A Second Fall by James Green Price verified 2 hours ago

As a kid, her story greeted my ears with a renewed flavour each time it came. There were stories that made children tremble with fear especially if told at night, and Mary's was one. But even so, we yearned for more. One cold evening, my aged grandma told me that she actually saw the days when Mary laboured in people's farms. So she was not an imaginary Mary but one that once lived. Knowing this has seen her story drift from a tasteful horror to a condemnable reality. It is a crime too difficult to forgive, at least, within the mind of the listener. Although many years have passed since anybody sat me down to tell about Mary, her story is still so fresh on my mind like the day my grandmother made that shocking revelation and this has maintained a burning urge to take it beyond the village square. A Second Fall tells about an injustice of the old. A lonely widow called Mary lost all to men who owe their tradition. Her blood was the price that restored calmness amidst flared ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

A Talent to Amuse: A Life of Noel Coward by Sheridan Morley (247 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours 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 one hour 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 8 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 ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

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 12 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 4 hours 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, ...

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs