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Valentine Cunningham shows what it is that Shakespeare is driving at in Lear and how this extraordinary tragedy about a foolish old king who goes mad leads directly to Samuel Beckett and the Theatre of the Absurd. Lear is too much. There’s too much to stomach, an overdoing of massive wickednesses which rightly provoked perhaps the most famous reaction to King Lear ever, Dr Samuel Johnson’s horror in his Prefaces to his Shakespeare (1765) over the blinding of Gloucester –“an act too horrid to be endured in dramatick exhibition” – and the death of Cordelia: “contrary to the natural ideas of justice, to the hope of the reader, and, what is yet more strange, to the faith of the chronicles”. There are indeed just too many awful enhancements of the Lear stories Shakespeare drew on, a superfluity of terrible things – and of course these, as Valentine Cunningham says, are uneasily central to a play which teaches the immorality of the well-off having a “superflux” of money and things when the poor have so little. So what explains the dramatic success of Lear? The great critic A.C. Bradley had grave reservations about it, but he conceded, this play was the “fullest revelation of Shakespeare’s power” – up there with Aeschylus’s Prometheus Bound, Dante’s Divine Comedy, Beethoven’s symphonies and Michelangelo’s statues; the most moving and daunting of tragic experiences the world has ever known promoted by a greatly trashy plot, or, as the poet and critic D. J. Enright puts in his lively book about teaching Shakespeare, Shakespeare and the Students (1970): “It is possible that Shakespeare never did anything more awe-inspiring, more improbable-seeming than this – to take a petulant old retired monarch, drive him mad and stick flowers in his hair, and still end with a figure of tragedy.” Autorid: Valentine Cunningham

A popular social-media star known for her fantastic cupcakes shares 20 delicious cake and frosting recipes along with 50 whimsical decorating projects, inspiring bakers of all ages to create charming, festive cupcakes for holidays, celebrations and everyday fun. Illustrations. You don’t need to be a professional baker to decorate like one! Create your own amazing cupcake creations with social media star Rachel Lindsay.With over three million fans on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook, Rachel Lindsay of Caked by Rach has earned a reputation for fantastically fun cupcakes that are actually super simple to create. Her playful, whimsical creations have inspired bakers of all skill levels to be more creative with their cupcakes.Cupcakes for Any Occasion features 20 scrumptious cake and frosting recipes and over 50 super-creative decorating projects for holidays, birthdays, weddings, baby showers, and pretty much anything else worth celebrating. Rachel’s cupcakes are anything but bland; they’re creative, clever, and absolutely delicious. Bakers of all ages will be charmed by her simple, delightful designs like Halloween ghosts, Christmas trees, butterflies, penguins, and even spaghetti and meatballs. Here’s what’s included:Over 50 decorating projects and recipes for everything from spooky Halloween sweets to festive holiday treats to fanciful flowers and lots more. Simple decorating and baking techniques that anyone can master using simple tools that anyone can afford.20 scrumptious recipes for cupcake bases and buttercream frostings that can be mixed and matched for any project in the book.Detailed, step-by-step photography that guides you through each project from start to finish.With straightforward instructions and easy to execute techniques, Rachel’s exciting creations are simple enough that anyone can make them. Prepare to dazzle your family and friends! Autorid: Rachel Lindsay

"Explores the beautiful, comic, and endearing qualities of over fifteen bird species that live among California's oaks"-- The first book on the birds of California's oaks, from our most lyrical and observant wanderer of the woods.With charm and delight, The Birds in the Oaks introduces us to the birds who burrow, forage, and soar among California's keystone trees. The mighty oak hosts a multitude of avian denizens—from canopy hoppers to ground nesters to short-billed surface pluckers—who rely on the trees' well-stocked pantry of acorns, insects, and flowers for sustenance and shelter. Spunky kinglets, crimson-eyed towhees, cuddle-craving bushtits, intrepid nuthatches, and impudent wrens are among the many memorable cast members in this pageant of oak-allied birds.Jack Gedney lyrically conveys the beautiful, comic, and endearing qualities of over fifteen bird species, each profile paired with an illustration by Angelina Gedney. His bird-filled tales of adaptation, ingenuity, and sheer persistence also bring to light the warp and weft of cross-species interdependence. The Birds in the Oaks reveals to us the utter joy of birds, the superabundant world of the oaks, and the innumerable interconnections these living beings create. Autorid: Jack Gedney, Angelina Gedney

“(A] glorious mash-up of memoir, love note, and cookbook . . . Every sentence is as sensuous as the first bite into a cold, juicy plum.” —Hillary Kelly, Vulture“(A] dazzling, thorny new essay collection.” —Samin Nosrat, The New York TimesInspired by twenty-six fruits, the essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo expertly blends natural, culinary, medical, and personal history. A is for aronia, berry member of the apple family, clothes-stainer, superfruit with reputed healing power. D is for durian, endowed with a dramatic rind and a shifting odor—peaches, old garlic. M is for medlar, name-checked by Shakespeare for its crude shape, beloved by gardeners for its flowers. Q is for quince, which, when fresh, gives off the scent of “roses and citrus and rich women’s perfume,” but if eaten raw is so astringent it wicks the juice from one’s mouth. In a work of unique invention, these and other difficult fruits serve as the central ingredients of twenty-six lyrical essays (with recipes). What makes a fruit difficult? Its cultivation, its harvest, its preparation, the brevity of its moment for ripeness, its tendency toward rot or poison, the way it might overrun your garden. Here, these fruits will take you on unexpected turns and give sideways insights into relationships, self-care, land stewardship, medical and botanical history, and so much more. What if the primary way you show love is through baking, but your partner suffers from celiac disease? Why leave in the pits for Willa Cather’s plum jam? How can we rely on bodies as fragile as the fruits that nourish them? Kate Lebo’s unquenchable curiosity promises adventure: intimate, sensuous, ranging, bitter, challenging, rotten, ripe. After reading The Book of Difficult Fruit, you will never think of sweetness the same way again. Autorid: Kate Lebo

Learn to crochet with these simple patterns and step-by-step instructions for children aged 7 years plus. This book will teach children how to use a crochet hook to make different stitches that theyll soon be using to make all sorts of pretty items. Each project has a difficulty rating of 1, 2, or 3, and comes with easy-to-read instructions and adorable, step-by-step artworks that will guide little ones along the way. In Clothes and Accessories, theyll find warm and cosy scarves, a beanie hat, wrist-warmers, mittens and lots more. Jewellery and Decoration has pretty flower corsages, bracelets and brooches. Then they can have a go at Bedroom Essentials, and try making a cushion or curtain tie-back for their bedroom. Lastly, Perfect Gifts has cute ideas for toys and other pretty things theyll love to make, give as presents and keep. The basic techniques section covers every crochet technique they (and any adult supervisors) will need to know, as well as useful information about yarns, hooks and stitches. Autorid: CICO Books

For the best adventures, use the best map. Water-proof, split-proof, tear-proof, adventure-proof. Zakynthos (Zante) Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map is simply the toughest, most accurate, easy to read, easy to use map of the island you can buy at any price. Super-Durable Maps come with a 2 year adventurous use `Wear and Tear' guarantee. A large 840mm by 694mm double sided map sheet has Zakynthos (Zante) at 1:35,000 scale with the North-West of the island on the cover side and the South-East on the reverse. There is a very generous overlap between the two sides so the only time you need to turn the map over is if you are driving from Cape Skinari (NW) to Cape Gerakas (SE) at the opposite end of the island. Our special concertina map fold makes our map easy to use and easy to refold to its 235mm by 120mm pocket size. You can also download the digital Custom Map edition of our Zakynthos Tour & Trail Map for use with Garmin gps units and software; simply follow the instructions on the map sheet. Our legendary 'Tour & Trail' level of detail ranges from major roads to secondary roads to minor roads to streets and narrow country roads, plus dirt roads and walking trails. Place names are in English and Greek to aid your navigation. Altitude shading is designed to clearly show the altitude range when travelling across the island by car or on foot. 100 metre and 20 metre contours are clearly shown on the map along with individual height points and all of the official 'Trig' points. Tour & Trail attention to detail includes our useful symbol range including viewpoints, picnic areas, petrol stations, bar/restaurants and parking areas where you can pull off the road safely. You will easily identify springs, caves, sports grounds, cemeteries, churches, chapels, lighthouses, towers and forts, camping areas, wind turbines, hotels etc. We have ensured that all the walking routes from the Sunflower walking guide book are highlighted (red) on the maps. It all adds up to the most detailed, most durable, most useful map of Zakynthos (Zante) that you can buy anywhere. Digital editions are available for phone apps and Garmin users from the Discovery Walking Guides website. Autorid: Jan Kostura

After a terrible tragedy, governess Julia Pearlie finds herself with no job, home, or references. When she's offered a position as companion to Miss Olivia Richmond, her luck appears to be turning. But Mistcoate House is full of secrets. Olivia has a sinister reputation. The locals call her the Mistcoate Witch, thanks to her tarot readings, and her insistence that she can speak to the dead. Her father, Dr Richmond, believes this to be girlish fantasy and is looking to Julia to put a stop to it. Determined to prove herself and shake off her own murky history, Julia sets to work trying to help Olivia become a proper young lady. However, as she becomes a fixture at Mistcoate, it is soon clear that there may be more to Olivia's stories than Dr Richmond would have Julia believe - not least because somehow, Olivia seems to know something of the darkness that Julia desperately hoped she had left behind. As the danger grows, and the winter chill wraps around the dark woods surrounding Mistcoate, Julia will have to fight to uncover the truth, escape her past - and save herself. Original and engrossing, this chilling Victorian Gothic ghost story is an outstanding piece of storytelling, perfect for fans of Sarah Perry, Erin Morgenstern and Jessie Burton. "The Fortunes of Olivia Richmond is a darkly gothic historical mystery in all the best traditions of the genre. Lyrical writing, a perfect setting, haunting characters and a village of broken people. I absolutely loved it. A standout book that I whole-heartedly recommend. Breathtaking." - Helen Fields, bestselling author of Perfect Remains and These Lost And Broken Things "This engaging novel cleverly mixes the psychic and the psychological, as we, along with Julia Pearlie, try to make sense of the disturbing goings-on at Mistcoate House. Peopled by vividly realised characters and with a strong period feel, Davidson's novel pays homage to 'sensational' nineteenth-century literature, keeping some of its secrets to the very end." - Sarah Burton, bestselling author of The Strange Adventures of H "This chilling gothic novel is a well-crafted, twisty mystery, perfect for fans of Stacey Halls." Candis Magazine "Absorbing and twisty." Heat Magazine "Gorgeous." Stella Ireland "Magical a perfect Halloween read." Country and Town House "A captivating, immersive, dark tale of obsession, manipulation and fierce, fierce emotion that leaves you reeling. I thought it was magnificent. Gothic writing of the most compelling kind. My Weekly A brilliant new gothic novel A haunting coming-of-age story that explores the supernatural world of tarot and fortune telling. The Lady "A dark and twisting gothic mystery and a haunting coming of age debut exploring the supernatural world of tarot and fortune telling alongside the lot of women in Victorian England." The Gloss Ireland "A gothic novel on the supernatural world of tarot and fortune telling. The Daily Mail "Jane Eyre meets Woman in Black with a hefty dose of Mrs Danvers stirred into the mix - this is a real gothic tale of intrigue. Had me gripped." The Yorkshire Times "A dark and twisting Gothic mystery, The Fortunes Of Olivia Richmond is a coming-of-age story that explores the supernatural world of tarot and fortune telling, as well as giving an insight into what life was like for women during the late 1800s." The Belfast Telegraph "Dark and twisty... a haunting coming of age debut which explores the supernatural world of tarot and fortune telling alongside women in Victorian England." SW Londoner Autorid: Louise Davidson

For your best adventures, use the best map. Water-proof, split-proof, tear-proof, adventure-proof. Mallorca's Tramuntana South Tour & Trail Super-Durable Map is simply the toughest, most accurate, easy-to-read, easy-to-use multi-purpose map that you can get. Whether you plan to walk, or explore southern Tramuntana by car or the bus, this is the map for you. A large 960mm by 694mm double sided map sheet covers southern half of Serra de Tramuntana at 1:30,000 scale. This 8th edition sees a significant upgrade from the previous Mallorca North & Mountains Tour & Trail Map, as we have split Serra de Tramuntana in two halves to produce TWO much more detailed maps of larger scale, now also including all the popular tourist resorts on the southern coast. This map covers a continuous area from Tramuntana's southern-most point Cap de Cala Figuera, including all the coastal resorts such as Magaluf, Santa Ponca and Peguera, with Port d'Andratx and Sa Dragonera islet also covered, all the way to Soller and Port de Soller at the opposite end of the map (for the area from Soller further due north-east to Pollenca and Cap de Formentor, see our second title: Mallorca - Tramuntana North Tour & Trail Map). An extra mini-map of the whole Mallorca at 300k scale puts the area covered by the main map into perspective and gives a good overview of what is covered by each map sheet. Our new guide to Mallorca's public transport will help you get oriented using various service providers that operate buses, trains, metro and tram to make the most of your adventures. Bus stops along with actual bus numbers are then highlighted in the map to help you see where each bus runs. Those relying on a hire car will appreciate kilometre markers plotted each kilometre in the map on most roads, aiding you to track progress and to show where you are. For walkers, the GR 221 long-distance route is specially highlighted in the map (red), with a boxed mini-guide to the GR 221 and GR 222, summarizing the most important aspects of the main route, its variants and accommodation. Highlighted in the map (green) are also published walking routes by Sunflower and Rother, helping you identify passable walking adventures on an island where private properties along trails may sometimes pose a challenge to hikers. Our legendary 'Tour & Trail' level of detail ranges from railways, motorways, main roads, secondary roads, minor roads, streets and narrow country lanes, dirt tracks to walking trails and faint/difficult paths. Altitude shading is designed to clearly show the altitude range when travelling across the island by car, bus, or on foot. 20-metre and 100-metre contours combined with the altitude shading bring this beautiful landscape to life. There are plenty of individual height points and all of the official 'Trig' points are on the map. Tour & Trail attention to detail includes our useful symbol range such as viewpoints, picnic areas, petrol stations, bar/restaurants and parking areas where you can pull off the road safely. You will easily identify springs, caves, sports grounds, museums, churches, chapels, crosses, cemeteries, lighthouses, forts, wind turbines, windmills, hotels and tourist attractions. It all adds up to the most detailed and most durable map of Mallorca's Tramuntana South that you can get. Besides our unique map legend in English, we now have a second multilingual legend in English, German, French and Spanish. 'Super-Durable' means a waterproof, tear-proof, map that can take the roughest treatment and still folds up like new after your adventures. Super-Durable Maps come with a 2-year adventurous use 'Wear and Tear' guarantee. DWG's special concertina map fold makes our map easy to open and more importantly easy to refold back to its 232mm by 120mm size. Digital edition of the map is available as in-app purchase for Avenza Maps and Locus Map phone apps. Autorid: Jan Kostura