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  Hour of Nature Poems An - Volume 1

  William Wordsworth, Gerard...

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  Silence is rare in Nature. 
   
  When we really listen, Nature is conducting symphonies of sound as her world goes about the day and night.  Her invisible heartbeat is everywhere, for everyone. 
   
  Our eyes are constantly bathed in the wonder of her ways, the soft drizzle of rain from soft grey clouds, the bleached harsh desert sand of a noon day, a wave caressing the shore, to the ravenous colours of a departing sunset.   
   
  Indeed, whenever we look and listen to the vastness of our world Nature’s beauty is always there for us.  She placates our anger, soothes our pain.  Her vistas feed our hearts and souls; the world of a single flower brings a smile. 
   
  In these 60 minutes nature takes us through her world of wonder.

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  Ghost Stories (NHB Modern Plays)...

  Jeremy Dyson, Andy Nyman

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  Professor of Parapsychology, Philip Goodman, is an arch-sceptic with a mission to debunk the paranormal, wherever it occurs.
  But when he embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings – as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child – Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations.
  Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman's play Ghost Stories first started terrifying audiences at Liverpool Playhouse and the Lyric Hammersmith, London, in 2010, directed by its authors along with Sean Holmes – and has since become a worldwide cult phenomenon, with two West End transfers, productions in China, Australia, Canada and Europe, and an award-winning film adaptation. It was revived at the Lyric in 2019.
  This official tie-in edition features the complete script for the show, and an exclusive introduction by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, about the origins and development of the play.
  'Brilliant and deeply unsettling' - Telegraph
  'Genuine scary fun' - Sunday Times
  'Brilliantly scary' - Daily Express
  'I had to sleep with the lights on' - Metro
  'An immaculately crafted evening of entertainment' - Time Out

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  The Poetry of Wallace Stevens -...

  Wallace Stevens

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  Wallace James Stevens was born on October 2nd, 1879 in Reading, Pennsylvania. 
   
  His father, a lawyer, sent Wallace to Harvard as a non-degree special student, after which he moved 
  to New York City and worked briefly as a journalist. 
   
  From there he attended New York Law School and graduated in 1903. On a trip home to Reading in 
  1904 Stevens met Elsie Viola Kachel, a saleswoman, milliner, and stenographer. 
   
  After working for several New York law firms he was hired in January 1908, as a lawyer for the American Bonding Company. 
   
  After a 6 year courtship Wallace and Elsie married in 1909 over the objections of his parents.  For Wallace it was a seismic event; he never spoke to his father again.  
   
  By 1914 Wallace had become the vice-president of the New York office of the Equitable Surety 
  Company of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1916, he joined Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company and they moved to Hartford.  His work was full-time and time for his poetry writing was in short supply. 
   
  From January 1922 made several business several visits to Key West, Florida.  "The place is a paradise," he wrote to Elsie, "midsummer weather, the sky brilliantly clear and intensely blue, the sea blue and green beyond what you have ever seen." 
   
  In 1923 ‘Harmonium’ was published.  At last, at age 38, he was an overnight success.  His career was 
  not prodigious in quantity but its quality was exceptional. 
   
  In March 1955 Wallace underwent various medical tests and an operation which resulted in a diagnosis of stomach cancer. 
   
  He travelled in early June to receive honorary Doctorates at Hartford and Yale. 
   
  Wallace was readmitted on July 21st to St. Francis Hospital where his condition deteriorated. Wallace Stevens died on the 2nd August 1955 at the age of 75.  
   
  He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his Collected Poems in 1955. -  
  1 - The Poetry of Wallace Stevens - An Introduction 
  2 - Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens 
  3 - Six Significant Landscapes by Wallace Stevens 
  4 - Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock by Wallace Stevens 
  5 - Two Figures in Dense Violet Light by Wallace Stevens 
  6 - In The Carolinas by Wallace Stevens 
  7 - Last Looks at the Lilacs by Wallace Stevens 
  8 - Gray Room by Wallace Stevens 
  9 - Tea At the Palaz of Hoon by Wallace Stevens 
  10 - Hymn From A Watermelon Pavilion by Wallace Stevens 
  11 - Domination of Black by Wallace Stevens 
  12 - Anecdote of the Prince of Peacocks by Wallace Stevens 
  13 - Anecdote of the Jar by Wallace Stevens 
  14 - Sunday Morning by Wallace Stevens 
  15 - Phases by Wallace Stevens 
  16 - Metaphors of a Magnifico by Wallace Stevens 
  17 - Frogs Eat Butterflies, snakes Eat Frogs, Hogs Eat Snakes, Men Eat Hogs by Wallace Stevens 
  18 - The Worm's At Heaven's Gate by Wallace Stevens 
  19 - Tattoo by Wallace Stevens 
  20 - Another Weeping Woman by Wallace Stevens 
  21 - The High-toned Old Christian Woman by Wallace Stevens 
  22 - To the One of Fictive Music by Wallace Stevens 
  23 - Peter Quince at the Clavier by Wallace Stevens 
  24 - The Emperor of Ice Cream by Wallace Stevens 
  25 - The Wind Shifts by Wallace Stevens 
  26 - The Snow Man by Wallace Stevens 
  27 - Nomad Exquisite by Wallace Stevens 
  28 - The Comedian as the Letter C by Wallace Stevens

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  The Climbers (NHB Modern Plays)

  Carmen Nasr

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  When Yasmin and her guide, Tshering, return from a perilous expedition to Everest without a member of their party, they have a lot of questions to answer. Where is Yasmin's husband Charlie? What happened on the mountain? Why do Yasmin and Tshering's accounts differ so drastically?
  As private investigator Connie tries to distinguish hallucination from reality, and fact from delusion, it's clear that someone, somewhere, is not telling the truth.
  Set at an altitude where life hangs by a thread, Carmen Nasr's play The Climbers is a thrilling exploration of the lure of the mountains, the drive to conquer and the price of staying alive. It was first performed in June 2022 at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick, directed by Guy Jones.

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  Short Story Press Presents...

  Short Story Press, Tara Mitchell

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  Benji's Books is the tale of a young man who hates school and reading. He seeks refuge in a library to get out of a terrible storm. There he encounters a woman who would change his way of thinking and his life forever. 
  Elsa, the Librarian, asks Benji to lend her a hand in putting books away. They immediately establish a strong connection and forge a lasting friendship. She encourages him to read from the subjects and topics he enjoys. She prompts him to follow his desires. Benji soon learns there is a vast world in front of him to make of, what he wishes. He gains confidence to make decisions for himself concerning his education and future. 
  Benji and Elsa discuss the adventures they find in books, they spend long hours debating current events. Elsa helps Benji improve his grades as he progresses through high school. He takes an apprenticeship position at the library in his last two years of high school. 
  Together they study for college aptitude testing. When the time finally comes Elsa helps Benji work through the college and scholarship application processes. 
  Their friendship helps to keep Benji focused on academics, and looking to the future. He continues his education, graduating from college, but working every summer in the library with his friend Elsa. 
  Short Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.

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  Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost

  Gareth Tilley, Oscar Wilde

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  Meet the Otis family: Mister and Missus, and their four children - Washington, the twins called Stars and Stripes, and their daughter Virginia.  They've just moved from America and into the English country manor of Canterville Chase.  Though rumors persist that the house is haunted, the Otis's have none of it, and set about making the house their own.  Then come the mysterious clanking chains and the bloodstains on the floor, and soon even the Otis family must come face to face with that most feared of creatures - The Canterville Ghost.  But will the Ghost be able to survive his encounters with the erstwhile Americans?   
  Based on the immortal short story by Oscar Wilde, the award-winning Colonial Radio Theatre presents this most macabrely witty tale about life, death, love, fear, and Pinkerton's Champion Stain Remover.  The Canterville Ghost comes to life in a spirited production - filled with lush music and evocative sound effects - which will have you laughing and shrieking in equal measure.

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