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As a young girl in Baltimore, Kiernan O’Shaughnessy lived for gymnastics, where strict discipline and endless practice kept her centered even as her life fell apart. Her idol was the late stuntman Greg Gaige. Famous for pulling off the moves no one else could, and for scorning safety equipment, Gaige was the one man O’Shaughnessy truly admired. When a young gymnast dies performing Gaige's world-famous stunt, Kiernan suspects foul play.

He and his father have fought their way out of the Abyssinian Plains and returned home stronger than before, but Aster Fall is never peaceful for long, and the tiny village of Cliff’s End is no longer a place they can live.

From private feuds and on-set disasters to fanfare that swept the nation and the realities of child stardom, culture journalist Ashley Spencer offers the first unauthorized look at the heyday of TV’s House of Mouse, featuring hundreds of exclusive new interviews with former Disney executives, creatives, and talent to explore the highs, lows, and everything in between.

Ancient gates are opening, threatening the home that Sam and his family have built, as well as the very foundation of Aster Fall itself. The Dimensional Convergence begins as Grand Flaws appear in every direction for hundreds of miles, tearing apart the Western Reaches as demonic horrors trapped by the First War pour forth. They were locked in time by the power of the World Seal, but now that barrier is crumbling.

A sweeping narrative that remakes our understanding of perhaps the most consequential period in American history, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic shows how the great contest of that age is also the great contest of our age—and serves as a necessary reminder of how young and fragile our democracy truly is.

Forced into a difficult choice, Sam steps onto the Path of Stars, the ancient trail through the galaxy that will lead him to the history of the Astral Titans. Hundreds or even thousands of years may pass before he can see his family again. Fortunately, time on Aster Fall moves more slowly due to the presence of the Nexus, but he worries for all the things he's left undone.

The Trust Falls and High Kicks podcast is a space to guide people to joy, vulnerability, and hope through our stories, with a few giggles along the way. I want TF&HK to be a safe space where we can come together, laugh until we pee our pants, support one another, and share all our hard, dirty, messy, big, beautiful, amazing life stories. That's how we learn and hope and grow to be the men and women God created us to be! Dig deep with me and explore what it means to be vulnerable as we strive to live life with humble obedience and utter joy. Come on, let's do some trust falls and high kicks ...

How NOT to Run a Business This is the ‘Fall Hard, Bounce High’ business podcast where I, Michelle Knight, share the highs and lows from the businesses I have run - from my greatest successes to the most breathtaking failures - all with the aim of helping you avoid the same clangers! I’ll be revealing the disasters I’ve worked through and share the lessons I’ve learned.I’m here too to normalise conversations around failure and the impact it can have on your mental heath. While it is widely acknowledged that no really successful business owner reaches the top without making a few ...

To mark the moment, the bank’s profit engine — its global markets division — commissioned a book about itself. The remembrance would celebrate how Deutsche Bank, once a sleepy lender to German car companies, had transformed itself in just 10 years into a force in financial engineering, selling interest-rate swaps, credit derivatives and opaque tax-slashing investment vehicles to the world’s wealthy elite.

"The High Price of Deustche's Fall" is from the December 31, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Landon Thomas Jr. and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Clarice Beech setzt sich mit Leidenschaft für Tiere ein. Als Walter, der dreibeinige Kater der wohlhabenden Lady Vita Fayrepoynt vom heimischen Anwesen Weatherby Hall verschwindet, macht Clarice sich auf die Suche nach ihm. Sie findet ihn auf dem Heuboden der alten "Galgenscheune", doch bei dem Versuch, ihn zu fangen, stürzt sie ab... und landet direkt auf der Leiche der armen Rose Miller. Zusammen mit Rick Beech, ihrem getrennt lebenden Ehemann, macht Clarice sich auf die Suche nach dem Mörder.

The patriarch, C. F. Seabrook, was hailed as the "Henry Ford of Agriculture." His son Jack, a keen businessman, was poised to take over what Life called "the biggest vegetable factory on earth." But the carefully cultivated facade—glamorous outings by horse-drawn carriage, hidden wine cellars, and movie star girlfriends—hid dark secrets that led to the implosion of the family business. A compelling tale of class and privilege, betrayal and revenge three decades in the making, The Spinach King explores the author's complicated family legacy and the dark corners of the American Dream.

What happens when democracy produces "bad" outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or despite them? This "democratic dilemma" is one of the most persistent, vexing problems for America abroad, particularly in the Middle East. When Islamist parties rise to power through free elections, the United States has too often been ambivalent or opposed, preferring instead pliable dictators. With this legacy of democratic disrespect in mind, and drawing on new interviews with top American officials, Shadi Hamid explores universal questions of morality, power, and hypocrisy.

Six friends. Five suspects. One murder. Savana Caruso and Jesse Melo have known each other since they were kids, so when Jesse texts Savana in the middle of the night and asks her to meet him at Cray’s Warehouse, she doesn’t hesitate. But before Savana can find Jesse, she bears witness to a...

Sommer in den Lincolnshire Wolds. Als Clarice Beech den Hilferuf ihrer Freundin Louise erhält, kann sie nicht ablehnen: Sie soll sich um eine lebhafte Boxer-Hündin namens Susie kümmern, die Louises Sohn Guy gehört, einem Anwalt, der in einen spektakulären Fall verstrickt ist. Guy ist seit Tagen spurlos verschwunden. Zuletzt wurde er gesehen, wie er in den Wagen eines Unbekannten stieg. Von Anfang an verhält sich Susie merkwürdig. Immer wieder zieht es sie zu einem kleinen Wald hin, in dem sie oft mit ihrem Herrchen spazieren war.

When the sheriff assigns Rachel Corningstone to solve the greatest crime spree in Plymouth Falls history, she knows this is her shot. The big-city detective will prove to her new peers that she's more than just a pretty face. When a civilian consultant is forced upon her as a partner though, it might just be more than she can handle...Sent to the town of Plymouth Falls, bear shifter Khove has one mission: to find the traitor to House Ursa and kill him. It's a race against time, and Khove can't afford any distractions, but how is he supposed to stop himself from claiming his mate?

This queer take on As You Like It features first loves, friend breakups and madcap mix-ups, from award-winning author Julia Drake. Celia Gilbert is the perfect friend—loyal, trustworthy, and committed to mending her best friends’ broken hearts. She’s the reason the trio is spending the...

High Drama explores rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds. Climbing magazine's John Burgman weaves a multi-layered story of traditionalists and opportunists, grassroots organizers and business-minded developers, free-spirited rebels and rigorously coached athletes. Deeply reported and compellingly told, this is a celebration of climbing and the pivotal figures who made its growth possible....

Denied citizenship by the Roman Empire, a soldier named Alaric changed history by unleashing a surprise attack on the capital city of an unjust empire. Stigmatized and relegated to the margins of Roman society, the Goths were violent "barbarians" who destroyed "civilization," at least in the conventional story of Rome's collapse. But a slight shift of perspective brings their history, and ours, shockingly alive.

In 2015, a major story broke exposing Hillary Clinton's role in approving the sale of an American uranium company to the Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom. An indispensable guide to the hidden background of recent events, Fallout shows how Putin's bid for nuclear dominance produced a series of political scandals that ultimately posed one of the greatest threats to our democracy in modern American history.

Compared to the Puritans, Mormons have rarely gotten their due, often treated as fringe cultists or marginalized polygamists unworthy of serious examination. In Kingdom of Nauvoo, Benjamin E. Park excavates the brief, tragic life of a lost Mormon city, demonstrating that the Mormons are essential to understanding American history writ large. Using newly accessible sources, Park re-creates the Mormons' 1839 flight from Missouri to Illinois.