Maison d'édition: Poets Choice
Colors are such a crucial part of our lives, and yet, we barely tend to realize how much they influence, our day-to-day affairs. Look around you; then, imagine your world being colorless. Make note of all the hues predominant in your surroundings. How do they make you feel at the core of your existence? Do they establish a connection?
On the surface, Michael and Cheryl have it all: a posh new home in suburban Belfast, good jobs, 2.4 pets. But things take a sinister turn when, living opposite a bonfire site, they unwittingly become the targets of a hate campaign involving missing animals, graffiti and explosions… Gary Mitchell's play Burnt Out is a blackly comic psychological thriller exposing the darker side of suburban life. It was first performed in 2023 at the Lyric Theatre Belfast, as part of the Belfast International Arts Festival. Gary Mitchell is a British playwright based in Northern Ireland. His plays, many of them political thrillers about contemporary life in Belfast, have been widely performed, and he has been called 'Northern Ireland's greatest playwright' (Guardian). 'His writing has the blazing conviction of lived experience combined with an unfashionable relish for strong plots. His best work has a stomach-churning intensity'Daily TelegraphVoir livre
An ode to love: The greatest of life's afflictions. Stupid Boy Syndrome: 28 Poems on Love, Lust and Loss is a queer-perspective poetry chapbook on the themes of love and loss, friendship and fall-outs, sex and seduction. At once heartfelt and whimsical, frivolous and mournful, Stupid Boy Syndrome takes readers on a whirlwind trip through the many ways that love enriches our lives. From the biting ache for the boy that got away, to the skin-tingling thrill of locking eyes across a room, to the soul-tearing battle between logic and lust.Voir livre
Praised for the exquisite refinement of her lyric poetry, Sara Teasdale's Flame and Shadow has been a favorite since it was first published in 1920. Although Sara Teasdale won the Pulitzer Prize for her book Love Songs in 1918, Flame and Shadow is considered to be one of her best works. Her insightful poems sing with her reverence for nature and beauty, her philosophy of love and loss. copyright 2021 (P) alenbeebooks AnnaLisa Bodtker is the narrator of the popular audiobooks The Rainbow and the Rose by Edith Nesbit, and With Trumpet and Drum by Eugene Field. Cover Image: Sunset at Tewaukoa National Wildlife Refuge by Al Sapa, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.Voir livre
A family torn apart by conflict.An uprising of deadly magnitude.A nation altered forever.Inspired by actual events, Siciliana is the harrowing tale of a young woman’s courage in the face of unthinkable turmoil.In 1282 AD, the Kingdom of Sicily is under the rule of a tyrannical French king and subject to his brutal Angevin army. Daily acts of violence and persecution are commonplace in a once-prosperous realm.For twenty-year-old Aetna Vespiri, daughter of a revered Sicilian knight, survival has become second nature. As a child, she witnessed the destruction of her family’s vineyard by Angevin soldiers and spent the next decade learning the tenets of stiletto-blade combat.Years later in Palermo, as the evening bells toll for Vespers, Aetna fends off a nefarious sergeant and sparks an uprising against the Angevin occupation. Now, standing at the forefront of an accelerating people’s rebellion, Aetna finds herself fighting not only for a nation she believes in but also for the meaning of family. In her darkest hour, this dauntless Sicilian woman steps out of obscurity and into the pages of history.The legend of Siciliana is born.Set amid bustling Arab markets and brooding Norman fortresses, Siciliana will envelop readers in the sights, sounds, and dangers lurking around every corner of medieval Sicily.Voir livre
One of Ernest Hemingway’s first published works, these are short stories and poems about life, love, loss and heartache. The three stories include Up In Michigan, Out Of Season and My Old Man. The ten poems included in this book are:MitraigliatriceOklahomaOily WeatherRooseveltCaptivesChamps d’HonneurRiparto d’AssaltoMontparnasseAlong With YouthChapter Heading Originally published by Ernest Hemingway in 1923.Voir livre
Michael Rose observes the world with a passionate and playful eye, bringing the everyday to life. Whether drawing on his family history, his personal love story, the Scottish coastline, or the vocabulary of modern food criticism, what underpins his sharp observations is affection. Both social commentary and documentary, his poems address the heart and mind.Voir livre
