Being a police officer is a very important job. Just ask Sergeant Murphy! In "A Day at the Police Station, young readers will get an up-close look at police work--from solving crimes, to helping lost children and more! The fun, lively art will appeal to fans of Richard Scarry--and police officers--everywhere!

Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Monologues illustrates how to apply the Michael Chekhov Technique, through exercises and rehearsal techniques, to a wide range of Shakespeare's works. The book begins with a comprehensive chapter on the definitions of the various aspects of the Technique, followed by five chapters covering Shakespeare's sonnets, comedies, tragedies, histories, and romances. This volume offers a very specific path, via Michael Chekhov, on how to put theory into practice and bring one's own artistic life into the work of Shakespeare. Offering a wide range of pieces that can be used as audition material, Application of the Michael Chekhov Technique to Shakespeare's Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Monologues is an excellent resource for acting teachers, directors, and actors specializing in the work of William Shakespeare. The book also includes access to a video on Psychological Gesture to facilitate the application of this acting tool to Shakespeare's scenes.

Sammy Keyes is perusing the neighborhood through binoculars when she spots something fishy at the Heavenly Hotel. She's sure she's just seen a robbery, now she just has to prove it. Now in Knopf Paperback, is the first book in the exciting new series of middle-grade mysteries starring the smart and spunky seventh-grade ace detective. "This girl sleuth is no well-mannered Nancy Drew. She's hot-tempered, nosy and not always obedient. In short, she's someone I want to read about again. A winning debut!" (Margaret Maron, author of The Bootlegger's Daughter and One Coffee With).  

There had been so mush to learn - so much that was different. In London, Diane has started school in a class with mostly white children. In Johannesburg, the only white children she had seen were the ones riding on the plastic horses at the Oriental Plaza. Diane struggles to find her feet back in South Africa after eight years of living in exile. Her main difficulty is the pain she feels after her father's violent death. Although supported by friends and relatives her grief remains hidden until Joe Cassidy starts to share her guarded existence. Then she discovers a secret about him, which changes both their lives...

Padi eno a sekaseka botshelo jwa Bahurutshe a ga kgosi Gaboutlwelwe wa motsana wa Madibaakwena. Ka go sena mojaboswa wa bogosi, Gaboitlodiwe o e leng motswantle, o leka go thopa bogosi ka bokhukhuntshwane. The novel explores the lives of the people of the Madibaakwena village. In the absence of the heir to the throne, Gaboitlodiwe, who is an outsider, tries to win chieftainship by default, but fails when the plot is uncovered. Suitable for high school, tertiary level and general reading.

Overachiever Antonia is eager to participate in the new peer counselling programme at school - until she learns the person she's supposed to counsel is Jasmine Luther. Jazz is anything but Antonia's peer. She's a punk, a druggie, a gang hanger. But as their peer counselling sessions progress, Antonia and Jazz discover that they have more in common than they could ever have imagined. When Antonia's life begins to unravel, she finds Jazz may be her only aid. A poignant, darkly comic novel that challenges readers' definitions of what is 'normal'.

SHE SHOULD HAVE LOOKED BEFORE SHE LEAPT.

The man Jess has fallen in lust with is not only married, he's her boss. He's also famous -- a high-ranking government official who is all business by day, and all-out kinky by night. And when his photo -- his naked photo -- is splashed on the front page of the supermarket tabloids, Jess has Rude Awakening #1: home-wrecking leads to nothing but heartache. How could it all have backfired so? Are her instincts in this Crazy Thing called Love really that deplorable?

SHE'LL LAND ON HER FEET.

Maybe her instincts aren't the problem. Relying on her colorful circle of girlfriends for unconditional love and break-up recovery via margarita infusion, Jess makes another play for domestic bliss -- only to experience Rude Awakening #2: some men are wired to behave badly. But rather than settle, Jess is finally ready to put her happiness first. And happiness, for the time being, means calling on her friends to concoct a marvelous plan to get payback from her exes that's daring, hilarious, and certain to hit the jerks where they live....

A fast-paced historical novel set in Cape Town in the late 1870s.

Katrina, a young maid, meets a rich older visitor to the Cape who appears to fall in love with her.

From the bestselling author of The Elegant Gathering of White Snows comes a poignant, outrageous, refreshingly liberating story about one woman whose life takes an unexpected turn....
Meg Fratano has just witnessed the unthinkable: her husband of twenty--seven years making love to another woman. In her bed. And all Meg wanted to do was watch. Quietly, secretly, watch. Then she realized her life would never be the same.
Meg isn't sure what she wants, but she knows it's not what she had. After almost three decades of marriage and two children, she has finally awakened to how unhappy she is.
Now, with the help of friends old and new, and even her teenage daughter--a former brat who has blossomed into a startlingly wise young woman--Meg just might break through the chains of everyone's expectations for her and find the strength to take the first step on her own path. To strip away a lifetime of inhibitions. To dance naked at the edge of dawn...

Give A Christmas Carol a new lease of life. This 12-week scheme of work is ready to pick up and teach - and ensures that your lessons are in line with the latest AQA specification. This Set Text Teacher Pack: - Enables you to navigate efficiently through A Christmas Carol, improving your students' textual understanding and analytical skills week by week - Reduces your planning time by providing explanatory teaching notes and photocopiable student worksheets that are closely aligned to the Assessment Objectives - Caters for all ability levels with extra support for students with lower prior attainment and suitably challenging activities to stretch high achievers - Assists you in mapping student progress across the course through a mix of short activities and more formal assessments - Includes a dedicated section on exam preparation with practice questions, student-friendly mark schemes and advice on responding to questions in timed conditions