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  Short Story Press Presents...

  Short Story Press, Tara Mitchell

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  Benji's Books is the tale of a young man who hates school and reading. He seeks refuge in a library to get out of a terrible storm. There he encounters a woman who would change his way of thinking and his life forever. 
  Elsa, the Librarian, asks Benji to lend her a hand in putting books away. They immediately establish a strong connection and forge a lasting friendship. She encourages him to read from the subjects and topics he enjoys. She prompts him to follow his desires. Benji soon learns there is a vast world in front of him to make of, what he wishes. He gains confidence to make decisions for himself concerning his education and future. 
  Benji and Elsa discuss the adventures they find in books, they spend long hours debating current events. Elsa helps Benji improve his grades as he progresses through high school. He takes an apprenticeship position at the library in his last two years of high school. 
  Together they study for college aptitude testing. When the time finally comes Elsa helps Benji work through the college and scholarship application processes. 
  Their friendship helps to keep Benji focused on academics, and looking to the future. He continues his education, graduating from college, but working every summer in the library with his friend Elsa. 
  Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

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  Tamburlaine the Great Part 1

  Christopher Marlowe

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  Tamburlaine the Great is the name of a play in two parts by Christopher Marlowe. It is loosely based on the life of the Central Asian emperor, Timur 'the lame'. Written in 1587 or 1588, the play is a milestone in Elizabethan public drama; it marks a turning away from the clumsy language and loose plotting of the earlier Tudor dramatists, and a new interest in fresh and vivid language, memorable action, and intellectual complexity. Along with Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, it may be considered the first popular success of London's public stage.Marlowe, generally considered the greatest of the University Wits, influenced playwrights well into the Jacobean period, and echoes of Tamburlaine's bombast and ambition can be found in English plays all the way to the Puritan closing of the theaters in 1642. While Tamburlaine is considered inferior to the great tragedies of the late-Elizabethan and early-Jacobean period, its significance in creating a stock of themes and, especially, in demonstrating the potential of blank verse in drama, are still acknowledged.  (Summary by Wikipedia) 
   
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  Prologue, Dramatis Personae, GOVERNOR OF DAMASCUS: Martin GeesonMYCETES, king of Persia; MAGNETES, Median lord; CAPOLIN, an Egyptian; A BASSO; ATTENDANT: Algy PugCOSROE, his brother: Bruce PirieMEANDER, Persian lord: David RichardsonTHERIDAMAS, Persian lord: Timothy FergusonORTYGIUS, Persian lord: sparks0314CENEUS, Persian lord: DerekPMENAPHON, Persian lord: AlanTAMBURLAINE, a Scythian shepherd: David GoldfarbTECHELLES, follower of Tamburlaine: ReadalotUSUMCASANE, follower of Tamburlaine: Nigel BoydellBAJAZETH, emperor of the Turks: bishKING OF FEZ; KING OF MOROCCO; SOLDAN OF EGYPT; AGYDAS, Median lord: Marty KrisKING OF ARGIER: JafbadoKING OF ARABIA: Robert ScheidPHILEMUS, a spy: Sarah CramptonZENOCRATE, daughter to the Soldan of Egypt: Sandra GANIPPE, her maid: AvailleZABINA, wife to BAJAZETH: Amy GramourEBEA, her maid: ChyAnne DonnellFIRST VIRGIN, VIRGINS: Elizabeth KlettSECOND VIRGIN, VIRGINS: Arielle LipshawNarrator: Tina Nuzzi

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  American Appetites

  Joyce Carol Oates, Nick Olcott

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  L.A. Theatre Works presents the exclusive dramatization of Joyce Carol Oates’ best-selling novel. In American Appetites, the façade of an affluent suburban couple crumbles under the weight of tragedy and scandal. When Ian McCullough accidentally pushes his wife through a plate glass window during an argument, the American dream turns into a nightmare. A sophisticated, witty and chilling tale.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Lisa Akey, Keith Carradine, Alastair Duncan, Paul Eiding, Anna Gunn, Dan Lauria, Jean Louisa Kelly, Frank Muller, B.J. Ward, Elizabeth Ward Land, Liza Weil and Tegan West.

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  To My Grandmother

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you four different recordings of To My Grandmother, by Frederick Locker-Lampson, in honor of Grandparents' Day. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 10th, 2006.

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  Down the Line

  Pam Ayres

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  After a forty+ years career, and ten years on since Pam Ayres’ last live recordings were released on CD, Pam’s latest audiobook brings together two recent live recordings of her solo stage shows, one at London’s Cadogan Hall, and the other at the Regent Centre, Christchurch, which was recorded in 2019.  Pam introduces each recording, and then as a bonus, reads many of her poems which have not been previously recorded, from her two most recent books, You Made Me Late Again and Up In The Attic. With poems such as "My Mother Was Right About You", "Geriatric Juliet", "Poor Old Father Christmas", and "The Hat From Hell", blending Pam’s characteristically sharp wit with her warm, comic observations on everyday life, this hilariously funny collection is a must have for seasoned fans and first time listeners alike.   It also includes some of Pam’s more reflective poems including the title poem, "Down the Line", which she wrote for the 100th Anniversary of the end of the First World War.

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  Mermaid (NHB Modern Plays)

  Polly Teale

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  A bold reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's tale of love, loss and desire, transported to a contemporary setting.
  Beneath the ocean's waves there is no death or pain or separation. Above, the modern world is beset with war, poverty and desire.
  On her sixteenth birthday, a mermaid rises up to the surface, leaving her childhood behind for ever when she falls in love with a mortal prince. She knows that she can no longer live at the bottom of the ocean - but must she destroy herself in order to be loved?
  Polly Teale's Mermaid was first performed by Shared Experience and Nottingham Playhouse on a UK tour in 2015.
  'wonderfully atmospheric' Whatsonstage.com
  'an enchanting fairy story brought splashing into present-day, superbly woven around a highly descriptive text' The Public Reviews

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