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Listen to Roy Lilley read his daily NHSManagers.net e-Letter. Roy Lilley is a health policy analyst, writer, broadcaster and commentator on the National Health Service and social issues. Subscribe to Roy's e-Letter here: https://tinyurl.com/2p84t9ya

Even in a sport as legendary as baseball, players are no exception to the roller-coaster ride of life. Every single person has their own tale of failure, courage, and success, no matter how big or small - it’s when you put them together that you unearth the ultimate underdog story. In A Game of Extremes, you will discover 25 stories of the most exceptional baseball players to this day, revealing a more transparent look at the lives of these famous athletes.

Une pause, dans un monde de fous. J'ai créé ce podcast après avoir vécu avec la dépression. À travers ce podcast, je souhaite me donner un break... en votre compagnie! 🤗 Chani

Health and wellness podcast covering our journey to wellness with guest interviews.

Join me as we explore what it means to embrace junkyard wisdom through the lens of generosity, faith, and justice. Hopefully we learn and laugh together along the journey! Beginning in January of 2022, you can find the Junkyard Wisdom™ Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. In the meantime you can sign up for updates at junkyardwisdom.com/podcast. Thanks for listening.

Politics, religion, sports, fashion, art and more. Nothing escapes my skewed opinions of the world in which we live. Hopefully, I’ll make you laugh and not cry. You might even find that you agree with me. It’s also quite possible that I will tick you off because I will not hesitate to tell it like it is. I have no tolerance for outright stupidity; I love animals; I don’t like kids and I detest bible-pounding zealots. This is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg for my relentless rants - I am definitely NOT PC. Either way, I think you will be intrigued by what I have to say. My name is ...

"Dieser Roman war seiner Zeit weit voraus." Margaret Atwood Florentine heißt Gabrielle Roys lebenshungrige Heldin, sie ist 19 Jahre alt und schlägt sich in Montreal als Kellnerin durch. Fest entschlossen, ihre Mutter, die kleinen Geschwister und sich selbst aus Armut und Elend zu befreien, kämpft sie für ein besseres Leben und sozialen Aufstieg. Doch auf ihrer Suche nach Liebe und Glück gerät sie an den Falschen.

Roy Wood Jr. tackles freeway protests, examines the origin of the blues, and explains why the Confederate flag is sometimes helpful.

Fata morgana handler om den midaldrende forfatter, John, der skriver på en roman. Han har været undervejs med den i fire år, men er gang på gang gået i stå. Nu er han sammen med sin kone og to halvstore børn taget fra det nordlige Norge til den mondæne ferieby Drøbak ved Oslofjorden for i det lejede sommerhus at skrive sin bog færdig. Den kommer til at handle om familiens ophold.

Den kvindelige politibetjent Marion indgår i et hemmeligt efterforskningsteam ved Oslo politi. Teamet skal tage sig af en usædvanlig sag: I en glascontainer finder man en ung pige af pakistansk oprindelse, dækket af hijab, myrdet. Hun mangler venstre hånd.

One hundred fifty years after the end of slavery and nearly 60 years after the passage of the civil rights laws of the 1960s, average Black household wealth in the 21st century remains a fraction of the median assets of other racial, ethnic, and immigrant populations. There are many reasons, but this book is about one: two centuries of governmental encouragement of periodic sustained surges in immigration. Governmental policies and actions have enabled employers to depress Black wages and to avoid hiring African Americans altogether.

Det begynder den dag en mystisk halvlillesøster ankommer mutters alene med bussen. Hun hedder Linda, og med sig har hun en lyseblå kuffert. I kufferten ligger en brugsanvisning. På Linda. For Linda er lidt ud over det sædvanlige. Det er i Berlinmurens, præsident Kennedys og Jurij Gagarins år. Finn bor alene med sin mor i en lejelejlighed i Oslos nybyggede forstæder.

Da finnerne rømmer og brænder den lille by Suomussalmi før russerne kommer i december 1939, bliver én mand tilbage. Det er brændehuggeren Timmo Vatanen. Timmo har boet i Suomussalmi hele sit liv, og hører ikke til nogen andre steder. Og nogen må jo forsvare ruinerne og gøre det rigtige, hvor umulig opgaven end må synes, og uanset om det giver venner eller fjender.

日本のブラック企業に務める主人公の竹林竜馬(ﾀｹﾊﾞﾔｼﾘｮｳﾏ）39歳は、なんとも不運な死に方で一生を終えようとしていたが3人の神達によって異世界に転生することになる。

Every year, the president pardons one turkey for Thanksgiving. One. But KC and her best friend, Marshall, think one isn't enough! This year, they want to gather lots of turkeys to be spared. The night before the holiday, the turkeys are in a big flock on the National Mall waiting to be set free. The next morning, they're gone! Who would steal 117 Thanksgiving turkeys? KC and Marshall have to ruffle some feathers to find out!

In the tenth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—KC and her best friend, Marshall, wake up to a trick not a treat the morning after the White House Halloween costume party. With the presidential election only a week away, someone has posted damaging photos of the president on the Internet, photos that were digitally doctored! Will they ruin President Thornton's chances for a second term? Or can KC and Marshall rescue the election?

In the thirteenth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC and Marshall have tickets for the express train out of Union Station. It even has a VIP car at the back for the vice president, the kids, and the secret service agents to travel in. But when KC and Marshall sneak away from the secret service agents to go exploring, someone tampers with the train! And that someone is searching—car by car—for KC and Marshall. There's nowhere to run!

In the third book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.— KC and her friend Marshall explore the Smithsonian, the most famous museum in the world. The money to build it was given to Washington, D.C., over a hundred years ago, but now one man is claiming that money should be his. KC and Marshall think they can prove Mr. Fisher is a big liar. But if they are wrong, the Smithsonian will belong to him!

In the eighth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—it's summertime, and KC and Marshall are camping out on the White House lawn. But late at night, they spot mysterious lights flickering at the top of the Washington Monument. When they go to check it out, they find something even stranger—peanut shells, a broken stone, and a monkey. One thing is sure, this is KC and Marshall's weirdest mystery yet!

In the twelfth book of the Capital Mysteries—an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.—a legend says that on a dead president's birthday, his ghost haunts the famous retreat, Camp David. KC and Marshall are going there on October 14, President Eisenhower's birthday. They aren't worried, until strange things start happening. How did a bat get trapped in their cabin? Why is there blood-red dirt in the trunk by the couch? And what is making the weird thumping noise? It's not Eisenhower's ghost...is it?