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  Flights & Sink: Two Plays (NHB...

  John O'Donovan

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  Two plays about contemporary life in Ireland, from award-winning writer John O'Donovan.
  On the outskirts of Ennis, on a dark and stormy night, three men gather for the anniversary of a childhood friend, killed in a road accident when they were seventeen. Expecting a crowd and tearing into the cans, the three slowly realise they're the only ones coming. As they drink to their uncertain futures – and their receding youth – they're forced to face up to the ghost that has held them together.
  Flights is a haunting and funny play about bereavement, brotherhood and breaking away from your past. It premiered in 2020 at glór in Ennis before transferring to Dublin and London, directed by Thomas Martin.
  Sink is a play of two voices for one actor, about memory, catastrophe and sacrifice. Bríd's coming home to convalesce after drying out in rehab. Ciara's headed west too, investigating a potential archaeological site on a parched area of bogland. But as the countryside swelters in a heatwave, the pair find peace elusive. How will Bríd cope in her old haunts? How will Ciara confront a past she thought forgotten? And will they unearth the hidden truth that binds them together?
  Sink premiered at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2019, directed by Thomas Martin.
  'O'Donovan is a gifted writer, the lines curl about each other with elegance and depth' - Irish Independent on Sink

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  There is a War (NHB Modern Plays)

  Tom Basden

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  A miniature epic that explores the mad savagery of war with biting black comedy, and takes us into the dark heart of a strange and surreal conflict.
  As soldiers, priests and scavengers roam a battle-scorched landscape, a young medical officer finds herself abandoned and useless, unable to locate the hospital or even the war she was promised.
  'surreal comic fizz... Brechtian epic rewritten with droll bite' - Independent
  'a sharp satire with an irresistibly silly strain... zany humour and inspired wordplay' - Financial Times
  'Surreally humorous, and perceptive about the mindlessness of conflict' - Evening Standard

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  Thrown (NHB Modern Plays)

  Nat McCleary

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  Five wildly different women gather in the muddy fields of the Highland Games circuit to compete in the obscure art of Backhold Wrestling. Can bold beginners Imogen, Chantelle, Jo, Pamela and Helen transform themselves into a team and win the championship? Or will their differences sabotage them, and send them face-planting into the mud?
  The pearls are off, influencer videos posted and 'Gucci' bags from the Barras Market set aside. This is it. Hold on tight.
  A poignant, dynamic exploration of belonging and identity, Nat McCleary's play Thrown opened in 2023 at Victoria Hall, Dunblane, directed by Johnny McKnight, before embarking on a Scottish tour which culminated in a run at the Traverse Theatre, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.

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  Dream Fish Floating

  Karlo Mila

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  Professor Konai Helu Thaman (Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, and UNESCO Chair in teacher education &; culture - The University of the South Pacific) says this about the collection: This is a refreshing and welcome addition to the growing list of women's writing in Oceania. Karlo draws wisdom and compassion from her ancestral cultures but is not constrained by them. Honest and unafraid, she has spread her net wide in order to capture the many concerns that many people are grappling with as they face the realities of a globalised and impersonal world. Written with passion, persistence and sensitivity, her poems are insightful, challenging and sometimes provocative. This book should inspire others, especially women, to share their experiences with the rest of the world.

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  Chinese Classic Tales Vol 1 -...

  Innofinitimo Media

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  This is the first volume of a series of three Chinese Classic Tales audiobooks. The audiobook series contains the following six titles:Bamboo and the Temple TurtleThe Cave of the BeastsThe Shapeshifter PantherTalking FishThe Golden NuggetThe Silver Fox 
  In this volume, we are giving away the two popular Chinese classic tales, “Bamboo and the Temple Turtle” and “The Cave of the Beasts”. We’re sure you’ll enjoy this volume. Please listen to this brief sample of one of the stories to help you decide whether the audiobook is for you… 
  Listening to audio story books helps develop creativity and imagination in kids. It is better than indulge in TV or video games. This resource is suitable for the entire family, including kids of all ages, including teens. 
  All of our titles are available in major online book stores and libraries. Don’t wait any longer. Get the full audiobook now!

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  Short Poetry Collection 142

  Various Various

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  This is a collection of 23 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2015.Two poems of medium length in this collection:#04 "Copernicus" (13:38) is from the volume "Watchers of the Sky" by Alfred Noyes.#12 "A Joyful Meditation of the Coronation of King Henry the Eighth" (14:12). The original text was published as an eight-page pamphlet. In the surviving copy, the bottoms of the pages have been cropped. A total of three lines are therefore missing, and a further three have been reconstructed from their surviving portions. The html version of the poem shows these reconstructions. This poem has been read using modern English pronunciation. Some words have no modern equivalent, including such words as encensing, entenderment, soote, boote, withouten, inuentions, contrarious, and minnish which is short for dimminish.Emyspery = hemisphere.Quayre (quire) = an eight-page printed booklet.Tene = harm, injury or hurt.Rother = rudderThe "monk of bery" was John Lydgate of Bury St. Edmunds (c. 1370 - c. 1451) a monk and poet.

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