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  Jesus the Troublemaker

  Rev. Andy Roland

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  'Jesus the Troublemaker' is an immersive account of the dramatic last week of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, or rather Yeshua Ish-Natzaret.  He was a Galilean Jew who spoke Aramaic  with a northern accent.  Full of dramatic incidents and confrontational dialogues, the book uncovers many events behind the bare record of the Gospels of Mark, Luke and John.         For example, why did Yeshua arrive late at the Temple for his triumphal entry?  Because he had just walked 18 miles uphill from Jericho!  Why were the chief priests so hostile to Yeshua?  Because his clearing the traders out of the Temple was not a one-off demonstration, it was a four day occupation!  Why are there different accounts of the first Easter Day?  This is solved by the simple question, Where was Simon Peter?       Sister Hilda Mary wrote, "Well!  Holy Week has come alive in a new way and will never be the same again.  The book has finally removed set images and confusions stuck in my mind  from so many years and something much more vibrant and alive has replaced them."      Premier Christianity wrote: "The main section of the book is a narrative account of Jesus’ last eight days, written as fiction but still faithful to the Gospel accounts …. If Andy Roland’s desire is to bring the story of Jesus alive to a new audience and answer questions about the cultural context, the book succeeds."

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  O Pioneers! - Unabridged

  Willa Cather

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  Nebraska native Willa Cather set many of her books - including her second novel, "O Pioneers" - in the Midwest and often touched on themes of immigration, the challenges of the agricultural industry and the struggles of workaday farmers in her novels. The fact that she actually grew up amid the same people whose stories she depicts gave her books an authenticity that made her novels extremely popular.   In "O Pioneers," we meet the Bergsons, a family of farmers in the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska who have emigrated to America from Sweden. When the family patriarch dies, the running of the farm falls to the eldest daughter, Alexandra, who struggles to make the farm viable and provide for the family. Eventually, the focus turns to the romantic entanglements of Alexandra and her brother as well as touching upon the enormous difficulties of running a farm at the turn of the last century.   At times funny, touching, tragic and beautiful, "O Pioneers" was a great success when it was first released and the book has been adapted into both a 1992 film and a 2009 opera of the same name. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

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  Collided: Book Summary & Analysis

  Ava Cross

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  This audiobook is an independent and unofficial overview, created solely for educational and informational purposes. It is not associated with, authorized by, or endorsed by the original author or publisher.
   
  
   
  He’s a brooding Formula 1 driver with a past he keeps hidden. She’s a bubbly social media influencer with a future she’s trying to shape. When their worlds collide in a whirlwind of fame, secrets, and undeniable chemistry, both must decide if love is worth risking everything. Set against the fast-paced backdrop of international racing, this story blends emotional vulnerability, witty banter, and magnetic tension in a romance that refuses to slow down.

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  Tunneling to the Center of the...

  Anonyme

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  Audiobook performed by George Newbern, Karen White, Michael Crouch, Jenna Lamia, Sophie Amoss, and Allyson Ryan 
  A debut short story collection in the tradition of writers like Kelly Link, Aimee Bender, and George Saunders—complex, imaginative, and refreshingly original—now on audio as part of Ecco’s “Art of the Story” Series, and with a new introduction from the author. 
  Kevin Wilson’s characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, yet they are grounded in the emotional truths of the characters’ experiences. “Grand Stand-In” is narrated by an employee of the Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider—a company that supplies “stand-ins” for families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And in “Blowing Up On the Spot,” a story singled out by Ann Patchett for Ploughshares, a young woman works sorting tiles at a Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously combusted.  
  Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these wonderfully empathetic stories explore the relationship between loss and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.

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  Wendy The Octopus

  Tia Katongo, Marcel Katongo,...

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  Wendy The Octopus is a children's book, created by children for the sake of entertainment and fun.This is a fictitious story about an Octopus that is left with no choice when danger strikes her habitat.Will she save the day? Her parents want her to stay home and recover from a terrible accident that she survived.Be warned: This book opens with a rap song produced and performed by the authors

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  The Canterville Ghost

  Oscar Wilde

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  The Canterville Ghost is a humorous short story by Oscar Wilde. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, appearing in two parts in The Court and Society Review, 23 February and 2 March 1887. The story is about an American family who moved to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead English nobleman, who killed his wife and was then walled in and starved to death by his wife's brothers. It has been adapted for the stage and screen several times.

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