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"Weiner and Abedin to Separate after His Latest Sexting Scandal" is from the August 29, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Amy Chozick, Patrick Healy and Christine Hauser and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"‘The Birth of a Nation’ Sweeps Top Awards at the Sundance Film Festival" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Brooks Barnes and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"'Deadpool' Has Biggest Opening on Record in North America for R-Rated Film" is from the Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Brooks Barnes and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"CrowdSignals Aims to Create a Marketplace for Smartphone Sensor Data" is from the March 22, 2016, Technology section of The New York Times. It was written by Steve Lohr and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"How China Fell off the Miracle Path" is from the June 04, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Ruchir Sharma and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"David Chang Bets Big, Using Silicon Valley Money" is from the November 01, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Katie Benner and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Bashar Assad, Unrepentant, Says He Expects to Rule Syria Until 2021" is from the January 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Anne Barnard and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

On the run and hunted by everyone in Faern, Bhaal’s offspring are being wiped out. Instead of ridding the land of evil, each kill gives more power to a vicious group of Bhaalspawn intent on returning their father to the world. Follow the ultimate battle of the children of Bhaal in this thrilling novel based on the computer game from BioWare and Interplay!

Zombies and Calculus is the account of Craig Williams, a math professor at a small liberal arts college in New England, who, in the middle of a calculus class, finds himself suddenly confronted by a late-arriving student whose hunger is not for knowledge. As the zombie virus spreads and civilization crumbles, Williams uses calculus to help his small band of survivors defeat the hordes of the undead.

"In the Chamber of Secrets: J.K. Rowling’s Net Worth" is from the November 24, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by James B. Stewart and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Murphy's Law tells us that if something can go wrong, it will. Nonsense! says Al Casey, who maintains: If things can go right, they should. But you've got to make them go right, he adds, by hard work, focusing on key problems, and believing in the people around you. One of the most successful - and original - American businessmen of our time, Al Casey is a no-nonsense turnaround specialist who loves nothing more than the big challenges, whether in the private or the public sector.

Promoting virtues such as filial devotion, compassion, loyalty, and propriety, these dialogues between the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and his disciples comprise the crux of Confucianism.

"Market for Fixer-Uppers Traps Low-Income Buyers" is from the Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Matthew Goldstein and Alexandra Stevenson and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

A lover from another time... When Ted Ennis steps out the doors of the Criterion Theatre for a cigarette and finds himself in Victorian London, he begins to doubt his sanity. At first he thinks it's all a film set, and is sure that the strikingly handsome young man leaning against a lamppost must be the leading man.… What starts as a sordid transaction with a beautiful rent boy quickly turns into something much deeper, drawing him back again and again as he gets to know Jem and craves meaningful encounters with him.

Most people know that Gregor Mendel, the Moravian monk who patiently grew his peas in a monastery garden, shaped our understanding of inheritance. But people might not know that Mendel's work was ignored in his own lifetime, even though it contained answers to the most pressing questions raised by Charles Darwin's revolutionary book, On Origrin of the Species, published only a few years earlier. Mendel's single chance of recognition failed utterly, and he died a lonely and disappointed man.

"Bay Area Startups Find Low-Cost Outposts in Arizona" is from the August 22, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Conor Dougherty and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

Learn about the game of Poker with iMinds insightful knowledge series. Poker is a family of card games, first popularised in the United States, and now played throughout the world. Traditionally played with a deck of fifty-two cards, it has many rule variations and is played at both amateur and professional levels. Regarded by many as a game of equal parts luck and skill, poker is a mainstay of modern popular culture.

Learn about the mystery of the Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine with iMinds insightful knowledge series. The lost Dutchman’s gold mine is said to exist in the Superstitious Mountains in central Arizona in the southwest of the United States. Whether this mine actually exists or not is another question. Stories that tell of its discovery have taken on mythic proportion. According to legend, it is the largest gold mine in the world. To find it would beget an untold fortune. So who wouldn’t give it a try!

On the last day of December 1921, three enigmatic men - Cairo Martyr, a blue-eyed African who controls the Middle East's supply of aphrodisiac mummy dust; O'Sullivan Beare, a former Irish patriot and gunrunner who has made a fortune selling spurious, phallic-shaped Christian artifacts; and Mark Szondi, a dedicated Zionist who wagers only fried fish futures - sit down to a fateful game of poker in the back room of a Jerusalem antiquities shop owned by a 3000-year-old knight errant.

Ethan Mordden provides fresh insights and analyses of every Sondheim show, from his first hit (West Side Story, 1957) to his most recent title (Road Show, 2008). Each musical has a dedicated chapter, including articles on Sondheim's life and his major influences, and comprehensive bibliographical and discographical essays place the Sondheim literature and recordings in perspective. Writing with his usual blend of the scholarly and the popular—with a wicked sense of humor—Ethan Mordden reveals why Stephen Sondheim has become Broadway's most significant voice in the last fifty years.