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  The Pattern

  Jane Peart

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  Johanna Shelby could never have anticipated where that "fateful encounter" would lead her.  She could not have known then how love for the young, rough-hewn, mountain doctor would cause her to turn her back on her privileged lifestyle, threaten to estrange her from her family, and bring her to the wild mountains of Appalachia.  If she had known . . . But no!  Nothing could hold her back.  Not her adoring, worried parents.  Not her snooty, so-called "friends."  Not even her own flashes of doubt and fear.  No, this love would not be denied.  It was part of a larger pattern -like the pattern of one of the family quilts her aunts and cousins met weekly to stitch.  Into those quilts went not just fabric, but meanings and memories; and when they were finished, the were more than just quilts- they were life stories.  Johanna did not know what the future held.  But she trusted God. . . And she knew that he would cause her own family quilt to be rich and beautiful -a pattern like no other.

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  The Ten Levels - From Having to...

  Ben D. Schwandt

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  How Humanity Can Rediscover Meaning, Fairness and Peace. What if the world no longer revolved around money, power, and fear? The Ten Levels – From Having to Being is a visionary novel that explores a radical new model for society. This audiobook was produced using AI-assisted speech synthesis and has been editorially reviewed.

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  The Murder of Mr Ma

  SJ Rozan, John Shen Yen Nee

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  London, 1924. When shy academic Lao She meets larger-than-life Judge Dee Ren Jie, his quiet life abruptly turns from books and lectures to daring chases and narrow escapes. Dee has come to London to investigate the murder of a man he’d known during World War I when serving with the Chinese Labour Corps. No sooner has Dee interviewed the grieving widow than another dead body turns up.  
   
  Then another. All stabbed to death with a butterfly sword. Will Dee and Lao be able to connect the threads of the murders—or are they next in line as victims? 
   
  Blending traditional gong’an crime fiction with the most iconic aspects of the Sherlock Holmes canon, Dee and Lao’s first adventure is as thrilling and visual as an action film, as imaginative and transportive as a timeless classic. 
   
  “Fans of Sherlock Holmes, devotees of intricate crime, and lovers of historical London will thrill over The Murder of Mr. Ma … With a plot as clever as Chinese veteran of WWI turned independent investigator Dee, and pacing as light-footed as the martial artists engaged in the frequent fisticuffs, this case has it all—even romance and authentic food, if you can stomach such things. I’m only miffed because I don’t know when the next in the series will land on my doorstep.”—Lyndsay Faye, author of Dust and Shadow

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  The Pit and the Pendulum

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe and a work of horror fiction. It was first published in 1842 in the literary annual The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1843. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, and is set very loosely during the Peninsular War between Spain and Napoleonic France (1808–1814), although it invokes the feared Inquisition of earlier centuries. The narrator of the story describes his experience of being tortured. The story inspires fear in the reader via its heavy focus on the senses, such as sound, emphasizing the inescapable reality of the coming doom. In this it is unlike Poe's stories which invoke the supernatural. The tale has been adapted to film several times.
  The unnamed narrator is brought to trial before sinister judges of the Spanish Inquisition, charged with offenses that are never stated. As seven tall white candles on a table slowly burn down, the narrator feels his hopes of survival diminishing as well. He is condemned to death, whereupon he faints and later awakens to find himself in a totally dark room. At first the prisoner thinks that he is locked in a tomb, but then he discovers that he is in a cell. He decides to explore the cell by placing a scrap of his robe against the wall so that he can count the paces around the room, but he faints before he can measure the whole perimeter.

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  Criminal Intentions: Season Two...

  Cole McCade

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  Unsettled tensions from the last case come to a head as Seong-Jae reveals his secrets—but will it be enough to repair the fractures in his relationship with Malcolm? 
   
   
   
  Especially when their only promising lead on the Golden Ratio Killer's identity falls apart, along with any hope of returning home to Baltimore and to their life together. 
   
   
   
  When their primary suspect turns up dead . . . 
   
   
   
  . . . after attempting to kill the daughter of another suspect. 
   
   
   
  The Golden Ratio killer's strange web of deception, double-backs, and doppelgangers grows ever more tangled, and as those twisted threads ensnare Malcolm and Seong-Jae, they find themselves pulled ever further apart. Not even Malcolm's patience may be able to save them, their relationship a painful casualty of their job. That doesn't mean he won't try. 
   
   
   
  But Malcolm's desperate attempts to hold them together put them in the wrong place at the wrong time. And that unfortunate coincidence? Might just end both their lives. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Anna Karenina part 6 - Step into...

  graf Leo Tolstoy

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  In a world bound by rigid social expectations, even the purest of loves is tested by the specters of jealousy, pride, and the clash between city artifice and country truth. 
  Set against the sprawling, sun-drenched estates of rural Russia, Part 6 of Tolstoy's monumental masterpiece shifts focus to the delicate intricacies of human connection. Levin and his young wife Kitty are attempting to forge an idyllic life at their country home, welcoming family and eccentric guests into their pastoral haven. Yet, beneath the surface of mushroom-hunting excursions, lively philosophical debates, and rugged shooting parties, dangerous emotional currents swirl. As the charming but careless Veslovsky brings the flirtatious energy of Petersburg high society to their tranquil retreat, Levin finds himself plunging into agonizing fits of jealousy. Meanwhile, the intellectual Sergey Ivanovitch faces a quietly devastating turning point in his own romantic life, proving that the heart's hesitations can be just as tragic as its indiscretions. 
  Listeners searching for iconic Classic Literature will be profoundly moved by this segment of the legendary epic. Weaving together themes of agrarian simplicity, marriage dynamics, societal superficiality, and poignant existential reflections, Tolstoy delivers a masterclass in psychological realism. The tension between tradition and modernity is vividly explored, making it an essential listen for fans of 19th-century sagas and intense character-driven dramas. 
  Count graf Leo Tolstoy was a giant of Russian literature, celebrated for his unparalleled ability to capture the vast spectrum of the human experience. His profound philosophical explorations and intricate character studies remain globally revered, securing his place as one of the greatest novelists of all time.

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