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"China, Sweltering, Doles out Subsidies for High Heat" is from the July 13, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Didi Kirsten Tatlow and narrated by Sam Scholl.

An American is reunited with two Swedish friends 53 years after knowing them as a boy in Ankarra, Turkey. A mixture of the real and fantasy, this story features a terrorist attack, tea with the Swedish King and Queen, and a conversion about music appreciation from Mozart to Wagner. Information, humor, and implausibility keep the listener trying to sift fact from fiction, while learning about Stockholm, too.

The Mountains Are Calling is the exhilarating story of the runners who go to high places. From its wild origins in the Highlands, hill running in Scotland remains as pure and traditional as sport gets. Jonny Muir explores the history and culture of the sport and meets the legends of hill running, who are revered for their extraordinary endurance. As he discovers the insatiable lure of the hills, a calling leads him to the supreme test of mountain running: Ramsay's Round, a continuous loop of 23 of Scotland highest mountains, to be completed within 24 hours.

An upbeat, simple approach to learning the building blocks of the French language. Sam Goodyear, noted actor, performer, tutor, teacher, and writer created this work for his students and now it's available to the rest of us. It is an inviting approach to the key elements of learning French. On the Road to French can be listened and relistened to versus the bloated language programs available at far higher prices. The ideal companion to this audiobook is Sam's French on the Tip of Your Tongue.

"Your Mission - A Stress Free Life" is a chapter from Unwind Before You Unravel - 24 Ways to Break Free from Stress by Michael Olpin and Sam Bracken.

"Assess Your Stress" is a chapter from Unwind Before You Unravel - 24 Ways to Break Free from Stress by Michael Olpin and Sam Bracken.

Growing up in 1970s Suffolk in a crumbling giant of a house with wild, tangled gardens, Alex Monroe was left to wreak havoc by invention. Without visible parental influence, but with sisters to love him and brothers to fight for him, he made nature into his world. Creation became a compulsion, whether it was go-karts and guns, crossbows and booby traps, boats, bikes, or scooters. And then, it was jewelry.

This vibrant and handy companion to Simply Spanish for English speakers features 500 words and phrases that are key to speaking Spanish like a native.

The companion to On the Road to French, this recording features a vibrant and handy list of 500 words and phrases that are key to unlocking the French language.

What if instead of reading human thoughts and feelings you could read those of machines? That's what happens to Lester Shay when he becomes the "Inside Man". Soon he is driving himself, along with friends and coworkers, crazy every time he encounters an aging, ill-treated mechanism. For Lester can feel their pain, and it won't stop till the machine is fixed and running happily again.

An unexpected inheritance collides with a fatal diagnosis. Two longtime friends spend a week in Paris living each day as if it were their last, visiting sites, eating, drinking, and being merry, in spite of dire circumstances. Francophiles will relish the appreciation for all things French. This story is based on fact.

Learn French with three best-selling Simply titles at a discount. Appropriate for the English speaker seeking to learn French and French speaker seeking to learn English. The core title is On the Road to French, going through your need to know list to have the most appropriate information succinctly given. French on The Tip of Your Tongue and English on the Tip of Your Tongue let you learn over 500 words and phrases both ways—English to French and French to English.

Sworn to protect the people of 13th-century England in the name of the White Brotherhood, the wizard Silvas journeys to Mecq, a small village plagued by drought, where he comes face to face with an omnipotent foe.

The ruins of Mecq still smolder in the English countryside, and in the ashes, the wizard Silvas mourns the loss of his goddess, Carillia. With her final breath, Carillia raises Silvas into the ranks of the divine. But divinity brings its own risks. Silvas finds that once he stands among gods, he must contend with an ancient evil more powerful than any he has ever known. The forces arrayed against him harbor old grudges that he cannot assuage.

A dog name Finski leaves from New York by air and becomes Mozart - one of his 24 names - in Salzburg. Humor, heartbreak, Salzburg, and Mozart are abundant in this true account of bond between man and dog - the dog that became a celebrity in Salzburg.

They call it Paradise - an inner-city danger zone, starved of resources, starved of hope; run-down housing, run-down lives. Then a miracle happens. A dying boy is healed by the touch of a charismatic young man. And that's only the beginning. Richard brings light into the darkest places.

As the story goes, Sam would usually arrive home late in the evening just in time to lay his daughter Madeline down to bed each night and answer the same question, "Daddy, is tomorrow Saturday?" Madeline asked this question because of Sam's hectic corporate schedule which only saw him home one day a week - Saturday. Although six nights out of the week, Sam had to answer "No" to the Saturday question, he vowed that someday soon "Every day would be Saturday."

French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy joins Sam Tanenhaus, senior editor of The New York Times Book Review, to talk about his most recent book, Left In Dark Times. Levy argues for a new "left" based on universal values and ethical commitments. Topics include left-wing anti-Zionism, domestic anti-Americanism and the global effects of both.

"Choosing Your Own Response to Stress!" is a chapter from Unwind Before You Unravel - 24 Ways to Break Free from Stress by Michael Olpin and Sam Bracken.

"Decide Not to Be Stressed" is a chapter from Unwind Before You Unravel - 24 Ways to Break Free from Stress by Michael Olpin and Sam Bracken.