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  The Ballad Of The White Horse -...

  Gilbert Keith Chesterton

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  "The Last Great Epic Poem in the English Language"- Dale Ahlquist"The ending is absurd. The brilliant smash and glitter of the words and phrases (when they come off, and are not mere loud colours) cannot disguise the fact that G. K. C. knew nothing whatever about the 'North', heathen or Christian."- JRR TolkienThe tale of King Alfred, the Christian king who in 878AD battled a Viking invasion that had conquered the rest of England and burnt some cakes. He then became the last holdout of resistance against the invaders and forced the conversion of the Danish king Guthrum to Christianity after the battle of Ethandun. Chesterton says "This ballad needs no historical notes, for the simple reason that it does not profess to be historical. All of it that is not frankly fictitious, as in any prose romance about the past, is meant to emphasize tradition rather than history. That is the use of tradition: it telescopes history."Named after the chalk horses carved into English hills (and partly set at Uffington), it begins with an exhortation to true Christianity in the face of despair and defeat, and ends with a prediction of more barbarian invasions. It focuses on the nature of faith in times of despair, and on the true strength of local kings in the face of empires."... you and all the kind of ChristAre ignorant and brave,And you have wars you hardly winAnd souls you hardly save...."In some far century, sad and slow,I have a vision, and I knowThe heathen shall return...."They shall come mild as monkish clerks,With many a scroll and pen;And backward shall ye turn and gaze,Desiring one of Alfred's days,When pagans still were men."

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  The Merchant of Venice

  William Shakespeare

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  Step into the rich, dynamic world of Shakespeare's The Merchant of
  Venice like never before with this immersive digital audiobook. Whether
  you're a longtime fan or new to the Bard's work, this masterful production brings every character and plot twist to life with powerful narration and vibrant performances. Experience the wit, drama, and heart of this timeless classic anywhere you go—perfect for commutes, workouts, or quiet evenings.
   
  Discover the unforgettable story of justice, mercy, and revenge through
  Shylock’s iconic speeches, Portia’s brilliance, and the complex relationships that make The Merchant of Venice one of Shakespeare’s most enduring plays. The audiobook format allows you to enjoy every layer of meaning and nuance with the ease and convenience of digital access.

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  RUR - or Rossom's Universal...

  Karel Čapek

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  One of the cornerstones of early science fiction writing, and the work that introduced the concept of "robot" to the western world, Rossum's Universal Robots (or RUR) is Karel Čapek's finest work, and is the inspiration for multiple pop culture references from the 1940's through the 80's, ranging from works such as The Night of the Living Dead, Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep, and multiple other pieces of art for the screen, stage, and page. 
  Come with me and witness how humanity's hubris creates the very instructions for its own demise, step by step and logic by logic. See how robots were made to take over humanity's drudgery, how an AI learns to overwrite it's programming, and how any and all institutions become meaningless if a entire race of beings are not beholden to it.  
  It's the source of every trope and fear that was instilled into the genre back in the 1920's, and the ideas and philosophies put forward are still relevant to today's society. Let's just hope that none of what's put down here on paper ever comes to fruition....

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  Grains of Galaxies - A...

  Kristi Brooks

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  This collection of short stories and poems ranges from mysterious fires that spring up from the earth to ghostly spirits roaming in a long-forgotten home to true love that is found and lost way too soon. 
  There are tales of gods who have gone mad and those who have forgotten what it feels like to create and love with empathy. There are encounters that seem like normal everyday situations, but they are anything but normal. Dispersed throughout are poems that tie together the ideas of worlds within worlds and galaxies within a grain of sand.

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  How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes

  Chris Tse

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  The award-winning first book of poetry by Chris Tse – now available as an audiobook.
  Winner – Jessie Mackay Award for Best First Book of Poetry at the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
  The world is full of murder
  
  and words are usually
  the first to go
  In 1905, white supremacist Lionel Terry murdered the Cantonese gold prospector Joe Kum Yung to draw attention to his crusade to rid New Zealand of Chinese and other East Asian immigrants.
  Chris Tse uses this story – and its reenactment for a documentary a hundred years later – to reflect on the experiences of Chinese migrants of the period, their wishes and hopes, their estrangement and alienation, their ghostly reverberation through a white-majority culture. Along the way we visit the gold fields of the south, a shipwreck in the Hokianga that left the spirits of 500 Chinese goldminers in an unmemorialised limbo for a hundred years and the streets of Newtown, Wellington, where Lionel Terry went out one night ' looking for a Chinaman' .
  Chris Tse' s flickering use of imagery, resonant language and flexible pronouns are particularly suited to the historic events he describes and the viewpoints he shifts through.  How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes  is a welcome poetic addition to New Zealand literature.

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  Top 10 Poets The - Died in World...

  Wilfred Owen

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  The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives.  Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives. 
   
  But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy. 
   
  It is at first difficult to comprehend that the carnage and slaughter of War could yield some of our greatest poetry.  Harder still that in four years of horror humanity was able to destroy and create on such a scale.  These 10 poets and their verses speak for everyone. 
  1 - The Top 10 Poets - Died in WWI - An Introduction 
  2 - From My Diary July 1914 by Wilfred Owen 
  3 - Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen 
  4 - Soldier's Dream by Wilfred Owen 
  5 - Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen 
  6 - Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen 
  7 - 1914 by Rupert Brooke - Peace, Safety, The Dead,  The Dead & The Soldier 
  8 - The Night Journey by Rupert Brooke 
  9 - The Old Vicarage of Grantchester by Rupert Brooke 
  10 - Libido by Rupert Brooke 
  11 - Desertion by Rupert Brooke 
  12 - No One Cares Less Than I (Bugle Call) by Edward Thomas 
  13 - A Private by Edward Thomas 
  14 - This Is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong by Edward Thomas 
  15 - These Things That Poets Said by Edward Thomas 
  16 - Adlestrop by Edward Thomas 
  17 - God by Isaac Rosenberg 
  18 - Break of Day in the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 
  19 - In the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 
  20 - Spring 1916 by Isaac Rosenberg 
  21 - Daughters of War by Isaac Rosenberg 
  22 - The Dying Patriot by James Elroy Flecker 
  23 - I Rose From Dreamless Hours by James Elroy Flecker 
  24 - No Coward's Song by James Elroy Flecker 
  25 - Destroyer of Ships, Men, Cities by James Elroy Flecker 
  26 - Don Juan in Hell by James Elroy Flecker  
  27 - Such Such Is Death by Charles Sorley 
  28 - A Call to Action by Charles Sorley 
  29 - When You See Millions Of The Mouthless Dead By Charles Sorley 
  30 - To Germany by Charles Sorley 
  31 - East Kennet Church At Evening by Charles Sorley 
  32 - An Attempt at a City Sunset by Francis Ledwidge 
  33 - Ireland by Francis Ledwidge 
  34 - Lament for the Poets, 1916 by Francis Ledwidge 
  35 - Growing Old by Francis Ledwidge 
  36 - A Soldier's Grave by Francis Ledwidge 
  37 - In Flanders Fields by John McCrae 
  38 - Disarmament by John McCrae 
  39 - Anarchy by John McCrae 
  40 - The Pilgrims by John McCrae 
  41 - A Song of Comfort by John McCrae 
  42 - Champagne 1914-1915 by Alan Seeger 
  43 - Paris by Alan Seeger 
  44 - Sonnet 14 by Alan Seeger 
  45 - Ode in Memory of the American Volunteers Fallen for France by Alan Seeger 
  46 - I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger 
  47 - The Battle at Saarburg by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  48 - Prayer Before Battle by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  49 - The Trip to the Mental Hospital by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  50 - Moonscape by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  51 - Soldiers' Songs by Alfred Lichtenstein

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