In 1987, workers in South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) staged a historic national strike, and 40,000 mineworkers lost their jobs. To assist them, the NUM set up a job creation programme, starting with worker co-operatives before shifting to wider enterprise development strategies. Against the backdrop of South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy, this programme provided support in communities hard hit by escalating job losses onthe mines - including in neighbour...

Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star castsTreat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey through the greatest tales of romance ever told. These unmissable, dramatised novels feature stellar performances from fantastic casts including Vanessa Kirby, Hiftu Qu...

The Mistresses and Midwives on Call Collection from Mills & BoonIncluding titles:Mistresses: Blackmailed for His PleasureMistresses: Passionate RevengeMistresses: His Unexpected HeirMistresses: Seduction in the BoardroomMistresses: Claimed for the Royal BedMistresses: Mistress of ConvenienceMidwives on Call: From Babies to BrideMidwives on Call: Stealing the Surgeon's HeartMidwives on Call: Her Baby Sur...

"Seducing his wife…He was declared missing at sea two years ago…but now notorious Zarek Michaelis is back and ready to take control. And he’ll teach his wayward wife a lesson she won’t forget!Iona and Luke once had a secret affair… Two years later, Luke has a startling proposition for the housekeeper: he's looking for a wife and Iona meets all his requirements…The infamous Rion Delikaris knew Libby would return and he's ready to show his wife what s...

Discover the best strategies that kept secret by health and fitness industry all this time. This is time to get stronger, and become healthier in easy steps. There is whole different level of fitness you can attain. Why settle for ordinary when you can be best. These books reveal same strategies and tips that pro athletes use to increase their performance and overall health for. Don’t just wish for better health and vitality it is time to put this book to work and find out what really work...

Romeo and Juliet is the play which, in English literature at least, effectively invented the modern love story. Its charm and its power derive from the romantic setting (Verona, an Italian Renaissance city), the youthful innocence and ardour of the lovers, and (perhaps crucially) the excitement and drama created by the opposition which they have to contend with, an opposition which does not simply stem from the older generation but which is starkly present in the feud between their two fam...

Book-seller Hattie lives between two worlds...Born of a human mother and fae father, her life flows between the mortal and the magical.But Hattie soon learns that when love crosses realms, someone always pays the price.With her fate tied to her quest in the World of Men, she must call on her friends and family for help.Can Hattie free herself from Snicket's enchanted acorn and return to the Kingdom of Oak and Thorn before time runs out?A fairy tale o...

This collection of essays, covering a broad historical range, shows that women working in theatre and drama since the time of Aphra Behn have been engaged in pushing the boundaries of conventional representation and dramaturgical convention. Collectively the authors show that women have used performing spaces as a channel for both political and personal radicalism - one that has demanded and celebrated experimentalism as a kind of survival in a male dominated world.

This book will interest readers learning about or developing strategies for improving higher education systems and institutions in developing countries.It provides an insight into sub-Saharan African higher education systems and sets out the ways that they are developing and changing. It explores the dilemmas inherent in a context of scarce resources with increasing and urgent demands for a more professionalized workforce and expert services. It examines the factors inhibiting deve...

**Seductive magic. Deadly betrayal.Don’t miss the explosive finale of the dark, romantic fantasy of the New York Times-bestselling House of Marionne series, which #1 bestselling author Alex Aster praises as "a sweeping fantasy brimming with magic, secrets, and romance."**With the future of the Order clouded in uncertainty, and the evil within its ranks coming to the surface, Quell Marionne has nowhere left to turn.Everyone Quell cares about is gone...

Despite a recent surge of critical interest in the Shakespeare Tercentenary, a great deal has been forgotten about this key moment in the history of the place of Shakespeare in national and global culture – much more than has been remembered. This book offers new archival discoveries about, and new interpretations of, the Tercentenary celebrations in Britain, Australia and New Zealand and reflects on the long legacy of those celebrations.This collection gathers together five schola...

From haunting ghost stories to classic fairy tales, Going Public … In Shorts! is a collection of forty classic and lesser-known works by history's greatest writers.Among the stories included are "The Death of a Government Clerk," Anton Chekhov's defining vignette; "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," Mark Twain's comedic story that earned him national fame; "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry's masterful Christmastime tale about love and sacrifice; and "The Stor...