Aimed at both the amateur enthusiast and those wishing to pursue their interest and undertake professional training, this basic introduction to the craft is full of valuable adviceThe basic skills that every actor needs to develop are covered in this guide, including breathing, voice control, the use of body language, timing, and handling the audience. The importance of understanding a text and the interaction of the characters within it is considered, as i...

"Down into the Darkness" is David Carter's tenth book and something of a departure from his usual English murder mysteries ("The Murder Diaries – Seven Times Over" and "The Sound of Sirens"). It's also a lot shorter than most of his books, running to around 140 pages.One early reviewer described it as "intelligent humorous horror" – quite some combination!Here's the back cover blurb:Tony Jenks lives alone in a small...

The Lee Vance Story: Ultra Gore Edition is a raw, unflinching psychological horror novel based on real-life medical trauma. When chronic pain and repeated hospital failures push a good man past his breaking point, Lee Vance begins a terrifying transformation — from a fighter trying to survive the system into something darker, something the doctors never saw coming.What starts as a battle against medical negligence becomes a descent into the demon he never asked to become.To...

Navigating the complexities of school life can be a daunting task for young people, educators, and parents alike. This book aims to provide practical guidance and insights to those who find themselves struggling in the educational landscape. While grounded in academic theory and evidence-based research, the primary focus of this book is on offering tangible solutions and real-world examples. Through a series of stories, vignettes, and problem-solving scenarios, the authors explore the chal...

Nicolai Azarenko experiences crazy dreams. Even as a child, his parents quizzed him over breakfast, demanding to know of his latest visions.As a grown man, his dreams grew stronger and crazier still. He is a time-served wheel-tapper labouring on the railways, but is desperate to change his job.That is not an easy thing to do in Stalinist Russia in the 1950s, but his persistence paid off.But disturbing dreams cannot be controlled, and he discovers th...

As explicit in his prose as he was in his private life, the Marquis de Sade remains one of the most controversial writers of all time. This new biography, by the acclaimed translator and author David Carter, promises to shock as much as it informs. Arrested many times for sexual misdemeanors, the Marquis de Sade was imprisoned in the Bastille, where he was writing 120 Days of Sodom and The Misfortunes of Virtue at the time that it was stormed in 1789. After the French Rev...

Gringo Greene is a philandering man. He doesn't treat his women well, but it all comes back to haunt him.Let me ask you a question.When were you last in love? Was it good for you? Would you recommend it? And if you had the choice, would you do it again?Gringo Greene has never been in love. That's half his problem.But when a young lady gives in her notice and leaves Dryden Engineering...

This is a story for children and the young at heart (of any age!) It features lots of fab characters, beginning of course with the Bunny and the Bear, both of whom are desperately seeking good new homes.Follow the story of the Bunny and the Bear, as they set out on their quest to find a suitable new place to live, and ultimately find true happiness.Will they be successful and will they find contentment? The only way you will ever know is by reading the stor...

Lisa Keepence grew up playing football, climbing trees and racing pushbikes with the lads. Lisa had no doubt that she was a boy, but every time she looked in the mirror, she saw what everyone else saw - the face and body of a girl. When her world was plunged into disaster by a broken home, she drifted into a life of despair, drugs, abuse, crime and imprisonment. Terrified of sharing the truth about her identity with the world, she could only date girls by pretending to be lesbian. Finally,...

In a small Hampshire town teenager Adam Goodchild witnesses his mother's brutal murder, shot dead by security police in the back garden of their cute cottage, an event that will one day return to haunt the government itself.Adam goes on the run and discovers he isn't alone, for there's a whole underclass of malcontents out there with similar stories to tell."State Sponsored Terror" charts the course of Britain in the near future. There's a new government in...

When considering their canine friends, what do dog owners really need to know? Important stuff, according to Buster, like how dogs would run the world if they were in charge (fleas would taste like hamburger, only dogs would be allowed to pick up dropped food). What they fantasize about (mostly steaks, open garbage cans, and female dogs). The rules that govern sniffing other dogs. Buster and his capable translator, David E. Carter, have created a most useful book that's also delightfully f...

A brooding, long-haired man (Lee Vance) stands alone on the shoulder of a rain-soaked nighttime highway in rural Ohio. His back is mostly to the viewer, shoulders tense, dark hair blowing in the wind. A faint, eerie yellow glint glows in his eyes when caught by headlights. Behind him is a battered white panel van with its side door open, guitars, amps, and duffel bags spilling out onto wet asphalt. Blood streaks mix with rainwater near his boots. A black knife handle with silver inlay lies...