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  The Space Beasts - No Air No...

  Clifford D. Simak

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  The Space Beasts by Clifford D. Simak - There is no life in space–can’t be, because there’s no air. But that undeniable fact loses point when your own existence is threatened by that life which can’t exist. 
  It wasn't possible... but there it was! A thing that hung in space on shimmering wings of supernal light. 
  Wings that had about them that same elusive suggestion of life and motion as one sees in the slow crawl of a mighty river. Wings that were veined with red markings and flashed greenly in the rays of the distant Sun. 
  The body of the thing seemed to writhe with light and for a fleeting moment Captain Johnny Lodge caught sight of the incredible head . . . a head that was like nothing he had ever seen before. A head that had about it the look of unadulterated evil and primal cruelty. 
  He heard Karen Franklin, standing beside him, draw in her breath and hold it in her wonder. 
  “It’s a Space Beast,” said George Foster, assistant pilot. “It can’t be anything else.” 
  That was true. It couldn’t be anything else. But it violated all rules of life and science. It was something that shouldn’t have happened, a thing that was ruled out by the yardstick of science. Yet, there it was, straight ahead of them, pacing the Karen, one of the solar system’s finest rocket-ships, with seeming ease. 
  “It just seemed to come out of nowhere,” said George. “I think it must have passed the ship. Flew over us and then dipped down. I can’t imagine what those wings are for, because it travels on a rocket principle. See, there it blasts again.” 
  A wisp of whitish gas floated in space behind the winged beast and swiftly dissipated. The beast shot rapidly ahead, green wings glinting in the weak sunlight.

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  When Your Soul Begins to Glide -...

  Russell C. Brennan

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  Russell C. Brennan is a multi-platform artist and the world’s only male Geisha. He is an award-winning poet and many of his poems have ended up on song releases. This is a complete book of all his poetry. He has performed poetry live on many occasions and he has decided to perform all the poems in this book, so in a way you get two elements for the price of one. 
  He also gives an insight into each poem before reading it and the book starts with him recounting his journey into the poetry world and highlights so far. It also gives many autobiographical snapshots of his interesting life in many of the poems. 
  The paperback version of this book has inspired many artists and musicians, so we hope you find something to inspire you. 

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  The Stratford Adventure of...

  John Sulli Sullivan Hayes

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  Adventures of a Boy and a Mouse backstage in Canada's most famous theatreAspiring actor 10-year-old Adrian travels by ship across the Atlantic Ocean from England to Canada. Unbeknownst to him hiding in his luggage is a mouse he named Tiddlywinks who also wants to act. Without food, attacked by dangerous rats Tiddlywinks barely survives the trip.Against his father’s wishes Adrian secretly auditions for a part in Richard III at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Theatre. Poor Tiddlywinks becomes trapped in a shoe-box, then lost alone backstage where he encounters a troupe of mice that are producing Shakespeare's play The Tempest.Step onstage and join them as they chase their dreams.The audio book is brilliantly brought to life by the distinguished Canadian director and actor, Michael Bawtree.Ages 7 - 12Schools use this book to entertain and teach their young students about acting, auditions and Shakespearean plays.“What started out as a fun bedtime story for his children author John S. Hayes, an original member of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival skillfully based his characters on the personalities of the real directors, actors, and designers he worked with in the very early days of Canada’s renowned theatre.”A ten-year-old Child's Review:"I loved this book because it kept me interested throughout the entire story... I enjoyed how the two main characters (Adrian and Tiddlywinks) followed the same story line, but from different points of view. Another thing I enjoyed about it was how Adrian kept on trying to reach his goal, even though people kept on telling him he shouldn’t act. I really loved this book and I think you would too”- Alexandra Gilles age 10

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  Founding Fathers The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  Before the United States of America even existed, the first American celebrity was Benjamin Franklin. In his career, Franklin was an author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. After having his hand in all kinds of community service in Philadelphia, and inventing important devices like lightning rods, Franklin used his unique status as an international celebrity to become the colonies’ best diplomat, first as an ambassador to Britain and then as an ambassador to France during the American Revolution. Franklin was particularly revered in Enlightened France. 
  	Every American is taught a pristine narrative of the life and legacy of George Washington and can easily recite the highlights of the “Father of Our Country”. The remarkable Virginian led an under-resourced rag-tag army to ultimate victory in the American Revolution before becoming the nation’s first president, setting it on its path toward superpower status. He may not have actually chopped down a cherry tree or tossed a silver dollar across the Potomac, but his contemporaries considered his character above reproach. When Washington voluntary resigned as commander of the armies, he stunned the world. Everyone in the colonies and the world realized that Washington, at the head of the last army standing in the colonies, could have made himself king of the new United States on the spot, and it would have been a move supported by his rank and file soldiers. 
  	Nobody spent more time in the thick of these debates than Thomas Jefferson, one of the most famous and revered Americans. Jefferson was instrumental in all of the aforementioned debates, authoring the Declaration of Independence, laying out the ideological groundwork of the notion of states’ rights, leading one of the first political parties, and overseeing the expansion of the United States during his presidency.

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  12 Asian Folktales S01E09

  Aryaa Naik

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  The king of Armenia holds a contest to see which man can lie the best and announces a golden apple as a prize. The king is caught in a dilemma when an old man comes to his court and tells him he owes the old man a pot of gold.

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  Wrecker the Weasel and the...

  Jason Cook

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  An old enemy returns to pursue a vicious vendetta against Wrecker the Weasel and the Rotten Shed Gang in ‘Wrecker the Weasel and the Watermill Plot’, the second adventure of the British countryside’s most notorious egg thieves! Expect rollicking adventure, humour, and touching comradeship as the hapless smugglers do their best to outsmart the plans of the psychotic fox, Mandrake.    Against the background of a summer heatwave, Mandrake and his foxes set out to ruin Wrecker’s egg-smuggling operations, destroying birds’ nests, stealing eggs, and holding water sources to ransom. Before long Mandrake allies with sinister underworld figures in London in a bid to crush Wrecker’s supporters in the city. Facing the loss of his business, his gang, his friends, and ultimately his life, Wrecker must hope for a miracle of deliverance. Strangely, the ghost of an opportunity becomes apparent at the old watermill, and in the millpond which sits directly above Mandrake’s countryside headquarters. A well-engineered flood couldn’t possibly be the answer to Wrecker’s problems… could it?

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