The Best of Times: A Novel

Short Stories for Students, Vol. 29

Each volume presents vital information on approximately 15 of the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels.

Titles featured in vol. 29 of Short Stories for Students include:

• "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets" by Jack Finney
• "Ha'Penny" by Alan Paton
• "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
• "Suzy and Leah" by Jane Yolen
• "Where Have you Gone, Charming Billy?" by Tim O'Brien

Jeffrey Archer - Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less

Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists, the kind of "beautiful minds" that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact with people, especially women. All this begins to change when a free-spirited beauty named Penny moves in next door. Sheldon, Leonard's roommate, is quite content spending his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends, fellow CalTech scientists Wolowitz and Koothrappali. However, Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities... including love.

The human body is not made for sitting at a desk for 40 hours a week. But when you're under pressure, the phone is ringing, there are faxes to send and meetings to attend, posture is the last thing you want to think about. But back pain is a problem for 49% of working adults and ?6 billion is lost annually in time taken off. This is the book we've all been waiting for. Offering easy, straightforward and, most importantly, effective solutions to posture problems, Busy Body will change the way you stand, walk and sit, eliminating stiff necks and sore backs. Written by a professional Alexander Technique teacher and fully illustrated, you'll wonder how your back survived before you read this book.