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Cries in the Desert
The Shocking True Story of a Sadistic Torturer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In the fall of 1999, a twenty-two-year-old woman was discovered naked and bleeding on the streets of a small New Mexico town south of Albuquerque. She was chained to a padlocked metal collar. The tale she told authorties--of being beaten, raped, and tortured with electric shock--was unthinkable. Until...
The Doctor's Wife
A True Story of Marriage, Deception and Two Gruesome Murders
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
For months, the young son of Bart and Jennifer Corbin had told people that he was afraid of violence in their posh, suburban Georgia home. Then, on the morning of December 4, 2004, neighbors found seven-year-old Dalton Corbin at their front door sobbing. Until then no one could have seen what was...
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes
The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime!
This is the shocking and amazing true story of the first female U.S. District Attorney and traveling detective who found missing 18-year-old Ruth Cruger when the entire NYPD had given up.
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes tells the true story of...
At the Plaza
An Illustrated History of the World's Most Famous Hotel
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
At The Plaza is a pictorial record and an anecdotal history of the world's most famous hotel: New York's Plaza. As a story, it traverses the breadth and scope of Gotham's high society during the American Century. As a photo collection, it's like no other, capturing the hotel's remarkable presence...
Let's Go Budget Paris
The Student Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Let's Go Budget Paris is a budget traveler's ticket to getting the most out of a trip to Paris-without breaking the bank. Whether you want to get a close look at the Mona Lisa, pay your respects to Jim Morrison at the Cimetière du Père Lachaise, or down some drinks at a bar on the Bastille's rue de...
by Peterson's
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Peterson's Master the SAT: Sentence Completion Strategies offers readers a focus on the sentence completion questions that are part of the Critical Reading section of the SAT. Readers will learn all about sentence completions, which test the strength of your vocabulary and general verbal ability--especially...
by Mikhail Chekhov
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
In a style reminiscent of Anton Chekhov himself--realistic, intimate, and dynamic--Mikhail Chekhov shares unparalleled memories and insights, transporting readers into the world of the Chekhov family. He visits the places where his brother lived and worked and introduces the people he knew and loved,...
I Wish I Knew That: U.S. Presidents
Cool Stuff You Need To Know
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Here is a look at the fascinating profiles of each of the 43 presidents, including the names of their pets! Sidebars are filled with fun and unusual information about our leaders-such as who appears on stamps and money-and "At a Glance" boxes provide birth date, political party, and other vital information,...
Hello, My Name Is Mommy
The Dysfunctional Girl's Guide to Having, Loving (and Hopefully Not Screwing Up) a Baby
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2004
Hilarious and true and inspirational, Hello, My Name is Mommy is for every pregnant woman and new mother who ever felt helpless and out of control instead of confident and aglow.
Sure, women know pregnancy is no bed of roses, but Lynch taps into her own dysfunctional childhood and fears about...
Queen Elizabeth's Daughter
A Novel of Elizabeth I
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
From Anne Barnhill, the author of ***At the Mercy of the Queen,***comes the gripping tale of Mary Shelton, Elizabeth I's young cousin and ward, set against the glittering backdrop of the Elizabethan court
Mistress Mary Shelton is Queen Elizabeth's favorite ward, enjoying every privilege the position...
The House On Prague Street
A Haunting Story of a Girl's Survival
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016
The House on Prague Street is a story told with translucent simplicity and freshness. It is a story of haunting innocence and terrible devastation, of lost love, of survival. It has an impact we have not felt since The Diary of Anne Frank and John Hersey's The Wall.
In pre-World War II Czechoslovakia,...
In the Lion's Court
Power, Ambition, and Sudden Death in the Reign of Henry VIII
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
The story of Henry VIII and his six wives is a well-known example of the caprice and violence that dominated that king's reign. Now Derek Wilson examines a set of relationships that more vividly illustrate just how dangerous life was in the court of the Tudor lion. He tells the interlocking stories...
Scenes of London Life
From 'Sketches by Boz'
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Chosen and introduced by the playwright J. B. Priestley, these twelve marvellous sketches are accompanied...
American Pravda
My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were being lied to. To expose the lies our media tell us today, controversial journalist James O’Keefe created Project Veritas, an independent news organization whose reporters...