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  Finding Elevation - Fear and...

  Lisa Thompson

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  Defiance led Lisa Thompson to the male-dominated world of mountain climbing. But after battling breast cancer, she needed to understand the motivations behind the risks she took while climbing. Finding Elevation is more than her climbing memoir. It is an examination of the human spirit and motivation. 
   
   
    
  Listeners will be gripped by Lisa's path from amateur mountain climber to world-class mountaineer as she: 
   
   
    
  ● Becomes the second American woman to summit K2 
   
   
   
  ● Conquers the world's most dangerous mountains 
   
   
   
  ● Defines her own limits, and 
   
   
   
  ● Discovers what she's truly capable of 
   
   
    
  In this inspirational book, listeners will be moved by Lisa's story of heartbreak, resilience, and the discovery that we must define our own boundaries, find our own happiness, and face our fears head-on.

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  Met Her on the Mountain - The...

  Mark I. Pinsky

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  In June of 1970, the body of twenty-four-year-old Nancy Morgan was found inside a government-owned car in Madison County, North Carolina. It had been four days since anyone had heard from the bubbly, hard-working brunette who had moved to the Appalachian community less than a year prior as an organizer for Volunteers in Service to America. At the time of her death, her tenure in the Tar Heel State was just weeks from ending, her intentions set on New York and nursing school and a new life that she would never see. The initial investigation was thwarted by inept police work, jurisdictional confusion, and the influence of local corruption. Fourteen years would pass before an arrest in the case would be made, but even then, a pall would be cast over the veracity of the evidence. 
   
   
   
  Met Her on the Mountain is the culmination of former Los Angeles Times staff writer Mark Pinsky's efforts to solve the forty-year-old mystery once and for all. An exhaustive piece of investigative journalism, Pinsky's work, now with a new postscript, dissects this modern Southern Gothic tale and takes listeners on a journey to convince them that the truth of Morgan's murder is within reach.

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  Eternity Through the Rearview...

  Annette Hubbell

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  How do ordinary people become extraordinary? Annette Hubbell asks that question of seventeen world changers in this one-of-a-kind fiction/non-fiction collection of spellbinding conversations with the most unlikely of bedfellows. Spanning the ages, from Galileo to Johnny Cash, these seventeen tell all from their heavenly vantage point. Let them reveal to you their secret to eternity’s timelessness. (Hint, it has something to do with who gets the credit.). In addition to Galileo and Cash, you’ll hear from Abraham Lincoln, C. S. Lewis, J. S. Bach, John Newton, Elizabeth Fry, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, George Washington Carver, Amy Carmichael, Mary McLeod Bethune, Aimee Semple McPherson, Corrie ten Boom, Gladys Aylward, and Louie Zamperini. All were wildly famous in their day, some still are. These seventeen biographies are written as autobiographies, and the actual words of each historical figure are in italics to differentiate from those of the author's. If you're looking for accuracy and source documents, you'll find it in the 606 endnotes. If you want to dig deeper, each profile ends with places to visit, either in person or via the internet. Each story is also tagged with three Scripture verses that might have been their favorites. Because this book is written as a collection of stories, it can be read in any order, and would make an excellent subject for a book club or an in-depth home school curriculum.

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  History’s Greatest Speeches

  James Daly

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  History’s Greatest Speeches offers a compelling collection of the most influential public addresses that have shaped the course of human history. This anthology features timeless speeches from renowned leaders, activists, and thinkers, including Pericles, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Martin Luther King Jr., each delivering powerful messages during pivotal moments in history. Spanning centuries and cultures, these speeches capture humanity’s struggles, triumphs, and hopes, highlighting the profound impact of rhetoric in driving social change, advocating for justice, and inspiring action. Through these historic addresses, readers gain valuable insights into the art of persuasion, the societal challenges of each era, and the enduring values that unite us across time. History’s Greatest Speeches is more than a collection of words—it is a tribute to the power of language to shape societies, foster understanding, and ignite change, reminding us that great speeches do not belong to the past; they continue to resonate and inspire new generations.

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  Mozart in Italy - Coming of Age...

  Jane Glover

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  'You don’t have to be able to hum Mozart to find this book utterly engrossing . . . I couldn’t put it down' - Joanna LumleyAn expertly researched and vividly written account of Mozart’s formative trips to Italy. At thirteen years old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a child prodigy who had captured the hearts of northern Europe, but his father Leopold was now determined to conquer Italy. Together, they made three visits there the last when Mozart was seventeen, all vividly recounted here by acclaimed conductor Jane Glover.Father and son travelled from the theatres and concert salons of Milan to the church-filled streets of Rome to Naples, poorer and more dangerous than the prosperous north, and to Venice, the carnivalesque birthplace of public opera. All the while Mozart was absorbing Italian culture, language, style and art, and honed his craft. He met the challenge of writing Italian opera for Italian singers and audiences and provoked a variety of responses, from triumph and admiration to intrigue and hostility: in a way, these Italian years can be seen as a microcosm of his whole life.Evocative, beautifully written and with a profound understanding of eighteenth-century classical music, Mozart in Italy reveals how what he experienced during these Italian journeys changed Mozart – and his music – for ever.

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  Murder Of The Essex Boys: Blood...

  Toby Blake

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  On 6th December 1995, Tony Tucker, Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe were notoriously murdered in a Range Rover on a quiet country lane in Essex but 30 years, two convictions and countless conspiracies later, questions remain unanswered. Why were they killed? Who wanted them dead? Were the men convicted really guilty? This is the definitive account of what actually happened.

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