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Among radio comedy's most enduring features were its running gags - and few gags ran longer, or more hilariously, than the legendary feud between two of its great masters: Jack Benny and Fred Allen. For nearly 20 years the mere mention of Benny on an Allen program was guaranteed to produce an escalating laugh - just as bringing Allen up with Benny had listener in stitches at the mere anticipation of a response. This collection brings together the classic episodes that started it all, to the showdown that was supposed to end it once and for all.

An absolutely essential, not to be missed experience by specialist Edward J. Ruppelt for fans of ufology! This is the first work of any substance written about the fascinating subject of UFOs. Captain Edward J. Ruppelt was the first director of Project Blue Book, and the person who came up with the phrase UFO, Unidentified Flying Object. This work is a unique and comprehensive look at the Air Force's early attempts to investigate UFOs.

Nightingale-Conant and personal development expert Joe Nuckols dared to embark on a mission to find the most effective and most straightforward key driving forces that when implemented could take you further than you’ve ever gone before. After hundreds of hours of painstaking research into the greatest personal development minds of all time—influencers such as Dr. Joe Vitale, Jim Rohn, Stephen Covey, Jack Canfield, Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale, Wayne Dyer, and more—we concluded that all achievement was born from 4 Power Principles.

When Mackenzie's 17th birthday comes around, she plans to spend a few years at the school for the marked learning about her new powers and then leaving and living her life. But nothing goes as planned when she attends the marking ceremony and all 12 marks appear. Kenzie lives in a world where being marked with six powers is normal, being marked with seven or more is rare. But being marked with 12? Well, that's unheard of.

Most mercenary units fly flags on two flagpoles at their headquarters: one with their unit’s flag, and other bearing the flag of their current employer. However, the Third Regimental Combat Team—a.k.a. the Eridani Light Horse—leaves one flagpole bare, as a reminder of the death of the Star League, and the other pole flies the Light Horse’s unit and regimental flags at half-mast.

Kenzie's 12 marks have caused her nothing but trouble since she was blessed with them. From getting her treated differently at school to getting her kidnapped by rebels, her marks have caused chaos in her life. When a familiar face shows up in the warehouse she is being kept in, Kenzie doesn't know who to trust or what to believe anymore. With time running out to escape and the threat of the rebel's plans looming over her, can Kenzie overcome these challenges?

An absolutely fascinating study of the period 1609-1780 of the Mohawk Valley (upper New York State). Get ready to learn about a multitude of interesting cultures such as the Mohawks, the Hurons, the Mohicans and the Iriquois and Dutch and French as well, as all parties are involved in conflict. (By W. Max Reid, published in 1901).

The title says it all. This is an absolutely fascinating journey into the human mind and how our memory functions (or doesn't); and most importantly filled with information on how to improve our memory and, therefore, ourselves as human beings and the very quality of life that we lead. William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932), was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement.

This master course in self-confidence and self-esteem comprises 12 individual one hour classes, each led by 12 author experts chosen to lead this master course. Brian Tracy is our first presenter. In his one-hour class, Brian shares skills developed for his bestselling program, The Science of Self Confidence sets the stage for the balance of our classes with useful concepts that will be a foundation for more information offered in the following classes.

An accessible yet well researched and detailed account by Glenn D. Bradley of the operation of the line known as the "Pony Express", that lasted for about 16 months before being replaced by the telegraph. A mail route became an imperative in order to connect the eastern U.S. with the growing West Coast following the gold rush of California, the lumber camps, and the various needs because of the settling of the western frontier.

Two of America's most legendary explorers start upon an adventure that made their names and marked the nation! In 1804 the two men departed St. Louis, Missouri, appointed and funded by President Jefferson and led by an expert group (including the famous Sacajawea).The expedition was considered a success from the get go.

Engineer and our hero Jack is sent into the depths of the Canadian wilderness to construct a train route where all of the other previous men have failed or mysteriously disappeared... From one of the masters of the adventure and western genres, James Oliver Curwood, comes a stunning and suspenseful tale that even manages to throw in a nice all be it mysterious romance in the mix! James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927) was an American action-adventure writer.

Our hero, named Hollister, is an emotionally scarred war veteran returning home, but finding social life very difficult. He migrates to a remote place in British Columbia where he starts to feel he can begin to breathe again. How will the rest of his life now turn out? Will he continue to grow as a human being? Will he find meaning and satisfaction in small things, out here in the hidden places? A wonderfully profound and old-fashioned story by Bertrand W. Sinclair awaits the listener!

This suspenseful work by James Oliver Curwood starts with a deathbed confession by a North Canadian police officer to a murder that an innocent man is going to die for... A beautiful, secretive young woman knows something about the case, but has her motive to keep this hidden from everyone except the chief of police, who has reasons of his own for wanting everything to just go away... Filled with everything we want from an adventurous, mysterious romance and murder puzzle!

A classic, the Russian masterpiece by Turgenev, held as one of the greatest works of 19th Century fiction. The novel is thought of as a response to the growing cultural divide and alienation between liberals of the 1830s/1840s and the rapidly growing nihilist movement. These two philosophies were contrasted with the conservative Slavophiles, who believed that Russia's greatness lay in its traditional spirituality.

"Someone will be born hereabouts who will look just like the Great Stone Face, and he will be the noblest person of his time." This is the age-old prophecy that lies at the heart of the titular short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne of his remarkable collection, centering on tales situated in the White Mountains region. The hero in the first tale turns out to be the actual Great Stone Face, but it will take the villagers and himself a lifetime to realize this!

An epic tale by Peter B. Kyne of a father and son, spanning the time spectrum of their whole lives, with existential ups and downs along the ride... This is the story of Cardigan and his son, both pioneers in the very special place of Trinidad Head. We follow the travails and successes, both career-wise and love-wise of the father and his son. Peter B. Kyne (1880-1957) was an American novelist. There are more than 100 film adaptations of his works.

A moving and fascinating story by Ouida (pseudonym of the English author Maria Louise Ramé). The boy Nello and his dog Patrasche live in a small village near Antwerp, with the boy's grandfather. It is also the place where Nello's hero, the painter Rubens, used to work. The boy and the dog lead a hard life filled with hunger and setbacks, but find force and consolation in each other, despite everything.

"In a remote basin in the western part of Texas, the Cavendish clan raised cattle. From the vast level acreage, where longhorns grew fat on lush grass, the surrounding hills looked verdant and hospitable; but this was pure deceit on Nature's part. Those hills were treacherous, and Bryant Cavendish loved them for that selfsame treachery." The listener will be drawn into this classic Western in no time; it features many of the beloved elements of the genre: a lonesome, almost mythical hero (The Lone Ranger), his reliable friend and sidekick and of course his horse; in a story that tells us how these three came together in the first place.

A Royal Northwest Canadian Mounty always gets the job done. Or does he? Will David Carrigan catch Black Roger Audemard and escape his captors as they traverse thousands of miles of Northern rivers and forests? This is a classic, escapist adventure action saga by James Oliver Curwood, with all the right ingredients - suspense, atmosphere, action, good characters and romance!