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""The heartrending story of a two people, a marriage, and a century from the author of A Suitable Boy. . . . “[A] thoughtful, evocative, moving book.”—Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World Two Lives is an extraordinary tapestry of India, the Third Reich and the Second World War...

"We all have two lives. The second begins the moment we realize we have only one." Stories of people who have faced darkness and how those moments transform them.

For those of us who feel deeply committed to spiritual realization and to being instruments of benefit in the world, what Carl Jung called "the second half of life" represents a remarkable curriculum for awakening. When wisely understood, the bodily changes inherent in the aging process become stepping-stones on the road to liberation and the actualization of our best human qualities like wisdom, loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

Scotty Armstrong has spent the last twenty years running the town crematorium and keeping everyone and everything at arm's length. She lives life just the way she likes it, alone and unattached. All that changes when her late brother's best friend—and former love of her life—Ford Callahan, comes back into town and starts dredging up unwanted feelings she thought were ancient history.

Get ready for another emotional rollercoaster with Riley and all her Emotions! Based on Disney and Pixar’s smash hit, Inside Out 2, this audio story dives deep into the newly minted teenager’s mind exploring characters both familiar and new.

The Story of My Life is the explosive and exhilarating autobiography by the infamous libertine Giacomo Casanova. Intense and scandalous, Casanova’s extraordinary adventures take the listener on an incredible voyage across 18th-century Europe - from France to Russia, Poland to Spain and Turkey to Germany, with Venice at their heart. He falls madly in love, has wild flings and delirious orgies, and encounters some of the most brilliant figures of his time, including Catherine the Great, Louis XV, and Benjamin Franklin.

Plutarchs's (46-120 A.D.) epic chronicle of the lives of great Grecians and Romans. Beginning with the founding of Rome and Athens, the lives of the men who created the ancient world are brought to life in this new, high quality recording. Greats such as Romulus, Pericles, Theseus, Lycurgus and many others come alive as their politics, economy, and their individual stories play out in the time of the Ancients. This translation by John Dryden, which is considered by scholars to be the quintessential translation.

Fünf Freundinnen. Vier Liebesgeschichten. Ein gefährliches Geheimnis. Avery, Isabella, Odina, Lee und Josie sind 17, wild und die besten Freundinnen, seit sie sich im Surfcamp auf der kleinen Insel vor der Küste South Carolinas kennenlernten. Es ist der Sommer ihres Lebens – bis Josie plötzlich spurlos verschwindet. Erst zehn Jahre später kommen sie dem Rätsel auf die Spur... Isabella ist die Erbin eines Luxushotels auf Harbour Bridge und wohnt in einer traumhaften Villa mitten in der Natur. Ihr Leben scheint perfekt. Doch was niemand weiß: Sie ist zutiefst unglücklich und einsam.

Listeners will love going back in time to discover some of the world’s most fascinating prehistoric creatures! This volume includes Mosasaurs, Plesiosaurs, and Sea Scorpions.

Here Durant tells the whole story of Greece from the days of Crete's vast Aegean empire to the final extirpation of the last remnants of Greek liberty, crushed under the heel of an implacably forward-marching Rome. The dry minutiae of battles and sieges, of tortuous statecraft of tyrant and king, get minor emphasis in what is preeminently a vivid recreation of Greek culture, brought to the listener through the medium of supple, vigorous prose.

This is the autobiographical novel by Harriet Wilson, the first African-American to publish a novel in North America. Originally published in 1859, it was rediscovered in 1982.

Miles Murphy had it made. He lived in a great town near the ocean, he had two best friends, and most importantly, he had a reputation for being his town's best prankster. All of which explains why he's not happy to bemoving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that's famous for one thing and one thing only: cows. Worse than that, Miles quickly discovers that Yawnee Valley already has a prankster - and a great one. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he'll have to raise his game.

An entertaining and surprising ride through an India you thought you knew...

It is 1929. At home, economic depression and dust storms ravage America, and abroad the goose step of Nazism is intensifying. Widespread fear of the "other" has reached a fever pitch. Against this tumultuous backdrop, two families share the spotlight in this sweeping saga: the Himelbaums of Poland and the Browns of Iowa. All Harry Himelbaum wants is to live somewhere happy and to send for the wife and child he must deny having.

There's more to life than lessons at Malory Towers, Enid Blyton's best-loved boarding school series. This fantastic bumper collection contains Malory Towers audiobooks 4-6. In Upper Fourth, Darrell Rivers is head girl of her class, and her sister Felicity has joined Malory Towers. It looks set to be a wonderful term until Felicity makes friends with young trouble-maker June. With twins Connie and Ruth causing problems in their form too, Darrell's first term in charge is a big challenge....

Dr. Joe Dispenza has created two meditation CDs-featuring different music-to accompany his book You Are the Placebo. On this shorter 48-minute disc, Dr.Joe walks you through Meditation 2: Changing One Belief and Perception. After introducing the open-focus technique, he then moves you into the...

The politics of the Telhian Empire are on display as Eryk and the company navigates the dangers within the Empire. The wayward hero thinks he is going to have time to relax after the harrowing experience in Macha. Things are never that simple as Eryk continues to grow and mature as a soldier.

Sid the koala has a perfect new hammock, has found two perfect trees, and is ready for the perfect snooze. He can’t wait for his peaceful nap. Unfortunately, there is nothing peaceful about Sid’s neighbor. Marvin is so excited to have a new neighbor that he won’t leave Sid alone, which annoys Sid to no end. Will Sid realize how insensitive he’s being and show some empathy so these two koalas can be friends?

Love is a fascinating aspect of human emotions that embalms withered souls with new hope and zest for life. Yet love manifests in myriad shades ranging from caring to conjugal, physical to psychological, empowering to escorting. This treatise accounts for the second volume of such fascinating and confounding attributes over a roller-coaster ride of 16 audio stories that will enthrall your human senses in a journey of close to 8 hours uninterrupted.

You ask, Arizona answers! Everyone’s favorite tween-aged advice columnist is back! Arizona has eight brand-new tales filled with fun tips and good advice for kids like you.