Audio book descriptionSet against the backdrop of the Millenium celebrations and Britain's increasingly compromised role in America's war against terrorism, The Closed Circle lifts the lid on an era in which politics and presentation, ideology and the media have become virtually indistinguishable. Darkly comic, hugely engaging, and compulsively readable, it is the much-anticipated follow-up to Jonathan Coe's best-selling novel The Rotters' Club, and reintroduces us to the characters first encountered in that book. But whereas The Rotters' Club was a novel of innocence, The Closed Circle is its opposite: a novel of experience.
Audio book descriptionRascals gives you the past, present, and future of stand-up comedy. Only Rascals can bring you comedy superstars before they were stars and the breaking stars of tomorrow, TODAY! Take a trip down comedy's memory lane and catch the routines that made comedy history. This is the "Behind the Music" of comedy and the comedy behind the comics. Join us live, from one of our A+ comedy clubs all over the country, to hear the best comedy routines from the comics you know and the ones you will know soon. For a great time the whole family can enjoy, take five for FUNNY! This selection features performances by Sam Greenfield and Tommy Blaze.
Audio book descriptionA portrait of the 18th-century French writer and connoisseur of sex. De Sade was imprisoned numerous times for his scandalous novels, plays, and sexual crimes.
Audio book descriptionThe Elvis Oke of Chris Abani's novel is a child left to fend for himself in the urban jungle of Lagos, Nigeria. He has a talent for Elvis impersonations (hence the name) and wants to make it big so he can escape his violent and tumultuous life. In a place where angels fear to tread and only fools rush in, Elvis searches for redemption and a small piece of graceland.
Audio book descriptionIt's a bad time to be a boy in America. With increased school violence, it seems to some that boys in our society are the problem. However, oft-quoted studies purport to show that, in fact, it is girls who need extra help in school, and that society favors boys. Analyzing the work of leading academics, Sommers finds that these arguments don't hold up to scrutiny. There is no girl crisis, she says. Girls are outperforming boys academically and their self-esteem is no different from boys'. Boys lag behind girls in reading and writing ability, and are less likely to go to college. Boys do need help, and Sommers offers some suggestions. What she does not suggest is that they need to be rescued from masculinity.
Audio book descriptionThis audio collection is filled with Dr. Wayne Dyer's incomparable wisdom. It guides us to new levels of self-awareness. Includes: There Is A Spiritual Solution to Every Problem: Dr. Dyer clearly illustrates that by changing your perceptions…
