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  Our Stars Still Shine: Pet...

  Rheanna Rasico

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  Society often questions and ridicules the pace and depth at which we grieve a loss, but especially the loss of a pet. The same pointed questions and hollow phrases are repeated over again, which ultimately create more pain and social withdrawal as we fall short of their expectations. 
  But there are others who understand that losing a pet is one of the most devastating experiences while the process of mourning has no timeframe. The first step to healing is understanding grief is unique, personal, and necessary. Through emotional validation and shared insight of others who've experienced similar circumstances, there is a community of compassion. Grief may not have a roadmap, but there is hope through the trauma and pain. 
  Our Stars Still Shine is a collection of heartfelt memoirs from 22 different authors, written in their own words. From across the world, their stories connect them through shared experiences of deep love, pain, and finding life after loss. Read their stories as they recount some of the happiest and most painful moments of being a pet parent.

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  To the United States of America

  Robert Bridges

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  In celebration of Independence Day in the United States, 2007, LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of To the United States of America by Robert Bridges. This was the Weekly Poetry project for the week of July 1st, 2007. (Summary by Sean McKinley)

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  Reverend Ike - An Extraordinary...

  Mark Victor Hansen, Xavier...

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  The unlikely and sometimes harrowing journey of an iconic evangelist, known to millions as simply ReverendIke, will draw you into his remarkable story of rising from extreme poverty and leading millions of poor Blacksto unprecedented financial success, independence, and joyful living by understanding the profound Biblicalpromises of prosperity.Lovingly known by his ardent and enthusiastic followers as Reverend Ike, Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II touchedmillions of lives. He presented people with a new way to think about themselves, about life, and about allthe riches of health, happiness, joy, love, success, prosperity, and money that could be theirs—if they onlyunderstood the principles that he had come to understand. These were the very transformational principles hetaught to the hungry hearts, souls, and minds who showed up at his church meetings, workshops, and radioor TV broadcasts each week.Ike’s early life was full of family drama, opposition, and extreme poverty. Still, he refused to follow the prevailingbelief—even within his own family and community—that Black people were here to suffer. Rev. Ike embodiedhis work and his purpose to raise others up to a better life. In truth, he was a perfect example of the power offaith in action. He overcame the odds by rising above obscurity and transforming himself to a place of greatsignificance.Around the world, individuals were touched in countless ways and lifted out of poverty, anger, hopelessness,and depression. As Ike’s ministry grew, his calling captured the attention and devotion of millions. Comparedfrequently to the internationally revered Reverend Billy Graham, Reverend Ike became one of the most widelyknown and heard inspirational prosperity teachers of his generation.

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  Boys Will Be Boys - The Glory...

  Jeff Pearlman

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  They were America's Team-the high-priced, high-glamour, high-flying Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, who won three Super Bowls and made as many headlines off the field as on it. Led by Emmitt Smith, the charismatic Deion "Prime Time" Sanders, and Hall of Famers Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, the Cowboys rank among the greatest of all NFL dynasties.In similar fashion to his New York Times bestseller The Bad Guys Won! about the 1986 New York Mets, in Boys Will Be Boys, award-winning writer Jeff Pearlman chronicles the outrageous antics and dazzling talent of a team fueled by ego, sex, drugs-and unrivaled greatness. Rising from the ashes of a 1-15 season in 1989 to capture three Super Bowl trophies in four years, the Dallas Cowboys were guided by a swashbuckling, skirt-chasing, power-hungry owner, Jerry Jones, and his two eccentric, hard-living coaches, Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer. Together the three built a juggernaut that America loved and loathed.But for a team that was so dominant on Sundays, the Cowboys were often a dysfunctional circus the rest of the week. Irvin, nicknamed "The Playmaker," battled dual addictions to drugs and women. Charles Haley, the defensive colossus, presided over the team's infamous "White House," where the parties lasted late into the night and a steady stream of long-legged groupies came and went. And then there were Smith and Sanders, whose Texas-sized egos were eclipsed only by their record-breaking on-field performances.With an unforgettable cast of characters and a narrative as hard-hitting and fast-paced as the team itself, Boys Will Be Boys immortalizes the most beloved-and despised-dynasty in NFL history.

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  The Journey

  Heath Williams

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  What is The Journey?Why are we here? Why are we on this planet? Why am I going through this? Is this really life? Is this all there is?Ever thought about this?Joe does.In the pit of his agony, he simply asks, "God, are you out there?"Suddenly, life and dreams become intertwined, and he enters an amazing journey. Is God trying to answer his question? Or is he going insane? Regardless, his depression is killing his life, and something has to change.

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  Robert E Lee

  Manfred Weidhorn

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  Robert E. Lee's life has been regarded as one of great honor and esteem and he has been a man admired for his loyalty, patriotism, and conduct as not only an American, but also a Virginian. And when he made the decision to turn down Lincoln's offer to command a large army of Union Soldiers in the war against the secession, and instead chose to extend his loyalty to the Confederate Army, his intentions were to defend his land and the people in Virginia and not to fight for either secession or slavery. Lee's patriotism of an unfamiliar shade confused some, but made consequential waves in the Civil War. He followed in the footsteps of his father, a Revolutionary War General, and is here portrayed by Weidhorn as the "finest general of the Civil War", a title he honorably earned.

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