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This is a story from the Dubliners, Volume 1 collection.

The parable "A Handful of Clay" by Henry Van Dyke tells us much about human potential. Read by award-winning audiobook narrator Mike Vendetti, this is a very good inspirational piece.

An art critic is brutally murdered, and the subject of his last review is suspected. Did the artist do it, or was it one of the family members - all of whom had motive and opportunity? Join Carl Brooke and Captain Barnwell as they uncover the clues and weed through the red herrings to discover the surprising identity of the murderer.

If Nick has learned anything since that day, it's that you don't always get what you want out of life. He certainly doesn't want to get beat up every day because of the choices his parents have made, but trying to explain the unfairness of it all to the black-haired bully following him around wouldn't be very helpful. Something has to change, and if the adults around him aren't willing to take steps to bring about that change, perhaps Nick just might.

"Arcilla" es la historia de Maria, una mujer que cria a los ninos de una familia y anos despus va a pasar la Fiesta de todos los Santos con uno de ellos, ya adulto. Mara es un personaje que parece desconectado de la realidad; soltera y mayor, Mara representa a una mujer irlandesa ignorante y humilde. El nombre Arcilla, viene del elemento usado por Maria para jugar con los ninos. La arcilla, representa la muerte en la cultura irlandesa. Maria puede morir pronto.