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  August Heat - From their pens to...

  W F Harvey

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  William Fryer Harvey AM was born on 14th April 1885 into a wealthy Quaker family in Leeds, West Yorkshire. 
  He was educated at the Quaker Bootham School in Yorkshire and Leighton Park School in Reading before university at Balliol College, Oxford.  
  His health was fragile and he poured his energies into writing short stories and in 1910 published his first collection ‘Midnight House’. 
  In the Great War he was with the Friends' Ambulance Unit and then served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy.  There he received the Albert Medal for Lifesaving but lung damage received at that time troubled him for the rest of his life. 
  He continued to write short stories, and even a memoir, but by 1925 ill health had forced his retirement to any outside work.  Three years later he published his second collection which contained his macabre classic ‘The Beast with Five fingers’, only one more collection would come from his pen in his lifetime. 
  For many years of his life he now lived in Switzerland with his wife but a yearning to be home saw them come back to England in 1935. 
  W F Harvey died in Letchworth on the 4th June 1937. He was 52.

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  The Practice of the Presence of God

  Lawrence Brother

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  Discover the Secret to Constant Peace in a Busy World.
  
  In the seventeenth century, a humble monastery cook named Brother Lawrence discovered a profound truth: that God is as present in the clatter of kitchen pots and pans as He is in the quiet of the sanctuary. The Practice of the Presence of God is a collection of his letters and recorded conversations, revealing his simple yet life-changing method of maintaining a constant, loving conversation with the Divine.
  
  Brother Lawrence's approach is not about complex rituals or long hours of solitude, but about a "habitual, silent, and secret conversation of the soul with God." This enduring spiritual classic offers a path to profound interior peace and joy, proving that a deep spiritual life is accessible to anyone, regardless of their circumstances or occupation. Whether you are seeking to deepen your prayer life or find meaning in the mundane, these timeless words offer a practical and beautiful guide to living every moment in the light of God's love.
  
  Learn to see the sacred in the ordinary. Buy "The Practice of the Presence of God" today and transform your daily life.

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  Ship Fever - Stories

  Andrea Barrett

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  The 1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction from "genius-enchantress" (Karen Russell) Andrea Barrett that introduces the characters of Barrett's vividly imagined world.  
   
  The elegant short fictions gathered hereabout the love of science and the science of love are often set against the backdrop of the nineteenth century. Interweaving historical and fictional characters, they encompass both past and present as they  
  negotiate the complex territory of ambition, failure, achievement, and shattered dreams. In "Ship Fever," the title novella, a young Canadian doctor finds himself at the center of one of history's most tragic epidemics. In "The English Pupil,"  
  Linnaeus, in old age, watches as the world he organized within his head slowly drifts beyond his reach. And in "The Littoral Zone," two marine biologists wonder whether their life-altering affair finally was worth it. In the tradition of Alice  
  Munro and William Trevor, these exquisitely rendered fictions encompass whole lives in a brief space. As they move between interior and exterior journeys, "science is transformed from hard and known fact into malleable, strange and thrilling fictional material" (Boston Globe).

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  The Dorothy Parker Audio Collection

  Anônimo

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  A variety of work from one of the most quotable of all twentieth-century authors—the inimitable Dorothy Parker 
  Author, poet, screenwriter and outstanding member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker was known for her quick wit, keen observations, and remarkable insight into the human condition. Regarded as brilliant, but known to be an alcoholic and often depressed, Parker’s work pushes all buttons at once: humor, anger, love, pity and everything in bewteen…she pulled no punches, writing with pure, unadulterated passion; her work is timeless and as pertinent to today’s society as it was to that of the time she wrote. 
  Among the gems included in this collection are her first published short story, Such a Pretty Little Picture and her O. Henry Award winner Big Blonde, several other short stories, and, unlike other audio collections, some of her work, including her 1918 New Yorker piece on Tolstoy’s play Redemption and a 1927 Vanity Fair review of Emily Post’s Ettiquette.

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  Destination-Death

  Wilbur S. Peacock

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  A deadly mission, an unforgiving planet, and a fate worse than death—Wilbur S. Peacock's Destination - Death is a pulse-pounding sci-fi thriller. When a crew of space explorers lands on an uncharted world, they expect discovery and adventure. Instead, they encounter an eerie, desolate landscape hiding a terrifying secret. As they struggle to survive, they realize that something unseen is watching… and waiting. Suspenseful and atmospheric, this classic tale of cosmic horror and the unknown will keep you on edge until the very last moment. Dare to embark on this chilling journey beyond the stars!

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  100 One Sentence Stories (Volume...

  Sentences Collective

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  100 ONE SENTENCE STORIES: STORIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE, INSIGNIFICANT YET BEAUTIFUL, CAN BE JUST AS POWERFUL AS THE EPIC TALES
  
  Short stories offer a concentrated dose of quality literary experience. They provide quick, accessible insights into the lives of other people, whether they're fictional or real. They can also be read quickly and easily, which is why they're especially popular among busy people who want to get in as much reading as possible without sacrificing quality.
  
  In addition to being great for getting more information in less time (and thus fitting into our fast-paced lives), short stories can also get into someone's head in ways that longer works can't—a fact borne out by the many instances where writers have published collections of their own fictional works over time. In effect, these writers have created their own little universes through which we can walk and explore.
  
  And that is exactly what we offer here.

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