Inspirational Fiction

In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling - and being - in love to ways to help you deal with a painful break-up or the memories of people loved and lost, this is an audio edition to savour and share with all your friends.

A bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writers. In crisp, unembellished prose, Eun-young Choi paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught...

Forensic artist Gwen Marcey is between jobs when she accepts temporary work in Pikeville, Kentucky - a small town facing big-city crime. But before Gwen can finish her first drawing of the serial rapist who is on the loose, the latest witness vanishes. Just like all the others. Gwen suspects a connection between the rapist and the "accidental" deaths that are happening around town, but the local sheriff has little interest in her theories. When her digitally-obsessed teenage daughter joins her, Gwen turns her attention to a second assignment.

What elevates teaching my mother how to give birth, what gives the poems their disturbing brilliance, is Warsan Shire's ability to give simple, beautiful eloquence to the veiled world where sensuality lives in the dominant narrative of Islam; reclaiming the more nuanced truths of earlier times -...

Es un placer presentarles mi colección de poesía, "Mis Versos Desnudos". En estas páginas encontrarán un viaje emocional a través de mis pensamientos, sueños y reflexiones, todos expresados en verso. Cada poema es un pedacito de mi alma, un reflejo de las experiencias que han moldeado mi vida y de las maravillas del mundo que me rodea. Esta recopilación ha sido un trabajo de amor y dedicación, y espero que cada palabra resuene en sus corazones tanto como en el mío. La poesía tiene el poder de conectar almas y de dar voz a lo más profundo de nuestro ser.

Under Construction is a poetic journey through the beautiful chaos of becoming. It explores our universal longing for unconditional love, the search for purpose, and the slow, sacred work of discovering who we are meant to be. Born out of a season of deep reflection, this collection captures the many stages and shifting seasons of growth. Each poem stands as its own story—an intimate snapshot of storms weathered, lessons learned, and moments of quiet breakthrough. From battles fought to victories earned, these verses trace a path through life’s turbulence toward clarity, healing, and destiny.

Police Chief Tess O’Rourke thought she’d taken care of her small town’s drug problem last year. But now Rogue’s Hollow residents are up in arms over a contentious vote on legalizing the sale of marijuana within city limits. And when an 18-year-old is found dead of a possible overdose, Tess wonders if the local pot farms might be involved and begins to fear that a new, deadlier drug supply chain has cropped up. As tempers flare and emotions boil over, Tess faces the possibility of losing the town’s support.

You may have heard of The Secret and "the law of attraction". What this audiobook is all about, is applying the law of attraction and manifesting what you want, through placing orders with the universe through vision boards. The audio outlines in detail how to create a board, what works, and (very importantly) what to do if you don’t achieve the results that you want. There is a process to remove the blocks and to allow the energy to flow.

In an era of information technology we tend to neglect education in the emotions, the imagination, and civility. Thomas Moore's books on the soul paint a picture of literate, sensitive, and artful human living. In The Education of the Heart he presents many of the sources that influenced and...

Like System of a Down's multi-platinum-selling second album, Toxicity - hailed by Rolling Stone as "a bouquet of smart rock and ardent social argument" and by SPIN as "the sound of now" - Tankian's poetic style is willfully eclectic. Sometimes introspective, sometimes direct and cutting, these poems deal with subjects as wide-ranging as euthanasia and the nature of time itself.

An Engineer's Book of Poetry describes the struggle and strife of an undergraduate engineering student, trying to build beautiful things in a burnt-up world. This book was inspired by the mean, old, engineering professors who taught me the dynamics of fluids, the heat of thermodynamics, and the mechanics of machines. It is derived from real-world situations, and kind TAs who helped me pass classes. The road from wanting to be an engineer to becoming one is long; this audiobook describes my incomplete journey. It is both advice, warning, and motivation for young engineers.

“These poems from Heather… they're dirty and serene and angsty and wondering and tender and feisty and loud and quiet and resilient... they make you feel more alive.” -Rob Bell, Author of New York Times bestseller Love WinsIn this unflinching collection, Heather Hamilton excavates the raw terrain where faith meets flesh, where the sacred collides with suffering. These poems are acts of spiritual archaeology—digging through layers of doubt, desire, and divine hunger.

In this collection, Eugene Hewitt and his daughter Elizabeth share their love of poetry with listeners of all ages and each other. The poetry is meant to capture time spent with family and friends. These poems are also written for inspiration and moments of reflection on life, love, and the pursuit of happiness. Father and Daughter write for one another in what they hope will be a timeless classic to be passed down from one generation to the next. Eugene and Elizabeth both hope these poems will resonate with listeners and find a place in their hearts and souls.

Inspired by the word of God and her own hardships and joys, Janet Montgomery shares poems designed to speak life and healing to the soul, especially for those suffering through dark times. In a collection of inspirational verse and other writings, Janet reflects on a variety of personal experiences and life events from the perspective of a worshipper while exploring depression, forgiveness, prayer, worship, and the grave. She also leads others on a personal journey through her own testimonies as she shares insight into her experiences as the mother of a severely handicapped child.

For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and defiant joy. Let the Light Pour In is a collection of the best of these poems, and a book celebrating this morning practice.

In the riveting sequel to the feminist fantasy epic The Women's War, the ability to do magic has given women control over their own bodies. But as the patriarchy starts to fall, they must now learn to rule as women, not men. Alys may be the acknowledged queen of Women’s Well—the fledgling...

Pine Cones and Femur Bones is a poetry collection for the year 2025. The collection has an Edgar Allan Poe feel. This book is a reflection of darker times in the author's life and the life of the country. The work also contains some bright spots that have helped the author muddle through this period of history. There is adult content, and listeners should be adults. This is the author's 12th book. She also writes true-crime, short stories, and has published a cookbook.

From the author of the Read with Jenna Bonus Pick A Little Hope, an uplifting and emotionally resonant novel set in a Delaware beach town about a local restaurant owner at a turning point. Three generations of Schmidts have run their family’s beachfront restaurant and Jack has been at the helm...

Festus Claudius McKay was born in Sunny Ville, Jamaica on the 15th September 1890, He was the youngest son to parents who had gathered enough assets to secure them the right to vote. As a boy he was fascinated by English Poetry and literature, although at 17 he took on work as an apprentice woodcutter for two years before becoming a police constable in the capital, Kingston. In this mainly white and affluent town racism was rife and its nature awakened his political instincts and pursuit of social justice. He soon returned home and published his first two poetry collections in 1912.

Poetry, like religion, is the practice of wonder—a way of being open, a way of reaching out to touch the hem of the world’s garment. Like the great spiritual teachers, poetry invites us to be radically present, to inhabit the world a little more closely, to attend a little more lovingly, with an awareness beyond the mere mind. The numinous shines right before our eyes, nonchalantly hidden, poorly disguised. God lurks in the shadowy places.