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  The Dream of a Ridiculous Man -...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky, Tim Zengerink

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  What if the voice of one “ridiculous” man could reignite your faith in humankind? 
  Plagued by hopelessness, a solitary man prepares for the ultimate escape—until a staggering dream hurls him into a world of pure beauty.  
  When that heaven turns to ruin, he wakes with a mission: persuade every living soul that love can save the earth. 
  What you’ll hear inside: 
   — A Riveting Inner Monologue – Immerse yourself in the raw honesty of a mind on the brink 
   — A Cosmic Dreamscape – Vivid soundscapes recreate the fall of a perfect world 
   — Timeless Insights on Freedom and Responsibility – Dostoevsky’s powerful challenge to modern cynicism 
   — A Clear, Contemporary Performance – Narration that honors the original emotion while speaking directly to today’s listener 
  At just over an hour, this audio experience packs a universe of wisdom into a single breath.  
  Press play and let one dream change the way you see the world.

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  My Bipolar Backpack

  Susan Ralphe

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  In this powerful memoir Susan Ralphe employs sharp storytelling skills honed over a long  newspaper reporting career to tell her own story of long-term, heart-wrenching bipolar madness.She recounts soaring accomplishments alternating with. black periods of tenseness, brain freeze and despair.

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  Blind Spots - A Riches to Rags...

  Gregory Blotnick

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  "A raw, self-aware, and earnest remembrance." —RECOMMENDED by Kirkus Reviews 
  "Engaging and entertaining . . . Blotnick delivers a well-written, thought-provoking and incredibly honest account of his fall from grace." —RECOMMENDED by The US Review of Books 
  ". . . a riveting, thought-provoking read that lingers long after the final page. Highly recommended for those who appreciate unvarnished truth and masterful storytelling." —RECOMMENDED by Manhattan Book Review 
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  “That, dear reader, is what happens when you let your blind spots get the best of you.” 
  One day you’re on top of the world, the next you’re chained in a jail cell on Rikers Island. It turns out that actions have consequences. 
  Gregory Blotnick lived a life of excess, spending money as fast as he could make it. At age thirty, he had everything a man could ever want. It still wasn’t enough. Driven by unchecked ambition and vainglory, he risked it all on himself with no plan B. . . only to discover what happens when burning the boats goes horribly wrong. Each time he thought he'd hit rock bottom, an even rockier bottom laid in wait beneath it. But just when he thought that he’d lost everything a man can possibly lose, he found what really matters. 
  Written from two jails and a rehab clinic, Blind Spots is a shocking, dark and searingly honest memoir, a rollercoaster of decadent highs and soul-crushing lows, and a cautionary tale of how your greatest weakness is always your greatest strength taken too far. 
  All book proceeds donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP).

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  Legacy

  Nick Compton

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  Powerful memoir of cricket, family and depression by former England cricketer Nick Compton. 
  Nick Compton had it all. A literal golden boy, to many observers it would seem that he was born to be a great in the sporting arena coming as he did from an incredible sporting ancestry. HIs grandfather Sir Denis Compton played cricket for England and football for Arsenal. 
   
  Honed at an elite English boarding school, with a telegenic profile perfectly suited to the modern media environment, Nick appeared to be blessed with that rare ability to be able to stride out and face down the world's quickest bowlers, to survive and thrive in the danger zone at the hands of the hurtling new ball. 
   
  However, greatness in any field comes at a price and this memoir explores the almost 'Faustian pact' he made in order to secure that time in the sun. It will show what 'Mistress Cricket' demanded from Nick as his side of that bargain. The family he left behind, the failed relationships both personal and professional and the utter physical and mental exhaustion which resulted from his drive to stay at the top.

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  Restoring Eden - Unearthing the...

  Elizabeth D. Hilborn

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  All spring, Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn watched as her family fruit farm of many years became increasingly diminished, suffering from a lack of bees. 
   
   
   
  The plentiful wildlife, so abundant just weeks before, was gone. Everything was still, silent. 
   
   
   
  As an environmental scientist trained to investigate disease outbreaks, she rose to the challenge. Despite facing headwinds from skeptical neighbors, environmental experts, and agricultural consultants, she'd assembled information. 
   
   
   
  The chemicals found in her water samples showed beyond any doubt that not only her farm, but her greater farming community, was at risk from toxic chemicals that traveled with rain water over the land and deep within the soil. 
   
   
   
  Even as a scientist, she'd been unaware of the risks to life from some common agricultural chemicals. Her goal was to protect her farm and the animals who lived there. 
   
   
   
  But first she had to convince her rural neighbors of the risk to their way of life, too. 
   
   
   
  A lyrical celebration of nature by a passionate citizen scientist who felt called to advocate for the land, earth, and creatures who don't have a voice, Restoring Eden ultimately offers hope that citizens can create change, that reform is possible.

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  Black Ice

  Lorene Cary

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  In 1972 Lorene Cary, a bright, ambitious black teenager from Philadelphia, was transplanted into the formerly all-white, all-male environs of the elite St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, where she became a scholarship student in a "boot camp" for future American leaders. Like any good student, she was determined to succeed. But Cary was also determined to succeed without selling out. This wonderfully frank and perceptive memoir describes the perils and ambiguities of that double role, in which failing calculus and winning a student election could both be interpreted as betrayals of one's skin. Black Ice is also a universally recognizable document of a woman's adolescence; it is, as Houston Baker says, "a journey into selfhood that resonates with sober reflection, intelligent passion, and joyous love."

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