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When Tai Choi leaves her home in the Zhejiang province of China, she believes she’ll be visiting her grandmother. But in truth, despite her mother’s opposition, her father has sold her to pay his gambling debts. Alone and afraid, Tai Choi is put on a ship headed for San Francisco, known among the Chinese as Gold Mountain. When she arrives, she is forced to go by the new name listed on her paper documents: Tien Fu Wu. Her new life as a servant at a gambling den is hard. And if she is to survive, Tien Fu must persevere, and learn who to trust.

Margaret Welty sabe que la Cacería de Medialuna está por iniciar cuando descubre al legendario hala. Esta criatura mítica es considerada como demonio por el pueblo de la iglesia katarista y como emisora del conocimiento por la comunidad yu'adir; quien logre capturarla será recompensado con fama y riqueza, y liberará una antigua magia secreta. Aunque ella es la mejor cazadora del pueblo, necesita a un alquimista para poder registrarse en la cacería, pues solo se aceptan parejas.

When Cali tosses her drink at the hot billionaire she doesn’t expect him to throw her over his shoulder. As a vlogger, Cali Sinclair is sent to Blue Sky Resort, a ski lodge, to review the winter destination. She usually travels to warm, exotic locations, not the frigid mountains in the dead of winter.

Österreich, 1853: Ohne darauf vorbereitet zu sein, wird die junge bayerische Prinzessin Sisi Kaiserin am Hof der mächtigen Habsburger, dem Zentrum der politischen Intrige und feudalen Ränkespiele. Die Ehe mit Kaiser Franz Joseph wird aus Liebe geschlossen, und es gelingt der freien, naturverbundenen Frau, die Zuneigung ihres Volkes zu gewinnen. Doch schon bald muss Sisi sich fragen, wie sie die Rolle der Monarchin erfüllen kann, ohne sich dabei selbst zu verlieren - und ohne die Liebe zu Franz Joseph aufs Spiel zu setzen.

For fans of Dopesick and Drug Use for Grown-Ups—a celebrated cannabis attorney's insider look at the War on Drugs and what comes next for the drug legalization movement.

Twenty years after the events of To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louise Finch returns to her hometown of Maycomb, Alabama. As she speaks with her father, now an old man, she begins to question her innocent childhood memories - and to gain a deeper understanding of the tensions that grip the small southern town as the civil rights movement progresses.

The Devil of Williamsburg is a fast-paced true crime story about one of the most shocking and important child sex abuse cases in recent memory, which unfolded mere blocks from the hipster capital of the world, but eras away, in ultra-Orthodox Jewish Williamsburg, Brooklyn. There, an insular community of Satmar Hasidim shirk the Internet, the president and the rules of secular America, even hiding crimes within the community from police and the courts.

In the dark gothic town of Wickdon, Maggie Welty lives in an old creaking manor. Maggie's mother is an alchemist who has recently left town, leaving Maggie with just her bloodhound for company. But when Maggie spots a legendary ancient fox-creature on her porch, her fate is changed forever. Whoever tracks down and kills the hala in the Halfmoon Hunt will earn fame and riches - and if Maggie wins the hunt, she knows her mother will want to celebrate her. This is her chance to bring her home.

When Michelle receives a call from a Richmond historian, she sees the chance for a much-needed adventure. All she has to do is find a century-old key. Three others - a guitarist, an engineer, and a retiree - receive similar calls. Each family possesses a key to a four-lock safe found buried in a Virginia courthouse, though their connection is as mysterious as the safe itself.

Join host Allison Mendes every week as she covers a brand new true crime case. Sticking mostly to active and ongoing investigations that are happening in real-time, Allison covers the cases that you're seeing in the news or possibly cases that aren't getting the media attention that they need, while throwing in a few closed cases every now and then. New episodes will be back in 2022.

Friday the 13th. That mysterious day that foretells doom and disaster for everyone alive. From biblical times to the modern era, why has this day caused such paranoia and fear? What's behind it all? Listen and explore the true meaning behind the day.

Shoshana loves spending time at Grandma Jacobs' art studio and for Shavuot, Grandma Jacobs has a very special art project in mind! Shoshana learns how to make papercuts by carefully folding squares of paper and cutting shapes out of them. But can she create works of art as beautiful as the ones Grandma makes?

In 1966, a young Marine took a reel-to-reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam War. For two months, until he was killed in action, Michael Baronowski made tapes of his friends, of life in foxholes, of combat. And he sent those audio letters home to his family in Norristown, Pennsylvania. 34 years later, his comrade Tim Duffie brought those tapes to radio producer Jay Allison, as part of the Lost & Found Sound series.

He looks like trouble and we like it! Gaybie-award-winning author Shane Allison is back with the hottest erotica ever, Nasty Boys. These guys are bad news but sooooo good in bed. Thugs, brats, juvies - studs with chips on their shoulders and packin' heat. Shane Allison's fans love his "hi lo" style, well-crafted literary smut that takes no prisoners and leaves listeners very satisfied. Hot hunky gangstas, rockers, street punks, ex-cons who just want to get it on and on and on!

Tracy is happy about her next semester. She likes her new roommate, and she likes having John nearby while he attends law school. When one of John’s fellow law students brings unwanted attention from the mob, things get interesting. When that law student meets her roommate and the two are instantly smitten, things get even more interesting.

Edited and compiled by Amazon bestselling author Dan Alatorre, this anthology of horror brings together the minds and pens of more than two dozen amazing authors. Dark Visions will take you into the realm of the eerie and macabre, with thrills and chills from: best-selling author Dan Alatorre (The Navigators), best-selling author Jenifer Ruff (Everett), best-selling author Allison Maruska (The Fourth Descendant), best-selling author J. A. Allen, award-winning author MD Walker, and many more.

[Contains explicit content] Join comedian and host Jackie Kashian as she gives an audio power-point presentation on something most Americans have to do: work. You'll hear stories about comedians' worst and weirdest jobs, embarrassing tales of getting fired and accounts of grinding it out at day jobs while pursuing a bigger dream. The comedy in this episode was recorded at live venues all around the country.

I’m Morgan Murray. You probably haven’t heard of me. With a raft of allergies and powers that won’t do more than charge a phone, I never lived up to my super family’s super expectations. It’s okay. I’m used to being overlooked. But there’s only so much disappointment one man can take, and finding out the cute guy on my blind date is a henchman for the city’s most notorious crime boss? That’s one letdown too many. This date is over before it even starts.

Steamy encounters in the bathhouse have been the stuff of erotic legend for centuries, just ask Spartacus! Shane Allison turns the stereotype on its ear in Steam Bath, a rollicking romp of pretty boys and dashing daddies doing it. From fresh faced twinks to to silver foxes and beautiful bears, Shane delivers sensational stories where every man is naked all the time! A towel-snapping good read, Steam Bath is filled with sizzling porn bodies, sexy boys next door, and tantalizing tricks that fully capture the erotic dynamic of between men.

World myths and legends with Scottish storyteller and USA Today bestselling author Daniel Allison. Discover breathtaking stories from around the world, all told in Daniel's intimate and lyrical style. Also featuring guest spots from the world's best oral storytellers.