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Before the gurus, before the seminars, before The Secret — there was a small shelf of books that started it all. The Prosperity Canon collects seven foundational classics of the success tradition in one unabridged collection, narrated by Darren Grimes of The Grimerica Show. These are the...

Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years. This authoritative guide leads you through the work...

Breaking into the fly-fishing world on one of the most prolific rivers in the Lower Forty-Eight is tough for a woman. Finding peace and learning to forgive can prove even tougher, especially when hurting the one you love muddies the waters. Rose Marie Davidson grew up as an outdoorsy little girl, always wanting to please her father by catching more fish than her older brother. As an adult, she has learned about fly-fishing and is pursuing her dream of becoming a professional guide in Craig, MT, where she takes folks fishing on the world-renowned Missouri River.

Immerse yourself in the rich tapestry of human experience through the lens of poetry in "Miscellaneous Poems." This podcast celebrates the beauty of language and the diverse themes that emerge from our collective imagination, inviting listeners to explore a wide range of emotions, ideas, and observations that resonate with the human spirit. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, showcasing a rotating collection of poems that delve into love, nature, loss, and the intricacies of life. This is not a single story but a series of unique explorations, each crafted to spark reflection and ...

Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Arthurian legends and the profound reflections of nature and humanity with "Vision of Sir Launfal and Other Poems." This podcast presents a rotating collection of poetic works that delve into themes of chivalry, virtue, and the timeless quest for meaning and beauty in life. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, showcasing the lyrical mastery and rich imagery that characterize the poetry of the Fireside poets. As you listen, you'll encounter a tapestry of emotions and thoughts, from the noble ideals of knighthood to the intimate connections ...

Explore the poignant themes of remembrance and farewell in "Memorial Verses and L'Envoi," a podcast that delves into the rich tradition of poetry dedicated to honoring those we've lost and reflecting on life's transient beauty. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, inviting listeners to engage with a rotating collection of verses that capture the essence of grief, celebration, and the enduring impact of memories. This series is not a single narrative but a diverse tapestry of voices and styles, each offering unique explorations of love, loss, and legacy. As you journey through these ...

Immerse yourself in the evocative beauty of nature and the human experience through a collection of early poetry that captures the essence of its time. This podcast delves into the themes of longing, reflection, and the intricate relationship between the self and the natural world, as expressed by the early works of prominent poets. Each episode features a new complete audiobook, offering a rotating selection that highlights the lyrical artistry and emotional depth of early poetic expression. This is not a single story, but a series of unique explorations designed to inspire and resonate with ...

Two realities. One hope. What if you lived in two worlds, and could die in either? Pete Holm can. He is a dreamwalker, able to travel to the realm of dreams, including the devastated world of Twin Moon City, where an evil voodoo spirit holds living souls in terror with his army of the walking dead. In the waking world, drug lord Jean St. Croix knows only the power of the dreamwalker can stop him, so St. Croix vows Pete must die. Pete is the only hope to rescue the lost souls in Twin Moon City... unless St. Croix kills him first. Can anyone survive when two realities collide?

James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets. These poets usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside. "Lowell's poem "The Present Crisis," an early work that addressed the national crisis over slavery leading up to the Civil War, has had an impact in the modern civil rights movement. The National Association for the ...

The situation of American literature is anomalous. It has no centre, or, if it have, it is like that of the sphere of Hermes. It is divided into many systems, each revolving round its several suns, and often presenting to the rest only the faint glimmer of a milk-and-water way. Our capital city, unlike London or Paris, is not a great central heart from which life and vigor radiate to the extremities, but resembles more an isolated umbilicus stuck down as near as may be to the centre of the land, and seeming rather to tell a legend of former usefulness than to serve any present need.

For centuries, stories had circulated of an Aztec city so rich that precious gems adorned the buildings and the streets were paved with gold. But like so many Aztec locations, this one had been abandoned and swallowed by the jungle. Since the time of the conquistadors, expeditions have set out to find it. None have ever returned. At their antique shop in 1938, Rick and Rose Sinclair come across what may be a map to the lost City of Gold in an Aztec artifact. The adventurous husband implores his more level-headed wife that this is their opportunity to become rich.

In 1718, the notorious pirate Blackbeard was captured and killed. But he left no trace of the immense riches he’d plundered during his years pillaging the high seas. In 1938, antique dealers Rick and Rose Sinclair discover what appears to be a map of an uncharted island sketched in Blackbeard’s hand. With the help of Virginia, a pirate expert, they deem the map authentic, and the most likely place for Blackbeard to have hidden his treasure.

My book is about disappointment, love, pain, betrayal, and success. My dream was to finish high school in 1974 and go straight to college. I had a minor setback. My high school sweetheart was pregnant. I had a decision to make, either go to college or find a job. This was the most important decision I had to make in my life. But I chose to take care of my unborn child. I had to put college on hold. So at the age of eighteen, I married her.

It seems like the perfect trip when paleontologist Grant Coleman joins a geology professor and an anthropologist to explore an unmapped canyon far out in the Utah desert. The sponsor’s team leader promises Grant he can take home all the fossils he finds. On the first day at camp, an explosion strands the entire team hundreds of feet down on the canyon floor. It is soon clear that the mining company sponsor has more nefarious plans than the benign research they promised. The going is about to get tough for the three professors.

Paleontologist Grant Coleman gets an invitation he can’t decline. Join a rescue mission to find his college mentor, Professor Maxwell Carson, who has gone missing in the wilds of China. But his professor’s notes about his expedition must be wrong. They state that he was hunting for the fossils of dragons. The others on this rescue team make Grant uneasy. One is Mike Rabon, an old college friend who studied with Grant under Carson. But while Grant pursued an academic career, Mike has been working the black market, selling fossils to unscrupulous collectors

Paleontologist Grant Coleman and environmentalist Janaina Silva, lost in the Amazon rain forest, discover an isolated logging camp, and the chance to hitch a ride back to civilization. But the workers uncover a fossil of a giant snake, almost fifteen meters long. Grant is thrilled, but the superstitious workers believe they have let loose a demon. That night, the world begins to unravel.

Paleontologist Grant Coleman and activist Janaina Silva are recruited by Thana Katsoros for a top secret expedition, one in search of a live Apatosaurus on a plateau deep in the Amazonian rain forest. But their plane crashes short of their destination, and the entire group faces a terrifying fight for survival. This isolated area hosts unknown animals more fearsome than they’d expected, including giant ants and flesh-eating pterosaurs.

Broke and desperate, paleontologist Grant Coleman gets the chance of a lifetime exploring a long-sealed cave, the fabled home of a gigantic creatures. NPS Ranger McKinley Stinson discovers a rancher’s prize bull has been butchered by an airborne killer, and tracks the blood trail back to the re-opened cavern. But as she’s about to arrest the trespassers, the unstable roof collapses, trapping all.

Nicholas Briggs, Arthur Darvill and Clare Corbett read these four original stories featuring the Eleventh Doctor, Amy and Rory. In The King's Dragon, by Una McCormack, the inhabitants of the city-state of Geath appear to be happy and rich; yet strange creatures are stirring, and an ancient civil...

It is 1938, and antiques dealers Rick and Rose Sinclair come across an old journal. It tells an explorer’s tale of sighting the queen’s lost temple, but his porters forcing him to turn back, terrified by myths of the temple’s protection by giant monsters and the queen’s avaricious ghost. The Sinclairs will find that all the legends were true. The temple does exist. The treasure is still there. And it is all defended by giant creatures bent on slaughtering any who trespass. Will Rick’s cunning and Rose’s intellect be enough to survive the dangers of the temple of the queen?