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  Ancient Egypt: Discover...

  History Brought Alive

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  Explore ancient Egypt, spanning over three millennia - from its roots in the deserts to the fall of an empire whose monuments still inspire us today. 
  If you want more than a watered-down Wikipedia rehash, but you haven’t the time or energy to dig through a mountain of books, and instead, if you’re searching for a great book to discover ancient Egypt, then keep on reading.... 
  Within these lines are vibrant, exciting, and memorable characters - plus places, myths, and events that put flesh on what might otherwise be the dry bones of ancient Egyptian history. Allow us then, to guide you through the mysterious and magnificent history of ancient Egypt with its gods, goddesses, kings, queens, pyramids, mythology, rituals, hieroglyphs, history, and much more. 
  We promise that once you’ve finished this audiobook, you’ll not only take away a wealth of information, but you’ll own the experience as if you’ve lived it yourself! That's because we have a passion for presenting factual, enjoyable history and culture in a style that keeps you resisting the pauses. Our books aim to not only provide you with the knowledge but to create an experience...we want you to feel the mythology and history “brought alive”. 
  Inside this audiobook, you will discover: 
  • Mythology, gods, and goddesses, including Ra, god of the sun; Seth, god of chaos; Osiris, god of death; and many more 
  • Culture, hieroglyphics, and how ancient Egypt contributed to society 
  • Uncovering the secrets of the pyramids - facts, uses, and construction 
  • The greatest pharaohs, characters, kings, and queens of ancient Egypt 
  • Civilizations, empires, legends, battles, and history - from the rise to the fall 
  • And much, much more 
  It's time to pull back the curtain and discover what it was really like back then. Get closer to that fantastic, colorful, and mysterious time of ancient Egypt with this audiobook.

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  Honest Thief An - A Tale of...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky, Tim Zengerink

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  What if a thief turned out to be the most honest man of all? 
  An Honest Thief by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a short story packed with emotional depth, moral tension, and haunting confession.  
  When a kind-hearted narrator takes in a struggling drunkard as a tenant, a story of loss, guilt, and quiet nobility unfolds.  
  Through simple dialogue and profound emotion, Dostoevsky invites us to reconsider what makes a person truly honorable. 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  - A Portrait of a Haunted Soul – The strange case of a man whose petty crime masks deeper wounds. 
  - A Tale of Unexpected Redemption – A moving revelation that challenges ideas of morality and worth. 
  - A Timeless Moral Dilemma – The story forces us to ask: Can there be honesty in wrongdoing? 
  - A Modern Adaptation – Carefully translated and reformatted for today’s listener without losing its philosophical weight. 
  Perfect for fans of thought-provoking literature, this audiobook delivers a stirring reflection on what it means to be human.

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  Galileo - A Biography of an...

  Mitch Stokes

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  We learn about life through the lives of others. Their experiences, their trials, their adventures become our schools, our chapels, our playgrounds. Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church through prose as accessible and concise as it is personal and engaging. Some are familiar faces. Others are unexpected guests. Whether the person is Galileo, William F. Buckley, John Bunyan, or Isaac Newton, we are now living in the world that they created and understand both it and ourselves better in the light of their lives. Their relationships, struggles, prayers, and desires uniquely illuminate our shared experience. 
  HERO OR HERETIC? GENIUS OR BLASPHEMER? 
  It's no mystery how profound a role Galileo played in the Scientific Revolution. Less explored is the Italian innovator's sincere, guiding faith in God. In this exhaustively researched biography that reads like a page-turning novel, Mitch Stokes draws on his expertise in philosophy, logic, math, and science to attune modern ears with Galileo's controversial genius. 
  Emerging from the same Florentine milieu that produced Dante, da Vinci, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Amerigo Vespuci, Galileo questioned with a persistence that spurred his world toward an unabating era of discovery. Stokes confronts the myth that Galileo's stance on heliocentricity stood astride a church vs. science divide and explores his calculations for the dimensions of Dante's hell, his understanding of motion, and his invention of the pendulum clock. 
  To read this volume is to journey through Galileo's remarkable life: from his inquisitive childhood to his dying days, when, although blind and decrepit, he soldiered on, dictating mathematical thoughts and mentoring young proteges. 

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  Murder & Mayhem in Seattle

  Teresa Nordheim

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  Seattle harbors a dark and violent history that stretches back to a bloody battle between natives and settlers in 1856. In the early 1900s, Dr. Linda Hazzard stole money from countless patients after starving them to death in her infamous sanitarium. Three robbers opened fire in the notorious Wah Mee gambling club in 1983, killing thirteen people in the state's deadliest mass homicide. Some of America's most notorious serial killers wrought terror in Seattle, including the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. Ted Bundy's murder spree started in King County before reaching national attention in the 1970s. Local author Teresa Nordheim exposes these and many more gruesome events that scarred the city.

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  Love Letter from Lewis Carroll...

  Lewis Carroll

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  Actor Rahul Bose lends his golden voice to some ethereal love letters written by some great personalities from the bygone era.
  
  English writer Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) excelled in writing children's fiction like 'Alice's Adventure in Wonderland' and it's sequel 'Through the Looking-Glass'. He had a way with word play, logic & fantasy in his stories. It was believed that he had a habit of dedicating his works to girls of his acquaintance, adding their names in acrostic poems at the beginning of the text. Gertrude was one of those characters.
  
  Christ Church, Oxford, October 28, 1876
  
  My Dearest Gertrude:
  
  You will be sorry, and surprised, and puzzled, to hear what a queer illness I have had ever since you went. I sent for the doctor, and said, "Give me some medicine. for I'm tired. " He said, "Nonsense and stuff! You don't want medicine: go to bed!"
  
  I said, "No; it isn't the sort of tiredness that wants bed. I'm tired in the face. " He looked a little grave, and said, "Oh, it's your nose that's tired: a person often talks too much when he thinks he knows a
  
  great deal. " I said, "No, it isn't the nose. Perhaps it's the hair. " Then he looked rather grave, and said, "Now I understand: you've been playing too many hairs on the pianoforte. "
  
  "No, indeed I haven't!" I said, "and it isn't exactly the hair: it's more about the nose and chin. " Then he looked a good deal graver, and said, "Have you been walking much on your chin lately?" I said, "No. " "Well!" he said, "it puzzles me very much.
  
  Do you think it's in the lips?" "Of course!" I said. "That's exactly what it is!"
  
  Then he looked very grave indeed, and said, "I think you must have been giving too many kisses. " "Well, " I said, "I did give one kiss to a baby child, a little friend of mine. "
  
  "Think again, " he said; "are you sure it was only one?" I thought again, and said, "Perhaps it was eleven times. " Then the doctor said, "You must not give her any more till your lips are quite rested
  
  again. " "But what am I to do?" I said, "because you see, I owe her a hundred and eighty-two more. " Then he looked so grave that tears ran down his cheeks, and he said, "You may send them to her in a box. "
  
  Then I remembered a little box that I once bought at Dover, and thought I would someday give it to some little girl or other. So I have packed them all in it very carefully. Tell me if they come safe or if any are lost on the way. "
  
  Lewis Carroll

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  Life and Marvelous Adventures of...

  J. W. Buel

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  Life and Marvelous Adventures of Wild Bill is a book of fantastic stories about one man surviving against overwhelming odds. It is a boiling pot of adventure and violence, a story of a humble man who did not care much for is notoriety and fame. This book is one of the best biographies of Wild Bill Hickok that has ever been written. James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights.

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