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For decades, Sandra Brown’s life has been intertwined with someone she has never met: an eleven year-old girl named Moira Anderson – who disappeared from their hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1957. It became one of the oldest cold cases in Scottish history. Sandra lived just around the corner from Moira. She grew up hearing about the missing girl, whose memory haunted the town. But she never imagined that, one day, she would be the one trying to uncover what happened. Or that her search for answers would reveal secrets and lies so close to home.

Raised in a rationalist household in Oxford during the spiritual heyday of the '60s and '70s, an unexpected spiritual awakening would prompt a lifelong quest to integrate the experience into his life, leading him eventually to Zen Buddhism. As Shukman gets to grips with meditative practice and struggles with anxiety, depression and the chronic eczema he had had since childhood, he discovers in surprising ways the emotional, spiritual and even physical healing that he has been searching for all along.

In his audiobook, Jay shares the details of his life, from his childhood growing up sheltered and innocent on a council estate in Hackney, to his adolescence when he was introduced to violent racism at secondary school, to being brutalized by police as a teen, to finally becoming the presenter of the hit primetime show The Repair Shop.

Richard Blade’s autobiography is much more than a spotlight on any one decade. Instead, he gives you a jaw-dropping, uncensored insider’s look into the world of music, movies, and television and its biggest stars, starting in the '60s and continuing through to the new century. Richard takes you on a journey that few have experienced, from his early days as a student at Oxford to the wild, lascivious nights of being a disco DJ touring the clubs of Europe to coming to America and breaking through into the LA radio scene.

Let Jay’s words of wisdom – gleaned from his own triumphs over adversity – help you to find your best path through life. Filled with characteristic warmth and humour, Jay talks about the life lessons that have helped him to find positivity and growth, no matter what he’s found himself facing. Jay shares not only his adventures and escapades but also the way they have shaped his outlook and helped him to live life to the fullest. His insight and advice give you everything you need to be able to reframe your own circumstances and make the best of them.

Gang-fighters! Drug addicts. Teenage runaways and prostitutes! The toughest and most hopeless kids that New York's ghettos had to offer. Then a young preacher from the Pennsylvania hills arrived on their turf and began preaching a message of renewal, miracles, and God's love. This is one of the century's great true stories. Over 14 million copies in print!

Led by incredible faith, Wilkerson left his country pulpit in 1958 for the streets of New York City, where a murder trial of seven teenaged boys churned society's antipathy toward them. Even Wilkerson was bewildered by his sense of compassion, but in spite of doubt, he followed the Spirit's prompting to help the boys. This is the amazing story of his journey, and of the mighty power of God to accomplish the impossible.

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Lucy Letby is Britain’s worst female serial killer in modern times. Or is she? Join John Sweeney and Edward Abel Smith as they reassess the safety of Letby's convictions. On the day she was first convicted, veteran journalist John Sweeney tweeted: “Lucy Letby may well be the victim of a miscarriage of justice, that the Crown has taken a cluster of accidental and natural deaths and pointed the finger at Letby. There is no compelling evidence of a single murder. The law, sometimes, gets it wrong. Follow John on Twitter - @johnsweeneyroar / @edwardabelsmith Please support this independent ...

This is the story of David Wilkerson, the man who believed against the odds that God could do great things in the rejected and ignored of New York City, who refused to give up on those on the streets even when they had given up on themselves, and who saw in the eyes of the drug addicts and gang members what others failed to see - the love of Jesus Christ.

In 1932, a Jamaican man named Leonard Percival Howell began leading nonviolent protests in Kingston, Jamaica, against British colonial rule. While history books rightly credit Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. with popularizing nonviolent protest strategies in later years, little is known about Leonard Howell and his vision of self-reliance—poor people working together to build a society of their own

From bars in the Valleys of Wales with 20 people in attendance to sharing stages with KISS, members of Whitesnake, Rainbow, Tyketto and many more, this podcast documents the steady rise of one of the UK's best up-and-coming unsigned and TRULY independent bands.You'll hear all the stories from the road, including tales of cancelled tours, misogyny, and violence twinned with hilarious escapades, drunk bets, and lots of falling over. Plus a peek behind the curtain as to what being an independent band in the 21st century looks like, with show and tour planning, accounts, tax, marketing, all done ...

Ron has lived his entire adult life as a black man in a white world. In 2016 he had both a crisis of his Christian faith as well as a racial identity crisis (you can guess why). Since then he’s been on a journey to reconnect with his blackness in a way he never has before. Joining him will be his Black BFFs and the “Bow & Dre” to his “Junior,” JD and Yolanda T. Cochran. Every episode they’ll discuss issues of race and religion, politics and pop culture. Shade will be thrown. Jokes will be made. And provocative conversations will be had. He’s just one nerdy Oreo tryna become a ...

George Aylwin Hogg was a man of remarkable dedication and honor. Though he died in 1945 at the age of 30, Aylwin's name and legacy is remembered in China to this day - where as a wise and noble friend to the people of China, he immersed himself in the culture and life of the Chinese people whom he served in his mission. In Blades of Grass: The Story of George Aylwin Hogg, author and nephew of the late Mr Hogg, Mark Aylwin Thomas, explores his uncle's own letters and writings and shares this astonishing life story of perseverance, service, and dedication.

The podcast about knives and the people who work with them. Hear amazing stories from veterans, knife makers, hunters, and the everyday man on how knives contribute to their lives.

**About the podcast:** There are nearly 400 unsolved homicides in Toledo dating back to 1950. What’s it going to take to finally solve them? Maybe a podcast. The Blade is launching a new audio series, Code: 18: Unsolved, to take a deep dive into these mysteries in an attempt to help solve them.

Welcome to Season Three of The UnAnswered Podcast! Join host Jennifer Blades each week as she features a romance that went terribly wrong and ended with someone in prison and someone in the grave. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcast. Follow The UnAnswered Podcast on Instagram, Tik Tok, and Facebook for the latest information. Do you have a case suggestion? Go to www.theunansdweredpodcast.com to submit a case.

"Blade fra en skyttes dagbog" er en samling af Aage Weitemeyers tre første bøger, "Skytten fortæller", "Med dagbog i jagttasken" og "Godsjagt og skytteliv" fra henholdsvis 1942, 1943 og 1944. Aage Weitemeyer beskriver en ung professionel jægers hverdag med alt, hvad den indebærer af hunde, våben, vildt og ikke mindst omgang med andre jægere - legale såvel som krybskytter. Aage Weitemeyer (f.

This is a book about self-discovery, courage, and hope. It's a book about a wife, a mother, and a widow. A guide from merely existing to living against all the odds. It's a book about a love story that ended in tragedy. This is a book for you - if any of Teresa's struggles can inspire you, it would make everything even more worthwhile! Teresa made many courageous steps forward to follow her heart and fulfill her passion and purpose in life. It wasn't easy, of course. But now she's through, she wants to show others how she did this, to inspire them to be able to do the same.

Patrice Anderson, Marleah Blades, and Courtney Peppers swap unusual, bizarre, creepy, & uniquely Southern stories, personal & historical, from three-legged ghosts to female serial killers & Appalachian UFOs.