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In this humorous, engaging, and thought-provoking audiobook, Anna Cutler, a leading figure in art education, takes you on a journey through her personal experiences and reflections on the value of art in schools. By the end, you’ll come to realize that the stakes are surprisingly high for the social, emotional, and intellectual development of our children. It is an impassioned plea to nourish, within and beyond schools, the one resource that will never run out: the human capacity to create.

From Handbags to Hand Grenades is the riveting true story of Kathryn West, a courageous front-line officer in London’s Metropolitan Police force. From 1990 to 2020, she dedicated her life to serving and protecting the people of Britain during some of the most historical and life-altering events of our time.

What do we really know about the lives of others? The villagers of rural Ippenbury in 1913 puzzle over their new schoolmistress, as Adele reveals very little about herself and almost nothing of her past. Telling her story, using her letters and journals, she recounts the enormous changes in the village during the Great War, including her responses to wounded soldiers recovering in the old mill hospital.

In a time of dire need, as climate change, conflict, and economic upheaval imperil our existence and our mental well-being deteriorates from not utilising our minds as God intended, Francis Keith Robins introduces a groundbreaking approach to saving humanity – reshaping our thought processes through mathematics. In his book, The Fourth Coming, Robins provides a detailed, step-by-step guide to unlocking our inherent mathematical potential. His vision is to create a society that is inclusive, equal, and peaceful – one that aligns with God’s desire for us.

Every year on the day of the Ghost Festival, creatures from the underworld roam city streets freely when the gate of hell is opened. The owner of the House of Life set out a lavish banquet to entertain and appease these hungry ghosts. This year, however, foul creatures led by a long-dead Manchurian nobleman came down from the Devil's Peak on horseback and stormed the banquet hall. They harassed the guests and wrecked havoc to the festivity, demanding the House of Life to hand over something it has been safe-keeping for centuries.

Fifty years after being rescued from the cellar of her parent's bombed boulangerie in summer 1944 by Joseph, an old soldier, Rose-Marie receives notification from a French notaire that she has inherited his house. He insists she must view the derelict property before he can deal with it. She is terrified that the nightmares she has suppressed from her traumatic childhood will return if she goes to France. She begs her daughter, Laure, to meet the Notaire, view the house and locate her old school teacher, Britt Zeigler, if she is still alive.

In Silenced No More: Unveiling the Taboo of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Rebuilding Trust, author Susie Barber explores the urgent need to address childhood sexual abuse. Approximately 90 million children alive today have experienced sexual violence. This audiobook reveals the painful truth about children's silence and how deeply it affects their lives.

This collection of tales is what happens when one man’s art meets 12 authors' fiction, and when writers are free to ignore their genre of choice and typical story conventions. Twelve eye-challenging op-art designs were used to inspire these 12 mind-bending stories, which contain everything from futuristic sci-fi to fantastical comedy, and heartfelt life musings to near-cosmic nihilism.

Molly's dad is a practical joker, a proper wind-up merchant. His sense of humor holds no bounds, and when what he thinks is a trick at his expense backfires, he is left feeling a little unusual. His silliness stoops to new and more juvenile levels, but strangely, he has no memory of his bad behavior. Things go from silly to serious when these events turn into regular blackouts, and Molly's dad reveals secrets from his past that may have implications on his present day mental health.

After a hard week at work, Zoë just wants to go home; pyjamas, Netflix, and junk food beckon. The prospect of catching the last bus is always a daunting one, but seven days' relaxation seem like a worthy prize at the end of another journey with drunken louts, along with their weed clouds and loud music.

A poignant story of the impact of war on a defenceless French village during the Second World War. Four courageous villagers join the Maquis, the Resistance in Vichy occupied France, to protect their families. They are swept into a treacherous conflict where one false word or brave action can result in the torture and death of people they know and love. One old man and a young girl survive the savage destruction that wipes out the whole community.

Burdizzo Book's Matty-Bob and Em invited some of their favourite indie authors to write stories inspired by their most beloved songs. The result is The Burdizzo Mix-Tape Vol.1, their most diverse anthology yet. These are tunes that resonate from the beach to the mountains, from rain dogs to spirits in the sky, from Old Ones to cold ones. Be it multi-dimensional romance across space and time, Cold War sexual paranoia, campfire cowboys, gypsy caravans, or demented disco balls, there is a song for everyone within these stories.

Marla Case, an elite Olympic-bound athlete, finds her devotion to competition fading and chooses to step away. She considers becoming a medical responder and learns about the profession from a paramedic friend. Before committing to the rescue service, Marla accompanies her mother on an academic tour that ends abruptly when a massive earthquake strikes. The athlete reacts to save victims with her physical skills and newly acquired understanding of some emergency medical actions. She becomes a beacon of hope for the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri.

Humans had long thought Elves were just a fairy tale. Until the connection between the two worlds of Earth and Sylvan was rediscovered. Now both species know of the others' existence. But are humans and Sylvans friends? Enemies? Or perhaps something more?

Do you believe that you could convince your friends and family to work with you to prevent something really bad from happening? That's exactly what Farmer Bo Crow did when he wanted to save his favourite tree and surrounding trees, from being chopped down! Come along and join Farmer Bo Crow and various bird species, his friends, as they create havoc for the poor human, the real farmer, who can't understand why his normally calm and quiet life has been turned upside down!

Creativity is the mark of poetry as it sings our senses in appreciation and realizes another perspective to what surrounds us. Another poem, another realm of understanding. Poetry affords one to a taste of strength of suggestion that whets the palate very differently to the manner in which a fictional or non-fictional novel cannot achieve. Enjoy your journey through this book as your listening material companion.

Kingdom of Wolves clears the path to understanding the unconscious drives that motivate if not govern the behaviours of predators, abusers, bullies, their victims and the underlying issues that draw them to each other. The author demystifies the complexities of human behaviour, merging old concepts with new as she guides you through the emotional and psychological landscapes of the abuser’s and victim’s psyche.

A Suitcase Full of Koalas is a modern, edgy travel book set to test your wits and memory for detail. Gallivanting around London and somewhere distinctly south of the great capital in a sleepy seaside village, the author finds herself handing out tiny furry koalas to the English, to the Polish, to the Italians, in fact to anyone who cares to accept the little fellas as a gift from Australia.

From the dark and decadent mind of Em Dehaney come eight tales of sea foam secrets and sweet treats. Nothing is quite what it seems, but everything is delicious. This is Food of the Gods.

Now that Felixia has gained control of growth tech, she is out of control. Getting big has a major side effect - she's constantly aroused. Her plans for city domination are threatened because she can't concentrate...all she wants to do is get off. But Grow Girl and the Size Patrol aren't ready to let her get away. Now assembled for the first time, Grow Girl, Siren, Madame Frost, and the Sizzler, attempt to lay low the giantess. But they don't know just how big--and how aroused, she can get...