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Hear a lecture given by young-adult author Alfred C. Martino to high-school students as he discusses the craft of writing and his novels, Perfected by Girls, Pinned, and Over the End Line. Martino was born and raised in Short Hills, New Jersey, and graduated from Millburn High School, where is played varsity soccer and was captain of the varsity wrestling team. He is a graduate of Duke University and The Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He currently lives in Jersey City, New Jersey.

This timeless comedy of manners is considered one of Molière's most probing and mature works. While it's still an exemplar of 17th century farce, Molière went beyond his usual comic inventiveness to create a world of rich, complex characters, especially in the cynical title character Alceste, played here by the Tony Award-winning actor Brian Bedford.

The intense relationships between Robert Schumann, his wife Clara, and Johannes Brahms are brought to vivid life through music and excerpts from their passionate writings. With the arrival of the young, dynamic Brahms into their household, the Schumanns’ fragile marriage is threatened by the deepening bond between Clara and their gifted guest.

The fateful collision of a lonely Jewish baker and a passionate Palestinian sets in motion a deepening friendship as the two struggle with identity and loyalty to their beliefs and to each other. An act of violence brought them together. Will another tear them apart?

In Table Manners, the action occurs in the dining room of Mother’s house, where a conventional middle-class family is attempting to have a pleasant country weekend. But they are no match for Norman, the bane of the family, who horrifies everyone by doing exactly as he likes.

The third “battle” of Ayckbourn’s celebrated trilogy The Norman Conquests, returns us to the same weekend in the country, but this time to the setting of Mother’s overgrown English country garden. Something more troublesome than brambles is lurking among the roses. Havoc ensues among the flora and fauna, as this cynical masterpiece makes its way to a hilarious conclusion.

In the second “battle” of Ayckbourn’s celebrated triology The Norman Conquests, we rejoin the family weekend, this time hearing the events in the living room, where Norman gets drunk on homemade dandelion wine – and all hell breaks loose. Norman unleashes his merry brand of manipulative charm on the hapless guests and even his most formidable opponents go down in defeat on the drawing room rug.

Mixing the colorful letters of Franz Liszt with some of his most ecstatic piano music, Odyssey of Love depicts his tempestuous relations with two fascinating women.

Alice is a single mother raising her three young daughters on the rez where she grew up. Life has never been easy, but she’s managed to get by with the support of her best friend, Gideon, and her family. When an unthinkable loss occurs, Alice is forced to confront truths that will challenge her belief in herself and the world she thought she knew. 

The book/ebook/audiobook market has continued to advance and change. There are also some new markets like audiobooks that have taken off like a rocket in the last few years. My own experience has also evolved as I continue to self-publish new books and gain more experience with additional sales channels. There are many books available to tell you how to make money and have fun writing your own book. However, many of these books become out of date quickly as the market evolves.

Blackstone Audiobooks is pleased to present the first audio recordings ever of the only two Holmes plays written by his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This new, specially commissioned production of the Hollywood Theater of the Ear stars Audie Award-winning readers Martin Jarvis (as Sherlock Holmes) and Kristoffer Tabori (as Dr. Watson).

My father passed away before he finished this story, but what he did write was gold. It was an absolute pleasure finishing this book. It's my favorite in the Pungapeople series. I hope it becomes your favorite, too. 

I wanted this story to ease anyone who was concerned or worried about their name or anything else about themselves, as most of the names in this story are real. Take my name Crump, sounds like a paper bag collapsing. Let's all smile and enjoy our differences, I take no offense at you smiling at mine - Enjoy! 

When I was a young boy, I rode my bike a very long way where I saved the last duck egg in a nest by a lake and put the egg in my jumper, I rode back home and hatched the egg in our hot water cupboard. This was the start of the adventure of Paddles and Me....

The Pungapeople have inhabited the Ninety Mile Beach undisturbed for years. When the fishermen and campers arrive in their droves their beautiful Pungaland becomes polluted and noisy. The Pungapeople take action and use all of their wily ways to defeat the new visitors. 

Settlers unknowingly build a town on "Pungaland", and so the Pungapeople begin their antics to try to drive the settlers away. The town is thrown into chaos. The mayor calls in Professor Pingwit to find the source of the problem. Will Pingwit's scientific methods finally uncover the Pungapeople? 

Mrs. Windyflax seeks the help of a local policeman when she notices her letterbox has been the target of mischievous "Pungapeople". The policeman finds himself outwitted by the wily Pungapeople and returns to his station, minus his clothes, to file a report. 

For too long, sentence instruction has been heavy on correctness and terminology (as in “mind your grammar”) and light on play and experimentation. Or it has been abandoned altogether. In this lively book, Marty Brandt sets out to change all that.

Planeta Audio presenta "Historias de mujeres casadas. El pódcast", en el que Cristina Campos, la autora de "Historias de mujeres casadas", y la periodista Chiara Arroyo se unen para explorar la vida íntima de las mujeres a partir de los 40 años.

La desaparición en pleno rodaje de un director de cine es el primer caso que investiga la inspectora Mar Lanza al ser destinada a Cantabria. Escapando de un turbio asunto que la ha convertido en una paria entre sus compañeros de la Policía Nacional, Lanza se enfrenta a un asesino misterioso y a un caso que conmociona a la opinión pública. Pocos saben que ella misma fue la única superviviente de otro caso polémico jamás resuelto y que ha marcado su vida desde que era una niña.