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An unabridged audio collection of the best-of-the-best science fiction stories published in 2015 by current and emerging masters of the genre, edited by Allan Kaster, as narrated by top voice talents.

David "Big Papi" Ortiz is a baseball icon and one of the most popular figures ever to play the game. As a key part of the Boston Red Sox for 14 years, David has helped the team win three World Series, bringing back a storied franchise from "never wins" to "always wins". He helped them upend the doubts, the naysayers, and the nonbelievers and captured the imagination of millions of fans along the way, as he launched balls into the stands again and again and again.

At an art auction in Madrid, Elías Segado, a religious art appraiser and detective, is getting ready to secure a painting for the bishop of Cartagena. But in a brilliant sleight of hand, the iconic work is stolen, drawing Elías into the confidence of its corrupt and seductive thief.

Three months into his studies at the Black River Academy of Swordcraft and Spellcraft, Durren Flintrand is shocked by the news that from now on he'll be assigned to a party and that his only hope of progressing beyond the lowly rank of level one is to succeed with his new companions. However, Durren has a secret that may make that impossible, and his three partners have problems of their own.

Before the United States Supreme Court ruled against segregation in public schools, and before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, Jackie Robinson walked onto the diamond on April 15, 1947, as first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, making history as the first African American to integrate Major League Baseball in the 20th century. Today a national icon, Robinson was a complicated man who navigated an even more complicated world that both celebrated and despised him. 

He's desperate to see Luna again. It might be the only thing keeping Alistair from giving up, because their situation looks grim. As he sits in the captain’s seat, looking out at the vastness of space, he knows what was on its way.

Cristin de Monaham is a powerful and respected warlord. Her family and the planet of ice she rules are all that matters. When she hears about how Prometheus freed the slaves, she grows worried. Would he come for her next? On a barren world of freezing wind and snow, one doesn’t get second chances. It is better to kill and survive than risk diplomacy. Rather than wait on this conqueror, she’ll go to him - with her allies in tow, she’ll crush him.

Learn the truth behind the mask of Hollywood in these 10 bizarre tales of dreams and dream weavers, movies and movie-makers, by some of the most respected fantasy writers of our time.

Doc Croc und Yoyo können es nicht fassen: Kaum sind sie von dem schrecklichen Bauernhof geflohen, wollen der alte Esel, der krächzende Gockel, der zahnlose Hund sowie die gebrechliche Katze plötzlich Stadtmusikanten werden. Und dabei singen sie so, dass die Milch sauer wird! Auch die Räuber, denen die Stadtmusikanten ein hübsches Ständchen bringen wollen, sind wenig entzückt. Sie sehen in der Gestalt, die vor ihrem Fenster steht, nur ein kreischendes Monster mit acht Augen. Aber was ist, wenn die Räuber ihren Irrtum erkennen?

Ein seltsames Gefolge, das der verliebte Prinz auf dem Wege zum Schloss seiner Angebeteten einsammelt: Ein Dickwanst, der ganze Meere austrinken kann, ein Horcher, der Gras wachsen hört, ein Seher, der über Tausende von Meilen hinweg auch noch die kleinste Maus entdeckt, und das sind nur drei von sechs seltsamen Dienern! Doch Yoyo und Doc Croc ahnen bereits, dass der Prinz übermenschliche Hilfe braucht, um die unlösbaren Aufgaben der bösen Königin zu bewältigen.

Eine Neuigkeit aus der Unterwelt: Der Teufel hat eine Großmutter! Sie ist fast so böse wie ihr berüchtigter Enkel, aber sie hat eine ganz große Schwäche: Das Rätsellösen. Gut, dass Yoyo und Doc Croc dies noch rechtzeitig herausgefunden haben, denn sonst hätten sie und ihr neuer Freund Kaspar ihr weiteres Leben in Ameisengröße fristen müssen. Nun haben sie vielleicht sogar die Chance, die drei goldenen Haare des Teufels mitgehen zu lassen und Kaspar zum König zu machen.

From Michael David Ares comes a dark new audiobook that will haunt listeners FEAR THE DAY In the near future, patches of the northern hemisphere have been shrouded in years of darkness from a nuclear winter, and the water level has risen in the North Atlantic. The island of Manhattan has lost...

In this “wonderfully rich” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from the author of the internationally bestselling The Oracle of Stamboul, a young man journeys from California to Cairo to unravel centuries-old family secrets. “This book is a joy.”—Rabih Alameddine, author of the...

In October 2011, Jeff Ragsdale, a down-and-out actor and stand-up comedian, posted a flyer around Lower Manhattan asking people to call him if they wanted to talk. He thought he’d get a dozen calls; instead he got hundreds, and then thousands, once pictures of the flyer went viral on the net. The calls came from all over the country and from as far away as Spain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Taiwan, and Australia. Jeff spoke to as many people as he could, answering his phone all day long.

This issue of Them Days Magazine includes the eulogy of John A. Broomfield; stories about trapping and fishing; as well as a few unique articles such as an old Alphabet Song and excerpts from a trapper's diary. This is the final issue from Them Days' first year of publication...

Bhairav Healing, hosted by David Michael, is a space for deep healing, integration, and truth-seeking. This podcast explores psychedelic experiences, the challenges of making meaning afterward, and the often-overlooked journey of untangling from cult dynamics and spiritual manipulation. With compassion and honesty, David offers insights, tools, and conversations to support your path back to yourself.

This week on MRFS: we catch up on the last 8 years in sports, Mikal talks tennis, Simon predicts the future, Mike eulogizes some baseball players who died, and Dave recalls an OTB on Long Island. We get sad about the state of things, but Mikal offers a note of optimism about women and a story about a marathon traditionalist who tackles weirdos.

Educating for Purposeful Life documents positive change within the Anaheim Union High School District, whose overarching mission is to prepare high school graduates who possess a clear sense of purpose and the capacity to achieve their goals This work illuminates the district's Career Preparedness Systems Framework, which integrates affective and cognitive development opportunities, trade and professional development programs, and community engagement efforts. 

Was für eine hinterhältige Stiefmutter! Kaum hat der Vater von Hänsel und Gretel seinen Kindern und dem Haus den Rücken gekehrt, hat sie nichts Besseres zu tun, als die beiden Geschwister nachts im tiefsten Wald auszusetzen. Gottlob haben sie zwei tapfere Begleiter dabei: Yoyo und Doc Croc natürlich. Sonst könnte es böse ausgehen: Die berühmte Hexe in ihrem Lebkuchenhaus hat nämlich eine ganz besondere Vorliebe für den armen Hänsel.

Prizewinning historian Michael David-Fox traces the experiences of Smolensk residents between the interwar years and the end of World War II, a period during which the city and region passed from Stalinist rule to Nazi occupation and back. The result is a revelatory examination of choice and power under dueling forms of murderous totalitarianism. Exploring the life-and-death decisions of a fascinating cast of characters, David-Fox shows how deeply the Stalinist and Nazi regimes relied on the co-optation of average citizens motivated by greed and need, but always within the orbit of ideology.