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  Redefining Family - A...

  A. K. Snyder

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  “This story is necessary in terms of bringing the beauty and agony of adoption out of the shadows.” 
  Written as a narrative to my daughter, I wanted her to have the whole story. Where she came from. Why I placed her for adoption. And how, for the next eighteen years, I hovered on the edges of her family, granted access by her generous parents, but always wanting more. More for her, and more for me. This daughter, who arrived before I was ready for her, redefined love and hope and family. 
  I am not ready, not able, to raise you. 
  Ten years too early, I need time to grow up. 
  To offer you, I have love. 
  And nothing else. 
  You need more than I have to give, 
  Unless I give you up. 
  To parents who are ready, waiting, to raise you. 
  Ten years wanting, with a ready home. 
  Parents who have love, 
  And everything else, too. 
  If I do it, 
  If I break my own heart to spare yours, 
  Will it work? 
  Will you be happier, healthier this way? 
  And will I ever be okay again? 
  This unconventional memoir tells the story of a kinship adoption from the perspective of a birthmother. The intimate narrative will break your heart, then heal it, with new perspectives on adoption, openness, and the complex ways we define family.  

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  The Book of Rumi - 105 Stories...

  Rumi

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  “Mafi’s luminous translation brings the Persian poet Rumi’s distinctive and timeless Sufi lessons to a new audience.” —Foreword Reviews 
   
  This fresh prose translation of 105 short teaching stories by Rumi, which form the core of the six-volume Masnavi, explores the hidden spiritual aspects of everyday experience. Rumi transforms the seemingly mundane events of daily life into profound Sufi teaching moments. These prose gems transport readers to the world of the ancient mystic. 
   
  These stories include popular tales such as “Angel of Death”, “The Sufi and His Cheating Wife”, “Moses and the Shepherd”, “Chickpeas”, and “The Greek and Chinese Painters” as well as the less commonly quoted parables: “The Basket Weaver”, “The Mud Eater”, and “A Sackful of Pebbles”. 
   
  Rumi’s voice alternates between playful and authoritative, whether he is telling stories of ordinary lives or inviting the reader to higher levels of introspection. Mafi’s translations delicately reflect the nuances of Rumi’s poetry while retaining the positive tone of all of Rumi’s writings, as well as the sense of suspense and drama that mark the essence of the Masnavi.

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  My Secret Life Vol 2 Chapter 17

  Anonymous Anonymous

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  My Secret Life, the anonymously written erotic memoirs of a Victorian English gentleman who refers to himself simply as 'Walter' is one of the most idiosyncratic and sexually obsessed books ever written. In this vast autobiographical confessional the author recounts, in meticulous detail, his sexual exploits throughout the course of a life devoted entirely to the pursuit of carnal pleasure. Through this compelling exploration of the author's sexual behavior we are left with a uniquely entertaining insight into life behind the closed doors of Victorian society. My Secret Life is evocative, provocative, sorrowful, suspenseful, obscene, exciting and highly erotic...in it we are privy to the thoughts, emotions and memories of one of the most unusual, unsung and colorful English eccentrics of the Victorian era. 
  Now, for the first time, the complete unabridged version of this unique text is being narrated and scored by film composer Dominic Crawford Collins as an 'audiofilm' (an audiobook in which the emotional landscape is explored through the music score). Each chapter of My Secret Life will be released at monthly intervals over the next ten or so years culminating in what is likely to become the longest audio book ever to be produced.

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  City of Devils - The Two Men Who...

  Paul French

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  By Paul French, New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Peking—winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction—comes a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling badlands of Shanghai. City of Devils is a dynamic audiobook that will captivate listeners everywhere. 
  Shanghai, 1930s; it was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, and fortunes made—and lost. 
  "Lucky" Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex-U.S. Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison and rose to become the Slots King of Shanghai. "Dapper" Joe Farren—a Jewish boy who fled Vienna's ghetto—ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivalled Ziegfeld's. 
  In 1940, Lucky Jack and Dapper Joe bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation, and war. They thought they ruled Shanghai, but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams could come true.

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  Row for Freedom - Crossing an...

  Julia Immonen, Craig Borlase

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  An activists and athlete recounts her inspiring, record-breaking row across the Atlantic to raise awareness in the fight against modern slavery. 
   
  The Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge is known as The World’s Toughest Row. Very few have completed the three-thousand-mile race from the Canary Islands to Barbados—fewer than those who have climbed Mount Everest or gone into space. But thirty-two-year-old Julia Immonen and four or the women were determined to not only complete the challenge, but to become the fastest all-female team to ever do so. 
   
  Row for Freedom chronicles that dramatic journey, detailing the grueling, peril-filled crossing that broke two world records. It weaves together Julia’s search for hope and purpose against a background of relationships scarred by violence. As Julia’s physical and emotional treks unfold, you also learn about the plight of the thirty million victims of the modern-day slave trade that serves as the motivation for her row.

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  Cold Cases: Solved Volume 3 - 18...

  Robert Keller

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  Eighteen Baffling True Crime Cold Cases—Solved! including;"Cold Storage:" The truck sat in the drive on flats, an electrical cable powering a freezer in its cargo hold. What's inside is the stuff of nightmares."The Running Man:" A man is seen running from a burning house. Inside is the badly burned corpse of a young woman. Are the two events connected?"Malevolent:" The savage murder of a disabled woman sends police on a decades long hunt for a cowardly killer. One small detail might unlock the mystery."Firebug:" Fire had always been John Veysey's friend. Sometimes it put money in his pocket. Other times, it covered the evidence of his evil deeds.Plus fourteen more horrific true murder cases.Contains mature themes.

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