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Valeria Vose: A Novel takes a listener deep inside the cultural and emotional life of a 1970’s southern woman. Privileged, approaching age 40, her “perfect” life is shattered. Determined to survive, she’s forced to confront all preconceived values and expectations in order to find a path toward creative, spiritual independence and her true identity.

Lemon Crushers is the working woman's guide to overcoming the challenges life brings, both personally and professionally, and not just to enduring them, but thriving as a result of them. Becoming a Lemon Crusher will help you avoid, even eliminate adversity, both in and out of the workplace. Learn to use each challenge you face as a stepping stone to success. Live a happier, more fulfilled, more purposeful life.

Para cualquiera que haya comido quesos en zapatillas!Únete a Pipsqueak y Cheesepuff, dos ratones inteligentes, en un paseo hilarante ya que superan a dos chicos obstinados que intentan hacerlos mascotas y un gato con sobrepeso que sueña con atraparlos para la cena. Sólo la abuelita, la Sra. Bell, entiende lo importantes que son estos ratones para el funcionamiento interno de la casa. ¡Parte detectives, parte espías, parte ratones Wiley, Pipsqueak y Cheesepuff te llevarán a una aventura mientras planean y llevan a cabo la Operación Mozzarella!

Join Pipsqueak and Cheesepuff, two clever mice, on a hilarious ride as they outsmart two stubborn boys intent on making them pets, and an overweight tabby cat who dreams of catching them for dinner. Only grandmotherly Ms. Bell understands how important these mice are to the inner workings of the household. Part detectives, part spies, part wiley mice, Pipsqueak and Cheesepuff will take you on an adventure as they plan and carry out Operation Mozzarella!

Nicolas de Chamfort was a great French writer in the pessimistic tradition. He wrote comedies, political essays, literary criticism, portraits, letters, and poetry. His aphorisms are iconoclastic, colorful, and picturesque.

Blaise Pascal describes the way in which a soul comes to repentance. It is a process of realization, self-abasement, and the understanding of grace. From this follows gratitude and the determination to serve and worship.

"A Respectable Woman", first published in Vogue in 1894, is quintessential Chopin and shows us the full extent of her skill as a short-story writer. The story centers around Mrs. Baroda, who, somewhat reluctantly, is playing the gracious host to her husband’s surprise guest, Gouvernail, an old friend of her husband’s from college. The story delves into Mrs. Baroda’s psychology as she struggles with her desires versus her self-made image and self-opinion.

The short story focuses on two lovers torn apart by the American Civil War and the locket that inexorably binds them together.

"Beyond the Bayou" is about La Folle, an African American woman and former slave, who overcomes her crippling and irrational childhood fear of passing an imaginary territorial line or going beyond the bayou.

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women. In this 1916 speech, The Crisis, she called for vigorous action towards attaining women’s suffrage. It was in no small part due to Catt’s tireless efforts that American women were granted the right to vote in 1920.

Listen to rhyming verse that describes each of our eight planets. Have your child learn a little about each planet's respective chemical makeup and weather patterns. In case you can't set up a telescope anytime soon, experience the planets in their interstellar magic.

Lutte des classes, ambition politique, désirs refoulés et violence sourde... Une œuvre originale et parfaitement construite qui allie roman noir à la tension implacable et comédie sociale mordante, quelque part entre le "Monsieur Ripley" de Patricia Highsmith et "Le Dîner" de Herman Koch, le tout porté par un humour grinçant tout britannique. Ben Fitzmaurice est devenu le meilleur ami de Martin Gilmour le jour où, dans la cour de leur très chic école, Ben, héritier d'une prestigieuse dynastie, a pris la défense de Martin, petit boursier.

Trollet, som egentligen heter Jennifer, är ensam. Men en dag dyker Jonas upp i Trollets liv. Han har mörkt hår och gröna ögon, men ingen klocka och ingen särskild ordning i livet. Men han har en gitarr och kan sjunga. Trollet blir vän med Jonas, och blir kär i honom. Det enda problemet är att Jonas är trettio år. Trollet är en 11-årig tjej med rött hår som egentligen heter Jennifer. Hon har en mamma som är hemmafru och bantar varje morgon, en pappa som är lärare och samlar på frimärken och en storasyster som har flyttat ihop med en kille med slips.

"Fare giustizia" significa risolvere i conflitti che insorgono tra le persone, secondo i principi della legge e del diritto, attraverso l'intervento di un terzo che giudichi al di sopra delle parti. Detto così funziona egregiamente, ma in concreto cosa succede nelle aule giudiziarie? L'Italia è il paese europeo dove i processi durano di più mentre il conflitto tra magistratura e politica ha raggiunto livelli mai visti.

A heartwarming story about an unwanted gift. Some gifts from the heart are more than what they appear to be.

At the tender and problematic ages of 16 and 17, Laura Eckert twice found herself as a patient at an abortion clinic, after her parents had discovered that she was pregnant. Laura was addicted to sex with her step-brother. Neither of them cared about the possible consequences of unprotected sex. The aftermath of her abortion experiences led Laura to become depressed, drink alcohol excessively, and feel the need to be isolated from those who loved and cared for her.

Vingt ans après "Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas", Olivier Adam nous plonge à nouveau "La tête sous l'eau". Quand mon père est ressorti du commissariat, il avait l'air perdu. Il m'a pris dans ses bras et s'est mis à pleurer. Un court instant j'ai pensé : ça y est, on y est. Léa est morte. Puis il s'est écarté et j'ai vu un putain de sourire se former sur son visage. Les mots avaient du mal à sortir. Il a fini par balbutier : "On l'a retrouvée. Merde alors. On l'a retrouvée. C'en est fini de ce cauchemar." Il se trompait. Ma soeur serait bientôt de retour mais nous n'en avions pas terminé.

The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show was one of radio’s brightest lights; a hilarious situation comedy featuring a friendly sardonic and sarcastic edge that set it apart from its contemporaries. Featuring Phil Harris, fresh off plying his comedic and musical talents on The Jack Benny Program, and his movie star wife Alice Faye. The show also starred Elliott Lewis as the remarkable Frankie Remley - one of radio’s most unforgettable characters - a humorously irresponsible con-artist with an endless thirst for the good stuff.

Join radio's most popular crime-solving couple, Mr. & Mrs. North, in 12 episodes of mayhem and murder - with a light touch. The Norths aren't your standard detectives: husband Jerry is a book publisher by day, and wife Pam is his stay-at-home better half and most often the catalyst for their exploits when death falls in their laps!

This book is filled with numerous, great life lessons and it takes you on a fantastic, heartfelt journey from the back woods of rural Alabama to the cold winters of Nebraska. Alice M Woods is full of wonderful, strategic knowledge and is also a phenomenal story teller. This audiobook is a must listen.