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The Podcast that investigates the concept of hope, what it means to different people, and the role hope may have played during challenging moments in their lives.

Cuando en una página web Emma Jenkins ve que la hospedería de Lobster Bay está a la venta, sabe que es el refugio costero que necesita para recuperarse de un trauma reciente. Pero, nada más recoger las llaves, su sueño de tener un hostal de éxito se complica. La casa está muy deteriorada y los primeros huéspedes llegarán en un mes. Además, descubre que en la venta se incluía un perro enorme…Después de un preocupante incidente, se ve obligada a pedir ayuda a su poco amable vecino Aidan.

Best Manager Ever reveals the secrets of successful management and empowers leaders to build winning teams. Join a community dedicated to sharing insights and stories from the most successful and beloved leaders in the startup world. All guests have been nominated as the “best manager ever” by a recent direct report. Before each interview, we go behind the guest’s back to collect feedback and stories from their team about what they’re *actually* like to work for. Then we sit down with the guest to unpack that feedback and to dig into their leadership playbook and lessons learned. Tune ...

Molly and Miri Gill are twins. They look the same, act the same and sometimes even think the same. But they weren't always twins - Molly used to live in 1935, until Miri traveled back in time to save her from the clutches of Molly's evil adoptive family. Only they know about the magic, and its power to set things right. So when home repairs unleash more unexpected magic from their very special, very magical old house, the girls set off on another time-traveling adventure to the Civil War.

Viscount Rothersthorpe can't tear his eyes from Lydia Morgan any more than he can calm the fury coursing through his veins. Furtive glances across the ballroom are not helping to ease Lydia's state of shock - the man who once uttered a marriage proposal has returned. But when he stuns her with an outrageous but wickedly delicious proposal, it is clear that despite the rumours, the rake from her past has not reformed!

Annie Liontas suffered multiple concussions in her thirties. In Sex with a Brain Injury, she writes about what it means to be one of the “walking wounded,” facing her fear, her rage, her physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on her marriage and other relationships. Forced to reckon with her own queer mother’s battle with addiction, Liontas finds echoes in their pain. Liontas weaves history, philosophy, and personal accounts to interrogate and expand representations of mental health, ability, and disability—particularly in relation to women and the LGBT community.

Gage Rutter is alone, and that’s the way he wants it—traveling the empty trails, always moving, keeping the memories at bay. Sometimes, he’s even able to forget that terrible night--the raging wildfire that killed his wife and week-old son. Irrevocably damaged by the pain of loss and the guilt of survival, encounters with humanity are agonizing now. All he needs to sustain him is scouring wind, open sky, and the freedom of the road.

Imogen Truman has survived the carnage unleashed by Strickenstein. But for how long? Found wandering the barren volcanic landscape of Iceland, she searches for Gryla - a child-eating giantess who may be the key to saving someone beloved to her. Her pendant, now glowing neon pink, warns her of mythical beasts and The Order of Dark. This glow is a welcomed insight that helps her know when Strickenstein is near. But she must make a deal with a troublesome ghost, proving to be of some benefit to her quest. As her powers develop, so do her doubts....

A podcast about the history of sex and sexuality 💘 #AmorousHistoriesPodcast

An NFL linebacker, Brian Williams, is found dead in the middle of the street in the nation's capital. In the following weeks more famous athletes are found murdered, each in a different way. The police and FBI are stumped. Homicide detectives Ariel Summers and Paul Costello are brought in to investigate. Ariel's private investigator boyfriend, Jason Steel, is hired by Williams' wife to find answers and is soon clashing with Ariel over the investigation and her arrest of his new client. But as the death toll continues to rise, the citizens of DC panic.

Jemma Braithewaite is dealing with tragedy, injury, and a desire for a different life. She's forced to make a heartbreaking journey to the Idaho Territory to take care of her orphaned niece and nephew. Just when she needs a friend the most, God puts Janine Hewitt in her life. The two women bond on their train ride from Chicago to Cutter's Creek, Montana. An unexpected invitation to stop and visit the Hewitt family in Cutter's Creek gives Jemma some time to ease herself and the children into life together.

Becca Tate and Jeff Stuart have lived in Captain's Point all their lives. She's an aspiring historian, destined to teach at a major university. He's a journalism student who is tied by circumstances to his father's landscaping firm. Will the magic of Christmas be enough to hold their budding relationship together, as their lives intertwine with Bill Adams and his wife, Millie, along with star-crossed lovers Big Dan O'Malley and Dora Jean McCarthy?

Un peu sauvage et rebelle, la princesse Élisabeth, petite sœur du roi Louis XVI, se sent seule au château de Versailles. Heureusement, elle va devenir inséparable d'Angélique, la fille de sa nouvelle gouvernante. Ensemble, elles devront résoudre une grande énigme : retrouver "La dame à la rose", un précieux tableau qui a disparu depuis plus de trente ans. Pour mener leur enquête, elles pourront compter sur l'aide de Théo, le jeune page.

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent Theosophist, and women's rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various Theosophical publications of her day. This piece by her is a short, basic introduction to occultism through the eyes of Theosophy as well as the differences between the Occultist and the Mystic.

Au XIXe siècle, le périple d'une Française exilée en terre slave. Un destin tumultueux et aventurier marqué par un amour inconditionnel pour la Russie. "L'hiver revint avec ses troïkas, les chevaux résistant aux intempéries, frangés de glace, et soufflant des jets de fumée. Une foule massée sur les tribunes autour de cet immense champ nacré qu'était la Neva emprisonnée sous les glaces assistait aux courses de traîneaux sur patins d'acier. Sur la perspective Nevski, le collet relevé, en bonnet fourré et longue houppelande, les portiers enlevaient la glace. Ils veillaient ainsi toute la nuit."

With a kill order hanging over Jax, he and Mia have to stay one step ahead of the most powerful organization in the world. And they're on their own. Even their trusted friends are off limits to avoid putting anyone else in danger. Jax has one shot at getting to the bottom of his ex-lover's treachery, attending an MMA fight in Nashville where he will stage a Vigilante showdown...if he can keep them both alive.

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent Theosophist and women's rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various Theosophical publications of her day. This particular piece dates to 1910, and she takes a philosophical examination of the mysteries of evil, as she puts it. She explains that there is a necessity for evil to exist, that it serves certain purposes, which she goes into detail about.

Annie Besant was a writer, lecturer, prominent theosophist, and women's rights activist of her time. She was a frequent contributor to various theosophical publications of her day. This piece by her, from 1912, is a short, basic introduction to mysticism through the eyes of theosophy. She writes about mysticism within Christianity and the Western Mystery Tradition in general. It's also interesting to note that she mentions the Illuminati in this piece, but in a philosophical rather than historical context, which is unusual for the time period.

This is a true story about a Scottish mother who received news of the death of her son, whom she refers to as "me laddie" throughout her story.

On a cold winter's evening, February 6, 2000, Finlay Sinclair - "me laddie" - tragically took his own life.

His mother's memories of the past are triggered by everyday life events, and her mind is taken back and forth in time - back to her own childhood days in 1960, when she flirted with the fairground boys, and forward to the day she gave birth to Finlay.

This little collection of Poetry has been written with mothers in mind and others seeking comfort and support after loss of a child at any age including stillborn and miscarriage. It is a useful product and gift for any parent to express their love for their child. Sometimes when we are faced with a loss such as a child, we find we are overwhelmed with grief which may close down our ability to find the proper words to express our love for our child, as this is what happened to myself.