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The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II. Between 1941 and 1944...

For fans of Wesley the Owl and The Soul of an Octopus, the story of a sick baby bird nursed back to health and into the wild by renowned writer/artist Julie Zickefoose. When Jemima, a young orphaned blue jay, is brought to wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose, she is a virtually tailless...

Your host Dawn has been a youth athlete and a lover of science since a very young age. She will take you on candid conversation interviews, speaking to young ladies and documenting their successes and journeys in the area of athletics and education. The inspiration for this podcast came from the knowledge that young women have a powerful voice. When they share their voices, encouraging, funny and sometimes heartfelt stories, I hope that you will find joy in what they have to offer.

New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast and Dancing with the Stars champion Laurie Hernandez shares her story in her own words in this debut book for fans of all ages! At sixteen years old, Laurie Hernandez has already made many of her...

A long-awaited yet startlingly urgent new collection from “a contemporary master”*—a fierce, big-hearted eye on our last, tumultuous decade, and our fragile environment *Los Angeles Review of Books Linda Gregerson’s long-awaited new collection is a tour de force, a compendium of lives...

Es ist eine Radtour jenseits der Vorstellungskraft: Jonas Deichmann, Extremsportler aus München und Rekordhalter auf der Panamericana, ist unterwegs zum nächsten Weltrekord. Vom Nordkap in Norwegen bis zum Kap der Guten Hoffnung in Südafrika radelt er gegen die Zeit, Wind und andere Widerstände. 18.000 Kilometer will er in 75 Tagen schaffen, das wäre Weltrekord für die Strecke. Deichmann ist Profi für solche Abenteuer – doch diesmal hat er einen Debütanten dabei. Der Düsseldorfer Fotograf Philipp Hympendahl ist zwar geübter Rennradler und schon auf der Langstrecke erfahren. Aber ...