“It’s alright, you’re at Hazelgrove, you’re safe here.”But Hazelgrove is crumbling. Its future looks bleak. Oliver should feel lucky to be living in a stately home, but the roof leaks and there isn’t enough money for repairs. He has learned that people bring problems so he doesn’t welcome Rachel’s intrusion into his life.Perhaps her enthusiasm for Hazelgrove will inspire him to look at things differently.They are not the only ones who need ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Welcome to the heart of the barnyard, where friendship, kindness, and a little bit of muddy fun are always waiting around the corner.Join Danny the curious gosling and Billy the cheerful duckling as they explore life on the farm through three gentle adventures filled with laughter, discovery, and warmhearted moments. From splashing in puddles to helping their barnyard neighbors and learning the value of working together, Danny a...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Danny and Billy’s Friendship Trails invites young listeners on five heartwarming adventures filled with friendship, kindness, and discovery.Join Danny the gosling and Billy the duckling as they meet new friends across the farm and learn that everyone has something special to share. From helping Sammy Skunk feel welcome, to solving the mystery of a lost egg, to exploring moonlit fields with Oliver Owl, each story...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Join Danny the gosling and Billy the duckling for six delightful adventures on the farm! From exploring a bustling red barn and meeting new friends to discovering the beauty of a rainstorm and enjoying peaceful days by the pond and creek, every story is filled with warmth, curiosity, and kindness. Young listeners will love the gentle animal characters, wholesome lessons, and cozy farm setting. Perfect for family listening, this char...

Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal.‘Millionaire’ had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Using these newspaper articles, Hazelgrove tells the story of one of the greatest cons in American history.Combining the sexuality and helplessness her gender implied, Chadwick conned at least 2 mil...

The Pitcher, is a classic story of baseball, the price of dreams, and the lessons of life. A mythic baseball story about a broken down World Series Pitcher is mourning over the death of his wife and an underprivileged Mexican-American boy who lives across the street and wants to learn to pitch. This is a mainstream contemporary novel about dreams lost and found. In the great tradition of books like, The Natural. This is a novel with the mythic themes, readability, ...

Al Capone and the 1933 World's Fair is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression—the story of Chicago fighting the hold that organized crime had on the city to be able to put on the 1933 World's Fair.William Elliott Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who beat Al Capone at his own gam...

A "granular history" (Wall Street Journal) of the greatest hoax in radio history and the panic that followed, which Publishers Weekly calls "a rollicking portrait of a director on the cusp of greatness" and Booklist**, in a starred review, says, "Hazelgrove’s feverishly focused retelling of the broadcast as well as the fallout makes for a propulsive read as a stu...

On a bleak highway in the mountains of Tajikistan known as "the roof of the world", in July of 2018, Lauren Geoghegan and Jay Austin, along with two other cyclists, were brutally murdered by five ISIS terrorists.They were both Georgetown University graduates who had quit their well-paying Washington, DC, jobs to pursue a bike trip around the world, looking for a different kind of American Dream. Pieced together from Jay and Lauren's Simply Cycling travel blog and so...

Al Capone and the 1933 World’s Fair: The End of the Gangster Era in Chicago is a historical look at Chicago during the darkest days of the Great Depression. The story of Chicago fighting the hold that organized crime had on the city to be able to put on The 1933 World's Fair.William Hazelgrove provides the exciting and sprawling history behind the 1933 World's Fair, the last of the golden age. He reveals the story of the six millionaire businessmen, dubbed The Secret Six, who beat ...

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the broadcast, an inside look at the historic televised reveal of Al Capone's vaults that would define Geraldo Rivera's career and change television forever.In 1986, more people watched The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults than either the Super Bowl or David Frost's interview with Richard Nixon. It was a high-wire, high-reward, high-disaster broadcast that was meant to be a comeback for journalist Geraldo Rivera, who ha...

An up-close look at Edith Wilson, a first lady with unequaled responsibilities during her husband’s presidency.After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a paralyzing stroke in the fall of 1919, his wife, First Lady Edith Wilson, began to handle the day-to-day responsibilities of the chief executive. Mrs. Wilson had had little formal education and had only been married to President Wilson for four years, yet in the tenuous peace following the end of World War I, she dedicated herself ...