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Thomas Steinbeck, son of famed writer and Pulitzer Prize recipient John Steinbeck, sits down with Patricia Lawrence for a casual conversation about his life; his published short stories, Down to a Soundless Sea; fictional accounts of life around Monterey Bay California...and his father!

NATIONAL BESTSELLER PULITZER PRIZE WINNER A “heart-stopping account of the events leading up to 9/11” (The New York Times Book Review), this definitive history explains in gripping detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that...

These fun and easy exercises from the best-selling Keep Your Brain Alive fight the effects of mental aging and keep the mind fit to meet any challenge. And now they are available on audio. Co-author Manning Rubin is your personal trainer, providing lively narration to guide you through the exercises.

Dylan Thomas made several recordings in the early 1950s of other poets' works. Here, he reads the poetry of D. H Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, W.B. Yeats and Walter De La Mare.

The odds are 75% in your favor that you will profit from an options trade. And it’s even less risky – and potentially more lucrative – for the smaller investor if you trade weekly. Do you want to have extra weekly spending cash to cover your day-to-day living expenses? Would you like to earn passive income while you sleep? Does the idea of a few minutes every other day adding up to consistent monetary returns sound good?

Che cosa sogniamo stanotte? Unitevi a Stella Lucente, in Little Baby Boom: è l’ora di sognare, in cui filastrocche famose e amatissime ci guidano in bellissimi viaggi, sognanti e originali.

La torre elevada narra la increíble historia de varios hombres cuyos destinos se entrecruzan y confluyen de forma dramática el 11 de septiembre de 2001. Con una precisión poco común, sustentada en más de quinientas entrevistas realizadas a lo largo de cinco años, nos describe el auge del fundamentalismo islámico, la creación de al-Qaeda y los errores cometidos por los confiados servicios de inteligencia que culminaron en el atentado de las Torres Gemelas.

Piper’s job is simple: Take the children. Don’t get caught. The rules she binds on herself, however… Well, they’re a tad more complicated. Kidnapped as a child for her connection with the Old Magic—the one that grants her the ability to enchant others with her music—Piper knows good and well the rules of the Coup, the underground organization intent on bringing down the fae regime. As the Coup’s first “recruiter,” she’s supposed to take the strong, the good-boned, the clever, the healthy. Except Piper doesn’t always do what she’s supposed to. Instead, she makes a few rules of her own

Nine long years have passed since the killer last struck - nine years since eight helpless young women were brutally slaughtered by an icepick-wielding maniac. The trail grew cold and the book was unofficially closed on a serial killer who stopped killing. But now "The Icepick Prowler" has confessed - but only to seven of the killings. Not only does he deny the eighth, he has an airtight alibi. Barbara Ettinger's family had almost come to accept that the young woman was the victim of a random killing.

A gripping work of narrative non-fiction that tells the astonishing true story of how a family of whales changed our relationship to the sea. In 1970, an extraordinary orca pod was captured near Victoria, BC. Nicknamed the Pedder Bay 5, this family of transient whales quickly became world famous...

Leaders of Influence brings together a rare lineup of influential leaders, each writing from the front lines of their own experience. No recycled theory. No generic motivation. Just real-world insights on what actually moves people: how trust is earned, how momentum is created, how culture is...

In a world filled with constant distraction and endless striving, a revolutionary truth awaits. The Practice of the Presence of God: The Best Rule of Holy Life is a profound and transformative work born from the simple, yet powerful, experiences of a 17th-century Carmelite lay brother. Brother Lawrence's letters and conversations reveal a startlingly accessible path to a life of perpetual joy, peace, and communion with God.

This profound spiritual guide reveals meekness as a powerful Christian virtue rooted in humility, charity, and conformity to Christ. Drawing on the lives of the saints, devotion to the Holy Face, and the example of Our Lady, it shows how meekness can overcome anger, resentment, and pride while strengthening the soul in courage and peace. With practical counsel, degrees of growth, and prayers for daily use, this book helps listeners cultivate the strength to forgive, endure trials, and reflect the merciful heart of Jesus in a troubled world.

"Things" takes a cutting look at two "idealistic" young Americans who travel around Europe in an attempt to give their spoiled lives some meaning, and in the end settle for suburban America, surrounded by their possessions, their "things".

Battling the bottle one day at a time, ex-cop, sometime PI Matthew Scudder finds that next to staying sober, staying alive seems easy. But in the mean streets of New York City it never is. Not for the prostitute who wanted out and got her beautiful self slashed to ribbons. Not for a pimp named Chance who is betting his life that the broken-down detective can find her murderer. And not for Matthew Scudder - just trying to stay alive in a city that knows nothing better than how to die.

The hooker was young, pretty...and dead, butchered in a Greenwich Village apartment. The prime suspect, a minister's son, was also dead, the victim of a jailhouse suicide. The case is closed, as far as the NYPD is concerned. Now the murdered prostitute's father wants it opened again--that's where Matthew Scudder comes in.

Some of the greatest poets and lovers in the English language speak of their love in this seductive and romantic collection. Here are the voices of Romeo, Robert Burns, Lord Byron and many others.

March AD 80. In Rome, the Emperor Titus has announced that there will be a hundred days of games to open his new amphitheatre (now known as the Colosseum). Flavia, Nubia and Lupus take this opportunity to go to Rome and search for their missing friend, Jonathan. Their search leads the young...

Jonathan's father, Doctor Mordecai, is summoned to Rome to help the plague victims. The four young detectives are wanted too, as the Emperor Titus believes that they can find the mysterious enemy who seeks Rome's destruction. Can the friends prevent disaster? And what is Jonathan's secret...

"The Rocking Horse Winner" is one of Lawrence's more popular short stories with its mixture of the supernatural and its moral lesson of the corrupting nature of the love of money. But it has nothing new to say on the subject, and without the central core of Lawrence's passion for what he is writing, it seems somewhat trite.