If you were a retired racing greyhound, say, about four years old and you could with yourself anywhere to live, you'd probably pick a place with lots of running room, warm sun, shade and gentle breezes, right? WRONG! Not our hero, Comet. He finds himself plunked down in the Fresh Meadows neighborhood of Newq York City. Adopted by Rob and Jesse Brooks and their eight year old daughter, Patty, he's faced with a new family and a new place to live that has nothing what ever to do with racing o...

"The Preaching of Islam: A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith" by Sir Thomas Walker Arnold is a comprehensive exploration of how Islam spread across various regions and cultures. Arnold meticulously examines the historical context and the methods employed by early Muslim missionaries and scholars. He highlights the significance of trade routes, cultural exchanges, and the role of influential figures in disseminating Islamic teachings. The book serves as a vital resource for und...

• Enter His courts with praise ... • Sing unto the Lord a new song ... • Hear the sayings of the ancients ... • Learn the wisdom of Solomon ... The Dramatized King James Psalms and Proverbs ... it's almost like being there. Have you ever imagined yourself living back in Bible times? Taking in the inspired words and songs of David or the wisdom of Solomon…. Being touched by their lives. Now through the Dramatized King James Psalms /Proverbs you can experience it all. This production is an a...

Watch over some flocks by night.... Go fishing with Peter.... Witness some miracles.... The Original Dramatized King James New Testament has been heard and enjoyed throughout the entire English speaking world, and was sold by a great number of Christian bookstores across America. They were offered as a 16 cassette album, with over five hundred thousand album sets purchased. This production of the New Testament has been digitally re-mastered and enhanced for your listening enjoyment. Profes...

Dennis Walker has been "chasing the blues" for a lifetime, starting with his first producing credit in 1965. He is a three-time Grammy Award-winning Blues producer and songwriter for Robert Cray's Strong Persuader, The Robert Cray Band's "Don't Be Afraid of The Dark", and B.B. King's "Blues Summit". In a career spanning over 40 years, he won more than 20 Blues Music Association Awards and created a discography that shows the depth of his love and respect for the blues. How did a small-town...

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is The Fish of Small Wishes.Fall in love with a modern fairy tale inspired by a Jewish family memory in this magical picture book by award-winning picture book creators Elana K. Arnold and Magdalena Mora.Once, there was a girl named Kiki, who found a fish on the asphalt.The fish was very hot and very dry.But when Kiki put...

Continuing Perspectives on the Black Diaspora is a response to a 1990 publication that studied the persistence and resilience of black (African) diasporic populations in the Caribbean, Latin America, North America, and the United Kingdom. In that book, the authors used the themes of persistence and resilience to interrogate the social processes and the coping repertoire of these diasporic populations.This volume investigates the often-overlooked African presence in Asia. R...

The instant New York Times bestseller is "a fun, delightful, un-putdownable novel" about two identical twin sisters who couldn't look more alike . . . or live more differently (PopSugar).Nantucket is only eleven miles away from Martha's Vineyard. But they may as well be worlds apart for estranged twin sisters Harper and Tabitha Frost.After not speaking for more than a decade, Harper and Tabitha switch islands-and lives-to save what's left ...

“The Bean Trees is the work of a visionary. . . . It leaves you open-mouthed and smiling.” — Los Angeles TimesA bestseller that has come to be regarded as an American classic, The Bean Trees is the novel that launched Barbara Kingsolver’s remarkable literary career.It is the charming, engrossing tale of rural Kentucky native Taylor Greer, who only wants to get away from her roots and avoid getting pregnant. She su...

Sheila Tubman sometimes wonders who she really is: the outgoing, witty, and capable Sheila the Great, or the secret Sheila, who's afraid of the dark, spiders, swimming, and dogs.When her family spends the summer in Tarrytown, Sheila has to face some of her worst fears. Not only does a dog come with the rented house, but her parents expect Sheila to take swimming lessons! Sheila does her best to pretend she's an expert at everything, but she knows she isn't fooling her new best frie...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton comes a “deeply moving” (The Washington Post) novel that “confirms Strout as the possessor of an irresistibly companionable, peculiarly American voice” (The Atlantic Monthly).“Superb . . . a shimmering tale of loss, faith, and human fallibility.”—O: The Oprah MagazineIn the late 1950s, in a...

Eric: Loves surfing, has killer abs, an even better smile, and a heart of gold.Joe: A sarcastic goofball who gives great advice, which no one ever takes.Zach: Sophisticated college boy, wise in the ways of French painting as well as other French things.A California girl like Cassidy Jones should be out on the beach, not stuck in summer school! But her life heats up when she meets the worldly and romantic Zach – she can't stop thinking about him, even though she alre...