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Moscow 1598. The great Tsar Ivan the Terrible has died and Boris Godunov reluctantly, humbly takes the throne. But rumours are rife that Boris has secretly murdered the rightful heir and the distant shadow of this prodigal son threatens to close in and take revenge. Pushkin wrote Boris Godunov, with...

Extraordinary stories, ordinary lives. This powerful and moving drama shares the stories of women whose everyday lives have been touched by the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These women, who live in our street, and drink in our local, share their stories with warmth, humour and candour,...

This second volume of poetry exposes Vil's general perspective on life. Inside insight delves into his outlook on matters of personal life, world view and the human condition, far removed from the focused works of Buenos Aires and the Origins of Sausse. Divided into four parts, this volume adopts...

The story of modern drama is a tale of extremes, testing both audiences and actors to their limits through hostility and contrarianism. Spanning 1880 to the present, Kirsten E. Shepherd-Barr shows how truly international a phenomenon modern drama has become, and how vibrant and diverse in both text...

A collection of poems as inside became visible from the outside now that 60 is here. Words emerge from personal and professional, internal and external, experiences. The poems are grouped and ordered in a way that makes sense to me! I hope you find some links and resonance, whatever life has thrown your way.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Poetry of George MacDonald" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature...

This book contains Jerome K. Jerome’s 1891 monograph on stage productions, entitled "On the Stage and Off". Within this work, Jerome reflects on his personal experiences – both good and bad – working as an actor in the late-nineteenth century. A fascinating and insightful text, "On...

With a childhood surrounded by alcoholism and petty cruelties, an adolescence of rebellion and punkish anarchy and an adulthood peppered with heroin addiction, voluntary crucifixion, failed suicide and a penchant for sex with prostitutes, Sebastian Horsley’s life was always destined to become a...

An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids – theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn. A tragic, violent look at parenthood and trauma.

She and He are the pseudonyms of a real-life couple who live in separate houses in the same city on the west coast of America. She is 88. He is 93. For 30 years he has provided her with a home and an income, while she provides ‘mistress services’ – ‘All sexual acts as requested, with...

One-night stands are awkward. One-night stands with animals are more awkward. And when you’re as desperate to please as Bobby, things get awkward as f*ck. He’s just a guy with too much love to give, and a burning desire to give it to consensual adult mammals.

3 works of Henry Austin Dobson English poet and essayist (1840-1921) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Henry Austin Dobson. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Collected Poems – Volume II. De Libris Prose and Verse Fielding

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and her friends across the country offer poems in praise of the magic of reading. In Off the Shelf: A Celebration of Bookshops in Verse, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has commissioned a selection of the UK's most loved and lauded poets to each write a poem in celebration...

De officiële tekst van de oorspronkelijke West End- productie van Harry Potter en het Vervloekte Kind in Londen. Het leven van Harry Potter was al nooit eenvoudig, maar nu hij een overwerkte ambtenaar is op het Ministerie van Toverkunst en vader van drie schoolgaande kinderen, lijkt alles...