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  The Flowers of Evil

  Charles Baudelaire

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  Loneliness, temptation, the fragility of man in a soulless new age . . . The controversial, banned masterpiece from the nineteenth-century French poet.   Sparking scandal in France, declared “an outrage to public morals” and “an offense to religious morals” by the Ministry of the Interior, The Flowers of Evil plunged Charles Baudelaire into a controversy that his public image never quite overcame. Nevertheless, the collection has since been lauded as a landmark in literary history and its writer extolled as the first modern poet.   With themes of love, world-weariness, beauty, and death, The Flowers of Evil juxtaposes the sublime with the commonplace. In the section titled “Parisian Scenes” are some of Baudelaire’s greatest poems—“The Swan,” “The Little Old Women,” and “The Seven Old Men”—which give readers an unsentimental view of the City of Light and of a bleak urban existence. As the Wall Street Journal proclaimed, “There is a sense in these angry, eructating late fragments of a man fully releasing himself to what he called ‘the joy of downward descent.’ And where Baudelaire went, modernity tended to follow.”  “The essence of a genius.” —The Guardian  “The profound originality of Charles Baudelaire is to represent powerfully and essentially modern man.” —Paul Verlaine

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  Shadow eyes

  Tanya Hilson

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  A young detective and her partner must solve a murder case involving the Mayor of Los Angeles's daughter, who is also a high-profile actress. But when Heaven's wild, newly divorced twin sister Nevaeh moves in with her, a world of sex, secrets, and deceit will be exposed to solving this case.

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  When Winston Went to War with...

  Jack Thorne

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  In May 1926, Britain grinds to a halt, as workers down tools for the General Strike.
  With the printing presses shut down, the only sources of news are the government's British Gazette, edited by Chancellor of the Exchequer Winston Churchill, and the independent, fledgling British Broadcasting Company, led by John Reith. The stage is set for a fierce battle over control of the news and who gets to define the truth.
  Jack Thorne's When Winston Went To War With The Wireless is a gripping play about the birth of a great British institution and its efforts to stay impartial. It premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in June 2023, directed by Katy Rudd, with Stephen Campbell Moore as Reith, Adrian Scarborough as Churchill, and Haydn Gwynne as Stanley Baldwin.
  'Jack Thorne never ceases to stimulate and entertain'Evening Standard

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  Reflections of Life

  E. Barrett La Mont

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  I began writing poems in my 20's. I was motivated by 18th Century poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who is a relative. My wife and I moved to Oregon a few years ago and I began writing poems once again. My latest book, Reflections of Life, is comprised of love poems to my wife, Martha and many other types of poetry. My hope is that my readers will be touched by these poems.

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  He Watched - Mekenze Walden

  Author Mekenze Walden,...

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  In the shadowed realm where life and death intertwine, an objective crow perches upon the precipice of existence. Its wings bear the weight of countless souls—both animal and human—whose final breaths echo through the void. 
  He Watched chronicles the crow’s solemn duty: to witness the unraveling of mortal threads. From the gnarled roots of ancient forests to the blood-soaked cobblestones of forgotten alleys, it observes without judgment. The grotesque and the sublime converge in a macabre ballet, each demise etched into the crow’s unyielding gaze. 
  But as the seasons turn and the moon waxes, a twist of fate awaits. The crow, once a silent observer, becomes ensnared in a web of treachery. Captured by unseen hands, it faces its own mortality—a revelation that transcends mere poetry. The boundaries blur, and the crow’s wings ache for flight beyond the ink-stained pages. 
  He Watched is a haunting tapestry woven from verses and prose, where the boundary between life and death dissolves. Prepare to be startled, unsettled, and transformed as you journey alongside the crow—a witness turned protagonist—in this enigmatic tale. 
  The crow’s secrets lie hidden within these verses. Will you dare to decipher them?

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  Fuente Ovejuna

  Lope de Vega, Adrian Mitchell

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  A cruel conqueror has captured the Spanish city of Fuente Ovejuna. As his reign of terror builds, the townspeople look within themselves to find the courage to overthrow him. The eminent Spanish playwright Lope de Vega based his best-known play on a historical incident that took place in 1476. Written in the early 17th century, the play remains a timely meditation on honor and selflessness in the face of oppression. 
    
   Recorded at the DoubleTree Guest Suites, Santa Monica in June 1993. 
    
   Directed by Robert Robinson 
   Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg 
    
   An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording starring: 
   Christine Avila as Laurencia 
   Ivonne Coll as Jacinta and Queen Isabel 
   Héctor Elizondo as Commander Fernándo Gómez de Guzmán 
   Jorge Galván as Mengo 
   Carlos Gómez as Frondoso 
   Peter A. Jacobs as Captain Flores and Master Rodrigo Téllez Girón 
   Marabina Jaimes as Pascuala 
   Jonathan Nichols as Barrildo and Cimbranos 
   Al Rodrigo as Leonelo, King Ferdinand, and Soldier 
   Ruben Sierra as Esteban  
   Sam Vlahos as Sergeant, Alonso, and Alderman  
    
   Associate Producer: Robert Robinson  
   Technical Director: Raymond Guarna  
   Second Engineer: Jim Machowsky  
   Technical Advisor: Leo del Aguila  
   Music Director: Gerald Sternbach  
   Guitar performed by Ricardo Gomez

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