British children's animated series written by Josh Weinstein, who has previously worked on 'The Simpsons' and 'Futurama'. The series is set in and around a high school where strange events take place and follows the students of the school as they try to make sense of the bizarre occurrences. The pupils at the school include Becky Butters (voice of Emma Kennedy), a studious girl who nonetheless struggles with logic, and Mitchell Tanner (Doc Brown), a lively boy who would much rather be playing with his friends than stuck in a classroom. The voice cast also includes Richard Ayoade, Caroline Aherne and Marc Silk.

Uit die vroee twintigerjare van die vorige eeu ry 'n lang, lenige Suidwester op 'n groot swart perd die gebied van Afrikaanse fiksie binne. 'n Bebaarde ridder met bree skouers; kampvegter teen ongeregtigheid, 'n vriend van veronregtes en die vyand van swendelaars en booswigte: Kurt Mauser. Kurt Mauser is seker een van Doc Immelman se bekendste en mees geliefde karakters. Hierdie publikasie is 'n heruitgawe van die heerlike avontuurverhaal wat in 1978 vir die eerste keer verskyn het.

Doc Immelman is alombekend vir sy avontuur- en jagverhale. Erns Grundling noem hom “Namibië se eie Hemingway”. Bloed op die duine en ander verhale is ’n keur uit sy kortverhale wat tussen 1955 en 1963 in Die Huisgenoot en Die Brandwag verskyn het. Die bundel sluit verder die novelle “Koms dans, Klaradyn” in, wat oorspronklik in ’n Seisoen vir Romanse (1966) verskyn het.

'n Postume versameling van werk uit die geliefde Namibiese jagter-skrywer se pen. Sy persoonlike geskiedenis en herinneringe vloei kleurryk deur sy byna tasbare vertellinge heen. Op kenmerkende Immelman-wyse word verklaar waarom kameelry geen grap is nie, wonder waarom sommiges ryk is of oud word, waarom mans en vroue verskil, terwyl sy histeriese blik op fotoverhale, handleidings en tikfoute die leser sal laat skater.

Doc Immelman is alombekend vir sy avontuur- en jagverhale, en in Die meisie op die bus ander liefdesverhale blom die liefde tussendeur al die avontuur. Die humoristiese “Ses dooie bees langs die grensdraad” gaan oor twee verliefdes wat eers die jare lange vyandskap tussen hul vaders, wat ook bure is, moet blus alvorens hulle kan afhaak. “Tussenspel op Etosha” vertel die storie van ’n veldwagter wat graag die senator se dogter wil beindruk. Maar dan stel die parkhoof hom lelik in die verleentheid om die kampvuur met allerhande stories oor hom …

Wanneer Wynand Senekal op Piet Ludeke se plaas aankom om 'n onlangs aankoop van 'n groot hoeveelheid ammunisie te ondersoek, voel dit of hy teruggereis het in tyd. Ses ossewaens, bebaarde perderuiters in kakie en ferweel en gewere en bandeliers kan net een ding beteken: dat daar veel meer hier aan die broei is as wat die Suid-Afrikaanse Geheime Diens vaagweg sou kon raai.

Vroeg een oggend, toe die maroelas nog swart teen die lug afsteek, neem Hans Wagner sy blou Mauser om 'n leeu te gaan skiet wat in 'n slagyster op sy Suidwes-plaas gevang is. Die ongedierte word maklik van kant gemaak, maar onverwags verskyn daar 'n jong leeutjie wat Hans se been lelik seermaak. Die skoot wat na die leeu geskiet word, ruk net sy een oor af en daarna kom die dier weg. Petrus, Hans se veertienjarige seun, sweer wraak. Petrus groei intussen tot 'n jongman. Sal die verhouding wat daar tussen Petrus en die buurdogter Martie, na wie hy eers minagtend verwys as een van "daardie Angolas", tot iets dieper ontwikkel wat selfs storms sal kan weerstaan?

In Die groot sand en ander stories kry die leser die geleentheid om verhale te lees wat onder meer in Ster, Die Brandwag, Republikein en Huisgenoot verskyn het. Die titelverhaal, Die groot sand, speel af in die genadelose Namibwoestyn waar twee diamantsmokkelaars hul buit gaan haal. Na ’n moordende staptog kry hulle die diamante, maar ’n sandstorm steek op. Onder die gekerm en geloei van die wind besef een van die smokkelaars dat daar net genoeg water oor is vir een man … Trek die koffiekan nader en lees ook oor ’n olifantjag in Angola, oor die vul wat treine gejaag het en die fabel oor die leeumannetjie wat Oukat moes opvolg.

Plaas 'n korrelkop beroepsjagter, 'n gierige Portugese streeksoffisier en 'n beeldskone Engelse lady in die ongetemde hinterland van 1896 se Duits-Suidwes; voeg oproerige Ovambo's, 'n bedenklike klein trekgeselskap en twee skarminkel-transportryers in die prentjie – en die toneel is ingerig vir 'n verhaal vol intrige, aksie en 'n tikkie romanse, soos net Doc Immelman dit kan vertel. Die Engelse roos Elize Foxcroft is nie net beeldskoon nie – sy's ook hardkoppig en onverskrokke. Maar wanneer haar skatryk pa as gyselaar geneem en aangehou word deur die Portugese skobbejak Avaro Duarto Gomez, besef sy dat sy vroualleen waarskynlik nie hond haaraf gaan maak nie. Kan Zak Marais, die legendariese beroepsjagter en met ’n afdraande reputasie, 'n groot skuldlas en 'n verlede vol skimme vertrou word om haar te help? En sal die bedenklike klein trekgeselskap die boosdoeners in San Pedro kan uitoorle?

"The Flapdoodle Follies" is a celebration of words. Sometimes archaic, perhaps a bit bizarre - but always beautiful - words have a power to transport or transform, to tickle and tease, and to terrify. Strung together in this way or that, a melody emerges, sometimes bubbling along, sometimes crashing with vicious, thunderous force; the result need not always be pleasant to be enjoyable. Words also have the power to inspire our imaginations, to set us off on a journey of reflection and exploration or on a madcap adventure into the unknown. Without a preconceived story to tell, the author lets the words themselves define the contours of the pieces. The result is collection of absurdist poetry, fantastical tales, and dark reflection. Sometimes playful, sometimes despairing, the author follows the stream of consciousness inspired by these words wherever it takes him, creating pieces that, somehow, in attempting to be unfocused, open, and direct, end up being very focused and true.

Even back before the first bits of this story hit the newsstands, the folks who published it in "Amazing Stories" (January through April, 1934) knew they were on to something special. "We are sure that our readers will be highly pleased to have us give the first installment of a story by Dr. Smith. It will continue for several numbers and is a worthy follower of the "Skylark" stories which were so much appreciated by our readers. We think that they will find this story superior to the earlier ones. Dr. Smith certainly has the narrative power, and that, joined with his scientific position, makes him an ideal author for our columns." An awful lot has gone under the bridge since 1934, but you know, the folks at "Amazing" were on to something. "Triplanetary" really is all that special, and we're thrilled to offer it to you now anew.

The editors who first published this amazing scientifictional tale were incredibly excited to get it. "For two years readers of "Amazing Stories" have literally clamored for a sequel to the famous story," they said, ""The Skylark of Space," which appeared exactly two years ago. Except that "Skylark Three" is more thrilling, more exciting and even more chockfull of science than the other."

You're looking at a real treat. Enjoy it!

The editors of "Amazing Stories" -- who first published this novel in August, September, and October 1928 -- waxed ecstatic over it. ." . . when such a story as "The Skylark of Space" comes along," they said "we just feel as if we must shout from the housetops that this is the greatest interplanetarian and space flying story that has appeared this year. Indeed, it probably will rank as one of the great space flying stories for many years to come. . . ." Copy is often about hyperbole, but they were righter than any editor ever can expect to be. This story has all but become a part of the language: we feel privileged to offer it to you.

"Song of Melete," a collection of poems, is an unconventional love story organized into six parts, each prefaced by a letter from our speaker to the mysterious Melete. The work centers around the timeless form of the tragic romance, and the ironic, comedic, often absurd reality of unrequited, unfulfilled, and never-quite realized love. Its central theme is the tragic fear that keeps us from dreaming and hoping , that makes us complacent in our love lives, that drowns aspiration, and that settles for the easy, the familiar, the comfortable - the slow waking-death of the unaware self that ends only in our final repose. It is a wicked cowardice, and it is pervasive. But there too is a cowardice involved in pining. Bold in affection but timid in action, the lovelorn die a coward's death a thousand times. The question is, then, that once reborn, do we take what we've learned in one life and use it in the next or does fate work against us simply because we dare to believe that, this time, it isn't going to happen?

Markus Dreyer was veertien dae op pad uit die suide waar sy ouers vermoor is, en in die Oppermans se groot voorkamer moet hy hoor dat sy oom, die enigste familie wat hy oorhet, 'n perd gesteel en verdwyn het. Toe Opperman, die jagkoning onder die Angolaboere, hoor dat Markus ook gejag het, besluit hy dat Markus moet bly. Miskien was dit die meisie met die koperbruin hare wat vir hom die deur van Opperman se huis oopgemaak het, wat Markus laat besluit om dan wel te bly. Miskien is dit net van nie weet waarheen verder nie? In elk geval sien hy die jagekspedisie saam met haar pa die kans om te verdien en weer selfstandig te raak. Hy het nie besef dat dit nie slegs 'n kwessie is van olifante doodskiet nie. Hy moet nog agterkom watter houvas Opperman op sy jagters het, en party van die teenkanting teen hom het hy nog glad nie verstaan nie.

This book presents the most accurate picture of the United States Marine Corps at the onset of the American Civil War and describes the actions of the Marines at the Battle of First Manassas, or as the Union called it, Bull Run. To tell the story of the actions of the U.S. Marines in the Manassas Campaign, distinguished Marine Corps historians Bruce H. Norton and Phillip Gibbons begin with Marine actions in October 1859 at Harpers Ferry, where they were instrumental in suppressing John Brown's raid on the town's Federal Armory and attempted slave insurrection. The Marines were the only professional fighting force that could respond immediately when the call for assistance came to retake the Armory, which Brown's men had seized. The Marines were led by highly professional and well-trained officers and non-commissioned officers who represented a decades-old standard of excellence well established by the eve of the Civil War. The book then discusses Marine actions at the Battle of First Manassas, the Civil War's first battle, on July 21, 1861, a story that has never been adequately or accurately told. In both engagements, the Marines proved that they were "at all times ready," as the Corps remains to this very day.