These are the first five episodes of Anne McCaffrey's fascinating saga of Pern—in which listeners learn about the earliest days of Pernese history. Beginning with the very first ever Dragonriders of Pern adventure, join the original survey team as they explore Pern and recommend it for colonization. Share the terror of the evacuation from the Southern Continent as a flotilla of ships—aided by intelligent, talking dolphins—braves the currents of the Pernese ocean. Learn how the famous Ruath...

For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called "The View of Life" for Natural History magazine. More than thirty entries from that column comprise this collection, which covers topics from dinosaurs to baseball and nearly everything in between related to natural history and evolution. Among the essays included here are "A Humongous Fungus among Us," "The Late Birth of a Flat Earth," "Poe's Greatest Hit," "The Smoking Gun of Eugenics," "A Sp...

A memoir by the author of Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted.In this sensitive memoir, Faye Resnick— friend of Nicole Brown Simpson— recounts the story of how she found herself in the middle of the O. J. Simpson trial. In her attempt to defend the truth about the murder of her friend, Nicole, Resnick gets embroiled in a heart-rending situation. Faye chronicles her struggle to act on Nicole Brown's behalf, sharing her own story of...

The sizzling sequel to the Hollywood expose You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again. In the late 1990s, Hollywood was rocked by the publication of You'll Never Make Love in This Town Again. Four women—Robin, Liza, Linda, and Tiffany—dared to name names and tell tales about what really happens with celebrities behind closed doors. Shocking and fearless, their no-holds-barred accounts became a publishing sensation. In this sequel, only the names have changed. A decade later, sex, money, dr...

Relationship breakdown, divorce, dissatisfaction, and family discord are all too common as couples scramble to provide a better life for themselves and their families. With this guide, noted marriage counselor Mary Sotile and psychologist Wayne Sotile show today's stressed-out supercouples— men and women juggling dual careers, family obligations, and their marriages— how to become couples who can have it all while supporting each other and creating balance in their hectic lives. With this ...

Provocative and enlightening essays about transforming our future by such visionaries as Shakti Gawain, Gloria Steinem, Angeles Arrien, Sylvia Boorstein, Joan Borysenko, Z Budapest, Flor Fernandez, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Luisah Teish, Rama Vernon, and Marianne Williamson.Where do we go from here, and in practical terms, what must we do to get there? When the contributors to this volume were asked this question, their responses were immediate and impassioned. Leading...

A pioneer in the Mormon exposé , Deborah Laake recounts her strict Mormon upbringing and two disastrous Mormon marriages that left her a pariah in the church. Laake chronicles her life from innocence to full initiation. Married at 19, she describes the voodoo-like rituals and behaviors revealed to her on her wedding day— and the male dominance, strange teachings, and " divine" revelations characteristic of her religion. A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond is an ...

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