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This exquisite, resonant novel by PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter is a brilliant portrait of a marriage by a contemporary American master. It is the story of Nedra and Viri, whose favored life is centered around dinners, ingenious games with their children, enviable friends, and near-perfect days passed skating on a frozen river or sunning on the beach.

This audio story retells the exciting events from Disney and Pixar’s animated feature film Lightyear.

Chris Rush was born into a prosperous, fiercely Roman Catholic New Jersey family. But underneath the gleaming mid-century house, the flawless hostess mom, and the thriving businessman dad ran an unspoken tension that, amid the upheaval of the late 1960s, was destined to fracture their precarious facade. His older sister, Donna, introduces him to the charismatic Valentine, who places a tab of acid on 12-year-old Rush’s tongue, proclaiming: “This is sacrament. You are one of us now.”

Four years after her husband Sam’s tragic death mirrored a fatal plotline in her debut novel, Thea Packer hasn’t written another word, afraid that what she writes could come true again. Resigned to raising her young daughter in her in-laws’ guesthouse, Thea is on the verge of abandoning her literary career when inspiration strikes. Her new book is a fairy-tale romance featuring a long-lost astronaut who miraculously returns home to his family, with the hero loosely drawn from Thea’s memories of Sam. Thea considers the fantasy a harmless way to process her grief.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Brotherhood A Best Of pick and Most Anticipated Sci Fi and Fantasy novel, as selected by Goodreads Buzzfeed BookRiot The Portalist IO9 BookBub SheReads BiblioLifestyle Den of Geek GeekDad “A rich...

Here is a travel audiobook with a difference: 10 chronological chapters from a year of wandering, from the Pacific Northwest to Tuscany and back again to the trout-laden streams of California. Join Bill Barich as he travels the globe, from the trout streams of Northern California to the auction ring at Saratoga, where millions of dollars may be gaveled away for a yearling thoroughbred; from seedy London pubs to a run-down Florentine palazzo during a glorious Italian spring.

The second book in Jan Karon’s bestselling Mitford series confirms that a trip to Mitford is good for the soul His attractive neighbor is tugging at his heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles. And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory, uninvited. As...

Seventeen-year-old noble Will Arrex and her classmate Paige Tarrant were destined to be bitter rivals. Where Will is ice cold and painfully poised—everything an Arrex should be—Tarrant is a firecracker, unafraid to speak her mind. Every twenty-five years, students aboard the Eden Space Station are chosen by lottery to pilot the Laikas—a fleet of ships sent on exploratory missions, humanity's last hope to find a habitable world. As the only daughter of a powerful politician, Will was not supposed to be one of them.

A spiritual journey through life’s final years and its “mellowing of souls”—the long-awaited conclusion of Father Rolheiser’s trilogy of modern spiritual classics, following The Holy Longing and Sacred Fire “Ronald Rolheiser is one of the great Christian spiritual writers of our time...

A New Scientist Best Popular Science Book of 2023 How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet. One stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep—like so many of us feeling anxious and...

When Michael Collins decided to become a surgeon, he was totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins' success in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one of the most respected medical centers in the world, the famed Mayo Clinic. But compared to his fellow residents, Collins felt inadequate and unprepared.

Light Years is dedicated to talking Golden State Warriors Basketball, the NBA, and everything else -- hosted by experts Saam Esfandiari and Andy Liu from WarriorsWorld.

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This is a podcast about space, astronomy, and all sorts of science involving the cosmos!

"A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 Light-Years Away" is from the April 12, 2016 Science section of The New York Times. It was written by Dennis Overbye and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

El de 1937 y el de 1938. Dos veranos inolvidables, a salvo bajo la dorada luz de Sussex, donde los días se consumen en una sucesión de juegos infantiles y pícnics en la playa. Tres generaciones de la acomodada familia Cazalet reunidas en su finca natal. Los quehaceres de dos abuelos, cuatro hijos, nueve nietos, innumerables parientes políticos, criados y animales domésticos que abarcan desde lo cotidiano hasta lo más trascendental.

From the incomparable John Baxter, the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, a sumptuous and definitive portrait of Paris through the seasons, highlighting the unique tastes, sights, and changing personality of the city in spring, summer, fall, and winter. “A man with a...

Buzz Lightyear y su mejor amiga, Alisha Hawthorne, son guardianes especiales que viajan por los confines de la galaxia. Pero cuando se quedan varados en un planeta hostil por culpa de un error cometido por Buzz, éste hará lo que sea para enmendar sus errores, aunque eso signifique emprender una misión en solitario en la que no verá a sus amigos en años. Cuando Buzz por fin está completando su misión, ¡el robot gigante Zurg llega al planeta! Buzz debe unirse a un equipo de reclutas sin entrenamiento para enfrentarse al malvado robot. Pero Zurg no es lo que parece...

Attraversa lo spazio insieme a Buzz Lightyear: allacciati le cinture e preparati alla missione più difficile che Buzz abbia mai intrapreso. Verso l’infinito e oltre!Buzz Lightyear e la sua migliore amica, Alisha Hawthorne, sono space ranger che viaggiano nei luoghi più remoti della galassia. Ma quando si trovano bloccati su un pianeta ostile a causa di un errore commesso da Buzz, quest’ultimo farà di tutto per rimediare ai suoi sbagli. Anche combattere il malvagio robot Zurg insieme a una squadra di reclute!© Disney/Pixar. All rights reserved.© Disney/Pixar. All rights reserved.

Eugene H. Peterson’s never-before-published wisdom for each season of the Christian year A CHRISTIANITY TODAY AND BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN FAMILY MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR The glorious, never-dull reality of the gospel is this: Christ sets us free. All of us can be doers of the word, using...