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This unique presentation combines classic children's favorites with an anthology of stories, poems, and songs of the holiday season.

From one of the most revered Catholic periodicals in the world comes a treasury of Christmas stories that listeners will find both heartwarming and spiritually nourishing. With subjects that range from saints to single mothers, from Depression-era childhoods and poverty to times of great peace and prosperity, these stories remind us of miracle and mystery, of faith and transformation, of all that lives in the spirit of Christmas.

What do bestselling writers Sue Grafton, Danielle Steel, and Tom Clancy all have in common? They've all been murdered in a manner both gruesome and appropriate to their style. An extremely paranoid Stephen King is convinced that he will be the next victim, so he leaves his heavily-barricaded fortress in Bangor, Maine, to discover who is bumping off his fellow novelists. This hilarious send-up of the world of publishing takes readers to Maine, Paris, and Venice and features cameo appearances by Steve Martin, Gerard Depardieu—plus a few surprises.

Este audio es una guía práctica y práctica para crear cambios efectivos en cualquier organización. Explica cómo los gerentes exitosos deciden una nueva dirección, comunican su visión y mucho más.

Mary Ashley, recién designada embajadora de los Estados Unidos, se convierte en el blanco de una misteriosa conspiración de asesinato. La acción corre de Washington DC a Buenos Aires, de Paris y Roma a Bucarest, mientras Mary se debate entre sus asesinos ocultos y las aparente traicióde los hombres en que confia.

Sombreada por la tragedia y cargada de amnesia, una bella mujer intenta desesperadamente volver a la realidad. Ella es Catherine Douglas, destinada a desafiar una vez más el poder cruel y carismático de Constantin Demiris, el magnate naviero griego que asesinó al esposo de Catherine. Ahora, en las relucientes capitales y áreas de juego despreocupadas de la Europa de la posguerra, Demiris pone sus ojos mortales en Catherine, y el secreto único y traicionero cuya verdad devastadora es conocida solo por ella.

In this classic gothic romance, plain and poor orphan Jane Eyre relies on her independent nature and inner strength as she is subjected to a cruel life in the mid-19th century. After she endures great emotional and physical abuse at the hands of her aunt and cousins, Jane is subsequently shipped off to a Christian boarding school for poor and orphaned girls. She eventually gains a position as a governess for the brooding and arrogant Mr. Rochester, whose secluded manor harbors a secret and strange noises coming from the attic.

Una colección de misterios humorísticos, cada uno con un final sorpresa.

Washington Irving's tales of romance, travel, biographical discourse, and literary musing introduced such classic fictional figures as Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane, and the Headless Horsemen of Sleepy Hollow. A sage, storyteller, and wit, Irving earned his preeminence in early American literature with these masterpieces in miniature.

A collection of coast-to-coast murder and mayham, including these unabridged short stories: "Vaudeville" by Whitley Strieber, read by Roddy McDowell; "Lucky Day" by Mary Higgins Clark, read by Betsy Palmer; "Starstruck" by Jon A. Breen, read by James Stacy; "Snookered" by Gerald Tomlinson, read by David Birney; "It Was Bad Enough" by Ron Goulart, read by Arte Johnson and Gee Whiz; "My Lovely" by Betty Buchanan, read by Joan Rivers.

In this dramatic series of interviews, General Powell describes his ascent from the ROTC to four-star general and eventually to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and mastermind of Desert Storm. He discusses his assignments in Germany, Korea, and Vietnam, his role in the Carter, Reagan, and Bush administrations, and his eyewitness accounts of Desert Storm, the invasion of Panama, and the Iran-Contra scandal.

Would you believe that one man championed the cause of Native Americans with Leonard Peltier, helped migrant farm workers with Cesar Chavez, traveled to Nepal, hiked the Himalayas, explored Africa and founded The Paris Review? It's true, and it's the life of Peter Matthiessen. Listen to entrancing travel tales and real life anecdotes from this author of At Play in the Fields of the Lord and the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard.

In November of 1920, 7-year-old Bill Sackter walked through the looking glass into a state institution for the retarded. He never saw his family again. 44 years later, a much older Bill re-entered the world, hungry for all it could offer.Barry Morrow became that buddy, and learned to see the world through Bill's eyes, colored by his boundless reserve of good cheer and goofy humor. He tells Bill's story in this highly emotional performance.

The explosion in storytelling festivals and one-person shows demonstrate that Americans are growing disenchanted with the mass media and returning to the simple pleasures of a well-told story. Here is a survey of great contemporary monologues, including excerpts by Spalding Gray, Lynda Barry, Tom Bodett, and Peter Matthiessen.

Join Rick Reynolds as he guides you through the foibles, fumbles and pratfalls of his own life beginning with his bizarre childhood. From the drowning of his father at a family picnic, to a bank-robbing stepfather, to his mother's 3 marriages and innumerable affairs, Reynolds portrays a striking picture of the lengths people will go for love and the human connection.

Ralph Waldo Emerson's essays and epigrams have influenced generations of writers and thinkers around the world. Emerson's ideologies combined the spiritual intuition of the East with the philosophical acumen of the West. In this compilation of his writings are passages on religion and spiritual philosophy, which reveal a metaphysical thought that is quintessentially American and universally relevant to the spiritual needs of today's world.

Submitted by readers of Catholic Digest, here are dozens of original accounts of true incidents that illustrate the compassion and kindness of which we all are capable. These real-life stories demonstrate the instinctive goodness of people and provide inspirational signposts of the humanity we all share.

In the aftermath of his son's death, TV reporter Ryan Bolt agrees to film a documentary about a lesser-known presidential contender. The assignment could salvage his damaged life and career, but soon he uncovers the candidate's mafia connections. Bolt doesn't know whom he truly serves, and by the time he finds out, it may already be too late—as the Mafia attempts to put a puppet leader in the White House. This political thriller is the fictional debut of Stephen J. Cannell, creator/co-creator of over forty television shows including Wiseguy and The Rockford Files.

A mad bomber is terrorizing the city. But New York has a weapon of its own - Detective John McClane. Originally published as tie-in novelization to the 1995 major motion picture.

Victor Frankenstein is a young scientist whose experiments in alchemy lead to a disturbing achievement—the ability to create new life from dead body parts. His ultimate creation—a large, monstrous creature—wreaks havoc, but in ways much different from those depicted on film.