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On Sunday, October 8, 1871, a fire started on the south side of Chicago. A long drought made the neighborhood go up in flames. And practically everything that could go wrong did. Firemen first went to the wrong location. Fierce winds helped the blaze jump the Chicago River twice. The Chicago Waterworks burned down, making it impossible to fight the fire. Finally after two days, Mother Nature took over, with rain smothering the flames. This overview of a stupendous disaster not only covers the fire but explores the whole history of fire fighting.

At 800 feet in length, the Hindenburg was the largest airship ever built - just slightly smaller than the Titanic! Also of a disastrous end, the zeppelin burst into flame as spectators watched it attempt to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey, on May 6, 1937. In under a minute, the Hindenburg was gone; people jumping from windows to escape. However, only 62 of the 97 crew members and passengers onboard survived. The exact cause of the disaster is still unknown and remains a fascinating historical mystery, perfect for this series.

After a day of play, Little Engine settles in to sleep...but when she hears a noise outside, she goes on a midnight ride, finding a certain someone who needs her help. Say "Good night" to Little Engine in this rhyming audiobook perfect for little ones at bedtime.

Martha Gellhorn was a strong-willed, self-made, modern woman whose journalism, and life, were widely influential at the time and cleared a path for women who came after her. An ardent anti-fascist, she wrote about real people doing real things with intelligence and passion. She is most famous, to her enduring exasperation, as Ernest Hemingway's third wife. Long after their divorce, her short tenure as "Mrs. Hemingway" from 1940 to 1945 invariably eclipsed her writing and, consequently, she never received her full due.

This second part comes from English county guides first published by Cv Publications between 1999 and 2011, and includes Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Buckinghamshire.

Facing extermination by West Nile Virus, crows embark on their own Mission Impossible as they set out to steal the vaccine that can protect them. Crows are among the most intelligent of all species; they can make and use tools, mimic sounds, and recognize individual humans, and pass these skills down through the generations. Crows’ Feat draws on research by scientists around the world on crow biology, behavior, and social interactions to create a thriller that celebrates these fascinating creatures.

In the euphoria of the armistice, a young woman lay dying. Daisy had grown up, barefoot on the cobbles, in a village on the rugged North Devon coast; she was mindful of the perils of the uncertain sea. Her family had also been exposed to the dangers of disease and the First World War, but for Daisy, it was her own mother who posed the greatest threat of all.

Maggie Marovich couldn’t save her father or her home from Hurricane Katrina, but she’s dedicated her life to meteorology so she can warn others when the monster storms approach. Except...she works three hours inland and rarely risks returning to her childhood hometown of Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

Shut off from the world, and dealing with her father s recent ALS diagnosis, Jessica is determined to make every moment with her father count! Struggling with the decision to either let her father know about the diagnosis or carry the weight of it on her own, Jessica decides to focus on making memories. Yet the memories within this new reality overtake the ones from before as she finds herself staring down the barrel of her wedding that she s no longer certain should take place.

Gardening is not only beautiful, but also a very useful hobby. Nothing quite fills you up with a sense of pride like when you see your first plants growing and thriving. And just imagine picking up fresh tomatoes and having them for dinner! Certified organic and delicious, straight from your very own garden. Greenhouse gardening allows you to control the growing circumstances and have plants that yield crops all year round.

This fictional story focuses on the spiritual gift of intercession and shows how effective prayer can be in the life of a young married couple still trying to find their way in life and trying to define what a beautiful life should be for them. It aims to show that even though there is a place for material things, this cannot bring happiness and peace. The story focuses on the impact of the intercessor and the spiritual battles won in their journey.

This is a fictional book written to encourage listeners to share their creativity or gift with others. It highlights the fact that there is a process of discovering your gift. At times this may be more apparent to dream killers and not to the one who carries the gift. Then comes the period of identifying who you are and being comfortable with what you are carrying in terms of your creativity. When you finally reach that happy medium of knowing who you are and understanding your gift, I pray the light of your gift shines brighter than ever reaching out to everyone around you.

Have you ever been to a lush old forest and wondered how those majestic trees and thick bushes grow so happily without any help...while your garden threatens to die out within weeks if you don't feed your plants with chemical fertilizers? Well, nature is wise. A forest fertilizes itself with dead leaves and grass and all kinds of organic materials that turn into delightfully nutritious compost. It contains the exact nutrients that plants need for healthy growth - without the weird (and expensive) chemicals that contaminate the soil.

Stairway to Light is an incremental study of the spiritual law of ascension. The same as how sunlight will reveal your physical surroundings, experience has shown that degrees of spiritual light can determine your stage of consciousness. The blueprint for the Stairway to Light has been around throughout the millennia.

Beekeeping is an old practice that even the ancient Egyptians liked to do. In essence, beekeeping really means nurturing and supporting adult bee populations that produce honey and other bee products such as beeswax or royal jelly. Beekeeping can be extremely rewarding as a hobby, and there’s nothing quite so delicious as homegrown honey. But you should also keep in mind that beekeeping is no walk in the park - you need all the help you can get.

Did you know that you could grow up to 10,000 pounds of food on a small quarter-acre lot? Now pause and think for a moment. You're spending at least 10 percent of your monthly income on food that you can actually grow in your backyard. Highest-quality organic vegetables, flavorful freshly picked herbs and mouth-watering fruit - you can have all of these for free.

Rivers Sullivan bears both visible and invisible scars - those on her shoulder from a bullet wound and those on her heart from the loss of her fiancé during the same brutal attack. Not even her background as an art therapist can help her regain her faith in humanity. Still, she scrapes together the courage to travel to St. Simons Island to see the beach cottage and art gallery she’s inherited from her fiancé. When she stumbles upon recovering addicts running her gallery, she’s forced to reckon with her own healing.

Crossing the River Sorrow tells the story of one woman's plunge from a sheltered childhood in the 50s into the world of medicine, and her personal search for answers to questions about suffering. A single moment at the bedside of a paralyzed girl begins her journey on the River Sorrow, which takes her on a lifelong quest to come to terms with the problem of pain.

Your past is not your past until you are healed from it. Have you suffered from sexual, verbal, or physical abuse in your childhood? Have you suffered abandonment and rejection? Are you carrying your past experiences with you in your daily life?This is a powerful story of how Jesus saved and healed a girl from abuse and abandonment and gave her a voice of her own. The reason I am writing this book is to bring awareness to the silent killer of abuse.

With trademark frankness and humor, these popular BDSM/sexuality authors document their journey into the realm of transcendent kink and radical ecstasy. Here, they share techniques that partners BDSM with tantric sex practices to create a state of transcendence during sexual practice.