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This audiobook tells the story of Henry Ford, along with his invention, the popular Model T automobile.

Many Christians still love to read the classic sermons and devotionals of the great 19th-century English preacher Charles H. Spurgeon. But there were many other Christian writers of the same era who also penned inspired devotionals. This collection of timeless treasures contains 100 classic devotionals from 23 inspired writers read for a modern audience by the unique and emotive voice of British narrator Christopher Glyn.

This audiobook tells the story of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic.

The groundbreaking work on being homosexual in America - available again only from Penguin Classics and with a new foreword by Dan Savage.

In this riveting true story of coming of age in the Chicago Mob, Charles “Charley” Hager is plucked from his rural West Virginia home by an uncle in the 1960s and thrown into an underworld of money, cars, crime, and murder on the streets of Chicago Heights. Street-smart and good with his hands, Hager is accepted into the working life of a chauffeur and “street tax” collector, earning the moniker “Little Joe College” by notorious mob boss Albert Tocco.

Discover the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, an inferno that forever changed the city's skyline.

Shortly after the death of Judd, his son, Jed, inherits the run-down hotel in the swamps of rural East Texas, and he begins to reopen for business. The local people in the small city of Elmendorf begin to gossip about the murders that took place at the hotel - where Judd fed numerous guests to his pet crocodile.

William Clarke Quantrill and his band of Partisan Rangers were some of the most brutal outlaws in American history. These Raiders would go on to influence generations of future outlaws, making way for the Wild West and later the gangsters of the Great Depression era. This Civil War documentary covers all aspects of the Raiders' lives, along with in-depth coverage of breakaway bands of outlaws. Quantrill and his Raiders lived an incredible, almost unbelievable life.

Charles finds himself in a surprising situation with his wife, Wendy, and her best friend, Samantha, as they all get to know one another. Themes of bi-curious exploration, domination, public play, and submission ring throughout this erotic tale, and Charles and Wendy's marriage is anything but typical or boring. These stories are based on real events.

Pelican Briefs is a weekly episodic podcast where Dr. Charles Miller and Etosha McGee discuss current events in Louisiana and New Orleans through the lens of an Urban Studies professor and a local Capricorn with big opinions. They dish about the hottest topics related to contemporary politics, controversies, and developments in the Pelican State.

Hallucinogenic drugs are currently making a strong comeback in modern culture, but what exactly is driving this new phenomenon? A lot of experts are once again discussing using psilocybin (the active ingredient in psilocybe mushrooms) medicinally, to treat depression, anxiety, addiction etc. Psychedelic drugs have come a very long way in recent years, with much of the focus on hallucinogen assisted therapy (aka psychedelic therapy).

In the late 1970s legendary pianist Bill Evans, one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time, was at the peak of his career. He revolutionized the jazz trio (bass, piano, drums) by giving each part equal emphasis in what jazz historian Ted Gioia called a “telepathic level” of interplay. It was an ideal opportunity for a sideman, and after auditioning in 1978, Joe La Barbera was ecstatic when he was offered the drum chair, completing the trio with Evans and bassist Marc Johnson.