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  Pochsy IV: Unplugged

  Karen Hines

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  Mercury-addled and fabulously flighty, Pochsy is back with a new monologue! 
  Sweet, vapid, and venomous, Pochsy is an endearingly charming embodiment of all that’s gone bats in the world. She used to work at Mercury Packers. Where she packed mercury. Now her employer has moved offshore and Pochsy must grapple with God’s broken promise of a five-star future. This is a night sea journey on an unnaturally sparkling river. Harrowing and high speed, Pochsy IV unboxes precarity, consumer obsessions, the future of humankind ... and whatever else might keep you up at night. 
  Combining magical realism, satire, and horror, this monologue follows the acclaimed trilogy The Pochsy Plays, which have travelled internationally and been a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, among other citations. Pochsy IV: because what the world needs right now is a little more Pochsy.

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  Kage

  Tara A. Devlin

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  It won’t stop chasing her. 
  But what exactly is it? 
  Megu’s life was at rock bottom. No money, no friends, nothing but a dead-end job with a boss that hated her. But a chance encounter with a beautiful woman on the street—and the thing chasing her—changed her life forever. 
  What does the dark shadow want? Why do people close to this woman keep dying? Can Megu escape the creature before it comes for her as well? And is she ready to risk her own neck to save the life of a woman she’s just met? A woman she finds herself inexplicably attracted to... 
  Or will it spell the end for both of them? Click the buy now button to find out right now. 
  The Torihada Files is a series of stand-alone Japanese horror novels set within the same universe. Featuring ghosts, curses, and other supernatural horrors you’ll find only in Japan, each story in The Torihada Files can be read independently of the rest.

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  Roots and Wings - A Journey of a...

  Dr. Zidane Salmon

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  These poems are not just words on a page; they are footprints in soil and feathers in flight.
  
  In Roots and Wings, The Literacy Guy, Dr Zidane X. Salmon, traces the tender, turbulent journey of a little Black boy from the vibrant shores of the Caribbean to the complex terrain of the United Kingdom. This striking debut collection is both a love letter to home and a brave reckoning with displacement, identity, and transformation.
  
  Each poem is rich with rhythm, memory, and cultural pride grounded in the soil of ancestry yet reaching boldly toward possibility. Through vivid imagery and unapologetic truth-telling, Salmon explores what it means to belong, to resist, and to rise as a young Black man navigating two worlds.
  
  From the sting of racism to the balm of community, from inherited wisdom to the longing for freedom, The Roots and Wings is a testament to resilience and becoming. These verses will speak to anyone who has ever straddled borders, geographical, emotional, or spiritual and wondered if they were enough.
  
  This is more than poetry. This is a flight from root to sky.

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  The Relapse

  John Vanbrugh

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  The Relapse by John Vanbrugh is a bold and witty Restoration comedy that explores themes of temptation, marriage, morality, and social hypocrisy with sharp humor and theatrical brilliance. First performed in 1696, the play serves as a continuation of Colley Cibber's Love's Last Shift, revisiting familiar characters while deepening the examination of human weakness and the instability of virtue.
  
  The story follows individuals struggling between moral responsibility and personal desire as they navigate a world shaped by vanity, flirtation, and social ambition. At the center of the drama is a married man tempted to abandon his reformed behavior, revealing the fragile nature of repentance when confronted with opportunity and attraction. Around him unfolds a lively network of romantic pursuits, manipulations, and comic misunderstandings.
  
  Vanbrugh uses witty dialogue and energetic characterization to expose the contradictions of fashionable society, where appearances often conceal selfish motives and emotional uncertainty. The play's humor is both entertaining and provocative, challenging rigid moral expectations while reflecting the complexities of desire and social performance.
  
  One of the most memorable elements of The Relapse is its vivid cast of eccentric and satirical characters, whose exaggerated personalities contribute to the play's lively theatrical atmosphere. Through these figures, Vanbrugh critiques vanity, pretension, and the performative nature of status within elite circles.
  
  The Relapse remains an important work in Restoration theatre, admired for its daring wit, dynamic structure, and nuanced exploration of morality and human behavior. Its enduring appeal lies in its ability to balance sharp social satire with engaging comedy and emotional complexity.

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  The School for Scandal

  Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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  The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan is a brilliant eighteenth-century comedy of manners that satirizes gossip, reputation, hypocrisy, and the superficiality of high society. First performed in 1777, it stands as one of the finest achievements in English dramatic literature, celebrated for its sharp wit, elegant dialogue, and enduring social commentary.
  
  The play revolves around a circle of fashionable individuals whose lives are shaped by rumor, reputation, and carefully maintained appearances. Beneath the polished surface of respectability lies a world driven by intrigue, manipulation, and the spread of scandal. As secrets are hinted at, distorted, and revealed, relationships are tested and social standing becomes increasingly fragile.
  
  At the center of the narrative are contrasting figures who embody different approaches to morality and social behavior. While some characters thrive on deception and the circulation of gossip, others strive to maintain integrity and sincerity in a world that often rewards appearance over truth. Romantic relationships are entangled in this web of misunderstanding, as trust and suspicion compete for dominance.
  
  Sheridan's writing is marked by sparkling wit, finely crafted dialogue, and a keen sense of theatrical timing. The play balances comedic situations with incisive critique, exposing the absurdities of a society obsessed with reputation and appearance. Its humor is both entertaining and pointed, revealing deeper truths about human behavior and social dynamics.
  
  The School for Scandal remains a landmark of English theatre, offering a timeless exploration of gossip, morality, and the performance of respectability. Its enduring appeal lies in its ability to amuse audiences while sharply illuminating the contradictions of social life.

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  Eþandun - Alfred's Epic Struggle...

  William G. Carpenter

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  The year is 878.  Young King Alfred struggles to regain his West Saxon kingdom from the invading pagan Danes led by Gormr (aka Guthrum, aka Godrum).   His kingdom overrun, Alfred joins Gormr's court disguised as a Welsh gleeman.  Gormr consults Alfred as a counselor and wizard, but resists Alfred's attempts to convert him.   Meanwhile Alfred learns that his lady and their children are Gormr's prisoners.  Escaping to the western fens, he leads a small army against the Danes.   The rest is history.  This is an epic poem set in the Old English culture of Christian warriors, i.e., Romanized Germanic former pagans, contending with contemporary Scandinavian Germanic pagans.  The great epic poet Frederick Turner (author of The New World, Genesis, and Apocalypse) called Eþandun "The real Game of Thrones."   Listen to actor-poet-producer Kyle Derek's heroic rendition of this book-length poem!

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