Navigating the complexities of school life can be a daunting task for young people, educators, and parents alike. This book aims to provide practical guidance and insights to those who find themselves struggling in the educational landscape. While grounded in academic theory and evidence-based research, the primary focus of this book is on offering tangible solutions and real-world examples. Through a series of stories, vignettes, and problem-solving scenarios, the authors explore the chal...

Alexander is a stunning work of historical reimagining from a troubled and unjestly neglected writer. Written in 1929 by the son of Thomas Mann, Alexander shows why Klaus Mann is regarded in Germany as one of the foremost writers of the twentieth century.

With humor, wit, and insight, David Carter sets out a number of fail-safe rules to follow in order to win the Nobel Prize in literature There are acclaimed writers— James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Tolstoy, Mark Twain— who never won the Nobel Prize, and others, less well known, such as Henryk Sienkiewicz, Paul Heyse, and Romain Rolland, who did. What exactly does one have to do to impress, or be snubbed by, the Nobel Committee? This book is a fascinating survey of the Nobel Prize for literature...

Aimed at both the amateur enthusiast and those wishing to pursue their interest and undertake professional training, this basic introduction to the craft is full of valuable adviceThe basic skills that every actor needs to develop are covered in this guide, including breathing, voice control, the use of body language, timing, and handling the audience. The importance of understanding a text and the interaction of the characters within it is considered, as i...

"Down into the Darkness" is David Carter's tenth book and something of a departure from his usual English murder mysteries ("The Murder Diaries – Seven Times Over" and "The Sound of Sirens"). It's also a lot shorter than most of his books, running to around 140 pages.One early reviewer described it as "intelligent humorous horror" – quite some combination!Here's the back cover blurb:Tony Jenks lives alone in a small...

As explicit in his prose as he was in his private life, the Marquis de Sade remains one of the most controversial writers of all time. This new biography, by the acclaimed translator and author David Carter, promises to shock as much as it informs. Arrested many times for sexual misdemeanors, the Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, where he was writing 120 Days of Sodom and The Misfortunes of Virtue at the time that it was stormed in 1789. After the French Rev...

Nicolai Azarenko experiences crazy dreams. Even as a child, his parents quizzed him over breakfast, demanding to know of his latest visions.As a grown man, his dreams grew stronger and crazier still. He is a time-served wheel-tapper labouring on the railways, but is desperate to change his job.That is not an easy thing to do in Stalinist Russia in the 1950s, but his persistence paid off.But disturbing dreams cannot be controlled, and he discovers th...

Pocket Essentials is a dynamic series of books that are concise, lively, and easy to read. Packed with facts as well as expert opinions, each book has all the key information you need to know about such popular topics as film, television, cult fiction, history, and more. It sounds daunting: all those -isms, long technical words, weird French thinkers, and incomprehensible Germans. Most books providing introductions to "Literary Theory" are long-winded tomes, guiding dogged readers through ...

Gringo Greene is a philandering man. He doesn't treat his women well, but it all comes back to haunt him.Let me ask you a question.When were you last in love? Was it good for you? Would you recommend it? And if you had the choice, would you do it again?Gringo Greene has never been in love. That's half his problem.But when a young lady gives in her notice and leaves Dryden Engineering...

Lisa Keepence grew up playing football, climbing trees and racing pushbikes with the lads. Lisa had no doubt that she was a boy, but every time she looked in the mirror, she saw what everyone else saw - the face and body of a girl. When her world was plunged into disaster by a broken home, she drifted into a life of despair, drugs, abuse, crime and imprisonment. Terrified of sharing the truth about her identity with the world, she could only date girls by pretending to be lesbian. Finally,...

In a small Hampshire town teenager Adam Goodchild witnesses his mother's brutal murder, shot dead by security police in the back garden of their cute cottage, an event that will one day return to haunt the government itself.Adam goes on the run and discovers he isn't alone, for there's a whole underclass of malcontents out there with similar stories to tell."State Sponsored Terror" charts the course of Britain in the near future. There's a new government in...

When considering their canine friends, what do dog owners really need to know? Important stuff, according to Buster, like how dogs would run the world if they were in charge (fleas would taste like hamburger, only dogs would be allowed to pick up dropped food). What they fantasize about (mostly steaks, open garbage cans, and female dogs). The rules that govern sniffing other dogs. Buster and his capable translator, David E. Carter, have created a most useful book that's also delightfully f...