Author : Bella Stumbo
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 48,30 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Murder
ISBN : 9780751508772
Betty Broderick's family was her whole life. But at the peak of her husband's success as a lawyer the dream turned sour, as he began an affair and decided to divorce her. Betty was shattered and became obsessed with revenge, and ultimately it came with a double murder.
Author : Bella Stumbo
Publisher :
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 1994-06-01
Category : Murder
ISBN : 9780671726683
An in-depth account of Betty Broderick's killing of her ex-husband and his new wife describes the crime and the resulting trial, painting a disturbing portrait of divorce in America and its victims. Reprint.
Author : Bella Stumbo
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 41,94 MB
Release : 2020
Category :
ISBN : 9780463111710
A prime time TV series using 'Until the Twelfth of Never' as its main source is to premiere in 2020.They were two of the most notorious and controversial murder trials of the last thirty years, splitting American public opinion in half.Before dawn on November 5, 1989, Betty Broderick got into her car and drove over to the house in San Diego of her lawyer ex-husband, Daniel T. Broderick III, and his new wife, Linda. Arriving at 5:30 a.m., she used a key that she had obtained from one of her children to enter the house by a back door and climbed the stairs to Dan and Linda's bedroom. Five shots rang out in the dark, three hitting their targets. Linda died instantly. Dan lingered on for several minutes. As he tried to call for help, Betty stamped on his hand and tore the phone from the wall.The prosecution claimed it was as about as clear a case of premeditated murder as anyone could imagine. Betty claimed she had gone over to the house to talk to Dan - or maybe to commit suicide in front of him - but when someone shouted, 'Call the police', she got flustered and started firing.Betty Broderick was acquitted of first degree murder in her second trial but found guilty of second degree murder.To some, Betty Broderick is virtually the patron saint of the sanctity of marriage, executing her abusive, cheating husband and his 'nineteen year old college dropout of a Polack whore' (actually Linda was twenty-eight and a professional paralegal). To others, Dan Broderick suffered his wife's abuse of him for fourteen years of marriage, left her well provided for and then married the love of his life, only to be continually stalked for seven years, to have Betty repeatedly incite his children to kill him and Linda, to find her driving her car through the front door of his new house, and then to be murdered in the coldest of blood.Bella Stumbo's account of the Dan, Linda and Betty Broderick affair is encyclopedic and definitive, and 'Until the Twelfth of Never' was a runaway international bestseller when it was first published twenty years ago, as well as winning an Edgar Award. Bello Stumbo herself died in 2002, so was not alive to cover Betty Broderick's parole hearing in 2010, a short account of which is included in this book.Dan Broderick, Linda Broderick and Betty Broderick - saints or sinners? Betty Broderick - sane or insane?Read 'Until the Twelfth of Never' and you will certainly have an opinion.(Contains new material - interviews with Dan Broderick's friend and an analysis of Betty Broderick's handwriting.)
Author : Mrunaal Gawhande
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 29,78 MB
Release : 2018-08-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781718130227
24 x forever is the collection of forever reached feelings the book does not only consist of seconds, hours, years and moments but it has the essence of forever blended with short poems, poetry and epigrams, it is brought together in four parts just like the heart, each part helps the other part and the other helps the other two and together they beat keeping our lives running, heart is on the left for a reason, you will find the reason here in this book, 24 x forever is not just a book it's the book written in the purest form, it is written with a heart that feels love and gives motivation inspiring hearts to believe in the surreal world
Author : Heather Brewer
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1101513888
As a teenage vampire, Vlad has spent the last four years trying to handle the pressures of school while sidestepping a slayer out for his blood. Now he's a senior, and in this final, action-packed book in the series, Vlad must confront the secrets of the past, unravel the mystery of who he really is, make decisions about his future, and face his greatest enemy. It's a senior year that totally bites.
Author : Lillian Francken
Publisher : Lillian Francken
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1465866841
Author : Janet Key
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 2022-05-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316669342
Better Nate Than Ever meets The Parker Inheritance in this heartwarming mystery about finding your people and accepting others as they are. Twelve-year-old Maren is sure theater camp isn’t for her. Theater camp is for loud, confident, artsy people: people like her older sister, Hadley—the last person Maren wants to think about—and her cinema-obsessed, nonbinary bunkmate, Theo. But when a prank goes wrong, Maren gets drawn into the hunt for a diamond ring that, legend has it, is linked to the camp’s namesake, Charlotte “Charlie” Goodman, a promising director in Blacklist Era Hollywood. When Maren connects the clues to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, she and her new friends are off searching through lighting booths, orchestra pits and costume storages, discovering the trail and dodging camp counselors. But they’re not the only ones searching for the ring, and with the growing threat of camp closing forever, they're almost out of time.
Author : Janet Evanovich
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 18,55 MB
Release : 2007-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429923148
Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet! FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her. THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso ...street name, Ranger. NEXT, SOMEBODY DIES The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer. SOON, THE CHASE IS ON Ranger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say. And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli (her on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in. Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve, or will a stranger in the wind find a way to stop Stephanie Plum...forever? Filled with Janet Evanovich's trademark action, nonstop adventure, and sharp humor, Twelve Sharp shows why her novels have been called "hot stuff" (The New York Times), and Evanovich herself "the master" (San Francisco Examiner).
Author : Joan Lingard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,3 MB
Release : 2016-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0141368926
The Twelfth Day of July is first of Joan Lingard's influential Kevin and Sadie books, set in Belfast during the Troubles. It is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first. Sadie is Protestant, Kevin is Catholic - and on the tense streets of Belfast their lives collide. It starts with a dare - kids fooling around - but soon becomes something dangerous. Getting to know Sadie Jackson will change Kevin's life forever. But will the world around them change too? The Originals are the pioneers of fiction for young adults. From political awakening, war and unrequited love to addiction, teenage pregnancy and nuclear holocaust, The Originals confront big issues and articulate difficult truths. The collection includes: The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton, I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith, Postcards from No Man's Land - Aidan Chambers, After the First Death - Robert Cormier, Dear Nobody - Berlie Doherty, The Endless Steppe - Esther Hautzig, Buddy - Nigel Hinton, Across the Barricades - Joan Lingard, The Twelfth Day of July - Joan Lingard, No Turning Back - Beverley Naidoo, Z for Zachariah - Richard C. O'Brien, The Wave - Morton Rhue, The Red Pony - John Steinbeck, The Pearl - John Steinbeck, Stone Cold - Robert Swindells.
Author : Georges Minois
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0226821064
A comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors, a controversial nonexistent medieval book. Like a lot of good stories, this one begins with a rumor: in 1239, Pope Gregory IX accused Frederick II, the Holy Roman Emperor, of heresy. Without disclosing evidence of any kind, Gregory announced that Frederick had written a supremely blasphemous book—De tribus impostoribus, or the Treatise of the Three Impostors—in which Frederick denounced Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad as impostors. Of course, Frederick denied the charge, and over the following centuries the story played out across Europe, with libertines, freethinkers, and other “strong minds” seeking a copy of the scandalous text. The fascination persisted until finally, in the eighteenth century, someone brought the purported work into actual existence—in not one but two versions, Latin and French. Although historians have debated the origins and influences of this nonexistent book, there has not been a comprehensive biography of the Treatise of the Three Impostors. In The Atheist’s Bible, the eminent historian Georges Minois tracks the course of the book from its origins in 1239 to its most salient episodes in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, introducing readers to the colorful individuals obsessed with possessing the legendary work—and the equally obsessive passion of those who wanted to punish people who sought it. Minois’s compelling account sheds much-needed light on the power of atheism, the threat of blasphemy, and the persistence of free thought during a time when the outspoken risked being burned at the stake.
