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A family - a mother, a father, and their 10-year-old son - have come all the way from Florida to the Appalachian foothills to experience the wonder of a snowy weekend. But when a blizzard suddenly descends, the family finds themselves trapped outside, disoriented in the whiteout and the waist-deep snowdrifts. Panicked, exhausted, and freezing, they cry out for help.

People from all walks of life call 911 when things go bad. These are their stories, told by the people who respond and make things better. First responders often don't tell stories, preferring to keep what happens at work private. Rescue Captain Michael Morse changes that with these heartfelt descriptions of hundreds of emergency calls, with the usual coverings peeled back, exposing the bizarre, heartbreaking, and often hilarious reactions to 911 emergencies.

Lana loves stories, especially the ones she and her brother, Harrison, share in their make-believe games. But when Harrison decides he’s too grown-up to play with Lana anymore, she’s too lonely to find the wonder in storytelling…until something magical happens.

Ordered to fly low-level scans for trilidium on an uninhabited rock of a planetoid known only as X37, Teelak and Adria yearn for more exciting missions. Then they survive a crash landing only to learn the rock isn't as empty as they think. Just what is out there? Will they be rescued?

These delightful stories capture the very essence of India. These stories are set in both the rustic setting of laid back villages, where time has almost stopped, and the modern settings of cities, where everyone is in a hurry to reach somewhere, yesterday. Simple stories, simple ideas, and simple thoughts remind one of the simple life that once existed and is now more and more getting lost as we are drawn inexorably into the speedy web of things.

In the final installment of Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles, Nick and Laurie had thought they solved their giant problems when they drove all the giants into the sea. But now, the Grace kids have come back to tell them they may have more trouble coming their way!

Solo roleplaying adventures from the host of Roleplay Rescue, played using a variety of gaming tools and recorded as a way to keep the spirit of the game alive. This is personal and very-real solo tabletop roleplaying gaming shared in the hope of inspiring others to give solo play a go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All he wanted was a quiet drink...it's spring 1323, and John Little, notorious outlaw, seeks to forget his troubles in a Barnsley alehouse. He didn't count on the place being packed to the rafters with drunk, belligerent Scottish mercenaries though. This stand-alone Forest Lord tale sees one of England's favorite sons in a battle for his very life that will hugely entertain all lovers of action and adventure.

Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse - until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it's love at first sight. Maybelline loves spaghetti and sweet nothings, and she loves Leroy, too. But when Leroy forgets the third and final rule of caring for Maybelline, disaster ensues. Can Leroy wrestle fate to the ground, rescue the horse of his heart, and lasso loneliness for good?

Tilly dreams of having a pony of her own. One that only she can ride to stardom. Will her wishes come true when she joins Silver Shoe Farm Stables? Tilly learns all about World Horse Welfare and, when she visits their rehabilitation centre, she falls in love with gentle giant, Goliath, the shire horse. What can she do to help find him a new home?

Sarabel, an oddball young hedgehog, saves her beloved hedgerow. This audio contains three hedgehog adventures. In "The Horror at the Hedgerow", a riddle-loving monster threatens to gobble up the hedgerow. In "Sarabel and the Gypsies", Sarabel's fortuneteller mother is kidnapped by Zero, a black-hearted gypsy hedgehog. In "Rabbit Rescue", Sarabel fights a gang of greedy, sword-waving gnomes.

Lynne Cox, internationally famous for swimming the world’s most difficult waterways without a wetsuit, and able to endure water temperatures so cold that it would kill anyone else, recognizes and celebrates all forms of athleticism in others, human or otherwise. And when she saw a video of a Newfoundland dog leaping from an airborne helicopter into Italian waters to save someone from drowning, Cox was transfixed by the rescue, and captivated by the magnificence, physicality, and daring of the dog.

It’s Christmas in Tablerock, Texas! The cat-rescuing mother-daughter duo of Ellie and Evie Rockwell just want to find some cats their forever homes for the holidays. Instead, they find themselves solving a real-life Christmas mystery straight out of a storybook.

Rescue Your Own Damn Self is a straight-talking, raw, and funny dissection of fairy tales, fables, rom-coms, and storybook “happily ever afters” rolled up with honest life lessons and empowering “aha” moments. When you’re not cheering “Damn right”, you’ll be ugly crying into a handful of tissues as Lori helps you realize that life isn’t all rainbows and unicorns, despite being fed a lifelong diet of unattainable role models and idiotic ideals.

Set in the universe of the Earth Interregnum, Rescue Mission is the story of a group of relic hunters and adventures on a mission to save the past before it's lost. Following the end of the Commonwealth-Nal'e War, the four races turned their attentions to rebuilding the solar system and reclaiming their past. The crew of the CSS Doctor Henry Jones Jr. is determined to locate and recover the holy grail of the relic-hunting community.

Danny and Oliver: A Ferret-Rescue Tale is the first short story of, we hope, many more. Twelve-year-old Danny McGuire loves his pet ferret, Oliver - but Danny's parents don't. They also think he should do more of the things "normal boys" do. Still, Danny manages to remain fairly cheerful and keep his grades up. Oliver consoles him, his mountain-bike rides bring him solace, and his best friend Mike offers some hard-won advice. It all works out, for the most part, until…things go terribly wrong.

In our second rescue-story compilation, Who Chains You Books is pleased to share a glimpse into the emotional lives of animal rescuers and the living beings they hold close. Join us for another helping of heartwarming anecdotes, as Clancy triumphs, Tallulah escapes, Alex survives, and a host of other animals steal our hearts. Through these stories, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look into the relationships between rescuers and not only dogs and cats, but horses, cows, pigs, birds, and even a ferret in this delightful second installment of Rescue Smiles. 

Cassie has bounced back from operations, managed to get lost and found in one afternoon, chased away Rottweilers and Dobermans that have had the nerve to try and steal her tennis ball, and found herself being injured by interfering in larger dogs’ squabbles. People just can’t help falling in love with this tiny bundle of joy.

In the late 1960s, MacInnes led the Glencoe Mountain Rescue team and together they developed innovative techniques and equipment in order to save lives - often risking their own in the process - whether night or day, and always at a moment’s notice. He was a central figure in the rescue during the 1963 New Year tragedy in the Cuillins on the Isle of Skye, and led groundbreaking rescues on Buichaille Etive Mor, Ben Nevis, Bidean nam Bian and many other legendary Scottish mountains.

Jaxx Carter is ready for a summer at the beach. Being a nanny in the Hamptons seemed like the perfect thing to do after high school graduation, so it didn't take a lot of convincing from her best friend to get her to agree to the job - even though she did feel like a fish out of water among the beautiful people that she now saw all around her.