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Podcast Overview: Pride and PerspectivesPride and Perspectives is a thought-provoking and emotionally resonant podcast hosted by Dina Walters, a writer, publicist, and trans advocate. The show centers progressive and LGBTQIA+ voices and stories, offering a unique blend of personal narrative, cultural critique, and community commentary. With an emphasis on authenticity and emotional intelligence, Pride and Perspectives navigates complex social, political, and identity-based issues through the lived experience of its host and the guests who appear.The tone of the podcast is deeply human and ...

A masked vigilante uses his intellect and gadgets to fight crime, blending elements of mystery and adventure in each episode. His dual identity adds depth to the thrilling narratives.

A shocking revelation takes the Scotland Yard by surprise - The Home Secretary has been murdered, and the news reaches them before the crime is even committed. Superintendent Sinclair, in his perplexing quest, brings onboard the shrewd amateur detective Sylvester Collins. Together, they undertake a thrilling expedition of unraveling the truth that will keep listeners gripped throughout. The book enjoys a powerful foreword by the renowned G.K.Chesterton. Join in for this suspense-filled adventure narrated by Yoganandh T.

A masked vigilante uses his intellect and gadgets to fight crime, blending elements of mystery and adventure in each episode. His dual identity adds depth to the thrilling narratives.

Chocolate is the center of a massive global industry worth billions of dollars annually, yet its future in our modern world is currently under threat. In Chocolate Crisis, Dale Walters discusses the problems posed by plant diseases, pests, and climate change, looking at what these mean for the survival of the cacao tree. Walters takes listeners to the origins of the cacao tree in the Amazon basin of South America, describing how ancient cultures used the beans produced by the plant, and follows the rise of chocolate as an international commodity over many centuries.

Independent and tenacious journalist Vivian DeMarco is back in Walton, Georgia, for one reason - to do her job and get out. When her boss suddenly dies under suspicious circumstances, Vivian's only hope for finding the truth - and the next big story - is small-town law enforcement's lanky poster boy, Deputy Ryan Frost. Vivian finds herself fighting for not only answers but also her life. False leads, incriminating emails, and someone called The Watcher force Vivian to confront the secret of her past and decide: How much is she willing to risk for the sake of a headline?

The warm summer sun means time for a splashing good time. Picnics with friends and family, sand castles at the beach. Fireworks in the night sky, and ice pop treats in Sweet Summer.

Walter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long-overdue collection establishes Tevis's rightful place as a maestro of the short form, as well. Including previously unpublished stories from journals and magazines, this entertaining collection showcases Tevis's characteristic perceptiveness, empathy, and range.

When an overnight camping trip in the woods on Halloween night goes wrong, and a girl ends up dead with what looks like animal wounds, the whole neighbourhood is shocked. How did it happen? And more importantly what was it that killed her?

Hitler's former foreign intelligence official tells all in this dark confession, revealing his part in the crimes of World War II, and the corruption that ran rampant in Hitler's regime.

Der Jugendliche Alex zieht mit drei anderen Rowdys durch die Straßen. Zum Spaß verprügeln sie hilflose Passanten, rauben Geschäfte aus...

Quillifer is young, serially in love, studying law, and living each day keenly aware that his beloved homeport of Ethlebight risks closure due to silting of the harbor. His concerns for the future become much more immediate when he returns from a summery assignation to find his city attacked by Aekoi pirates, leading to brigands in the streets and his family and friends in chains.

Professor Block's book is among the most famous of the great defenses of victimless crimes and controversial economic practices, from profiteering and gouging to bribery and blackmail. However, beneath the surface, this book is also an outstanding work of microeconomic theory that explains the workings of economic forces in everyday events and affairs.

The Crusaders, led by Richard I of England, are encamped in the Holy Land, and torn by the dissensions and jealousies of the leaders, including, besides Coeur de Lion himself, Philip of France, the duke of Austria, the Marquis of Montferrat, and the Grand Master of the Templars. The army's impotence is accentuated by the illness of Richard.

La adversidad es una situación compleja y estresante que pone a prueba nuestra capacidad de adaptación. El sufrimiento que provoca, si lo sabemos procesar, nos enseña a ser resistentes ante los embates de la vida. Más fuerte que la adversidad es un aliado emocional y una herramienta indispensable para aprender a desarrollar la confianza en ti mismo, tomar el control de lo que sí depende de ti, enfrentar la incertidumbre y aprender a gestionar emociones como la ansiedad, la tristeza y la ira.

Orphans of deep space... They're outlaws now. Created to serve a function grown obsolete, haunted by the holographic ghost of their father, Ubu and Maria have lived their entire lives skating along the edge of extinction. Now they and their ship, Runaway, are in flight both from the law and from a predatory clan of competitors. They're going to come back rich or not at all. But what they find in the depths of space isn't wealth, but a secret so startling that Ubu and Maria will need every last reserve of guile, cunning, and intelligence just to survive.

Increasingly, cracks are appearing in the capacity of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes to provide the goods and services that sustain our planet's well-being. The response from most quarters has been for "more of the same" that created the situation in the first place: more control, more intensification, and greater efficiency. "Resilience thinking" offers a different way of understanding the world and a new approach to managing resources. It embraces human and natural systems as complex entities continually adapting through cycles of change.

For years, everyone believed Sylvie LaForge Dubois was dead, and she worked hard to keep it that way. Now that her abusive mate is dead, she's come back to face everyone. But it's harder than she thought it would be, especially when Gator Rollins watches her every move, making her uneasy and excited all at once. She never imagined she'd want another man, but her attraction to Gator is too strong to fight. Before Gator had the chance to tell Sylvie how he felt about her, she was mated to someone else and then killed. Now she's back, and there's nothing he won't do to protect her.

Cherise and her mother had to run from their pack when everyone realized Cherise couldn't shift. Now her mother's gone, murdered by the hunters after them, and Cherise is all alone and out of options. When the people she's running from catch up to her in Salvation, North Carolina, she's saved by the biggest, baddest werewolf she's ever seen.

Bethany escapes a crazy doctor's laboratory, but she's unable to help Chrissten, the other woman kept captive there. How can she explain to the authorities that during the escape Chrissten shifted into a wolf, and she was kidnapped by the doctor in the first place because she might be part werewolf? Desperate for help and guilt-ridden for leaving Chrissten, her only hope is to find the woman's twin brother.