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  My Teacher Fried My Brains -...

  Bruce Coville

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  Brains are sizzling in the seventh grade...The first day of seventh grade is probably the worst day of Duncan Dougal's life. He knows that things are really bad when he finds an alien's hand in a Dumpster and then gets plugged into an alien brain fryer!Can Duncan find out which of the four new teachers in his school is an alien before his brains get fried to a pulp—or before the aliens try to fry the whole planet?Starring Ayre Gross as Duncan Dougal.Directed by Pam Fraser Solomon.

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  Stories (NHB Modern Plays)

  Nina Raine

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  How do you have a baby when you're thirty-nine and single?
  You decide. But what happens next?
  The story, like a child, has a life of its own. The story becomes stories…
  A funny and touching play about the fertilisation of an idea, Nina Raine's Stories premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2018.

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  Tapped (NHB Modern Plays)

  Katie Redford

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  Gavi wants to inspire his community. Which is tricky when everyone wants to just stay at home and watch Bake Off. But, determined to succeed, he starts hosting amateur motivational meetings from his garage.
  With the help of daily mantras, goal-setting and repeatedly listening to Spandau Ballet, he believes he can change lives for the better. However, when the only attendees are his two colleagues from the Co-op – bickering mother and daughter Dawn and Jen – it's not quite the enlightening experience they were all hoping for.
  Katie Redford's play Tapped is a witty and sensitive portrayal of managing mental health within a family, highlighting the barriers we put up in order to put on a brave face. It was first performed at Theatre503, London, in April 2022.
  'A play with a sweet, romantic centre... raises urgent questions about mental health... the characters tug at our heartstrings' - Guardian
  'A likeable big-hearted new seriocomedy' - The Times

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  The Forerunner & The Madman -...

  Khalil Gibran

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  Most famously known for his book The Prophet, the Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran, who has been called "the single most important influence on Arabic poetry and literature during the first half of [the twentieth] century." 
  Contained herein are two lesser known works. The Madman was the first book Kahlil published in English, and it's success was enough for The Forerunner to be released by the same publisher less than two years later.

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  The Poetry of Andrew Marvell

  Andrew Marvel

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  Andrew Marvell was born in Winestead-in-Holderness, in the East Riding of Yorkshire on March 31st, 1621. 
  He was educated at Hull Grammar School and at the age of 13, he attended Trinity College, Cambridge and eventually received his BA degree.  It is thought that in 1642 Marvell traveled in Europe and, while England was embroiled in its civil war, remained there until 1647 mastering several languages including French, Italian and Spanish. 
  Marvell turned to Cromwell’s side only belatedly during the Interregnum after the execution of Charles the I, on the 30th January 1649. His "Horatian Ode", from early 1650, laments the regicide even as it praises Oliver Cromwell's return from Ireland. 
  During 1650–52, Marvell served as tutor to the daughter of the Lord General Thomas Fairfax, who had relinquished command of the Parliamentary army to Cromwell. He continued to write poetry and probably at this time completed the classic "To His Coy Mistress". 
  He became a tutor to Cromwell’s ward, William Dutton, in 1653 whilst living at Eton. Marvell also wrote several poems in praise of Cromwell, now the Lord Protector of England. 
  In 1657, Marvell joined Milton, who by now had lost his sight, in service as Latin secretary to Cromwell's Council of State at a salary of £200 a year. Oliver Cromwell died in 1658 and was succeeded as Lord Protector by his son Richard. 
  In 1659 Marvell was elected Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Hull in the Third Protectorate Parliament and re-elected MP for Hull in 1660 for the Convention Parliament.  The monarchy was restored in 1660. Marvell managed to avoid punishment for his co-operation with republicanism, and he helped convince Charles II not to execute John Milton for his anti-monarchical writings and revolutionary activities.  In 1661 Marvell was re-elected MP for Hull in the Cavalier Parliament. He eventually came to write several long and bitterly satirical verses against the corruption of the court. They were, however, too politically sensitive and thus dangerous to be published under his name in his life-time. 
  Andrew Marvell died suddenly on August 16th, 1678, while in attendance at a popular meeting of his old constituents at Hull. His health had been remarkably good, and it was speculated that he was poisoned by political or clerical enemies. 
  He was buried in the church of St Giles in the Fields in central London.

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  Riley Farm-Rhymes

  James Whitcomb Riley

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  A reproduction of the 1905 edition of the bestselling Indiana author’s poetry collection, featuring historic farm scene illustrations by Will Vawter. 
   
  First published in 1883, this charming book includes many of James Whitcomb Riley’s signature poems, including “Thoughts fer the Discuraged Farmer” and “When the Frost Is on the Punkin.” Also graced by noted Brown County artist Will Vawter’s folksy illustrations of farm scenes from our past, this Library of Indiana Classics edition faithfully reproduces the 1905 edition. A must-have for Riley enthusiasts everywhere, it offers a warm look at how farm life was depicted over a century ago.

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