This book delves into the critical issue of domestic violence through a detailed examination of recent events and their broader implications. Centered around the controversy involving Nova Scotia's Justice Minister Brad Johns, the book offers a thorough analysis of his controversial remarks regarding domestic violence and the subsequent public and governmental reactions.The narrative begins by detailing the timeline leading to Johns' comments, exploring his statements made on domes...

Welcome to "Growing Up Brave: Celebrating the Joy of Toddler Independence and Small Victories," a delightful exploration of one of the most exciting stages of childhood. This captivating book is designed to guide toddlers and their families through the magical world of early development, celebrating every milestone along the way.In "Growing Up Brave," we embark on an enchanting journey from those first wobbly steps to the joy of making new friends. With engaging illustrations and s...

This critical examination of Canada’s bail system delves into the urgent need for reform following the tragic homicide of Tori Dunn. The book presents a comprehensive analysis of the systemic issues plaguing the current bail system, highlighting the balance between public safety and individual rights. It explores the political and legal challenges to reform, and presents a detailed account of proposed changes designed to improve the effectiveness and fairness of bail decisions.Thro...

'Here at least we shall be free. Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven...'Defeated in battle and exiled from heaven, Satan burns in a lake of fire with his army of rebels around him. Consumed with envy, he plots his bitter revenge – to destroy God's delight in his newest creation. During his hunt for Paradise on Earth, Satan sweet-talks his way out of hell and tricks his way across the universe to tempt Eve and seduce humanity.Paradise Lost, the greatest epic...

The genius of Dickens meets PJ Harvey's fierce, lyrical songs in this romantic and propulsive thriller adapted by Ben Power ( The Lehman Brothers).It begins like this. With the dusk and the storm and the Thames.A storm rages and, in the darkest part of the night, a body is pulled from the swirling Thames.Across the city, two young women confront an uncertain future. In Limehouse, Lizzie Hexam struggles to break free of the river an...

"Just when you thought everything about the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II had been published, author Ben Powers delivers Never a Dull Moment, The 80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion in World War II. Excellently researched and written, this powerful book fills a critical void about a lesser known, but so very important unit in the 82nd." — Colonel Mark C. “Plug” Vlahos, USAF-Retired, USAAF Troop Carrier and Glider Operations Historian and Author...

It's risky work, handlin' men, my lass. For when a woman builds her life on men, either husbands or sons, she builds on summat as sooner or later brings the house down crash on her head - yi, she does.In Husbands and Sons, Ben Power has interwoven three of D. H. Lawrence's greatest dramas, The Daughter-in-Law, A Collier's Friday Night and The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd. Together, they describe the community Lawrence came from with fierce te...

A radical reworking of Christopher Marlowe's classic tragedy Dr Faustus, bringing together the original story of the man who sells his soul to the devil with a startling act of provocation by 21st-century artists the Chapman Brothers.Heidelberg, Germany, 1509. John Faustus, doctor and scholar, pledges himself to the dark art of necromancy and vows to conjure the devil. So begins his descent into a world of demons and angels, a journey across space and time and a blood pact...

Pirandello's classic play, updated for the twenty-first century by Headlong.Blurring the border between fiction and life, between the stage and the world outside, Luigi Pirandello's play Six Characters in Search of an Author exploded onto the stage in 1921 as one of the unique achievements of twentieth-century drama.Updated and recontextualised in this vertiginous new version, it becomes a dark parable for a media-obsessed age and an exhilarating exploration of how...

A thrilling version of Ibsen's epic play, charting the true odyssey of an astonishing man as he struggles to find spiritual fulfilment and political pre-eminence.Made Emperor in Rome, Julian attempts to abolish Christianity and restore the old gods. But met with fierce resistance, this great free-thinker becomes a tyrant more hated than his brutal predecessor, Constantius. And in arousing the Christians from their apathy he advances their cause, his life and death altering the cour...

Modern man, unlike his ancestors, does not see himself as belonging to a civilisation that exists as a continuous stream running down the centuries. Neither does he see himself as belonging to an actual, existent community. He is post-historical and post-communitarian. Modernity has thus created a new kind of human condition, that of the atomised and deracinated individual who is a world unto himself. But according to Sebastian Morello, this novel condition has left us jaded, confused, and...

I choose to take back my life.My life.Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she's left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day's grace. It's time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.Ben Power's version of Euripides' tragedy Medea premiered...