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  Letters - & Reminiscences

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  "The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."
  
  Dostoyevsky's Letters & Reminiscences is a remarkable compilation of correspondence and memories spanning thirty years. Published in 1923, the collection offers insight into the author's personal and professional lives, and includes "Letter from the Depths" from 1840, in which he writes about his own experiences with imprisonment and the death sentence he received as a result of his involvement in a revolutionary group (which was later commuted); correspondence from European exile discussing The Idiot and The Devils, his wife's memoirs of their struggles, the Pushkin celebration letters, and philosophical exchanges about The Brothers Karamazov.
  
  This audiobook also includes thoughts on his life and work from his contemporaries (including Ivan Turgenev and Leo Tolstoy). Together, they reveal Dostoevsky's creative process, spiritual struggles, and unwavering faith amid poverty, illness, and persecution.
  Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer renowned for his profound explorations of psychology, morality, and the human condition. Born in Moscow, his tumultuous life was marked by early literary success and followed by arrest and exile due to his radical political activities. He is widely regarded as one of the world's finest novelists, penning classics that include Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov. His work has had an immense influence on 20th-century fiction and his ideas have profoundly shaped literary modernism, existentialism, and various schools of psychology, theology, and literary criticism

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  Dick Bong: The Life and Legacy...

  Editors Charles River

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  During World War II, greatly increased engine power allowed these aircraft to slice through the sky at speeds of 200 miles per hour (mph), 300 mph, or even in excess of 400 mph when flying flat-out. Service ceilings jumped to 30,000 feet, altitudes unthinkable to World War I’s aviators.  
  pilots had to adapt to countless technological improvements, and a select few truly mastered the art of dogfighting during history’s deadliest war. In the United States, the top ace came from almost literally out of nowhere. Richard “Dick” Ira Bong was born on September 24, 1920 in Superior, Wisconsin on the westernmost tip of Lake Superior, the son of Swedish immigrants. America was a very popular destination for Swedes seeking a new life during the early 20th century, and many Swedes headed for Wisconsin, with the greatest number arriving between 1880 and 1900. Dick’s father Carl, arrived in America at the age of eight, and he eventually married Dora Bryce, of Scottish-English descent. When Dick was born, they were living on a farm in the very small town of Poplar, in Douglas County, Wisconsin. Even in the 21st century, it is still diminutive, with a population of around 600.  
  	Dick’s first memorable encounter with an aircraft was as a child playing in and around the farm, and in the summer of 1928, when Dick was seven, President Calvin Coolidge had a summer holiday residence at Cedar Island Lodge on the Brule River by Brule, another very small town a few miles east of Poplar, down the Route 2 highway that is now known as the “Major Richard I. Bong Memorial Highway.” Most days a small silver Navy biplane filled the role of a mail plane responsible for delivering and receiving presidential correspondence, and it would fly over the Bong farmstead. This touched off a lifelong fascination that would lead to Bong shooting down 40 enemy planes in the Pacific Theater during the war, making him the country’s top ace before he had even reached the age of 25.

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  Beyond Good and Evil

  Friedrich Nietzsche

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  Embark on a provocative exploration of morality and philosophy with "Beyond Good and Evil" by Friedrich Nietzsche, now available as a captivating audiobook. In this groundbreaking work, Nietzsche challenges conventional notions of morality and invites listeners to question long-held beliefs about good and evil. 
  Through a series of aphorisms and philosophical reflections, Nietzsche delves into the complexities of human nature, morality, and the pursuit of truth. He encourages readers to embrace their individuality, reject herd mentality, and strive for self-mastery in a world dominated by conformity and mediocrity. 
  Perfect for fans of existential philosophy and critical thinking, "Beyond Good and Evil" offers a thought-provoking journey into the depths of the human psyche. Whether you're a seasoned philosopher or a newcomer to Nietzsche's ideas, this audiobook provides a stimulating exploration of existential themes and ethical dilemmas. 
  So, if you're ready to challenge your beliefs and expand your understanding of morality and existence, start listening to "Beyond Good and Evil" today and embark on a transformative journey of philosophical inquiry.

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  Curveballs: How to Keep It...

  Emma Markezic

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  Because sometimes, life is going to suck, and you’re going to have to know how to handle it… 
    
  What happens when you step on one of the great Lego pieces of life? When you get blind-sided? Thrown a curveball? When you get divorced? Or someone dies? You're going to need something more than the diarrhoea-like progression of motivational quotes we get fed on Instagram - you're going to need real-world ways to deal with a big, fat let-down.  
    
    
  Because one will come for you, eventually. And when one came for comedian and journalist Emma Markezic in the form of a nasty cancer, despite the fact she found herself bald, broke and living alone, she felt more alive than ever. So she wanted to know why... Why does trauma affect us in such different ways? Why are some people more resilient than others? Why was she handling cancer better than other people handle a paper cut and, more importantly, was it a skill she could teach? When she wrote an article about how learning she might die made her the happiest she'd ever been, it became a media sensation and she knew she was onto something.  
    
    
  With dozens of expert brain morsels and more than a little humour, Curveballs is a memoir-meets-self-help manual for how to keep it together when life tries to tear you a new one. Because you'll want to be more resilient than a tardigrade in outer space when it does*.  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  *Microscopic eight-legged animals that can withstand 1000 times more radiation than humans, live for 100 years without water and literally just hang out in space like freeloaders at a Vegas buffet. See... you learned something already!

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  My Pandemic Paradox

  Lynn Zimmering

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  MY PANDEMIC PARADOX is a collection of blogs I wrote during the quarantine period of the COVID-19 epidemic from 2020-2021. They were fun for me to write, and I hope they will be fun for you to read. This potpourri of head and heart stories contains three sections; Growing-Up, the Benefits and Inconveniences of Aging, and Tips to Live a Better Life. Writing them was the best therapy I ever experienced. These blogs are, mostly, very personal. So, as I wrote them, they became my Memoir.

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  The Vivian Stanshall Interview...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  Vivian Stanshall was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for acting as Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells. Ki Longfellow is an American novelist, playwright, theatrical producer, theater director and entrepreneur with dual citizenship in Britain. She is best known in the United States for her novel The Secret Magdalene. This is the first of her works exploring the divine feminin. Silky Stanshall, the highly intelligent daughter of the great British musical and literary artist Vivian Stanshall, remembers life with her unarguably charmingly eccentric father and the turbulent yet touching times they had together. A must for all Bonzo Dog Band fans and followers of the great cultural legacy of the late great Vivian Stanshall. 

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