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Every day, Albert Entwistle makes his way through the streets of his small English town, delivering letters and parcels and returning greetings with a quick wave and a “how do?” Everyone on his route knows Albert, or thinks they do—a man of quiet routines, content to live alone with his cat, Gracie.   

In Mental Conditioning for Baseball, Brian Cain, the foremost authority on mental toughness on the diamond, takes you through the process of developing mental toughness in yourself, your players, and your program as you learn how to truly play one pitch at a time. Matt Morse, former D1 baseball player and student of Brian Cain Peak Performance, brings his experiences in the mental game to Mental Conditioning for Baseball.

Ted Ainsworth has always worked at his family's ice cream business in the quiet Lancashire town of St Luke's-on-Sea. He doesn't even like ice cream, though he's never told his parents that. When Ted's husband suddenly leaves him, the bottom falls out of his world. But what if this could be an opportunity to put what he wants first? This could be the chance to finally follow his secret dream: something Ted has never told anyone.

Charlie Matthews’ love story begins in a pebble-dashed house in suburban Bolton, at a time when most little boys want to grow up to be Michael Jackson, and girls want to be Princess Di. Remembering the Green Cross Code and getting out of football are the most important things in his life until Auntie Jan gives him a gift that will last a lifetime: a seven-inch single called "Lucky Star".... 

Sixty-four-year-old Albert Entwistle has been a postie in a quiet town in Northern England for all his life, living alone since the death of his mam 18 years ago. He keeps himself to himself. He always has. But he's just learned he'll be forced to retire at his next birthday. With no friends and nothing to look forward to, the lonely future he faces terrifies him. He realises it's finally time to be honest about who he is. He must learn to ask for what he wants. And he must find the courage to look for George, the man that, many years ago, he lost - but has never forgotten.

The State of Horror series makes another stop on the tour of the United States. This time, we visit the Tar Heel state: North Carolina. Come with us as we find out if the Grey Man truly brings warnings of impending forces of nature. Meet Alice, a visitor to the state who has a knack for picking the numbers in a game of Chicken Bingo. How far will a man go to find his beloved cat? What is the link between a dog and a transient?

Albert Entwistle vermeidet so viel Kontakt wie möglich mit den Bewohnern der Kleinstadt Toddington, was als Postbote des Orts umsichtige Planung erfordert. Doch als er pensioniert wird und auch noch seine Katze stirbt, nimmt er seinen Mut zusammen und beschließt den Menschen nicht länger aus dem Weg gehen. Stück für Stück schließt er unerwartete Freundschaften und begibt sich mit deren Hilfe auf die mühsame Suche nach seiner Jugendliebe George. Ein zartes und einfühlsames Hörbuch über den Mut, sich der Welt zu öffnen.

Der liebenswerteste Postbote Englands stellt sich seiner Sozialphobie - eine Feel-Good-Geschichte der besonderen Art. Albert Entwistle vermeidet so viel Kontakt wie möglich mit den Bewohnern der Kleinstadt Toddington, was als Postbote des Orts umsichtige Planung erfordert. Doch als er pensioniert wird und auch noch seine Katze stirbt, nimmt er seinen Mut zusammen und beschließt den Menschen nicht länger aus dem Weg zu gehen. Stück für Stück schließt er unerwartete Freundschaften und begibt sich mit deren Hilfe auf die mühsame Suche nach seiner Jugendliebe George.