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  Consequences Part I & II

  Alan Kesselheim, Dorcas S. Miller

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  "In Consequences I," Kesselheim recalls how when things sometimes go wrong, the key players have to make an immediate decisions. In 1979, Kesselheim and companions were involved in a canoe capsize in the frigid lake waters of northern Quebec when he was thrust into the role of rescuer. In "Consequences II," the story is told from the perspective of one of the capsized paddlers. This selection is part of the full length audiobook, "Rescue: Stories of Survival From Land and Sea." 
   
  Alan Kesselheim is the author of 11 books, including Montana: Real Place, Real People with Montana Quarterly Senior Photographer Thomas Lee. He is a sought-after lecturer and a journalist with more than 30 years of experience, specializing in conservation, science and backcountry exploration. His work appears in major magazines around the country and he regularly teaches writing workshops. Dorcas S. Miller (1949-2012) was an outdoorswoman, naturalist, instructor and author. She lived in Chelsea, Maine, and was a former contributing editor to Backpacker magazine's "Moveable Feast" column, and had worked as an Outward Bound instructor and as a whitewater rafting guide. 
   
  Terence Aselford has narrated over 150 audiobooks. His acting career has included regional theatre roles ranging from Shakespeare to Neil Simon, on camera work in NBC’s “Unsolved Mysteries”, national television commercials, industrial videos and voice-overs. Colleen Delany has narrated numerous best-selling audiobooks. An accomplished stage and television actress, she has appeared in "Homicide: Life On The Streets," as well as on the highly successful CD-ROM game "Wheel of Time."

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  Being Here Now With Maharaji -...

  Radha Krsna Das

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  * "Whoever works for God, his work will be done by itself." 
  * "Keep God in your heart like you keep money in the bank." 
   
  Neem Karoli Baba known to his followers as Maharaj-ji - was a great Hindu guru, mystic, and devotee of Lord Hanuman. He is very well known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of prominent Americans who traveled to India in the 1960s and 70s, including spiritual teachers Ram Dass, Bhagavan Das, and musicians Krishna Das and Jai Uttal. His ashrams are in India, and in Taos, New Mexico. Maharaji was a lifelong adept of bhakti-yoga and encouraged service to others (seva) as the highest form of unconditional devotion to God. 
   
  There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. He seems to have been known by different names in many parts of India, appearing and disappearing through the years. His non-Indian devotees of recent years knew him as Neem Karoli Baba, but mostly as “Maharajji” – a nickname so commonplace in India that one can often hear a tea vendor addressed thus. Just as he said, he was "nobody". He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Usually, he sat or lay on a wooden bench wrapped in a plaid blanket while a few devotees sat around him. Visitors came and went; they were given food, a few words, a nod, a pat on the head or back, and they were sent away. There was gossip and laughter for he loved to joke. Orders for running the ashram were given, usually in a piercing yell across the compound. Sometimes he sat in silence, absorbed in another world to which we could not follow, but bliss and peace poured down on us. Who he was was no more than the experience of him. Here are his sublime life and teachings.

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  A Family Torn Apart

  Cathy Glass

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  Angie, 6, and sister Polly, 4, are utterly distraught when they arrive to stay with foster carer Cathy Glass. Their older half-sister Ashleigh has accused their father of something horrible, and the two young sisters have been removed from home to keep them safe. 
  Cathy tries to comfort the girls, but they are inconsolable. They just want their mummy and daddy, whom they love dearly. 
  The girls appear to have been well looked after, but as they settle and start to talk of life at home, it becomes clear something is badly wrong. Then a chance remark sets in motion a chain of events that eventually changes everything. 
  A Family Torn Apart, a Sunday Times bestselling book, is a powerful autobiography by bestselling author Cathy Glass. It explores the challenging dynamics of fostering and adoption, and the devastating effects of abuse on personal relationships. This bestseller offers a unique perspective on the social realities of a family in crisis. 
  For fans of Ann Cusack (The Convent), Joe Cusack (Please Don't Leave Me), Linda Watson-Brown (Please Save Me), Maggie Hartley (Please Help My Mummy), and Kat Ward (KERI 4). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Stand In Your Power

  Rachael Smith

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  'I love [Rachael's] comics - human, humane, funny and always surprising.'
  Chris Addison, comedian and director of Veep
  
  After going through a breakup and attempting to get on with her new, single life, award-winning comic-creator and author of Quarantine Comix, Rachael Smith, found solace in documenting her experiences through comic strips.
  Stand in Your Power, which follows on from where Wired Up Wrong left off, takes on the universal yet highly personal topics of loneliness, friendship, depression, love, figuring out who you are and moving on, among many others.
  
  Always extremely relatable, this collection, which was previously shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print award, has Rachael's trademark warmth, honesty and humour.

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  Wicked Spirits: Mysteries Spine...

  Tony Medawar

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  It is said that books are written to bring sunshine into our dull, grey lives – to show us places we want to escape to, lives we want to live, people we want to love. But there are also stories that can only be found in the deepest, darkest corners of the library. Stories about the unexplained, of lost souls, of things that go bump before the silence. Before the screaming. 
  And some stories just disappear. Stories printed in old newspapers, broadcast live on the wireless, sometimes not even published at all – these are the stories you cannot find on even the dustiest of library shelves. 
  This follow-up volume to the bestselling Ghosts from the Library resurrects forgotten tales of the supernatural by some of the most accomplished mystery authors of all time. Close the windows. Draw the curtains. Just don’t let the lights go out… 
  Tony Medawar, a top editor in the realm of fiction, presents Wicked Spirits, a collection of horror and crime stories that delve into the unexplained and the supernatural. These anthologies, steeped in traditional storytelling, are a must-read for fans of detective thrillers. 
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  HarperCollins 2024

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  Open Border Dreamers

  HERB STEPHENS

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  José, a valet attendant from Monterrey, Mexico, arrives in Las Vegas with a heart full of hope and a dream of success. Leaving behind his family, he steps into the glittering city of opportunity, where fortunes are made as quickly as they’re lost. 
  Drawn to roulette—a game of chance and calculated risk—José sees it as a reflection of his own journey. But when the pressures of survival mount, he faces a moral crossroads: a daring scheme to manipulate roulette chips that could make or break his future. 
  Caught between ambition and integrity, José must navigate the high stakes of his choices. Will he achieve what he sacrificed for, or will the cost of his dreams prove too great for his loved ones? We will know as the story unfolds and characters confront their deepest desires, face impossible choices, and scuffle with the consequences of their dreams. 
  Open Border Dreamers is a powerful story of hope, sacrifice, and survival. Crafted genuinely, it draws readers into the heart of the American Dream, exploring the risks we take and the price we pay to chase them.

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