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The long poem is preceded by a section of shorter lyrics and leads into a third group of poems in which the poet's voice is at one with the voice of the legendary mad King Sweeney. 'Surpasses even what one might reasonably expect from this magnificently gifted poet.' John Carey, Sunday Times

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The definitive cultural history of female showrunners, starting with Roseanne Barr in the 1980s to contemporary icons such as Lena Dunham. Amy Schumer, and Tina Fey.

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A unique insight into the life and mind of Seamus Heaney.

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This is the second of two volumes of the collected plays of Steven Berkoff. the book includes "Decadence", "Kvetch", "Acapulco", "Harry's Christmas", "Brighton Beach Scumbags", "Darling You Were Marvellous", "Pitbull" and "Actor".

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This is a collection of three history plays, each displaying the sparkling muscularity of language that marks Berkoff out as one of the foremost wordsmiths in the English language. Finally, Berkoff offers a sharp and accessible adaptation of Sophocles's Oedipus tragedy.

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In this EP-style follow-up to How I Escaped My Certain Fate, Stewart Lee describes the events leading up to his show If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One.

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An epic exploration of the largest of the desolate, storm-lashed Aran islands, which have haunted generations of Irish writers.

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The director of Happiness has produced a characteristically scabrous dissection of the confused motives that can lie behind 'true-to-life' writing and documentary filmmaking.

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I went cos it's better goin for money than for a bunch of ungrateful swine who think, once you're in a body bag, you asked for it by joining up. When a mercenary goes missing en route to Iraq, his closest surviving friend embarks on a hunt across the post-war Middle East.

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Though never elected to office, he manipulated those who were through a mix of guile, charm and intimidation. Motivated at first by a determination to improve the lives of New York City's workers, he created new parks, new bridges and 627 miles of expressway to connect the people to the great outdoors.

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It started when Nicky Slopen came back from the dead.

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From the multi-award-winning author of the literary phenomenon A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing, an exquisitely rendered and emotionally devastating meditation on love, loneliness, grief - and the possibilities for renewal.

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A hilariously weird, witty and unique travelogue from a dedicated 'anti-tourist', and author of Lost Cosmonaut.

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The second collection from Emily Berry, the award-winning poet of Dear Boy.

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First published in 1948, Structural Functions of Harmony is Schoenberg's last theoretical work and contains his ultimate thoughts on classical and romantic harmony. The many music examples range from the entire development sections of classical symphonies to analyses of the harmonic progressions of Strauss, Debussy, Reger, and his own early music.

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Ollie Ewing flees London and tries to readjust to life in his native Sligo in the classic novel by Dermot Healy.

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The new story collection from one of our most celebrated masters of the form, Sarah Hall.

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Based on a remarkable and little-known true story, Jane Harris's third novel is both a heart-breaking trip into our troubled colonial past, and a stunning act of literary ventriloquism.

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Jane Harris's third novel is both a heart-breaking trip into our troubled colonial past, and a stunning act of literary ventriloquism.

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A satirical take on reality TV, from the enfant terrible of French literature.

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A series of quirky, spare and often haunting stories of modern life, from the acclaimed Japanese-American graphic novelist.

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Toews' debut novel, written with her signature wit and compassion, published in the UK for the first time.

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The first ever selection of lyrics by the iconic Scott Walker, hand picked by the artist.

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A thrilling crime debut from a strikingly brave new voice - shades of Patrick deWitt's Ablutions and Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects .