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This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

This audiobook is a collection of eight stories by Dante and involves many themes, including cuckold, wife-watching, swingers, and dogging.

Superstar Monét X Change invites you to join her each week for an hour of fun and mayhem, with a dazzling array of guests from fellow queens, pop culture icons, and maybe even an ex-boyfriend (or four). Monét Talks features captivating conversations that divulge the industry’s hottest gossip, secrets to success, and how to show resilience in the midst of adversity. You can also expect spontaneous games and provocative segments— all infused with Monét’s signature wit and charm. Whether you're a die-hard fan or just tuning in, Monét’s infectious energy and genuine spirit will have ...

So, everything was going great until, one evening, the casino owner found out where Ethan lived and paid him a visit with his Triad (Hong Kong mafia) bodyguards. And because of his high profile, he had no problem entering the exclusive apartment building, as most people knew of him via the newspapers and various gun fights and killings between the various gangs.

Tras la elección de Barack Obama, muchos declararon el inicio de una era postracial. Sin embargo, el pensamiento racista, más sofisticado e insidioso que nunca, sigue profundamente arraigado en la sociedad estadounidense. Tal y como argumenta Ibram X. Kendi-la voz más influyente de la lucha antirracista y uno de los referentes actuales del movimiento #BlackLivesMatter-,aunque las ideas racistas se desarrollan, difunden y consagran muy fácilmente, también se las puede desacreditar.

Misfortune has been raining down on Kirsten Holland for what seems like forever, but one good friend, along with one annoyingly supportive neighbor, have convinced her to take a stab at a new career. She’d never been motivated to write a novel, but maybe her love of reading will give her the impetus to start.

Rubi Whiting is a member of the Bounceback Generation. The first to be raised free of the troubles of the late 21st century. Now she works as a public defender to help troubled individuals with anti-social behavior. That’s how she met Luciano Pox. Luce is a firebrand and has made a name for himself as a naysayer. But there’s more to him than being a lightning rod for controversy. Rubi has to find out why the governments of the world want to bring Luce into custody, and why Luce is hell bent on stopping the recovery of the planet.

Connecting fans with their favorite creators. X-Reads recaps classic issues of X-Men comics with celebrities, artists, and writers. Join Chris & Chandler, the producers of The Uncanny Experience (the immersive X-Men Fandom Convention) as they jump through different eras of X-Titles from Claremont to Hickman and everything in between. New episodes publish every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month. Find us on social media @xreadspodcast.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/x-reads-an-x-men-experience--3616281/support.

Welcome to Break the Case with Jen Coffindaffer, retired FBI Agent with 28 years of investigative experience. Join us as we peel back the layers of the True Crime cases you care about with retired agents, profilers, psychologists, witnesses and victims directly involved in the cases we break down. Weekly episodes will feature high profile serial killings, mass murders, the missing, child predators, human traffickers, and fraudsters. If you are looking for a fast paced, fact based, honest, True Crime Podcast, you have come to the right place. God Bless the victims and may Justice be served. ...

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House.

A tower block collapses in London. Hundreds are killed. Except a man standing alone on the roof, who walks out of the rubble unscathed. And things are about to get stranger, because Dr Helen Ash is pregnant. But she hasn’t had sex since her husband died 18 months ago. What connects her unexplained pregnancy, a mysterious phone message from a woman who died in the building collapse, and the man on the roof of the high-rise?

Vince (22)--recently married to Chloe (28)--met Charles (64) on the flight home from the official launch of Pirate Chain (ARRR), the worlds most anonymous crypto currency. During the flight, Charles showed Vince some raunchy pictures of his wife, Olga, on his phone. She was very attractive and much younger than him, sitting alone on a park bench with her legs parted, looking over her shoulder, then staring directly at the camera and holding her dress up, showing her stockinged legs and panties.

When the wizards return home from defeating Malice, Tristan discovers not everyone escaped unscathed. Someone close to him has been infected with the zombie virus. Time quickly becomes an enemy as Tristan searches for an impossible cure to save his friend, but he isn’t ready to give up. Rumor has it that the High Wizard, Ashley Blanchett, has an elixir. The problem is, no one has seen her since magic was outlawed.

Steven Johnson traça a história por trás de quase duzentas descobertas e invenções, e nos mostra os sete padrões fundamentais dos processos de inovação desenvolvidos pelo homem e pela natureza. Quais são os espaços que fizeram história ao gerar níveis excepcionais de criatividade e inovação? Que processos estimulam nossa criatividade? O que podemos fazer para recriá-los em nosso cotidiano? Steven Johnson, um dos mais importantes pensadores da internet, investiga como surgem as boas ideias e as características dos ambientes em que elas são mais comuns.

Screw this dying planet and screw TerraLink with its relocation program that's some kind of glorified off-world skin trade. Everyone only signs up because it's the only way to escape Earth before the whole thing gets burned to a crisp. And yes, I signed up, too. If I’m going to get off this rock, it’s my only option. I don’t even care if I get set up as a breeder or a slave. Like hell if I’m going to die on Earth.

Being an intern at a wizarding firm sounds magical on the page, but in practice mostly means getting yelled at by senior mages—and angry clients who've been turned into platypuses. So when Journeyman Wen receives a frantic call from a young man who's awoken to a talisman on his bedroom wall and no memory of how it got there, they jump at the chance to escape call center duty and actually help someone for once. But the case ends up being more complicated than Wen could ever have anticipated. Their client has been possessed by a demon prince from Hell, and he's not interested in leaving . . .

This is a huge collection of 10 stories (150,200 words), and some of the stories are quite long with many chapters. So, I suggest you listen to them one at a time. Most of these stories are pure fiction but some like “Bangkok and the Vampires of the Night” are actual real experiences.

When Zorka Circus performs, its big top roars with laughter and cheers, but when it moves on, children vanish from the European towns it leaves behind. Circus security chief Rurik suspects a killer hides among the international performers, but they close ranks - they've always viewed lightning-scarred Rurik as the monster. Nevertheless, he's determined to find the culprit and stop them before anyone else dies and the only place he can call home is ripped apart by the murders.

When Father Wheatley decided to convert from the Anglican Church to the Roman Catholic, he thought he had fully considered the sacrifices he would have to make. He understood the strain the change would put on his wife and children, and the challenges he would face to be accepted as a married Roman Catholic priest. He even acknowledged that reactionaries in both religious camps would oppose such a spiritual changeover.

He's been the face and the voice of breakfast... Now he's forcing himself into your ear-hole at a different time. Let Johnny and his team finish off the working day with topical chat and marvellous music. It'll get you home - and make you think. Hear Johnny on Radio X every weekday at 4pm across the UK on digital radio, 104.9 FM in London, 97.7 FM in Manchester, on your mobile or via www.radiox.co.uk.