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The Florida Industrial School for Boys, which in later years was Dozier School for Boys existed for over a century in the panhandle town of Marianna. Boys from throughout the state went there to be reformed. Early on, some residents were orphans as young as five-years-old who were placed in custodial care.

After three years together, Aurora and Leela have settled into a cozy life. The only complaint is their lack of quality time together. When the opportunity arises for a trip to paradise, they can't turn it down. A week of romance among Hawaii's natural wonders is exactly what they need to reconnect. When they return home, their relationship is the strongest and most stress-free it's ever been. Then, Aurora learns she's pregnant.

Rick Brant and Don Scott are back from their vacation in the South Pacific and are finding adventure near Spindrift Island. They're on their own this time, with no support from any of the Spindrift scientists, though they do get help from a likable old sea salt named Cap'n Mike and some familiar members of the press.

Music is one of humanity’s oldest medicines. From the Far East to the Ottoman Empire, Europe to Africa and the pre-colonial Americas, many cultures have developed their own rich traditions for using sound and rhythm to ease suffering, promote healing, and calm the mind. In his latest work, neuroscientist and New York Times best-selling author Daniel J. Levitin (This Is Your Brain on Music) explores the curative powers of music, showing us how and why it is one of the most potent therapies today.

Navigating the ins and outs of an absent father and a traumatized mother, and marked by choices made around religious zealots, drug addicted family, and growing up with his gay siblings in suburbia. We discover that as we grow, we become collectors of memories, keeping the ones that matter and throwing out the ones that don’t. Our choices rely heavily on how we interpret our past, and what meaning that we give to those memories.

Slices of Life are slices of life mostly packed with humor and unusual turns of events. The short stories are excellent listens on a commute or a short break from everyday routine!

Los Angeles, 1916: Photographer Bill Ogden has opened a portrait studio in the seedy noir world of early Hollywood, where he is joined by his granddaughter, Flavia—a woman in need of a fresh start after bludgeoning her abusive husband to death in Wichita. Though his business is mainly legit, Bill finds himself brushing up against the “blue movie” porn industry growing in the shadows of the motion picture mainstream. When a series of grisly murders take place across the city, Bill and his capable granddaughter are pulled into events as tricky and tangled as anything this side of The Big Sleep.

Humour fun and quirky. Tales with tiny twists. Good commuter listens or listens in a tea-break. Sit back and enjoy these little short stories with lovely character portraits.

Hotel Lux follows Irish radical May O'Callaghan and her friends, three revolutionary families brought together by their vision for a communist future and their time spent in the Comintern's Moscow living quarters, the Hotel Lux. Historian Maurice Casey reveals the connections and disconnections of a group of forgotten communist activists whose lives collided in 1920s Moscow: a brilliant Irish translator, a maverick author, the rebel daughters of an East London Jewish family, and a family of determined German anti-fascists.

There is always a beginning to any great story. Controversial, humorous, suspenseful, inspirational, Beginnings sets the story in motion, and leaves your mind to wonder. Each plot is unraveled just enough to let your imagination take hold and run wild. This collection of stories explores a diverse variety of genres and story lines, bringing each to life through the eye of a camera.

Religion was created to provide organization and unity, with each different religion and/or denomination having their preferred way of doing things. Beliefs and opinions varied, sometimes drastically. Most major religions worshipped different gods, while some shared the belief in the same god. There have been many names for these gods with the mythology to accompany it. With so many choices, how does one know for sure who God is?

She! A Puzzle Undone is a riveting, thought provoking tale of human emotions that portrays the strength and frailty of the character as she navigates the dark waters of mental illness.

Loving Lions provides listeners with a glimpse into the darkness and confusion of addiction, from both the addict's perspective and the family's experience. The author provides a detailed description of his journey through active addiction, and the recovery process that led him back to his family, and to his future as the founder of Baystate Recovery Services.

As heard on Coast to Coast AM... Sasquatch Chronicles... Beyond Reality Radio...Where did the Road Go?... Passion for the Paranormal... Late Night in the Midlands... The Confessionals and Lost River Legends. This book is a compilation of sightings, encounters and evidential findings as they pertain to Bigfoot in North America and those who have encountered them.

After many weeks of painful recovery, actually during my recovery, I started to experience physical changes. At first it was my personal thermostat that seemed different, as the heat and humidity bothered me more than usual, but my tolerance to cold also seemed higher than usual. My tolerance to pain became apparent later, not that I didn't feel pain, but I could withstand more pain than what was normal for me.

Parker Ward knew, from the day she was born, that she was unwanted. Unlovable. She had resigned herself to that over the years she has spent in foster care. She'd had night terrors that she couldn't remember when she woke. Even to this day. There was something in her past that was causing them but she had no idea what it was. She had made the most out of her life. She had gone on to go to college and law school. She was an attorney. Well, she would be if someone would give her the chance to prove it.

Kofi Annan stands out as one of the most pivotal figures of the early twenty-first century. As the secretary-general of the United Nations, he became an enduring icon and a voice for peace and freedom all over the world.

Asuncion, Bogota, Buenos Aires, Bukarest, Danzig, Hanoi, Kathmandu, Montevideo, Memphis, New York, Santiago de Chile, Seoul, Tiflis, Tirana, Ulaanbaatar, Zürich – das sind nur einige der Stationen auf der Weltreise von Rainer Zitelmann. Der Historiker und Soziologe hat in 20 Monaten 30 Länder auf vier Kontinenten bereist und dabei 260.000 Kilometer zurückgelegt.

'Nowt so queer as folk' is a Northern English phrase suggesting that some people can behave strangely at times...All of these short stories reflect that truism in different and often amusing ways. These stories have a bit of fun with our eccentricities and foibles...Are you in this book somewhere? Have fun finding out!

Merle Warner is a real estate investor who has never had a permanent home of his own. When he decides to settle down, he contacts a matchmaker he finds in an old ad, telling her that he plans to travel to the location of his intended. Vanessa Acker isn't well-liked in Pinyon Falls because she's too aggressive for most people. She contacts the matchmaker several others in town rave about, hoping to relocate and start over.