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...

VERFÜHRT VON EINEM STOLZEN SPANIER von KATE WALKERKaum hat Santos von Alexa erfahren, dass seine Braut mit einem anderen durchgebrannt ist, schlägt er vor, stattdessen sie zu heiraten. Die Idee erscheint Alexa völlig absurd. Bis der temperamentvolle Spanier sie in seinen maurischen Palast vor den Toren Sevillas entführt …LIEBESTRAUM AM MITTELMEER von SABRINA PHILIPSLeon Montallier, Fürst von Montéz, ist arrogant und unverschämt – Ca...

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...

LIEBESTRAUM AM MITTELMEER von PHILIPS, SABRINALeon Montallier, Fürst von Montéz, ist arrogant, unverschämt und herzlos - Cally sprüht vor Zorn. Obwohl mit seinem Auftrag für die Restauratorin ein Traum in Erfüllung geht, will sie den Palast am Mittelmeer sofort wieder verlassen. Dabei fühlt sie in Wirklichkeit längst ganz anders für Leon.DER SCHÖNE FREMDE SPANIER von ROBERTS, PENNYAuf Ibiza soll Allison erstmals ihren Vater treffen. Stattdessen erscheint der umwerfend...

TRAUMFRAU MIT HINDERNISSEN von WYLIE, TRISHDer erfolgreiche New Yorker Geschäftsmann Quinn Cassidy glaubt nicht an die Liebe. Bis seine beste Freundin Clare wettet, dass sie mit ihrer Dating Agentur auch für ihn die Traumfrau findet. Und nicht nur Quinn eine Überraschung erlebt …MASKENBALL AUF DER INSEL DER LIEBE von PARV, VALERIEMaskenball auf dem Schloss: Prinzessin Giselle fühlt sich wie verzaubert in den Armen ihres geheimnisvollen Verehrers. Wer ist der Mann, des...

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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...

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 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...

Nuns. With Guns.Nuns. With Guns.I challenged folks to give me a story with that as their theme. Here are nearly twenty authors who answered that crazy call, ranging from fantasy to science fiction. Modern. Historic. Urban fantasy and gritty realism.Come with us now on an amazing journey into other lands and other minds, as we explore what it means to first become a nun, and then to take up the sword.Or the gun.----Part of the Blaze Ward Prese...

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.