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It started as an assignment. Everyone in Caitlin's class wrote to an unknown student somewhere in a distant place. All the other kids picked countries like France or Germany, but when Caitlin saw Zimbabwe written on the board, it sounded like the most exotic place she had ever heard of - so she chose it.

In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with award-winning and New York Times best-selling author Liz Welch (I Will Always Write Back), who traveled to Mongolia for this book. Nurgaiv's story and fresh, sincere voice are not only inspiring but truly magnificent: With the support of her father, she captured and trained her own golden eagle and won the Ölgii Eagle Festival. She was the only girl to compete in the festival.

In Season 3 of Coming to the Stage, Comedy Dynamics’ first original series, host Tom Green introduces a new group of up-and-coming comedians who people WILL be talking about tomorrow. This season features: Matthew Brassard, Kevin Christy, Travis Howze, Jamel Johnson, Miles K, Liz Miele, Jared Moskowitz, Dave Ross, Caleb Synan, Mo Welch, Paige Weldon, Nick Youssef, and Comedy Dynamics' very own, Mr. Microphone! 

La historia verídica de una niña norteamericana de 12 años y un niño de Zimbabwe, a los que una carta les cambió sus vidas para siempre.Comenzó como una tarea escolar. Todos en la clase de Caitlin escribieron a un estudiante desconocido en algún lugar lejano. Martín tuvo suerte de recibir una carta del proyecto de un amigo por correspondencia. Llegaron sólo 10 cartas y había 50 niños en la clase. Pero él era el estudiante más avanzado del grupo, de modo que se le entregó la primera carta.

Well, 1983 certainly wasn't boring for the Welch family. Somehow, between their handsome father's mysterious death, their glamorous soap-opera-star mother's cancer diagnosis, and a phalanx of lawyers intent on bankruptcy proceedings, the four Welch siblings managed to handle each new heartbreaking misfortune in the same way they dealt with the unexpected arrival of the forgotten-about Chilean exchange student - together.