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Ramayana - William Buck

An elegant translation of the beloved epic tale of Prince Rama Few works of literature have inspired so vast an audience across so many radically different languages and cultures as the Ramayana, written in Sanskrit…

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A Lion in Winter - James Goldman

Sibling rivalry, adultery and dungeons - Lion in Winter, by James Goldman, is a modern day classic. Comedic in tone, dramatic in action - the play tells the story of the Plantagenet family who are…

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Milkweed Smithereens - Bernadette Mayer

A career-spanning bouquet of poems by the peerless and inimitable Bernadette Mayer

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Selected Poems - Reiner Maria Rilke

For poetry lovers and students of literature and literary criticism, a National Book Award-winning poet brings his prowess as a translator and critic to bear on the work of one of the major German poets…

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Outpatient - Harriet Madeley

It occurs to me that my early death could beNot the worst thing for my career.Outpatient follows Olive, a self-obsessed entertainment journalist who sets out to make her name interviewing dying people, only to discover…

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The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx - Tara Bergin

Tara Bergin's second collection of poems of love and hate inspired by the story of Eleanor Marxâ€™s translation of Madame Bovary.

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Sonnets to Orpheus - Reiner Maria Rilke

Brand new English translations of this classic cycle of poems by Rilke dedicated to Orpheus

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Mother Courage and Her Children - Brecht Bertolt

Mother Courage is usually regarded as Brecht's masterpiece and remains to this day an epic indictment of the brutality of war. This translation by world-famous playwright Tony Kushner is spirited, lively and accessible for a…

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Sa'di in Love - Homa Katouzian

With poetry which speaks across the ages, Sa''di (1210-1281) is a vital classical poet and a towering figure of the medieval Persian canon. In this essential new translation of Sa''di''s work, leading expert on Iranian…

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The Fire of Joy - Clive James

Clive James read, learned and recited poetry aloud for most of his life. In this, the last book he completed before his death, the much-loved poet, broadcaster and author offers a selection of his favourite…

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Poems About Birds - H. J. Massingham

Countless writers have been inspired by the beauty of birds - their colours, their easy flight, their lightness and softness, and the grace and whimsicality of their ways. Our literature, especially our poetry, is full…

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All's Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare

In Allâ€™s Well That Ends Well, Helen, a lowly ward, risks her life to satisfy her boundless love for Bertram, a count and ward to the King of France. Following him to Paris, she concocts…

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Once Before I Go - Phillip McMahon

Told against the backdrop of Dublin''s burgeoning gay rights movement of the 1980s and 1990s and the contemporary LGBTQ+ community of today, Once Before I Go explores the bonds of Irish queer lives across three…

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Winning Words - Sieghart William

Faster, higher, stronger: winning words are those that inspire you on to Olympian goals. From falling in love to overcoming adversity, celebrating a new born or learning to live with dignity: here is a book…

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The Oval Window - J.H. Prynne

Annotated and illustrated edition produced by N.H. Reeve and Richard Kerridge of Prynne's 1983 poem, with photographs and a substantial portfolio supplied by him of source and reference material, plus two commentary essays.

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Of Mutability - Jo Shapcott

Jo Shapcott''s award-winning first three collections, gathered in Her Book: Poems 1988-1998, revealed her to be a writer of ingenuous, politically acute and provocative poetry, and rightly earned her a reputation as one of the…

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King Henry VI Part 3 - William Shakespeare

In their lively and engaging edition of this sometimes neglected early play, Cox and Rasmussen make a strong claim for it as a remarkable work, revealing a confidence and sureness that very few earlier plays…

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The School for Scandal - Richard Brinsley Sheridan

In The School for Scandal, Sheridan's artificial world of heightened wit and heightened folly delights its audience, but at times it engages them with moments of human pain and happiness, before delivering them back to…

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buckets - Adam Barnard

Wry, emotive, funny and heartfelt, buckets is a play with a unique perspective on a universal dilemma: how do you deal with the fact that time always runs out?

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KELI - Martin Green

The skill, the craft, is in controlling the pressure.KELI tells the story of a fiery, sharp witted seventeen year-old in a former mining town. Coal means little to Keli, but the mines left music in…

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The Peacemakers - Waldo Williams

A new edition of The Peacemakers, which includes some of Waldo Williams' most celebrated poems. It comprises the Welsh-language originals plus parallel English translations by esteemed poet and translator Tony Conran. First published by Gomer…

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PARADISE - Dante Alighieri, Alasdair Gray

''Reveals Gray''s powers of insight and invention'' Guardian''One of the most vital retellings of the poem to date'' SpectatorDante, now guided by Beatrice, faces the final third of his epic journey through the wheels of…

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Greek Epic Fragments

Heroic epic of the eighth to the fifth century BC includes poems about Hercules and Theseus, as well as the Theban Cycle and the Trojan Cycle. Genealogical epic of that archaic era includes poems that…

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Local - Liz Richardson

The Boffs were outsiders, not local like, even though we were born there. I was only really a Boff by association.Solo-storyteller Liz revisits her childhood memories and home in the North in an attempt to…

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