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As Paul interviews El Gato, the World Cup stands on the table between them. In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible story – how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. And the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him: the mysterious Keeper, who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic rainforest.

Winner of the Carnegie Medal, Tamar is Mal Peet's astonishing novel about love, lies and secrets in a time of war. When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century earlier. His story is one of passionate love, jealousy and tragedy set against the daily fear and casual horror of the Second World War. Unravelling it will transform the younger Tamar's life....

Both harrowing and life-affirming, the final novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet is the sweeping coming-of-age adventure of a mixed race boy transported to North America. Born from a street liaison between a poor young woman and an African soldier in the 1900s, Beck is soon orphaned and sent to the Catholic Brothers in Canada. Shipped to work on a farm, his escape takes him across the continent in a search for belonging.

In the second of the Paul Faustino novels by Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet, teenage football prodigy El Brujito, 'the Little Magician', has vanished without a trace, and Paul finds himself reluctantly drawn into the mystery. As the city of San Juan pulses to summer's sluggish beat, Paul gets more than he bargained for as a story of corruption and murder unfolds, forcing him to confront a bitter history of slavery and the power of the occult.

Everybody out there in Appalachia’s got a story, and now Mal is walking across the Wasteland to hear them all and bring them to a Pip-Boy near you! Want to kick back with a Nuka-Cola for an in-game, in-character interview show that highlights all sorts of amazing folks, with a partner video every episode? Welcome to OUTLAWS & UNDERDOGS: Stories of Survival. Someday, it could be you tellin’ your story.

On Thursday, December 15, 1994, Joann Katrinak and her three-month-old son, Alex, went missing from their Catasauqua, Pennsylvania, home. In what would become Pennsylvania's first use of mitochondrial DNA in a criminal case, Patricia Rorrer - a young mother who had never met either victim - was quickly tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison without parole. But did the jury make the right decision?

When a black South American soccer star signs on to a team in the country’s racist south, headlines blare. And when he falls for the sensual Desmerelda, a stunning white pop singer and daughter of a wealthy politician, their sudden and controversial marriage propels the pair to centre stage, where they burn in the media spotlight. But celebrity attracts enemies; some very close to home. And its dazzle reaches into the city’s hidden corners, exposing a life of grit and desperation the glitterati could never imagine.

Next year is the fiftieth anniversary of the making of the Leyland Brothers' groundbreaking documentary, Down the Darling, which records Mike and Mal Leyland travelling down the Darling. Their film was sold to Channel 9 and later to the BBC. It was shown in 65 countries and selected by the Australian government to be shown at Expo 67 in Canada.

Lernen Chemiker neue Leute kennen, ist deren erste Reaktion meist: "Chemie? War ich total schlecht drin in der Schule." Und die zweite: "Sag mal..." Kann ich die Waschmaschine mit Cola reinigen? Warum hinterlassen Preisschilder immer so fiese Klebereste? Was macht Ozon in der Atmosphäre? Löst Säure Leichen auf? Chemiker können die Welt erklären - und sie tun es mit Begeisterung, gefragt oder ungefragt. In diesem Podcast lüften zwei Chemiker die Geheimnisse des Alltags. Und eine P.M.-Redakteurin sorgt dafür, dass die beiden keine Fragen offen lassen.

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Factoryville warmly welcomed their new neighbors, who seemed eager to fit in - at first. Soon, however, the Homeyers' pleasant disposition began to change. Anna, once highly visible and engaging, was rarely seen at all anymore, and Charles, who was always kind and neighborly, became distant and withdrawn. Local residents were baffled by their behavior. But their curiosity soon turned to suspicion when Anna Homeyer suddenly disappeared, leaving the town with a number of unanswered questions.

Wenn Biologen bei Freunden zum Essen eingeladen sind, müssen sie immer wieder die ganz existentiellen Fragen beantworten - manchmal auch die intimen und die ekligen. Was bezweckt eine Nachtigall, wenn sie singt? Haben Goldfische einen Penis? Wird man krank, wenn man am Biofilm im Kühlschrank leckt? In diesem Original Podcast leisten eine in allen Lebenslagen erfahrene marine Mikrobiologin und ein Experte für Amphibien und Reptilien erste Info-Hilfe, zusammen mit einem Journalisten, der eine unschlagbare Begeisterung für alles Lebendige hat.

Psychologie ist ein großes und manchmal angsteinflößendes Wort. In diesem Podcast steigen wir endlich durch: Denn wir verstehen die Welt besser, wenn wir uns selbst und unsere Psyche verstehen. Warum sind Witze lustig? Ist Prokrastination immer schlimm? Wie verändert es uns, wenn wir Geheimnisse haben? Und warum bist du nicht du, wenn du Auto fährst? Wie funktioniert Manipulation? Und wie beeinflussen Düfte unsere Psyche? Genau das klären wir jede Woche in diesem Podcast.

The book is cordoned by fantastical and scientific stories comparing her family’s world and personality traits with those of wrens. It also contains a creative history of Worcester, a former factory town plagued by poverty, addiction, and violence—a cycle that Mal, unlike her brother and father, was able to escape.

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in January 2020, NO SMOKE SCREENS is the 42nd literary offering by Artistpreneur Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza. This guerilla-glue release by the Mississippi native addresses the horrific terror of intraracial homicides and some of the actions required to curtail these continual genocides. “The climate of today’s society is far too negative and divided,” Mylia complains. “I believe these problems live within people.

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in September 2019, WHAT YOU TEACH ME is the 38th literary offering by Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza. This guerilla-glue release takes a look at family dynamics from an alternate perspective – one that reveals some of the lessons adults have learned from (or have been reminded of by) the children in their lives.

There are so many challenges you face each day. Some of them are easily overcome and others seem insurmountable. You want to move forward but it seems, regardless of the number of days that pass, that you remain in the same situations and the same position. This book is guaranteed to help you break free from the main things that bind you. It includes inspiring real-life situations to help you recondition your brain and inspire you to want to even do so. Be ready to face yourself to better yourself before you crack this book open for the first time or the fifteenth.

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in November 2019, TUCKED AWAY is the 40th literary release by Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza and the author’s first fairy tale. A modern story inspired by the style of popular fairy tales from centuries past and contemporary retellings, Jaza wrote TUCKED AWAY to remind adults and children of the importance of paying attention, being brave, and showing kindness to yourself and others. “There are a lot of lessons stressed to children that many adults have yet to learn, or apply if they proclaim to have learned these lessons already,” Mylia explains.

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in February 2020, BASKING IN YOUR YOU is the 43rd literary offering by Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza. This guerilla-glue release is a hand-held snapshot of some of the things that are loved most about you by those who know and admire you. “Never forget how magnificent you are, and revel in it – especially when you are feeling down, depressed, doubtful or doomed,” Mylia urges listeners.

Published with assistance from BePublished.org in February 2025, SEX & GREED reveals the writing on the wall for Emir and Fane -- whose love is a story that might soon end forever this time because the craving for getting the most while giving the least cannot be quelled by one. This dramatic romance novel explores the cost of unbalanced relationships and reveals the courage it takes to walk away from a long-lasting heterosexual relationship when it becomes unfulfilling and toxic.