This story of a grief-stricken man's murder of a landlord is "nothing less than a reinvention of the true crime genre" ( The Nation).In 1947, James Hickman shot and killed the landlord he believed was responsible for a tragic fire that took the lives of four of his children on Chicago's West Side. But a vibrant defense campaign, exposing the working poverty and racism that led to his crime, helped win Hickman's freedom.With a true-crime writer's ey...

"An incisive history" of how a bicycle messenger service in Seattle became a global behemoth, and the labor battles along the way ( Dissent).We may see their trademark brown trucks everywhere today, but few people know the behind-the-scenes story of United Parcel Service and how it became one of America's most admired companies. This book reveals how UPS managed to displace General Motors—the very symbol of American capitalism—to become the largest private...

A short story; The first in a series about 'The Darkest Hour', a mysterious bar that appears to those who need it most."A man stumbles through the dimly lit city, clutching his coat to his chest. The wind and rain assaults him from every direction, cutting through the fabric of his clothes. An extinguished cigarette hangs from his shivering lips, but he's too lost in thought to notice. He wanders aimlessly; searching for something, anything, if only another place to drown his sorro...

Resolution is the fourth and last of a series of adventure stories that represent one potential path of human transformation. Its a path that few people would select for themselves. In the next few hundred years human survivors will have faced a variety of scenarios with a wide range of lethal conditions. The Red Clay Desert series is but one possibility.Jane could see that the young Chinese girl was being violated by five pairs of persistent hands vigorously sque...

The story is about an 18-year old boy who has to come to grips with his new reality amidst a pandemic. The Spanish Influenza is terrorizing the country, while 18-year old boys are getting drafted to serve in the army during the First World War. It is a most challenging and difficult time in our nation’s, and the world’s history.

Novis West is an exotic beauty from the affluent suburbs of Cleveland. She is the sole survivor of a brutal home invasion that left her unborn child and fiancé Deshawn dead. After hunting down the three men responsible for the atrocities committed on her family and brutally killing them. She goes on the hunt for Nyeesha, the devious, conniving, murderous woman, who sent the three killers to her home. She is consumed with rage fueled by pain from the devastating loss of her soulmate. The ov...

Does gan Marc ddim perthynas dda iawn a'i dad, ond mae'r ddau'n mynd efo'i gilydd bob dydd Sadwrn i weld tim Dinas Bangor. Mae'r bachgen (Marc, ar ol Mark Hughes) yn datblygu obsesiwn efo Joe Allen, sydd, ym meddwl Marc, yn debyg i'w dad. Mae Marc a'i dad yn mynd ar eu gwyliau cyntaf gyda'i gilydd i Ffrainc i weld Cymru'n chwarae, a dyma lle mae'r ddau yn dod i adnabod ei gilydd yn iawn.

If everything was taken from you, how would you fight back? In this compelling story of love, betrayal, murder, and revenge, one woman must face this very question. "Sophisticated DIVA" is a captivating novel that takes readers on a journey into a world where nothing is what it seems, and everything is what it appears. This is the story of one woman who is willing to risk it all in the pursuit of justice. Street justice. Novis West is an exotic young beauty from the affluent suburbs of Cle...

"Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste your life, or master your time and master your life." - Alan LakeinDon't want to spend too much time reading a "Time Management Book"? Well if you want to save time and know how to use it wisely, the “Time Management Simple Book: A Guidebook to Help You Manage Your Time and Get Things Done”, is a comprehensive audio book on the subject of improving your time management and helping you to get more things done.This audio book a...

Marc does not have a good relationship with his father, but all this changes for the better when they both go to France to follow the Welsh football team. For good readers at the higher end of KS2 and years 7-9.

"Each short story is unique, carefully crafted, and memorable. A fun read from cover to cover." – MIDWEST BOOK REVIEWDesperados and yellow-bellies be warned: These ain't your typical westerns…Herein find legendary masters of anomalous Western and Horror stories—along with a posse of budding word-slingers—who all bring you an electrifying and frightening collection of extraordinary tales set in the Old West and beyond...

The long-awaited cookbook of Italian family favourites from Giuseppina, Carmela and Angela aka the take-no-prisoners mammas from the record-breaking comedy sensation Sooshi Mango.Everyone knows Italians cook from memory! That's why this baby is so special. We sat down with our mammas and coaxed from them the secrets to all the best dishes from our childhoods (and theirs).These pages will transport you to mamma's house with recipes that cover all the makings...