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The Orchard is a poignant memoir of a young woman's single-handed struggle to save her New England farm in the depths of the Great Depression. Discovered by the author's daughter after the author's death, it tells the story of Adele "Kitty" Robertson, young and energetic, but unprepared by her Radcliffe education for the rigors of apple farming in those bitter years of the early 1930s. Alone at the end of a country road, with only a Great Dane for company, plagued by debts, broken machinery, and killing frosts, Kitty revives the old orchard after years of neglect.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER POM Wonderful. FIJI Water. Teleflora. The Franklin Mint. Lynda Resnick's marketing triumphs read like an encyclopedia of branding. She is the smartest and hardest-working marketing brain in the business - the kind of marketer who can sell "ice sculptures to Eskimos." But her...

Sonia Orchard was in her forties when she told a therapist about the boyfriend she had when she was fifteen. Sure, he had been a decade older than her, but it was consensual ... wasn't it? To her surprise, Sonia broke down in tears, then began to shake uncontrollably–an unmistakable expression of trauma that lasted for days. She was clearly not okay, but could the relationship she'd thought was love really have been abuse? Had she been groomed?

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As thousands of women across the UK ask themselves whether they can trust the police, this podcast will reveal the endemic culture of misogyny that is hidden within the ranks of powerful men who are supposed to protect us. In this podcast, ex-police officer turned author, Alice Vinten, examines multiple alleged cases of misogyny within police forces across the UK. The podcast will share detailed accounts of ten women who have been killed by serving or former police officers across the UK since 2009, and speak to experts in domestic abuse about whether the power of a warrant card attracts ...

Residents of Grandview Hill in Provo, Utah share personal history stories through weekly interviews.

These are the memoirs of a 75-year-old ordinary man from Kerala, India. Thomas was born in a small village in Kuttanad, Alappuzha District, Kerala. He had an eventful childhood with stressful experiences mingled with mischiefs in a rural background. After passing out of a technical college, and unable to find jobs close to home, he travelled to Pune in western India—thanks to a generous donor—to work in aerospace engineering and later to teach in the College of Military Engineering.

In this new podcast, legendary rapper MC Serch and veteran music journalist Kyle Eustice (HipHopDX, Thrasher, High Times Magazine) will share their experience, strength and hope while having thoughtful conversations with other addicts from across the music and entertainment landscape. Each week, guests will share their unique stories of addiction and recovery, from the lowest lows to the highest highs, and ultimately how they got clean. This is about recovery. It is about freeing yourself from the grips of addiction, no matter what the addiction is.

In the 1980s, few people were more feared in Brooklyn than ex-Rikers Island inmate and legendary street figure Jimmy Rosemond, aka “Jimmy Henchman,” or “Jimmy Ace.” In 1991, Jimmy co-founded the first Hip-Hop Mega conference called How Can I Be Down, and in due course, founded Czar Entertainment where he managed top music artists & athletes. In June of 2011, Jimmy was arrested by DEA Agents and US Marshalls, after being on the run for months. Jimmy was charged with what is called “The Kingpin Statute.” They alleged that Jimmy was the leader of a nationwide, drug organization that ...