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Not an actual train, in the mid-1800's, the Underground Railroad transported and protected escaping enslaved Africans through a network of safe houses and places, on their way to freedom in the North.

Mission Ridge Ski Resort near Wenatchee Washington is one of the most popular ski destinations in the world. It’s also a 1944 crash site of a B-24 bomber on a secret mission. Patricia Lawrence is exploring Mission Ridge; she assends on a tram up the tall mountain and decends in a courtesy toboggan.

Audio Journeys, from Travel Radio International, explores the Caribbean rainforest of Guatemala with a team of biologists. (This Audio Journey is also available in our MesoAmerica Series.)

Audio Journeys is at the annual Oostende sailing ship festival on the old freight docks of this once very busy seaport.

In the seaport town of Oostende on the last weekend in May, one of the world's largest sailing-ship festivals is held. There are many ships to explore and much activity when we arrive on the docks of Oostende; announcers, marching bands, and battle-ship reenactments fill our senses. The first person we meet is a musketeer and one of the Festival's organizers.

Since 1987 the Performing Animal Welfare Society has been providing a safe loving home to wild animals that have been abused in captivity. Star Decker is in Galt, California, exploring PAWS with co-founding director, the late Pat Derby.

Audio Journeys explores the life of L. Frank Baum, author of some of the world's most beloved children's books, including The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Baum was born near Syracuse, New York, in 1856. We meet Baum historian Kathleen De Scenna at Ste. Marie Among the Iroquois on Onondaga Lake near Syracuse. She considers Baum to be a visionary.

Monterrico, Guatemala, lies along the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. For centuries, turtles have used the narrow strip of black sand beach as the perfect incubator for their fragile eggs. Today, competition with human activities threaten some of the world's last remaining turtles.

Lake Tahoe, situated in both California and Nevada, is the largest alpine lake in North America, and the second deepest lake in the USA. Patricia Lawrence is exploring California's Lake Tahoe, first from a charter fishing boat, then the shore, and we wrap up at a history museum.

We arrive in San Jose from a small boat across Lake Petén Itzá. There are few roads into the region. This quiet lakeside hill town has a Mayan and Spanish Language School. After a pleasant walk up the hill from the school, we find botanists preserving the traditional Mayan medicinal plants in gardens where signs help visitors with identification.

Audio Journeys explore Jamestown Settlement Living History site in Jamestown Virginia. On the banks of the James River, 17th century history is told with artifacts and stories. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series.

Using real life examples, Deal Maker reveals the behavioral and psychological dimensions of deal making and gives practical advice on planning a negotiating strategy to achieve the best possible results. This book, authored by a venture capitalist with experience structuring deals for entrepreneurial firms and Wall Street takeovers, tells you what skills are needed for successful deal making. It describes how to develop a negotiating strategy explaining the behavioral and psychological dimensions of deal making.

Tikal was a major center of Mayan civilization for centuries. Today Tikal National Park is still used by Mayans for ceremonies. Tikal is also home to thousands of animals and plants. We find out about some from our guide.

Audio Journeys visits the Via Delorosa in Jerusalem. Our guide, historian Ruth Holzman, describes Jerusalem, looking east down the Via Dolorosa, in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City. The Via Dolorosa, according to tradition, is the route Jesus followed to his crucifixion.

The 10 Quick Steps series is the fastest growing eBook series on the Net, and you can be a part of it. This Guide shows you, in 10 Quick Steps, how to write a 10 Quick Steps Guide, the audience we reach and how to talk to them, the most effective ways to arrange your material, how to promote alongside 10QuickSteps.com to increase sales and increase your income and more.

Audio Journeys are exploring Quebec City, Quebec in early February during their Annual Winter Carnival, the largest winter carnival in the world.

The National Capital Commission of Canada has the mission and the mandate to build the Capital Region around Ottawa as a source of pride and unity for Canadians. One place the NCC accomplishes its goals is at Gatineau Park in Chelsea Quebec, across the Ottawa River from Ottawa, Canada's capital city. It's February when we explore Gatineau Park, across the Ottawa River from Ottawa.

L'été suédois 196… promet d'être beau et chaud. Dans un cadre idyllique - une bicoque familiale au bord d’un lac, à l'orée d'une forêt - Erik, quatorze ans, entame ses vacances avec son ami Edmund et son grand frère Henry. Pour les deux adolescents, qui goûtent pour la première fois à l'ivresse de la liberté, ce sera l'été de toutes les découvertes. Ce sera aussi l'été de tous les fantasmes. Un soir, Henry revient accompagné d'une femme, qui n’est autre que leur professeur, la sublime Eva Kaludis.

This presentation brings Isaiah’s poetry and power alive, explains the social and historical contexts, and clarifies the distinct differences between the three Isaiah sections: Is. 1-23 - The Immanuel Prophecy; Is. 24-39 - The Assyrian assault on Jerusalem; Is. 40-55 - The hopes for deliverance; Is. 56-66 - A new Jerusalem.

Audri and Jim Lanford reveal to you, in 10 Quick Steps, the quickest way to make money with your website and Google AdSense. They show you how to easily and properly apply for AdSense, what to do if you get rejected, how to implement the code on your site, how to find high-paying keywords and more.

The Book of Exodus is the key beginning to the foundations of Israelite and later Jewish Faith. It’s contents and particular plot are designed to narrate (1) not just the origins of this people's faith, but (2) the way it is to be lived by readers and believers in ages to come. First Talk - We will explore the plot and the literary artistry of the Book as a single message for the reader and how the ancient "story" becomes a model for the community of faith.