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Boreal Odyssey

A Northwoods Vision Quest

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Sometime in his mid-teens, Steve Simpson decided he wanted to become a hermit. Socially awkward and athletically inept, he felt isolated from his classmates in a huge suburban high school. Finding no joy in the company of his peers, he sought his joy in nature; in the forest preserves and state parks of the Midwest and in kayaking the waters of the region. He read Walden at an impressionable age, ... Read more

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Sometime in his mid-teens, Steve Simpson decided he wanted to become a hermit. Socially awkward and athletically inept, he felt isolated from his classmates in a huge suburban high school. Finding no joy in the company of his peers, he sought his joy in nature; in the forest preserves and state parks of the Midwest and in kayaking the waters of the region. He read Walden at an impressionable age,
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The Purpose of Reality

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by Steve Simpson ...

Series Book 2 - The Purpose of Reality
Enter a world of surreal dreams and philosophical wonder. Steve Simpson's collection invites you to explore the bizarre and beautiful corners of reality. Meet a detective who morphs into insects, a librarian battling kilowasps, and a Martian princess with a penchant for razing cities.Is it for you? If you crave mind-bending tales, where the line between reality and illusion blurs, this collection ... Read more

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Enter a world of surreal dreams and philosophical wonder. Steve Simpson's collection invites you to explore the bizarre and beautiful corners of reality. Meet a detective who morphs into insects, a librarian battling kilowasps, and a Martian princess with a penchant for razing cities.Is it for you? If you crave mind-bending tales, where the line between reality and illusion blurs, this collection
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Defending Free Speech

Selected Commentary by the Ayn Rand Institute

by Steve Simpson, Leonard Peikoff, Onkar Ghate, Elan Journo ...

Narrated by Chris Abell ...

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3 hours 53 min

Freedom of speech is indispensable to a free and civilized society, yet this precious right is increasingly under attack today.Islamic totalitarians repeatedly threaten and kill those deemed blasphemers while our political leaders stand idly by—and many intellectuals blame the victims. College students seek “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” from controversial ideas. The government harasses tea ... Read more

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Freedom of speech is indispensable to a free and civilized society, yet this precious right is increasingly under attack today.Islamic totalitarians repeatedly threaten and kill those deemed blasphemers while our political leaders stand idly by—and many intellectuals blame the victims. College students seek “trigger warnings” and “safe spaces” from controversial ideas. The government harasses tea
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A Dictionary of English Folklore

by Jacqueline Simpson, Steve Roud ...

Series series Oxford Quick Reference
Are there any legends about cats? Is Cinderella an English story? What is a Mumming Play? The subject of folklore covers an extremely wide field, with connections to virtually every aspect of life. It ranges from the bizarre to the seemingly mundane. Similarly, folklore is as much a feature of the modern technological age as the ancient world, of every part of the country, both urban and rural, ... Read more

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Are there any legends about cats? Is Cinderella an English story? What is a Mumming Play? The subject of folklore covers an extremely wide field, with connections to virtually every aspect of life. It ranges from the bizarre to the seemingly mundane. Similarly, folklore is as much a feature of the modern technological age as the ancient world, of every part of the country, both urban and rural,
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Life & Works Giuseppe Verdi

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Narrated by Jeremy Siepmann, Freddie Jones, Elaine Claxton, David Timson, Steve Hodson, Charlie Simpson ...

Series series Life & Works
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With the possible exception of Mozart, Verdi is the most popular opera composer who ever lived. Quite early in his career his tunes were being cranked out by barrel organs throughout Europe and were well known to many who may never even have heard his name. But the complex man behind them remains elusive and puzzling. In this portrait-in-sound, Jeremy Siepmann and a group of distinguished actors ... Read more

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With the possible exception of Mozart, Verdi is the most popular opera composer who ever lived. Quite early in his career his tunes were being cranked out by barrel organs throughout Europe and were well known to many who may never even have heard his name. But the complex man behind them remains elusive and puzzling. In this portrait-in-sound, Jeremy Siepmann and a group of distinguished actors
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Solar

by Steve Simpson ...

Series Book 1 - The Purpose of Reality
Surreal and imaginative short fiction exploring the boundaries of reality.Steve Simpson's mesmerizing collection presents a series of interconnected stories, each delving into the strange and wonderful aspects of existence. From schools with cardboard walls to cities divided by negentropy horizons, these tales blend science fiction, fantasy, and philosophical inquiry.Explore themes of loss, ... Read more

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Surreal and imaginative short fiction exploring the boundaries of reality.Steve Simpson's mesmerizing collection presents a series of interconnected stories, each delving into the strange and wonderful aspects of existence. From schools with cardboard walls to cities divided by negentropy horizons, these tales blend science fiction, fantasy, and philosophical inquiry.Explore themes of loss,
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The Occult Detective Megapack

29 Classic Stories

by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Seabury Quinn, Robert E. Howard, Mary Fortune, William Hope Hodgson, E. and H. Heron ...

Occult detectives—sometimes called psychic investigators—have been in vogue since the middle of the 19th century. This collection goes back to the roots of the occult detective story. The earliest story in this collection—Fitz-James O'Brien's "The Pot of Tulips"—originally appeared in 1855. Rare stories by Mary Fortune and Bayard Taylor, famous tales from the end of the 19th century by E. and H. ... Read more

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Occult detectives—sometimes called psychic investigators—have been in vogue since the middle of the 19th century. This collection goes back to the roots of the occult detective story. The earliest story in this collection—Fitz-James O'Brien's "The Pot of Tulips"—originally appeared in 1855. Rare stories by Mary Fortune and Bayard Taylor, famous tales from the end of the 19th century by E. and H.
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The Macabre Megapack

25 Lost Tales from the Golden Age

by Erckman-Chatrian, Villiers de L’isle-Adams, Lafcadio Hearn, Moritz Jokai, John Galt, Emma Embury, Luise Muhlback ...

Editor Duane Parsons has assembled a treasure-trove of rare macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to exotic paranormal tales, each story in this volume has never before appeared in an anthology. Included are:The Silent Man, by Henry Fothergill ChorleyThe Strange Ormonds, by Leitch RitchieThe Mysterious Wedding: A Danish Story, by Heinrich ... Read more

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Editor Duane Parsons has assembled a treasure-trove of rare macabre stories for lovers of classic fantasy and horror. From ghosts of mind and spirit to exotic paranormal tales, each story in this volume has never before appeared in an anthology. Included are:The Silent Man, by Henry Fothergill ChorleyThe Strange Ormonds, by Leitch RitchieThe Mysterious Wedding: A Danish Story, by Heinrich
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Out of Time Series Box Set (Books 1-3)

3 Complete Novels

by Monique Martin ...

Series series Out of Time
This box set contains three complete novels: Books 1-3 of the Out of Time Series.Don't miss the rest of the series including the brand new book 10, Revolution in Time, or the exciting spin-off series starting with Jacks Are Wild also available on Kobo!Out of Time: A Time Travel Mystery (Book #1)Mystery, romance and adventure...Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of ... Read more

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This box set contains three complete novels: Books 1-3 of the Out of Time Series.Don't miss the rest of the series including the brand new book 10, Revolution in Time, or the exciting spin-off series starting with Jacks Are Wild also available on Kobo!Out of Time: A Time Travel Mystery (Book #1)Mystery, romance and adventure...Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of
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The Cuckoo's Calling

by Robert Galbraith ...

Series Book 1 - A Cormoran Strike Novel
Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike.After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private ... Read more

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Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike.After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private
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Dark Fairies

by Dr. Bob Curran ...

We all know about fairies—they're usually helpful, ethereal creatures in children's stories and Walt Disney films, flitting about doing good, right?Wrong!In ancient times, the concept of fairies was rather different. They were the often-dangerous embodiment of the land, dark and unpredictable spirits that watched Humanity with a jaundiced and hostile eye. And, according to conventional folk wisdom ... Read more

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We all know about fairies—they're usually helpful, ethereal creatures in children's stories and Walt Disney films, flitting about doing good, right?Wrong!In ancient times, the concept of fairies was rather different. They were the often-dangerous embodiment of the land, dark and unpredictable spirits that watched Humanity with a jaundiced and hostile eye. And, according to conventional folk wisdom
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The World of Myth

An Anthology

Edited by David Adams Leeming ...

Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation ... Read more

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Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh--these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities and fantastic beings from non-Christian cultures. Myth is at once the most particular and the most universal feature of civilization, representing common concerns that each society voices in its own idiom. Whether an Egyptian story of creation
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