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  Window into My World

  Shivani Rangole

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  Window Into My World is a medley of short stories and poems. A poetess sitting by a window in her favourite café feels inspired by all the happenings around her. When she sees people, she doesn't just see what they are doing but how they must be feeling. Each short story is a prelude to a beautiful poem inspired by someone's presence. 'Window Into My World ' is dedicated to everyone and anyone who might find themselves in my stories.

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  Far Gone (NHB Modern Plays)

  John Rwothomack

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  When Okumu's village in Northern Uganda is attacked by a guerrilla rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony, he and his brother find that their lives are changed forever.
  Far Gone is a profoundly moving play for one actor which tells the story of a young boy's journey from childhood innocence to child soldier, seen through the eyes of those that love him – and those that betray him.
  Inspired by John Rwothomack's own real-life experience of nearly being kidnapped by the LRA, the play was co-produced by Roots Mbili Theatre and Sheffield Theatres, with support from Theatre Deli, Sheffield. It premiered at the Crucible Studio, Sheffield, in 2022, directed by Mojisola Elufowoju.
  'This play is not about me, the kid who was lucky enough to escape. This play is for the hundreds of thousands who did not. For the parents whose children were either lost forever or forever changed. For the young girls who were forced to marry men old enough to be their fathers. For the brothers, sisters, cousins, nieces, nephews, sons and daughters who lost the innocence of childhood, simply for being born at an unfortunate time in an unfortunate place. For the future generations who will continue to suffer the trauma the LRA has imprinted on them, for many years to come.' John Rwothomack

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  A Woman's Voice - An Anthology...

  Hilda Twongyeirwe, Lillian...

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  A Woman's Voice is a compelling collection of twelve short stories which talk of human relationships, courage and social injustices. The collection offers a variety of readable material based on real, if sometimes controversial and provocative experiences.

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  The Time Machine: A Comedy

  John Nicholson, Steven Canny

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  When the worlds of science-fiction and science-fact collide… extraordinary things can happen.
  Dave is the great-great grandson of H.G. Wells, author of the 1895 novella The Time Machine, a book that foretold (with suspicious accuracy) the future of the human species. What if the ideas in that book weren't entirely fiction? Right now, Dave and his friends Amy and Michael must set out on a journey through time… the journey of a lifetime!
  The Time Machine: A Comedy is (very loosely) adapted from H.G. Wells by Steven Canny and John Nicholson, whose previous adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles was a hit in the West End and subsequently for numerous companies worldwide. It was first produced in 2023 on a tour of the UK, before a run at Park Theatre, London, produced by Original Theatre and directed by Orla O'Loughlin.
  Fast-paced and wise-cracking, this riotous retelling zips from the nineteenth century to the end of the world, and (with any luck) back again. It will suit any theatre company looking for a time-bending adaptation of a well-loved story – and a surefire audience-pleaser.

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  The Epic Poems Anthology : The...

  Homer Homer, Virgil Virgil,...

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  What stories shaped civilization's understanding of heroism, fate, and the soul?
  
  The Epic Poems Anthology brings together the greatest epic poems ever written—monumental works that defined cultures, inspired centuries of art, and laid the foundations of Western literature. From the battlefields of ancient Troy to the depths of the underworld and the heights of heaven, these poems explore courage, honor, destiny, love, and the eternal struggle between humanity and the divine.
  
  Featuring masterpieces such as The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and The Divine Comedy, this collection traces humanity's earliest and most powerful storytelling traditions. These epics blend myth, history, philosophy, and poetry into narratives of unforgettable scale and emotional depth.
  
  Grand, symbolic, and profoundly human, these works continue to shape literature, philosophy, and imagination across the world.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll explore:
  
  The most influential epic poems in literary history
  
  Legendary heroes, gods, journeys, and moral trials
  
  Foundations of classical mythology and Western thought
  
  A cornerstone anthology of world literature
  
  Read for study, reflection, or pure awe—The Epic Poems Anthology offers stories that have endured for thousands of years because they still speak to who we are.
  
  Begin the journey that shaped the world. Buy now and experience the greatest epics ever written.

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  May-Day and Other Pieces

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  Spring arrives with a rush of words, and Ralph Waldo Emerson stands at the threshold, pen in hand. May-Day and Other Pieces is not just a collection of poems—it is an invitation to witness the shifting tides of nature, thought, and destiny through the eyes of one of America's sharpest philosophical minds.
  From the awakening landscapes of May-Day to the untamed wilderness of The Adirondacs, Emerson moves effortlessly between the grandeur of the world and the depths of the soul. The mysticism of Brahma, the inevitability of Fate, the defiance of Freedom—each poem is a meditation, a spark meant to ignite the reader's own reflection. History echoes in the Boston Hymn, sung as the Civil War reshaped a nation, while the lyrical simplicity of My Garden and Seashore captures fleeting moments of peace amid the rush of existence.
  Yet, Emerson never lingers too long in stillness. He follows the restless course of Two Rivers, listens to the quiet solitude of Waldeinsamkeit, and faces the finality of Terminus with unwavering clarity. This is poetry that questions, poetry that endures. It is a journey through seasons, through America, through the self—one that leaves the reader standing on the shore, looking out at the vastness, changed.
  May-Day and Other Pieces is more than verse. It is a conversation with the universe, and Emerson, ever the sage, is still speaking.
  Contents
   • May-Day
   • The Adirondacs
      A Journal
      Dedicated to my Fellow Travellers IN August, 1858
  • Brahma
  • Nemesis
  • Fate
  • Freedom
  • Ode Sung in the Town Hall, Concord, July 4, 1857
  • Boston Hymn, Read in Music Hall, January 1, 1863
  • Voluntaries
  • Love and Thought
  • Una
  • Boston
  • Letters
  • Rubies
  • Merlin's Song
  • The Test
  • Solution
  • Hymn Sung at the Second Church, at the Ordination of Rev. Chandler Robbins
  • Nature I
  • Nature II
  • The Romany Girl
  • Days
  • My Garden
  • The Chartist's Complaint
  • The Titmouse
  • The Harp
   • Seashore
  • Song of Nature
  • Two Rivers
  • Waldeinsamkeit
  • Terminus
  • The Nun's Aspiration
  • April
  • Maiden Speech of the Aeolian Harp
  • Cupido
  • The Past
   • The Last Farewell
     Lines written by the author's brother, Edward Bliss Emerson, whilst sailing out of Boston Harbor, bound for the island of Porto Rico, in 1832
  • In Memoriam E. B. E.

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