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Letters with Smokie captures an epistolic exchange between Dan Goodley and Rod Michalko, or rather, Rod Michalko's late guide dog, Smokie. A lively exploration of human-animal relationships and disability as disruption, disturbance, and art, the book offers a refreshing re-evaluation of cultural misunderstandings of disability.

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of Fyodor Dostotevsky's two finest works of non-fiction.

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal.

While contemplating his life and deeming himself ridiculous, a man on the verge of suicide is interrupted by a young girl begging for his help. In his dark mood, he brushes her away, but when he returns home to commit the act he cannot move past his feelings of guilt over his treatment of the girl.

Collected here are some of Dostoyevsky's finest letters to his family and friends, as-well as reminiscences from those close to him. This audiobook also includes thoughts on his life and work from his contemporaries (including Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy). These letters give an insight into the work, life, and psychology of one of the greatest writers of all time.

In June 1862, Dostoevsky left St. Petersburg on his first excursion to Western Europe. Ostensibly making the trip to consult Western specialists about his epilepsy, he also wished to see the source of the Western ideas he believed were corrupting Russia. Over the course of his journey he visited a number of major cities, including Berlin, Paris, London, Florence, Milan, and Vienna. His impressions on what he saw, Winter Notes on Summer Impressions, were first published in the February 1863 issue of "Vremya" (Time), the periodical he edited, and are collected here.

This book will guide you to walk in the supernatural authority Christ has given you. You will learn how to view life from a heavenly perspective instead of an earthly one so that you avoid all the deceptive traps of the enemy.

No matter your season of life as a woman, you long to be loved and appreciated. But perhaps most days you're left feeling unseen, unheard, or unknown. Though centuries apart from your life today, the women who knew Jesus faced similar fears and insecurities. Their names aren't etched onto the pages of Scripture, but they are etched into the heart of God. In this book, Paige Allen invites you to take a second look at the life-changing encounters of seven unnamed women who came face-to-face with Jesus in the Bible.

Thirty years ago, Jess's mother, Nora, disappeared while on a charity hike in the US. The devastating loss has afflicted Jess well into her adult life and even inspired her decision to become an investigative journalist. So when Jess receives an anonymous tip telling her that remains have been recovered in the spot her mother disappeared, she wastes no time in jumping on a plane. They say the Appalachian Mountains have secrets, but as she begins to ask around, she learns that the locals do too.

Who was America's first and only Emperor? Why are there ships buried under the streets of San Francisco? Was the word "hella" really created in the East Bay? Bay Curious brings you the answers to these questions and much more through fun and fascinating deep-dives into hidden gems of Bay Area trivia, history, and culture. Based on the award-winning KQED podcast of the same name, Bay Curious brings a fresh eye to some of its most popular pieces and expands to cover stories unique to this book.

This audio language-learning book is made for learning Japanese in your car while driving. You can also use this audio language-learning book while you exercise and you can listen to it while you sleep. This audio book is designed for learning speaking Japanese without making any notes and using any books.

Ruben is a successful salesman. Roz hates her boring admin job. Ruben owns his own home. Roz still lives with her nasty mum and dad. One is a serial killer, the other desperate to learn the trade. When high-school misfits Ruben Jones and Roz Smith's paths cross later in life, they see something in the other no one else has and they team up to form a friendship based on the one thing they have in common – murder.

When real-life husband and wife George Burns and Gracie Allen worked together in vaudeville, George was the comic and his wife Gracie had the straight lines. They switched their roles upon discovering that Gracie’s delivery got a bigger laugh than George’s punch lines. The duo became a big hit on vaudeville and in films so when radio beckoned, they delivered. Their first regular radio work were as supporting players on CBS’s The Guy Lombardo Show in the 1930s. When Lombardo switched to NBC, George and Gracie took over the show. Enjoy sixteen of their greatest radio broadcasts.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, Western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions. In this collection of sixteen episodes, you’ll hear “Richard Diamond, Private Detective” with Dick Powell, “Suspense,” starring Gregory Peck, “The Charlie McCarthy Show” with Edgar Bergan and Robert Cummings, “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho Marx, and many more.

Gaining weight as we age is a given. Whether it’s from lack of exercise, hormone shifts, or illness, our metabolism slows, and it becomes more difficult to keep weight off. Intermittent fasting is one way we can bypass this problem by giving ourselves mini “breaks” from digestion, which is the most energy-intensive activity in our bodies. These breaks help the body use up its stores of fat for fuel instead of relying on food consumption to power us through the day. In my book, I discuss how fasting for women over 50 can be a solution to the issues with weight loss and health.

Caleb Allard is dying. His legacy haunts him: a pointless career and two dysfunctional children estranged from one another. Then a voice arrives. Immense. Debilitating. It fills Caleb’s skull, promising the one thing Caleb wants more than anything else—a purpose for his miserable life. It tells him of a young boy with miraculous abilities living in the Texas hill country. Find the boy, find your purpose.

Lisa’s magical time at Costa Brava is about to come to an end and tomorrow she must head back to London to find work. Then, as if by fate, a handsome stranger by the name of Julio Fernandez approaches her, blowing her plans apart. He offers her a job as a governess to his young daughter, and she is thrilled at the prospect of staying and getting close to this alluring man. Yet, it seems, that she is not the only woman eager to settle herself in Senor Fernandez' life and may need to fight to claim her desires.

Perfect for fans of the Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn. Virginia Summers is extremely fond of the Meadow House, which has been bestowed to her by her father. Even the thought of parting with it is inconceivable, debts are beginning to make her life difficult. Then, as fate would have it, a car accident almost at her doorstep presents her with the famous and handsome, although ill-tempered musician, Charles Digby Wickham. Virginia cannot be helped but be drawn to his charming, yet infuriatingly difficult musician.

The warm blood trickled over her fingers. His body contracted as he stared at her, a rattling sound passing his lips. Then his knees suddenly caved in and he collapsed in front of her, letting the gun drop onto the floor. She quickly bent down to pick it up. For a moment he lay on the rug staring up at her with profound indignation. It came as no surprise to her. She knew it was a characteristic of psychopaths that for all their ruthlessness towards others, their self-pity was limitless.

Gay is living a luxurious life in Istanbul but wants to escape what has become a caged life. She turns to Charles Villers, a fellow countryman she hardly knows, to help her leave. What follows is an adventure beyond her imagination set in romantic and exciting surroundings. The thrilling tale of love dates back to the 20th century and was written by Pamela Kent, a pseudonym of the beloved romance writer Ida Pollock. A must-read for fans of literary romance and surprising twists of fate.