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  God Speaks Through Wombs - Poems...

  Drew Jackson

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  Christian Book Award Finalist
  But God speaks through wombs,
  
  birthing prophetic utterances. . . .
  
  Enough of this unbelieving religion
  
  that masquerades as faith.
  
  Divine favor is placed on what we
  
  have disgraced.
  In God Speaks Through Wombs, Drew Jackson explores the first eight chapters of Luke's Gospel in a new poetic register. These are declarative poems, faithfully proclaiming the gospel story in all its liberative power. Here the gospel is the "fresh words / that speak of / things impossible."
  From the Magnificat ("That girl can sing! . . . She has a voice / That can shatter shackles") to the baptism of Christ ("I stepped in / Committing insurrection"), this collection helps us hear the hum of deliverance—against all hope—that's been in the gospel all along.

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  Ross (NHB Modern Plays)

  Terence Rattigan

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  Terence Rattigan's epic and probing drama about the man immortalised as Lawrence of Arabia.
  Arrogant, flippant, withdrawn and with a talent for self-concealment, the mysterious Aircraftman Ross seems an odd recruit for the Royal Air Force. In fact the truth is even stranger than the man himself.
  Behind the false name is an enigma, a man named Lawrence who started as a civilian in the Map Office in 1914 and went on to mastermind some of the most audacious military victories in the history of the British Army. These victories earned him an enduring and romantic nom de guerre: Lawrence of Arabia.
  Rattigan's 1960 play reveals the unusual and deeply conflicted Englishman behind the heroic legend. This edition, with an Introduction by Dan Rebellato, was published alongside the revival at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2016, directed by Adrian Noble and starring Joseph Fiennes as Ross.

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  Family: Three Plays (NHB Modern...

  Iain Crichton Smith, Linda...

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  A triptych of short plays on the theme of family, from three generations of Scottish writers.
  Acts by Riccardo Galgani: an old couple have not seen their son in years. One day he walks back into their lives, bringing with him a pictureless picture frame and a set of half-recalled memories of a time when they were happy. Maybe.
  One Good Beating by Linda McLean: a grown-up brother and sister exact revenge on their violent father by locking him in the coalshed as retribution for years of sniping, bullying and pain. But he's not defeated. Yet...
  The Visitor by Iain Crichton Smith: a schoolmaster on the verge of retirement is confronted by a mysterious young man wishing to pay his respects.
  The triptych Family was first staged at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, in 1999.

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  Where Go the Boats

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Where Go the Boats is a short poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. He was a Scottish author famous for writing Treasure Island. He also wrote many poems, including this one, which was published in A Child's Garden of Verses.(Summary by Sweet Pea)Some comments from our readers.."I hope my recording floats your boat." - Assaf"Help prevent toy loss, tie boat to dock after play." - Bruce"I conceive that this simple little verse is about time and writing. Of course, it may just be about little boats." - Jason

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Roses - 12...

  Robert Burns, Hafiz, Alfred...

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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.  Roses - An Introduction 
  2 - A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns 
  3 - The Rose Has Flushed Red by Hafiz 
  4 - A Wild Rose by Alfred Austin 
  5 - Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies 
  6 - Amid the Roses by Alice Dunbar Nelson 
  7 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats 
  8 - Sonnet 54 - O! How Much More Doth Beauty Beauteous Seem by William Shakespeare 
  9 - The Rose by John Cournos 
  10 - Roses of a Dream by Damon Runyon 
  11 - No Rose That in a Garden Ever Grew by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  12 - Where Roses Would Not Dare to Go by Emily Dickinson 
  13 - Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore

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  Mouth to Mouth (NHB Modern Plays)

  Kevin Elyot

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  A brilliantly acerbic tragi-comedy from the author of My Night With Reg.
  At a homecoming party for Dennis and Laura's teenage son, the reappearance of an old family friend throws up secrets from the past and paves the way for fresh disaster.
  Kevin Elyot pins down the pretension and self-centredness of his characters with unerring and hilarious accuracy.
  'Marvellous... subtle and haunting' - Daily Telegraph
  'A portrayal of loss and pain whose power and subtlety will haunt you long after you leave' - Sunday Times

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