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Sixteen-year-old Phoenix knows her parents have invested thousands of dollars to help her leave Hong Kong and get an elite Ivy League education. They think America means big status, big dreams, and big bank accounts. But Phoenix doesn’t want big; she just wants home. The trouble is, she doesn’t know where that is…until the Hong Kong protest movement unfolds, and she learns the city she’s come to love is in danger of disappearing.

His name is Ben Baller not Ben Humble & his co-host is JimmyBoi aka Jimmy The Gent. The CEO & Founder of IF & Co. Custom Jewelry & The Head of DoneRight & Company provide deep insights as to who they really are and who their listeners could be. The Best Jewelers in the Game are taking you through their world of fame, fortune, luxury & so much more. Joined by celebrity guests or performing together, this show is Flawless. New episodes are released every Friday at 5:30 PST as well as Emergency episode content whenever the mood strikes. Produced by DBPodcasts.com

Time is running out for Dane, Sean, and the Circle to stop the cultists’ dark god from awakening. The cult leader is Michael Branish, Sean’s old boss and nemesis, who still wants to possess Sean in all ways. Branish’s claws dig deep into the city’s police department, and Sean and Dane’s small Circle is the only thing standing in the way of darkness descending.

Nico has always believed in his dreams. Especially the dream he has of becoming a writer; it's the reason why he started taking a creative writing class his senior year of high school. But then Nico has a dream about his own funeral. A dream that feels too real to ignore. In it, Rosario is beckoning to him. Rosario was Nico's neighbor, his best friend's girlfriend, and his inspiration. She was also the girl that Nico was in love with. And Rosario died last year. Nico becomes obsessed with figuring out what Rosario was trying to say to him, and how she died.

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans. The pieces that make up the series compel listeners to rethink not only what and how they have arrived at their beliefs, but also the extent to which they share them with others.

"Pascendi Dominici Gregis" is a papal encyclical letter promulgated by Pope Pius X on September 8, 1907. The pope condemned modernism and a whole range of other principles described as "evolutionary".

Imani, 22, studied at the UCL Institute of Archaeology in London, and while browsing through the latest edition of The London Archaeologist, she came across an advertisement for an expedition to a newly discovered pyramid that had been covered in sand for thousands of years. She immediately applied for the position, and within weeks, we're all on their way to the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt.

A novella sequel to The Succubus Apprentice that is the first part of the coming novel Succubus Schemes. The further adventures of the succubus Helen and the red headed mage Amy as they have finished their respective apprenticeships and are now forces to be reckoned with. Still even with their new skills and powers they can't help but get enmeshed in the schemes of a dark elf and dryad who rule the supernatural community in New York City.

Hector has always minded his own business, working hard to make his way to a better life someday. He's the chess team champion, helps the family with his job at the grocery, and teaches his little sister to shoot hoops overhand. Until Joey singles him out. Joey, whose older brother, Chavo, is head of the Discípulos gang, tells Hector that he's going to kill him: maybe not today, or tomorrow, but someday. And Hector, frozen with fear, does nothing. From that day forward, Hector's death is hanging over his head every time he leaves the house.

Screw this dying planet and screw TerraLink with its relocation program that's some kind of glorified off-world skin trade. Everyone only signs up because it's the only way to escape Earth before the whole thing gets burned to a crisp. And yes, I signed up, too. If I’m going to get off this rock, it’s my only option. I don’t even care if I get set up as a breeder or a slave. Like hell if I’m going to die on Earth.

Ms. Donna Haskins is an African American woman who wrestles with structural inequity in the streets of Boston by inhabiting an alternate dimension she refers to as the “spirit realm.” In this other place, she is prepared by the Holy Spirit to challenge the restrictions placed upon Black female bodies in the United States. Growing into her spiritual gifts of astral flight and time travel, Donna meets the spirits of enslaved Africans, conducts spiritual warfare against sexual predators, and tends to the souls of murdered Black children whose ghosts haunt the inner city.

The late William X. Kienzle is best known for his Father Koesler mysteries, starring priest/detective Father Robert Koesler. Here, we go back to Father Koesler's past, to a time when young Catholic men and women were encouraged, even expected to become priests and nuns. Kienzle follows a group of young men and women through the paths of their religious life, as they test their commitment, their faith, and their vocation against the high standards of the Catholic Church.

Le 15 octobre 1894, le capitaine Dreyfus est arrêté pour haute trahison. Suivront 12 années de quête effrénée pour découvrir la vérité, qui vont bouleverser toute la société française.Revivez l’Affaire Dreyfus avec ses multiples rebondissements et ses personnages hors du commun, à l’occasion de la sortie du film "J’accuse" de Roman Polanski avec Jean Dujardin et Louis Garrel dès le 13 novembre au cinéma. Textes écrits par Alain Pagès et racontés par Véronique Lechat - Alfred Dreyfus, Emile Zola et Jean Jaurès interprétés par Paul Bouffartigue - La voix d'Alfred...

When it rains, it pours. As the Great Recession, eurozone crisis, stalled trade deals, increased conflict between Russia and the West, electoral revolts against European political elites, and finally Brexit followed the 2008 financial meltdown, it seemed clear that globalization was running out of steam. Yet few expected that its opponents would claim the top prize—the White House—and so soon.

Join Dr. Tara Morrison and Dr. Ryan Simmons as they strip down pelvic health to its bones through insightful conversations, expert interviews, and stories of transformation. Way more than kegels and peeing your pants, they are here to expose the deep well of healing and vitality that's available when you embrace an outside of the box approach to pelvic healthcare. Whether you're a pelvic health practitioner, a curious soul, or someone seeking answers beyond the norm, this podcast will inspire you to look beyond the quick fixes, bandaid solutions, and rigid protocols, and help you ...

When Carter Thomas discovers the elaborate clockwork door in the Dupre Mine, he seeks out Etienne Dupre, the sheltered son of the mine’s owner, for answers. Both young men have long secretly loved one another from afar. But even as their summertime love affair flames hot and forbidden, they discover secrets about Etienne’s heritage and the dark plan Armand Dupre has in store for his son. If the door is opened then Etienne - and perhaps the world - will all be sacrificed to Armand’s lust for power. Can Carter and Etienne stop Armand or has their fate already been written in stone?

So, everything was going great until, one evening, the casino owner found out where Ethan lived and paid him a visit with his Triad (Hong Kong mafia) bodyguards. And because of his high profile, he had no problem entering the exclusive apartment building, as most people knew of him via the newspapers and various gun fights and killings between the various gangs.

In The Simple Art of Greatness, Mullen explains how managers who are willing to re-think their approach to power and control can transform their company into a vital, enthusiastic, more productive place to work. Using ideas adapted from his favorite philosopher Aristotle, Mullen outlines the management principles that have helped him build one of the country's most respected advertising agencies.

For Juneteenth, Zerlina Maxwell interviews White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre, Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30), plus Ibram X. Kendi and Joel Christian Gill on their book Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America.

Anybody looking from the outside would think that Emily had the perfect life, living in beautiful five bedroom cottage overlooking the common, and married to high ranking government official. Emily’s life looked perfect, but because of her boredom and sexless marriage, she even contemplated suicide.