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The universal appeal of Laura Ingalls Wilder springs from a life lived in partnership with the land, on farms she and her family settled across the Northeast and Midwest. In this revealing exploration of Wilder's deep connection with the natural world, Marta McDowell follows the wagon trail of the beloved Little House series. You'll learn details about Wilder's life and inspirations, pinpoint the Ingalls and Wilder homestead claims on authentic archival maps, and learn to grow the plants and vegetables featured in the series. Excerpts from Wilder's books, letters, and diaries bring to light her profound appreciation for the landscapes at the heart of her world.

New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, friendship, and other topics that will resonate with a large audience. Her voice is wry...

"Walden. Yesterday I came here to live." That entry from the journal of Henry David Thoreau, and the intellectual journey it began, would by themselves be enough to place Thoreau in the American pantheon. His attempt to "live deliberately" in a small woods at the edge of his hometown of Concord has been a touchstone for individualists and seekers since the publication of Walden in 1854. But there was much more to Thoreau than his brief experiment in living at Walden Pond.

Laura's personal and powerful story starts with her own diagnosis of autism at the age of 45. Her insightful book successfully exposes the myths and stereotypes of how society perceives autism and how autism does not stop you from having a career, being a mother or being a good wife. Laura's empowering book tracks the year of her life after she receives a definitive diagnosis from her doctor, as she learns that 'different' doesn't need to mean 'less' and how there is a place for all of us, and it's never too late to find it.

In 2015, Laura Marshall decided to have a crack at her lifelong dream of becoming a novelist and enrolled on the Curtis Brown novel-writing course. Two years later, here she is with her debut novel Friend Request. Laura visits the Audible Studios discuss more about that journey and, of course, the novel itself.

Joining us from home to chat about her debut book, No One Can Change Your Life Except for You, is television and radio presenter Laura Whitmore. We spoke about how to channel our optimistic side, techniques to build self-belief, how to better give and receive compliments and lots more.

Laura Jane Williams visits the Audible Studios to discuss why she wrote Ice-cream for Breakfast, what you can do to take a step back from your adult life, her experience as a nanny, the writing and narrating process, and so much more.

En este audiolibro, la escritora Laura Freixas aborda desde una sensibilidad especial y desde su experiencia como investigadora avezada en la literatura escrita por mujeres la figura de una de las escritoras más fascinantes de su tiempo: Clarice Lispector. Freixas pormenoriza en la vida de la autora, condicionada por su atractivo aspecto y por su posición como esposa de diplomático.

Author Laura Barnett and musician Kathryn Williams visit the Audible Studios; together they've produced a remarkable work - a novel accompanied by its own soundtrack. Laura's audiobook, Greatest Hits is available on Audible and features extracts from the album that Kathryn Williams wrote and recorded to complement it.

Joining us at Audible Studios are journalists and creators of the Not Plant Based blog, Laura Dennison and Eve Simmons. In this interview, Laura and Eve discuss their blog and new book. They share their thoughts on Instagram, the positives of meeting like-minded people and what is most rewarding about what they do. We also hear how their collaboration came about.

Laura Jones and Heather McDaid are co-directors of the independent publishers 404 INK and joined us in the Audible studios to chat about Nasty Women, a collection of essays on what it is to be a woman in the 21st century. They tell us about their support from Margaret Atwood, how they decided to found a publishing company on the way back from seeing Robot Wars and what being Nasty Women means to them.

The first in-depth look at the spiritual path of legendary storyteller Laura Ingalls Wilder. With her extraordinary God-given pluck, the creator of the epic Little House series survived the harshness of frontier life—from the heartbreak of sudden crop losses to murderous storms to...

En este audiolibro, Laura Freixas echa la mirada atrás para saldar cuentas con la eterna dicotomía de la vida de escritora: la literatura o la vida. Extraído de sus recuerdos del inicio de su carrera, mientras intentaba compaginar su primera publicación con su vida en pareja y su familia, la novela supone una radiografía detallada de los pensamientos de cualquier autora en eterna lucha por serlo.

Kirjailija ja poliitikko Jeffrey Archer tuomittiin vuonna 2001 vankilaan väärän valan antamisesta. Tuomion alkuajat Archer vietti Belmarshin ja Waylandin vankiloissa. Trilogian kolmannessa osassa Archer on juuri saapunut North Sea Campin avovankilaan suorittamaan loput tuomiostaan. Pahamaineisten Belmarshin ja Waylandin jälkeen North Sea Camp tuntuu suorastaan ihanalta paikalta. Siinä missä Belmarshissa heräsi aamuisin saksanpaimenkoirien haukkumiseen, täällä vanki herää ulkona huutavien lokkien ääniin.

The Vanishing of Carolyn Wells is the first biography of one of the “lost ladies” of detective fiction who wrote more than eighty mysteries and hundreds of other works between the 1890s and the 1940s.

La imagen y la vida de una escritora como Sylvia Plath que ha quedado grabada en el siglo XX por diversas obras se nos muestra en este formato. recorriendo aspectos importantes de su vida a lo largo de su aprendizaje y de su carrera. Así mismo se presente desde sus comienzos en Estados Unidos...

Author Zadie Smith discusses her much-anticipated third novel, On Beauty. Set on both sides of the Atlantic, the novel follows the chain of events when the son of a liberal British academic family falls in love with the daughter of an American right-wing icon. A brilliant analysis of family life, the institution of marriage, and the intersection of the personal and political, the book is also very funny indeed. Interviewed by Laura Miller of salon.com.