Other books that might interest you

• 

  The Feast of Lights

  Emma Lazarus

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Feast of Lights by Emma Lazarus. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 18, 2011.Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is the Jewish festival commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem during the 2nd century BCE.This poem celebrating Hanukkah was written by Emma Lazarus, a Jewish American poet. Emma Lazarus also wrote 'The New Colossus,' a sonnet which is inscribed on a plaque on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.

  Show book

• 

  Duck Duck Goose (NHB Modern Plays)

  Caitríona Daly

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  When his friend becomes embroiled in a rape allegation, Chris Quinn offers his support. Only the rules keep changing, nothing is clear-cut, and Chris finds himself caught in a tussle between loyalty, love and doubt.
  Caitríona Daly's Duck Duck Goose is a viscerally charged play examining the nature of consent, trust and trial by social media. Full of moral ambiguity and psychological complexity, it was developed as part of Fishamble's A Play for Ireland initiative, and first performed by the company in the 2021 Dublin Theatre Festival.

  Show book

• 

  If Cows Could Fly

  David Fluck

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Ever seen a flying cow, a horse that knits, or an eel that rides a bike? Well, welcome in to a world where your fantasy and imagination can bring them all to life. 
  This set of humorous poems, mainly concerning the strange things animals may get up to, are suitably illustrated by the author's whimsical drawings.

  Show book

• 

  William Wordsworth

  William Wordsworth

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  William Wordsworth (1770–1850) was born in Cockermouth, in the Lake District. His Lyrical Ballads, written in collaboration with Coleridge, was published in 1798, and shortly afterwards he settled in Dove Cottage, Grasmere, with his sister Dorothy. Inspired in his early manhood by the French Revolution, he grew disillusioned with revolutionary politics and in later life became decidedly conservative. He left a vast body of work, ranging from delicately simple lyrics to deeply meditative odes – his most fully-realised ambitious work being The Prelude. This collection is read by Oliver Ford Davies and Jasper Britton.

  Show book

• 

  The Winslow Boy

  Terence Rattigan

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Based on the real-life court case of a young naval cadet unjustly accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order and first staged in 1946, The Winslow Boy has been revived many times since, including at The Old Vic in 2013.
  Ronnie Winslow is expelled from naval college, having been accused of petty theft. Enraged, his father Arthur engages a lawyer to challenge the Admiralty to prove the charges in court – but public opinion is very much against the Winslows, and each member of the family is suffering...
  This edition includes an authoritative introduction by Dan Rebellato, a biographical sketch and a chronology.
  'A sterling example of Rattigan's dramatic skill and humanity... deeply poignant' Telegraph
  'A playwright of acute emotional intelligence, elegant wit, and an extraordinary gift for expressive construction... thrilling' Independent

  Show book

• 

  Fifty Shades of Christmas - 50...

  Emily Dickinson, Alfred...

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

  Over the centuries the Christian festival of the celebration of Christ has lost much of its religious element as it has morphed into becoming a convenient date for mass marketing and the consumption of excess food, drink and material goods to a now global audience. 
   
  But look below the glossy veneer of commercialism and we find a truer meaning, a moral message and guidance that whilst we may all want it watered down a little in these more secular times does contain some truths and principles for us all to enjoy better lives and better relationships with those around us. 
   
  In this volume of fifty poems our classic poets bring us everything from the tried and trusted view to the irreverent but mainly focus on their faith that can rejoice at this festival and makes us all part of the human race, its ideals and its joys.   
   
  1 - Fifty Shades of Christmas - An Introduction 
  2 - The Nativity by Henry Vaughan 
  3 - Nativity by John Donne 
  4 - Wondrous Sight For Men and Angels by Ann Griffiths 
  5 - Angels From the Realms of Glory by James Montgomery 
  6 - New Prince New Pomp by Robert Southwell 
  7 - The Three Kings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  8 - The Nativity of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Christopher Smart 
  9 - Christmas Carol by Sara Teasdale 
  10 - A Nativity by Rudyard Kipling 
  11 - A Christmas Carol by Aubrey De Vere 
  12 - Carol by Ben Jonson 
  13 - A Christmas Carol by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 
  14 - A Christmas Carol by G K Chesterton 
  15 - The Beautiful Mother by Jacopone da Todi 
  16 - Upon Christ His Birth by Sir John Suckling 
  17 - An Ode of the Birth of Our Saviour by Robert Herrick 
  18 - A Carol. I by Mildmay Fane, Earl of Westmorland 
  19 - The Burning Babe by Robert Southwell 
  20 - A Christmas Ghost Story by Thomas Hardy 
  21 - God Rest by Daniel Sheehan 
  22 - December Sales Drive by Daniel Sheehan 
  23 - Christmas For Atheists by Daniel Sheehan 
  24 - The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy 
  25 - Christmas Eve by Christina Rossetti 
  26 - The Oxen by Thomas Hardy 
  27 - A Visit From St Nicholas ('Twas The Night Before Christmas) by Clement Moore 
  28 - Old Christmastide (An Extract) by Sir Walter Scott 
  29 - In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Georgina Rossetti 
  30 - On the Morning of Christs Nativity by John Milton 
  31 - The Mother of God by William Butler Yeats 
  32 - Winter Sunset by Katharine Tynan 
  33 - Joseph by G K Chesterton 
  34 - The White Snow by Guillaume Apollinaire 
  35 - A Winter's Sad Retreat by Daniel Sheehan 
  36 - December's Snow by Arthur Conan Doyle 
  37 - As Sleigh Bells Seem In Summer by Emily Dickinson 
  38 - Winter Heavens by George Meredith 
  39 - Sweetheart Winter by Vachel Lindsay 
  40 - The Foolish Fir Tree by Henry Van Dyke 
  41 - Minstrels.  A Christmas Poem by William Wordsworth 
  42 - The Mahogany Tree by William Makepeace Thackeray 
  43 - The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman by Emily Dickinson 
  44 - Twas Just This Time Last Year I Died by Emily Dickinson 
  45 - The House of Christmas by G K Chesterton 
  46 - Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  47 -  Christmas Fancies by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 
  48 - Christmas Poem by Robert Herrick 
  49 - The Masque of Christmas by Ben Jonson 
  50 - Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  51 - Ring Out Wild Bells. Christmas Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Show book