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There is one universal word which all babies instinctively sound in every language and that is 'mama'. It produces a bond the like of which there is no other.Women are hard-wired by Nature to nurture and raise. Along the human chain of generations we would wish that every infant has depended on this woman, found shelter within her arms, food within her breast and the confidence to experience life and all its wonders from her love.Whether we understand it or recognise it, it is women who have shaped the course and journey of humanity.It is true, that mothering, the maternal instinct, comes in all shapes and shades and sizes. Some women find it difficult and others easy. Society with its norms and ever-readiness to make all conform, places pressures and difficulties in the paths of many. Families may not all be harbours of milk and honey but in this volume we take a different view. Here we journey with our classic poets from Christina Georgina Rossetti and Thomas Hardy to Frances W Harper and Kipling, not only the ways, the wonders and the women who take on the responsibility to raise children no matter the problems or dangers to themselves, but also the difficulties and sometimes desperate tragedies that motherhood can involve. We hope these poems inspire every generation to reach out and better themselves and those around. This is our tribute to mothers everywhere.
Christina Georgina Rossetti, D H Lawrence, Frances E W Harper (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Kelly O'doherty, Tim Graham (Narrator)
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A Body of Horrific Evidence - A Short Story Collection
The human form is familiar to all of us. We like limbs connected to bodies. Writers of the dark and macabre are not too concerned if that remains the case. Indeed limbs, or rather pieces of the body, sometimes are best written about when not connected. It’s one of our greatest fears. It quite rightly riddles us with a very unsettling feeling. So why then do we turn the page? We’re about to find out.
Edd Mcnair, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Wilkie Collins (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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A Body of Horror - A Short Story Volume
Our greatest fears are of the unknown. Usually we think those fears are in front of us...or behind us. But perhaps the human body itself holds the greatest horror. What happens after death? Do our bodies have a new existence either in whole.....or part? Will others seek to claim them and do unspeakable things? We don't know. But our authors do. And they have the talents and wits to make these diabolical stories vehicles for horror, for terror, for the unimaginable....
Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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Susan Keating Glaspell was born on July 1st, 1876 in Davenport, Iowa. Glaspell, a precocious child, was an active student at Davenport High School. By 18 she was earning a salary at the local newspaper as a journalist, and by 20 she was the author of a weekly 'Society' column. At 21 she enrolled for Philosophy at Drake University, in Des Moines, where she excelled in debate competitions, and represented them at the state tournament. After graduation, Glaspell again worked as a reporter, still a rare position for a woman, and assigned to cover the state legislature and murder cases.At 24, after covering the conviction of a woman accused of murdering her abusive husband, Glaspell abruptly resigned and returned to Davenport, and a career writing fiction. Her stories were published by periodicals, including Harper's and Munsey's. In 1909, moving to Chicago she wrote her debut novel, 'The Glory of the Conquered'. It was a best-seller. So too her 2nd and 3rd and to glowing reviews.With her husband Glaspell founded the Provincetown Playhouse for plays that reflected contemporary issues. Her first play, 'Trifles' (1916), was based on the murder trial she covered as a young reporter and later adapted as the short story 'A Jury of Her Peers'. She wrote 12 plays over 7 years for the company. By 1918 Glaspell was considered one of America's most significant new playwrights. Despite its success theatre work did not make financial sense and she continued to submit short stories in order to support her and her husband during their years with the theater. In 1931 her play, 'Alison's House', received the Pulitzer Prize. She continued to write and now with themes increasingly based on her surroundings, on family life, and on theistic questions.Susan Keating Glaspell died of viral pneumonia in Provincetown, Massachusetts on 28th July 1948.
Susan Glaspell (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Laurel Lefkow (Narrator)
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William Makepeace Thackeray, the great author of Vanity Fair and The Luck of Barry Lyndon was born in India in 1811. At age 5 his father died and his mother sent him back to England. His education was of the best but he himself seemed unable to apply his talents to a rigorous work ethic. After a few years of marriage his wife began to suffer from depression and over the years became detached from reality. He himself suffered from ill health later in his life and the one pursuit that kept him moving forward was that of writing and in his life time he was placed second only to Dickens. High praise indeed.
William Thackeray (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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January 1st heralds the beginning of the year in the Western world and its Gregorian calendar. For the next 365 days, and February 29th every four years, the days reel themselves off as they follow each other through the weeks, months and seasons. Here, each and every day is celebrated with distinct and separate verse; Some poems commemorate the day it was written, others the birth or death of the writer or a particular significant moment that engages poet with date and verse. Our classic poets have much to say.
John Keats, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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A Poem A Day. Autumn - A Season in Verse
A time for harvest. The rich bounty of grain and fruit given by Nature ensures she has prepared everyone for the coming rigors. One last splash of rich, mature colour as everything ripens; colours of glory and then the slow release of her yearly mantle. Here, each and every day is celebrated with distinct and separate verse; Some poems commemorate the day it was written, others the birth or death of the writer or a particular significant moment that engages poet with date and verse. Our classic poets have much to say in myriad ways….
Jalaluddin Rumi, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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A Poem A Day. Spring - The Season in Verse
In meteorological terms Spring begins on March 1st and runs through to May 30th. Nature transforms the landscape, colours the skies and begins her epic journey of renewal and offerings. Colour, energy and beauty all abound.Here, each and every day is celebrated with distinct and separate verse; Some poems commemorate the day it was written, others the birth or death of the writer or a particular significant moment that engages poet with date and verse. Our classic poets wax lyrical on each and every day.
D H Lawrence, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lord Byron (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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A Poem A Day. Summer - The Season in Verse
Our second season and Nature thrills the world with her mastery of the landscape and its ever-changing hues. Fruits and vegetables grow to perfection. People busy themselves with work and ready themselves for play. They dot the land, visit the shores and swim in its rivers, lakes and seas and much, much more besides.Here, each and every day is celebrated with distinct and separate verse; Some poems commemorate the day it was written, others the birth or death of the writer or a particular significant moment that engages poet with date and verse. Once more our classic poets describe the unfolding days…..
Algernon Charles Swinburne, Charles Dickens, W N Yeats (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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A Poem A Day. Winter - A Season in Verse
Nature has dazzled with her work in seasons past and now begins to sculpt with light and colour in yet another masterclass. The landscape can now run from stormy grey to blizzard white and all manner in between. Temperatures drop and the change is dramatic, bleak, but beautiful in its own wonder. Here, each and every day is celebrated with distinct and separate verse; Some poems commemorate the day it was written, others the birth or death of the writer or a particular significant moment that engages poet with date and verse. Once more our classic poets describe the unfolding days…..
John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Shakespeare (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)
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William Edward Norris was born on the 18th November 1847, the son of Sir William Norris, the Chief Justice of Ceylon.Norris was educated at Eton before studying law and being called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1874.However, he never practiced law but instead pursued his dreams of a literary career. His first publication, 'Heap of Money' appeared in 1877. He was prolific and wrote over sixty novels together with a small library of short stories. Much of his work was serialised and published in magazines such as Cornhill ort Temple Bar before being released in book form.William Edward Norris died on the 20th November at his home in Torquay, England at the age of 88.
William Edward Norris (Author), David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe (Narrator)
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‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Heartbreak2 - Helas! by Oscar Wilde3 - A Poor Torn Heart, a Tattered Heart by Emily Dickinson4 - I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling5 - Loves Lies Bleeding by Algernon Charles Swinburne6 - Ebb by Edna St Vincent Millay7 - My Own Heart, Let Me Have More, Have Pity by Gerard Manley Hopkins8 - My Heart is Lame by Charlotte Mew9 - My Heart Cries by Kabir10 - Sonnet 87 - Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear for My Possessing by William Shakespeare11 - When We Two Parted by Lord Byron12 - We Parted in Silence by Isabella Valancy Crawford13 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
Emily Dickinson, Oscar Wilde (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Sean Barrett (Narrator)
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