Best British Poetry

Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. So we have poems about heartbreak, about missing someone, we have poems for when we're sad, or for when we're lonely. In August 2017 she published Pillow Thoughts and The Road Between via US publisher Andrews McMeel Publishing. When Courtney isn't writing she enjoys keeping fit, listening to music, and hanging out with her two dogs, Hero & Dakota.

COMEDIES. All's Well That Ends Well. As You Like It. The Comedy of Errors. Cymbeline. Love's Labours Lost. Measure for Measure. The Merry Wives of Windsor. The Merchant of Venice. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Much Ado About Nothing. Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Taming of the Shrew. The Tempest. Troilus and Cressida. Twelfth Night. Two Gentlemen of Verona. Winter's Tale. HISTORIES. Henry IV, part 1. Henry IV, part 2. Henry V. Henry VI, part 1. Henry VI, part 2. Henry VI, part 3. Henry VIII. King John. Richard II. Richard III.

In the contours of this story, at once remote and uncannily familiar at the beginning of the twenty-first century, Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney finds a resonance that summons power to the poetry from deep beneath its surface. Men climbed eagerly up the gangplank, sand churned in the surf, warriors loaded. a cargo of weapons, shining war-gear. in the vessel's hold, then heaved out, away with a will in their wood-wreathed ship. After Grendel's misbegotten mother comes to call, the king's evocation of her haunted home may strike dread into the hearts of men and beasts, but it's a gift to the reader: In Heaney's hands, the poem's apparent archaisms and Anglo-Saxon attitudes--its formality, blood-feuds, and insane courage--turn the art of an ancient island nation into world literature. He saves the Danes, who sing of his triumphs, but soon the monster's mother turns up to take him hostage: having killed her, our hero goes home to the land of the Geats, acquires the kingship, and fights to the death an enormous dragon. Long a thing for professors to gloss, the poem includes battles, aggressive boasts, glorious funerals, frightening creatures and a much-studied alliterative meter; earlier versions in current vernacular have pleased lay readers and helped hard-pressed students. Nobel laureate Heaney has brought forth a finely wrought, controversial (for having won a prize over a children's book) modern English version, one which retains, even recommends, the archaic strengths of its warrior world, where "The Spear-Danes in days gone by/ and the kings who ruled them had courage and greatness." Well-known digressionsAa detailed dirge, the tale-within-a-tale of Hengest, "homesick and helpless" in ancient FrieslandAfind their ways into Heaney's English, which holds to the spirit (not always the letter) of the en face Anglo-Saxon, fusing swift story and seamless description, numinous adjectives and earthy nouns: in one swift scene of difficult swimming, "Shoulder to shoulder, we struggled on/ for five nights, until the long flow/ and pitch of the waves, the perishing cold drove us apart.

And that's before my embarrassing mishap gets splashed across prime time local TV news. But being rescued by hot firefighter Logan Patterson is worth it, especially when I find out he wants me with a passion that makes my head spin and every part of me throb with need.

Scarlet and Ellie are in awe of her courage and competence, but the experienced nurse is well aware of the dangers of the job they’ve chosen—and even she is terrified they won’t make it home alive. “In Soraya M. Lane's captivating historical drama, three heroic nurses brave bullets, blood, and heartache to survive wartime France, all the while struggling to keep hope alive for a peaceful future. Scarlet, Ellie, and Lucy’s journey through the horrors of WWII is, at the same time, moving, harrowing, and ultimately satisfying.” —Emily Carpenter, bestselling author of Burying the Honeysuckle Girls and The Weight of Lies.

The playscript for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was originally released as a 'special rehearsal edition' alongside the opening of Jack Thorne's play in London's West End in summer 2016. When Albus hatches a plot to go back in time to save the life of Cedric Diggory—what Albus views as the biggest mistake his father made—time becomes distorted and Harry is left to examine his own life, his relationship with his son, and how love can sometimes be much more complicated than it seems. This is an interesting extension of the "Harry Potter" universe, but readers should go into it knowing that it's its own beast. Rowling didn't write it (much to the fury and vitriol of many fans), and it is in script form, so it loses some of the magic that won over millions of readers back when it all began.

Louisa's new best friend has it all - the house, the status, the money. Natasha du Plessis, The Book Club ★★★★ "it's intelligent, interesting, full of well written characters with just the right amount of creepiness . "Shalini Boland's psychological thriller is suspenseful , slowly building up to an explosive situation . ". Before kids, she was signed to Universal Music Publishing as a singer/songwriter, but now she spends her days writing suspense thrillers and dark adventures.

Now Paul Mulchrone finds himself on the run with nobody to turn to except a nurse who has read one-too-many crime novels and a renegade copper with a penchant for violence. A Man With One of Those Faces is the first book in Caimh McDonnell's Dublin Trilogy, which melds fast-paced action with a distinctly Irish acerbic wit. The characters inhabiting this hilarious, yet gripping story are just wonderful." Flipping easily between humour and terror so that I spent most of the book sat on the edge of my seat while chuckling." "Original, innovative, intelligent and laugh out loud funny." "If you like stories by Colin Bateman, Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey and Janet Evanovich then you'll enjoy A Man With One of Those Faces." Flipping easily between humour and terror so that I spent most of the book sat on the edge of my seat while chuckling." Maureen Carter, author of the Bev Morriss books "If you like stories by Colin Bateman, Carl Hiaasen, Tim Dorsey and Janet Evanovich then you'll enjoy A Man With One of Those Faces." He has gone on to perform around the world and he regular supports two of the biggest stars of British stand-up on their theatre tours.A Man With One of Those Faces is his debut novel and he considers it the best thing he has ever done.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. When Bilbo reached his eleventy-first birthday he disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin Frodo the Ruling Ring and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom. The Lord of the Rings takes place in a fantasy world that is not too unlike the English countryside, though it has characters that range from hobbits to Elven creatures. Widely regarded as one of the genre's most loved works, The Lord of the Rings has garnered worldwide acclaim and praise from critics and fans alike. Originally broadcast in 1981 on BBC Radio, this full-cast adaptation of Tolkien's epic trilogy is justifiably regarded as a classic; unfortunately, in 2008, it faces inevitable comparison with Peter Jackson's films. Ian Holm (who appeared as Bilbo in the films) offers a mature, nuanced portrayal of Frodo that is far truer to the text than Elijah Wood's wide-eyed innocent approach.

Each Edition Includes: • Comprehensive explanatory notes. • Vivid introductions and the most up-to-date scholarship. • Clear, modernized spelling and punctuation, enabling contemporary readers to understand the Elizabethan English. • Completely updated, detailed bibliographies and performance histories. • An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. With text taken from the No Fear Shakespeare series, which modernized Shakespeare’s original language, this entry in the No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels line makes the Bard even more accessible. The language has been further simplified, but not dumbed down, and the story stays true to the arc of the play, with the monologues and interiors nearly intact.