Translator William Morris
Publisher: Good Press
Even people who have never studied the classics have heard of Virgil and his epic poetry. The Aeneid is a tale of love and heroism about Aeneas the Trojan. He traveled to Italy where he became, after many adventures, the ancestor of the Roman people.
Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere leaves her husband for another lover. Or does she? Is it really possible to trust delicious gossip? Are all men really bad? These and many other questions are raised and if not answered, then held up for public scrutiny in this biting satire of morals and proper behavior. The best known line of the play sums up the central theme: We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. —Lord Darlington (from Wikipedia and the reader)Show book
A moving and darkly comic story of an Afghanistan veteran's search for redemption, and a fascinating insight into the plight of ex-servicemen in modern Britain. Ex-squaddie Ray - mentally scarred from his time in Afghanistan - returns home to Doncaster to attempt to see his kids and reconcile with his ex-wife, Carla - mentally scarred from her marriage to Ray. A pub lock-in provides the setting for the humorous, heart-wrenching action that follows. Glory Dazed won the BBC's Alfred Bradley Bursary Prize 2011. It was developed in collaboration with ex-soldiers serving prison sentences at HMP & YOI Doncaster by Second Shot Productions, a social enterprise that exists to give serving prisoners and ex-offenders opportunities within creative industries. 'devastating... a deeply intense hour' - Time Out 'a piercing drama... captivating' - Whatsonstage.com 'frighteningly real and relevant... remarkable theatre' - British Theatre GuideShow book
A new dramatization of one of the greatest baseball stories of all time. A poignant, touching, and often comic tale of a baseball team’s friendship and loyalty to a dying teammate. Adapted from the novel by Mark Harris.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Ed Begley Jr., John Freeland Jr., Henry Harris, Brent Hinkley, Bruce Nelson, Joshua Rifkind, David Robbins, Marcia Rodd, Elizabeth Ruscio, Enrique Sandino, David Schwimmer, Harry Shearer and Jonathan Silverman.Show book
2019 National Book Award Longlist: “Centering on black, female identity, [this is] an exquisite and thoughtful collection.” —Bustle This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains. A finalist for the PEN Open Book Award, Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory.“With Build Yourself a Boat, Camonghne Felix heralds a thrillingly new form of storytelling.” —Morgan Parker, author of Magical NegroShow book
These crisply narrated sonnets are the best way to enjoy the work of John Keats. This collection contains nearly ever poem by Keats. Poems are meant to be enjoyed through audio. Whether you're a student or a fan of Keats, please enjoy! This book includes the following: 'Sonnet I to Sonnet XVII" "A Dream, After Reading Dante's Episode of Paulo and Francesca" "After Dark Vapors Have Oppress'd Our Plains" "As from the Darkening Gloom a Silver Dove" "If by Dull Rhymes Our English Must Be Chain'd" "Oh! How I Love, On a Fair Summer's Eve" "On a Picture of Leander" "On Leigh Hunt's Poem 'The Story of Rimini', on the Sea" "The Day Is Gone," "The Human Seasons" "To a Lady Seen for a Few Moments at Vauxhall" "To a Young Lady Who Sent Me a Laurel Crown" "When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be" "Why Did I Laugh Tonight" "Written in Answer to a Sonnet by J H Reynolds" "Written in Disgust of Vulgar Superstition" "Written on a Blank Page in Shakespeare's Poems" "Facing 'A Lover's Complaint'" "Written on a Blank Space at The End of Chaucer's Tale of 'The Floure and the Lefe'" "Written Upon the Top of Ben Nevis, Sonnet to Byron" "Sonnet to Chatterton" "Sonnet to George Keats - Written in Sickness" "Sonnet to Homer" "Sonnet to John Hamilton Reynolds" "Sonnet to Mrs. Reynolds's Cat" "Sonnet to Sleep" "Sonnet to Spenser" "Sonnet to the Nile" "Two Sonnets - to Haydon, with a Sonnet Written on Seeing the Elgin Marbles" "Two Sonnets on Fame"Show book
A call to anyone who thought they were alone on the journey, Incantations for Rest is for kindred spirits: neurodivergent folks, parents up late past bedtime nursing resentment, Black people in predominantly white spaces—anyone who has found themselves at the edges of Beloved Community. Incantations for Rest is an invitation to slow down and explore every kind of rest, providing sacred space for those exhausted by the demands of a racist, ableist society. This stunning collection of poems, meditations, and magic by poet-activist Atena O. Danner is an examination of spiritual spaces, a love letter to Black well-being, and medicine for BIPOC people. Within these pages you are invited to savor connection, question assumptions, admit to complicated feelings, and still make room for joy. It is a beacon of affirmation and a vital tool for ritual and reflection.Show book
