Early on a summer morning in 1974, local officials found the jailer Clarence Alligood stabbed to death in a cell in the women’s section of a rural North Carolina jail. Fleeing the scene was Joan Little, twenty years old, poor, Black, and in trouble. After turning herself in, Little faced a possible death sentence in the state’s gas chamber. At her trial, which was followed around the world, Little claimed that she had killed Alligood in self-defense against sexual assault. Local and nation...

Charlie and Edna, representational characters, carry the story of the Monongahela River Valley through all four books of the chronicles. Its a story that details the working conditions in the mines and mills, the development of the labor union, and the unique culture of the region known as The Steel Valley.Other characters appear, some actual such as Philip Murray, John Lewis, Mother Jones, etc. All of the incidents included though dramatized are based on real accounts garnered fro...

A sports reporter investigates the training of girls as professional gymnasts and figure skaters, arguing that the pressure to succeed and to look beautiful results in mental and physical harm, from eating disorders to psychological trauma.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.They thought they'd buried the truth with my parents. They were wrong.I was supposed to be a scholar, a ghost in the machine of MI6, or a footnote in my father's legacy. Instead, I became the woman who walked out of the fire and straight into the crosshairs.After the car bomb, I didn't go into hiding. I went hunting.My father's Black Book didn't just contain names. It contained survival strategie...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Most people head to New Orleans for jazz, bourbon, and beads. I'm just here for the body count.Mardi Gras in the Big Easy is usually a party, but this year, the air smells more like tear gas than celebration. My mission should be a straightforward hit on Elliot Warren Caldwell, a defence-tech billionaire who turns human misery into profit by building off-the-books detention centres deep in the bayou.But ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Most people spend Workers' Day marching for change—I'll be spending mine making sure one man never profits off them again.Paris is choking on tear gas, burning barricades, and a workforce pushed too far. While the streets fill with protesters fighting for their livelihoods, Étienne Varese sits above it all—cutting jobs, replacing workers, and quietly cashing in on the global chaos he helped create.To the...

Experience the joy and laughter of Liverpool's best-loved neighbours, Molly and Nellie.In Three Little Words, Joan Jonker brings us another instalment of her hugely popular Molly and Nellie series, as the two friends get up to more mischief in their beloved Liverpool. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn and Sheila Newberry.The continuing adventures of two of the most entertaining families you'll ever meet... Best mates and neighbours f...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Most people spend Ganesh Chaturthi praying, feasting, and dancing in the streets—I'm spending mine infiltrating a sex trafficking ring and killing a Bollywood producer.The target: Dev Mehra—Mumbai's untouchable king of flesh and fear. I was hoping for a simple, clean job for once. Instead, the organisation behind the hit has other plans—a message written in blood for half the world's pow...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Most people spend Valentine's Day with roses and chocolates—I'll be spending mine dodging bullets and slicing up billionaires.This year, I've got a date with a target who deserves Cupid's deadliest arrow—a tech billionaire with a god complex and a list of sins long enough to make a priest blush. Taking him out should be simple enough, but of course, nothing ever is.Turns out, my latest target is tangled ...

Most people spend Valentine's Day with roses and chocolates—I'll be spending mine dodging bullets and slicing up billionaires.This year, I've got a date with a target who deserves Cupid's deadliest arrow—a tech billionaire with a god complex and a list of sins long enough to make a priest blush. Taking him out should be simple enough, but of course, nothing ever is.Turns out, my latest target is tangled up in a web of lies, power plays, and one of my exes w...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Some people celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks and parades.Me? I'm in small-town America, stopping bombs from killing innocent people.I was hired to take out Wesley Gage—a disgraced vet with a DIY bomb and a grudge against Governor Monroe. At least, that's what they told me.But after watching him fumble through his mission, it's clear: Gage isn't the mastermind. He's the...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Most people unwrap presents at Christmas—I'm busy wrapping bodies.This year, though, my usual routine got personal. Going home for the holidays wasn't exactly my choice, but when you're a hitwoman with a complicated family and a past that refuses to stay buried, things tend to get... eventful.Let's just say some skeletons should stay buried; others demand justice. And me? I deliver it.If you're i...