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  The Myths and Legends of Ancient...

  E. M. BERENS

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  Discover Ancient Greece and Rome like never before with this compendium that begins with creation myth of Uranus and Gaea and includes descriptions and tales of gods both major and minor, as well as mythical creatures and other divinities. Author and scholar E.M. Berens also details how the people of ancient Greece and Rome worshiped, covering sacred sites and customs, as well as their significance. Also included are well over a dozen key legends: the punishment of Prometheus, the story of Jason and the Golden Fleece, and many others. Berens's seminal work offers something for anyone interested in Greek and Roman mythology, whether they are just beginning to learn or are looking to add to already established knowledge.

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  Hiding for My Life - Being Gay...

  Karen Solt

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  Karen Solt, an eighteen-year-old nonconformist with an alcohol problem, is working at a gas station when a slick Navy recruiter railroads her into enlisting in the military. Before she knows it, she is on a ship in the Deep South, struggling to navigate not only a world much different from her small Northern Arizona hometown but also her new discovery: she’s gay. 
  Figuring out her sexuality clarifies many things, but also creates a daunting new set of problems, for Karen. It’s 1984: being gay in the Navy is considered a crime, and gay Sailors are regularly hunted by the Navy Criminal Investigative Service. Discovery means being kicked out, and by this point she is committed to the uniform (and to remaining with her first girlfriend, who is also enlisted). So she learns to hide her secret and find a way to serve—and even thrive professionally—without getting caught. But concealing her truth ultimately leads to devastating consequences. 
  A story of desire, addiction, the damage of secrets, the power of community, and the soul-crushing cost of turning people into “others,” Hiding for my Life is a celebration of the resilience of the human spirit—and a poignant call for each of us to come out from hiding and live our truth.

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  Now Then - A Biography of Yorkshire

  Rick Broadbent

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  From the perspective of an exiled Yorkshireman this bestselling, award winning author returns to his native county to discover and reveal its soul. 
   
  Now Then is a biographical mosaic of Yorkshire. Rick Broadbent, an award-wining author and exiled Yorkshireman, goes in search of the soul of England's biggest county and produces an all-encompassing portrait of a place that has been victimised and stereotyped since the days of Williams the Conqueror. Incorporating social history, memoir, reportage and author interviews, Now Then paints a picture of what it means to be from Yorkshire - both now and back then. 
   
  Now Then is not a hagiography and Broadbent visits devastated mining communities, an inner-city homeless shelter and the county's most isolated sheep farm, as well as examining the truth about well-known Yorkshire figures and institutions. From the Bronte sisters and Marks & Spencer to the Yorkshire pudding, accent and Ripper, this is a funny, wise and searching account of the county that gave the world its first football club and its last witch-burning. Ultimately, this is an affectionate but unsparing look at a county, its people and their flinty vowels. It is about the real Yorkshire and its daily life, as well as Dracula and Geoffrey Boycott.

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  Al Capone: The Greatest Mafia...

  Waleed Saleh

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Al Capone: The Greatest Mafia Boss in History presents the definitive account of America's most notorious criminal legend. This compelling biographical narrative traces the extraordinary journey of Alphonse "Al" Capone from his childhood in Brooklyn's impoverished Italian neighborhoods to his reign as the undisputed emperor of Chicago's criminal underworld. 
  During the tumultuous Prohibition era, Capone didn't just break laws—he rewrote them. With monthly revenues exceeding $100 million (equivalent to over $1.3 billion today), his organization operated like a corporate empire, complete with hierarchical management, strategic expansion, and systematic corruption of government officials. This book reveals how Capone managed to control approximately 60% of Chicago's police force and government officials, essentially running a shadow state within America's third-largest city. 
  The narrative explores the complex contradictions of Capone's character: the ruthless killer who was also a devoted family man, the terrorist who played Robin Hood to Chicago's poor, and the criminal mastermind who ultimately fell not to rivals' bullets but to tax evasion charges. Through detailed accounts of the infamous "Beer Wars," the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and the political machinations that enabled his rise, readers witness both the seductive allure and devastating consequences of unchecked power. 
  More than just a crime story, this book serves as a profound study of American society during one of its most transformative periods. It examines how immigration, economic disparity, and flawed government policies created the perfect storm for organized crime to flourish. The tragic conclusion—Capone's mental deterioration from syphilis and his pathetic final years—offers sobering lessons about the ultimate futility of power built on violence and corruption.

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  The Queen Herself

  Helen Cathcart

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  Royal biographer Helen Cathcart's fascinatingly intimate account charts Elizabeth's extraordinary life, from her birth and early years growing up in the royal palaces—sleeping in the dungeons of Windsor Castle during the air raids of the Blitz—through to her marriage to Prince Philip in 1947, and their life together as new parents. 
   
   
   
  The death of Elizabeth's beloved father, King George VI, in 1952 saw her life change forever when at the age of twenty-five she became Queen. 
   
   
   
  Cathcart vividly brings to life many of the key events during the first thirty years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, including her spectacular Coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1953 and subsequent six-month grand tour of the Commonwealth, as well as Her Majesty's first televised Christmas broadcast in 1957. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, including family letters, royal journals, and personal recollections, The Queen Herself is an exceptionally detailed biography of a loving daughter, wife and mother, as well as an iconic and celebrated national figurehead devoted to a life of service. 
   
   
   
  The Queen Herself offers a fascinating insight into Her Majesty The Queen's remarkable life and reign.

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  The General's Will - An emotive...

  Vera Jelihovsky

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  The Ukrainian writer Vera Jelihovsky was born on the 29th April 1835.  At that time Ukraine, or Little Russia as it was also called, was part of the Russian Empire.   
   
  Vera was also the sister of Helena Blavatsky, herself a noted writer and a co-founder of the Theosophical Society. 
   
  As a writer Vera’s works rests mainly on her children’s stories and little of any of her work is known in the West.   
   
  ‘The General’s Will’ is a fascinating story of a dying man who tries, with the writing of a new Will, to right the wrongs his second marriage has caused to the children of his first.   
   
  His scheming second wife attempts to change that.  But will her selfish plan succeed? 
   
  Vera Jelihovsky died on the 17th May 1896.  She was 61.

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