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Learn German with the only podcast that spoon-feeds you vocabulary and grammar while you enjoy a continuing story. It runs from episode 1 to 100. Later episodes are standalone, in German only, for advanced learners, and explore a wide range of topics and formats. Find out more at german-stories.com!

FOREWORD BY LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA AND LUIS A. MIRANDA, JR. The true story of how José Andrés and World Central Kitchen’s chefs fed hundreds of thousands of hungry Americans after Hurricane Maria and touched the hearts of many more Chef José Andrés arrived in Puerto Rico four days after...

Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world - until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her - a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge.

In the 1930s and 1940s, there was nothing bigger in Texas high school football than the Masonic Home Mighty Mites - a group of orphans bound together by hardship and death. These youngsters, in spite of being outweighed by at least 30 pounds per man, were the toughest football team around. They began with nothing - not even a football - yet in a few years were playing for the state championship on the highest level of Texas football. This is a winning tribute to a courageous band of underdogs from a time when America desperately needed fresh hope and big dreams.

The inspiration for the NBC TV series "Rise," starring Josh Radnor, Auli'i Cravalho, and Rosie Perez — the incredible and true story of an extraordinary drama teacher who has changed the lives of thousands of students and inspired a town. By the author of The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino. ...

Beans2Billions – A podcast about inspiring stories of entrepreneurs and sales professionals who’ve risen from humble beginnings, overcome obstacles, and achieved remarkable success.Each episode features interviews with self-made achievers who share their hard-earned insights and practical advice on Sales, Negotiation, Business, Internet Marketing, Personal Finance, and more. Whether you're striving for your breakthrough or searching for motivation to keep going, this podcast offers the tools and stories to help you succeed.Transform your beans into billions—one episode at a time!

Life is full of small details that we tuck away somewhere to revisit when we need them most: the calming sound of the sea, that childlike joy when you feel the sun hit your face on an early February morning. These small details knitted together make up our perfect ordinary lives. Few understood the importance of these more than Sarah Hughes, who lived with terminal metastatic cancer for over three years and who died in April 2021.

Jewish history contains the oldest and most iconic form of storytelling. Both inspirational and informative, theses narratives form the bedrock of Judaism. In a generation spending so much time engulfed in fantasy tales for entertainment, let's go back a few years when our minds wandered to our epic mystical past.