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  The Unreturning (NHB Modern Plays)

  Anna Jordan

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  A Northern British coastal town. Three young men are coming home from war.
  Their stories, set at different times over a hundred years, are beautifully interwoven in Anna Jordan's The Unreturning, a play that explores the profound effect that war has on young people's lives, and asks – what does coming home really mean? What is home? And when experience has shattered you into a million pieces, will home help to put you together again, or treat you as an ugly truth it does not want to confront?
  The Unreturning was premiered at Theatre Royal Plymouth in September 2018, in a co-production between Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth, before touring the UK.

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  The Ghosts of Piccadilly

  G. S. Street

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  Nothing spooky or supernatural, but a very personal gathering of gossip, letters, and fragments of biography of famous people who have lived in Piccadilly (in London, England) ... and of some of the buildings, now long gone."If any part of any city deserves a book to itself, it is Piccadilly. We shall stand before some house in the hours when the traffic is stilled, and I shall tell of its history, of the men and women who dwelt there, and talked and loved and gambled and lived and died. I shall follow the lines of my temperament and tastes rather than those of completeness and impartiality: it is likely that I shall be voluble about Byron and reticent about Macaulay."(From the preface)

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  Carla

  Carla Woodburn

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  In this book you will find a collection of Carla's poetry written over a lifetime up until now.
  This book of poetry has been a labour of love. The collection is an expression of love, lust, reality and surrealism, written from the heart.
  The poems are a direct result of the way Carla Woodburn views life and expresses the situations around her. Inspiration is taken from everyday occurrences and Carla likes to think she's used alchemy to transform these situations into a beautiful collection of poetry hailing from Scotland.
  A joyful and funny collection of poetry that can be enjoyed by adults and poetry lovers around the globe. This collection is a lifetime's work of Carla's and is lovingly dedicated to Carla's family.

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  Rendang

  Will Harris

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  A rising star British poet’s debut collection is “a playful and insightful exploration of contemporary notions of self and society” (The Guardian).   Using long poems, ekphrasis, and ruptured forms, RENDANG is a startling new take on the self, and how an identity is constructed. Drawing on his Anglo-Indonesian heritage, Will Harris shows us new ways to think about the contradictions of identity and cultural memory. He creates companions that speak to us in multiple languages. They deftly ask us to consider how and what we look at, as well as what we don't look at and why. It is intellectual and accessible, moving and experimental, and combines a linguistic innovation with a deep emotional rooting.   “Harris offers an urgent and moving exploration of cultural identity and legacy . . . made all the richer by its unique narrative structure and playful attention to sound.” —Publishers Weekly   “A heartfelt reflection of how it feels to fall between different cultures, languages and places.” ―i-D Magazine   “Brims with soul, acuity and playfulness.” ―Financial Times   “It's the debut of the year.” —Sunday Times   “RENDANG is a wonder, and we are lucky to have it.” ―Poetry London   “Will Harris takes British poetry into new waters: RENDANG is an astonishing debut. . . . Many are heart-stopping: the kind of poem that makes you put down the book for a while just to breathe.” ―Sarah Howe, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize  

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  His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "The Dying Detective" sees the great Holmes brought low by a fatal illness and refusing even Dr Watson's medical care. "The Bruce-Partington Plans" is a case of national importance, not least for the introduction of Mycroft Holmes. It also contains the quintessential Holmes line "whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.""The Devil's Foot" is what happens when the great sleuth and his doctor attempt to go on a restful holiday. "His Last Bow" is the last ever Sherlock Holmes story, about his war service and undercover spy experiences. These and other classic Holmes and Watson stories are here brought to life by a dramatic cast of voices, so sit back and let the mysteries unfold! (Summary by Beth Thomas) Dr. John Watson (Narrator), read by Cori Samuel 
  Sherlock Holmes, read by Beth Thomas 
  Inspector Lestrade, read by Natalie Paula 
  Additional Narration: Shakira Searle 
  Other featured voices: azureblue, James Callaghan, ablestonebridge, Norman Elfer, Brian Mansi, Teresa Bauman, Frances Brown, K. Cotter, MaryAnn, Arnaldo Machado, Levi Throckmorton, Etel Buss, Eden Rea-Hedrick, ToddHW, Rapunzelina, Jeanie, David Olson, Adam, TriciaG, Julia Niedermaier, P. J. Morgan 
   
  Audio edited by: Adele de PignerollesAdditional editing by: Piotr Nater

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  Where Sat the Lovers (NHB Modern...

  Theatre Malaprop, Carys D. Coburn

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  Imagine you're scared for your adult sibling. They're on the brink and you want to keep them safe. You think they're mentally ill but they think they're just leftwing.
  To make the right choices together you'll need to know the right things. The big question: how do you know if you know the right things?
  Where Sat The Lovers is about codes, hallucinations, Isaac Newton, war crimes, seeing meaning where there's none and vice versa. It's about facing an overwhelming world and trying to make sense of it all.
  Created by Carys D. Coburn with MALAPROP Theatre, it was first staged at Project Arts Centre, Dublin, as part of the 2021 Dublin Fringe Festival, directed by Claire O'Reilly.

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