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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated more than 55 years ago, yet his words continue to inspire millions of people, young and old—from all races and backgrounds. During his remarkable life, he embodies bold and compassionate leadership and achieved a level of influence few thought possible for a Black man born in Atlanta just before the Great Depression.

A tender love story, a serpentine villainess, a glittering setting in London society, and a showering of Wildean witticism are only a few of the reasons why this play has enjoyed hugely successful revivals in London, in New York, and on the silver screen. This 1895 drama is eerily prescient, as it examines the plight of a promising politician, desperate to hide a secret in his past. With empathy and wit, Oscar Wilde explores the pitfalls of holding public figures to higher standards than the rest of us.

In all his years of bounty hunting, not one injury could rival the pain Lou Prophet felt when he thought he’d lost his old partner Louisa Bonaventure. Now that he’s rescued her from the brink of death in Mexico, they’re seeking a fresh start in Juniper, Wyoming, which had once been called Helldorado before Lou’s friend, “Hell-Bringin’” Hiram Severin, cleaned it up. Or thought he had....

Awakening is not what you thought. So how do we integrate the deepest and wisest of spiritual traditions with what we know to be true about our culture, our minds, and our physiology? How do we find liberation from suffering, without ignoring trauma, through the insights gained in a world that has come face-to-face with #metoo and George Floyd? This book is an exploration of how, and where, we need to look.

This double audio workbook for beginners contains two best-selling titles of the best-selling Secret of Now series: Living in the Now in Easy Steps: 7 Lessons & Exercises to Experience Inner Peace and Stop Negative Thinking in 7 Easy Steps: 7 Lessons & Exercises to Beat Depression & Pessimism. Based on the teachings of the German spiritual leader Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now, A New Earth, and Stillness Speaks, this revealing audiobook centers on ending your inner distress and self-inflicted suffering.

Kate Lawler has never been maternal. And yet here she is: mother to Noa, after years of going back and forth about having children at all. This is the story of her journey from parentally undecided to early motherhood, via raging hormones, sleepless nights, emergency hospital trips, mum guilt, unspoken regrets and post-natal depression. This book is not a parenting manual. It won't tell you what to pack in your hospital bag, or how to get your baby to sleep. It may not help you with feeding or dealing with tantrums. But it will show you that you're not alone.

The price of accidental fame is hashed out in this comedy about a famous bank robber and the clerk who foiled his biggest heist. Ayckbourn’s 1988 play anticipates the popularity - and absurdity - of reality TV. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Rosalind Ayres as Jill Rillington; Jane Carr as Trudy Parks; Kenneth Danziger as Douglas Beechey; Martin Jarvis as Vic Parks; Ian Oglivy as Kenny Collins; and Yeardley Smith as Sharon Giffin. Directed by Robert Robinson. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, California in February 1994.

Perfect for Janeites everywhere, this enticing collection brings together for the first time six special recordings that offer a glimpse behind the scenes at the life of the celebrated author. Taking us on a journey from her earliest teenage writings, to her love affair aged 20, to the scandalous arrest of her aunt which shook her family, these fascinating programmes offer a closer look at Jane Austen and those around her, as seen through her letters, writings and final home.

Linda Smith lives in her East London home, where her daily routine involves dozing through Thought for the Day, filing and cross-referencing the pizza leaflets that come through her door, and updating her limited edition 'Songbirds of Great Britain' porcelain collection. That is, when she's not managing the chaos caused by her flamboyant, sugar-loving live-in builder Chris; dealing with the demands of her morbid, crumbly boned Welsh neighbour Betty; or taking regular jaunts chauffeured by Worra, the philosophical Nigerian cabby.

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies with Sidney Noir. This collection comprises of all new stories set in Sidney, Australia, by 14 authors of crime fiction....

This workbook for beginners contains seven basic lessons and exercises you can apply now to begin to slow down and stop your chattering mind and begin to enjoy living in "The Now", an experience that will grant you inner peace and freedom from illusion starting today. It presents the basic concepts, principles, and methods behind the spiritual teachings of Eckhart Tolle, Dalai Lama, Krishnamuti, and Meister Eckhart, among others.

Eines Abends dringt ein Fremder in das Herrenhaus der wohlhabenden Lady Hutchinson ein. Kurz darauf ist die alte Dame spurlos verschwunden. Zur selben Zeit wird auch Oliver Burton, der Vater von Lady Hutchinsons Stalljungen vermisst. Inspektor Hudson ist zunächst ratlos, bis eine Versicherungsagentin auftaucht und wichtige Hinweise liefert.

Im Londoner Hyde Park wird eine weibliche Leiche gefunden, die zunächst nicht identifiziert werden kann. Die Polizei tappt im Dunkeln, aber Inspektor Hudsons reizende Komplizin Elvira Elliot ist ihnen um Längen voraus. Die Tote ist Daphne Cole, Inhaberin eines kleinen Bed and Breakfast, das vor dem wirtschaftlichen Ruin steht. Doch warum konnte sich die Unglückliche dennoch teure Taschen und eleganten Schmuck leisten? Und wer sollte ihr Böses wollen? Sie dürfen gespannt sein.

Have you ever struggled with reaching targets or achieving your full potential? Have you ever wondered what successful people do to achieve their results? Then this book is for you! This book is a step by step guide that will reveal the simple yet effective secrets of what makes people successful. Actually there is no secret formula, just a simple concept of goal setting that can transform your future self into someone who achieves and prospers.