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Welcome to the Inner Sanctuary podcast, a weekly program for everyone who wants to deepen their practice of meditation. With Liz Rees at Knox United Church (Calgary).

Welcome to Dyslexic life with Jo Rees, the podcast.A place where I provide a weekly overview of where Dyslexia is showing up in my life. As a dyslexia teacher and assessor, it shows up quite a lot in my life in terms of how I support and serve people! As a parent of three children with dyslexic profiles it shows up quite a lot in things that happen with us at home,! Finally, as somebody who is dyslexic themselves and navigating trying to be a parent and run a business and stay afloat it shows up quite a lot there too. Do you wanna know the truth about Dyslexia where it hides and how to ...

Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love, resilience and survival, from award-winning and bestselling writer, Peter Rees and Sue Langford....

Der Zweite Weltkrieg ist zu Ende: Die Briten haben die Kontrolle über weite Teile Deutschlands und suchen nun nach Personen, die ihnen beim Neuaufbau helfen. Edith Graham, eine junge Lehrerin, spricht Deutsch und soll für den Geheimdienst arbeiten, zumal sie vor dem Krieg mit einem Deutschen liiert war - mit Kurt von Stavenow, der später bei den Nazis Karriere machte und nun gesucht wird.

Workaholic Riley Powers plows into Levi Madison on a Cincinnati street. She has no time for a social life, especially with a long-distance lover. The cowboy player appears to have a harem of lady fans. Against better judgement, Riley caters to a hankering for a short-term fling and carves time into her hectic schedule for the sexy ranch hand with the swarthy Southern accent.

Love is a dangerous mystery. Who’s got time for planning a wedding with a fatal disease, murder, and a stunning redhead wreaking havoc with a racing mogul’s love life? Levi Madison prepares his horse for triple-crown racing. His workaholic fiancé, Riley Powers,’ home is vandalized during a murder. Police suspect drugs, but Riley and pals, Lemon Sage Benton and FBI Special Agent Reggie Casse, pursue a more hazardous investigation.

James loves Gemma, and Gemma is apparently super-glued between her legs...according to Steve, anyway. And so the drama begins as James’ professional world is exposed to the full glare of publicity. James is a specialist soldier, Steve is his opinionated best friend, and Ally is a girl without inhibitions. And Gemma? Well, Gemma is young and arguably a little misguided. They are all in their late teens or early twenties and discovering what love means as they make mistakes and grow through experience.

Running from a philandering husband and a dangerous stalker, Dovie Fuller-Dane moves to her homestead in Sweetwater to care for her ailing grandmother. Reconnecting close ties to family and friends, she discovers an ideal location for her new restaurant and gets a chance with the man she has loved since puberty. A surprise in Gran’s will sends her reeling into the arms of a stalker. Can she escape his murderous plan and find lasting love while her world falls apart?

Becky keeps men at bay due to her brutal background and concern for her son’s safety. Second guessing who he is and disillusioned about the stranger who raised him, Justin discovers what matters most, in perfect time to lose it. His broken spirit penetrates Becky’s armor and opens her fragile heart, but she can’t compete with his wealthy fiancé. Certain death looms in the shadows of the sleepy, lakeside town.

1989: When 15-year-old Leila is exiled from her exotic home on Lace Island to a cold English boarding school, the life she once loved becomes a distant memory. 2016: Jess dreams of far off places, of white sandy beaches and warm tropical seas. When she gets her longed-for job as cabin crew, those dreams are suddenly realised. But Jess has a troubled past, and her present is about to become complicated and dangerous....

Libby and her big sister, Bella, used to be close, but lately Bella's become sarcastic and mean and obsessed with her boyfriend. Then there's six-year-old Grace, the baby of the family. Whenever Mum and Dad aren't at work, it's all about Grace. So where does Libby fit in? Things change suddenly when the girls move to the tiny village where their dad grew up - and go to a posh new school. Libby doesn't mind, but Bella can't bear to leave her boyfriend behind. Soon there are secrets everywhere.

Mit den großen Entdeckungsreisen am Ende des 15. Jhs. drängen auch die Künstler zum Aufbruch. Sie reisen nicht mehr nur auf den alten Handwerker-Routen von einem Arbeitsort zum nächsten. Sie entdecken das Unterwegssein als neue Form, die Vielgestaltigkeit der Welt zu erfahren. Das Reisen beginnt, die Arbeitsweisen der Künstler und die Gestalt ihrer Werke zu verändern. Auf 4 Etappen von Albrecht Dürer bis Paul Klee beleuchtet das vorliegende Hörbuch dieses spannende Kapitel der Kunstgeschichte.

Karen (8 Jahre) und David (6 Jahre) verbringen ihre Ferien in der Windmühle ihrer Tante Olga. Die ist ganz anders als andere Erwachsene. Schon dass sie in einer Windmühle wohnt, ihren alten, klapprigen Wagen "Garten" nennt und immer einen großen hellblauen Hut trägt, lässt darauf schließen, dass die Ferien keineswegs langweilig verlaufen. Neben allen Abenteuern lernen die beiden Kinder: Gott liebt mich, ich kann eine enge Beziehung zu ihm haben und jederzeit zu ihm beten.

'People may say I can't sing. But no one can ever say I didn't sing.' Despite having no pitch, no rhythm and no tone, Florence Foster Jenkins became one of America's best-known sopranos, giving a sell-out concert at Carnegie Hall. Born in Pennsylvania in 1868, Florence Foster adored music and as a girl was a talented pianist, but her wealthy father refused to allow her to study in Europe. In retaliation she eloped with Dr Frank Jenkins, but the marriage soon foundered, not least because the 18-year-old bride contracted syphilis on their wedding night.

Esmie knows she wants to be a detective when she grows up - just like her dad. And now is the perfect time to start honing her investigative skills. First of all there's the mystery disappearance of Esmie's brother's girlfriend's mum (interestingly complicated!). Could she still be alive? Or does a vital clue lie beneath the soil of the local allotment? Even more importantly, Esmie is worried that her dad still hasn't proposed to his girlfriend, Lizzie.

A gently entertaining and charming fairy story that also deals cleverly with a young child's real problems and emotions. Connie is not a child who likes books. So she's not too pleased when she's sent to stay with her eccentric author aunt. But then Connie meets Ruby - a book fairy - in the dusty old library. Ruby is in trouble: she has broken fairy law by trying to take something - a piece of jewellery - back to fairyland through the gateway of a fairy-dust-sprinkled book.

Sometimes something happens in your life that changes everything. When Sasha was six, her dad died suddenly, and the world changed forever. Now she’s 12, it feels like things are changing all the time: her twin brother hardly talks to her any more, her mum’s dating a teacher from school, her best friend Lily keeps going on about boys...and Sasha doesn’t feel ready for any of it. The one place she can escape to is Blossom House, her secret place - an old, echoey, overgrown, beautiful, empty mansion.

In May 1943, a young, pregnant Frenchwoman called Lucie Aubrac engineered the escape of her husband Raymond from the clutches of Klaus Barbie, the feared Gestapo chief. She later ambushed the prison vans in which members of the Resistance were being driven to an almost certain death. Spirited out of France by the RAF at the end of 1943, nine months pregnant, she arrived in London a heroine. In 1983, when both Aubracs had retired, Klaus Barbie was put on trial in France.

Con questo audiolibro e l'esperienza in prima persona dell'autore, potrai conoscere le varie strade che si possono intraprendere per smettere di fumare: l'autore le ha provate sulla sua pelle, una per una, le ha valutate, scartate e riprovate. Scoprirai diverse tecniche mentali, rimedi naturali e terapie mediche che potranno aiutarti a vincere il fumo. Con questo percorso riacquisterai fiducia, una grande fiducia in te stesso e una grande stima di te stesso.

Emma and Saffie are going to stay with their grandparents for the summer to learn how to use their superpowers. Grandma has powers too, but Grandpa doesn't, and he definitely doesn't like the gnomes doing the gardening, or the washing up doing itself - he'd rather play with his model aeroplanes.