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Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former owner, money from his own pocket, write the first White House memoir, and see his sons fight with the Union Army in the Civil War.

Starships come in many shapes and sizes. Their crews and passengers are an eclectic lot. They venture into the deep voids of space on their assigned missions. Sometimes they succeed and sometimes they do not. This collection tells the stories of the crews and passengers aboard six of these starships.

Short novels are movie length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2012 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form.

Here is an unabridged audio collection of the "best of the best" science fiction short stories published in 2009 by current and emerging masters of the genre, as narrated by top voice talents. In "Erosion",l by Ian Creasey, a man tests the limits of his exo-suit prior to leaving a dying earth. In "As Women Fight", by Sara Genge, a hunter has no time to train for a fight to inhabit his wife's body in a society of body-switchers....

Первый биографический очерк о Майн Риде появился в английском справочнике "Men of the Time" ("Люди нашего времени") за 1837 год. Сведения о себе, согласно традиции, предоставил сам Майн Рид. Обладая буйной фантазией, он исказил некоторые факты своей биографии, местами кое-что приукрасив.

Blue Forge Sailing Club is an exclusive, high-class establishment, which is why no one ever suspects it to be a front for things like child abduction, female trafficking, and slavery. Secrets must be preserved to keep the business running. It's only the beginning when a murderer gets away, his victim's body hidden at the bottom of the lake. The club caretaker - an avid triathlon competitor - briefly encounters the murder victim and her children before he meets with a terrible accident that leaves him paralyzed in a foreign country.