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The brutally brilliant prequel to Diary of an Oxygen Thief.Shame is an acquired taste. Nobody knows this better than the young anonymous narrator subjected to repeated instances of sexual abuse, parental beatings and gleefully administered psychological cruelty. After some formative missteps in Zambia and France he arrives in London where he finds the perfect enabler for his shame habit. A career in advertising. Brilliant, depraved and unexpectedly sophisticated The Sh...

The brutally brilliant prequel to Diary of an Oxygen Thief.Shame is an acquired taste. Nobody knows this better than the young anonymous narrator subjected to repeated instances of sexual abuse, parental beatings and gleefully administered psychological cruelty. After some formative missteps in Zambia and France he arrives in London where he finds the perfect enabler for his shame habit. A career in advertising. Brilliant, depraved and unexpectedly sophisticated The Sh...

I could've died a thousand times. People were out to get me, as they always are when you run the show.It's kind of silly that it's cancer that's going to get me, but now I know the end's not going to come from a sudden bullet to the skull one night, at least I have enough time to tell my story.It's a story that would have had me locked up long ago, if anyone knew I was at the top.It all started innocently enough, with a few smash-and-grabs and some card games, but t...

The unbelievable account of life as a hitman from a man who has been doing it for decades.Hitmen commit heinous crimes virtually every day of the week and, in most instances, we don't even realise.I've been a killer for hire for more than twenty years now, but life as a fulltime professional assassin has never been easy.There have been close calls, failed attempts and a lot of looking over my shoulder.And now, I've decided to come c...

Known as the "Big Book," the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people worldwide get and stay sober since the first edition appeared in 1939. Opening chapters articulate A.A.’s program of recovery from alcoholism — the original Twelve Steps — and recount the personal histories of A.A.'s co-founders, Bill W. and Dr. Bob.In the pages that follow, more than 40 A.A. members share how they stopped drinking and found a new healthier and more serene way of life throu...

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Mary Elton is a plainspoken, sharp-witted young woman whose intelligence and irony make her both irresistible and overlooked. In Boston drawing rooms, she serves as confidante to the handsome, easygoing Philip Morley, even as she quietly carries a love for him that she has never dared to claim. Into their world comes Edith Dudley, a dazzling beauty of mixed French, Kentucky, and European background, whose br...

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. Sunday Sunshine, edited by Catharine Shaw, gathers devotional stories and Bible-centered sketches that teach faith, kindness, obedience, repentance, and trust through vivid everyday scenes. The collection ranges from childlike wonder and quiet domestic suffering to moments of crisis, conversion, and sacrificial love. In "Hira's Quest," a blind Hindu girl in an Indian settlement endures poverty and loneliness...