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In partnership with Texas Monthly, the following articles focusing on Texas society are now available in a bundle as an audio download: "Busting Out of Mexico" by Jan Reid, read by Bruce DuBose; "Showdown at Waggoner Ranch" by Gary Cartwright, read by Bruce DuBose; "Cops and Robbers" by Katy Vine, read by Lydia Mackay ; "Lost and Found" by Katy Vine, read by Lydia Mackay; and "The Trouble With Innocence" by Michael Hall, read by Christopher Ryan Grant.

Law enforcement in Hidalgo County would joke that without the drug trade, half the business in the county would fail. Others would say of the region in South Texas that you'd be hard pressed to meet a local who didn't know a drug dealer. The sentiment of the local culture and economy relying on the drug trade would turn from harmless to hostile when the line between drug busters and drug dealers began to blur.

Katy Vine's "Lost and Found" is a thoughtful and uplifting look into a refugee community in the heart of Texas at a time when political sentiment surrounding refugees and immigration turned increasingly negative. Texas is known nationwide for accepting a high ratio of refugees admitted to the United States. Though most end up in Houston, the smaller city of Amarillo has become a harbor for new immigrants looking to start anew.

Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins led a perfectly adequate middle class life in Corsicana, Texas. Mr. Jenkins, Sandy, worked as an accountant at Collin Street Bakery, world-famous for their fruitcakes. Kay, Mrs. Jenkins, was the more outgoing of the two, the one that friends and neighbors actually noticed and didn't mind talking to. Feelings of adequacy and invisibility weighed on Sandy, and were only compounded by his admiration of boss bakery owner, Bob McNutt, a man who reminded him daily that others were respected and were living more luxurious lives than he.

What's more fun than learning your colors with a bunch of silly hippos? The Hippos of Hippopolis want to help your child learn their colors and several patterns too. Your child will love the rhythmic alliteration and silly hippos. Your child will be asking for this book each night.

The Hippos of Hippopolis have teamed up with their friends to bring you an audiobook about learning your letters. Join your favorite hippos and their friends as they have fun learning A to Z. From an autumn afternoon with Alligator to Zebra taking Hippo to Zippy Pizza where the sauce is Zesty. Every minute is a delightful learning moment for you!

Learn to count with these fun hippos. Your preschooler will learn their numbers one through 10 with easy rhymes and silly hippos. The book includes several activities to deepen your child's understanding in a fun but educational way.

Wake up with Little Hippo and spend the day with the Hippo family. Kids will love the rhythmic flow of the story and relate Little Hippo's experiences to their own. A delightful listen that takes your kids through emotions they experience each day.

Lydia Ramsey specializes in business etiquette, professional conduct and customer service. She will help you develop the skills to attract and retain clients through the simple practice of modern manners and the basic principles of courtesy, kindness, and respect.

"The Murderess" by Alexandros Papadiamantis is now available in audio form, thus enabling anyone who wants to "listen" in an expressive way to the context of this magnificent work of the author. 14 actors and narrators personify the heroes of the book attributing to each one the local dialect and accompanied by original musical sounds and effects. In this performance, Papadiamantis takes us to his homeland, the island of Skiathos, back at the time of Ottoman rule.

Like many, Destiny is a young woman who struggles with her weight. Her love affair with food began at five years old when her father walked out of her life and her mother was left depressed, never fully getting over the fact that her husband was gone. When Destiny ate, she was able to numb all the pain that life had dealt her. Food became her drug, her lover, her friend. To make matters worse, she was involved in a terrible car accident as a teenager and lost the use of both her legs.

This is a must-have reference book for attorneys and staff interested in crime scene investigation procedures and forensic science. Decades of law enforcement techniques are covered, along with some of the most interesting aspects of forensic science.

A new adaptation of L. P. Hartley's story of a boy who is betrayed by a sophisticated young rich woman and her farmer lover who use him to ferry letters back and forth in the blazing summer of 1900 - with Richard Griffiths and Harriet Walter. It's best known from the 1970 film, which focused on the main plot line. But on re-reading the book, adaptor Frances Byrnes found within it another drama perfect for audio in which an old man finds a boyhood diary and is forced to unlock the trauma inside.

Join us in this exclusive audio program for candid conversations with luminaries in the food world. Kitchen Round Table brings you inside the homes and hearts of Lidia Bastianich, Madhur Jaffrey, Judith Jones, Betty Fussell, and Deb Perelman. We hear about their earliest food memories and how each slowly made their way into the kitchen and ultimately inspired generation upon generation of home cooks. We'll learn how complicated recipes are translated for those of us who don't dice and julienne in our sleep, but we'll also hear about memorable gourmet feats and culinary fireworks, and unforgettable meals.

All human foibles can be found in these classic short stories. Great stories, simply told with fresh voices. Shortalk - moving words off the page.

Best friends Agnes and Honey live at Mount Blessing, a religious commune. Though the girls have been best friends since they were children, differences in faith are beginning to to trouble their relationship. Agnes is striving to be saintly. Honey is desperate to escape the commune and experience the outside world. The commune itself, headed by the charismatic Emmanuel, is orderly, well run. But it’s hiding a dark secret....

The Kennedys were the most famous family in England when Joseph became American Ambassador in London. But daughter Rosemary's behaviour began to cause the family increasing concern. Award winning writer Charlotte Jones' play is inspired by the lives of two of JFK's sisters, 'Rosemary' Kennedy, who died in 2005, but underwent a prefrontal lobotomy aged 23 and Kathleen 'Kick' Kennedy who married the heir to the Duke of Devonshire.

A family cleaner sees and hears everything, from the pill packet that signals that her employers are no longer trying for another child, to that unfamiliar earring in the marital bed that signals something altogether more worrying. In this five-part drama, two successful people, prosperous and happily married, pay little attention to their Polish domestic. Perhaps they should....

Manchmal ziehen sich Gegensätze eben nicht nur an. Manchmal prallen sie aufeinander. Und manchmal sprühen zwischen ihnen die Funken. Medizinstudentin Shaw ist in "Bad Boy" Rule verliebt, seit sie denken kann. Dabei weiß sie selbst, wie unvernünftig das ist. Es gibt niemanden, der schlechter zu ihr passen würde. Wann immer sie aufeinandertreffen, schweigen sie sich entweder an oder liegen sich in den Haaren. Bis zu dem einen Abend, an dem sich alles ändert. Die perfekte Mischung aus Drama und prickelnder Erotik - Die New-York-Times-Bestseller-Reihe Marked Men.

Als die 22-jährige Ayden den Sänger Jet kennenlernt, knistert es vom ersten Moment an zwischen ihnen. Doch Ayden wehrt sich erbittert gegen diese Anziehung. Jets Rock'n'Roll-Lifestyle erinnert sie zu sehr an ihre Vergangenheit, an fatale Entscheidungen, die fast ihr Leben ruiniert hätten. Aber je länger Ayden gegen ihre Gefühle kämpft, desto intensiver, desto unkontrollierbarer werden sie. Sie sind wie ein Feuer, das sie verzehrt. Und das nichts als die Asche ihrer zerstörten Träume zurücklässt.