A walk through the life of a child who now is an adult survivor.

'I have lived in important places, times When great events were decided . . .' By turns comical, grouchy and exalted, and including his tragic masterpiece 'The Great Hunger', some of the key poems by the writer who transformed Anglo-Irish verse. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

"Rosaria, by the standards of many, was living a very good life. She had a tenured position at a large university in a field for which she cared deeply. She owned two homes with her partner, in which they provided hospitality to students and activists that were looking to make a difference in the world. In the community, Rosaria was involved in volunteer work. At the university, she was a respected advisor of students and her department's curriculum. And then, in her late 30s, Rosaria encountered something that turned her world upside down -- the idea that Christianity, a religion that she had regarded as problematic and sometimes downright damaging, might be right about who God was. That idea seemed to fly in the face of the people and causes that she most loved. What follows is a story of what she describes as a train wreck at the hand of the supernatural. These are her secret thoughts about those events, written as only a reflective English professor could."--Back cover.

This book shows parents the communication skills they need to teach their children to govern themselves. With the proper family environment and understanding of childhood behaviors homes can become happier.

Welcome to Soon! Behold a preview of your forthcomings. You’re about to embark on the ultimate immersive experience, the written equivalent of a live-action role-playing game. Sit back, sip some pink tea, and enjoy the ride. Propelled by the effects of groundbreaking drugs that induce temporary amnesia, scenarist Kris Robinson sets out on an extraordinary journey to claim his newly revealed inheritance: a magnificent English estate. When Kris starts hearing disembodied voices, he befriends them as unlikely guides to rediscover his forgotten story. Explore the sprawling manor, where each room holds secrets and surprises, where the staff are more than they seem. There’s the devious butler conspiring to usurp the inheritance, the alluring concierge who ignites an instant infatuation in Kris’s fantasies, and the caretaker’s precocious grandson who listens and talks to plants. As Kris and the boy unravel a series of clues left by his long-lost uncle, Kris must navigate nefarious plots and scintillating encounters that stretch the boundaries of perception. Like nothing you’ve read before, Altered Estates is a psychedelic trip brimming with mind-bending scenes and cleverly hidden Easter eggs. Prepare to follow Kris down the rabbit hole and see if you can solve the puzzles before he does.

Zeami (1363-1443), Japan's most celebrated actor and playwright, composed more than thirty of the finest plays of no drama. He also wrote a variety of texts on theater and performance that have, until now, been only partially available in English. Zeami: Performance Notes presents the full range of Zeami's critical thought on this subject, which focused on the aesthetic values of no and its antecedents, the techniques of playwriting, the place of allusion, the training of actors, the importance of patronage, and the relationship between performance and broader intellectual and critical concerns. Spanning over four decades, the texts reflect the essence of Zeami's instruction under his famous father, the actor Kannami, and the value of his long and challenging career in medieval Japanese theater. Tom Hare, who has conducted extensive studies of no academically and on stage, begins with a comprehensive introduction that discusses Zeami's critical importance in Japanese culture. He then incorporates essays on the performance of no in medieval Japan and the remarkable story of the transmission and reproduction of Zeami's manuscripts over the past six centuries. His eloquent translation is fully annotated and includes Zeami's diverse and exquisite anthology of dramatic songs, Five Sorts of Singing, presented both in English and in the original Japanese.