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  Churchill: Shorts (NHB Modern...

  Caryl Churchill

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  Ten short plays for stage, radio and TV, selected by Caryl Churchill, opening up a little-known aspect of her writing, and demonstrating her considerable versatility and breadth of concern. Includes an introduction by the author.
  Abortive (Radio 3, 1971)
  The After-Dinner Joke (BBC TV, 1978)
  The Hospital at the Time of the Revolution
  Hot Fudge (Royal Court Theatre, 1989)
  The Judge's Wife (BBC TV, 1972)
  Lovesick (Radio 3, 1967)
  Not Not Not Not Not Enough Oxygen (Radio 3, 1971)
  Schreber's Nervous Illness (Radio 3, 1972)
  Seagulls
  Three More Sleepless Nights (Soho Poly Theatre, 1980)

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  Howie the Rookie (NHB Modern Plays)

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  A white-knuckle ride through a nightmare Dublin, where enemies and allies are interchangeable, this electrifying play won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright and the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature.
  First we meet Howie. He tells us how, one night, he gets caught up in a gang intent on beating up Rookie. He's supposed to be baby-sitting his five-year-old brother, but he goes just the same. They beat up Rookie. Howie returns to discover a horrible accident has happened to the little boy. Then we hear the story from Rookie's point of view...
  'grabs you by the collar and head-butts you into submission' Sunday Times
  'a magnificent mix of violence and poignancy' The Stage
  'mesmerising... funny, tragic, shocking and disturbing in turn' Scotsman

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  The Society for the Preservation...

  Dominic Crawford Collins

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  An anthology of classic erotic verse narrated by Dominic Crawford Collins.Theocritus was a Sicilian poet and the creator of Ancient Greek pastoral poetry. b. 300 BC d.260 BCGaius Valerius Catullus was a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, which is about personal life rather than classical heroes. His surviving works are still read widely and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art. b.84 BC d. 54 BCPublius Ovidius Naso, known as Ovid in the English-speaking world, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. b.43 BCRobert Herrick was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for Hesperides, a book of poems. b.1591 d.1674John Donne was an English scholar, poet, soldier and secretary born into a catholic family, a remnant of the Catholic Revival, who reluctantly became a cleric in the Church of England. He was Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. b.1572 d.1631Thomas Carew was an English poet, among the 'Cavalier' group of Caroline poets. b.1595 d.1640John Wilmot was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court. The Restoration reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester embodied this new era, and he became as well known for his rakish lifestyle as his poetry, although the two were often interlinked. b.1647 d.1680

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  Where Did All The Flowers Come...

  Gordon MacLeod

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  Based on the island of Arran.  
  Sister Rhona, Vicky, and Mary meet to mark the occasion of their mother's burial a year to the day following her funeral. 
  Puzzled by the many flowers left on their mother's grave, they probe the reasons for this and who is responsible. Hatching a plan to catch the donor, the answer leads to some unexpected revelations that their mother did not want to share with her daughters.

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  Blood & Cord - Writers on Early...

  Abi Curtis

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  A child is born and everything is made anew. In this blur of new beginnings there are tears and laughter, new words and new silences: this is an unmaking and remaking of the self.
  From short stories about unnerved fathers and lost mothers, to poems about 'half-built Lego palaces' and friends who share their deepest secrets, Blood & Cord is a raw exploration of new parenthood. Voicing silenced conversations about loss, grief, and loneliness, as well as the joys and laughter that are part and parcel of becoming a parent, the stories told within offer a refreshingly honest account of life after new life.
  This collection is a hand in the dark, offering comfort and solidarity to any new parent.

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  Jim River Boy - An Inspirational...

  MJ Ulmer

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  An unrepentant heart is heavy. 
  Widowed, lonely and angry, Claire feels that God has turned a blind eye to her. When her daughter becomes pregnant she acts on her pride and vanity, forcing the teenage girl to get rid of the baby. This choice creates a wedge between mother and daughter - and further distances Claire from God.     
  Believing that she’s a hopeless cause and peace is unattainable, she willingly accepts her probable death when a car accident leaves her sinking in the murky Jim River waters.   
  Then the boy appears, taking her by the hand and leading her down a path of self-reflection and healing, in a world unlike anything she’s ever seen. Claire discovers the truth about the past, faces off with her pride and finds that God has been pursuing her through it all. Using even the most dire of situations to draw her closer to Him. 
  A hard-to-put-down, thought provoking novel about redemptive love and true forgiveness from a God who celebrates with us in times of joy and agonizes with us in times of difficulty. A God who seeks to restore to us what was lost or stolen and redeem us with His powerful grace. 
  What people are saying:  
  “Male or female, young or old, this story will move you.” 
  “If you’ve ever wrestled with forgiveness or grappled with faith, this book will gently guide you toward true peace.” 
  “An uplifting, amazing life message.”

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