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  Bob Hope - A Life from Beginning...

  Hourly History

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  Bob Hope was the kind of entertainer who only comes along once in a lifetime. Spanning the decades, he worked through just about every era of the twentieth century. Hope grew up doing his best vaudeville routine and ended up performing far and wide with the USO during World War II and the wars in Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq. In later life, he slowed down a bit, but he still found time to perform both in movies and in person. When he felt that certain patriotic call of duty once again during the Gulf War of the 1990s, he did not hesitate to hop aboard the USO bandwagon once again.
   
  Bob Hope lived to be 100 years old before his globe-trotting finally came to an end in 2003. This book takes a look at the life and legend of Bob Hope—the king of comedy—from beginning to end.

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  Out from the Heart - Cultivating...

  James Allen

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  What if you discovered that genuine love and compassion could break down every barrier—unleashing greater joy and connection in every area of your life? 
  James Allen’s heartfelt work encourages readers to foster kindness, empathy, and moral clarity as the basis for true spiritual evolution. Adapted for modern readers, this text underscores the power of love to transform not only personal relationships but also the broader world, shining a light on humanity’s shared potential for goodness. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation:The role of compassion and empathy in personal developmentPractical steps for nurturing a loving, open-hearted attitudeHow acts of kindness can bridge social and emotional dividesSpiritual insights that root your love in a higher, universal truth 
  Imagine living each day guided by a deep sense of compassion—transforming your relationships, uplifting your community, and enriching your inner life. James Allen shows how opening your heart can lead to profound spiritual growth and fulfillment. 
  Step into a life guided by genuine love. Get your copy now and expand the horizons of your mind and spirit.

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  Runaway Train - or The Story of...

  Eric Roberts, Sam Kashner

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  This program is read by the author, Golden Globe–winning actor Eric Roberts.In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about the ups and downs of his career and his sometimes stormy relationship with his famous sister, Julia.Eric Roberts grew up in Georgia, spending most of his teens away from his mother and sisters, Lisa and Julia. Instead, he stayed with his controlling father, a grifter jealous of his early success. At age 17, Eric moved to New York to pursue acting, where he worked and partied with future legends like Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke, John Malkovich, Bruce Willis, and Robin Williams. His big break came when he was cast in King of the Gypsies. Eric became one of the hottest stars of his era, starting an affair with actress Sandy Dennis, working with Bob Fosse on the critically acclaimed Star 80, and earning an Oscar nomination for Runaway Train. But for Eric, Hollywood came with a dark side—an ocean of cocaine that nearly swept him away, culminating in a car accident that almost cost him his life.Eric is open about the seriousness of his addictions and their devastating effect on his career. He reveals the reasons behind his complicated relationship with his sister, Julia, and his daughter, Emma, a successful actress in her own right. Now, happily married to actress and casting director Eliza Roberts, who helped him confront his demons, he is revered among his peers as the ultimate actor’s actor. Written with New York Times bestselling author, for years a Vanity Fair contributing editor, and current Air Mail writer-at-large Sam Kashner, this is a powerful memoir of a Hollywood legend.Music for this program is courtesy of Keaton Simons.Track list in program order;1 - Other Side2 - Read My Mind3 - Father Song4 - Masterpiece5 - It’s Ok6 - Tribal Blues7 - Green Monster8 - Lemonaid9 - Just This Side Of Insane10 - Beautiful Pain11 - The Medicine12 - Currently13 - Therapy14 - Hero & Hell15 - Still Holding On16 - To Me17 - YetA Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

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  Around the World Not Counting Days

  John L. Kessell

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  Having graduated without distinction in 1958 from Fresno State College, 22-year-old John Kessell had no job interviews lined up, no letters of acceptance from grad schools, so the natural course seemed what's called these days a "gap year." Why shouldn't he travel to Australia, his father's native land, and get to know his Aussie kin? When these generous Australians refused to let the young American spend any money, he still had so many unspent travelers' checks that he was able to trade his round-trip Sydney-San Francisco for a one-way Sydney-Gibraltar. Why not go on around the world, not his original plan? John Kessell had no idea in 1958 what sailing on an ocean liner from San Francisco to Sydney might be like. Those were still the days when people took a boat to get somewhere, not just an over-hyped "cruise" on a floating amusement park. So let's step back sixty-five years, retrofit our passports, and join John on a boat to somewhere!

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  When Wisdom Arrives - From...

  Rosalyn Rourke

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  If thoughts and feelings were truth, they would be called facts. In the pages of this fable and companion memoir, we learn about truth and the simple way we can transcend the lie of unworthiness. Imagined unworthiness shows up as a tyranny of thoughts and feelings that cause psychological suffering. Eleven-year-old Gem struggles with looping thoughts and feelings of self-hate because of her body weight. She believes she is unworthy of love. A wise woman comes into young Gem's life and demonstrates that her looping, hurtful, repetitive thoughts are untrue. When Gem moves her attention away from her habitual looping patterns, she finds her true 'I,' a deeper part of herself that is free. The true 'I' is not tied to thoughts and feelings, or the past or future. It is a presence that is available in each person. Rosalyn Rourke has been all three characters in the fable and all three in the memoir companion: the judgmental mother, the hurt daughter, and the wise woman. Even with a successful, decades-long psychotherapy practice and credentials as an eating disorder expert and trauma specialist, Rosalyn struggled with worry and judgment about her daughter, Melissa's, weight. The same protocol Gem discovers in the fable helped Rosalyn transcend compulsive worry and judgment about Melissa's weight and later helped her transmute grief after Melissa's unexpected death. When Wisdom Arrives in our lives, we discover how imagined unworthiness can transform into the knowledge of what we are in truth.

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  The Soulmate Strategy - My...

  Corey Seemiller

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  A soul-searching LGBTQ memoir about one woman’s attempt to plan her way to happily ever after—only to realize that healing, self-discovery, and love happen in their own time. 
  Days after Corey’s breakup, a photo of her ex wrapped in the arms of another woman goes viral on Facebook. Confronted with this gleeful boast about “happily ever after,” Corey, a forty-something lesbian, decides that she can’t live in a state of perpetual loneliness, plagued with the burden of her own failure in finding happiness and love. 
  Armed with her meticulously crafted checklist, Corey embarks on a mission to heal, move on, and find “the one.” But no matter how many items she checks off her list or how faithfully she follows the sage wisdom of psychics, her breakup coach, and the legendary rapper Eminem, her hope in finding her one true love begins to fade away—until she’s suddenly torn between two. 
  Now, with her heart unexpectedly on the line, Corey must find out what she really wants—and where her true happiness lies.

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