Just when he thought his birthday couldn't get any worse, Howard's embarrassing grandmother was insisting on taking him to listen to the symphony orchestra. But, sometimes the best surprises hide in the most unexpected places.Join Howard and his best friend, Thandi, on an exciting journey into the world of music.

Self Care for Nurses will take you on a journey to explore proven self-care tactics, including over two-dozen wellness practices that tend to your mind; bite-sized exercises, giving you practical inspiration and food for thought in applying the latest in self-care research; helpful vignettes and guidance from nurses and wellness experts; and special challenges to help you claim the peace and balance you want in all aspects of your life.

When Thandi ropes Howard into her dance class, he thinks he may have taken on more than he can handle. Introducing several dancers of different disciplines: Mr Trotter the Tap-dancer, Mr Potentsky, the gym teacher who does Ballet, LadyJay the Hip-Hop teacher, and reintroducing Miss Trill as the Ballroom dancing teacher.

Suedehead, pulp horror writer, and man about town; the UK poetry scene would be a duller place without Tim Wells. In No Weakeners, he harks back to the streets that made him—captured in snapshots of his teenage love life—with trademark chutzpah and dry wit. We stop at pubs, gigs, behind the bins, in cemeteries and sticky-floored cinemas, to honour a shimmer of fierce and formidable young women. Hard drinking and hard fighting, they are nobody's fools. Spitting defiance: 'a million girls ar...

When Howard and Thandi argue about music, their excitable choir mistress, Miss Trill, teaches them a valuable lesson about diversity. Introducing several new, fun characters, Howard and Thandi take us on a journey into the world of singing.

Eleven essential classics in one volumeThis volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964, containing eleven great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field.Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, the Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and w...

Mental health is on everyone’s mind these days. In addition to the large spike we’re seeing in diagnoses of depressive and anxiety related disorders, there’s an alarming rate of teen suicide due to a number of factors: lack of access to health care, lack of resources, social change, thin social bonds, and lack of coping skills. People feel desperate. Not only the sufferers of the disease, but those who are charged to care for them; parents and school staff. People are looking for a somethi...

Best of “The Strand Magazine”: 25 Years of Twists, Turns, and Tales from the Modern Masters of Mystery and Fiction“The Strand Magazine was always a giant voice in our corner of the literary world—and it still is today. This collection proves why—these unearthed gems and exciting new pieces shouldn’t be missed.” —Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher seriesThis star-studded anniversary collection features over t...

Die Hörbuchbox "Zeiten und Leben" aus der "Bibliothek Europa" präsentiert Meisterwerke der Literatur und Philosophie in großer Vielfalt der Genres, Themen und Epochen. In seinem modernen Klassiker der Science-Fiction-Literatur "Die Zeitmaschine" wagt H.G. Wells einen Blick in die ferne Zukunft unserer Welt, und was sein Protagonist erlebt, ist nicht nur erfreulich, aber auch nicht hoffnungslos. Seit vielen Jahren zählt "Woyzeck" von Georg Büchner zu den meistgespielten Theaterstücken auf d...

Artie Kipps is destined at the tender age of fourteen for a life of drudgery in the drapery trade … until he unexpectedly inherits a fortune from a grandfather he never knew existed!Enter:A whisky-drinking actor and playwright who persuades Kipps to invest in his play!A down-on-their-luck mother and daughter who promptly see Kipps as a means to escape their (comparative) poverty!Plenty of patronizing, unthinking social snobs! …And the stage is set fo...

Austria's Anschluss - its 'annexation' - saw no gunfire, no bloodcurdling screams of Stukas overhead or the rumble of heavy artillery when German troops marched in on 12 March 1938. It was no 'Blitzkrieg' on the contrary, some Austrians even welcomed the 'invaders' and the opportunity to unite the ethnic German peoples under the rule of Austria's most infamous son, Adolf Hitler. Austria's wealth of natural and mineral resources were especially useful to support the Third Reich's aggression...

Wissenschaft, Moral & das Grauen der Experimente – H. G. Wells' düsterer Klassiker über die Grenzen der Menschlichkeit, eindrucksvoll gesprochen von Tim Eriksson. Über das Hörbuch: Mit "Die Insel des Dr. Moreau" schuf H.G. Wells einen der eindringlichsten und verstörendsten Romane der frühen Science-Fiction. Ein Schiffbrüchiger strandet auf einer abgelegenen Insel – und stößt dort auf das geheimnisvolle Labor des Dr. Moreau. In grausamen Experimenten versucht dieser, Tiere in menschenähnli...