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  The Aerospace Professor - The...

  Jeffery Battle

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  "We Cannot Rise Above, Until We Begin to Look Above" - Jeffery Battle, The Aerospace Professor 
  Experienced the life of the author Jeffery Battle, also known as The Aerospace Professor: The Man and The Brand. He is also the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Battle Enterprises, LLC and its subsidiary The Aerospace Professor Company. With a small amount of imagination, the sheer continuation of true-life experiences of The Aerospace Professor is similar to what a Tom Hanks character like Forrest Gump might go through. His autobiography and experiences from childhood to maturity, detail an incredible number of adverse circumstances and perceived setbacks while uncovering unlikely success stories despite the gravity of the events individually. 
  Witness the emotional, dynamic, and riveting journey throughout the development of his flagship aerospace advocacy business with philanthropic values. His direct and indirect associations served as sources of strength. Read more about The Aerospace Professor and Taraji P. Henson, Tuskegee Airman General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, Golden Frinks, The U.S. Air Force, The Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, Brooke Simpson (The Voice), Representative John D. Hall, William Earl “Bootsy” Collins, Oprah Winfrey, John Mellencamp, and Charlie Wilson. Remember to always “Look Above.” 
  The mantra of The Aerospace Professor’s brand is “Look Above” which means that each day, we should continuously strive to perform at least a level higher than we originally intended. Be excited about every day in your life! Seek strength in all that motivates you and work towards not only doing your best, but doing your very best! Challenge yourself by questioning what “Look Above” means for you each day. Be flexible and adapt, seeking to eliminate failure as an option, and remember to always "Look Above". For more information, please visit our company website. 

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  small (NHB Modern Plays)

  Holly Robinson

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  A compassionate and probing exploration of youth and aging, nostalgia and regret, and the dangers of refusing to get old.
  All children grow up, but what if they could grow back down again? A new medical process is being attempted, and it's got an extraordinary aim: attempting to 'de-age' its volunteers back into young children.
  The scientists don't know if it'll work. The doctors aren't sure if it should. And the friends and families of those undergoing the risky procedure can't understand why anybody would willingly do this in the first place… Why would you want to be small again?
  Holly Robinson's play small was first performed at Soho Theatre, London, in a production by Oxford School of Drama.
  
  The Nick Hern Books Multiplay Drama series features large-cast plays specifically written to be performed by and appeal to older teenagers and young adults.

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  Nathan the Wise (NHB Classic Plays)

  Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

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  Lessing's 18th-century masterpiece, a passionate plea for religious tolerance.
  Jerusalem, 1192. An uneasy stalemate exists between the Muslim forces of Saladin and the western Crusaders. Caught in the middle are the Jews. All sides respect Nathan for his wisdom and his wealth. But in a war-zone, no one is secure.
  This acclaimed English version of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing's 1779 play Nathan the Wise by Edward Kemp was premiered at Chichester Festival Theatre in 2003, and was revived at Hampstead Theatre in 2005.
  'This is a play whose time has come again... brilliantly lucid translation... eminently worth seeing... a seminal piece of world drama written in 1779 and banned by the Nazis in 1933, its theme speaks urgently and forcefully to us today' - Guardian
  'An important work... even more eloquent today' - The Times
  'Edward Kemp's fine translation... combines Germanic seriousness with a winning English wit... Not only is Nathan the Wise both relevant and resonant, it is also one of those rare plays where you genuinely want to know what will happen next' - Daily Telegraph
  'Edward Kemp's terrific translation balances German gravitas with a comic deftness' - Financial Times

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  James Fritz Plays: One (NHB...

  James Fritz

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  A playwright known for dazzling structural inventiveness combined with emotional intelligence and wit, James Fritz is a unique voice in British theatre. His work, reflected in these six plays covering the first decade of his career, confronts the fault lines in our culture with thrilling imagination, an unflinching moral seriousness and a warm, compassionate sense of humour.
  Four Minutes Twelve Seconds (Hampstead Theatre, 2014; Trafalgar Studios, 2015; winner of the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright) is a 'morally terrifying drama' (Evening Standard) that unpicks the trust between parents and their teenage offspring in an age of selfies and sexting.
  Ross & Rachel (Edinburgh Fringe, 2015; Off-Broadway, 2016) is a 'dialogue for one' that takes an incisive look at the myths of modern love. 'Shockingly good… a virtuosic piece of writing, playful, post-modern and devastatingly serious, all at once' Time Out
  Parliament Square (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and Bush Theatre, London, 2017; winner of the Judges' Award, Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting) is a searingly powerful exploration of what one individual can do to effect change. 'There are few playwrights working in Britain today whose work is as slick and unsettling as James Fritz's' Exeunt
  Lava (Nottingham Playhouse/Fifth Word, 2018; revived 2022) is a funny, tender and moving story about friendship and reconnection in the aftermath of catastrophe. 'Compassionate, warm and funny… Fritz's plays find reservoirs of humour in places you wouldn't expect' The Stage
  Skyscraper Lullaby (Audible Original, 2022) is a powerful drama, first written as an audio play, about two parents trying to come to terms with the disappearance of their toddler, a haunting examination of the ways we cope with tragedy, complicity and remorse.
  Also included is a previously unpublished short play, twins (Arcola Theatre, 2015), as well as a playful and illuminating introduction written by the author.

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  The Ballad of Abigail Lambert

  S.R. Sotolongo

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  Abigail Lambert was a cynical woman with an uncanny knack for surviving her various attempts at suicide. After saving a teenaged girl named Esperanza from a gang of vicious outlaws, she becomes convinced that shepherding the girl back home, 2,000 miles across the country, will bring Abigail the peace she’s wanted for so long. However, the surviving leader of the outlaw gang is hot on their trail & he will stop at nothing until Esperanza is back in his grasp. 
  In his debut novel, S.R. Sotolongo tells a story of loss, longing, the families we’re born with and the families we build. A journey of restoring hope set against the backdrop of a ruthless American West.

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  Poems of the Orient

  Khayyam

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  The Rubá’iyát of Omar Khayyam, in the famous translation by Edward FitzGerald, remains one of the most popular poems. It expressed the fascination of Victorian England with the Orient. Here, it forms the main work in the first half, along with other shorter poems by other leading Persian and Indian figures, including Rumi, Sa’di and Rabindranath Tagore. The second half is devoted to works written by Western poets on the theme of the East with The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan, an excerpt from Thomas Moore’s Lalla Rookh – one of the best-sellers of the early nineteenth century.

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