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Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from different generations, Broadbent leads listeners through a life spent fighting for equality in Parliament and beyond: exploring the formation of his social democratic ideals, his engagement on the international stage, and his relationships with historical figures from Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro to Tommy Douglas, Rene Levesque, and Willy Brandt.

Have you ever felt as if you couldn't go on? That you were nearly lost under the weight of your own burdens? Were you told - or did you decide - that the only way out was to soldier on, to blindly grind out the days until you felt like you could breathe again, if not as well as before? What if there was another way?That's the option that Jerry is presented with by his best friend, Robert, along with an incredible tale of the man who came to Robert in his own time of need; the man who calls himself Mister Grief; the man who has a tale of his own to tell.

Created by stress management expert and best selling author, Brian Luke Seaward, this collection of four meditations and visualizations are loaded with powerful metaphors which bring about a deep sense of relaxation and inner peace, and provide a supportive foundation for your meditation practice.

King Sparda Kalnoroc is no mortal to be shaken by the likes of one rogue Excalibur Knight. He may not even be mortal at all, if the rumors are to be trusted. When Nate Arturi returns home to find an Earth inexorably changed by the swelling tides of galactic war, he quickly sets course to rid the planet of the pointless buearocracy and fearmongering that seem to have choked it to the point of death. But some problems are not so easily solved. Some enemies cannot be bought or broken.

Michael Steele, Symone Sanders Townsend, and Luke Russert's one-on-one conversations with politicians and newsmakers, and the breaking issues of the day.

Jimmy Ford is too young to be a soldier, several years too damn young. But that’s only if you measure life by the number of years it has been lived in. Jimmy is a dreamer, a charming boy, curious about the world outside his small town of Brentwood, Essex. With the intensity of the war surging and his bright, ubiquitous thirst for literature and adventure, Jimmy hatches a plan to make it to the Western Front. Little does he know; it is a day which will change his life forever.

Dr Luke Evans, MP and GP, is joined by fellow MPs, famous faces, and just some of the extraordinary people he comes across in his job. They discuss everything from personal experiences, to unpacking politics. Topics this series include mental health, body image, and life as an MP.

More than at any other time in history, listeners are educating themselves on the world's major religions and what each believes. Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam often seem at odds with each other, and as listeners struggle to understand, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to World Religions, Third Edition, provides expanded and updated coverage to answer their questions.

Lawbreaker Webb Cousins is headed for a short trial and a long stretch in jail. A bounty hunter has him cuffed and covered, with no chance of escape. But when the prisoner and his captor ride into the town of Wagon Mound, death rides with them. In a flash of rifle fire and a spray of blood, Cousins finds himself shackled to a dead man—and unwittingly caught up in a murderous range war he wants nothing to do with. To ride away a free man will take more than breaking his bonds. He'll have to wage a one-man battle against two bitter enemies locked in a vicious cycle of vengeance and cruelty.

Comedian Lou Sanders and Georgie Bayford Launch Podcast From a Sauna – Because a Psychic Told Them ToThere’s a new podcast in the garden, and it’s quite sweaty, quite spiritual and quite in a shed.Comedian Lou Sanders and her best mate from down the road, Georgie Bayford, are atingle to announce the launch of their new podcast, A PSYCHIC TOLD US TO DO IT. Broadcasting from Lou's sauna. Expect discussions on gym perverts, witches vs therapy, and Georgie recently losing the weight of a Great Dane. A psychic genuinely told them to do it. It was going to be big, apparently and a year later...

Luke Wilde and Jacqueline McCall dive into the vibrant world of gay romance fiction in Mmm: The MM Romance Podcast.Each episode, they explore new releases, share their favorite reads, and deliver unfiltered hot takes on the latest in the genre. Whether swooning over heartwarming love stories or debating tropes and trends, these passionate book lovers are on a quest for the perfect happily ever after. Tune in for lively discussions, recommendations, and plenty of bookish enthusiasm!

It’s time for your child to get to know their feelings with this beautiful audiobook. Watch feelings come to life with “Big Feelings, Little Feelings”, an engaging audiobook crafted for children aged 5-9. This enchanting audiobook introduces kids to a colourful cast of characters, from...

A fabled house. A fabulous fortune. Beautiful, identical twins...a tale of dark shadows and extraordinary deception. Dark shadows fall across the golden summer of 1886. Naive country girl Ida Garfield longs to escape the farm. When Miss Matilda Gregory, the elegant mistress of Summersby House, offers Ida employment as a housemaid, Ida leaps at the chance. Yet it's not for her servant's skills that she's wanted. It's her inquisitiveness.... Before Ida starts her first day, however, Miss Gregory is found dead.

Each episode I turn stand up comedians (Helen Bauer, Jordan Brookes, Sunil Patel, Jen Ives and so many more) into serious musicians. You'll hear us write and produce a song together from scratch. You’ll hear the nuts and bolts of the creative process in action; from the embryonic stages of a burgeoning idea right the way through to the finished masterpiece. And at the end of it you'll hear a reaction from a genuine serious musician in the biz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a podcast of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics and Public Life at Oxford University. It features discussions and talks from the Centre that explore how different religious and philosophical traditions, particularly Christianity, imagine the human person, how those visions shape public life, and what resources moral and political offers for addressing the most pressing ethical and political challenges of our time.

🎙️ HOLD ON, MATEHosted by Luke and his best mate, Odin.Hold On, Mate is a podcast about the conversations that matter.Each week, Luke shares honest thoughts, stories and lessons on mental health, resilience, fitness, grief, purpose, sobriety and life. Through personal experiences and real conversations, the podcast explores what it means to keep moving forward when life doesn't go to plan.This isn't a podcast about having all the answers. It's about showing up, being honest, and reminding each other that we're not alone in the struggles we face.Whether you're chasing goals, rebuilding ...

An enemy slain is not a conflict won... After decades of war the demon Te Mirkvahíl is dead. But its progeny endure, spilling from the Heart of Mirkúr, sowing death across the land of Ariath. If the people are to finally know peace, the Heart must be destroyed. Theailys A believes he can do just that with The Keepers' Wrath, an infamous power focus wrought in Ariath's yesteryears—but the weapon first must be reforged. War spares no one... Serece never intended to get involved in Ariath's war. But history and demons have a way of pulling strings.

Professor Luke O’Neill has become one of the most well-known and trusted voices of Ireland’s COVID-19 pandemic. A world-renowned immunologist, he was thrust into the spotlight as the media and public desperately grappled to make sense of a crisis that saw the country grind to a halt. In these high-octane diaries, Professor Luke reveals what life was like behind the scenes.

Calvin Watters spent three hard years on the Vegas streets, working the depths of the red light district. When a string of escort murders surfaces and the LVMPD has no answers, they realize that there is only one man they can turn to for help. Calvin vowed to never return to his former life, but this new case pulls him back in. As he hits the streets, his honed survival skills kick in, and the PI must call upon his past experience to outwit a worthy opponent.

There are, in the United States, a significant and growing number of families who live on less than $2.00 per person, per day. That figure, the World Bank measure of poverty, is hard to imagine in this country - most of us spend more than that before we get to work or school in the morning.