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  Stoned Alone

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  When the Stones were first rolling they created sparks, but even on their own there was a hell of a lot of lot of smoke. In this in-depth examination of the turbulent, exciting lives of Mick, Brian, Keith, Bill, and Charlie we gain entrance into their secret world of private highs and very public lows. With archival interviews.

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  My Secret Life Vol 5 Chapter 14

  Dominic Crawford Collins

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  My Secret Life is the longest erotic autobiography ever written. Penned anonymously during the 1800s by a wealthy English gentleman called Walter, it offers an eye and thigh opening account of life behind closed doors in the Victorian era. Banned from publication for its extreme and explicit content for nearly a century, My Secret Life has now come to life in the 21st century as an immersive audio book, narrated and scored by film composer Dominic Crawford Collins.Vol. 5 Chapter XIVThoughts about myself, my skin and prick • At a Swiss village. • The hotel full. • A thin partition. • An amorous couple. • Ach mein Liebchen. • The chambermaid listens. • Consequences to her. • Against the window ledge. • The maid's occupation. • The loft. • A splintered foot. • A peep-hole made. • Young ladies bathing. • Three times a day. • Departure.

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  Cheese Curd for Bait

  James McIntyre

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Cheese Curd for Bait by James McIntyre. This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 23, 2012.James McIntyre, born in Scotland, came to Canada in 1841. He finally settled in Ingersoll (a town in central Ontario on the banks of the Thames River), the then-heart of Canadian dairy country.He was well loved in the community, from which he often received aid in hard times, due in part to his poesy and oratorical skills — he was called on to speak at every kind of social gathering in Ingersoll. The region seems to have inspired him, and it was in celebration of the proud history of Canada, the natural beauty and industry of the region, and especially its cheese, that the majority of his oeuvre was written. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  Death Defied Life Defined

  Paul E. Perkins, Anita Agers Brooks

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  Death Defied, Life Defined is the true story of Paul E. Perkins, a heart and kidney organ recipient who died at least two medically confirmed times, yet lived to tell his fascinating tale. What does it feel like to die? Paul Perkins expected the final breaths of his life to feel different. Prior to a long-term illness that led to his double organ transplant, Paul didn’t want to waste his life obsessing over his death. However, there were some after-life things he wondered about at times.  	•	Do we instantly wake up on the other side when we die, or do we sleep in the grave waiting for the big wake-up call? 	•	Is the dying process slow or is the light of life snuffed out in a blink? 	•	Will we feel panic or peace as we slip into the realm of the eternal unknown? 	•	Is there truly something beautiful waiting across a distant shore?Paul’s questions were answered, and then confirmed a second time when his illness cost him his life at least twice, and as his doctor added, “Probably more.”  If you have lost someone you loved or if you fear death, if you or someone you know is ill or curious about organ transplantation, Paul’s true story offers hope and encouragement. Death is not the end. For many of us, the best is yet to come.

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  No Way Home - A Dancer's Journey...

  Carlos Acosta

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  Carlos Acosta, the Cuban dancer considered to be one of the world's greatest performers, fearlessly depicts his journey from adolescent troublemaker to international superstar in his captivating memoir, No Way Home.Carlos was just another kid from the slums of Havana; the youngest son of a truck driver and a housewife, he ditched school with his friends and dreamed of becoming Cuba's best soccer player. Exasperated by his son's delinquent behavior, Carlos's father enrolled him in ballet school, subjecting him to grueling days that started at five thirty in the morning and ended long after sunset. The path from student to star was not an easy one. Even as he won dance competitions and wowed critics around the world, Carlos was homesick for Cuba, crippled by loneliness and self-doubt. As he traveled the world, Carlos struggled to overcome popular stereotypes and misconceptions; to maintain a relationship with his family; and, most of all, to find a place he could call home. This impassioned memoir is about more than Carlos's rise to stardom. It is about a young man forced to leave his homeland and loved ones for a life of self-discipline, displacement, and physical hardship. It is also about how the heart and soul of a country can touch the heart and soul of one of its citizens. With candor and humor, Carlos vividly depicts daily life in communist Cuba, his feelings about ballet -- an art form he both lovesand hates -- and his complex relationship with his father. Carlos Acosta makes dance look effortless, but the grace, strength, and charisma we see onstage have come at a cost. Here, in his own words, is the story of the price he paid.

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  Short Story Collection Vol 053

  Various Various

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  A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members, including short stories by Melville, Blackwood, Hawthorne, Dostoyevsky, Wilde and Thomas Hood.

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