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When there really did seem to be more stars in Hollywood than in heaven, Hollywood Stage had them performing films as radio plays - on the sponsor's dime, of course. Classic films now become audiobooks, with many featuring the original stars from way back when. Here's The Scarlet Pimpernel starring Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland.

Team Princess needs to secure their final and most important ally, the King of the Mountain Elves. His monster-hunting champion is ready to lead them to the Mountain Elf enclave, but only if they're willing to take a big detour first. No one ever imagined a group of elves on safari. A trip through Africa, complete with threats both magical and human, sends Team Princess through a continent of challenges and surprises none of them could anticipate. The finish line is close, but will Zaena be able to cross it?

Master stoicism in no time! This philosophy is not something you just read about, but put into practice in your daily living. Learn how to effectively master your emotions, find eternal bliss, peace of mind, and learn the secret to true lasting happiness beyond human conditioning. The ancient philosophy of stoicism has stood the test of time and we can see its influence and manifestations in many religions worldwide. If you want to transcend the human condition and go beyond the world's materialistic and superficial meaning of life, give this book a listen!

Psychedelic drugs are making a comeback. In the mid-20th century, scientists actively studied the potential of drugs like LSD and psilocybin for treating mental health problems. After a decades-long hiatus, researchers are once again testing how effective these drugs are in relieving symptoms for a wide variety of psychiatric conditions, from depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder to posttraumatic stress disorder and substance addiction.

Dr. Theia McDormand has spent years perfecting the art of invisibility. As a successful New York dentist, she’s built a life of quiet routine and careful isolation. She believed her family’s secrets were buried in the past. She was wrong. When tragedy strikes close to home involving a neighbor’s child, Theia is thrust into chaos, unraveling her carefully constructed world. Suddenly, every stranger on the street feels like a potential threat, and shadows from the past loom at every corner.

In the little town of Prosper, the holidays are merry and bright! As a reflective hush falls over the harvested fields surrounding her farm, Melinda packs away her memories of city life and turns her thoughts toward Thanksgiving and Christmas. She's not only home for the holidays, but truly home at last. She has a list of projects that will make the season perfect, and she's checked it more than twice: Insulate her acreage and animals against the coming winter, fill her farmhouse with festive decorations, and plan the perfect menu for her family's Christmas dinner

The Fluid Spirit audiobook by Danielle H. Jolissaint is designed to help you to get in touch with your inner life energy, which is connected to the greater whole. It should enable you to come to a heightened awareness and feeling at ease in life, so that you can recognise and live your qualities.

Dethroning Your Inner Critic is the owner’s manual for your mind that you have been waiting for. In our culture, we are not taught how to think. Knowing the difference between you and the voice of your inner critic is not only essential to your happiness but also changes the trajectory of your life.

Have you been told you are deeply intuitive? Do you ever have a sense that something will happen—and then it does? If so, you may be psychically gifted. And if you're like many other gifted individuals, these intuitive and psychic experiences often feel strong in the moment, but are easily forgotten if you don't write them down. This guided journal offers a sacred space to deepen your feelings of intuition, and open up to your psychic senses.

In legends from China, Finland, India, Canada, and more, brave heroines encounter monstrous rivers and ogres' nests while outsmarting desperate sharks and hungry tigers. They courageously save families and villages - and, most importantly, they always choose their own fate.

When a group of teens decide to camp out with their horses at a haunted cabin in the woods on Halloween night, they unravel a mystery and embark on the adventure of a lifetime.

When Dr. Laura McDermott is diagnosed with stage IV melanoma, her perfect world is plunged into chaos. Resting between treatments on a Boston city bench, she is overwhelmed by an unexpected peace that appears to be emanating from an old stone church behind her. Despite being a proud atheist, she's unable to resist the pull to step inside, where she meets a mysterious priest who will challenge her deepest convictions and prepare her to receive life's greatest revelation.

Fifty-six-year-old Neena Lee is desperate to revive her travel writing career, though panic attacks have disrupted her work, and the new upstart editor has fired everyone else over the age of forty.

All thirty-four-year-old Mae Van Dorn wants is to live alone, with little connection to the oodles of people who have always let her down. But she soon finds herself living with her estranged brother in a town she’s never been to and working for the founder of the local megachurch, though she’s as misanthropic as they come. The pastor seems to not be quite as Christian as he should be, but the people in his orbit may just teach Mae that the human race isn’t so bad after all.

They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to the Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened. Fifteen-year-old Fern arrives at the home in the sweltering summer of 1970, pregnant, terrified and alone. There, she meets a dozen other girls in the same predicament. Rose, a hippie who insists she’s going to keep her baby and escape to a commune.

Two manuscripts in one book! Learn the ancient philosophy of stoicism and see what all the hype is about! Do you lack a meaningful purpose in life? Feeling empty inside? I've got good news for you! In the Stoicism Starter Pack series you will discover the art of control, true happiness, and perhaps even discover a newfound purpose in life.

In American Indians and the American Dream, Kasey R. Keeler examines the long history of urbanization and suburbanization of Indian communities in Minnesota.

Expert author Julia Halina Hadas offers in depth explanations about the moon’s energy and history in witchcraft, its phases, and what that means for your magickal spells, rituals, and intentions, and how best to work with the moon to amplify your witchcraft power. And with over 50 spells and rituals based on the moon’s phases, you’ll find the power of the moon is all you need to take your magick to the next level.

Bloodson Bay has a dark history soaked in blood and revenge. When a murder is linked to three friends, it's tough to prove their innocence when they each have a motive. Tara: the town troublemaker with a heart of gold. Ginger: the wild grandma whose fashion is stuck in 1986. Sloane: the deaf entrepreneur thrust into fame after her husband is murdered. All three women have one thing in common—a disturbing connection to the body buried on Tara's horse ranch.

In this book, twelve leading scholars of South Asian texts and traditions articulate the Buddha-life blueprint-the underlying and foundational pattern that holds the life story of a buddha together. They retell the episodes of Buddha Gautama's extended life story, while keeping in mind the cosmic, paradigmatic arc of his narrative. The contributors have dedicated their careers to exploring hagiographical materials, each applying their own methodological and theoretical interests to shed new light on the enduring story of Buddhism.