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In TopKnotch, three Shih Tzu girls—Ginger, Hapi, and Missy—scheme to extricate their late 20-something owner, Robin, from a series of foibles. Robin is an engineer who works for her uber-successful, but domineering dad, Fritz. She’s engaged to marry Sean, who works as the intellectual properties attorney for their firm, Rosencratz & Dessein.

Stories provide portals into other worlds, both real and imagined. The promise of escape draws people from all backgrounds to speculative fiction, but when people of color seek passageways into the fantastic, the doors are often barred. The Dark Fantastic is an engaging and provocative exploration of race in popular youth and young adult speculative fiction. Grounded in her experiences as YA novelist, fan-fiction writer, and scholar of education, Thomas considers four black girl protagonists from some of the most popular stories of the early 21st century.

A time-honored Puritan classic, Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices is a must-listen for every Christian, especially those who feel consumed by sin. Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices exposes Satan's devious methods and offers biblical strategies to help Christians avoid and overcome temptation. The messages contained in this classic work are as useful today as they were when the book was first published in 1652.

Think a soccer match begins with the opening kickoff? Think again! In this Sports Illustrated Kids book, go behind the scenes of a typical game day in professional soccer—from prepping the pitch and cleaning cleats to player escorts and jersey swaps. This fast-paced, fact-filled book will give soccer fans, young and old, a brand-new perspective on major league soccer.

Britain's most chilling crimes are brought sensationally to life in this compelling new series, using court room transcripts, police interviews, 999 calls, secret audio recordings and eye witness testimony.

In the midst of bombs and bullets, trenches and trauma, the soldiers of World War I, and those observing the horrors taking place from home, took pen to paper to record their experiences in verse. These poems - considered the greatest written during WWI and some of the greatest poetry of the twentieth century - show the horror of war but also shine a light on the strength of human courage, bravery, and virtue.

Are you ready to get rich? Learn how to break through your money blocks, attract more abundance and start earning what you're really worth. So you want to manifest more money this year. You're not alone. But why does it feel so freaking hard? It's weird and frankly bewildering that the most...

Can you learn to be lucky? Self-made millionaire Denise Duffield-Thomas not only believes this is possible, she knows it’s possible. From being broke, hating her office job and generally having a life that made her completely miserable, Denise went on to travel the world and make all of her...

Journey into the world of The Bible and learn the secrets of the giants of the faith so you can walk out your own destiny to the glory and honor of God through The Lord Jesus Christ with your host Apostle Quinson Thomas

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio. A slight acquaintance with numbers will show the immensity of the first power in comparison with the second (Malthus).

In these little sketches [1899] of a few out of the innumerable multitude of ways in which the sea has spoken to me during my long acquaintance with it, I have tried with ’prentice hand to reproduce for shore-dwellers some of the things it has told me. (Author’s Preface) His whales and sharks and other monsters of the deep are creatures with whom one is proud to be associated. These Idylls—little pictures—strike me as some of the most vivid things ever written about the sea. I take it that only a man who has used the sea as a common sailor, and before the mast, really knows it in all ...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Leviatán: o la materia, forma y poder de una república eclesiástica y civil es una de las obras más influyentes de la filosofía política y un libro que, a pesar de haber sido escrito en el siglo XVII, sigue ofreciendo reflexiones sorprendentemente...

Ein Schuss fällt mitten auf dem Rönnebüller Schützenfest – und die junge Mutter Bente Drews ist tot. Für Hauptkommissar Werner Kruse und seine Kollegin Michaela Greve wird der Fall schnell zum Albtraum: Nur einen Tag später stirbt ein weiteres Opfer, und die Gefahr ist nicht vorüber. Jemand beseitigt systematisch alle, die zu viel wissen. Die Spur führt in die Abgründe eines nordfriesischen Dorfes, wo hinter bürgerlichen Fassaden ein Geflecht aus Lügen, Erpressung und dunklen Geheimnissen lauert.

With his newfound family, Nathan is learning how to fill the role of being a dad while he also deals with the new world that is still developing around them in Idaho and across the country. With dangers coming from different areas and groups wanting to hurt the compound, the families persevere and continue to grow. But each new encounter exposes a new dangerous threat or potentially adds allies and friends. Can Nathan decide between the two? Now that his priority is becoming his Family?

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of 'A Popular Personage at Home' by Thomas Hardy. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 15, 2023. ------ A dog's point of view? - Summary by David Lawrence

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Commonplace Day by Thomas Hardy. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 27, 2022. ------ Thomas Hardy OM was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced both in his novels and in his poetry by Romanticism, including the poetry of William Wordsworth. He was highly critical of much in Victorian society, especially on the declining status of rural people in Britain, such as those from his native South West England. (Wikipedia)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Merely Suburban by Thomas Runciman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 12, 2023. ------ His poems were never offered for publication, although critical essays of his appeared from time to time, as for instance in the "London" of Henley and Stevenson. The Songs and Sonnets were written for his own satisfaction, and were sent to a few faithful friends and to members of his own family, who have allowed me to collect and print them. (from the introduction to Songs, Sonnets & Miscellaneous Poems by Thomas Runciman.)

LibriVox volunteers bring you 25 recordings of At A Lunar Eclipse by Thomas Hardy. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 27, 2019. ------ While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. Initially, therefore, he gained fame as the author of such novels as Far from the Madding Crowd (1874), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886), Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891), and Jude the Obscure (1895). During his lifetime, Hardy's poetry was acclaimed by younger poets (particularly the Georgians) who viewed him as ...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Here, Take My Heart by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 29, 2012. This weekly poem is one of the many love poems by the 19th-century Irish poet Thomas Moore. Some of his poems were composed. One of his best known poems is The Last Rose Of Summer. (Summary by Stav Nisser)

LibriVox volunteers bring you seven different recordings of The Oxen, by Thomas Hardy. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of December 17th, 2006.