Author : Morgan Lawrence
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,21 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1434356760
Based on true events, the author, with a twenty year career as a paramedic, chronicles a pair of deputy sheriff paramedics and the supporting cast of medical experts who helped them save lives.
Author : Robert Deshaies
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 12,39 MB
Release : 2021-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1649520670
A lone detective returns to a home left long ago. Burdened by a haunted soul from a life of murder and madness, Clark Brass is reined home by the death of his old employer, Donald Kilkenny. Returning to the British Isles, the family Brass served for years offers him the job to solve the murder of his dear friend, in hopes of discovering his real tragic end. During his investigation, the red-filled streets across England consume Brass's mind, only for him to uncover the murder has inconceivably sinister revelations and consequences.
Author : Zsuzsanna Ozsvath
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2010-08-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0815651104
Opening with the ominous scene of one young school girl whispering an urgent account of Nazi horror to another over birthday cake, Ozsváth’s extraordinary and chilling memoir tells the story of her childhood in Hungary, living under the threat of the Holocaust. The setting is the summer of 1944 in Budapest during the time of the German occupation, when the Jews were confined to ghettos but not transported to Auschwitz in boxcars, as were the Hungarian Jewry living in the countryside. Provided with food and support by their former nanny, Erzsi, Ozsváth’s family stays in a ghetto house where a group of children play theater, tell stories to one another, invent games to pass time, and wait for liberation. In the fall of that year, however, things take a turn for the worse. Rounded up under horrific circumstances, and shot on the banks of the Danube by the thousands, the Jews of Budapest are threatened with immediate destruction. Ozsváth and her family survive because of Erzsi’s courage and humanity. Cheating the watching eyes of the munderers, she brings them food and runs with them from house to house under heavy bombardment in the streets. As a scholar, critic, and translator, Ozsváth has written extensively about Holocaust literature and the Holocaust in Hungary. Now, for the first time, she records her own history in this clear-eyed, moving account. When the Danube Ran Red combines an exceptional grounding in Hungarian history with the pathos of a survivor, and the eloquence of a poet to present a truly singular work.
Author : David P. Demarest
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 19,18 MB
Release : 2014-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 082298010X
On July 6, 1892, violence erupted at the Carnegie Steel mill in Homestead, Pennsylvania, when striking employees and Pinkerton detectives hired to break the strike exchanged gunfire along the shore of the Monongahela River. The skirmish left some dozen dead, led to a congressional investigation, sparked a nearly successful assassination attempt on Carnegie Steel executive Henry Clay Frick, and altered the course of the American labor movement. The River Ran Red recreates the events of that summer using firsthand accounts and archival material, including excerpts from newspapers and magazines, reproductions of pen-and-ink sketches and photographs made on the scene, passages from the congressional investigation, and poems, songs, and sermons from across the country. Contributions by outstanding scholars provide the background for understanding the social and cultural aspects of the strike, as well as its violence and repercussions. Written to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the strike, The River Ran Red records and contextualizes public and personal reactions to one of the most important events in labor history, the reverberations of which are still felt today.
Author : Mark Arntson
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 45,28 MB
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1662483309
Human beings have created synthetic life from nothing. These Manufactured Humanoid Units, or MHUs, are born into an oppressed class of people, abused, exploited, and repressed for the betterment of humanity. A large ensemble cast leads this saga of action, drama, intrigue, politics, scientific enterprise, a touch of romance, and a big mystery acting out behind the scenes. Agent Powder is just following orders. That's what she tells herself anyway, as she is used by the powers that be as an instrument to maintain the status quo. She hunts down rogue MHUs fleeing from their oppressive life, along with those who aid and abet them. Meanwhile, in the rest of the Republic, politicians scheme, activists rally, tech barons plot, and scientists continue to press technology ever forward by any means necessary.
Author : Stephen Bowman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 14,70 MB
Release : 2000-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595131085
On June 10, 1912, the village of Villisca, Iowa awoke to discover a mass murder had occurred while the town slept. An entire household of eight people had been axed to death in their beds. Within 24 hours, in spite of limited mass communications, the story was national and international news, knocking the White Star Titanic off the front page and captivating the general public. The mass murder became a catalyst to a growing nation starting to realize the 20th century, with all of its advancements, held new forms of terror and insecurity. If the mass murder could happen in this idyllic little village, it could happen anywhere. Author Stephen Bowman's version of the story has been compared to Capote's IN COLD BLOOD mystery as it recreates the gruesome murder and the aftermath in an expose of rural family strife and local mores toward bigotry, superstition and caste system which still exists in rural America today. The suspenseful mystery brings to life a vivid cast of characters. Through the main characters, the themes of rural life and prejudice are revealed as they each struggle with conflicts between self-respect, family honor and justice. The crime remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the 20th century
Author : Joan Conquest
Publisher : F.D. Goodchild Company
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 49,54 MB
Release : 1924
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Author : Rachael Reed
Publisher : Rachael Reed
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 45,51 MB
Release : 101-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
In the heart of Richmond, Virginia, the streets ain't no playground. It's a battleground where sex, brutality, and crime rule the night. Four fierce women—Mia, Lira, Brianna, and Monica—find themselves at a dangerous crossroads, trapped by the toxic men who claim to love them and the violent turf wars that threaten their lives. These streets got no mercy, and every choice comes with a deadly consequence. Mia, a tough-as-nails hairdresser, dreams of nursing school, but her abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend Tyrone ain't lettin' her go without a fight. Lira's got the voice of an angel but is stuck singin' for her pimp boyfriend Reggie, who won't let her shine. Brianna's a single mom working two jobs to keep her son safe from Marcus, a ruthless gang leader who drags her deeper into danger. And Monica? She's a street-smart hustler with plans for a legit business, but her drug lord boyfriend Jay's bloody turf war threatens to destroy everything she's built. In a city where whispers become bullets, and betrayal lurks around every corner, these women must band together and fight back. Their journey is a gritty, raw, and heart-pounding escape from the streets that have claimed so many. Every step they take is a gamble, every breath a fight for survival. As they navigate the treacherous path to freedom, they uncover secrets, face deadly confrontations, and make unimaginable sacrifices. But in the end, not everyone makes it out alive. "Street Exodus" is a dark, gripping tale of resilience, loyalty, and the relentless pursuit of a better life. It's a story where the stakes are life or death, and the only way out is through the fire. Brace yourself for an unfiltered, adrenaline-fueled ride through the gritty underbelly of city life. This ain't just a story—it's a battle for survival.
Author : John E. Swindells
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,57 MB
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1480887609
It is the summer of 1835 when William Pope DuVal returns to Bardstown, Kentucky, after serving twelve years as governor of the Florida territory. His offspring are spread throughout the state and country, each pursuing their passions. But when México sends a general and hundreds of troops to Béxar to arrest Texian leaders, DuVal and others in his family are left to contemplate whether the American colonists can stand up to the threat. A desire to help soon leads two of William DuVal’s sons to join a group of young men, known as the Kentucky Mustangs. They leave Bardstown a short time later to join the American colonists in Texas in their resistance against the Mexican dictator, Santa Anna. The adventurous men, enticed by the excitement of war and free land, travel from Louisville to the Texas coast where they join the forces of James Fannin. As the intense fighting begins, all the volunteers pay a high price for securing the independence of Texas a year later and its annexation into the United States in 1845. In this historical novel, a group of young, adventurous men known as the Mustangs leave Kentucky for Texas in 1835 to join colonists in their revolution against México.
Author : Alan F.J. Artibise
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 1975-05-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0773580638
This study provides a reasonably detailed social history of Winnipeg: a description—or reconstruction—of the evolvement of an urban area. It endeavours to identify and describe the events, personages, trends, and movements which have played a key role in the development of Winnipeg.
