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In 1892, Alfred Tennyson, the official Poet Laureate of Great Britain, died. According to custom, a new Laureate now had to be chosen by the Prime Minister. But on this occasion, uniquely, there was a problem. Many different candidates for the position were suggested, but for several years, none were chosen. In this recording, we listen to selected poems by Tennyson himself and by ten writers nominated to succeed him.

New York Times bestseller by award-winning writers Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves. Joey Harker isn’t a hero… Joey Harker is the kind of guy who gets lost in his own house. But one day, Joey gets really lost. He walks straight out of his world and into another dimension. This walk between...

In early 2002, six months after the World Trade Center attack, Hayden Stone who took early retirement from the FBI, is working for the CIA. On his last assignment to Afghanistan a colleague is killed and Stone blames himself for his death. A friend in the upper ranks of the CIA offers him an assignment to the South of France. Stone accepts, thinking this is exactly what he needs to get his life back on an even keel: French life on the Côte d’Azur. Well, he’s in for a surprise. He has little time for the Mediterranean ambiance, as two terrorists, acting separately, attempt to murder him.

In this classic Shakespeare tale as adapted for a younger audience by Elaina Garcia, Coriolanus makes his name as a general defending Rome. However, he does not win support of the people as a Roman consul, so he must make other plans. This version is adapted for a younger audience, told in plain English and downplaying some of the more adult themes of the play while remaining true to Shakespeare's plot and intent.

A dramatic, prescient examination of seismic changes in American politics and culture, Wildland is the story of a crucible, a period bounded by two shocks to America’s psyche, two assaults on the country’s sense of itself: the attacks of September 11th in 2001 and the storming of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Following the lives of everyday Americans in three cities across two decades, Evan Osnos illuminates the country in a startling light, revealing how it lost the moral confidence to see itself as larger than the sum of its parts.

The treacherous White Army is on the move and only 16-year-old Queen Sarai's personal guards remain to turn the tide. Hopelessly outnumbered, Sentrus Caroven and Mave Antwern must guide this unusual force of men and beasts to victory, or lose everything they hold dear.

This is a plain English and abridged adaptation of Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. The play is set towards the end of the Trojan War, and loosely follows sections of the Iliad. The play combines two key plotlines: the romance between Troilus and Cressida, and the ongoing Trojan war. This adaptation simplifies Shakespeare's language, but retains the key elements of his play. This is theatrical production by a full cast.

This adaptation of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is in plain English, adapted for a younger audience, and designed as an audio play. The Winter's Tale has at times been classified as a comedy, a late romance, and a problem play. It is part of Shakespeare's First Folio and is believed to have been first performed in 1753. The adaptation by Elaina Garcia is in plain English, performed by a full cast including music and sound effects.

Two Gentlemen of Verona is a comedy with a relatively small cast by Shakespeare's standards. It is possibly one of Shakespeare's first plays, and some regard it as a relatively immature work written between 1587 and 1593. It may even be Shakespeare's first play. This production is abridged in plain English, producing a condensed version of the play without the complexity of Shakespeare's sometimes obtuse language. Though a comedy, the play focuses on the themes of love and friendship and the conflict between them.

Local painter Calder Brumen has three goals in life: be the best artist in San Francisco; make good on his promise to his best friend; and marry the mermaid with the glittery leg tattoos. When the vanishing woman leaves sandy footprints behind, Calder decides she’s more than a figment of his imagination, and his infatuation becomes an obsession. But a mysterious temptress worms her way into his best friend’s world, and Calder has to figure out how to save his childhood pal from the evil clutches of a witch...without losing his chance at landing his happily ever after.

What if you could transform your business without increasing payroll? Or improve reliability, consistency, and profit while reducing employee turnover? Artificial intelligence (AI) makes all that possible and more. It’s the fastest, easiest way to scale your business. Successful entrepreneurs learn early on that growth isn’t linear. Scaling up means hitting one ceiling after another. All too often, breaking through requires drastic changes in payroll or infrastructure that the company isn’t prepared to float.

In Confessions of a Divine Masculine, I discuss the intimate details along my journey as a twin flame/divine masculine that I haven't shared with the public. I also go into details about the differences between soulmates, karmics, and twin flame relationship dynamics to clear the confusion most people have with those types of relationships.

A YouTubing cruiser couple sails the world living their best life—until one of them goes missing and their whole world capsizes, in this captivating psychological thriller perfect for fans of Something in the Water and Saint X.

Janet Does Everything: A Poetical Hodgepodge for Children, Adults and the Undecided is an eclectic collection of verse in the tradition of such rhymesters as Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear and W. S. Gilbert. Subjects range from the remarkable Janet (who does everything) to Vlad the Impaler (really!) to chihuahuas encountering alien spacecraft to ravenous tigers and Old Testament prophets on vacation.

L. E. L. was the pen-name of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802-1838), a “wild and wayward girl” whose outspoken poems about love, hypocrisy, social injustice, religions, and death were discussed and debated avidly during her short life, but lost favor afterwards as Victorian notions of propriety became dominant. This wide-ranging collection includes 60 of her most characteristic poems.

William Clarke Quantrill was a hated name during the War Between the States by the Federals of the Union Army as well as by many non-combatants. Even the high command of the Confederacy distrusted him. But there were others who were passionate sympathizers. He was both friend and mentor but also manipulator and opportunist. Alistair Durant was someone who came to know him in all these guises. Durant was a young Confederate soldier captured by the Yankees and released when he took an oath never again to bear arms against the Union.

Do you feel uncomfortable charging for your work? You’re not alone. Coaches, healers, therapists, spiritual guides, and creatives often struggle to ask for money without guilt. You want to serve, to help, to uplift — but when it’s time to charge, fear creeps in.

Shifters and witches have hated each other from the beginning, and as a young woman with the abilities of both, Nikki Atwood is trapped between two worlds. Starting fresh in a quiet town where no one knows her secrets, she is determined to stay away from the supernatural. But avoiding the local spook scene is easier said than done.

Who was the bestselling English poet of the nineteenth century? No, not Tennyson or Byron or Wordsworth—but Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), “the most considerable woman poet of the Romantic period” and “the most notable British poet flourishing between the death of Byron and the rise of Tennyson and the Brownings” (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2008). With an unfailing and seemingly effortless command of language, she voiced the deepest concerns of ordinary people, especially women, to an extent that no other writer of her time could do.

Kelvin will undergo a series of epic trials in an effort to garner hope for the future and joy for his family. Flanked by his entourage of skilled beauties, he'll face the rising threat of the naga who seek to overrun Picu from all angles. But that’s not all Kel has to contend with! A dangerous group of Daru disciples rise from the ashes. A powerful new god emerges from the shadows as the plot behind Kelvin’s mother’s disappearance unfurls. But will Kel be able to shed light on his dark designs before it’s too late?