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  Walden - The Original Manuscript

  Henry David Thoreau

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  "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me the truth. 
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  "If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be." 
   
  "As if you could kill time without injuring eternity." 
   
  Walden was published in 1854 by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, a social experiment, a voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and—to some degree—a manual for self-reliance. 
   
  Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. A true audiobook treasure!

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  The Maladies (NHB Modern Plays)

  Carmen Nasr

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  1508. France. A woman dances compulsively – and soon hundreds join her.
  1962. Tanzania. A schoolgirl's laughing fit spreads from village to village.
  2011. USA. Cheerleaders are overcome by uncontrollable twitching.
  2023. London. A group of women suddenly lose the ability to speak – and no one can figure out why. The team at an all-female podcast decide to investigate and end up on a journey of discovery, uncovering more than they bargained for.
  The Maladies by Carmen Nasr is a powerful, provocative play, offering rich material for schools, colleges and youth theatres, particularly those looking for leading roles for young women. It was devised with the Almeida Young Company, directed by Yasmin Hafesji, and first performed at The Yard Theatre, London, in April 2022.

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  Born in the USA - Exploring...

  Paul Laurence Dunbar, Hart...

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  Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another.  Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us. 
   
  Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition and even in its more hubristic moments, the crushing triumph of an enemy. 
   
  In the volumes of this series we take a look through the prism of individual regions of the United States through the centuries and decades. 
   
  The United States may be many things: the world’s policeman, a bully, a shameless purveyor of mass market culture but it also, in its better moments, a standard bearer for truth, transparency, equality and the more positive qualities of democracy. 
   
  Little wonder that’s its poets are rightly acknowledged as wonders of their art.  Leading lights in the fight against slavery and for equality, even if the rest of the Nation is finding it problematic to catch up.   
   
  The great state of Ohio, also known as the “Buckeye State” is a bell-weather state in most elections, famed for its history, manufacturing prowess and its contribution to the union in the arts and culture.  Times in the rust belt have undeniably turned harder buts its poetic history continues to illuminate with verse from such mighty pens as Paul Laurence Dunbar, Ambrose Bierce, Hart Crane and Alice Cary.  Genius in every name.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Heartbreak -...

  Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson,...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
   
  1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  Heartbreak 
  2 - Helas! by Oscar Wilde 
  3 - A Poor Torn Heart, a Tattered Heart by Emily Dickinson 
  4 - I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling 
  5 - Loves Lies Bleeding by Algernon Charles Swinburne 
  6 - Ebb by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  7 - My Own Heart, Let Me Have More, Have Pity by Gerard Manley Hopkins 
  8 - My Heart is Lame by Charlotte Mew 
  9 - My Heart Cries by Kabir 
  10 - Sonnet 87 - Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear for My Possessing by William Shakespeare 
  11 - When We Two Parted by Lord Byron 
  12 - We Parted in Silence by Isabella Valancy Crawford 
  13 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

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  Life is a long journey

  Kavya, Rody

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  Story telling of Life is a long journey

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  Takeaway

  Nathan Powell

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  'We have to keep up with the times. We're a business, not a soup kitchen, we might be busy but we're basically giving the food away for free.'
  Hyltons' Caribbean takeaway is a much-loved restaurant in the heart of Liverpool. Built by Carol and her late husband into a bustling hub with a mouth-watering menu, it serves great food with a huge side-order of love.
  But in a world of delivery apps, street-food markets and gourmet curry goat, the old ways are changing. Liverpool is changing too, with a luxury apartment block about to be built over a local playing field. Anger is rising, nobody can agree on anything any more, and things are getting spicy...
  A feast of big laughs, family tensions and delicious food, Nathan Powell's play Takeaway premiered at Liverpool Everyman in 2025, directed by Amanda Huxtable.

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