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Joanna has seen some remarkable things deep in the woods in her role as the chief ranger of a popular national park. However, she never expected to witness a camper receiving a paddling high up on the mountain. When she realizes that she is not disturbed by the poor girl's pleas for the spanking to stop, she wonders if the past she has put behind her is truly history.

Before she can fade back into the forest, the man calls out for her to show herself. It was a voice she couldn't ignore. Stepping into the clearing took every ounce of her courage. As the man tries to figure out why the ranger seems familiar, Joanna greets him by name. She not only knows this man; she had once been over his lap and under his paddle herself.

Can the two work out what happened to tear them apart all those years ago? Can they not only forgive each other; will they be able to offer the solace they both desperately need?

In his heyday, during the 1960s and early 1970s, B. S. Johnson was one of the best-known novelists in Britain. A passionate advocate for the avant-garde, he became famous for his forthright views on the future of the novel and for his unique ways of putting them into practice.

House Mother Normal: A Geriatric Comedy is Johnson's most richly characterised, humane and sympathetic work. Eight residents in a home for the elderly sit down to dinner, along with the House Mother herself, and each takes it in turn to relay the proceedings of the evening from their own individual perspective.

By virtue of the novel's clever structure, the listener's comprehension of events is limited so as to allow them a powerful experience: Johnson's humorous yet deeply compassionate depiction of what it means to live life and grow old.

This Companion brings together sixteen new essays which examine, from various perspectives, the social and cultural role of the actress throughout history and across continents. Each essay focuses on a particular stage in her development, for example professionalism in the seventeenth century; the emergence of the actress/critic during the Romantic period and, later on, of the actress as best selling autobiographer; the coming of the drama schools which led to today's emphasis on the actress as a highly-trained working woman. Chapters consider the image of the actress as a courtesan, as a 'muse', as a representative of the 'ordinary' housewife, and as a political activist. The collection also contains essays on forms, genres and traditions - on cross dressing, solo performance, racial constraints, and recent Shakespeare - as well as on the actress in early photography and on film. Its unique range will fascinate, surprise and instruct theatre-goers and students alike.

This eye-opening anthology documents, for the first time, the effects of World War II on Latina/o personal and political beliefs across a broad spectrum of ethnicities and races within the Latina/o identity.

J. B. Priestley is the first book to provide a detailed and up to date analysis of the enormous contribution made by this playwright, novelist, journalist and critic to twentieth century British theatre.

Priestley was often criticised for being either too populist or too experimental and this study unpicks the contradictions of a playwright and theatre theorist popular with audiences but too often dismissed by critics; describing and analysing in detail not only his plays but also their specific historical and contemporary productions.

Using a combination of archive, review and critical materials, the book re-locates Priestley as a theatre theorist of substance as well as a playwright who challenged theatre conventions and assumptions about audience expectations, at a time when theatre was considered both conservative and lacking in innovation.

This booklet contains a collection of current articles on the life and works of W.E.B. Du Bois.

A Read & Listen audio book for, young, intermediate readers. 

Miro needs money to buy a new pair of Blue Suede Shoes. He meets an elderly lady in a park who needs assistance getting her shopping home. Miro makes friends with the elderly lady and together they help each other. 

Audio narrated by the author - Maggie Bartlett.

Otto takes the school music teacher Mrs Grump to find Morgan, who missed his piano lesson after school. She sits down to rest under a tree and somehow becomes hidden from the world. In fact, she gets 'buried' but rises up to scare Morgan and Otto. Or so she thinks!

A Read & Listen audio book for young intermediate readers. There is no rain where the animals live. Can Gavin the giraffe make the rain come? 

Audio narrated by the author - Maggie Bartlett

A Read & Listen audio book for young readers. Zac, his sister and mother are going to visit their friend, Gemma, in hospital. They decide to surprise Gemma by taking her a special get well gift. 

Audio book narrated by the author - Maggie Bartlett.

A Read & Listen audio book for beginner readers. Nigella Is A Goose is a fun story about a goose who thinks she is a traffic cop and causes trouble for her neighbours. 

Audio narrated by the author - Maggie Bartlett