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  The Acts of Paul and Thecla - A...

  2nd Century CE) Anonymous ...

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  What does it mean to live a life of faith and courage in the face of adversity? How can devotion to God inspire extraordinary acts of resilience and transformation? 
  The Acts of Paul and Thecla is one of the most inspiring stories from early Christian literature. Written in the 2nd century CE, this powerful text tells the story of Thecla—a noblewoman who abandons her privileged life to follow the teachings of Paul.  
  Facing persecution, defying expectations, and surviving miraculous trials, Thecla becomes a symbol of unwavering faith and spiritual courage. 
  Now presented in a clear, modern translation, this edition brings her remarkable journey to life for today’s listener. 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  •	A Story of Unwavering Faith – Thecla’s devotion leads her through trials, transformation, and triumph 
  •	Lessons on Courage and Resilience – Overcoming fear, social norms, and adversity through inner strength and belief 
  •	Divine Intervention and Miracles – Miraculous events that reflect God’s grace and protection 
  •	A Glimpse into Early Christianity – Insights into the values, struggles, and hope of the early Church 
  Whether you’re seeking spiritual inspiration or a powerful narrative of transformation, The Acts of Paul and Thecla offers a timeless tale of faith, courage, and divine grace. 
  Begin your journey today—and be inspired by a story that continues to resonate across the centuries.

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  Complete Novels and Novellas of...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  What if literature could reveal the truth of human life?
  
  The Complete Novels and Novellas of Leo Tolstoy brings together the major long-form works of one of the greatest writers in world literature. With unmatched psychological insight and moral seriousness, Tolstoy explored love and suffering, faith and doubt, violence and compassion—capturing the full complexity of the human condition.
  
  This comprehensive collection includes Tolstoy's monumental novels alongside his powerful novellas, where intimate personal struggles unfold against sweeping social and historical backdrops. From the chaos of war to the quiet crises of the soul, Tolstoy's stories confront the deepest questions of how to live, love, and act justly.
  
  Profound, humane, and timeless, Tolstoy's writing continues to challenge and transform readers across generations.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll explore:
  
  All major novels and novellas by Leo Tolstoy in one collection
  
  Iconic works such as War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and The Death of Ivan Ilyich
  
  Deep psychological realism and moral philosophy
  
  A cornerstone of Russian and world literature
  
  Studied worldwide and revered for over a century, Tolstoy's works remain essential reading for anyone seeking truth, depth, and enduring literary power.
  
  Read deeply. Reflect honestly. Buy now and experience the complete novels and novellas of Leo Tolstoy.

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  Lifeform

  Jenny Slate

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  Comedian and New York Times bestseller Jenny Slate’s wild, hilarious, genre-bending essays read in her singular voice depict life and motherhood as you’ve never seen it before. Featuring narration from friends Vanessa Bayer and Will Forte (“Schumacher 2”), and George Saunders (“The Therapist”).   What happened was this: Jenny Slate was a human mammal who sniffed the air every morning hoping to find another person to love who would love her, and in that period there was a deep dark loneliness that she had to face and befriend, and then we are pleased to report that she did fall in love, and in that period she was like chimes, or a flock of clean breaths, and her spine lying flat was the many-colored planks on the xylophone, but also she was rabid with fear of losing this love, because of past injury. And then what happened was that she became a wild-pregnant-mammal-thing and then she exploded herself by having a whole baby blast through her vagina during a global plague and then she was expected to carry on like everything was normal—but was this normal, and had she or anything ever been normal? Herein lies an account of this journey, told in five phases—Single, True Love, Pregnancy, Baby, and Ongoing—through luminous, laugh-out-loud funny, unclassifiable essays that take the form of letters to a doctor, dreams of a stork, fantasy therapy sessions, gossip between racoons, excerpts from an imaginary olden timey play, obituaries, theories about post-partum hair loss, graduation speeches, and more. No one writes like Jenny Slate.

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  Know We Are Here - Voices of...

  Terria Smith

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  Collecting over twenty-five essays written by more than twenty California Indian authors, Know We Are Here surveys many of the ways California's Indigenous communities are resisting the legacies of genocide. Focusing on the particular histories, challenges, and dynamics of life in Native California—which are often very different from elsewhere in the United States—the book collects essays from writers across the state. It encompasses the perspectives of both elders and the rising generation, and the contributors include activists, academics, students, memoirists, and tribal leaders. The collection examines histories of resistance to colonialism in California, the reclaiming of cultures and languages, the connection of place and nature to wellness in tribal communities, efforts to overhaul the racist presentation of California Indians in classrooms and popular culture, and the meanings of solidarity in Native California. Unifying the book is an introduction by Terria Smith (Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians), editor of the renowned and long-running magazine News from Native California. This book is an indispensable resource for California Indian listeners, educators of all levels in California, and students in Native studies courses nationally.

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  Balkan Bombshells - Contemporary...

  Will Firth

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  A collection to whet the appetite of anyone wishing to learn more about a region rich in history, folklore and (her)stories. Telling it like a woman does not mean literature for women only: it provides an insight into half of humanity, a window onto the lives of citizens who work, love and develop their inner lives. This collection brings together the voices of a wide selection of prize-winning and established authors:
  Balkan Bombshells brings together established Serbian and Montenegrin writers like Svetlana Slapšak, Jelena Lengold (winner of the EU Prize for Literature 2013), Dana Todorović and Olja Kneżević (author of Catherine the Great and the Small, Istros 2020), together with a select group of up-coming writers: Marijana Čanak (1982, Serbia): "Awakened" (Probuđena) follows the early years of a girl from a very simple background, who discovers she has extrasensory powers. A gruesome fascination with biology allows her to attend high school, where she ends up sewing a voodoo doll to take revenge on a molesting teacher. Marijana Dolić (1990, Bosnia-Herzegovina & Serbia): "Notes from the attic" (Zapisi iz potkrovlja), originally diary entries, are intense mediatations on faith, love and hope – poignant testimony to a struggle to cope in difficult times. Ana Miloš (1992, Serbia): "Peace" (Mir) portrays a woman struggling with disparate feelings after her only child dies. She has long since broken up with the child's father. She enjoys finally having time for herself, but she has to confront accusations of people around her that she is heartless. Once a mother, always a mother? Katarina Mitrović (1991, Serbia):"Small death" (Mala smrt). We are introduced to a fearful young woman who is far from happy with life, and we follow her on a summer holiday by the Adriatic, where a halfhearted romantic adventure takes a scary turn. Andrea Popov Miletić (1985, Serbia):|: excerpt from the novel Young pioneers, we are seaweed (Pioniri maleni, mi smo morska trava; 2019). This stand-alone excerpt is a poetic flashback to her childhood in the province of Vojvodina in the Yugoslav era, to holidays by the Mediterranean, and to feelings of belonging and home. Lena Ruth Stefanović (1970, Sebria/ Montenegro): "Zhenya" is a fragment from her 2016 novel Daughter of the Childless Man (Šćer onoga bez đece), is an entertaining meta-story about an ordinary woman in the late Soviet Union, whom the author decides to grant a new lease of life, so Zhenya studies languages, becomes a mondain writer and moves with her new husband to Montenegro, where the author loses track of her.

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  Here We Are - From their pens to...

  Dorothy Parker

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  The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Dorothy Parker.

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