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All of us are familiar with the fairy tales of youth where the young hero and heroine fall in love, defeat their enemies, marry, and live happily ever after. The fairy tales gathered here are about what happens next, when the Prince goes bald and the Princess has a midlife crisis. They portray middle-aged men and women facing the special issues dealing with crisis, aging and mortality, and the desire for renewal.

Step into the living voice of history.This podcast presents complete, unabridged audiobooks from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries—an era that shaped theology, philosophy, literature, and the moral imagination of the modern world. Each episode features a full classical work, faithfully narrated and preserved for modern listeners.From early modern theology and devotional writings to foundational works of philosophy, history, and moral reflection, these recordings restore the original cadence, gravity, and depth of texts too often reduced to excerpts or summaries.🎧 What you’ll find here:...

Willkommen bei Couple-Classics. Dein Podcast für alle Facetten zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen. Von Paartherapie und Eltern-Kind-Dynamiken und den damit verbundenen Herausforderungen bis zu mentaler Gesundheit. Wir beantworten die wichtigsten Fragen: Soll ich Kinder bekommen oder wann ist der richtige Zeitpunkt für eine Paartherapie. Experteninterviews und persönliche Geschichten machen diesen Podcast zu einer Bereicherung für deinen Alltag.

The late film icon and screen legend Kirk Douglas was married to Anne Buydens for more than six decades. Here they both look back on a lifetime filled with drama both on and off the screen. Sharing priceless correspondence with each other as well as the celebrities and world leaders they called...

Wild mustangs, ghosts on the ranch, gun-toting outlaws and trailblazing cowboys roam the pages of this collection of 8 classic stories about the American frontier. Travel down "The Road to Hell" with a mysterious ranch builder, face down the "Yellow Devil" mountain lion, travel "Where the Wind Blows Free," and join in on a herd of other adventures that will keep you reading until long after high noon.

Rose, orpheline de père et mère, est pâle et chétive. Quel dommage qu'une si affectueuse petite fille soit condamnée à vivre de potions et de pilules, à se morfondre seule, vêtue de noir, dans une grande maison triste. Condamnée ? L'oncle Alec voit la situation d'un autre oeil.

From a major voice in Caribbean literature—this is a story of Gwennie Glaspole, a schoolteacher trapped in an unhappy marriage, fighting to resist Jamaican cultural expectations and for her independence A new edition of the “remarkable first novel” from a major voice in Caribbean...

The Education of Henry Adams is among the oddest and most enlightening books in American literature. Henry Adams was the grandson of a president and the great-grandson of another one. He was also the son of the American Ambassador to England, and his secretery. As such he rubbed elbows, literally, with Presidents from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt and with many of the great figures of his time.

When Arkady Petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his eager, naïve son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought home with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father with his determination to overthrow the traditional values of society. Vividly capturing the hopes and fears of a changing Russia in the 19th century, Fathers and Sons is Ivan Turgenev's masterpiece. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

The hit on the head that sends Hank Morgan back through 13 centuries does not affect his natural resourcefulness. Using his knowledge of an upcoming eclipse, Hank escapes a death sentence, and secures an important position at court. Gradually, he introduces 19th century technology and soon has an easy life. He becomes "The Boss" of the Kingdom, second only to the King.

I am a man more sinned against than sinning. A Shakespeare Society Production. The complete play in five acts...

Trapped as a lawyer for 20+ yrs. Used words to escape. Episodes about writing, copywriting, and positioning. Occasional musings about growing Hyssop to craft herbal tea.

An upper-middle class peasant inherits his father's farm, which he hopes to pass on to his children. When the twin boys are born, there is joy in the family until they realize that they are severely retarded - to use the term of the day, idiots. And then another son is born, also an idiot. In desperation, Jean Pierre joins the church, which he has no use for, and a daughter is born. Another idiot. Jean Pierre becomes even more angry and abusive to his wife, whom he blames for producing four idiots.