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Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy throughout his presidency—from the long and grueling campaign to Kennedy's tragic and unexpected assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald. In A Thousand Days, Schlesinger combines intimate knowledge as one of President Kennedy's inner circle with sweeping research and historic context to provide a look at one of the most legendary presidential administrations in American history.

An award-winning journalist and anti-hunger advocate explores the promise of-and challenges to-a transformative initiative to end early childhood malnutrition “Your child can achieve great things.” A few years ago, pregnant women in four corners of the world heard those words and hoped they...

October, 1900. University College, London. When the spread-eagled body of one of her students is discovered in her rented room shortly after attending one of her lectures, Dr. Margaret Murray is disinclined to accept the official verdict of suicide and is determined to find out how and why the girl really died.

This collection includes A Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, The Mysterious Island, The Master of the World, and In the Year 2889.

When Lady Saren defies her father’s command to marry the vicious Lord Khasar, she is sealed in a tower with only her serving maid, Dashti, for company. In their cramped, dark space Dashti pours her thoughts into a daily journal while pitiless solitude engulfs them. At first the girl is optimistic: they have food aplenty, candles for light, and even a visit from Lady Saren’s true love, Khan Tegus - though he can only call to them from outside their walls. But their circumstances soon grow desperate.

In My Last Eight Thousand Days, Gutkind turns his notepad and tape recorder inward, using his skills as an immersion journalist to perform a deep dive on himself. Here, he offers a memoir of his life as a journalist, editor, husband, father, and Pittsburgh native, not only recounting his many triumphs, but also exposing his missteps and challenges.

Vanessa's husband, Paul, dies suddenly and tragically on their regular Sunday morning swim. How will she cope with her dilapidated house, her teenage children, the patients who depend on her? Will therapy help? Why do mysterious white feathers start appearing in unexpected places? Beautifully written and honestly relayed, Vanessa uses her professional skills to explore the many questions posed by unanticipated death and to try to find a way forwards.

After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway, Colonel Owtram was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps. Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage that he showed protecting POWs from the worst excesses of their captors. Of course his account does not admit to this, but what is clear is that in addition to the deprivation and hardship suffered by all POWs, the author bore heavy responsibility for those under his charge and the daily trauma of dealing with the unpredictable Japanese.

Australian made Qiara Probiotics welcomes you to ”Riding the Wave of the First 1000 Days”, showcasing forward thinking health professionals, researchers and businesses that are ’ahead of the wave’ in maternity care. And now here is your host, Clinical Nutritionist and Educator Emma Park.

The average person spends roughly 10,000 days of their adult life working. 10,000 Days is a podcast exploring career journeys and insights to offer listeners tools, strategies and inspiration for their own career.

1000 Days seeks to showcase the very real lives of very real people. Join us as we watch God unfold the stories of four students while they experience life at Cedarville University. Check out resoundradio.com for more content, a 24/7 music stream, and daily shows.

Join us on our podcast as we explore the world of restaurant ownership! As veterans in the food industry, we'll be sharing our experiences and insights into what it takes to run a successful restaurant, including the newest trends in the industry and how to achieve ambitious revenue goals.One of the biggest goals for any restaurant owner is to generate revenue. We'll be discussing strategies and best practices to help you achieve this goal, including menu development, pricing strategies, marketing tactics, and cost management.We'll also be discussing the challenges that come with operating a ...

The first 2000 days, from preconception to when a child starts school presents a critical window to establish healthy behaviours in parents and children. Health behaviours during the first 2000 days influence the risk of lifelong disease, making prevention vital to ensuring optimum health and wellbeing for both mother and baby. Integrating prevention into clinical care requires sensitive and nuanced conversations that support parents, children and families to actively engage with their own health, and the healthcare system. Listen to the Clinicians Guide to the First 2000 Days podcast...

The sketch group And Yet Here We Are (known as The Albion Basement at the time) attempted to release 1000 comedy sketches over the course of 1000 days. You can probably work out if they succeeded or not. All sketches written by the artists formerly known as The Albion Basement (Richard Catherall, Dan Mitchell, Laura Taylor, Alastair Tervit, Simon Tuohy, occasionally Vincent Lynch and some by John Jenkins). Theme music by The Evenings - https://markwilden.co.uk/

"A $1,000 Day in Moscow for $100" is from the July 26, 2016 Travel section of The New York Times. It was written by Lucas Peterson and narrated by Paul Ryden.

Explore the storied history, texts, and traditions of one of the world’s oldest living religions and civilizations. As an award-winning professor and an observant Jew, Howard Lupovitch brings a wealth of knowledge to his audio course on Judaism. With the balanced perspective of a scholar, he guides you through its rise, development, and diversification. Under his tutelage, you will also discover the fascinating differences and similarities between Judaism and other Abrahamic faiths.

60 seconds. That’s how long it takes to dispel stereotypes in Mexico. Throw a house party for strangers in Israel. Change perspectives in Nebraska. Make friends in Japan. And connect millions of people all over the world. In 2016, Nuseir Yassin quit his job to travel for 1,000 consecutive days...

Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father's killer through multiple dimensions. Marguerite Caine's physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most...

Sometimes your life is split by a single decision. I've spent every day of the last seven years regretting mine: He left, and I didn't follow. A thousand letters went unanswered, my words like petals in the wind, spinning away into nothing, taking me with them. But now he's back. I barely recognize the man he's become, but I can still see a glimmer of the boy who asked me to be his forever, the boy I walked away from when I was young and afraid. Maybe if he'd come home under better circumstances, he could speak to me without anger in his voice.

Veinticinco mil días son los que un ser humano vive de media en su vida adulta. Este libro cuenta 32 historias cortas sobre cómo vivir esos 25.000 días. "Veinticinco mil días es la cifra aproximada de oportunidades que la vida le brinda a una persona durante su periplo vital. Los seres humanos tenemos alrededor de 25.000 vidas, que empiezan y acaban cada día, para el elegir cómo vivir cada una de ellas..."