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This audiobook collection therapeutic poetry (Book 1 of 3) of his REFLECTION SERIES that marked the beginning of Stephens’ literary journey. As soon as you hear, the narrator‘s voice—an army veteran himself—his highs and his lows don’t just read words, they tell the story the way it should be told.

In every ballet studio, there is a wall of mirrors. It reflects the people within. They’re part of a closed, elite group that asks for sacrifice and devotion from its members. This insular community produces iconic artists. It’s founded on a strict power structure, often with one man at the top. By tracing the origins of this unusual lifestyle, starting with the legacy of choreographer George Balanchine and the intimate stories of young dancers, we expose the beauty of an artform and the complexity of ballet culture.

Mirror Talk explores the stories of trailblazing women and how they sparked breakthrough in science, business, mental health, physical health, leadership, and more. Each episode features a key voice: founders, health experts, leaders, doctors, and creatives who have turned personal insight (and many times, self-doubt) into purposeful action toward a better world for women. Together, we explore what they’ve learned, what they wish more women knew, and how they got through moments of doubt and were able to reinvent themselves.

A doctor with a rare—seemingly superhuman—neurological trait takes us on a compelling tour deep into the human brain in this blend of memoir and scientific exploration that combines the compassionate wisdom of Oliver Sacks and the personal revelations of Jill Bolte Taylor’s My Stroke of...

For years, they came in on weekends to plan and practice—nearly sixty surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists, preparing to harmonize in a vast medical symphony. For the team at Mayo Clinic, it was their most complex surgery to date: a face transplant. At the heart of this event was Andy Sandness. He grappled with feelings of isolation and shame after a disfiguring suicide attempt but was determined to reclaim his future, to be seen as ordinary, and to belong again.

"Welcome to Rockwell Land," writes Deborah Solomon in the introduction to this spirited and authoritative biography of the painter who provided 20th-century America with a defining image of itself. As the star illustrator of The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, Norman Rockwell mingled fact and fiction in paintings that reflected the we-the-people, communitarian ideals of American democracy. But who was this man who served as our unofficial "artist in chief" and bolstered our country's national identity?

Mirror Mirror🪞 A podcast where we reflect, reveal, and keep it real.Hosted by Kayla and Will, two lifelong best friends, Mirror Mirror dives deep into life’s rawest and most beautiful moments. From parenting and relationships to healing, art, music, and identity—we’re holding up the mirror to the world and ourselves.Expect unfiltered conversations, laughter, real talk, and powerful perspectives as we explore what it means to grow, love, and live authentically. Whether you’re navigating healing, creativity, or just trying to make it through the chaos of life—you’re not alone....

Ninety years of American history as lived by the nation's preeminent African American historian and winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. John Hope Franklin lived through America's most defining twentieth-century transformation, the dismantling of legally-protected racial segregation. A...

First published in 1906, The Mirror of the Sea was the first of Joseph Conrad’s two autobiographical memoirs. Discussing it, he called the book “a very intimate revelation...I have attempted here to lay bare with the unreserve of a last hour’s confession the terms of my relation with the sea, which beginning mysteriously, like any great passion the inscrutable Gods send to mortals, went on unreasoning and invincible, surviving the test of disillusion, defying the disenchantment that lurks in every day of a strenuous life"....

Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century. This biography from distinguished music historian Simon Morrison examines Nicks as a singer and songwriter before and beyond her career with Fleetwood Mac, from the Arizona landscape of her childhood to the strobe-lit Night of 1000 Stevies celebrations.

Experts agree on the value of genetic testing when there is a family history of disease, or if the patient has an illness frequently caused by a mutation. Knowing the disease mutation lets family members find out if they have it too and need preventive care. The book explains that doctors can order tests with genetic counseling at relatively low cost and how this will help them prescribe preventive actions, make earlier diagnoses, and get better outcomes.

A unique blend of memoir, research, and cultural criticism, this is a searing and incisive examination into how we tell stories about mental illness, how that affects how we treat it, and how those with mental illness can begin to take control of their own stories through fantasy and fiction.

Just three days after he was born, Howard Shulman contracted an infection that attacked his face, devouring his nose, lips, lower right eyelid, tear ducts, and palate. Abandoned at the hospital by his parents, he became a ward of New Jersey under the care of a state-employed surgeon who experimentally rebuilt his face.

In 1976, Di Rushing and her husband, Sam decided to open the first winery in Mississippi. Their business was thriving by 1990, with eight national award-winning wines, a beautiful vineyard, and a successful restaurant. But in March of 1990, a series of unforeseen events rocked the operation. After the Rushings discovered one of the tour guides, Ray Russell, selling drugs in the winery parking lot, they fired him. He responded with a terrorizing vengeance that persisted over the next nine months.

In life, everyone starts from somewhere. Some may start at the starting line while others begin in the parking lot. Her journey began on the south side of the tracks and took her up on Rodeo Drive in the winter and 5th Ave in the spring. Attending a different school every forces you to be independent. It turns all the attention—good or bad—on you. You learn to read the room, feeling for temperatures both cold and hot. You accept there will be fights, bullying, and a small chance of seeing them again. It’s both liberating while simultaneously scary. So you adapt.

Mirrors: Horrors, History & Hauntings is a paranormal podcast from writer Gabby Hope Frye. Episodes explore haunted places around the world: physical places that reflect the past and twist the present, blurring the lines between reality and illusion. Along the way, Gabby will document her investigations, while detailing the history and unexplained encounters that drew her to each location.Season 2 takes Gabby around New England to learn about communication with spirit, leading up to an investigation at the infamous Lizzie Borden House. New episodes are posted on Tuesdays. Follow the show @...

S.K.S. Redemption Presents The Crystral Mirror Host: Bugsy SiegalGuest: Samuel CapersCover Art, Mixing and Mastering By: Dolly Lane The Crystal Mirror Is A Poem Written By One Of California's Death Row's Inmate's, To Help Bring Awareness To The Damage Addiction Can Cause. This Is A Testimonial PodCast That Is Built To Bring Forth The Value Of REDEMPTION.

Genre-bending, sonically immersive fiction & true horror stories that reflect the darkest, most twisted parts of the human psyche.In the tradition of great horror and speculative fiction anthologies such as The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock presents, these unsettling & scary stories will leave you thinking long after the final words of each episode.Listen to Don't Go, the story of a man who receives an ominous message that changes everything. Dine at Fear Farm, the world's most exclusive gastronomical experience. Hear how a small town must pay for their sins when a strange visitor arrives ...

Zwei Stimmen, zwei Welten – ein Herz. Zwischen Schulchaos und Consulting-Calls, Mental Load und Freiheitsdrang, Liebe, Karriere und der Suche nach der eigenen Mitte. Zwillingsschwestern – Lehrerin & IT-Consultant – sprechen ungefiltert über Lebensmodelle und warum sich selbst gute Leben manchmal falsch anfühlen. 🎧 Alle zwei Wochen neu.

Step into the life of Tiffany, a tough and tenacious woman who has faced the darkest corners of her past and emerged out of it with a voice powerful enough to inspire others. In "The Truth Within The Mirror," Fiona unveils a motivating narrative of survival, healing, and the relentless pursuit of self-discovery.