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  Too Hot - Kool & the Gang & Me

  George Brown

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  Growing up around music, young George was inspired to piece together a makeshift drum set and teach himself to play as he practiced in the dark, dank basement of his rundown New Jersey townhouse. 
   
   
   
  He soon joined forces with his friends to form a group called the Jazziacs, which then evolved into Kool & The Gang, a band that began charting hits while its members were still teenagers. By evolving their sound as musical tastes changed, the band was able to stay on the charts for decades, scoring twelve Top 10 hits in Funk, R&B, Pop, and Rock, and selling over seventy million albums while navigating the highs and lows of their career. 
   
   
   
  In Too Hot, drummer, keyboardist, and primary songwriter George Brown describes life in and out of the band, including a raucous life on the road as the band's popularity grew. He weathered the ups and downs of his musical career and navigated many challenges, including prescription drug addiction and depression. 
   
   
   
  George shares how his recent cancer scare, and subsequent treatment, compelled him to share his story, warts and all, to give listeners a glimpse into a band whose reputation was considered relatively tame, when in reality, it was exactly the opposite.

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  Howls from the Scene of the...

  Jessica Peter, Timaeus Bloom

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  A death row cell that recounts the dark stories of its inmates. An informant who consumes shards of crystallized skulls to see the past. A world where to speak of the dead is a violation of an unjust society's rules. Heists, drugs, cults, detectives, murder, monsters, revenge. 
    
  Commit yourself to Howls from the Scene of the Crime, an anthology of crime horror laced with blood, secrets, and occult compulsions from some of the best established and emerging horror authors writing today. Featuring a foreword by Bram Stoker Award® winning crime horror author, Cynthia Pelayo. 
  Edited by Jessica Peter and Timaeus Bloom with a foreword by Cynthia Pelayo 
  Stories by Joseph Andre Thomas, R.H. Newfield, C.B. Jones, Ashe Olivier Deng, Michelle Tang, Nathan Schuetz, Christopher O’Halloran, Steve Neal, L.T. Williams, TJ Price, Carson Winter, Christopher Buehlman, Mary Sanche, Donyae Coles, J.W. Donley, Peter Ong Cook, Gwendolyn Kiste, Jennifer L. Collins, RSL, Dustin Mendel, Lindsey Ragsdale, and M. Halstead

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  Hear the Sun Shine: An Inspiring...

  Xander Blackwood

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  Hear the Sun Shine: An Inspiring Summer Memoir 
  ⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐ 
  Are you eager to progress in your personal journey and solidify your understanding of summer’s silent whispers? 
  Looking for an all-encompassing guide that provides every necessary element to fully embrace the magic of a sunny season? 
  Your search ends here! 
  This memoir serves as your definitive companion for deepening your appreciation, applying your insights, and engaging in reflective exercises. With this, you’re set for inspiration. 
  Updated for the latest summer reflections. 
  Key features of this enriched guide: 
  - Profound insights into the magic of summer’s silent whispers 
  - Detailed explorations of the elements of summer 
  - Effective strategies for absorbing and appreciating summer's beauty 
  Our memoir stands out through comprehensive storytelling, crucial for anyone seeking summer inspiration. Concepts aren't merely skimmed; they are explored with depth and precision. 
  Please note that this guide is not affiliated with any official entities and serves purely as an independent resource for your enjoyment. 
  Designed with a clear structure and easy-to-understand language, "Hear the Sun Shine" ensures smooth transitions between ideas. Say goodbye to dense jargon and welcome clear, precise, and evocative content. 
  So, why wait? Click the BUY NOW button, secure your memoir, and begin your journey to a magical summer!

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  The Uncaged Sky - My 804 days in...

  Kylie Moore-Gilbert

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  On September 12, 2018 British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran Airport by Iran’s feared Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Convicted of espionage in a shadowy trial presided over by Iran’s most notorious judge, Dr Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison.  
    
  Incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin and Qarchak prisons for 804 days, this is the full and gripping account of her harrowing ordeal. Held in a filthy solitary confinement cell for months, and subjected to relentless interrogation, Kylie was pushed to the limits of her endurance by extreme physical and psychological deprivation.  
    
  Kylie’s only lifeline was the covert friendships she made with other prisoners inside the Revolutionary Guards’ maximum-security compound where she had been ‘disappeared’, communicating in great danger through the air vents between cells, and by hiding secret letters in hava khori, the narrow outdoor balcony where she was led, blindfolded, for a solitary hour each day. 
    
  Cut off from the outside world, Kylie realised she alone had the power to change the dynamics of her incarceration. To survive, she began to fight back, adopting a strategy of resistance with her captors. Multiple hunger strikes, letters smuggled to the media, co-ordinated protests with other prisoners and a daring escape attempt led to her transfer to the isolated desert prison, Qarchak, to live among convicted criminals.  
    
  On November 25, 2020, after more than two years of struggle, Kylie was finally released in a high stakes three-nation prisoner swap deal orchestrated by the Australian government, laying bare the complex game of global politics in which she had become a valuable pawn. 
    
  Written with extraordinary insight and vivid immediacy, The Uncaged Sky is Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s remarkable story of courage and resilience, and a powerful meditation on hope, solidarity and what it means to be free.

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  The Light Between Apple Trees -...

  Priyanka Kumar

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  As a child in the foothills of the Himalayas, Priyanka Kumar was entranced by forest-like orchards of diverse and luscious fruit—especially apples. These biodiverse orchards seemed worlds away from the cardboard apples that lined supermarket shelves. Yet on a small patch of woods near her home in Santa Fe, Kumar discovered a wild apple tree—and the seeds of an odyssey were planted. In The Light Between Apple Trees, Kumar takes us on a dazzling and transformative journey to rediscover apples, unearthing a rich and complex history while illuminating how we can reimagine our relationship with nature.Apples are popular, but in our everyday lives we rarely encounter more than a handful of varieties: of the sixteen thousand apple varieties once celebrated in America, scarcely a fifth remain accessible. Kumar reveals the richness of a hidden world. She brilliantly weaves together science and childhood memories with the apple's storied history, from its roots in Kazakhstan to Spanish orchards in the Southwest and Thomas Jefferson's beloved Monticello fruitery.The Light Between Apple Trees is a lyric odyssey that will forever change how you look at an "apple a day." Kumar shows how—if we follow untamed paths—the tang and texture of an apple can lead us back to the wild.

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  Deadly Bonds - Five Years Inside...

  Sergey Maidukov

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  He thought the nightmare was over, but nearly twenty years later, "the most terrible Mafioso in Ukraine" was back. 
   
   
   
  This book is not just a memoir but a confession. In 1994, author Sergey Maidukov accepted an "exciting business offer" from Samvel Martirosyan, later renowned as one of the most brutal and indomitable leaders of the Ukrainian Mafia. Maidukov quickly discovered that his job as "president" of a newly created business was actually a front for Mafia activities. Despite regular attempts to extricate himself, he was told that it was too late in no uncertain terms. Thus ensued five adrenaline-fueled years in a long-term apprenticeship with the Mafia underground. 
   
   
   
  Deadly Bonds: Five Years Inside the Ukrainian Mafia provides a deep look at the Mafia family that dominated the twentieth century post-Soviet state and how it brewed conditions of economic, political, and moral catastrophe.

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