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  Heaven & Earth Grocery Store...

  Alexander Pike

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  This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas.
   
  
  
   
  In a small, spirited neighborhood where Jewish, Black, and immigrant communities live side by side, one humble grocery store becomes the heart of resistance, compassion, and unshakable humanity.
   
  The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store invites listeners into the world of Chicken Hill, a vibrant enclave in 1920s Pennsylvania where the most marginalized find dignity, connection, and a sense of belonging. At the center stands Chona Ludlow—a fiercely compassionate woman who runs a modest store with fierce resolve and quiet strength. When a young Black boy named Dodo is targeted by authorities for institutionalization, the community must come together to protect him—risking everything in the process.
   
  Told with warmth, wit, and profound emotional insight, this audiobook is a powerful testament to what it means to do good in a world that often rewards silence. It’s a story of small acts with big impact, of hidden heroes, and of a neighborhood that becomes a movement.

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  The First Lieutenant

  Andrew Wareham

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  Nick Turnhouse continues his helter-skelter advance from Dorset farmhand to naval officer, relying on his sword arm and quick intelligence to achieve success. As he progresses, he is increasingly conscious of all he does not know, and how much he must rely on his subordinates to provide their knowledge of the sea. He also keenly appreciates how much he needs the aid and advice of Captain Woodmore, who has done so much to help him rise in the world. 
   
   
   
  His pursuit of promotion and prize-money is almost diverted when Arabella Whitefield, the squire's daughter and now the voluptuous wife of a major, appears in English Harbor and fondly recalls their early romance. Nick manages this affair of the heart adroitly, narrowly avoiding jeopardizing his next promotion. Rising to Master and Commander, he will henceforth earn two-eighths of every prize he takes in his own sloop. 
   
   
   
  Taking to the sea again, and hoping to bring his wardroom with him, he becomes aware of the increasing unrest of the lower deck hands, whose pay has not risen in more than one hundred and twenty years and who live in miserable poverty. A serious situation that must be addressed, somehow.

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  Sky Birds Dare!

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  When it comes to gliders, ace pilot Breeze Callaghan is as smooth as they come. He perfects a skill that will prove vital for decades to come — as demonstrated by Captain Sully Sullenberger, who famously landed his disabled passenger plane on the Hudson River. Vying for a Navy contract, Breeze is going up against a vulture named Badger O'Dowell. But there's more than money at stake: there's his reputation, his life, and his love of a beautiful woman. And as for danger, the sky's the limit when Sky Birds Dare! The sky is calling, the wind is whipping, and the adventure takes wing as the audio version of Sky Birds Dare! soars into action.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Katharine Tynan, Somerville and...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  The Emerald Isle is home to literary talent on a grand scale.  And amongst their ranks are women of quite extraordinary ability who refuse to take second place to the men.  Their voice is strong, their words beguiling, entrancing but often with a will of iron as they create works of character, of narrative and of quite sumptuous literature.  Genius has many names. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - The Irish Women - An Introduction 
  2 - A Rich Woman by Katharine Tynan 
  3 - An Irish Problem by Somerville and Ross 
  4 - Extradited by Isabella Valancy Crawford 
  5 - All Souls Eve by Dora Sigerson Shorter 
  6 -  The Ghost at the Wrath by Rosa Mulholland 
  7 - An Outcast of the People by Bithia Mary Croker 
  8 - The Knitted Collar by Mary Anne Hoare 
  9 - The Last of Squire Ennismore by Charlotte Riddell 
  10 - The White Pigeon by Maria Edgeworth 
  11 - Cuchulain of Muirthemne. The Only Son of Aoife by Lady Augusta Gregory

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  With Two Eyes Into Gehenna Once...

  Jane Lebak

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  A rosary in one hand. A dagger in the other. Sister Magdalena never heard of the Catherinite nuns until the day she faced her own death sentence. Rome, 1562. It’s the era of the Index of Banned Books and the Roman Inquisition. Kings still burn heretics. The worst threats come from within the Church itself. Only seventeen, Magdalena killed a priest who tried to rape her within the walls of her convent. His powerful family will see her executed, and then they’ll destroy her mother and young sister. Instead, the pope makes an offer. To save her life and protect her family, Magdalena can disappear into a secret religious order, one with a demanding physical regimen to go along with the prayers. She’ll pray the psalms and learn to climb walls. She’ll sharpen her mind and fine-tune her body. Perfected, she’ll infiltrate the Council of Trent. Magdalena’s order slips through cathedrals and palaces at the council, the Pope’s silent operatives. They act as bodyguards for the cardinals. They gather intelligence. If they find heresy, the penalty is death. But when one of the pope’s own men is named a heretic, Magdalena must decide how far she’ll go to protect her church.

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  Sweeter Than Honey

  Geraldine Allie

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  In the quiet confines of her own world, Crystal discovers that a hidden realm of intense desire exists when she crosses paths with John. While John's allure lies partly in his mysterious charm and striking good looks, there's a captivating secret that sets him apart—he's a shape-shifter with an insatiable craving for honey, and for Crystal. 
  As their worlds collide, the temperature soars, awakening the dormant Kodiak within John, a primal force longing for the connection it senses in Crystal. Together, they embark on a journey of passion, awakening desires that burn as fiercely as the bear's untamed spirit within.

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