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One of the best-known Irish playwrights, John Millington Synge premiered The Playboy of the Western World in 1907. It immediately provoked controversy, eventually resulting in the infamous "Playboy" riots. It has been recorded and adapted many times, but this timeless recording stars the Irish actors who made it a classic, including Siobhan McKenna and Cyril Cusack.

Anne of Green Gables, one of the most widely read and best-loved stories in the world, is brought to life on this abridged, downloadable audiobook edition by actress Kate Harper. The Cuthberts are in for a shock. They are expecting an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a...

" Finalement, tout est une question d'intention. Et j'ai l'intention de vivre l'instant en le dégustant.. " Et si le sentiment de prise de décision n'était qu'un leurre et que tout résidait dans la pensée, le désir et l'émotion qui s'y rattache ? Dans ce cas, à quoi bon s'embarrasser des faits ? Pour vous raconter mon histoire, j'ai choisi d'évincer Clara Morgane. Ce roman est une projection de ce qu'aurait pu être ma vie sans elle. Car le destin fait son oeuvre en nous menant toujours là où, finalement, nous sommes censés être.

Hvor meget koster sandheden? Sektion M i Göteborg er en specialiseret enhed inden for kriminalundersøgelser, oprettet for at opklare særligt komplekse mord. De kan prale af en opklaringsprocent på 100 % af deres sager. Men er alting virkelig så perfekt, som det ser ud til? Nora Fellers nye start i Malmö endte i en katastrofe. Nu er hun anklaget for mordforsøg og må stole på sin kollega Erika for at rense sit navn. Imens bliver en tortureret og myrdet kennelejer fundet i en park i Malmö.

Two of J M Synge’s remarkable plays and an exploration of the man, his work and his life on the Aran Islands J M Synge was one of the giants of Irish theatre, and a leading dramatist of the Irish Literary Renaissance. Together with W B Yeats and others, he co-founded Dublin’s famous Abbey...

When Hazel is given the chance to parachute into Nazi-occupied France, she seizes the opportunity to do more for the British war effort than file paperwork. Alongside her childhood friend, French-born Rose, she quickly rises up the ranks of the freedom fighters. For Rose, the Resistance is a link to her late husband, and a way to move forward without him. What starts out as helping downed airmen becomes a bigger cause when they meet Sophia, a German escapee and fierce critic of Hitler who is wanted by the Gestapo.

This is the second collection of short stories relating to the fictional sea-sprayed Canadian village of Avonlea. Anne Shirley appears in a few, but most concern other characters from the Anne Shirley series, including Diana Barry and members of the Meredith and Blair families. Published in 1920, these tales of hidden hopes and cherished dreams are sure to enchant fans of Anne of Green Gables.

At the height of World War II, the British Air Transport Auxiliary need help. A group of young women volunteer for action, but the perils of their new job don’t end on the tarmac. Things are tough in the air, but on the ground their abilities as pilots are constantly questioned. There is friction from the start between the new recruits. Spirited American Lizzie turns heads with her audacity, but few can deny her flying skills. She couldn’t be more different from shy, petite Ruby, who is far from diminutive in the sky. It falls to pragmatic pilot May to bring the women together.

Pour la première fois sont proposées au public, ensemble, deux des plus célèbres comédies de Jules Romains, "Knock ou le triomphe de la médecine" et "M. Le Trouhadec saisi par la débauche", interprétées par l'auteur lui-même, qui réussit la prouesse de travestir sa voix pour donner vie à ses personnages.

The best literary analysis of novels ever written.

Rainbow Valley was written in 1919 by L. M. Montgomery for the series that began with Anne of Green Gables. Anne and Gilbert's children are growing up! Their new friends, the Merediths, live in the Manse nearby. When the Merediths aren't playing in the graveyard or riding pigs through town, they meet up with the Blythes to play, fish, and study insects in Rainbow Valley!

Sherlock Holmes is the most famous fictional detective in history, with a popularity that has never waned since catching the imagination of his late-Victorian readership. This companion explores Holmes' popularity and his complex relationship to the late-Victorian and modernist periods; on one hand bearing the imprint of a range of Victorian anxieties and preoccupations, while on the other shaping popular conceptions of criminality, deviance, and the powers of the detective.

Un matrimonio atrapado en los laberintos de la rutina, un hombre que empieza a cultivar un odio preciso y visceral hacia el hijo de su pareja, las reflexiones de un hombre aquejado de una enfermedad que podría estar solo en su cabeza, el viaje hasta el cementerio de una viuda que ve su vida pasar, una enfermiza relación sexual en la que los sentimientos se convierten en colores... los cuentos de Yolanda M. Martínez Ortuño nos abren una ventana a un mundo muy particular, un mundo de sentimientos vivos expresados con una prosa única. Imprescindible.

Quizá sea ésta la novela de aventuras más leída de la historia de la literatura. Un ilusionado joven originario de Gascuña, región francesa limítrofe con España, va a París con una carta de recomendación para convertirse en un mosquetero del rey. Su nombre es D’Artagnan. Nada más empezar su viaje debe desafiar a un misterioso caballero acompañado por una bella y misteriosa dama. En el momento que llega a París es retado a duelo por 3 mosqueteros Athos, Portos y Aramis, pero justo antes del momento en que van a empezar a batirse, les interrumpe la guardia del cardenal Richelieu.

Anthony Trollope is among the best-loved novelists in the English language. This Very Short Introduction will place Trollope's work in the context of his life and times, drawing on recent scholarship to illuminate his central interests and literary strategies. The major series of novels (the six novels located in the fictional Barsetshire, and the six Palliser novels) are explored alongside the novels set in Ireland, his travel writing, and his less well-known fiction.

In this original adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel, an encounter in Florence and an offer to exchange rooms brings George Emerson to the attention of Lucy Honeychurch. Their flirtation is cut short by Lucy’s chaperone, but when they meet again back home in England, Lucy must negotiate the demands of her station with the desires of her heart.

Orson Bean and Alley Mills star in the story of a man who becomes the town hero after he boasts of murdering his father. Riots greeted the first performance of this 1907 comic masterpiece of the Irish Literary Renaissance. L.A. Theatre Works reprises the Pacific Resident Theatre's acclaimed production.

Momenti è una silloge contenente poesie e racconti brevi ispirati da emozioni, riflessioni sulla vita e sui ricordi. Perché la vita, nonostante i momenti no e gli addii - che per chi crede sono solo arrivederci - vale comunque e sempre la pena di essere vissuta.

Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) was a priest, a mystic, and nearly a heretic (he died before the Church court's verdict). In the 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church rehabilitated him and the late Pope John Paul II spoke of his work with fondness. However, what makes him of particular interest is the fact that he has influenced a wide range of spiritual teachers and mystics both inside and outside the Christian tradition. Erich Fromm, Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, D. T. Suzuki, and Rudolf Steiner have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought.

Writers shortlisted for the Guardian 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize read their shortlisted stories Collected here are the six best stories chosen by the judging panel of the Guardian 4th Estate BAME short story prize 2017. In them you’ll encounter a range of characters: an Indian soldier...