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From New York Times best-selling author Charles Martin comes a radical retelling of the prodigal son story. Cooper O'Connor thought he could make it big as a musician, but he promptly lost it all. Can he repair his relationship with the father who never stopped calling him home? At the age of 18, musician and songwriter Cooper O’Connor took everything his father held dear and drove 1,200 miles from home to Nashville, his life riding on a six-string guitar and the bold wager that he had talent. But his wager soon proved foolish.

As we think, so we become. This fundamental truth, which some have called "The Secret" or the "Law of Attraction" was clearly and convincingly argued for the first time in James Allen's masterpiece, As a Man Thinketh. Allen reveals how our thoughts shape our character, and manifest themselves in our finances, health, appearance, and environment. The choice is yours: either master your thoughts and create the life you want or remain mired in negativity, frustration, and failure.

Opening with the exotic Lady Death entering the gumshoe-writer's seedy office in pursuit of a writer named Celine, this novel demonstrates Bukowski's own brand of humour and realism, opening up a landscape of seamy Los Angeles.

This Audiobook contains the following works: "The prophet" [Khalil Gibran], "Treasure Island" [Robert Louis Stevenson], "White fang" [Jack London], "The Time machine" [H. G. Wells], "The Battle of Life" [Charles Dickens], "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" [Arthur Conan Doyle], "The Three Musketeers" [Alexandre Dumas], "The adventures of Pinocchio" [Carlo Collodi], "Robinson Crusoe" [Daniel Defoe], "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [Mark Twain].

Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do next. Inheriting his uncle's chaotic secondhand bookshop is a blessing...until strange visitors start making threats. First a criminal gang, then the War Office, both telling Will to give them the information they want, or else. Will has no idea what that information is, and nobody to turn to, until Kim Secretan - charming, cultured, oddly attractive - steps in to offer help. As Kim and Will try to find answers and outrun trouble, mutual desire grows along with the danger.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. However, it is up to the student to find the courage to step through the door of enlightenment when it is open to them.

Leon Garfield was the renowned author of more than 30 novels for children and adults. He won numerous awards for his work, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the inaugural Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. Inspired by Charles Dickens, he set many of his tales in the 18th and 19th century, and became Dickens’ co-author when he wrote an ending to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which was left unfinished on Dickens’ death. Their joint version was dramatised for radio in 1990, and is included here, together with adaptations of two of Garfield’s own thrilling adventures.

As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema, televisão e teatro. Esta coleção apresenta seus livros mais marcantes e relevantes. Ler Dickens é uma experiência transformadora. Quem pode fazer um velho e malvado homem amar o Natal? Talvez um fantasma? (Ou três!) Scrooge é um homem muito rico. Mais rico do que metade dos banqueiros da Inglaterra. No entanto, seu coração é mais gelado que a neve.

As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema, televisão e teatro. Esta coleção apresenta seus livros mais marcantes e relevantes. Ler Dickens é uma experiência transformadora. Com decapitações diárias e prédios em chamas, Paris durante a Revolução Francesa não é o lugar mais seguro para se estar. Quando o Dr. Manette sai da prisão e finalmente reencontra a filha, Lucie, pensa que tudo está finalmente melhorando para eles.

As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema, televisão e teatro. Esta coleção apresenta seus livros mais marcantes e relevantes. Ler Dickens é uma experiência transformadora. Tudo o que Esther Summerson quer é saber quem é sua mãe. Ela vive com uma tia malvada. Um dia, a tia morre repentinamente e Esther vai morar com John Jarndyce, seu tutor, na Casa Soturna. Felizmente, para Esther, a casa não é tão triste quanto o nome sugere.

As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema, televisão e teatro. Esta coleção apresenta seus livros mais marcantes e relevantes. Ler Dickens é uma experiência transformadora. Cheia de relíquias enferrujadas e tesouros esfarrapados, a Velha Loja de Curiosidades é o lugar favorito de Nell – o que é muito bom, já que lá também é sua casa. Por conta de muitas dívidas, Nell e o avô perdem a tão querida loja. Depois de muitas aventuras e desventuras, eles chegam a uma cidadezinha pacata.

As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema, televisão e teatro. Esta coleção apresenta seus livros mais marcantes e relevantes. Ler Dickens é uma experiência transformadora. A vida de Nicholas e sua família é boa e confortável, até que seu pai morre e os deixa sem dinheiro. A eles, só resta pedir ajuda ao malvado tio, um investidor de sucesso, que vive em Londres. Em troca de casa e comida, aceitam o péssimo tratamento do tio.

Are you overwhelmed by the pressures of modern life? Do you find it difficult to remain calm and focused amidst the chaos? Are you searching for wisdom that can help you tackle life's challenges and find inner peace? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you're not alone. Introducing The Stoic Way: Timeless Principles for Modern Life, your comprehensive guide to embracing the stoic mindset and navigating contemporary challenges with confidence and grace.

Despite the growth of platforms such as LinkedIn, Resume’s remain an indispensable tool. With the job market more competitive than ever before, it's vital that you present the “best version” of yourself on paper. With 100s, even 1000s of resumes to sift through, hiring managers simply look for the smallest mistake to discard your resume and hire your competitor.

Oxrun Station could be a spooky place, especially out by the Windsors', right next to the graveyard. At night Natalie heard eerie sounds out in the fog, among the tombstones, unnatural sounds made by unearthly things. Natalie's husband had been born in Oxrun Station. He loved the town, and served it well—and in return it killed him. Ben's death had left Natalie isolated in a strange town she could not call her own. How strange and how deadly Oxrun Station could be, Natalie Windsor was about to learn.

Located in the Tarim Basin of Asia during the first few centuries CE, a people and a kingdom grew to prominence in medieval central and east Asian geopolitics. The people are known today as the Tocharians, and their primary kingdom was Kucha, but despite their longevity, this incredible kingdom and its people have been overlooked and misunderstood by modern societies and historians for centuries. The lack of in-depth studies on the Tocharians largely stems from the fact that they are relatively newcomers to the modern academic scene.

When a cryptic note sends former FBI agent turned wealth advisor David Blum on a journey to discover the truth behind his father’s recent death, all clues point to Otto Feldmann, a world-renowned professor of genetics, with secrets to hide. Further digging leads Blum to Kay Westfield, a bank executive who once witnessed a bizarre explosion on Feldmann’s experimental farm.

We take time for granted as it passes during every moment of our existence. Other things may change, but time remains constant and predictable. The past, the present, and the future exist within a harmonious, reliable, and never-changing system. Or at least that’s how it seems. It was Albert Einstein who, in 1905, first theorized that time might not be quite as straightforward as that. In one of the most influential papers on physics ever published[1], he proposed something called “time dilatation.”

A young man wakes in his basement. His face and arms are scratched and cut. His clothes are blood stained and trails of blood flow across the basement floor to his very large freezer. Though he can’t recall what happened to him, he knows something horrible lies waiting in the freezer. The idea of opening the freezer’s lid terrify him, but he also knows his mother will return home at any moment and she may be the scariest thing of all.

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