A spellbinding story of forbidden love in the 1950s, now a major movie starring Anna Paquin and Holliday GraingerA secret love which has a whole town talking ... and a small boy very worried.Lydia Weekes is distraught at the break-up of her marriage. When her young son, Charlie, makes friends with the local doctor, Jean Markham, her life is turned upside down.Charlie tells his secrets to no one but the bees, but even he can't keep his mother's frien...

The border's closed . . .No one can get into Scotland, just like no one can cross the channel . . .England is under the control of an authoritarian regime. Chips implanted in citizens' skin at birth mean anyone can be tracked, anywhere. But Jake, who breaks out of the Academy dorm he's been housed in, has decided to escape. To go off-grid. To join a small group of independent spirits determined to keep away from the government's prying eyes. The Outwalkers. Only with them will Jake have a ...

In this tense, page-turning story of survival in near-future England, Jacob must go to all lengths to find his dog and escape to freedom with a gang of rebel children.In a frighteningly real near future England, Jacob escapes from the Academy orphanage to reenter a world that is grimly recognizable. The Coalition can track anyone, anywhere, from a chip implanted at birth. Now Jacob must fulfill his promise to his parents, find his dog, Jet, and navigate his way out of England. Thei...

Dans l’Angleterre des années 1950, Charlie, un petit garçon de dix ans, se lie avec Jeanne Markham, une jeune femme médecin un peu solitaire, qui l’initie à sa passion : l’apiculture. C’est à travers cet enfant que Jeanne rencontre bientôt Lydia Weekes, sa mère, dont la personnalité originale ne tarde pas à susciter son intérêt.Charlie a l’habitude, sur les conseils de Jeanne, de ne confier ses secrets qu’aux abeilles, mais cela ne suffit pas à l’aider à garder pour lui l’amitié de...

In this tense, page-turning story of survival in near-future England, Jacob must go to all lengths to find his dog and escape to freedom with a gang of rebel children.In a frighteningly real near future England, Jacob escapes from the Academy orphanage to reenter a world that is grimly recognizable. The Coalition can track anyone, anywhere, from a chip implanted at birth. Now Jacob must fulfill his promise to his parents, find his dog, Jet, and navigate his way out of England. Thei...

In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft tackles the wasted potential she sees in women, refusing to see them as inferior to men; she decries their limitations and suggests that they are worthy of an equal standard of education, and that they should be taught to develop their own reason, not simply how to gain a man. Written in 1792, at the height of the French Revolution, A Vindication is an eloquent and persuasive response to the prevailing attitudes of the time. It i...

Fiona Shaw discusses playing Katherine in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, in this ebook taken from Shakespeare On Stage: Volume 2 - Twelve Leading Actors on Twelve Key Roles.In each volume of the Shakespeare On Stage series, a leading actor takes us behind the scenes of a landmark Shakespearean production, recreating in detail their memorable performance in a major role. They lead us through the choices they made in rehearsal, and how the character...

The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn’t the drink that killed him although that certainly helped it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother’s house, in the winter of 1968. His sister Veronica was there then, as she is now: keeping the dead man company, just for another little while. The Gathering is a family epic, condensed and clarified through the remarkable lens of Anne Enright’s unblinking eye. ...

What is the significance of theatre and performance within Irish culture and history? How do we understand the impact and political potential of Irish theatre?This innovative survey of theatre in Ireland covers a range of drama and performance, from the 17th century to the present. Expanding the field of Irish theatre to include mumming, wake games, prison protests and theatre riots, the book argues that Ireland's longstanding association with performance illuminates key aspects of...

**Brought to you by Penguin.*NARRATED BY FIONA SHAW (Harry Potter, Killing Eve, Bad Sisters)*The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman**Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan?It’s been a quiet year for the Thursday Murder Club. Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing...

“Letters and journals always make lively intimate listening.” The IndependentUnveil history’s hidden gems with the Classic Letters & Journals Box Set, as we bring their intimate letters and journals masterfully to life.The Letters of Jane Austen portrayed by the incomparable Fiona Shaw. Austen's candid and occasionally scandalous correspondence offers a mesmerizing glimpse into the life of England's beloved wordsmith....

Macbeth, Shakespeare’s last great tragedy, has remained one of the most popular plays since it’s first performance in 1606 probably in front of King James. This exciting new audiobook production is directed with fresh imagination by Fiona Shaw who breaks the conventional strait jacket that has hampered the development of Shakespeare on audio. We are as much in the twenty-first century as in medieval Scotland the tensions, the politics, the struggle for power and dark ambition is part of ou...