Lose yourself in the descriptions of pattern, texture, and color of fabric while hunting for antique quilts at yard sales, junk shops, and country stores.

Film and TV star Keke Palmer tenderly shares the Ojibwe folk tale of the first dreamcatcher and shows how its message of our connection to the natural world persists to this day. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world’s most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don’t stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.

Hear award-winning actress Carey Mulligan tell the story of one young family's search for the perfect pup. A variety of adorable breeds are considered, but sometimes the ideal dog is a little closer to home.

Eleanor, the charming manager of a cozy tea shop, enjoys the transportive ritual of making a cup of Masala Chai tea, reminisces about the tea's origins, and delights in the beauty of her quaint English village during the holidays. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world's most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don't stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.

If we were as tiny as ants to another being, what would they make of our philosophies? The great satirist Voltaire imagines alien visitors who have opinions. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world's most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don't stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.

Thousands of years ago Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius wrote these meditations as a guide for his own self-improvement, and they're still relevant today. Bedtime stories are narrated by the world’s most celebrated voices and written with no beginning, middle, or end so you don’t stay up to hear what happens next. They're interesting enough to give your mind something to focus on, but delivered in a way that encourages sleep.

A beautiful guided sleep meditation that will have you falling asleep in minutes! This is a sleep talk down hypnosis to help you release the day behind you and to fall asleep.

"Bedtime Stories is a "pillow talk" starter for when you have company at bedtime, and a "dream starter" when you're alone.

They're told by one of America's most familiar voices, Dick Summer. Some of them are fictionalized versions of listeners' calls to Dick's late night program on NBC radio, and some of them are from Dick's personal life.

When you walk in the woods, do you use all five senses to explore your surroundings? For most of us, the answer is no—but when we do, a walk in the woods can go from pleasant to immersive and restorative. Forest Walking teaches you how to engage with the forest by decoding nature’s signs and awakening to the ancient past and thrilling present of the ecosystem around you.

They were madly in love. The perfect couple. That was the story everyone in South River believed...until Gin Talcott and Adam Archer are found shot in their bed. Adam is dead at the scene. Gin is fighting for her life. Detectives Greta Jessup and Finn Pate are assigned to the case. Greta has a long history with Gin’s first husband, Eddie, and is determined to protect his 18-year-old twins. Piper discovered the bodies. Daniel is missing—and so is Adam’s gun.

“大いなる文学のために、死んでください。自分も死にます、この戦争のために” 「私」(太宰)の二人の友人の死についての話。ひとりは病気で、もうひとりは戦争で命を落とした。小説家を目指していた「三井君」と、詩人を目指していた「三田君」である。「私」は生前、三井君の小説も、三田君の詩もまったく認めていなかった。「私」は、このような戦争の時代に体が悪くて兵隊にもなれない三井君をあわれであると思うが、しかし一方で、母親を相手に寝ながら世間話をしている最中、ふと口を噤み、それきり静かに臨終を迎えた三井君の死を、比類が無い美しさであると思う。“人間の最高の栄冠は美しい臨終以外のものではない”、小説の上手下手など、まるで問題にも何もなるものではないと「私」は思う。そして、徴兵されアッツ島の戦いで玉砕した三田君。彼から太宰へ宛てた最後の便り。その葉書に書かれていた文章に「私」は感動する。そして三田くんの最後の手紙を最高の詩であると認め、称賛する。「散華」とは、花と散る、という意から、死ぬこと、特に若くして戦死することをいう。 太平洋戦争期における、太宰の死に対する思いや、そして文学への思い、覚悟について語られている。 ※ 本オーディオ商品は、無断で複製・転載・公衆配信できる状態にすることは法律により禁じられております。 制作・著作パンローリング株式会社

After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises. The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles.

これは私、河合譲治とその妻――河合夫人との、昔話であります。彼女と初めて会ったのは八年前、私が二十八の時分です。当時やっと数え歳の十五であった彼女は、カフエエの

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In this sweet collection of bedtime stories, you’ll meet 23 animals - from Little Hedgehog to not-so-little Elephant - and the mamas and daddies who love them. Each fun and furry friend has a peaceful adventure in store for the day, and preschoolers can come along each night to learn gentle lessons on courage, friendship, and character.