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Dylan cannot sleep without his Cosydoze, but it goes missing on a visit to Granny’s house. Where has it gone? And can Mum and Dad get Dylan to sleep without it? A funny, heart-warming story for very young listeners told in rhyme.

In this work, Pascal draws an analogy between a man who was appointed king just because he resembled a long-lost king and those who are rich and powerful. He argues that the twists and turns of life are all due to chance and unforeseen events. The wealthy and powerful ought thus to despise desire and its kingdom and aspire to that kingdom of love in which all the subjects breathe nothing but love and desire nothing but the benefits of love.

Pascal illuminates the substantial differences between the early church and the Church of today. Formerly, it was necessary to forsake the world in order to be received into the Church, while people now enter the Church at the same time as they enter the world. There was thus an essential distinction between the world and the Church, the two being considered as two opposites.

Blaise Pascal describes the way in which a soul comes to repentance. It is a process of realization, self-abasement, and the understanding of grace. From this follows gratitude and the determination to serve and worship.

The French physicist, philosopher, and mathematician Blaise Pascal discovered a great secret of persuasion. Pascal saw that the surest way of changing false beliefs is by showing all sides to a question, including the side that the erring person missed. It is best when the beauty of reality reveals itself.

Nicolas de Chamfort was a great French writer in the pessimistic tradition. He wrote comedies, political essays, literary criticism, portraits, letters, and poetry. His aphorisms are iconoclastic, colorful, and picturesque.

"A Respectable Woman", first published in Vogue in 1894, is quintessential Chopin and shows us the full extent of her skill as a short-story writer. The story centers around Mrs. Baroda, who, somewhat reluctantly, is playing the gracious host to her husband’s surprise guest, Gouvernail, an old friend of her husband’s from college. The story delves into Mrs. Baroda’s psychology as she struggles with her desires versus her self-made image and self-opinion.

The short story focuses on two lovers torn apart by the American Civil War and the locket that inexorably binds them together.

"Beyond the Bayou" is about La Folle, an African American woman and former slave, who overcomes her crippling and irrational childhood fear of passing an imaginary territorial line or going beyond the bayou.

An intense story of love, lust, and betrayal set amidst an intense storm in the American South, The Storm is the sequel to At the 'Cadian Ball by American novelist Kate Chopin. Beautifully crafted and a considered a groundbreaking work of fiction when it was published, it candidly discusses sexual passion and extramarital affairs.

Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women. In this 1916 speech, The Crisis, she called for vigorous action towards attaining women’s suffrage. It was in no small part due to Catt’s tireless efforts that American women were granted the right to vote in 1920.

Trollet, som egentligen heter Jennifer, är ensam. Men en dag dyker Jonas upp i Trollets liv. Han har mörkt hår och gröna ögon, men ingen klocka och ingen särskild ordning i livet. Men han har en gitarr och kan sjunga. Trollet blir vän med Jonas, och blir kär i honom. Det enda problemet är att Jonas är trettio år. Trollet är en 11-årig tjej med rött hår som egentligen heter Jennifer. Hon har en mamma som är hemmafru och bantar varje morgon, en pappa som är lärare och samlar på frimärken och en storasyster som har flyttat ihop med en kille med slips.

"Fare giustizia" significa risolvere i conflitti che insorgono tra le persone, secondo i principi della legge e del diritto, attraverso l'intervento di un terzo che giudichi al di sopra delle parti. Detto così funziona egregiamente, ma in concreto cosa succede nelle aule giudiziarie? L'Italia è il paese europeo dove i processi durano di più mentre il conflitto tra magistratura e politica ha raggiunto livelli mai visti.

Scottish-born author and wordsmith Alice Scott-Ferguson has composed penetrating poems that offer transparent reflections on life, loss, longing, and love. She writes of the sacred and the mundane with the same unique look "under the covers." Her Celtic blood runs strong and she is unafraid to voice a fresh and different take on a diversity of topics. These 69 refreshing, vibrant, and thought-provoking poems make for inspiring listening.

A heartwarming story about an unwanted gift. Some gifts from the heart are more than what they appear to be.

Devenez une bombe sexuelle... Voici un petit manuel qui vous aidera à accéder au plaisir partagé. Servane Vergy, forte des multiples rencontres et des délicieuses expériences qui émaillent sa vie de coquine insatiable, vous livre tous les petits et grands secrets indispensables pour devenir cette bête de sexe que vous rêvez d'être. Simple, direct, didactique et terriblement érotique, ce guide vous dit tout pour que votre vie sexuelle soit plus palpitante.

The first genocide of the 20th century, though not well known, was committed by Germans between 1904-1907 in the country we know today as Namibia, where they exterminated thousands of Herero and Nama people and subjected the surviving indigenous men, women, and children to forced labor. The perception of Africans as subhuman - lacking any kind of civilization, history, or meaningful religion - and the resulting justification for the violence against them is what author Elizabeth R. Baer refers to as the "genocidal gaze", an attitude that was later perpetuated by the Nazis.

At the tender and problematic ages of 16 and 17, Laura Eckert twice found herself as a patient at an abortion clinic, after her parents had discovered that she was pregnant. Laura was addicted to sex with her step-brother. Neither of them cared about the possible consequences of unprotected sex. The aftermath of her abortion experiences led Laura to become depressed, drink alcohol excessively, and feel the need to be isolated from those who loved and cared for her.

Vingt ans après "Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas", Olivier Adam nous plonge à nouveau "La tête sous l'eau". Quand mon père est ressorti du commissariat, il avait l'air perdu. Il m'a pris dans ses bras et s'est mis à pleurer. Un court instant j'ai pensé : ça y est, on y est. Léa est morte. Puis il s'est écarté et j'ai vu un putain de sourire se former sur son visage. Les mots avaient du mal à sortir. Il a fini par balbutier : "On l'a retrouvée. Merde alors. On l'a retrouvée. C'en est fini de ce cauchemar." Il se trompait. Ma soeur serait bientôt de retour mais nous n'en avions pas terminé.

The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show was one of radio’s brightest lights; a hilarious situation comedy featuring a friendly sardonic and sarcastic edge that set it apart from its contemporaries. Featuring Phil Harris, fresh off plying his comedic and musical talents on The Jack Benny Program, and his movie star wife Alice Faye. The show also starred Elliott Lewis as the remarkable Frankie Remley - one of radio’s most unforgettable characters - a humorously irresponsible con-artist with an endless thirst for the good stuff.