Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)

A powerful, involving new novel, following on from the author's much-praised debut novel 'Mary George of Allnorthover'.

A lyrical and beautifully realised novel about a blind man's experiences of the world around him, from the acclaimed author of Ghost MacIndoe.

The thrilling ninth classic installment in the Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s - the novels that have inspired all Scandinavian crime fiction.

The true story of a young police officer's imprisonment for a crime he did not commit.

Drei Freitage, zwei alte Freunde, ein Gasthaus - wo Realität auf Zukunftsängste und Geister der Vergangenheit trifftÜber die Angst vorm Vergessenwerden18 Uhr – um diese Zeit treffen sich Werner, Dozent, und Richard, Buchhändler, an drei aufeinanderfolgenden Freitagen im Gasthaus "Zur tschechischen Botschaft".

In Joe and Kate Keller's family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm.

Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships.

In Vichy France, 1942, a group of men sit outside an office, waiting to be interviewed.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire is the tale of a catastrophic confrontation between fantasy and reality, embodied in the characters of Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski.

Morn, a masked king, rules over a realm to which he has restored order after a violent revolution.

A tearing, flaring, revivalist drama was how Desmond MacCarthy described The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet.

While some of Shaw s earlier plays are still performed, his later plays, such as the ones in this volume, are barely known.

This is a collection of the plays of George Bernard Shaw that includes "e;The Millionairess"e;, "e;Too True to be Good"e; and "e;The Simpleton of the Unexpected Isles"e;.

This volume features the play Misalliance, which explores the incongruities of human nature and family life, and Shaw's one-act burlesque, The Fascinating Foundling.

When Ellie Dunn joins a house-party at the home of the eccentric Captain Shotover, she causes a stir with her decision to marry for money rather than love, and the Captain's forthright daughter Hesione protests vigorously against the pragmatic young woman's choice.

Originally published in 1985, Police and Public Order in Europe examines the development of the police in Western Europe and considers how police functions have changed over time.

New edition with bonus featuresThis hard-hitting verbatim play is based on a tragic drink drive accident that results in the death of the vehicle s front seat passenger, Jo.

A fascinating playbill of stories from the weird and wonderful world of Shakespearean theatre through the centuries, including distinguished actors falling off stages, fluffed lines, performances in the dark, and why you must never, ever say the name of that Scottish play, especially if you are Peter O'Toole.