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  Macbeth

  William Shakespeare

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  ""Is this a dagger I see before me?"" 
  Features a unique cover illustration by Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are), specially commissioned for the Shakespeare on Compact Disc series.

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  Love Holds You - Poems and...

  Christine Valters Paintner

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  Love Holds You is a collection of poetry and devotions from beloved author Christine Valters Paintner. 
  
  Amid the daily grind, the pain and loss, the fears and doubts, you can lose sight of the firm bedrock of love beneath your feet. Christine weaves together reflections from her own life with her signature poems, encouraging you to find your own new path forward as you start to see the beauty and wonder all around you.  
  
   
  As Christine reflects on the moments and events that shaped her, she invites you to:  
  
  - Recognize the tangible expressions of love that can be found even in the midst of grief 
  - Reclaim hope and healing after times of turmoil  
  - Discover the strength that God gives you through the beauty of creation 
  - Nurture your inner poet, artist, and spiritual pilgrim  
  
  
  A compassionate and experienced retreat leader, Christine has cultivated a following of artists, poets, and spiritual seekers through her Abbey of the Arts, a virtual monastery and global community based in Ireland. Love Holds You is an excellent gift for friends during times of loss, life transition, or uncertainty, or simply a gift for yourself.  
  Watch the Book Trailer HERE!

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  Sinuous Heart

  Fay van Burg

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  In our timeless, fast-paced world, Sinuous Heart delves into the haunting emotional landscapes of our relationships, both romantic and platonic. This poignant poetry collection captures the essence of loneliness that often lingers in empty connections, leaving us yearning for authenticity and companionship.  
  Through vivid imagery and heartfelt language, Fay van Burg delves into the struggles of maintaining intimacy and sincerity in a time when distractions abound, and meaningful encounters are fleeting. With lines that pulse with both pain and beauty, Sinuous Heart paints a striking portrait of the heart’s journey, a whirlwind of reality where joy and sorrow exist side by side.  
  Readers will find solace in these verses, reflecting on their own emotional battles of the shared human experience when seeking connection in a disconnected world. This collection is a testament to the strength of vulnerability. The words within are an invitation to embrace the complexity of our hearts as we, as one, navigate love, loss, and everything in between.

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  Winston and the Duke - Full Cast...

  Rory Fellowes

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  They say you can’t catch a fish with a hook.  
   
  It’s 1925, a world on the cusp of change. Hitler has published Mein Kampf and Mussolini has shut down the free press in Italy. 
   
  Three friends meet on a Scottish estate for a weekend of salmon fishing and convivial conversation over brandy and cigars: Winston Churchill, future world leader, ‘Bendor’, 2nd Duke of Westminster and Coco Chanel, iconic fashion entrepreneur. The narrative develops into a visceral account interspersed with sharp and insightful humour, revealing two men whose deep friendship is divided by their profound political differences, as each of them tries to navigate an uncertain world. 
   
  And then there is Coco Chanel, also an accomplished angler and Bendor’s mistress. She enters wearing furs and exits wearing waders. 
   
  In Winston & The Duke, Rory Fellowes delivers a thought-provoking play that invites the audience to question: 
  Have we learned anything from history?Should we pay attention to past events rather than purge them for comfort’s sake?Can controversial friendships exist openly and provoke change in today’s political arena?  
   
  That is for the listener to decide. 
   
  Winston & The Duke was developed through WIN: Writers Innovative Network and was directed by Maureen Payne-Hahner.

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  Down

  Sarah Dowling

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  How can we carve private spaces from discarded publics?
     
  DOWN takes junk language – with cameos by Frank O’Hara, Frank Ocean, Aaliyah and the Temptations – and distresses it, building sonically dense poems that are caught between the poignancy and flatness of their source texts. Disorientation and defamiliarization yank fresh feeling from banal sentiments in this playful collection.
     
  ‘I’ve believed in Dowling’s poems for a long time with you. Or maybe you’re just now catching up to how the genius is working her machine on our minds? Gravity of letter in the word measured and dispensed with inimitable grace. The words are familiar, yes, but we get them again from this magnificent poet who is not going to let us just trample the smallest of them. I have tremendous respect for any poet who strives to be even half as great as Sarah Dowling.’
     
  —CAConrad
     
  ‘After all of the previous avant-garde’s perpetual rediscoveries of Gertrude Stein's formal innovations, Dowling reminds us that her best poetry was, above all, sexy. Where Dowling surpasses is in her recognition of the phatic, the emphatic, the obsessive understanding of the cultural syntax of infatuation. Everything in DOWN is palpably cloudy in its thick description: I am starstruck.’
     
  — Craig Dworkin

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  Animal

  Jon Bradfield

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  David is gay, disabled and profoundly horny. He can't eat, drink or shower by himself – or wank. Totally inexperienced, he embarks on a sexual and romantic odyssey, armed with a fierce brain, and dick pics that he has to get someone to take.
  Can he keep it casual whilst also relying on round-the-clock care? And will he manage the thrill and uncertainty of random hook-ups after a lifetime of knockbacks?
  Animal is a hilarious, challenging and heartbreaking play by Jon Bradfield, from a story by Bradfield and Josh Hepple. It won the inaugural Through the Mill Playwriting Prize, was shortlisted for the Papatango Prize, and was first performed at the Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester, and Park Theatre, London, in 2023.

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