This is the story of the first white lions to be released back into the wild. With incredible characters and unforgettable wildlife, this is a riveting book that will appeal to animal lovers and adventurous people all over the world. It is not only the story of the White lions but how a game reserve was created from overgrazed sheep and cattle farms to a free roaming big five wildlife reserve in an area that had not seen big game for over 250 years.

Mutiny on the Bounty is a gripping adventure of the high seas and a story of treachery and betrayal.First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, this epic three-part serial tells the true story of Fletcher Christian’s dramatic mutiny against his tyrannical Captain and how Lieutenant Bligh when cast adrift in an open rowing boat with 18 loyal men makes an incredible voyage across 3,600 miles of hostile and uncharted seas to the Dutch East Indies, while Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers...

Disjointed (688 pages in print) is for patients with hEDS/HSD and the physicians who treat them. hEDS/HSD is an underrecognized, complex, multisystemic disorder, with the silos of healthcare’s specialties often working against effective and efficient treatment. With 21 specialist & 6 resource chapters, Disjointed brings together physician, patient, and parent perspectives to support the goal of earlier and more complete intervention. With specialist chapters by: Paldeep Atwal, M.D., Richar...

This anthology envisions winters of the future, with stories of scientists working together to protect narwhals from an oil spill, to bring snow back to the mountains of Maine, to preserve ecosystems—even if they have to be under glass domes. They're stories of regular people rising to extraordinary circumstances to survive extreme winter weather, to fix a threat to their community's energy source, to save a living city from a deep-rooted sickness. Some take place after an environmental ca...

Mutiny on the Bounty: An epic award-winning full-cast dramatisation. BBC Radio Drama.“Television would give an eyetooth for the cast of Mutiny on the Bounty. What is more, they are all very good. Mutiny on the Bounty is Outstanding.” Daily Telegraph“It’s an altogether stunning cast which serves the intelligent, historically aware script splendidly.” Daily Mail“It is a very good production.” The Times“Mutiny on the Bounty is a wonderful dramatisation and has ...

Yukon province, Canada, 1887. A true miracle is found frozen in the ice, but young Martin and his stepfather have different views on how to handle the discovery. Listen, enjoy and learn through story. "English shorts – Stories to improve your English" come in three levels. This story is level 2. *=My English is ok ** = My English is good *** = My English is excellent

Four teenagers find themselves trapped on a mountain after an avalanche. Will anyone come to rescue them? And are they really alone on the mountain? Listen, enjoy and learn through story. "English shorts – Stories to improve your English" come in three levels. This story is level 2. *=My English is ok ** = My English is good *** = My English is excellent

This book explores the hitherto neglected relationship between the English Reformation and the Lutheran scholar Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560). It looks at how Henry, following his break with Rome, flirted with Lutheranism as a doctrine to replace Catholicism, before the eventual collapse of the policy and its replacement with a more moderate reform programme under Cranmer. It then goes on to investigate how Melanchthon, as the leading proponent of Lutheranism influenced successive royal g...

Do you know what it's like to be free? I don't mean holiday free or staying up late – I mean really free. When you feel that you can do anything you want – be anything you want. The kind of free that gets in your head and then stays there like the best drum solo ever. Well, I didn't. But I do now. And I'm never looking back. Listen, enjoy and learn through story. "English shorts – Stories to improve your English" come in three levels. This story is level 3. *=My English is ok ** = My Engli...

Janek sat up in bed and looked at the smoking curtains. He coughed. Was he still asleep? Curls of smoke drifted upwards from the base of the curtains. There was something else. A shadow man. The same one that was in his dream. No face at all – staring at him from the curtains. Listen, enjoy and learn through story. "English shorts – Stories to improve your English" come in three levels. This story is level 3. *=My English is ok ** = My English is good *** = My English is excellent

When I first met Abigail I thought she was really cool. But when she married Dad she changed. I don't mean a slow change, I mean like a werewolf or something. And then it got even harder, after a beautiful day in Manhattan. The day I found out my Dad's new wife was a total psycho. Listen, enjoy and learn through story. "English shorts – Stories to improve your English" come in three levels. This story is level 3. *=My English is ok ** = My English is good *** = My English is excellent

Failed or fragile states are those that are unable or unwilling to provide a socio-political framework for citizens and meet their basic needs. They are a source of terrorism and international crime, as well as incubators of infectious disease, environmental degradation, and unregulated mass migration. Canada's engagement with countries such as the Congo, East Timor, Bosnia, and Afghanistan underlines the commitment of successive Canadian governments to addressing the threats posed to West...