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A call to arms against BRUNCH . . . and a how-to guide for fighting back, from the hosts of the hit podcast and public radio show The Dinner Party Download Society is under threat. The culprit? BRUNCH. Not merely a forum for overpriced eggs, brunch is a leisure-time-squandering hellscape...

A unique and original fictional account of a well-known Bible story. Jesus Feeds a Big Crowd is narrated from the point of view of the boy who provided Jesus with the loaves and fishes that were used to feed the 5,000. It is always a pleasure to present children with a different take on a bible story they may have heard many times before. Recommended for use in Sunday schools, schools, and for personal use. The book will be mainly enjoyed by children aged four-to-eight years. Kids may need to hide it from their parents though, as many adults enjoy this one too.

The master of puns and hilarious one liners returns with a great new show. Stewart devoted the show to his father - who was a roofer. 'So Dad, if you're up there....'

On a summer evening in the blue-collar town of Amicus, Kansas, the Campbell family gathers for a birthday dinner for their ailing patriarch, retired judge Abel Campbell, prepared and hosted by their still-hale mother, Hattie. But when Billy, the youngest sibling - with a history of addiction, grand ideas, and misdemeanors - passes out in his devil's food cake, the family takes up the unfinished business of Billy's sobriety.

The Shining, de Stanley Kubrick, cette histoire étrange située dans un hôtel où s’installent hors-saison un écrivain, sa femme et leur garçon aux pouvoirs extrasensoriels, a impressionné une foule de spectateurs depuis sa sortie en 1980. C’est à l’âge de dix ans que Simon Roy a découvert ce film, médusé par une réplique: «Tu aimes les glaces, canard?» Depuis, il l’a revu au moins quarante-deux fois, sans doute parce qu’il «contient les symptômes tragiques d’une fêlure» qui l’habite depuis des générations.

The Black Pearl is a biblical-themed short story of a boy and his friends fight for freedom, from the hands of unruly pirates.

A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children’s story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead. In a hotel in Paris one evening in the 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. Choosing a...

Volt is the leader of the Anarchists, an official gang on the De.mocra.cy server. In a near-future Internet filled with highly regulated, highly restrictive MMOs, the De.mocra.cy server is entirely self-regulated, affording unprecedented freedom of speech and freedom of violence to its users-until now. A new law has outlawed violence between consenting parties, and Volt must mobilize a fractious group of gang leaders to campaign against it-and, unbeknownst to them, to challenge the Unwritten Amendment.

Vievee Francis's poems engage many of the same concerns as her poetic predecessors - faith in a secular age, the city and nature, aging, and beauty. Words certainly do not fail as Francis sets off into the wild world promised in the title. The wild here is not chaotic but rather free and finely attuned to its surroundings. The listener who joins her will emerge sensitized and changed by the enduring power of her work.

Whether it is in the workplace or your love life, words are important in the quest for success and fulfilment. An argument, a pitch, or a proposal has a greater impact with the power of clarity and meaning. The right words open doors. The effective use of speech is hypnotic and enthralling. The correct choice of words can give you freedom, love, liberation. Words can light a fire in someone's heart or they can terrify a nation. Play the audiobook; say the words; learn the meanings. The more effective your speech, the more options will flow your way.

Aveline leads a desolate and isolated life in a small village with her father and brother. Behind closed doors she feels imprisoned by the abusive life she is forced to lead and clings on to the wisps of happier memories as though they could fly away. Living in a world where everything slips easily through her fingers, what will it take for Aveline to spread her own wings and fly?

Olena, qui vient d'Ukraine, a 27 ans et le rêve d'une vie meilleure. En 1992, sans papiers, elle travaille à La Moisson, une maison de retraite où règne une douce fantaisie. Parmi les pensionnaires de la maison, nous rencontrons des personnages hauts en couleur : la tendre Lydie, l'altière Flora, autrefois danseuse, et l'intransigeante Henriette, sans oublier Charles le sage et Théo le séducteur.

In direct response to the lasting negative effects of the Bush administration, Beat Me Sweetly, Heavy Jesus portrays a United States misrun by a series of Bush clones, each more degraded than the last, anchoring a destructive and self-fellating government which more closely resembles a monarchy. Cast into dismal times are Joe and Sam, men who struggle to survive within the new economy of the reign of President Bush VIII.

Two bodies found in a lagoon. A promising FBI special agent. A crime that occurred almost 20 years ago. A convoluted mystery novel that grabs you. If you enjoyed novels like The Silence of the Lambs or TV series such as Twin Peaks and True Detective, this is the story that you have been waiting for.

Cette nouvelle est issue du recueil "Les diaboliques" dont Barbey disait : "Les diaboliques ne sont pas des diableries, ce sont des diaboliques : des histoires réelles de ce temps civilisé et si divin que, quand on s'avise de les écrire, il semble que ce soit le diable qui ait dicté...". Ici, une femme de la haute aristocratie se sacrifie pour venger de façon spectaculaire le massacre de son amant.

Cette nouvelle est issue du recueil "Les diaboliques" dont Barbey disait : "Les diaboliques ne sont pas des diableries, ce sont des diaboliques : des histoires réelles de ce temps civilisé et si divin que, quand on s'avise de les écrire, il semble que ce soit le diable qui ait dicté...". Ici, une femme consacre sa vie à un homme qu'elle fait complice d'un crime parfait.

"Le monstre poilu" : Un monstre avec des poils partout (poil aux genoux), rêve de manger des gens (poil aux dents), mais la petite Lucile (poil au nombril), lui en fait voir de toutes les couleurs (poil au cœur). "Le retour du monstre poilu" : Le prince charmant et la petite Lucile ont tout pour être heureux, poil aux yeux, mais la petite Lucile, poil aux cils, s'ennuie et veut revoir le château de son papa. Le prince, très en colère, poil aux nerfs, explose alors en mille morceaux. Et à sa place, apparaît le monstre poilu.

"Signé Furax" est "le" classique du feuilleton radiophonique. La plupart des grands monuments français ont été volés et remplacés par des imitations ! Le commissaire Fouvreaux, de la DDT, mène l'enquête... Chacun des méfaits comporte le plus odieux des paraphes : Signé Furax ! ... Une aventure époustouflante à suivre fidèlement et réciproquement !

Une étrange lumiére bleue... Elle éteint les volontés et fait de celui qui la posséde le maître du monde. La découverte du professeur Grégory Moshmosh et tombée entre les mains de Furax et des Babus qui se sont alliés pour conquérir la planéte. Pour parvenir à leurs fins, ils enlévent les plus grands savants, parmi lesquels Auguste Costecald et tuent sans pitié le moindre témoin génant.