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  A Rich Woman - From their pens...

  Katharine Tynan

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  Katharine Tynan was born on 23rd January 1859 into a large family in Clondalkin, County Dublin. 
  The family business was cattle rearing and the farmhouse, set with the mountains for a backdrop, was a wonderful world for a young mind to learn and imagine. 
  She was educated at the convent school, St Catherine of Sienna, in Drogheda.  A stubborn streak inhibited her ability to learn as easily as the school wished. However she did learn on her own terms and soon began to take her ‘forbidden literature’, hidden in her clothing, to her loft in a stable hideaway.  
  Until she turned seventeen nothing appeared to point to a literary career.  But some verse printed in a Dublin newspaper changed everything. It led to a sonnet being printed in the Spectator.  Thereafter the Graphic published several others and even paid a half guinea for the privilege.   
  In 1884 Katharine dispatched herself to London and made an abiding friendship in Alice Meynell.  Alice was an established poet and helped, with her husband Wilfred, to publish many poets. The following year it was arranged for the publication of her first poetry volume, ‘Louise de la Vallière’.  
  She formed valuable friendships with the poets Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Butler Yeats and later Francis Ledwidge.  
  As she gathered friends and contacts into her life her literary output began to gather pace. Katharine had begun to write prose for the Speaker and for the Scots and National Observer.  
  In 1892 she married Henry Albert Hinkson, a fellow writer and a barrister.  They moved to England and had five children although two were to tragically die in infancy.   
  By now her output was prolific and ranged from poetry to novels to short stories.  It would later include a biography and further extend to editing and reviewing.   
  In 1912 the family returned to Claremorris, County Mayo, when her husband was appointed magistrate, a post he held until his early death in 1919.     
  Tynan is sometimes grouped amongst the War Poets of the First World War. Her experience was not direct but as a Mother with one son serving in France and another in Palestine, the emotions, fears and doubts are expressed in a beautiful and heart-felt way.  
  Involved in the Irish Literary Revival, Tynan expressed concern for feminist causes, the poor, and the effects of World War I in her work. She also meditated on her Catholic faith. 
  She is said to have written over 100 novels, 12 collections of short stories, plays and many volumes of enduring poetry as well as five volumes of autobiography. 
  Katharine Tynan Hinkson died at age 72 on 2nd April 1931 in London and is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.

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  Return from Tomorrow

  George G. Ritchie, Elizabeth...

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  The True Story of an Uncharted Journey Through the Afterlife 
   
  As a world war raged around him, a young soldier named George Ritchie barely comprehended his own death as he left the physical world--only to return minutes later. Yet in the space between death and coming back to life, he experienced eternity.  
   
  In this riveting true story, Dr. George Ritchie shares some of the most stunning and detailed descriptions of life after death. You'll encounter other non-physical beings, travel through different dimensions of time and space, and discover a series of worlds--some hellish in their separation from life, some glorious in their heavenly brilliance. But most amazingly, you'll witness his transformational meeting with the Light of the world, the Son of God.  
   
  Hailed as one of the most amazing visions of the afterlife ever recorded, Ritchie's experience forever changed the course of his life and his understanding of the realm beyond our own--and it can do the same for you. 

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  We Should Talk

  Judy Gorham

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  Discover the Soulful Journey of Life Through Poetry "We Should Talk" by acclaimed author Judy Gorham is a captivating collection of poems crafted over a lifetime. Narrated with heartfelt eloquence by Anjali Purohit, each piece weaves together moments of joy, challenges, and the universal threads that connect us all. This audiobook invites listeners to explore a tapestry of memories, emotions, and reflections that resonate with the human experience. Whether it’s a glimpse of your own life or an echo of the world around you, Judy’s poignant words inspire connection and introspection. Published by Native Book Publishing, "We Should Talk" is perfect for poetry lovers and anyone seeking a meaningful, auditory escape into the beauty of life’s adventures.

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  The Acts of Peter and the Twelve...

  2nd Century CE) Anonymous ...

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  What does it mean to follow the path of wisdom and faith? How did the Apostles of Christ navigate challenges to spread divine truth? 
  The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles is a symbolic and spiritually rich text from early Christianity.  
  This inspiring narrative follows Peter and the other Apostles as they journey through trials, guided by divine wisdom, to share the teachings of Christ with a world in need of truth and healing. 
  Now available in a clear, modern translation, this edition brings the timeless lessons of this powerful text to life for today’s listener. 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  •	Lessons in Faith and Wisdom – Teachings on living with spiritual integrity, trust, and divine understanding 
  •	The Apostles’ Journey – A symbolic exploration of their mission, filled with courage, service, and sacred purpose 
  •	A Guide to Overcoming Trials – How early Christians turned hardship into spiritual growth 
  •	A Glimpse into Early Christianity – Discover the foundational beliefs that shaped the faith of Christ’s first followers 
  Whether you’re seeking spiritual encouragement, historical insight, or deeper wisdom, The Acts of Peter and the Twelve Apostles offers timeless guidance and inspiration. 
  Begin your journey today—and walk alongside the Apostles on the path of truth, faith, and divine purpose.

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  Out of the Bronx: A Memoir

  Irene Sardanis

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  Leaving home was not easy for Irene Sardanis. Born into a Greek family in the Bronx in the 1940's she was the youngest child of an unhappy mother and a father who drank, gamboled and enjoyed other women.- and then when Irene was eleven abandoned the family altogether. Irene's older siblings found a way out, but Irene was trapped hostage to her mother's rage and despair. When she finally escaped her mother as a young adult, she married a Greek man who controlled and dominated her just like her mother always had. But Irene wasn't ready to let her story end there. Out the Bronx is a story of how, with the guidance of one significant woman, Irene found a road away from danger - and a path to freedom.

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  Balzac: A Biography - A New...

  Stefan Zweig

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  Honoré de Balzac worked himself to death at fifty-one, producing ninety-plus novels documenting nineteenth-century French society. He earned enormous sums yet died deeply in debt. He observed human psychology with unprecedented accuracy yet was blind to his own delusions. 
  Stefan Zweig's Balzac, completed shortly before his 1942 suicide, examines this paradox: genius and disaster from the same obsessive energy. Balzac wrote at night, fueled by fifty cups of coffee daily, working twelve to sixteen hour stretches. Each novel paid debts; the income immediately went to creditors, requiring more writing. The cycle was fatal. 
  The biography follows interconnected themes: catastrophic business schemes, work habits that made him legendary and killed him, seventeen-year obsession with Polish countess Eveline Hanska (they married months before his death), and unprecedented ambition—La Comédie Humaine as systematic documentation of society through interconnected novels. 
  Zweig's method is literary and psychological rather than scholarly, synthesizing Balzac's correspondence into dramatic narrative. The portrait captures essential truths: novels emerged from the same energy producing financial chaos; the paradoxes—realist living in fantasy, money expert who was financially catastrophic—genuinely characterized his life. 
  Written in Zweig's final years, the biography reflects on artistic achievement's costs. Balzac died believing himself a failure—in debt, health ruined. Posterity recognized him as literature's giant. Zweig, despairing about Europe's destruction, surely contemplated this gap between contemporary failure and eventual recognition. 
  Compelling introduction to why Balzac matters and meditation on creativity's demands—the demon granting genius while destroying its host. Zweig's final major work: exploration of obsession from a master who understood its costs.

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