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Comedian, actor and bestselling author Ellie Taylor welcomes us to her 'safe space', a place where anyone can air their views, gripes and dislikes without fear of persecution. Assisting her on her confessional journey are sidekick Robin Morgan and members of the audience, who share their own dark and disturbing beliefs at the beginning of each show. Having heard from them, Ellie goes on to get her own opinions off her chest. Through stand-up and sketches, she gives us her hot take on topics such as masculinity, the environment, parties, the news, the Internet and billionaires.

My new client is trouble. From the moment I step into his office, he makes it clear that he wants me. I am the marketing consultant for his jewelry empire. Daydreaming about the hot CEO is definitely not on my to-do list. Neither is doing said CEO. But he breaks down all my defenses, until I'm ready to break all the rules for him, and I discover that it's all more fun if it's forbidden. But what happens when we get caught?

The Memory Palace is a collection of tiny, crystalline historical tales that come across like luminous short fiction, and, like Nate DiMeo’s acclaimed podcast of the same name, conjure lost moments and forgotten figures who are calling out across time to be remembered. For fifteen years, Nate DiMeo has turned to the past to make sense of the way we live today, finding beauty and meaning in history’s dustier corners, holding things up to the light and weaving facts, keen insight, wit, and poignant observation into unforgettable tales.

When an amateur journalist encounters a mysterious radio program while driving alone one late night, he is presented with a set of instructions with potentially fatal consequences. After escaping with his life, obsession takes hold and he is determined to find out who is behind the broadcast and who else it has affected. His investigation leads him to speak with travelers and truckers, vagabonds and vacationers, models and rock stars, each with their own sinister encounter with the strange program. His search draws him into a world of deadly discovery.

Let’s be honest – most diet meals suck. They are dull in flavor, requires a lot of preparation, and they really can’t compete with a nice bag of salty French fries. However… The air fryer revolution has changed the game and provided the ultimate solution. Cook all of those high-fat, crunchy, and delicious foods with only one percent of the oil! In other words, you can cook your favorite meals, including fried French fries, juicy hamburgers, crispy chicken, and whatnot – without getting fat!

It’s time to learn witchcraft and the secret practices of Wicca today to discover the power in your hands, and wield it! Wicca is a religion that has an incredible connection with nature. Wiccans delight in the phases of the moon, sunrises and sunsets. They don’t condone demonic practices and instead encourage harmony and love...So if you’ve chosen to learn about the Wiccan religion and possibly even be able to cast spells and conduct rituals to fulfill any purpose or meet important needs of your own or those of people around you, you’ve come to the right place.

In the late ’60s, Ntozake Shange was a student at Barnard College discovering her budding talent as a writer, publishing in her school’s literary journal, and finding her unique voice. By the time she left us in 2018, Shange had scorched blazing trails across countless pages and stages, redefining genre and form as we know them, each verse, dance, and song a love letter to Black women and girls, and the community at large.

The dark truth behind the Johnstown Flood of 1889 - one of the greatest calamities our country has ever experienced - is revealed in a beautiful, harrowing story, told in luminous verse.

When some of us think about witches or witchcraft, a picture of some grotesque or ugly old lady or man with a crooked nose, dressed in dark tattered garments and a pointy hat, flying in the sky on a broom immediately fills our imagination. But if you really take some time to study traditional witchcraft, and more so, in the Wiccan context, you’ll see that it doesn’t fit this mold at all. Wicca is a religion that has an incredible connection with nature. Wiccans delight in the phases of the moon, sunrises, and sunsets.

Marijuana, or cannabis as it is internationally known, is a plant whose presence in our world today is almost universal. Listen to this audiobook imagining the different decisions you would make as a grower to help your plants reach full and potent maturity. Then, make your plans, and begin.

When Hettie Mast’s fiancé leaves her the week before her wedding, she’s heartbroken, embarrassed, and ashamed. So ashamed, in fact, that she lies to cover the betrayal. Even so, her heart dares to hope, and when she meets Amos Wengerd, she wonders if perhaps all is not lost. Maybe there still are good men out there.

What’s the best approach to teaching children to excel, especially in today’s complex and changing environment, to make them responsible and intelligent? Enter Montessori: the learning system that’s being touted as the solution to the shortcomings of the old way of learning where the teacher sets everything, knows it all, and does not involve the learners anywhere except in telling them what to do and what not to do. In Montessori, the learners lead the teacher. The teacher is there to offer any assistance that the learners may need in the learning process!

A classic of American literature from a Nobel Prize winning author, The Sound and the Fury is widely considered to be one of the best novels of the twentieth century. William Faulkner expertly illustrates the epic and tragic story of the Compson family, three generations of Southern aristocrats on the brink of ruin. Unprecedented for its time, Faulkner weaves a tale spanning nearly two decades, told from multiple points of view in a style all its own.