An award-winning play, set in the present in the small office of a joiner's workshop in the Scottish Highlands. Dougie and Jessie's business is going under until one day they receive a mysteries phone call from the Government. Scared that it is the inland revenue when Mr Cooper appears he questions the couple about signing the secrecy act to work in secrecy on building a nuclear submarine entirely made out of MDF to save the government millions of pounds without the public knowing.

Award-winning play Signature is a suspenseful thriller focusing on Fiona. She is hiding in a rented room in Cornwall after running away from the events that took place six weeks ago. Now that the government has found her and is in question, will we find out what caused the mysterious death of her husband, son, and sister-in-law? Why did she run? Who is to blame?

The term “gastrocracy” refers to the appropriation of discourses and practices related to the sourcing, preparation, distribution, and consumption of food for political purposes. The intersections of gastronomy and governance, dating in Spain to the last quarter of the nineteenth century, have become highly visible over the past decade, when political debates around nationalism in its different forms have taken the guise of discussions about regional and local cuisines. Concomitant with th...

With all the talk of failing schools these days, we forget that schools can fail their brightest students, too. We pledge to "leave no child behind," but in American schools today, thousands of gifted and talented students fall short of their potential. In Genius Denied, Jan and Bob Davidson describe the "quiet crisis" in education: gifted students spending their days in classrooms learning little beyond how to cope with boredom as they "relearn" material they've ...

"The King & Us": A trip to the museum inspires Veronica and Betty to imagine what it would be like to rule ancient Egypt! "What's in Store?": For a change of pace, Mr. Lodge suggests that Veronica do the grocery shopping instead of the servants...and he sends Betty along to make sure she does it right! "What's in a Name?": Veronica swoons over the new hunk in school. .. until she learns his last name! "Unexpected Results": As they await the results of their career day tests, Veronica insis...

In 1998, at the very moment that a publisher had approached Bruce Davidson about a book of his 1959 Brooklyn Gang photographs, former gang leader Bobby Powers unexpectedly telephoned the Davidsons. Over the next decade, Emily Davidson maintained an ongoing conversation with Powers in order to bring to light his struggle to overcome his drug-ridden and violent past and to inspire others with his example.Through the words and reflections of the former drug addict and petty criminal, ...

The Far Out Pharaoh: When his "loyal" subjects arrange a boat ride to his afterlife, Pharaoh Arch-Amon calls for his "mummy!" Don't miss the "ancient antics!" "Energy Saver": A dip in Veronica's heated pool is just the thing for Archie and Betty after a hard morning of snow shoveling, but why is Veronica so exhausted? "Alien Invasion": When he wins a satellite radio, Archie expects to get signals from far off... just not as far off as the outer space signals he seems to be picking up!