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This is a volume of early poetry by Sophia Margaretta Hensley. - Summary by Carolin

You got the promotion. Now comes the hard part: actually leading. Most leadership books make management sound like a series of clean checkboxes and corporate strategies. But here’s the reality: some days you absolutely crush it, and other days… you don’t. You second-guess your decisions, you miss cues, and you feel the weight of being responsible for people, not just outcomes. Leadership isn’t something you are. It’s something you learn. In Now You’re Leading, author and narrator Raisa Ramos delivers a real-talk, empathetic guide for the next generation of managers.

Podcast by Scott Ford, M.Ed.

I never asked to be a savior. I never wanted to be part of a prophecy. But the dark ones are approaching—and I'll fight for my future with everything I have. War is coming to the realms, and our only hope lies in an ancient composition scattered across the globe. A weapon powerful enough to...

"Do you think I could make a real living out of punching people's exes? Hear me out… what if they really, really deserved it?" Gage supposes it's a fair question, even if he doesn't mean it. Granted, the pain and trauma he's been living with for the past year has changed him, but that's not...

Dark Academia in Alaska Welcome to Bear Towne University, Alaska—where ancient magic coils through ivy-covered halls; the forest is alive, and falling in love is a deadly mistake. A missing sister. A deadly scholarship. A monster with a crush. Hailey Hartley has never had a normal life—her...

This work is the story of a pilgrimage made over a hundred years ago by a group of American pilgrims. They were not headed for Canterbury, Rome or Jerusalem. Rather, they were headed for an historical but remote prison-city in a far corner of the Ottoman Empire. ‘Akká (Akko), now a city in Israel which attracts thousands of Bahá’í pilgrims each year, was but little thought of in that early period. It was originally the final place of exile and imprisonment for Bahá’u’lláh, a Persian nobleman who proclaimed that He was the Promised One of all religions and Messenger of God for this...

I help spread the gospel of our Lord and Personal Savior Jesus Christ to the world

1969 was considered one of the most important years of the last century. Back then riots and protests broke out over the Vietnam War, the draft, and civil rights issues. Somewhere in the mountains of California a group of zany characters spent that summer in isolation working at a camp called Clovis. This story is alive with the often hilarious and sometimes tragic Americana of that time period.

This is a volume of love poems by Canadian poet Sophia Margaretta Hensley, also known as Sophie M. Almon-Hensley. The poems are written from the perspective of a woman, and cover besides love also all the emotions neighboring that passion. - Summary by Carolin

Dos de las primeras obras del autor que exploran la melancolía, la soledad, la esperanza y el desencanto amoroso. Las dos piezas recogidas aquí se inscriben en una etapa auroral de la producción del autor, cuando aún estaban por llegar algunas de sus grandes obras, como Crimen y castigo o...

The Groysman Podcast decodes chronic illness with evidence-based insights from Dr. Robert Groysman, a board-certified physician specializing in complex chronic conditions, like ME/ CFS. Whether you're dealing with Long COVID, POTS, chronic fatigue, mast cell activation, or any condition affecting multiple body systems, Dr. Groysman explains what's happening beneath the surface. Drawing from over five years treating thousands patients and his personal experience with chronic illness, he translates cutting-edge research into practical insights you can use. Episodes cover root mechanisms, from ...

In A Fatal Winter, Max Tudor - Anglican priest, former MI5 agent, and village heartthrob - investigates two deaths at Chedrow Castle. But his growing attraction to Awena Owen complicates his case, as does the recent arrival at Chedrow Castle of a raucous group of long-lost, greedy relatives, any one of whom has a motive for murder. With a cozy setting, intricate puzzles, and a handsome (non-celibate) priest doing the sleuthing, the books in this series are destined to become instant classics in the mystery world.

DCI Tom Raven’s hopes for a few quiet days with his daughter, Hannah, are shattered when a shocking murder plunges him into a macabre mystery in the nearby coastal town of Whitby. In the hallowed grounds of the ruined abbey, a man lies lifeless: drained of blood and marked by the symbol of a dragon.

When Dr. Nathan Frost, a lecturer in German literature at Oxford University, is invited to a lavish party at the country house of a wealthy businessman, he knows there'll be a price to pay. After all, as an expert on the legend of Faust and Mephistopheles, he can recognize a deal with the devil easily enough. But even he's not expecting such a sinister end to the evening. 

Fashionable society regards Sir Benjamin Wright with the utmost honour and respect. Yet Lady Emma knows that her husband is, in fact, a drunken jealous brute who delights in humiliating her both in and out of the bedroom. So, his unexpected murder is a blessing, she thinks - that is, until the...

During a perfect spring evening on Nantucket, a violent storm erupts and a dome of crawling, colored fire blankets the island. When the howling winds subside and the night skies clear, the stars appear to have shifted. The mainland has become a wilderness of unbroken forest, where tools of bronze and stone litter the beaches, and primitive natives scatter in terror.

'Satisfyingly intriguing' Faith Martin 'J.M. Hall has mastered the warmth of a perfect modern cosy crime with all the twists and turns that go with it. I really enjoyed it!' Hannah Hendy Retired schoolteachers and amateur sleuths Liz, Pat and Thelma are giving up their coffee morning for a...

A dragon is missing. DI Adams' missing person is human, not dragon, but the trails of both lead to the village of Eldmere, where glimpses of a mysterious Beast have drawn in the nation's monster hunters. And where the Toot Hansell Women's Institute and the Cloverly dragons are in hot pursuit of Gilbert. A valley full of weekend Yeti hunters and cryptozoologists won't stand between them and the young dragon. But something strange is happening in Eldmere, and the dragons, Beast, and ladies of the Women's Institute are at the heart of it.

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first...