson 
  27 - How Did the Rose by Hafiz 
  28 - A Flower Given to My Daughter by James Joyce 
  29 - To a Friend Who Sent Me Roses by John Keats 
  30 - The Sweets of the Rose  by Hafiz 
  31 - A Rose by Sir Richard Fanshawe 
  32 - The Rose Has Flushed Red by Hafiz 
  33 - London Roses by Willa Silbert Cather 
  34 - Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies 
  35 - A Wild Rose by Alfred Austin 
  36 - June by Francis Ledwidge 
  37 - Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore 
  38 - Virtue by George Herbert 
  39 - Summer in England, 1914 by Alice Meynell 
  40 - The Rose Has Left the Garden by Richard Le Gallienne 
  41 - Summer is Ended by Christina Rossetti 
  42 - Written in September, 1804 by Christian Milne 
  43 - Love in Autumn by Sara Teasdale 
  44 - September by George Arnold 
  45 - An October Garden by Christina Georgina Rossetti 
  46 - Winter Evening Hymn to My Fire by James Russell Lowell 
  47 - My Winter Rose by Alfred Austin 
  48 - Winter by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  49 - The December Rose by Edith Nesbit 
  50 - Winter Sunset by Katharine

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  Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey

  Homer Homer

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  "Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.” – The OdysseyExperience the stunning Greek poetry of Homer in this collection of his two major works: The Iliad and The Odyssey. These epic poems are beloved for their presentation of Greek history and belief systems, their strong theming and lessons on Greek virtues, and their continued influence on the literary canon.The Iliad –In the final days of the long-fought Trojan War, the Greek gods begin to interfere with the events of the war. When plagues strike the Achaean army, the fierce leader Achilles uses his connections with the gods to further interfere, which begins a series of events that leads to death and destruction on both sides of the war. This dramatic poem is a commentary on human folly and hubris, while also an in-depth explanation of the warfare styles of the time and a representation of the Greek views on the interference of gods in major historical events.The Odyssey –Following the events of The Iliad, Odysseus begins a journey to return to his home of Ithaca after being away for a decade due to angering Poseidon, the god of the sea. After sneaking away from Poseidon, he embarks on a years-long voyage home during which he is captured and circumvented by earthly and godly foes alike. His journey home is slow and full of turmoil and adventure. Themes in this poem include hospitality, predetermined fate and omens, journeying home, and wandering as a test of faith and resilience.

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