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One Hundred and Four Horses

A Memoir of Farm and Family, Africa and Exile

de Mandy Retzlaff ...

The memoir One Hundred and Four Horses is "an incredible story of a family that decided the lives of the animals they loved was worth risking their own."*Pat and Mandy Retzlaff enjoyed a hard but satisfying farming life in Zimbabwe. After their children, the couple's true pride and joy were their horses. But in early 2001, their lives were thrown into turmoil when armed members of President Robert ... Leer más

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The memoir One Hundred and Four Horses is "an incredible story of a family that decided the lives of the animals they loved was worth risking their own."*Pat and Mandy Retzlaff enjoyed a hard but satisfying farming life in Zimbabwe. After their children, the couple's true pride and joy were their horses. But in early 2001, their lives were thrown into turmoil when armed members of President Robert
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Cento e quatro cavalos

Memórias de uma família na África

de Mandy Retzlaff ...

Traducido por Antônio E. de Moura Filho ...

Ainda na década de 1970, no sul da África, Mandy conhece o homenzarrão destemido, que não foge de uma briga e por quem se apaixona. Durante uma festa, Pat, seu príncipe encantado, conta-lhe um pouco de sua história, da infância na antiga Rodésia, atual Zimbábue, no sul da África. Mandy relembra, então, sua própria infância, durante a qual viveu uma paixão — frustrada e mal correspondida — por um ... Leer más

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Ainda na década de 1970, no sul da África, Mandy conhece o homenzarrão destemido, que não foge de uma briga e por quem se apaixona. Durante uma festa, Pat, seu príncipe encantado, conta-lhe um pouco de sua história, da infância na antiga Rodésia, atual Zimbábue, no sul da África. Mandy relembra, então, sua própria infância, durante a qual viveu uma paixão — frustrada e mal correspondida — por um
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La cavalcade africaine

de Mandy Retzlaff ...

Leur bonheur durera jusqu’en 2000. Pat et Mandy Retzlaff, à force de travail et de passion, avaient réussi à bâtir un ranch de rêve au Zimbabwe. Avec leurs trois enfants, au milieu des troupeaux de zèbres et d’impalas ils élèvent et dressent des chevaux, organisent de longues randonnées pour découvrir la somptueuse nature du pays qu’ils aiment profondément. Lorsque Robert Mugabe est élu, il décide ... Leer más

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Leur bonheur durera jusqu’en 2000. Pat et Mandy Retzlaff, à force de travail et de passion, avaient réussi à bâtir un ranch de rêve au Zimbabwe. Avec leurs trois enfants, au milieu des troupeaux de zèbres et d’impalas ils élèvent et dressent des chevaux, organisent de longues randonnées pour découvrir la somptueuse nature du pays qu’ils aiment profondément. Lorsque Robert Mugabe est élu, il décide
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One Hundred and Four Horses

A Memoir of Farm and Family, Africa and Exile

de Mandy Retzlaff ...

Narrado por Polly Lee ...

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10 hora

There is little in this world that a family cannot endure, if endure they must. For we all have it within us to lose everything, absolutely everything, and still find strength in the most simple, beautiful things.Pat and Mandy Retzlaff lived a hard but satisfying farming life in Zimbabwe. Working all hours of the day on their sprawling ranch and raising three boisterous children, they savored the ... Leer más

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There is little in this world that a family cannot endure, if endure they must. For we all have it within us to lose everything, absolutely everything, and still find strength in the most simple, beautiful things.Pat and Mandy Retzlaff lived a hard but satisfying farming life in Zimbabwe. Working all hours of the day on their sprawling ranch and raising three boisterous children, they savored the
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The Boys in the Bunkhouse

Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland

de Dan Barry ...

Narrado por Fred Sanders ...

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9 hora 44 minutos

With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual ... Leer más

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With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, dozens of men, all with intellectual
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Nagasaki

Life After Nuclear War

de Susan Southard ...

Narrado por Traci Kato-Kiriyama ...

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12 hora 16 minutos

A powerful and unflinching account of the enduring impact of nuclear war, told through the stories of those who survived On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, theUnited States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a small port city on Japan's southernmost island. An estimated 74,000 people died within the first five months, and another 75,000 were injured. ... Leer más

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A powerful and unflinching account of the enduring impact of nuclear war, told through the stories of those who survived On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, theUnited States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, a small port city on Japan's southernmost island. An estimated 74,000 people died within the first five months, and another 75,000 were injured.
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Profits of Religion, The

An Essay in Economic Interpretation

de Upton Sinclair ...

Narrado por Eloise Fairfax ...

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8 hora 18 minutos

The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation by Upton Sinclair is a scathing critique of organized religion as an institution entangled with wealth, power, and class oppression. Sinclair argues that religious establishments often serve the interests of the rich, legitimizing social inequality and discouraging reform. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, he exposes ... Leer más

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The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation by Upton Sinclair is a scathing critique of organized religion as an institution entangled with wealth, power, and class oppression. Sinclair argues that religious establishments often serve the interests of the rich, legitimizing social inequality and discouraging reform. Drawing on historical and contemporary examples, he exposes
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Joy

Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C. S. Lewis

de Abigail Santamaria ...

Narrado por Bernadette Dunne ...

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14 hora 10 minutos

The first full biography of Joy Davidman brings her out from C. S. Lewis’ shadow, where she has long been hidden, to reveal a powerful writer and thinker.Joy Davidman is known, if she is known at all, as the wife of C. S. Lewis. Their marriage was immortalized in the film Shadowlands and Lewis’ memoir A Grief Observed. Now, through extraordinary new documents as well as years of research and ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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The first full biography of Joy Davidman brings her out from C. S. Lewis’ shadow, where she has long been hidden, to reveal a powerful writer and thinker.Joy Davidman is known, if she is known at all, as the wife of C. S. Lewis. Their marriage was immortalized in the film Shadowlands and Lewis’ memoir A Grief Observed. Now, through extraordinary new documents as well as years of research and
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Storm World

Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming

de Chris Mooney ...

Narrado por Lloyd James ...

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10 hora 37 minutos

Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and one of the leading young environmental journalists and bloggers working today, immerses readers in the world of those who study hurricanes. What was once an arcane branch of meteorology (itself an arcane science) has become embroiled in one of the most politicized and hotly contested debates in American science: whether or not the recent ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and one of the leading young environmental journalists and bloggers working today, immerses readers in the world of those who study hurricanes. What was once an arcane branch of meteorology (itself an arcane science) has become embroiled in one of the most politicized and hotly contested debates in American science: whether or not the recent
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Higher

A Historic Race to the Sky and the Making of a City

de Neal Bascomb ...

Narrado por Richard M. Davidson ...

Completo

11 hora 12 minutos

This riveting, true account of the 1929 race to build New York City's tallest skyscraper evokes the glory of an exciting time long past. In the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, two men competed to erect a structure that would reach to the skies. Behind it all were two brilliant architects-men with a common past, but very different visions for the future. Higher is every bit as fascinating as the ... Leer más

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This riveting, true account of the 1929 race to build New York City's tallest skyscraper evokes the glory of an exciting time long past. In the spirit of the Roaring Twenties, two men competed to erect a structure that would reach to the skies. Behind it all were two brilliant architects-men with a common past, but very different visions for the future. Higher is every bit as fascinating as the
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The Fever of 1721

The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics

de Stephen Coss ...

Narrado por Bob Souer ...

Completo

9 hora 46 minutos

In The Fever of 1721, Stephen Coss brings to life an amazing cast of characters in a year that changed the course of history, including Cotton Mather, the great Puritan preacher; Zabdiel Boylston, a doctor whose name is on one of Boston's grand avenues; James and his younger brother Benjamin Franklin; and Elisha Cooke and his protégé Samuel Adams.During the worst smallpox epidemic in Boston ... Leer más

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In The Fever of 1721, Stephen Coss brings to life an amazing cast of characters in a year that changed the course of history, including Cotton Mather, the great Puritan preacher; Zabdiel Boylston, a doctor whose name is on one of Boston's grand avenues; James and his younger brother Benjamin Franklin; and Elisha Cooke and his protégé Samuel Adams.During the worst smallpox epidemic in Boston
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The Grass Is Singing

A Novel

de Doris Lessing ...

Narrado por Kristin Atherton ...

Series series Perennial Classics
Completo

7 hora 37 minutos

""There is passion here, a piercing accuracy, a rare sensitivity and power. . . . One can only marvel."" — New York TimesSet in Southern Rhodesia under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is at once a riveting chronicle of human disintegration, a beautifully understated social critique, and a brilliant depiction of the quiet horror of one woman's struggle against a ruthless fate.Mary Turner is ... Leer más

$25.99 USD

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""There is passion here, a piercing accuracy, a rare sensitivity and power. . . . One can only marvel."" — New York TimesSet in Southern Rhodesia under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is at once a riveting chronicle of human disintegration, a beautifully understated social critique, and a brilliant depiction of the quiet horror of one woman's struggle against a ruthless fate.Mary Turner is
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