A Talent to Amuse: A Life of Noel Coward by Sheridan Morley (247 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

"Forty years ago he was Slightly in Peter Pan, and you might say that he has been wholly in Peter Pan ever since." Kenneth Tynan (writing in 1953) Noel Coward, 'the master', is one of the most remarkable figures in the history of twentieth century entertainment. Prodigiously talented, he blazed a trail through theatre, film and song on both sides of the Atlantic. In the theatre he wrote hit plays like The Vortex, Private Lives, Hay Fever, Cavalcade and Blithe Spirit. On film he wrote the war classic In Which We Serve and the timeless love story Brief Encounter. His songs, which number into the hundreds, include 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen', 'I'll See You Again', 'A Room with a View', 'The Stately Homes of England' and 'Mrs Worthington'. His greatest creation may even have been himself - what Time called 'a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise'. This led to his increasing celebrity on American television in the 1950s and in a series of wildly ...

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True Crime Case Histories - Volume 13: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder, Deception, and Mayhem (Volume 13) by Jason Neal (227 Reviews)    Price verified 27 minutes ago

12 Disturbing True Crime Stories of Murder and Mayhem Volume 13 of the True Crime Case Histories Series *** This series can be read in any order *** Not everyone has the stomach for the dark details of True Crime. But some of us feel an irresistible pull to these stories - whether it's a burning drive to see justice served, a need to comprehend the depraved criminal mind, or simple curiosity about how detectives cracked the case. True Crime Case Histories Volume 13 brings to light twelve new stories spanning the past fifty years, exposing the dark realities of human behavior. A sampling of the stories includes: The Beauty Queen - When a vivacious young nurse is found viciously murdered and discarded in a cow pasture, veteran detectives pursue every lead to identify her sadistic killers before they strike again. Folly Beach - When teenage girls walking the windswept sands of a sleepy beach town begin to disappear without a trace, the quest to uncover a relentless predator reveals a ...

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The Outrageous Queens by Marc Alexander (243 Reviews)    Price verified 27 minutes ago

Outrageous means immoderate, extravagant, extraordinary, violent, furious, grossly cruel, immoral, offensive... At least one of these words is descriptive of each of the dozen royal women whose lives are told in this book. All make fascinating psychological studies of women who wielded immense power in a world where liberty for women was an undreamed of concept. Yet they proved that when it came to intrigue - sometimes up to the point of assassination - they were equal to any male monarch of their times. Some played the role of warrior queens; red-haired Boudicca whose vengeance cost over a hundred thousand lives; Eleanor of Aquitaine who took her "Amazons" on a crusade to the Holy Land; Henrietta Maria, the "generalissima" who led an army during the English Civil War. Others were even fiercer during their reign; the infamous Queen Mary who earned her epithet of "Bloody" through the Smithfield burnings; the treacherous Elfrida who changed history when she brutally murdered ...

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THE GUILT IS ALIVE: Powerful, Riveting Memoir of Heartache and Love about an Impoverished Family, in the Quest for Survival by HEMALATHA GNANASEKAR (9 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Poor Man Always Dreams a Better Tomorrow... but Is the Life Worth the Cost? The oldest daughter who failed to weigh the cost of pleasing her much-loved father... The oldest son burdened with his father's expectations... The story of ego, pride, anger, revenge, guilt... With the powerful and raw memoir, The Guilt is Alive, author Hemalatha Gnanasekar gives an unconventional and unique examination of her life in an impoverished Indian family and explores her family's fateful decision to send the oldest son to Jamaica to work. Strap yourself in for a gripping, suspenseful, and bittersweet account of a young man's journey to Jamaica in search of a means to contribute to the family's income - a riveting story of the struggle to escape the poverty where he found an untimely end. "The author's emotional narration of the family dynamics that materialized while they struggled to make ends meet and the heartache of her brother's long separation from them was both touching and ...

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The Adventures of Martha Lou and Me: A Collection of Short Stories by Josephine Krause (10 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

My paternal grandma, from the Deep South, was as backwoods as a body could get. She was so country, that country folk looked like high falutin city folk, compared to her. Grandma had a noteworthy Southern dialect that left me gobsmacked every time she spoke. It was fascinating, captivating, enchanting, and a tad odd. I spent my adolescent years growing up in the North having fun adventures with my sisters, especially Martha Lou, since she was the mistress of mischief. Martha Lou turned ordinary events into exciting experiences. The wheels in her brain never stopped turning. This led to many precarious and humorous exploits. As I grew older and retold the stories of my youth, I would recount them in the distinctive speaking style of my grandma, with her ever entertaining colloquialisms of the South. People found my narratives to be heartwarming, wholesome, endearing, and hilarious. If there is one thing that I aim to do... it's to make you laugh! Enjoy the collection of short, ...

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From Lawyer To Truck Driver by Cornelius Hyzer (7 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

After a childhood trip to Europe, the author joined the Navy, converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and went on a full time mission before becoming a Lawyer. Private practice and government positions for twelve years ended when the author obtained a CDL and become a truck driver. The dramatic career change was an escape from the courtroom and cubicles.

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My Brother in Arms: The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller by Thad Forester (289 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

On September 29, 2010 Mark Forester was killed in action while fighting terrorists in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. His heroic legacy of being shot down while preparing to rescue a fallen teammate began long before this tragic day. An Apache aviator said of Mark's final battle:... "I have never witnessed such an act of heroism in my three years of fighting in combat. I have over 2,700 hours total time with 1,500 hours of combat time in both Iraq and Afghanistan... JAG 28 continued to advance on the enemy while taking intense enemy fire, and continuously fired his weapon in an attempt to get to his fallen teammate and destroy the enemy." Mark chose to enlist in the Air Force as a Special Operations Combat Controller after he received his Bachelor's degree from The University of Alabama. Because of his above average grades and near-photographic memory, his Business Finance degree would have done him well. But, he felt a higher calling; one that put him between us and the enemies ...

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The Story of Gunnar Hansen: A Novel by John C. Dailey Price verified 27 minutes ago

COURAGE AND FAITH IN SPITE OF ADVERSITY Hoping to reunite spiritually with his deceased wife, Kathleen, Gunnar Hansen, 73, embarks on a three-week solo canoe trip. The Quetico-Superior wilderness canoe country on the Minnesota Ontario border is the setting for this uplifting adventure story. After surviving near death from his wounds in Vietnam, Gunnar survives his canoe trip with the help of the mysterious Abigail Fraser. "From college to Vietnam combat to career and family, joy and tragedy must be reconciled here. Yet through it all flows that one constant -- a priceless spiritual connection to the canoe country... Quetico will always inspire both the imagination and the soul." -- Stuart Osthoff, publisher of The Boundary Waters Journal

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The Living Part of a Legend - Vol. 1 - An Encounter of the Most Profound Kind by M.G. Hawking (5 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

Explore a Fabled Lost World of Knowledge and Power. Legends are the relics of a shipwreck; far more of the secrets of the past have been lost than preserved. Accounts of what truly exists in our world began long after the realities had faded from human memory -- legends arose to preserve those realities. Explore the secrets underlying one of the greatest of all ancient legends, that of a hidden society of highly enlightened masters living deep in the majestic Himalayan Mountains, revealing knowledge that for long millenniums has remained hidden under the most intense silence. On an extended trek in that vast wilderness, explorer M.G. Hawking encountered a tiny village nestled below massive ice peaks, a village called Siddhalaya. There he had the privilege of meeting extraordinary men and women -- introduced to him as "masters" and "adepts" -- possessed of knowledge and powers virtually unknown to the Western world. Transcribed directly from the archived journals and field notes of ...

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A Corpsman's Legacy by Stephanie Caisse (196 Reviews)    Price verified 5 minutes ago

Through The Daughter He Never Knew, Corpsman Gary Young Continues To Heal Veterans And Their Families: Adopted as a baby, Stephanie began a search for her biological parents without a clue as to where this journey would lead. Early on she discovered her birth father, Gary Norman Young, was killed in the Vietnam War before she was even born. Locating veterans from her father's world revealed his duties as a Navy Corpsman assigned to the Marine Corps as a helicopter crewmember. As the story unravels, the mystery of her father's courage, bravery and finally his death, brings Stephanie in contact with thousands of Marines and their families, including those who died in the helicopter crash with her father. Her journey, itself, becomes a legacy that offers hope and healing to those touched by the tragedies of war while honoring the remarkable relationship that exists between the Marines and their Navy Corpsmen. Finally, with the help of veterans, the Marine Corps Commandant and a ...

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Australia in My Notebook: Where Were You When We Did This? (Traveling the World Book 3) by Charlie Hull Price verified 4 hours ago

Charlie and Sally Hull landed in Sydney Australia and flew out to Darwin, caught the bus to Katherine and then to Timber Creek, then headed back east to Alice Springs. They flew to Melbourne and took the bus to the capital city of Canberra and then back to Sydney. From Sydney they traveled to Strathfield and Katoomba and then returned to Sydney. From Sydney they flew back to the USA. All of this was accomplished in four weeks. They walked an average of seven miles a day, meeting people and snapping photos of what they saw--crocodiles, busy streets, sunsets on the ocean, street artwork and more. At every step they encountered problems, such as broken airplanes, a visa that would not go through, a passport that was not accepted, food allergies, sun rashes, canceled hotel reservations and more. But through it all, God protected and provided for them. This is their combined journal.

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Horror: Horrifying Stories of True Paranormal activities and Ghost Stories That You Wish Were Not True! by Frank C. Chastain (38 Reviews)    Price verified 7 hours ago

Explore the fascinating and frightening world of serial killers and ghosts! Chilling. Bloody. Insane. Sadistic. This is the nightmarish true-life story of the most infamous serial killers in history. At the same time, it's an overview of the scariest ghost stories, as well as some not-so-popular, yet frightening tales. Some of the serial killers you'll read about include: - The Long Island Killer - The Zodiac Killer - The Boston Strangler Each chapter gives a gruesome account of one of the most vicious and insane killers in history Some of the ghost stories you'll read about include: - The little evil girl - Whispers in the dark - A-N-N-A-B-E-L-L-E This is just a small portion of the horrors this book throws at you. If you're willing to test your "fear limit", you've come to the right place. But, can you take it? TAKE ACTION AND GET YOUR COPY TODAY! Scroll up and hit the buy button!

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The King of the Coral Sea: The Untold Story of an Australian Legend by Robert Louis DeMayo (Wayward Publisihing) (58 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Discover an Astonishing True Story Of Daring and Courage: A Real-Life Tarzan's Solo Travel Journey Across The Coral Sea Michael Fomenko is no stranger to adversity. Shut out of the Commonwealth Games for financial and political reasons at the ripe age of twenty, Michael begins to question everything. Setting a new course for himself, he dreams of a feat that will require unimaginable determination. A powerful testament to the magnitude of human courage and resilience, The King of the Coral Sea is a gripping narrative adventure that artfully recounts Michael Fomenko's legendary voyage - paddling a dugout canoe over one thousand nautical kilometres from Cairns Australia to Dutch New Guinea. Faced with gruelling physical effort, saltwater crocodiles lurking beneath the waves, and the ever-present danger of storms and jagged coral reefs, Michael never expected to encounter an additional foe: the Australian Government. Hounded by the press and victimized by a government that saw a white ...

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Confessions of a Military Spouse by Danielle Lyles (16 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

This short memoir gives a glimpse into the everyday life of a Military family, in particular the spouse. Military families endure so much more than civilians know. The author, Danielle Lyles invites you to take a transparent peek into her life and the life of her family.

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20 COLD CASES FINALLY SOLVED IN 2023 | TRUE CRIME COMPILATION: TRUE CRIME COLLECTION by Gary J. Tant (10 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

The book discusses six different murder cases in the United States over the time span between 1961 to 2023. The first case occurred in Keystone Islands, Florida in 1961, where a 53-year-old man named Joseph Demari was shot to death. Initially, it was thought to be a Mafia hit, but in 2023, further investigation revealed that Demari's own wife, Francis, was the perpetrator behind his murder. The second case was about 19-year-old Carol De Leon who disappeared in 1981 after going to a nightclub in San Antonio, Texas. In 2023, Larry West was charged for her murder. The third case revolves around the 1990 death of 32-year-old Lisa Story and 11-year-old Robin Cornell in Cape Coral, Florida. In 2023, Joseph Zeiler pleaded guilty to their murders. The fourth case concerns the 2006 death of 20-year-old Chad Rouse in Kokomo, Indiana. In 2023, Kevin Maddox and Amber Brigham were charged for his murder. The fifth case is about the 2009 disappearance of 26-year-old Felicia McGuire in Dorchester, ...

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Authenticity - A Memoir & A Paradigm Shift - It’s Time to Go Legit: Excellence & Coolness Decoded by Christopher Brian Fello (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Deep inside, you know something. You know that something is holding you back. Now imagine being your best self on your best day. You are about to learn how to step into that mode. (This will happen. Please do send me an email when you "get it".) This book is counterintuitive. And if you know a thing or two about counterintuitive stuff, you know that THEY WORK. - The human condition is universal. It means that each of us experiences it. In this book, I fully discuss it from my viewpoint and reference experiences. I also offer a subtle but simple solution to the human condition. There are certain events in our lives that change our perspective. Some events change it lightly, but on the other hand, a few of them changes us fundamentally, on the deepest levels. These are what we call Paradigm Shifts. My diverse collection of experiences has netted me many of these perspective altering shifts. Three of them were ultimately fundamental and has changed how I think, behave and achieve ...

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Saints & Scoundrels: Colorful Characters of Arizona (Wild West History) by Julie McDonald (43 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

I love my home state of Arizona! My family has been here for over 100 years. With some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet, it is indeed a land of color and contrast. Equally colorful are the many characters who have called Arizona home. John Shaw was killed in 1905 in a gun fight after robbing cowboys who were gambling in a saloon. He was buried where he fell and was dug up the next day by the same cowboys he robbed; to be given one last drink of whiskey. Arizona's lovable outlaw, Climax Jim, who escaped numerous prison cells. Dollie Wiley had a revolving door of husbands and her constant companions--diamonds and rat poison. Hi Jolly and his herd of camels in Western Arizona. The amazing Navajo Code Talkers and their role in World War II. The honeymoon disappearance of Glen and Bessie Hyde, and many more. Good men and bad women, bad men and good women. I hope you enjoy reading these stories as much as I enjoyed writing them. Here's to FUN history!

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A Corpsman's Legacy Continues by Stephanie Caisse (Stephanie Hanson Caisse) (64 Reviews)    Price verified 27 minutes ago

Through The Daughter He Never Knew, Corpsman Gary Young Continues To Heal Veterans And Their Families: Stephanie continues her journey, picking right up where "A Corpsman's Legacy" left off in this fascinating sequel. Having learned that her birth father, Gary Norman Young, was killed in the Vietnam War before she was born, she unraveled the mystery of her father's courage, bravery and finally his death as a Navy Corpsman assigned to the world-famous Marine Corps Purple Fox helicopter squadron. Now, as she uncovers even more information about her father and his crewmembers, Stephanie continues to help Vietnam veterans open up and realize that through all the heartache, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Stephanie's journey also follows the Foxes as a new generation of Marines goes to war, and encounters a stunning twist of fate that ties the Vietnam and Iraq wars together like never before. "A Corpsman's Legacy Continues" chronicles the tremendous kindness and courage of ...

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Don't Look At Me In That Tone Of Voice!: Memories of a Confused Sixties Childhood by Alex Cotton (1,695 Review)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Meet Alex, a thoroughly confused young girl living in 1960's Yorkshire. She spends her days stuck between an overbearing mother who believes she should have been the next Shirley Bassey and a father who's main ambition in life is to blend into the background and avoid being noticed at all costs. Add to the mix some strange childhood friends, sadistic teachers, haircuts from hell and events that had to be lived to be believed and you can see why life is so confusing for Alex. If you remember sitting in a tin bath in front of the fire, outside toilets in freezing backyards and doing PE in your knickers then this book might bring back a few memories and make you smile. "Our first term at Junior School saw the whole class caught up in a sex scandal. Not that any of us realised it, we were all still as clueless as each other." "We were very excited to be at the City Hall, as for the first time we wouldn't be dancing in our underwear." "Me and Johnny went everywhere ...

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Verse and Valor: Poetic Reflections on Presidential Legacy by Archie Luper (12 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

"Verse and Valor: Poetic Reflections on Presidential Legacy" by Archie Luper takes readers on a captivating journey through American history. This book sheds light on all 46 U.S. presidents, offering poetic insights into their teachings, writings, and indelible legacies. From George Washington's revolutionary wisdom to Joe Biden's transformative visions, each chapter weaves together their quotes, guiding principles, and noteworthy achievements in poetic form. This enlightening odyssey uncovers the tapestry of each president's life, revealing aspects such as their spouses, children, religious affiliations, and timeless quotes that shaped generations. Fascinating facts illuminate lesser-known facets of their personalities and the historical eras they navigated. "Verse and Valor" magnifies the enduring wisdom and visionaries who shaped the American narrative, celebrating the profound legacy of America's leaders. Archie Luper's preface sets the tone for a unifying experience, ...

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Steps in the Dark of Light by Charlie Hull (1 Review)    Price verified 57 minutes ago

Have you ever felt as if you were walking along in the dark, even though you knew that God was leading you in His light? Charlie too experienced this feeling as God led him along in steps in the dark of light. Experience his questions and frustrations, mingled with thanksgiving and insight concerning the purpose God had for the things He allowed into Charlie's life. How could a broken leg be part of God's purpose? Broken legs for truck drivers lead to unemployment. Unemployment leads to homelessness. How could these things possibly be part of God's loving plan? But they were -- from the hands of a Heavenly Father who loved Charlie enough to allow him to go through all of this in order to fulfill His special plan and bless him.

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Hearing You by MM Stine (7 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

You learn a little about my life before I suffer a life threatening respiratory illness that places me in a medically induced coma. While I am under sedation for an exceptional amount of time, I experience a version of my life that is as real to me as the lapse of time pulls me further in. Things that don't make sense become my reality while interactions of reality plays into my alternate state of mind. Do I really know that I am as sick as I am? Do I know that my life is in the balance and what is being done to me in attempt to return me to the life I once had? I invite you to experience my rendering of this alternate life and the reality that comes.

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The Real Napoleon - The Untold Story by John Tarttelin (A SOULADREAM PRODUCTION) (5 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

THE REAL NAPOLEON - The Untold Story "An impressive and powerful piece of work" - Rupert Heath, literary agent. "Fresh and convincing" Andrew Lownie, literary agent. "Many thanks for this, which I found fascinating and very much enjoyed reading - despite the fact, or perhaps precisely because, it debunks many of my own long-held opinions about Napoleon... you do write nicely, with great passion and in a compelling style... I'm perfectly happy with the premise that British history has tarnished Napoleon unfairly... " Robin Wade, literary agent. "Passionately argued - a book you must read" Jean-Claude Damamme, French historian. In this book Napoleon is shown for what and who he was and not as the caricature described by many bigoted 'historians', especially of the British persuasion. He was not short, he was often generous and he seldom forgot a friend, particularly those from his early days before he was famous. France was attacked in 1802, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1809 and 1814 - yet it ...

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A Few Good Lines: Well, We All Have To Call Our First Book Something, Don't We? by Zebedee Abercorn (3 Reviews)    Price verified 10 hours ago

The first book published by everybody's favourite hyperliterate Glaswegian Tourettist gay dad, that tirelessly scribbling scriptomaniac to whom circumspection is alien and discretion is an abstract, is a series of essays on topics of personal interest as diverse as the British domestic energy market, canine husbandry, faith healing, the Royal Family, getting the snip (thank God for commas, what what!), and the hazards of dating in middle age - I know, trying to date the right sex would have helped, I suppose! - and so, so, Just SO much more! Enjoy!

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Stopping Napoleon : War and intrigue in the Mediterranean by Tom Pocock (94 Reviews)    Price verified 27 minutes ago

Following the Battle of Trafalgar, Britain had one objective: stopping Napoleon at all costs... After his defeat by Nelson at Trafalgar, Napoleon knew he could never invade England. Many thought he would try to take over the vast, crumbling Ottoman Empire, return to Egypt and even march on India. So the British concentrated on the Mediterranean: for a decade it became the scene of dangers, real or imagined, and of battles both on land and at sea. All was dictated by a fierce determination to stop Napoleon. Stopping Napoleon is a fast-paced, beautifully written account that should be read by all aficionados of the age of Nelson and Napoleon. Praise for Tom Pocock: 'Pocock has restored this neglected campaign to its true importance in this lively and important book' - Sunday Times 'Compendiously detailed, expert analysis... No detail escapes Mr Pocock' - The Spectator 'An enthralling read' - Brighton Argus Tom Pocock was the author of eighteen books (and editor of ...

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TRUE CRIME 1: The Crimes of this World by D. W. Loder (7 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

TRUE CRIME 1: The Crimes of this World Short and informative is reported here about the true crime cases of our world. Case 1, Jovan Collier From teen killer to obsessive stalker. Only 25 years later does his past come to light and he ended up behind bars. Case 2, David & Catherine Birnie A pair that together becomes a deadly combo. From the press it was only called "the Moorhouse murders". Case 3, Kris Kremers & Lisanne Froon Disappeared while hiking in the jungle. But what happened? An accident or murder? A mysteriously spooky unsolved case. Case 4, Emma Walker They were the ultimate high school dream couple. She cheerleader and he foodball player. But only until one of the two had to die. Case 5, Hinterkaifeck Six dead on a lonely farm in the middle of nowhere in Bavaria. Surrounded by fields, meadow landscapes and dark forest. What happened? Case 6, Lizzie Borden Mathew and Abby Borden are found executed in a bloodbath. Mathew's face was barely recognizable from the ...

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The Outcast Experiment by G. Ferguson (1 Review)    Price verified 10 hours ago

A social experiment showing how humans react to difference, an autobiographical account spanning four decades, the author is the guinea pig, the author is a lifelong outsider. The reader will learn what made the author an outcast, how society reacted to the author, what this did to the authors mind and the life wrecking consequences of mental illness. The author gradually recovers over the space of two decades, spends five years at college and then writes this book. The story isn't all depressing, its scattered with humour and is filled with weird, wonderful and real characters, some of these characters are as strange as the author.

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The Life and Times of Cocaine Charlie by Charles T. H. Woods (248 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

An unrepentant true crime memoir about the life of a man who sold and used cocaine daily for thirty-eight years. A man with over fifty years of involvement with illegal drugs starting at the age of thirteen. Offering a fair and balanced account of how drugs and drug dealing affected his life, those closest to him as well as the lives of others. This is a different kind of drug dealer story. The kind you don't hear. The kind they don't want told.

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The Survivor's Song: Under the Hammer and Sickle - Budapest to Montreal by Andrew Fodor (10 Reviews)    Price verified 11 hours ago

The first book of this two-volume series (Unarmed Soldiers: Budapest to Stalingrad and back) follows the author's three-years on the road with the Hungarian forced labor battalions during WWII, taking him from Budapest to the area of Stalingrad. Armed with only his wits, a smattering of courage, some unexpected help and lots of luck, he survived the brutal conditions with his joie de vivre and sense of humor intact. He had simply not allowed the fascists to break his spirit in the time of war, and, as he demonstrates in this volume, he certainly wasn't going to let the incompetent post-war communists do so either. In this volume, continuing to use the skill and inventiveness that helped him survive the war, he dabbles in forgery, distilling illegal liquor, commercial art, music, journalism, accountancy and much literary ado before finally realizing that the Great People's Republic didn't really need his expertise in order to make stupid decisions about the freshly-minted communist ...

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Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines: The History and Legacy of the Haitian Revolution’s Most Famous Leaders by Charles River Editors (34 Reviews)    Price verified 27 minutes ago

*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I was born a slave, but nature gave me a soul of a free man... " - Toussaint L'Ouverture The island of Hispaniola is the second largest island in the Antilles chain behind Cuba, and host to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Haiti, however, covering the western third of the island, is a French-speaking territory while the Dominican Republic, which occupies the other two thirds, is a Spanish-speaking territory. The Dominican Republic, although classified as a developing nation, has never been struck to the same degree by the malaise of poverty, corruption of its neighbor, languishing in the lower ten percent of nations ahead only of some of the most conspicuous failed states in Africa. Many historians and analysts have posed the question of why, and the answer seems to lie in Haiti's uniquely tortured history. Hispaniola entered the European record in 1492 when ...

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America Calling: Freedoom - Immigration by Mark D. Burright (5 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Embark on a captivating journey through the tapestry of American history with "America Calling: Freedom - Immigration," a poignant and gripping historic fictional novel by Mark D. Burright. Drawing inspiration from the author's own family saga, this narrative unfolds across generations, spanning the 1600s, the War of Independence, the Civil War, and the tumultuous era of the Oklahoma Land Run. In this evocative tale, readers are transported to a time when pioneers faced the daunting challenge of immigrating to a new land, a land that would eventually become the beacon of freedom and independence. Burright skillfully weaves a narrative that not only traces the footsteps of his ancestors but also paints a vivid picture of the sacrifices made by those who paved the way for the liberties we hold dear today. As you turn the pages of "America Calling: Freedom - Immigration," be prepared for an emotional and thought-provoking journey that goes beyond the conventional tales of history. ...

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It's Not For Everyone by Rick Brindle (Amazon) (28 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

What do you do when your dream job turns into a nightmare? Rick Brindle was a third generation military child. His father and grandfather served their whole lives in the Army, and all he wanted to do was be a soldier. In 1989 he joined the RAF Regiment. But life in the Regiment was a world away from what he thought it would be, and it quickly became toxic. Facing a culture of bullying, beatings, verbal abuse and sexual harassment, the community he wanted to be a part of became more like a prison. Most people around him went along with the abuse. Some agreed with it, some joined in, while the chain of command routinely looked the other way. Set over thirty years ago, this is a story of surviving abuse that still resonates today. It's Not For Everyone is essential reading for anyone considering a military career. Sometimes funny, sometimes shocking, and sometimes sickening, it's one person's unprecedented true story of life in the RAF Regiment.

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Nine Lives: Drunk Stoned and Stupid / Happy Joyous and Free by Bob Huppert (3 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Nine Lives is the brutally honest journey of one man's journey from the Hell that is drug and alcohol addiction (Drunk Stoned & Stupid) to a life free from bondage (Happy Joyous & Free.) Randy called. That's possibly the hardest step to take toward recovery, reaching out for help. Randy had been driving around with a loaded revolver in his lap, trying to gather the courage to park somewhere and end his pain. Permanently. So why not make one last call? The details of the call don't matter. The only thing a man in that situation hears is, "I know how you feel. I felt that way myself." And he KNEW that I knew. It wasn't just "I feel your pain" bullshit. All my years of pain and destruction finally had a purpose, a reason, a meaning. "We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it." I finally understood. I had something to offer Randy that no one else in his life could offer. No one but another cocaine addict who had been through the whole nightmare and came out the other ...

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From Dreams To Despair: Essays from an American 2016-2023 by William Lobb (1 Review)    Price verified 57 minutes ago

A collection of blogs and posts from 2016 to present. A lot or readers have requested a compilation, this is the result.

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