John Bull's Other Island

When Thomas Broadbent, an Englishman, visits Ireland for the first time, he is accompanied by his friend Larry Doyle, an Irishman who is returning to his homeland after being away for many years.

Through the two men's differing responses to the country and also the Irish people's reactions to their two visitors, Shaw is able to explore the misunderstandings and misconceptions that have characterised relations between England and Ireland for centuries.

According to Shaw, 'John Bull's Other Island' was written in 1904 at the request of W.B.Yeats 'as a patriotic contribution to the repertory of the Irish Literary Theatre', but when Mr Yeats read the script he rejected it, claiming that it was beyond the resources of the Abbey Theatre.

In fact, for Yeats, a play which was 'uncongenial to the whole spirit of the neo-Gaelic movement' must have made uncomfortable reading, and for us today, in the light of all that has happened in the intervening years, the issues raised by the play have lost none of their urgency.

Persian War, The

Herodotus

Narrated By : Roy Marsden

Publisher : NAXOS

Runtime : 4 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Ancient

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In this, the first prose history in European civilization. Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia. Here are not... See full description...

Christmas Carol, A

Charles Dickens

Narrated By : Richard Wilson

Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks

Runtime : 2 hours

Categories : Classic Literature
Classics

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The story of how the extraordinary events of Christmas Eve change the miserly Scrooge forever have made A Christmas Carol one of the greatest of all Christmas stories... See full description...

Lives of the Twelve Caesars

Suetonius

Narrated By : Derek Jacobi

Publisher : NAXOS

Runtime : 7 hours 15 minutes

Categories : Classic Literature
Ancient
Biographical
Royalty and Heads of State
Historical

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Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian and... See full description...

Paradise

Dante

Narrated By : Heathcote Williams

Publisher : NAXOS

Runtime : 4 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Poetry
Classic Literature

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'I have been in the Heaven that takes up most of his light, and saw things there that those who descend from that height cannot speak of or forget...' Led by his guide Beatrice, Dante leaves... See full description...

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

Narrated By : Alex Jennings with Jon Cartwright

Publisher : NAXOS

Runtime : 5 hours 20 minutes

Categories : Philosophy
Classic Literature

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Also sprach Zarathustra was conceived and written by Friedrich Nietzsche during the years 1881 -1885; the first three Parts were published in 1883 and 1884. The book formed part of his 'campaign... See full description...

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