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The first body is found in a hamper in the woods. Her feet were tied with a leather belt. There are traces of incense on her dismembered body, candle wax on her skin, and strange crumbs on her lips. As more butchered adolescent corpses turn up - the victims of a serial killer whose signature is the communion wafer left in each one's mouth - the evidence leads NYPD lieutenant Vince Cardozo into the sacred and moneyed world of Manhattan's exclusive parishes.

She is Kavalaris—the most magnificent singer ever to grace the international operatic stage. Her talent is the stuff of legend and has made the men around her rich. Mark Rutherford first saw her when he was a young boy—and he cannot forget her. It will be almost two decades—separated by a depression and a world war—before they meet again and fall deeply in love. Beginning in 1928 and continuing for almost six decades, Ariana tells the story of a performer whose extraordinary gift touches everyone who hears her.

What began as a mere annoyance - random electrical glitches in the Atlas building that seemed to resolve themselves, soon escalated into a series of bizarre and inexplicable occurrences. It falls on the shoulders of the brilliant scientist, Percy Darrow, to unravel the mystery behind these strange events. As the world around him becomes increasingly peculiar and perilous, Percy must discover not just the who and the how, but potentially the why, behind these enigmatic happenings.

We sit down with successful entrepreneurs and talk about their journeys to success, how they did it, and get real world advice for our listeners. We want to help new entrepreneurs get started by hearing from others who have done it, and share advice and tips to get them there.

My story about how I was selected to take care of this beautiful woman when she gave me so much love and happiness. Parkinson's disease made my amazing wife disappear right in front of me. I want to honor her graceful strength while battling this ugly affliction.

A space where 3 high achieving millennial men from opposing ends of success explore the challenges of modern life. They share the journeys and mindsets with their guests who have overcome the odds and found ways to smash their goals. Packed with equal measures of humour and value, these guys do not disappoint.

Listen to Arizona Nights with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience. A series of stories loosely connected by the narrative device of different speakers swapping yarns around the campfire at the end of each trail-riding day. A series of spirited tales emphasizing some phase of the life of the ranch, plains, and desert, and all, taken together, forming a single sharply-cut picture of life in the far Southwest.

In the northern outreaches of the Canadian wilderness, it was understood that the Hudson Bay Company governed all trading, and one factor named Galen Albret took his position seriously. Free traders, or those who dared try to do their trading outside of the Company, found themselves having to face Galen Albret and his methods of dealing with them. One or two offenses he might tolerate, but for those who repeatedly refuse to acknowledge his warning out, he would send them on “La Longue Traverse” through the wilderness without supplies, and from which they seldom returned.

One of the most famous pioneers in United States history, Daniel Boone (1734 - 1820) spent most of his life exploring and settling the American frontier. He was instrumental in finding and improving the first wilderness trails between the Carolinas and the west, allowing for the settlement of Kentucky. Later in his life, Boone moved his family west again, leading hundreds of settlers to new homes in Missouri.

For alcoholic former actress Leigh Baker, the moment will always be suspended in time: Seeing her daughter plunge to her death from the terrace of a sixth-floor apartment. Months later, the man responsible is convicted by a jury of his peers. Four years after that, he is out on parole. And one by one, those whose testimony helped put James Delancey away meet violent ends. Manhattan doyenne Oona Aldridge is the first. She is found in the dressing room of a trendy Manhattan boutique, her throat slashed.

NYPD homicide cop Vince Cardozo must unmask a cunning killer in best-selling author Edward Stewart’s powerhouse tale of crime and punishment. When it comes to the dark side of humanity, Vince Cardozo has already seen plenty. But his encounter with cult leader Corey Lyle will challenge even Cardozo. Lyle stands accused of a brutal terrorist bombing and the murder of a Manhattan power couple. His trial transfixes the city - but nothing about the case is what it seems.

In a private suite at a New York hospital, Beatrice “Babe” Vanderwalk Devens awakens from a seven-year coma. The socialite and fashion designer is stunned to learn that her husband, Scottie, was brought to trial twice - and acquitted - for her attempted murder. Across town, the naked, mutilated body of a young man wearing a black leather bondage mask is found in an empty apartment in the Beaux Arts Tower, high atop the Museum of Modern Art.

Stephanie Lang and Christine Avery meet in ballet school. Although they share the same dream - to become great dancers - they could not be more different. Ballet is in Stephanie’s blood; her mother, Anna, is a former dancer who lives to see her daughter achieve the fame she herself never attained. Christine has lived a sheltered life, secure in the love of her family. But her privileged upbringing conceals a devastating secret.

For Richer, for Poorer is the story of Kitty Kellogg Stokes, born into a hardscrabble life in small-town Pennsylvania, who rose to become the most influential woman in the political circles of New York and Washington, DC. When Kitty marries John Stokes, Jr., she bears him two sons. So begins a deception that will continue for decades and test the limits of a woman’s desire for revenge - and a mother’s love.

As compatriots gather in the Arizona flatlands one shares a story of how he successfully defended a mining claim, although it was entirely by accident. Glenn Hascall affects an old timey storyteller voice to bring this classic story to life.

The Blazed Trail is a rugged adventure novel set in Michigan’s northern wilderness. It follows Harry Thorpe, a newcomer to the lumber industry, as he battles corruption, harsh conditions, and personal struggles to become a successful lumberman. A compelling mix of survival, ambition, and romance.

Conjuror’s House: A Romance of the Free Forest is a thrilling adventure set in the Canadian wilderness. At a remote Hudson Bay trading post, Ned Trent challenges the iron rule of the ruthless factor Galen Albret—while falling in love with his daughter. A story of defiance, survival, and romance.

Thirteen short stories by a popular writer of the early 20th century White's books were popular at a time when America was losing its vanishing wilderness. He was a keen observer of the beauties of nature and human nature, yet could render them in a plain-spoken style. Based on his own experience, whether writing camping journals or Westerns, he included pithy and fun details about cabin-building, canoeing, logging, gold-hunting, and guns and fishing and hunting. He also interviewed people who had been involved in the fur trade, the California gold rush and other pioneers which provided him ...

Arizona Nights is a collection of tales from the American West as told by those who took part in them.