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A hundred years. Thousands of women. One extraordinary pond. I have learned about peacocks and terrapins, giant cobras and booming widgeons; I have heard about celebrity spottings and al-fresco lovemaking and digestive biscuits. These things make up the history of the Ladies’ Pond, but they...

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In 1908, Hazel Drew was found floating in a pond in Sand Lake, New York, beaten to death. The unsolved murder inspired rumors, speculation, ghost stories, and, almost a century later, the phenomenon of Twin Peaks. Who killed Hazel Drew? Like Laura Palmer, she was a paradox of personalities - a young, beautiful puzzle with secrets. Perhaps the even trickier question is, Who was Hazel Drew? The investigation that followed her brutal murder was fraught with red herrings, wild-goose chases, and unreliable witnesses.

Welcome to The Pond, we are happy you're here. This is a place for all silly geese to relax and stay a while. Here we cover everybody's four favorite C's; Crime, Creeps, and Conspiracies, served with a side of Comedy. So join us! And buckle in, because it's gonna be a wild ride.

A White Duck in a Black Pond is a compelling memoir as engrossing, relevant, and timely today as decades ago. Being the son of a White mother and an African American father during the 1950s presented challenges on its own, but the bane of Dane Wycoff's existence wasn’t that he was mixed; it was because he believed himself one hundred percent Black despite his white skin. His chosen identity led to an endless wave of rejection, violence, and torment. Dane was a Black boy somatically entrapped in white pigmentation, rejected by Black and White peers alike.

Do you know that there are more people in their fifties and older who are trying to date? Are you overwhelmed, frustrated, and discouraged as you try to navigate the various dating ponds in your senior years? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this audiobook is for you because it’s about the author’s dating journey after the age of fifty-five. And please know that journey is different for all of us now than when we were starting out. Paraphrasing what Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz might say, “We’re not in high school anymore!”

Songs from Fern’s Pond is a collage of poetry, letters, and prose that captures the universal resilience of the human spirit through the humor and courage of a woman who fearlessly pursued the life she dreamed of. A duet of text between mother and daughter, it’s a transcendent vision of the rough, wild, and beautiful landscape of the heart—and a reminder that every chapter is worth living to its fullest.

The post-industrial city of Akron, Ohio is losing its trees. Politicians have been selling off the community’s greenspace instead of fixing up the areas in blight. However when a developer comes in with plans to destroy a forested wetland on White Pond Drive, a group of concerned citizens begin speaking up. One of the people involved is a biology teacher hoping to protect the frogs and other wildlife in the area before her memories of them are all that’s left.

In September 2000, I was sitting on a bench facing the Mediterranean Sea in the French Riviera town of Nice. I had flown there during a three-day break in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial in Camp Ziest, Netherlands, where I was expected to testify. As I sat on this bench eating lunch, I suddenly found myself overwhelmed by emotion. It was an awakening: I realized that my being there was the fulfillment of one of my many life dreams and goals that were launched thirty-one years earlier from another bench facing the Three Sisters Ponds in Baltimore’s Druid Hill Park.

Step into the shadows with Across The Pond, the podcast that dares to uncover the mysteries lurking beyond the veil of reality. From government cover-ups and secret experiments to hauntings, cryptids, and UFO encounters, we explore the unexplained and the conspiracies that keep them hidden. Join us as we sift through eyewitness accounts, declassified documents, and chilling folklore to separate fact from fiction. If you have a thirst for the unknown, you’ve found your new obsession. New episodes every week We urgently need coffee to keep the content coming:We urgently need coffee! Please ...

Learn what role senate and congressional leaders played in promoting exclusion. Sit in on secret congressional hearings we now have access to, but was banned a century ago. Marvel at debate sessions and arguments against laws that would incorporate all citizens into American society.

Henry David Thoreau has long been an intellectual icon and folk hero. In this strikingly original profile, Michael Sims reveals how the bookish, quirky young man evolved into the patron saint of environmentalism and nonviolent activism. Working from 19th-century letters and diaries, Sims charts Henry’s course from his time at Harvard through the years he spent living in a cabin beside Walden Pond. Sims uncovers a previously hidden Thoreau - the rowdy boy reminiscent of Tom Sawyer, the sarcastic college iconoclast, the devoted son who kept imitating his beloved older brother’s choices in life.

In the summer of 1908, America was transfixed by the murder of a woman found floating in a country pond in upstate New York. The mystery of a young beauty brutally killed became an instant sensation, splashed across the front page of the country’s newspapers. Was she killed by a spurned lover? Was she leading a secret double life outside of her station as a governess to the wealthy residents of Troy, New York? Did she know too many secrets? The murder went unsolved, and after about three weeks, the girl in the pond was all but forgotten. More than a century later, the cold case rocketed ...

Join Aliette and Yanik, two sisters from Miami living 4,433 miles from each other. Aliette moved to London 20 years ago and wanted a forum to catch up with Yanik to find out about things happening in Miami (births, deaths, divorces… and recent graduations…) They will be doing this on a regular basis so feel free to join them as they share and gossip about all things Miami.

Pond Mountain Tales recalls experiences of the author during his 11-year stay at Pond Mountain, a 200-acre farm, with his first wife, their three sons, and eight dogs. Close encounters with snakes, blue herons, geese, turkeys, and vultures were a daily experience. Three lakes teeming with fish framed a story of the author's fishing parties for claimants in one of his settlements. A parody of point and counterpoint between a famous plaintiff lawyer and a chemical manufacturer is also featured.

This book contains numerous short stories as seen through the eyes of a dusty old baker. The stories are made up of observations, history, and imagination, as the author watches the world go by as he sits at the large table in the middle of his bakery.

big fish, small pond: the podcast exploring the college lifestyle, one story at a time. hosted by Siena Duncan and stationed at the University of Florida, completely unofficial and unaffiliated.

How small changes, kindness and consideration can change the world.In this podcast we try to find ways for everyday normal folks to make small changes in their lives in an attempt to better themselves and the people close to them. It just takes one small pebble to create a ripple that changes everything. Lets figure out together how to create the change we all want to see in this world.

🎙️ 3 Fish 1 Pond 🎙️ Three February-born best friends, one Essex County upbringing, and nonstop laughs—that’s 3 Fish 1 Pond! One proud Black guy, two spirited Puerto Ricans, and a whole lot of wild stories, friendly roasting, and unfiltered takes on life, culture, and growing up together. From nostalgic memories to trending topics, nothing’s off-limits in this pond. Dive in every week for good vibes, real talk, and the kind of chemistry only the bestest of friends can bring. Jump in—the water’s just right! 🌊😂 #3Fish1Pond

Welcome to Across the Pond with Gary and Jeremy, a show that is not sure what it should be, but hope you will love what it will be. Cannot wait for you to join us on our journey.