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Often described as ‘the father of realism’, Henrik Ibsen was a pioneer of modernist drama. He influenced playwrights as diverse as George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde, and is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare. Included in this collection are adaptations of his tragicomic masterpiece The Wild Duck, his complex and compelling play Rosmersholm, the epic drama Brand and the tragedy John Gabriel Borkman.

We follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss and his fellow signallers from the Lahore Division of the British Indian Army as they experience life - and death - on the front line. Meanwhile, Dr Celestine de Tullio battles to save soldiers suffering from gas gangrene and trench fever - and experiences the fighting firsthand when she enlists in the Serbian Army and commands a dangerous offensive. They are all cogs in an immense machine, one which connects situations across the whole theatre of the war, over four long years.

Katherine Mansfield is remembered as one of the great modernist short-story writers, who managed to pack a huge amount of creative work into her 34 years before she died of TB in 1923. This impressive collection includes brand-new full-cast BBC dramatisations of 'Bliss', 'Something Childish but Very Natural', 'Marriage a la Mode', 'Daughters of the Late Colonel', 'The Garden Party', 'Life of Ma Parker and Her First Ball', plus many more readings brought to life by a wealth of narrators.

Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality—- until...

When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the sprawling Indian city, the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth.

There are two types of people in the world. Those who can remember only yesterday and those who can also recall the day before. You have just one lifeline to the past: your diary. Each night you write down the things that matter. Each morning your diary tells you where you were, who you loved and what you did. Today the police are at your door. They say that the body of your husband's mistress has been found in the River Cam. They think your husband killed her two days ago. Can you trust the police? Can you trust your husband? Can you trust yourself?

The 5 shortlisted titles for the BBC National Short Story Award 2011 administered in partnership with Booktrust, containing: Rag Love by M. J. Hyland, read by Mike Sengelow; The Heart of Denis Noble by Alison MacLeod, read by Tim Pigott-Smith; Wires by Jon McGregor, read by Lydia Wilson; The Human Circadian Pacemaker by K. J. Orr, read by Indira Varma; The Dead Roads by D. W. Wilson, read by Trevor White.

Down market lanes crammed with too many people, dogs, and rickshaws lies a jumble of tin-roofed homes where nine-year-old Jai lives with his family. Jai drools outside sweet shops, watches too many reality police shows, and considers himself to be smarter than his friends, Pari and Faiz. When a classmate goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from TV to find him. He asks Pari and Faiz to be his assistants, and together they draw up lists of people to interview and places to visit.

அழகும் எழிலும் மிகுந்த நடிகையான வந்தனாவை, அழகிலும் அறிவிலும் பெரிதாக ஜொலிக்காத தன் நண்பன் மாரிமுத்து மணமுடித்ததன் பின்னணியில் இருப்பவர் குமாரசுவாமி என்னும் சித்தர் என்று அறிந்து பிரமிப்பு அடைகிறான் வசந்தன். ஏழ்மையான குடும்பப் பின்னணி திருமணத்திற்கு காத்திருக்கும் சகோதரிகளுடன் தன் திருமணம் நிச்சயமான நிலையில் தான் பணிபுரியும் அலுவலகத்தில் சந்திக்கும் இன்னல்கள் உடன் விரக்தியின் உச்சியில் இருக்கும் வசந்தனுக்கு குமாரசுவாமி சித்தர் உதவினாரா…?

அஷ்டமாசித்து வரிசையில் ஐந்தாவது சித்தான பிராப்தி பற்றி சிந்தித்து பின் அதற்கேற்ப கதை காலத்துடன் வடிவமைக்கப்பட்ட விறுவிறுப்பான நாவல் தொகுப்பு...

A practical guide to being a witch in Terry Pratchett’s bestselling Discworld, covering everything you've ever wanted to know from dealing with elves to making deals with demons, and from tending the flocks to fending off invasions from other worlds.

సమాజం ఎల్లప్పుడూ పిడివాదంతో వేశ్యలను మరియు వారి వృత్తిని ఆమోదయోగ్యం కాని మరియు పేర్కొనలేనివిగా చూస్తుంది. సుల్తానా, ఒక చిన్న పట్టణ వేశ్య, ఆమె కళ్లలో కలలతో రోత్ సిటీకి వలస వెళుతుంది. ఆమె ఒంటరితనం ఆమె మొహర్రం బృందానికి 'బ్లాక్ సల్వార్' కోసం ఆమె కోరికను తీవ్రంగా ఆక్షేపించింది.

రచయిత్రులు అందరిలోనూ ఓల్గా కి ఒక ప్రత్యేకమైన స్థానం తప్పక ఉంటుంది. తనకంటూ ఒక శైలిని ఏర్పరుచుకొని స్త్రీ వాదాన్ని బలంగా వినిపించిన రచయిత్రులలో వోల్గా ఎప్పుడూ ముందు వరుసలోనే ఉంటారు. ఆవిడ కథలు అన్నీ స్త్రీల చుట్టూ, వారి ఆలోచనల చుట్టూ నే తిరుగుతాయి. రాజకీయ కథలు అనే పేరు మీద ఆవిడ స్త్రీల శరీరాల చుట్టూ, స్త్రీలకు తోటి స్త్రీలతో, సమాజంతో, తమ పురుషులతో వుండే సంబంధాల చుట్టూ కథలను రాయగా, ఈ "ప్రయోగం" ఆ కథలకు సంబంధించిన రెండో సంకలనం. ఇందులో కూడా ఆవిడ సహజ సిద్ధమైన శైలి లో స్త్రీల శరీరం చుట్టూ కథలు అల్లి కొన్ని నిజాలని కళ్ళకి కట్టినట్టు చూపించే ప్రయత్నం చేశారు.

பாஷாணம் என்றாலே விஷம் என்றுதான் எல்லோரும் சொல்வார்கள். ஒரு பாஷாணத்தைத் தனியாகப் பயன்படுத்தும்போதுதான் அது விஷமாகிறது. அதை இன்னொரு பாஷாணத்துடன் சேர்த்துப் பயன்படுத்தும்போது அந்த விஷமே வேறுவிதமாக மாறி வினைபுரியத் தொடங்கிவிடுகிறது. அதிலும் ஒன்றுக்கு ஒன்பது பாஷாணங்கள் ஒன்றுபடும் போது அங்கே ஒன்பது கிரகங்களின் சக்தியே வந்துவிடுவதாக சித்தபுருஷர்கள் கண்டறிந்தார்கள்.’

Rumer Godden is well known for her acclaimed novels for adults and children. She wrote over 60 works in her lifetime, nine of which were made into films. Included here are dramatisations of three of her classic tales, as well as a fascinating interview with the renowned author.

Covering the whole of witching, casting spells to setting cheese, from dealing with elves to making deals with demons, from tending flocks to fending off forces from other worlds, this colourful, funny and insightful guide is a must-have for all Terry Pratchett fans.

A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality. . . . Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle—aka the Wee Free Men—a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.

When the Spirit of Winter takes a fancy to Tiffany Aching, he wants her to stay in his gleaming, frozen world. Forever. It will take all the young witch's skill and cunning, as well as help from the legendary Granny Weatherwax and the irrepressible Wee Free Men, to survive until Spring. Because if Tiffany doesn't make it to Spring, Spring won't come for anyone.

The second in beloved and bestselling fantasy grandmaster Sir Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld novels starring the young witch Tiffany Aching. Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic—not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats! Surely there must be more to witchcraft than this. What Tiffany doesn't know is that an insidious, disembodied creature is pursuing her.

As the witch of the Chalk, Tiffany Aching performs the distinctly unglamorous work of caring for the needy. But someone—or something—is inciting fear, generating dark thoughts and angry murmurs against witches. Tiffany must find the source of unrest and defeat the evil at its root. Aided by the tiny-but-tough Wee Free Men, Tiffany faces a dire challenge, for if she falls, the whole Chalk falls with her. . . .