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Welcome to Sabden, home of the mines that once produced fully half of Britain’s treacle – the sticky stuff that goes into golden syrup, ginger beer and parkin cake. But the wells have run dry, the Bubble and Boggart pub is closing, and the villagers find themselves in a very sticky situation…

Twitter Trolls. Facebook Freaks. Instagram Exhibitionists. These are just a few of the creatures our technology-obsessed culture has spawned in its quest to simplify our lives. The madness is so universal now that everyone has dealt with it. You login to Facebook, read a stupid post, and immediately want to tell your "friend" to go have relations with himself. Thankfully, popular comedian and television host Jim Florentine has a solution for those of us on the verge of bashing our iPhones to bits.

The powerful and poignant works of Sean O'Casey, one of Ireland's foremost playwrights, shown in this unparalleled audio collection. Renowned for his Dublin Trilogy—"Shadow of a Gunman," "Juno and the Paycock," and "The Plough and the Stars"—O'Casey masterfully depicts the struggles of Ireland's working class and the tumultuous intersection of politics and community life.

These novelists burst with a literary energy that is hard to contain. They cover a myriad of styles and themes, narratives packed full of fully-formed characters in powerful tales that have become an essential and integral part of our literary heritage.

The inevitable is understood by each and every one of us who faces the final calling. So too are the effects on those left behind. The memories are there but the empty space, the void can never be refilled. It remains a dark, unreliable pit of loneliness. The sadness and often depression, the lack of will to continue may swamp us all. Unquenchable, undeniable. But loss can, after mourning, give the opportunity to reappraise the lost and how we can each move forward. In the literary world an accessible balance can be given.

Christmas may come but once a year but human emotions, the driving force of our characters, are with us every day. Yet, somehow these same emotions when they happen at Christmas seem amplified; we seem more tender to their touch, their words. Whether it’s a long-lost returning soldier wondering how best to return to the arms of his family without too great a risk of shock... Or a prodigal son whose taken path has driven pain into his own and others hearts… These stories reveal much about the human condition.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 2 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 2 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 2 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 2 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 2 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection. James Joyce's Dubliners is a collection of short stories about the lives of the people of Dublin around the turn of the century. Each story describes a small but significant moment of crisis or revelation in the life of a particular Dubliner, sympathetically but always with stark honesty. Many of the characters are desperate to escape the confines of their humdrum lives, though those that have the opportunity to do so seem unable to take it.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners , Volume 1 collection.

This is a story from the Dubliners , Volume 1 collection.