All over town, people could hear the explosive roar as smoke shot upward from the old abandoned warehouse. All eyes were looking toward the deafening roar and a long bright flame and smoke trail of the slow climbing rocket gaining speed. There were fearful shouts of Its a nuclear missile launch! In ten minutes, Russian missiles will be reaching us! That started a panic, and everyone started running for shelter or trying to reach home to say goodbye to loved ones. In the sky overhead, the r...

Worlds depicts four generations of the Logan family from Ireland in 1870 to New York City in 1998. In a series of episodes arranged by theme, Worlds portrays a family through poetic shards of narrative: • Seamus Logan: a broken-hearted lover who flees his home in 1870 County Mayo, Ireland for Connemara and New York. Seamus eventually makes his way to Philadelphia where he founds a new family and a construction dynasty. • Reverend Sarsfield Logan, S.J.: a Jesuit priest who teaches French at...

A credit score is a value that ranks your creditworthiness in the eyes of the bank. It’s determined through a number of guarded factors that banks use to assess risk. What you can do to maintain a good credit score is always be on time with your installments and keep your debt at a minimum.So, is the credit score really that important? Well, yes. Banks will use it to determine whether to give you a loan, some employers may also check it, and landlords definitely wa...

Serving a twenty-six-year career in the US Coast Guard, you see things develop that you know can become volatile. Being conventional, or routine, we always conduct business as usual. That’s when our enemies can start being unconventional.In World War II, German naval forces brought many nations to their knees doing just that. “The Grey Wolf” refers to a submarine. Their destructive power was amplified by using it in a very unconventional method, attacking “soft targets.” The type X...

'Penguin's fine pandemic audio festival delivers hours of laughs from comedy's most creative talents.' - The Observer'An absolutely cracking lineup' - The Guardian'A marvellous wheeze, almost like attending a private stand-up gig' - The IBrought to you by Penguin.The show has been called off. The show must go on....

Historian Nora Titone takes a fresh look at the strange and startling history of the Booth brothers, answering the question of why one became the nineteenth-century’s brightest, most beloved star, and the other became the most notorious assassin in American history.The sceneof John Wilkes Booth shooting Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre is among the most vivid and indelible images in American history. The literal story of what happened on April 14, 1865, is familia...

“I…am the Whistler...and+AA2I know many things...for I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows.”Radio Spirits brings you classic tales of mystery, crime and suspense featuring everyday individuals caught in a web of their own making, and tripped up by a twist of fate in the end. And heard throughout each radio play, as the events become a tangled web of crime, is that shadowy voice-of-fate, your host… The Whistler!Dri...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs“[A] compelling portrait not just of a Russian titan, but also of a flesh-and-blood woman.”—NewsweekONE OF ESQUIRE’S BEST BIOGRAPHIES OF ALL TIME • ONE OF THE BEST BOOK...