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In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, baseball legend Jackie Robinson reflects on fighting imperfection to create a better world in "Free Minds and Hearts at Work", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series. This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans...

In a transformed mid-19th-century America dominated by plantation owners and kept in line by Southern military forces, a mild-mannered academic from Maine, Professor Joshua Chamberlain, stands accused of crimes against the nation. In court alongside him is Abraham Lincoln, whose fiery rhetoric brands him a "threat to the security of the United States of America". Convicted, Chamberlain is sentenced to 40 years hard labor, while Lincoln's fate is indefinite detention at Fortress Monroe.

In this audiobook, godly, clear-thinking women talk about a range of areas of life and culture. They help us to be thoughtful about films, books, and the media; set out biblical principles for approaching topics such as body image and racism; and encourage us to shape the world around us for Christ - becoming beautifully distinct.

The Buddha said many times that just as the great oceans have but one taste, so do all the true teachings of the dharma: the taste of freedom. Jack Kornfield's The Roots of Buddhist Psychology is an invitation to drink deeply of these teachings; to taste the wisdom that flows from the heart of Buddhism's most useful ideas on the interior life and what brings awakening, freedom, and happiness. Jack Kornfield opens this eternal view of the mind for all listeners in this collection.

Created specifically to address the questions and needs of first-time students, here is Buddhism's vast spiritual legacy, presented by one of America's leading meditation teachers.

Five wolf pups are born, but only one survives. The lone pup and its mother must fend for themselves when the pup's father is killed by a lynx. Later, the pair is discovered by Native Americans. Grey Beaver, who recognizes the she-wolf as his late brother's wolfdog, adopts the pup and names him 'White Fang.' Targeted by the other pups in the Native American camp before being sold to a dog fighter, White Fang grows to be fierce, distrustful, and morose.

Most of us are well aware of the benefits of meditation, and new research is providing us with more and more evidence of what the world's spiritual traditions have known for years: meditation can positively impact every area of our lives. So why do many of us struggle to make time for this...

When does enlightenment come? At the end of the spiritual journey? Or the beginning? In After the Ecstasy, the Laundry, Jack Kornfield brings into focus the truth about satori, the awakened state of consciousness, and enlightenment practices today. The result is this extraordinary look at the hard work we all must do - the laundry - no matter how often we experience ecstatic states of consciousness through meditation and other disciplines.

In Meditation for Beginners, renowned teacher Jack Kornfield uses clear language and step-by-step guidance to show us how to start - and stick with - a daily meditation practice. From the basics of how to get started to dealing with distractions, this complete course introduces us to the Insight tradition of meditation that has helped practitioners throughout the ages cultivate profound inner calm and a lasting capacity for happiness.

The House of Pride, written by iconic American author Jack London (1876-1916), was first published in December 1910 issue of The Pacific Monthly. Author Jack London wrote The Call of the Wild and many other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commerical magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing.

Who is the Child of Night? That’s what small-town reporter Will Barbee must find out. Inexorably drawn into investigating a rash of grisly deaths, he soon finds himself embroiled in something far beyond mortal understanding. Doggedly pursuing his investigations, he meets the mysterious and seductive April Bell and starts having disturbing, tantalizing dreams in which he does terrible things - things that are stranger and wilder than his worst nightmares. Then his friends begin dying one by one, and he slowly realizes that an unspeakable evil has been unleashed.

Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great American writers, dating from the 19th and 20th centuries. Different in atmosphere and writing style, they nevertheless caught the mood and concerns of the day in a way that was distinctly American.

In Waking Up, Volume 1, Sounds True publisher and founder Tami Simon speaks with seven teachers about their personal understandings of spiritual awakening—how it takes place, what changes (and what doesn't), and how their experiences can inspire and inform our own realizations.

In Der Ruf der Wildnis (1903) – Die Geschichte eines Hundes – erzählt Jack London die eindrucksvolle Geschichte des Hundes Buck, der aus seinem behüteten Leben in Kalifornien gerissen wird und im rauen Norden während des Klondike-Goldrausches seinen Weg in die Wildnis findet. Zwischen Zivilisation und Naturinstinkt entfaltet sich ein packender Überlebenskampf, der bis heute Leser und Hörer fesselt. Ein zeitloser Abenteuerroman über Instinkt, Freiheit, Anpassung und den unbändigen Willen zum Überleben – atmosphärisch dicht und bildgewaltig erzählt.

A weekly-updated podcast where we give our takes on the most important sports topics in America. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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CrossRhoades: An Agnostic on Politics & Religion is a podcast for thoughtful people navigating faith and public life in a time when loyalty and certainty feel demanded from us. Hosted by Jack Rhoades, a former United Methodist minister turned agnostic, the show explores where belief, doubt, and politics intersect. This is not a debate stage or an outrage machine, but a space for reflection, nuance, and movement, where curiosity is the engine of deeper understanding.

Ein fesselndes Abenteuer zwischen Wildnis und Zivilisation – ungekürzt gesprochen von Jürgen Fritsche. Über das Hörbuch: Wolfsblut ( White Fang ) von Jack London ist ein weltberühmter Abenteuerroman über einen Halbwolf, der in der eisigen Wildnis Kanadas zur Zeit des Goldrauschs geboren wird. Aufgewachsen zwischen rauer Natur und menschlicher Grausamkeit, erlebt Wolfsblut Misstrauen, Ausgrenzung – und schließlich auch Vertrauen und Fürsorge.

Power Forward Mindset with Jackie Reyneke brings short, actionable conversations for student-athletes, parents, and coaches. Learn practical tools to build confidence, manage pressure, grow resilience, and develop the mindset skills that help student-athletes thrive in sports and life.

A D&D actual-play podcast following a group of idiots in a post-apocalyptic fantasy realm, where a “simple” rescue mission spirals into something much bigger.