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  The Germinatrix - and Other Tall...

  Tom Evans

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  This book of short stories is both charmed and charming which was written to bring magic and wonder into the lives of its readers. 
  The twenty two tales, and the art works that inspired them, are short explorations and expositions of aspects of our consciousness, inspired by the 22 Keys of the Major Arcana of the Tarot. The essence of these tall tales is what makes us human. Not one story takes long to listen to but their significance might take a little time to filter through to the reader’s awareness. Simply spot serendipities and chance encounters that come in after reading it to know the magic is working. 
  What readers are saying: 
  "This book gives us the encouragement to step up and step out so we can live our lives out loud in ways we may not have thought of before ..." 
  "It reminded me of this quote of Helen Keller, 'One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar'. What the Germinatrix awakens in the reader is the impulse to soar." 
  "I must remember to talk to my windows some more …" 
  "Ohhhh, the Perception Deception has made me cry!" 
  "… someday I want to hear the story of what the female seahorse does after she leaves."

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  The Declaration of Independence

  Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson

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  On July 4, 1776 the Continental Congress adopted the United State Declaration of Independence. The document declared the independence of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain. The Declaration justified the independence of the United Sates by listing a number of grievances against King George III, and by asserting certain natural rights. The document was written primarily by Thomas Jefferson and signed by 56 of the most influential and well known politicians, statesman and delegates of the time including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Hancock and Thomas Jefferson.

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  The Refugees

  Viet Thanh Nguyen

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  “Beautiful and heartrending” fiction set in Vietnam and America from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer (Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker) In these powerful stories, written over a period of twenty years and set in both Vietnam and America, Viet Thanh Nguyen paints a vivid portrait of the experiences of people leading lives between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. This incisive collection by the National Book Award finalist and celebrated author of The Committed gives voice to the hopes and expectations of people making life-changing decisions to leave one country for another, and the rifts in identity, loyalties, romantic relationships, and family that accompany relocation. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her with a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of migration. “Terrific.” —Chicago Tribune “An important and incisive book.” —The Washington Post “An urgent, wonderful collection.” —NPR

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  Life in a Small Town - A...

  Lorana Hoopes

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  What happens in a small town....Affects everyone! 
  From enemies to lovers, second chances, and prime romances, the short stories in this book will give you hours of enjoyment. 
  Kirsten and Tristan show that first impressions don't have to be lasting ones when they learn to work together in Small Town Dreams. 
  Molly and Dillon prove that second chances do exist, especially when true love is involved in Small Town Second Chances. 
  Tess and Samuel show that people can change for the better when faced with extraordinary circumstances in Small Town Rivals. 
  And Tabitha and Jamison prove that love can happen even in your fifties in Small Town Life. 
  USA Today Best selling author Lorana Hoopes has created a small town you will love with characters you'll want more of. Grab all four of these clean short stories in this bundle collection today by clicking above.

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  The Short Stories of Charles...

  Charles Dickens

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  Charles Dickens enjoyed entertaining his friends with readings of ghost stories, especially at Christmas time. In his classic tale The Signalman, the then high technology world of steam railway comes to contact with what looks like a good old fashioned haunting.  A night at a desolate country inn dramatically changes Tom Smart's fortunes in The Bagman's Story.   Together with Christmas Ghosts and Mr Testator’s Visitation, these tales are fine examples of Dickens’s spine-chilling talents.  These stories are read for you by RADA trained Nigel Lambert, a member of the National Theatre who has made numerous appearances for the BBC in fields as varied as classic drama and children’s television and Richard Mitchley who has worked in theatres throughout Britain as well as the BBC and ITV and his own Mayfly Theatre company.

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  Edna Farmer: Farmer In the Dell

  Edna Ferber

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  You can take the farm boy out of the rural area and send him to the big city, but  you cannot take the farm out of the boy.  Edna Ferber tells here of the farm boy who grew up into a smart man who moved to the city because farm work was just ridiculously too hard.  But perhaps the city life is not as great as he was led to believe; and perhaps the city job just does not answer some deep need in him to feel the soil in his fingers and to watch things grow.  What will he do?  He knows the pain and uncertainty and misery of farm life so is that even an option for a smart man?   Listen and find out.

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