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A landmark in children's literature, winner of the 1970 Newbery Medal , and the basis of an acclaimed film Sounder traces the keen sorrow and the abiding faith of a poor African-American boy in the 19th-century South. The boy's life is changed forever when his father is caught stealing a ham to feed his starving family. His dog, Sounder, is wounded in the incident and waits faithfully for his master to come home. Read by Avery Brooks, this timeless and compelling parable will move listeners of all ages.
" Blues riffs and Brooks's soulful singing set the tone and enhance the tale. This bittersweet saga, richly told by Brooks, will remain in listeners' hearts and minds long after the final line is heard . " --- AudioFile
William H. Armstrong grew up in Lexington, Virginia. He graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and did graduate work at the University of Virginia. He taught ancient history and study techniques at the Kent School for fifty-two years. Author of more than a dozen books for adults and children, he won the John Newbery Medal for Sounder in 1970 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Hampden-Sydney College in 1986.
Avery Brooks is an accomplished actor, director, musician, and teacher. His credits include the television role of Captain Benjamin Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . He served as the National Black Arts Festival's Artistic Director throughout the 1990s and is an Associate Professor of Theater Arts at Rutgers University.
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"Sly... Sharp... Sex and the City succeeds." — People
Welcome to the age of un-innocence...
Enter a world where the sometimes shocking and often hilarious mating habits of the privileged are exposed by a true insider. In essays drawn from her witty and sometimes brutally candid column in the New York Observer, Candace Bushnell introduces us to the young and beautiful who travel in packs from parties to bars to clubs.
Meet "Carrie," the quintessential young writer looking for Candace Bushnell love in all the wrong places... "Mr Big," the business tycoon who drifts from one relationship to another... "Samantha Jones," the fortyish, successful, "testosterone woman" who uses sex like a man... not to mention "Psycho Moms, " "Bicycle Boys," "International Crazy Girls," and the rest of the New Yorkers who inspired one of the most watched TV series of our time.
You've seen them on HBO, now listen to the book that started it all...
Cynthia Nixon has been acting professionally since the age of 12, in television, theater and film. She is probably best known by her Emmy Winning performance as Miranda Hobbes of the much celebrated HBO series Sex and the City , for which she also received two other Emmy nominations and four consecutive Golden Globe nominations. Her numerous Broadway stage credits include The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Indiscretions, Angels In America, Hurlyburly, The Real Thing and The Philadelphia Story . Ms. Nixon's film career began with Ronald E Maxwell's Little Darlings and, she went on to appear in Amadeus, The Pelican Brief, Baby's Day Out , and Let it Ride .
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Attitude affects every facet of our lives—from the way we handle stress to how we communicate at work.
The way we view difficulties and setbacks can make the difference between success and failure. Roger Fritz has devoted his career to helping people overcome obstacles and achieve their goals by changing their outlook on life.
In The Power of a Positive Attitude, he shows you how to develop a deeper understanding of the effects of your attitude and how it influences not only your performance but also the results others achieve.
With The Power of a Positive Attitude, you can learn how to:
•Turn mistakes into assets
•Understand the do’s and don’ts of dealing with your boss
•Overcome your own negative attitudes
•Build up your self-confidence
•Adopt the 10 characteristics of successful leaders
•Deal with overachievers and listen more effectively
•Improve morale and avoid doubters
•Sharpen interpersonal skills
•Conquer burnout and stress.
Life-affirming and authoritative, this invaluable audiobook will empower you to face life and work with joy and confidence.
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Senior teacher at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health™ Sudhir Jonathan Foust helpts you to regain your core vitality.
In this original audiobook, Sudhir Jonathan Foust has designed a series of guided experiences that allow you to tap into your core vitality and grow energized, vibrant, and fully alive.
Sudhir's sessions focus on: Awakening to Subtle Energy; Releasing Reactivity, Clearing the Physical Body and Creating Wellness; Clearing the Emotional Body and Creating Ease of Well-Being; Clearing the Mental Body and Creating Infinite Possibility; and Optimal Wellness—Creating Your Ideal Self These sessions will help you break through physical and emotional blocks, leaving you happy, free, and full of energy.
High Energy Living includes a Companion Musical Reflection CD, which will provide a soothing harmonious foundation for your inner experiences, keeping you awake, present, and in the moment.
As with all InnerLife audio programs, High Energy Living offers you guided one-on-one sessions with leading experts in the field of personal growth. You will gain more valuable insight every time you listen.
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When that secret is threatened, Cassie tosses her new life away like a bad hand of cards and goes back in a sprint to her old work Her trade was robbing casino gamblers, and she was the very best. Now it's the only way she can make enough money fast to maybe make everything right. Quickly she lines up a mark, a man who has been winning steadily for a week at high-stakes baccarat. The job goes smoothly until she opens his briefcase...
And discovers a world of trouble she never dreamed of. Her superstitious friend who lined up the job says it's the bad-luck void moon having its malignant way. Cassie knows it's worse. She's crossed paths again with her life's nemesis, the man who destroyed everything six years before. He's Jack Karch, a private investigator by day who does bloody work for casino owners by night. Walking back into his sights is the worst thing that's ever happened to Cassie. Getting out alive will take all her skill and luck and faith in that one good thing...
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"Positive Words, Powerful Results is a delight. Don't miss buying it." — Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One-Minute Manager® Although we live in an ocean of words, we rarely acknowledge their power to uplift or put down, to inspire or discourage, to help or hurt. But in this jewel of an audiobook, Hal Urban—parent, award-winning teacher, and author of the classic Life's Greatest Lessons—shows us simple and immediate ways that we can use language to change lives—both our own and those around us.
