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Inédito no Brasil, um fabuloso universo de sonho, paixão e filosofia.Com seleção e posfácio de Volker Michels, especialista em Hermann Hesse, o livro reúne vinte textos que compõem a lista de melhore

Can you remember your first time?In this hilarious and heartbreaking true story, theatre-maker and activist Nathaniel Hall cant seem to forget his. To be fair, hes had it playing on repeat for the last fifteen years but now hes ready to lift the lid on his life-changing secret.First presented by Dibby Theatre and Waterside Arts, First Time went on to critical and audience acclaim on tour of the UK and at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It smashes through the stigma and shame of HIV, to present an uplifting and inspirational guide to staying positive in a negative world.This edition features the full script of FirstTime, alongside extensive material about HIV/AIDS and the themes and issues explored in the play, including several workshop plans which can be used with students and community groups.A truly remarkable story of triumph. I was in aweRussell T Davies

A maior obra da História. Sigmund Freud Os irmãos Karamázov foi um dos últimos livros escritos por Dostoiévski e é uma das suas obras primas. Considerado por muitos um romance filosófico, nesta apaix

On November 11, 2000, a train caught fire in a mountain tunnel at the Kaprun ski resort in Austria, killing 155 people. The disaster and its aftermath traumatized the nation. This in-depth account by authors Hannes Uhl and Hubertus Godeysen brings the events to life and reveals the astonishing incompetence and corruption that led to the accident and undermined the subsequent trial. 155: The Kaprun Cover-Up serves as a warning to people in every country about threats to public safety and the rule of law.

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MELHOR LIVRO DO SÉCULO PARA O THE NEW YORK TIMESUMA SÉRIE HBOO PRIMEIRO VOLUME DA TETRALOGIA NAPOLITANATRADUÇÃO DO ITALIANO DE MARGARIDA PERIQUITO«Elena Ferrante é uma das grandes escritoras contempo

and all the sins of his father and his forefathers came out of his body, through the pores of his skin, in the form of crows.When a son returns home after being accused of a violent crime, a mother is forced to confront the ghosts of her past when the crows visit.Inspired by true events in modern-day India, Anupama Chandrasekhars play When the Crows Visit explores the themes of Ibsens Ghosts and the cyclical nature of oppression.This dark and thrilling play premiered at Kiln Theatre, London, in October 2019, directed by Artistic Director Indhu Rubasingham.

365 poems celebrating friendship, love and constancy.This wonderful collection of poems celebrates friendship every day of the year. There are poems on the joys of companionship, encouragement, consolation, humour and love, making this a perfect gift for friends, family and partners.Poems featured include Emily Brontes Love and Friendship and Stevie Smiths Pleasures of friendship, as well as writings from Keats, Norman MacCaig, Waldo Emerson and Amy Lowell.Some of the most beautiful poems ever written are collected here to give us insight into the important things in life.

A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams.When Oli arrives at now-forgotten sci-fi icon Mariannes door, hes looking for an autograph and maybe a friend. Mariannes hoping for the phone to ring, for her best friend to see her differently, for her turn at something more substantial than a half-remembered role on a cult TV show.As they start to explore each others worlds, they begin to discover what every good relationship needs: time and space.Exploring the complexities of connection, especially in the LGBTQ+ community, and the contrast in lived experiences across generations, Dark Sublime is a love-letter to British sci-fi television those that make it and those that adore it.Michael Denniss debut play premiered at Trafalgar Studios in Londons West End in 2019, directed by Andrew Keates and starring Marina Sirtis, best known for appearing in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Rule number eleven: We dont talk about them. Not here. They dont exist here.Nadia and Daniel have a secret. In fact they have quite a few. Theyve just signed on the dotted line for a studio flat. Under a pseudonym, naturally Mr and Mrs White.After years of school pick-ups, TV takeaways, and the day-to-day drudgery of married life, this is their chance to wipe the slate clean. But as much as they try and redefine the rules, and themselves, the outside world is closing in.Ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny, Kenny Emsons play Rust pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit. Rust premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, ahead of transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and HighTide Festival in 2019, in a co-production between the Bush and HighTide.

Ob malerisch, unberuhrt oder wild: So manches Reiseziel erweist sich als riskantes Unterfangen. Ideal fur diejenigen, die auf der Suche nach Nervenkitzel sind, ihre Versicherung betrugen mochten oder bei deren Schwiegermutter es nach einem Unfall aussehen muss. "How to Kill Yourself Abroad" nimmt Sie mit auf eine Tour rund um den Globus, entlang der gefahrlichsten Orte, die Mensch und Natur geschaffen haben. Jenseits der ausgetretenen Pfade erwarten Sie Seen aus purer Saure, angriffslustige Eingeborene, haufenweise Giftschlangen, unsichtbare Giftgaswolken und viele andere Attraktionen, mit denen Reisende ihre Lebenserfahrung vergroern und ihre Lebenserwartung verkleinern konnen.

Lima Barreto foi, entre nós, o primeiro a realizar uma literatura militante contra as injustiças sociais e os preconceitos de raça, de que ele próprio foi vítima. Considerado um crítico virulento dos vicios e corrupçes da sociedade e da politica de sua epoca, produziu uma obra vasta, que abarca os mais variados estilos. Neste box, que agora ganha uma 2a ediço revista, reunimos todos os seus romances, uma significativa seleço de seus contos e cronicas, os Diarios o intimo e o do hospicio , o inacabado Cemiterio dos vivos, romance baseado nas experiencias passadas no hospital de alienados, suas tres narrativas satiricas, Aventuras do Dr. Bogoloff, Os Bruzundangas e Coisas do Reino de Jambon e ainda o folhetim O subterraneo do Morro do Castelo, em que o autor, a serviço de O Correio da Manh, misturou jornalismo e ficço para retratar a derrubada parcial do Morro do Castelo, empreendida por Pereira Passos em 1905. Os volumes contam ainda com apresentaçes de Francisco de Assis Barbosa, Miguel Sanches Neto, Oliveira Lima, Joo Ribeiro, Monteiro Lobato, Eliane Vasconcellos, Ledo Ivo e Otto Maria Carpeaux.

The history of Manchester jumps off its axis. The history of England jumps off its axis. 2 a.m., 8th July, 1981, all the major cities of England burn.Crackling with anger, humour and authenticity, Ed Edwards play The Political History of Smack and Crack chronicles the fallout for communities crushed by the heroin epidemic at the height of Thatcherism.Shot through with home truths about the road to recovery, this is an epic love song to a lost generation inspired by the playwrights own personal experience.The Political History of Smack and Crack was shortlisted for the Theatre503 Playwriting Award. It was first performed in Paines Ploughs Roundabout at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018, before transferring to Soho Theatre, London, produced by Most Wanted and Offstage Theatre in association with W14 Productions, Alastair Michael and Soho (co-commissioners).A terrific honest, funny, moving firecracker of a play Roy Williams OBE

Two unflinching plays from exciting new writer and performer Izzy Tennyson.Grotty is a dark and savage exploration of the London lesbian scene. A couple of little sad old basements that drip with sweat and piss, with second-hand noise pulsating from some gay-boy night upstairs. The women sit there in their uniformed black and they are looking at you. They are not nice girls. But Grotty is not a nice story.The piece was premiered by Damsel Productions at The Bunker, London, in May 2018.Solo show Brutetells the true story of a rather twisted schoolgirl. Poppys just started at an all-girls state school in a provincial English town, where there are rules with no logic, sadistic jokes that arent actually funny, and the most sinister games played out of boredom.Brute won the 2015 IdeasTap Underbelly Award, had a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and transferred to Soho Theatre with Damsel Productions in 2016.Izzy Tennyson is a writer and performer whose work includes Career Boy (London Raindance Festival 2015) and Runts (Brighton Fringe Festival 2016).

There is no shame in deriving pleasure from this little world.Siblings Fanny and Alexander are growing up amidst the gilded romance and glamour of 1900s Sweden. But their world is turned upside down when their widowed mother remarries the iron-willed local bishop. As creative freedom and rigid orthodoxy clash, a war ensues between imagination and austerity in this magical study of childhood, family and love.Legendary film-maker Ingmar Bergmans 1982 masterpiece Fanny & Alexander was adapted for the stage by Stephen Beresford. It premiered at The Old Vic, London, in 2018, in a production starring Penelope Wilton and directed by Old Vic Associate Director Max Webster.Stephen Beresford is the BAFTA award-winning screenwriter of Pride. His other plays include The Last of the Haussmans, which premiered at the National Theatre.

Autumn 1940. The Battle of Britain rages.Southampton is home to our only hope of victory: the Spitfire. But, in one of many devastating raids on the town, the Luftwaffe destroy the Woolston Supermarine Spitfire factory. The Government requisitions local businesses to use as shadow factories but meets resistance. Fred Dimmock wont give up his family laundry for anyone.As the Dimmocks, and other families, struggle to keep control of their lives and livelihoods, a story of chaos, courage and community spirit emerges.Telling the remarkable story of how a city triumphed over adversity, Howard Brentons play The Shadow Factory opened Southamptons brand-new theatre, NST City, in 2018, directed by Nuffield Southampton Theatres Director Samuel Hodges.

Listen carefullyThree women.Three conversations.As the details of what they share begin to diverge, we realise that a subtle game of survival is being played.Both psychological puzzle and quietly devastating tragedy, The Approach explores the inner lives of Anna, Cora and Denise as they desperately try to make sense of their world. It premiered at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, in 2018, in a production by Landmark Productions.Mark ORowe is one of Irelands leading playwrights. His plays include the award-winning Our Few and Evil Days, Terminus, Crestfall, Made in China and Howie the Rookie.A writing force to contend with outstandingIrish IndependentHilarious, stunning, surprisingly touching and enormously satisfyingIrish Times on Terminus

This volume presents the best new writing in monologue form, celebrating unique voices with exceptional stories to tell. These three plays, finalists in the inaugural Heretic Voices competition, were first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2018.Set in Croydon, South London, Dean McBride by Sonya Hale is a vivid and poetic story of deprivation, loss and redemption through love, which tells the story of Dean, a young man hardened by suffering, who struggles in life before finding his way back to happiness.A university professor is caught in a storm when an image of her in a changing room is shared online. Exploring how images of women are represented in art and social media, Annie Foxs Woman Caught Unaware is a searing examination of the culture of body-shaming.Depicting a teenage girls solo journey to the North Pole with her fathers ashes, A Hundred Words for Snow by Tatty Hennessy is a complex, epic and undulating story that pitches themes of death and rebirth against a shifting backdrop of climate change, exploration and the uncertain geography of the North.This collection includes a foreword from actor and playwright Lolita Chakrabarti, one of the judges of the competition, which was organised by Heretic Productions.

Great Angling Disasters is a wonderful collection of fishy tales from the past two hundred years that will have the reader caught hook, line and sinker. Stories of record breakers that got away, to boats that sank, rods that broke and pike and salmon that ran amok. It is the ultimate chronicle of those less than triumphant days on the riverbank.

I dont know how I became so filled with hate. I find it shocking that I did. Somebody said to me that war affects us in all kinds of ways, and that drinking is only one of them. Perhaps hating people is another. Perhaps sex is too.1943, Henley-on-Thames. Miss Roach is forced by the war to flee London for the Rosamund Tea Rooms boarding house, a place as grey and lonely as its residents. From the safety of these new quarters, her war effort now consists of a thousand petty humiliations, of which the most burdensome is sharing her daily life with the unbearable Mr Thwaites.But a breath of fresh air arrives in the form of a handsome American lieutenant and things start to look distinctly brighter. Until a new boarder moves into the room next to Miss Roachs outwardly friendly, she soon starts upsetting the precarious balance in the house.Nicholas Wrights play The Slaves of Solitude weaves a fascinating blend of dark hilarity and melancholy from Patrick Hamiltons much-loved story about an improbable heroine in wartime Britain. The play premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in October 2017.