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  Patches Of Life

  Jim Lindsey

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  Through anecdotal humor, Jim Lindsey shares tales of growing up in the South; life in Hollywood as an actor, model, and advertising executive; falling in and out of love; raising children; and living in the turbulent times we face.In poems and jokes, quotes and stories, Jim paints a picture of a long life lived within the wide boundaries of love and loss, joy and sorrow. He shares his story so that listeners are taken back to a simpler era in our nation and given inspiration to return to those roots.

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  Foreordained - From their pens...

  Anthony Hope

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  Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins was born on 9th February 1863 in Clapton, London.  
  He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford.  Hope trained as a lawyer and barrister and was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1887. Despite what was thought to be a promising legal career he had literary ambitions and wrote in his spare time. 
  His early works appeared in various periodicals of the day but for his first book ‘A Man of Mark’ (1890), with no publisher interested, he published with his own resources.  
  More novels and short stories followed, including the mildly successful ‘Mr Witt's Widow’ in 1892. Hope even found time to run as the Liberal candidate for Wycombe in the election that same year but was unsuccessful. 
  His first major literary success came with ‘The Dolly Dialogues’, a collection of previously published magazine pieces followed very quickly by his instant classic, ‘The Prisoner of Zenda’. He now gave up the vestiges of his legal career to pursue writing full-time. 
  Despite never again reaching the same pinnacle of success he was popular and wrote prolifically across novels, plays and of course, short stories though his writing output rapidly diminished after the war. 
  In 1918 he was knighted for his contribution to propaganda efforts during World War I.  
  His short stories are delicate, mannered and often surprising with their wit, humour and interplay of characters who say one thing and usually mean another.  He was very definitely a writer of escapist rather than serious fare but they are no less enjoyable for that. 
  Anthony Hope died of throat cancer on 8th July 1933 at his country home, Heath Farm at Walton-on-the-Hill in Surrey. He was 70.

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  Mirror in the Sky - The Life and...

  Simon Morrison

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  A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. 
   
   
   
  Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century. 
   
   
   
  This biography from distinguished music historian Simon Morrison examines Nicks as a singer and songwriter before and beyond her career with Fleetwood Mac, from the Arizona landscape of her childhood to the strobe-lit Night of 1000 Stevies celebrations. 
   
   
   
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  ● Analyzes Nicks's craft—the grain of her voice, the poetry of her lyrics, the melodic and harmonic syntax of her songs. 
   
   
   
  ● Identifies the American folk and country influences on her musical imagination that place her within a distinctly American tradition of women songwriters. 
   
   
   
  ● Draws from oral histories and surprising archival discoveries to connect Nicks's story to those of California's above- and underground music industries, innovations in recording technology, and gendered restrictions.

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  Hidden: Betrayed Exploited and...

  Cathy Glass

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  ONE REMARKABLE WOMAN 
  OVER 30 YEARS OF FOSTERING 
  CARER TO MORE THAN 150 CHILDREN 
  Tayo arrives at Cathy’s with only the clothes he stands up in. He has been brought to her by the police, but he is calm, polite, and very well-spoken, and not at all like the children she normally fosters. The social worker gives Cathy the forms which should contain Tayo’s history, but apart from his name and age, it is blank. Tayo has no past. 
  Tayo is an 'invisible' child, kidnapped from his loving father in Nigeria and brought illegally to the UK by his drink and drugs dependent prostitute mother, where he is put to work in a sweatshop in Central London. When he sustains an injury and is no longer earning, he is cast out. 
  When Cathy takes Tayo to school he points out a dozen different addresses where he has stayed in the last six months, often being left alone. Tayo lies, and manipulates situations to his own advantage and Cathy has to be continually on guard. Tayo’s social worker searches all computer databases but there is no record of Tayo – he has only attended school for three terms and has never seen a doctor. He and his mother have been evading the authorities by living ‘underground’. 
  With his mother recently released from prison, Tayo is desperate to live with his father in Nigeria, but no one can track him down or even prove that he exists. 
  Cathy Glass, the bestselling author, presents a compelling biography of Tayo, a child with a concealed past. This top-rated autobiography is a Sunday Times bestseller, shedding light on the unseen corners of our society. 
  For fans of Maggie Hartley (Battered, Broken, Healed), Linda Watson-Brown (Don't Say A Word), Kat Ward (KERI 2), Veronica Clark (Enslaved), and Torey L. Hayden (The Invisible Girl).

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  When No One Else Believed - One...

  Ron Tripodo

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  "When No One Else Believed" is a true story of the enduring love of a husband for his wife. He is a flawed, vulnerable man with a life-long disability. She, the love of his life, is stricken with a catastrophic illness with no chance of recovery. He alone … with God's grace must navigate through a broken marriage, a wife on life support, extreme temptation, and financial ruin, with no one believing what God had revealed to him. Only God's promise gave him the unparalleled faith to persevere when all odds were against him, sending him on a roller coaster ride between hope and despair, reality and insanity … where seeing is not always believing.

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  Holcomb’s scars: Clutter family...

  Muhsin Shikder

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  Okay, imagine a quiet little town in Kansas, where life is, like, really simple and peaceful. That's Holcomb—until one chilling night in November 1959 flipped everything upside down. The Clutter family, just living their lives, was brutally murdered in their own home. Yeah, it's the kind of story that's so shocking it sticks with you, and that's exactly what this book, Holcomb's Scars: Clutter Family Murders by Muhsin Shikder, brings to life. 
  This isn't, um, just another dry true crime tale, though. Muhsin Shikder, who's actually a super passionate storyteller, digs deep into the heart of the Clutter family. He shows us who they were—their dreams, their everyday struggles, and the unimaginable tragedy that rocked Holcomb and the whole nation. It's, like, really a heart-touching listen that makes you feel the weight of what happened. 
  The book's split into seven gripping sections, each with titles that, well, just pull you right in—like "The Night Evil Walked In" and "Can Holcomb Ever Forget?" Every part uncovers a new layer of this American true crime classic, keeping you hooked from the moment you hit play. It's not only about the crime itself but also the lives it shattered, told in a way that's, yeah, totally emotional and raw. 
  So, if you're into true crime stories that go beyond the headlines and, um, actually make you feel something, this is your next listen. Perfect for fans of American history, gripping mysteries, or just a darn good story. Shikder's fresh take on the Clutter family murders—a case you might know from In Cold Blood—brings something new to the table, something that's, well, really special. 
  Grab your headphones and dive into Holcomb's Scars. It's one of those books that, like, stays with you long after it ends—because some stories are just too powerful to forget.

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