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Report copyright infringementby Barry John Cohen (Author)Illiterate, born to a blind mother, and living in a shack, his father dies when he is 10 years old, and he goes to work and becomes a golf caddy. Discovered at 27, playing with a reverse grip by Graham Wulff the inventor of Oil of Olay, he is not allowed to play on 'white' golf courses or play in events. SAA makes it difficult to fly as he is an Indian, so Wulff flies him hopping through Africa to the 1959 British Open where he qualifie...

Oscar Wilde's First Tragedy: The Composition, Production, and Reception of Vera; or, The Nihilists

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Report copyright infringementby Rob Marland (Author)The first book about Oscar Wilde's first play.At the age of twenty-six Oscar Wilde wrote his first play. A melodramatic tragedy about a plot to assassinate the Russian tsar, Vera; or, The Nihilists is as far as could be imagined from his later hits, Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest. A London matinee was cancelled, ostensibly for political reasons, and the final curtain fell on the New York production after only a wee...

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Report copyright infringementby Skye Elliott (Author)I am a voyeur. I look in your windows and gain sexual pleasure from watching your most-intimate acts. Right, or wrong, I will keep your secrets. This is for my enjoyment and only mine. I am not a judge. I will not harm you. Just let me in for a short while. Number of Pages: 124 Dimensions: 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 24, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Yvonne Mary Selina Weekes (Author)Yvonne Weekes has always been a capable poet, but in Living Stone she fully claims her project and her power. These are generous poems that refuse to withhold their metaphors from the reader. They not only observe a world of race and gender, of class and faith, that stretch between England, Montserrat, and Barbados, they sing that world and pray it into tenderness.- Professor Kei Miller FRSI, an award-winning Jamaican poet, nov...

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Report copyright infringementby Nick Badot (Author), Joseph March (Author), Samuel Merwin (Author)A team led by a determined man. Can all obstacles be overcome? Calumet K, a smooth to read yet captivating novel from 1901.Two new, never-before printed stories are jammed into this summer issue. And a nearly forgotten poem-a true literal work of art titled, The Set-Up is inside.The Set-Up was made into a noir film in 1949... you'll want to read this!Multi-genre reading entertainment is expected ...

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author), Burton Raffel (Editor)The Annotated Shakespeare series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist "If any work deserves a student's closest attention, it is Hamlet. Burton Raffel's fully annotated edition is a teacher's and student's dream: the words are fully explained, and they get a wonderful essay by Harold Bloom as well."--George Soule, Carleton College One of the most freque...

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Report copyright infringementby Karen Gray (Author)When Elizabeth Ward discovers that Michael Lessing - the man she once loved and never truly forgot - has returned to New York, the careful life she built begins to crack. One unexpected reunion pulls them back into a past marked by passion, heartbreak, and the kind of connection that time never managed to erase.As old feelings resurface, Elizabeth is forced to confront the truth she has avoided for years: happiness built on avoidance is fragi...

Much ADO about Nothing: No Fear Shakespeare Side-By-Side Plain English

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Report copyright infringementby William Shakespeare (Author), Sparknotes (Author)Read Shakespeare's plays in all their brilliance--and understand what every word means! Don't be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard's plays accessible and enjoyable. Each No Fear guide contains: The complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday language A complete list of characters, with descriptions Plenty of helpful commentary Auth...

My Mother Said I Never Should GCSE Student Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Charlotte Keatley (Author), Sophie Bush (Introduction by), Matthew Nichols (Editor)Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Editions provide in-depth explanatory material alongside the play texts frequently studied at Key Stage 4. Whether for use in the classroom or independent study, these editions offer a fully comprehensive and lightly glossed play text with accompanying notes specifically directed towa...

The Secret Knothole - A World War II Story of Partisan Resistance

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Report copyright infringementby Sheldon Cohen (Author)The Secret Knothole, set in World War II, is the story of the Jewish experience, Adolph Hitler, and the partisanresistance which evolved into opposition to Nazi Germany. This book is passionately written with fictional charactersliving through actual historical events.Sheldon Cohen has been a practicing physician for forty years. He is the authorof thirty-six books in multiple genres. Number of Pages: 268 Dimensio...

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Report copyright infringementby Sarah Cameron (Author), Sarah Cameron (Adapted by), Paul Clark (Adapted by)Let us tell you a strange tale that did unfold someplace in the glum north o'the warld, where there lived a Man who could not stop eating, a Woman doomed to cook his meals and one 'inveesible child'. Told in a rich and saucy Scots dialect with physical verve, a wee dram of whisky to oil the way and a musical score that rolls in like mist over the hills, The Red Chair sees acclaimed Scott...

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Report copyright infringementby Ross Dungan (Author)You see, people forever say history is written by the victors. It's not. It's written by those who can shape the simplest narrative. David is a man struggling to hold together his marriage when the small town he lives in is rocked by the sudden, untimely death of a local girl. As details are uncovered, rumours and talk take hold of the town, and start to force David to revisit old memories. Set in 1960s Ireland, Before Monsters Were Made tel...

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Report copyright infringementby Anders Lustgarten (Author)There is no such thing as a happy colonised people.Never has been and never will be.That is our basic delusion.December 2011. Watching video footage from a drone, Pentagon officials see a huddle of people - unarmed smugglers, with mules - treading their familiar path across the Turkish-Iraqi border. Hours later, Turkish Armed Forces drop bombs on the group. 34 civilians are killed. The Roboski massacre is one of the most controversial ...

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Report copyright infringementby Helen Brown (Author)Set in the historic city of Savannah, Georgia, Cultural Clash is a powerful story about land, legacy, truth, and the lives shaped by history. Beneath the beauty of the city's oak-lined squares and Spanish moss hangs a past that refuses to stay buried.When long-standing traditions collide with modern voices, the people of Savannah are forced to confront secrets tied to family, property, and power. What was once accepted without question begin...

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Williams (Author), Arthur Livingston (Foreword by)The Early Metaphysical Plays of Charles Williams (put in larger font at top of back page) Behold three plays by a major member of the Inklings, Charles Williams, none of which has been reprinted since 1930. The editor of his Collected Plays (1963) thought them unworthy of inclusion, but these works so surpass the general run of contemporary productions as to reveal how fresh an artist Williams was. We ha...

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Report copyright infringementby G. K. Chesterton (Author)Magic is a play by G.K. Chesterton that explores the tension between rationalism and mysticism. Set in an English country house, the story revolves around a skeptical duke, a mysterious conjuror, and a series of seemingly supernatural events that challenge the characters' beliefs. With its witty dialogue and thought-provoking themes, Magic delves into the nature of faith, reason, and the unexplained, all while maintaining Chesterton's c...

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Report copyright infringementby Rory Mullarkey (Author)The Private misses the farm. The Captain dreams of painting. The Corporal relishes the fight. And a hundred years later, The Woman seeks to understand. 1916 - In the darkness of the French night, three young soldiers, a private, a corporal and a captain, cross no man's land towards the enemy trench. Stealth is key to their survival and so they walk in silence, with nothing to communicate the thoughts in their heads save for the barest of ...

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Fielding (Author)Henry Fielding was born at Sharpham Park, near Glastonbury, in Somerset on April 22nd 1707. His early years were spent on his parents' farm in Dorset before being educated at Eton. An early romance ended disastrously and with it his removal to London and the beginnings of a glittering literary career; he published his first play, at age 21, in 1728. He was prolific, sometimes writing six plays a year, but he did like to poke fun at the au...

Henry Fielding - An Old Man Taught Wisdom:

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Empire, Extraction and Power in the Festivals of Britain of 1951 and 2022

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Report copyright infringementby Caoimhe Mader McGuinness (Author) Number of Pages: 86 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: January 08, 2026

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Report copyright infringementby Ford Madox Ford (Author)Ford Madox Ford was born Ford Hermann Hueffer on 17th December 1873 in Wimbledon, London, England.Today he is best known for one book, 'The Good Soldier', which is regularly held to be one of the 100 greatest novels of all time. But, rather unfairly, the breadth of his career has been overshadowed. He wrote novels as well as essays, poetry, memoirs and literary criticism. Today he is well-regarded but known only for a few works rather th...

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Jane Mulder (Author), J. Richard Coyle (Author)Here are two delightful Christmas plays for a special celebration with your parish's children, youth, and adults. "The Night Love Was Born" by Mary Jane Mulder is a contemporary reenactment, in word and song, of the first Christmas story, set within the world of imagination -- where even a cynical toy soldier can learn the true meaning of Christmas. Originally written for participation by up to fifty children,...

In the Time of Trial: Two Plays for Lent or Good Friday

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Scholberg (Author)"The Face Of Jesus" is a fresh and imaginative approach to understanding the limitless bounty of the love of Jesus. The scope of the play crosses boundaries of time and cultures to teach the universal need for that love. Irene Parsons, historian and novelist "What shall we do with this man called Jesus?" Henry Scholberg delivers this challenge in a strong vehicle with humor to lighten the way as Pontius Pilate and Claudia come alive for ...

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Report copyright infringementby Jennifer Munroe (Author), Evelyn Gajowski (Editor), Rebecca Laroche (Author)Ecofeminism has been an important field of theory in philosophy and environmental studies for decades. It takes as its primary concern the way the relationship between the human and nonhuman is both material and cultural, but it also investigates how this relationship is inherently entangled with questions of gender equity and social justice. Shakespeare and Ecofeminist Theory engaging...

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Report copyright infringementby Jez Bond (Author), Mark Cameron (Author)There will come a point in every witch's life where the scales are tipped so far to one side that the world, nature, humanity - whatever you want to call it - finally fights back. The demons are expelled and we return to the natural state. Sleeping Beauty is the fairytale of the beautiful princess Arabella who pricks her finger on a spindle and sleeps for a hundred years. Here adapted for the stage, you can join a host of...

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Report copyright infringementby Barrie Keeffe (Author)-I want things to get better, not worse.-There's hundreds of thousands worse off than us.Ideals are worthless if you can't pay the bills. Anita and Sam live in East London. Burdened by debt and on the eve of giving birth to their second child, Anita begins to wonder whether it was a good idea for Sam to become a social worker. Can they survive in David Cameron's London on Sam's wage with two children? Anywhere else it would be fine, but wh...

George Chapman - The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois:

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Report copyright infringementby George Chapman (Author)George Chapman was born at Hitchin in Hertfordshire in about 1559. There is some evidence that Chapman attended Oxford University but did not obtain a degree, but the evidence is rather scant. During the first part of the early 1590s Chapman was in Europe, in military action in the Low Countries fighting under the famed English general Sir Francis Vere. It is from this period that his earliest published works are found including the obscu...

Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing

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Report copyright infringementby Veronica Baxter (Editor), Katharine E. Low (Editor), Michael Balfour (Editor)Applied Theatre: Performing Health and Wellbeing is the first volume in the field to address the role that theatre, drama and performance have in relation to promoting, developing and sustaining health and wellbeing in diverse communities. Challenging concepts and understanding of health, wellbeing and illness, it offers insight into different approaches to major health issues through ...

The Mono Box Presents Playstart: Short Plays from New Voices

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Report copyright infringementby Graeme Brookes (Author), Charles Entsie (Author), Roberta Livingston (Author)Five new short plays developed and supported by The Mono Box. THE INTERVIEW by Graeme Brookes A panel of three interviewers are meeting with one of many applicants to see if they're 'working class enough' to obtain support from their elite organisation. In trying to offer their support, the expert panel slowly lose control with their own reality. What starts with honest intentions turn...

Alfred de Musset: Seven Plays: Marianne; Fantasio; Don't Trifle with Love; The Candlestick; A Diversion; A Door Must Be Kept Open or Shut; You Can't T

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Report copyright infringementby Alfred De Musset (Author), Peter Meyer (Translator)Marianne, Fantasio, Don't Trifle With Love, The Candlestick, A Diversion, A Door Must be Open or Shut, You Can't Think of Everything The seven plays in this collection share a light-hearted tone, though with occasional and unexpected moments of seriousness. In Marianne, a confirmed cynic intercedes with a married woman on behalf of his best friend. In the eponymous hero of the modern 'fairy tale' Fantasio, by t...