Charles and Mary Lamb's version of A Midsummer Nights Dream from 'Tales from Shakespeare' aimed at children. Music supplied by David Moore and The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performing Felix Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Romeo & Juliet is the ultimate tragic love story that has fuelled romance over generations and inspired numerous adaptations for stage, screen and beyond. The story of a feuding rivalry between two prestigious families in Verona the Montagues and the Capulets, ends in tragedy when a young member of each of these families fall in love. This narrative version was written by Mary & Charles Lamb

Taming Of The Shrew is one of Shakespeare’s early comedies that has not provided much mirth for many women who find the portrayal of its leading lady being tamed, belittling and offensive. However, it is nonetheless a popular play set in Verona where Petruchio marries Katherina who is subdued into being an obedient wife. This narrative version was written by Mary & Charles Lamb

A comprehensive, non-partisan account of the judicial proceedings spawned by the corruption of the 1919 World Series is badly needed. This book provides it. The narrative of events has been crafted from surviving fragments of the judicial record, contemporaneous newspaper accounts of the proceedings, museum archives and, occasionally, the literature of the Black Sox scandal. Preceding the account of judicial events are a brief overview of the baseball gambling problem, a summary of the 191...

Within the pages of *Pipe and Pouch: The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry*, readers embark on an evocative journey through poetic explorations centered around the simple yet profound theme of smoking. This anthology amalgamates a diversity of literary styles ranging from the classical verses of Romanticism to the introspective musings of Victorian sensibilities. The collection stands as a testament to the myriad ways in which smoking has permeated literature, serving both as a meditation point ...

Twelfth Night is regarded as one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays and features heavily the themes of cross dressing and mistaken identity to great comic effect. Set in Illyria on the Adriatic sea it involves Lady Olivia who due to the bereavement of her father and brother will not entertain any suitors, not even Duke Orsino. The Duke sends an intermediary to try and woo her and chooses the boy Cesario who is actually Viola searching for her twin brother Sebastian. Much confusion and much ...

Scottish Gaelic: A Comprehensive Grammar is a definitive description of contemporary Gaelic.The volume presents an authoritative account of modern Gaelic grammar, attending to both idealised usages – as typically taught in formal education – and more colloquial forms. Core chapters include useful observations about dialectal and register differences, such as variations in inflection, pronunciation and word forms. The book also demystifies nuances of the language that many ...

Taken from Charles Lamb's children's book 'Tales From Shakespeare', this adaptation tells the story of Macbeth.

The Corrupting Power of Unchecked Ambition.The main theme of Macbeth—the destruction wrought when ambition goes unchecked by moral constraints—finds its most powerful expression in the play's two main characters.One of the english languages best loved stories.

The Complete Harvard Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature epitomizes the expansive vista of immense thought and varied narrative styles spanning millennia and continents. This monumental collection assembles the seminal works of venerable authors like Homer and Virgil, to modern intellectuals like John Stuart Mill and Charles Darwin, encompassing an array of genres from epic poetry to philosophical essays and revolutionary treatises. Notable for its comprehensive representat...

John Henry Newman's pulpit at St Mary's, Oxford, was a powerhouse of religious innovation and reinvigoration in English religion through the 1830s and 1840s. This towering neogothic structure gave platform to preachers who conveyed a new imagination for the life of faith, and whose vision of belief provoked personal and societal awakenings. Today, we are in need once again of reimagining the challenges of our world, and the meaning of Christian faith, in ways that cut through the religious...

First Published in 1985. This book provides a thorough review of the literature concerning the origins, interpretation, and developmental significance of individual differences in early infant-parent attachment.