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Listen to Neil Haverson's 50-year ride through the Norfolk and Suffolk newspaper industry, in this audiobook edition read by "Brat Minor", Nick Haverson, and with an introduction to Neil's "greatest hits" from "Brat Major". Enjoy Neil's tales of bachelor life in King's Lynn and sporting prowess on the cricket field and hockey pitch - also find out how he met Mrs H. Neil has witnessed it all in the ever-changing regional media world - from flongs, hot metal, and office cricket to full color printing, digital editions, and the web.

JACK CRIVALLE takes us on a matter-of-fact, step-by-step, emotional ride as to what takes place during a hostile corporate takeover. This one is personal, a Southwest Chicagoland thriving community newspaper, is ripped from his father’s control.

Stealing Indiana Jones is the true story of these two boys and how they discover a monstrous secret: that George Lucas stole his ideas for both Star Wars and Indiana Jones. As they struggle to make sense of what this horrifying truth means for all of us fans, they find redemption along the way.

Called to Peace is one part memoir and one part guidebook. Joy’s story and insight will help you to recognize the signs of an abusive relationship, as well as provide you spiritual truths to combat guilt and promote healing after abuse. Whether you are in an abusive relationship yourself, or desire to help someone else who is suffering from domestic abuse, this book offers hope, inspiration, and biblical guidance.

Like many aspiring writers, David Breithaupt had money problems. But what he also had was unsupervised access to one of the finest special collections libraries in the country. In October 1990, Kenyon College hired David Breithaupt as its library's part-time evening supervisor. In April 2000 he was fired after a Georgia librarian discovered him selling a letter by Flannery O'Connor on eBay, but that was only the tip of the iceberg. Breithaupt had been browsing the collection, taking from it whatever rare books, manuscripts, and documents caught his eye.

This narrative presents a firsthand account of a Marine who played a small role in the Afghan War. It begins with his enlistment in the Marine Corps immediately after high school, driven by dreams of earning the prestigious title of United States Marine and serving his country in combat. The story culminates with his reentry into the civilian world, marked by the challenging task of making sense of the profound experiences he underwent.

On a cold night in December 1956, two young girls mysteriously vanished after a night at the movies on the Southwest Side of Chicago, beginning one of the greatest searches to ever take place in the history of the city. Three weeks later, the bodies of the two lost girls, Barbara and Patricia Grimes, were found on the side of a secluded, snow-covered road, miles from where they disappeared. The discovery of their battered corpses created one of the greatest unsolved mysteries to ever baffle post-war America. Where had the girls been for the past three weeks?

In The Warlizard Chronicles, Warlizard tells the tales of a misspent youth, from the story of his "dog-gasmic" ex-fiancée to the logic of serving as a German linguist in Iraq. The stories are light, fast-paced, graphic, and not remotely safe for work. You have been warned.

This biography was written by Albert Einstein’s close relative, his son-in-law, Rudolf Kayser. It was first published in 1930 under the pseudonym "Anton Reiser" which itself is the title of an important book of the literary history of Germany.

From their birthplace in Phenix City, Alabama to the corruption of today, the Dixie Mafia’s tentacles stretch from coast to coast throughout the south. While most of the world denies their existence, this network of freelance criminals have flown under the radar for the most part since the 1950s. Their structure is completely different than that of La Cosa Nostra so people discount them as rogue bands of individual criminals. In reality it’s one massive web of corruption, lies, and murder.

Jarvis was a typical, middle-aged man in the early summer of 2019. He didn't know what a transient ischemic attack (TIA) was until he had six of them in one evening. The next day, Jarvis walked into an emergency room on his own power to get checked out. The TIAs had been scary, but he figured they were just a warning that he needed to take better care of himself.

I’m nothing like they expected me to be. As I watch my little family, I can't help but smile and think I made it. It’s as if the last 30 years of abuse and torment have been erased. Like it or not, I survived everything thrown at me and came out better for it. Of course, there are still the flashbacks and scary memories, but I'm not what they thought I was going to be.

It happened out of nowhere. Diana and her high school sweetheart Chad were living an ideal life. They were raising kids, working in public service, travelling, and watching their daughter compete in gymnastics. When everything just changed. Soon, they found themselves embarking on an 18-month battle to save Chad's life after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer at only 44. Full of hope, they travelled the country searching for treatments and begging some of the best doctors in the world for help. They never gave up, but the monstrous cancer beat them anyway.

There was a time in my life when I thought that I knew everything. Over the years, as I grew into being an adult I seemed to have less epiphanies about life and focus more on being a proper member of society. This memoir is a collection of stories that have helped shape me into the person that I am today.

With 30 years of experience as a nursing home administrator, Natalie Zeleznikar was no stranger to the strengths and limitations of health care. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer, the plan was a double mastectomy and a couple months to recovery. Her reality was eight total hospitalizations in five years after nearly dying - not of cancer, but of sepsis. With a unique perspective blending the experiences of a patient and a health care worker, The Scars You Can’t See follows Natalie’s journey of struggle and survival.

Apartment 10-D is a memoir that tells the journey of self-discovery of Verly E. Dolce, an American citizen and US Navy veteran of Haitian descent. It follows the narrator, SonSonn, as he recounts his many struggles growing up in an economically challenged country that was prone to violent political uprisings. He also shares many hair-raising details pertinent to the multidimensional abuse he suffered there and in the United States of America with surgical precision.

Be the FBI Agent in training under J. Edgar Hoover and run the gauntlet of Machinegun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson, and the Barker Karpis Gang. Step back into downtown Chicago of the 1930s and retrace the steps of some of America's most notorious mobsters. True Stories from the Files of the FBI was written by W. Cleon Skousen under the direct supervision of Mr. Hoover himself. These first-hand accounts of actual "do or die" situations were used for decades to train thousands of FBI agents.

This true, soul-baring story of grief, tragedy, and eventual triumph will have you listening intently, alternately laughing and crying. The author, consumed by grief, banished himself to a strange mountain called Mt Bandi Bandi, in the western hills of New South Wales in Australia. When a young man arrived with a strange story to tell, they became a team, building a house using their bare hands and very modest tools. Soon others joined, driven by their own demons. They began to accept the magic of the mountain. The sacred mountain gave, and it took away.

Life forced me to change my tragedy into triumph after losing my oldest son, Christopher, to a car crash in 2006. Because of this, I host workshops around the country to assist families and breaking generational barriers for their family members and removing the pain from past encounters.

Legendary horror-movie star Kane Hodder and the author of his biography are the odd couple of the horror world. The Killer & I documents the yearlong journey the two spent together writing Kane's book, Unmasked: The True Life Story of the World's Most Prolific Cinematic Killer. Everything from Kane playing pranks on Mike to being on film sets, causing trouble at conventions, and going on ghost hunts is told in a humorous, lighthearted way that will make any fan of Kane's laugh with delight.