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In this revealing autobiography, Canada’s first lady of song, for the first time, tells the whole story of her astonishing 40-year career in show biz. It is a candid retrospective of the extraordinary success achieved, and the prices that had to be paid. “After ‘Snowbird’ hit, I was...

Anne Michaels’ spellbinding début novel has quickly become one of the most beloved and talked-about books of the decade. As a young boy during the Second World War, Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud in Poland by an unlikely saviour, the scientist Athos Roussos, and he is taken to Greece...

WINNER OF THE GILLER PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE A NEW YORK TIMES BEST HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR A breathtaking and ineffable new novel from the author of the international bestsellers Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault—a novel of love and loyalty across generations...

This audiobook presents a variety of animals and the different places in which they live.

In 1964, a newly married Canadian couple settle into a houseboat on the Nile just below Abu Simbel. Avery is one of the engineers responsible for the dismantling and reconstruction of the temple, a "machine-worshipper" who is nonetheless sensitive to their destructive power. Jean is a botanist by vocation, passionately interested in everything that grows. They met on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, witnessing the construction of the Seaway as it swallowed towns, homes, and lives.

The late film icon and screen legend Kirk Douglas was married to Anne Buydens for more than six decades. Here they both look back on a lifetime filled with drama both on and off the screen. Sharing priceless correspondence with each other as well as the celebrities and world leaders they called...

Your intuition has been speaking to you your entire life. What if the answers you’ve been searching for were already inside you? This book shows you how to listen. Have you ever felt a quiet inner nudge—a gentle voice urging you to trust yourself, heal, and step into your authentic truth? Your Inner Knowing is an inspiring collaborative anthology featuring 14 remarkable authors who share deeply personal stories, soulful reflections, and intuitive wisdom drawn from lived experience. Together, they offer a powerful guide to self-trust, healing, personal growth, and spiritual awakening—...

This conversation with Anne Rice shows how she emerged from high school determined not to get married unless she could complete her education and achieve creative freedom. Responding to interviewer Riley's questions, Rice discusses how her religious background influenced her work, which she...

Operating out of a secluded office deep in the hills of his home state of West Virginia, the prolific Barker single-handedly kept public interest focused on UFOs during it leanest years, and introduced many themes still discussed and investigated by today’s paranormal and conspiracy researchers:the “interdimensional” theory of UFOs; the shapeshifting nature of creature entities such as Mothman, the Flatwoods Monster, and Bigfoot; the cryptic terror of the Men in Black; and the mystery of the Philadelphia Experiment.

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2024 GILLER PRIZE Shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize A Heather's Pick One of the Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2023 Named a Best Book of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews One of CBC's Best Books of 2024 A breathtaking and mysterious...

1917. On a battlefield near the River Aisne, John lies in the aftermath of a blast, unable to move or feel his legs. Struggling to focus his thoughts, he is lost to memory – a chance encounter in a pub by a railway, a hot bath with his lover on a winter night, his childhood on a faraway coast – as the snow falls. 1920. John has returned from war to North Yorkshire, near another river – alive, but not still whole. Reunited with Helena, an artist, he reopens his photography business and endeavours to keep on living. But the past erupts insistently into the present.

Jakob Beer is seven years old when he is rescued from the muddy ruins of a buried village in Nazi-occupied Poland. Of his family, he is the only one who has survived. Under the guidance of the Greek geologist Athos, Jakob must steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history. A novel of astounding beauty and wisdom, Fugitive Pieces is a profound meditation on the resilience of the human spirit and love's ability to resurrect even the most damaged of hearts.

A collection of unknown, untold stories that will stir the souls of fairy tale lovers everywhere. Each tale is carefully woven together with a silver thread of starlight and a sprinkle of magic, with the golden melody of music from the Boy with the Nightingale’s Voice. Will Leo Byrd, a reckless but valorous Whistler, save the kingdom with his superlative voice? Through the forest, a magical procession is witnessed by a boy who later receives a mysterious and dangerous message. What became of the orphan girl who ate too many apricots and left none for anyone else? When Coira discovers ...

The Davis family, descendants of the first colonists of Killingworth, Connecticut, had divided their farm among each new generation. By the time of the American Revolution there was barely enough acreage to survive. Thousands of New Englanders, including Daniel Davis’s family, were affected by “Genesee Fever”, emigrating to settle in western New York. In 1799, Daniel Davis purchased land on the frontier, bringing his family and friends. He married, raising a family, while clearing land to farm in the community known as Ganson’s Settlement (LeRoy, NY). In 1801, his passion for ...

Are you a prophetic champion? Then this podcast is for you. Each episode is curated for your prophetic call. Holds the answers to your prophetic destiny as a #NextGenProphet. Michael & Deborah-Anne Velthuysen your big brother, sister & mentors. They've lived each lesson. Pray you through. Give you the "how to" steps you need to accelerate your call. Welcome to the place where fitting out is fitting in! Subscribe here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nextgen-prophets-podcast-2-0/id1723007419 Connect with Michael & Deborah-Anne Velthuysen: https://www.myprophetictribe.com

There is a river that flows through the misty landscape of imagination, seeping up through the rocky earth high in the Appalachian Mountains. It winds southward through the foothills and the piedmont: It tumbles past the fall line, widens and deepens, and then meanders across the coastal plain until it finally reaches the gulf of Mexico.And all along its length the great river inspires stories to tease listeners into wonder, or send a shiver down their spines.

The Miraculous Prophecies, Predictions, and Strange Visions of Sundry Eminent Men is an old English book which explores various mysteries, and the visions and predictions of seers like Nostradamus.

In the year 1282, after their daring heroics liberating Sicily, Esmeray and Bastone find a haven on the island of Favignana. But the War of the Sicilian Vespers reignites, dragging them into their prior roles as spies. Finding strength in each other, they once more join the patriots to rid the Angevins from Sicily. They return to their sanctuary in Favignana, sharing the welcome challenge of raising their adventurous daughter, Aspasia. Esmeray and Bastone, however, long for the open sea, and she accepts command of a trading vessel, but questions if the sea is the best home for their ...

Two decades after the First Crusade, the warriors and monks of early 12th Century Europe are preparing another crusade to the Levante. A Polish knight, an Irish monk, and a French abbot, meet and become comrades after they embark on the sea voyage with the Venetian fleet to the Holy Land. The knight seeks glory in battle, the abbot sadly leaves the woman he loves to do his pilgrimage, and the monk seeks truth, but they all have joined the crusade and they all must fight. This novel is one of three novels in the Warriors and Monks series, but the story is complete in itself and can be read ...

Vampires, witches, and zombies, oh my! Within this Halloween special, you'll find a uniquely satisfying collection of horror tales and stories of the macabre.