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  Under the Henfluence - Inside...

  Tove Danovich

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  Since first domesticating the chicken thousands of years ago, humans have become exceptionally adept at raising them for food. Yet most people rarely interact with chickens or know much about them. In Under the Henfluence, culture reporter Tove Danovich explores the lives of these quirky, mysterious birds who stole her heart the moment her first box of chicks arrived at the post office.From a hatchery in Iowa to a chicken show in Ohio to a rooster rescue in Minnesota, Danovich interviews the people breeding, training, healing, and, most importantly, adoring chickens. With more than 26 billion chickens living on industrial farms around the world, they’re easy to dismiss as just another dinner ingredient. Yet Danovich's reporting reveals the hidden cleverness, quiet sweetness, and irresistible personalities of these birds, as well as the complex human-chicken relationship that has evolved over centuries. This glimpse into the lives of backyard chickens doesn't just help us to understand chickens better—it also casts light back on ourselves and what we've ignored throughout the explosive growth of industrial agriculture. Woven with delightful and sometimes heartbreaking anecdotes from Danovich's own henhouse, Under the Henfluence proves that chickens are so much more than what they bring to the table.

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  The Bedwetter - Stories of...

  Sarah Silverman

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  From the outrageously filthy and oddly innocent comedienne and star of the powerful 2015 film I Smile Back Sarah Silverman comes a memoir—her first book—that is at once shockingly personal, surprisingly poignant, and still pee-in-your-pants funny. If you like Sarah’s television show The Sarah Silverman Program, or memoirs such as Chelsea Handler’s Are You There Vodka? It’s Me Chelsea and Artie Lange’s Too Fat to Fish, you’ll love The Bedwetter.

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  In Galilee

  Thornton Chase

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  Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá'í Faith of Occidental background. During his life he organized many Bahá'í activities in Chicago and Los Angeles and was considered a prominent Bahá'í. In 1907 Chase was able to go on pilgrimage. Though Chase was able to be with `Abdu'l Bahá in Akka for only three days, the experience transformed him. `Abdu'l Bahá, highly impressed by Chase's qualities, conferred on him the title Thábit, "steadfast." On returning home Chase wrote an account of his pilgrimage, which was published under the title In Galilee] in 1908. The short work gives a detailed and poignant description of `Abdu'l-Bahá's home and family in Akka, as well as a moving description of `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself. The work remains one of the most important examples of the genre commonly known as pilgrim's notes. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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  101 Amazing Facts about Sherlock...

  Jack Goldstein, Jimmy Russell

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  Are you a fan of Sherlock Holmes? Do you want to know some incredible trivia about the world’s greatest detective? Whether you prefer Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC’s Sherlock, Robert Downey Junior’s portrayal in the film series, or even Basil Rathbone’s performances almost 80 years ago, this fascinating audiobook narrated expertly by Lawrence Keefe is sure to interest you regardless. With over 100 amazing facts covering everything Sherlockian - from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Gregory House - this is the perfect addition to any fan’s bookshelf.

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  Classic Scary Tales Volume 1

  Washington Irving, Mary Shelley,...

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  Vampires, Werewolves, Mummies, Ghouls, Ghosts and Mad Scientists. Written by some of the greatest minds of all time, and narrated by award-winning narrator B.J. Harrison. Come listen to Indian curses from a leprous albino. See a student of Alchemy take a secret draught of the elixir of life. Visit Count Dracula on Walpurgis Nacht. Follow Harry Houdini as he is kidnapped and trapped within the secret horrors of the Egyptian pyramids. Whether it’s the terror of a pit and a pendulum, a terrifying headless horseman, or midnight grave robbers, there is something here for everyone who wants to hear a classic scary story when the lights are down low.Stories include: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" by Washington Irving, "The Mortal Immortal" by Mary Shelley, "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, "The Vampyre" by John Polidori, "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling, "The Hand" by Guy de Maupassant, "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Music of Eric Zahn" by H.P. Lovecraft, "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker, "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Lot No. 249" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe, "In Letters of Fire" by Gaston Leroux, "Feathertop" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Imprisoned with the Pharaohs" by H.P. Lovecraft, "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come To You My Lad" by M. R. James, "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant.

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  Mother Goose in Prose

  L. Frank Baum

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  "Mother Goose in Prose" is a collection of twenty-two children's stories based on Mother Goose nursery rhymes. It was the first children's book written by L. Frank Baum. It was originally published in 1897 by Way and Williams of Chicago, and re-released by the George M. Hill Company in 1901.

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