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  Ashes - a story about cigarettes...

  Mala Mukherji

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  Ashes is a memoir by the firstborn child of Bengali immigrants from Calcutta, India, that brings forth universal life lessons that transcend ethnicity. With raw honesty and simple prose, Ms. Mukherji depicts her childhood of cultural confusion, schoolyard bullies, and the demands of her brilliant, abusive alcoholic father. She offers her mother's stoic wisdom and love for all to share.
  
  By her early 20s, Ms. Mukherji seeks clarity instead of pity and details her search for herself through psychotherapy and spiritual studies. The result of that search costs her everything. The suicide of her mother leaves Ms. Mukherji in the thick darkness of grief and sorrow. Both propel her into destructive yet illuminating choices.
  
  In time, she gathers her experiences and uses them to transform her life into the one she wants and the one she may claim in her mother's absence.
  
  Ashes shows the listener they are not alone in their struggles and that they can look within themselves to survive and grow from life's precious and painful surprises.

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  Spies on the Sidelines - The...

  Kevin Bryant

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  Spies on the Sidelines: The High-Stakes World of NFL Espionage details the collection techniques that NFL teams utilize to gather information on their opponents in order to gain a game-day advantage, as well as the countermeasures used to defend against them. The book spans the entire history of the league and contains anecdotes from every NFL team. Topics include spying on practices, stealing paperwork and signals, debriefing personnel that switch teams, listening devices, headset tampering, elicitation, Spygate, Deflategate, and so much more! 
  Written by a former Special Agent with decades of experience collecting and safeguarding information for the Department of Defense, Spies on the Sidelines reveals that, behind the game-day action, professional football can be as cloak-and-dagger as American intelligence agencies. This fascinating and expansive compilation of NFL spy anecdotes exposes the extraordinary measures teams are willing to take in order to win. 
  Spies on the Sidelines was a finalist for "Best Book" at the 2022 American Book Fest and has been featured on CBS Cleveland television, on ESPN radio in Denver, San Antonio, Houston, Kansas City, New Orleans, and Washington DC, on numerous nationally syndicated radio shows, and on top 1% podcasts.

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  Seven Bones - Two Wives Two...

  Jason K. Foster, Peter Seymour

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  We have a dead second wife and a missing first wife…we’ve got a huge problem here.’ Detective Peter Seymour 
   
  Seven Bones is the story of one of the more bizarre murder investigations in Australia’s history. Two wives die in suspicious circumstances: co-incidence or, as husband Thomas Keir describes it, ‘bad luck’? 
   
  Three years after Thomas Keir alleged his first wife Jean deserted him and her young son for another man, his second wife Rosalina, Jean’s cousin, lay scorched and strangled on her bed. Arriving on the scene, Detective Peter Seymour realised he was either dealing with the world’s unluckiest husband, or a serial wife killer. 
   
  While Keir was remarkably found ‘not guilty’ of Rosalina’s murder, despite a clear-cut case, her death unlocked the mystery of Jean’s disappearance. A subsequent police investigation lead to the discovery of seven small fragments of Jean’s bones – fingers, knuckles and toes – buried deep under the same house in which Rosalina died. 
   
  Keir’s ‘grieving husband’ act was suddenly in question. The investigation revealed Thomas Kier was a man so jealous he hated even his own baby son touching his wife, Jean. A man so possessive he threatened he would cut her up and feed her to the dogs if she ever left him. A man who thought he could commit the perfect crime and publicly taunted the police through the media. 
   
  Written through the eyes of Detective Peter Seymour, Seven Bones follows his relentless pursuit of justice and his own family sacrifices, through the drama of the police investigation into Jean’s death, and the three trials, convictions, and appeals that would take fifteen years to reach their final conclusion.

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  Playing My Heart Out - One...

  Hillary B. Marotta

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  “A gift to our handbell community, the musical world at large, and to anyone who wants a peek behind the curtain at whatdrives passionate musicianship. Just wow!” – Brian Childers, Director of Handbells, Children and Youth Music, Myers Park UMC, author of Ringing Deeply, Devotions for Bell Ringers Part-memoir and part-love letter, Playing My Heart Out is a lighthearted, intimate look at the world of handbells and the ringers who geek out over them. From the first meet-cute story of the unlikely way the author discovered this unique art to the satisfying to-be-continued conclusion, Hillary Marotta shares funny and heart-tugging stories of the adventures and emotions handbells have led her through, and the life lessons she’s learned along the way. But this is not just a book for handbell afficionados. This is for anyone who has ever yearned to engage but has been put off by fear, lack of time, or disconnection from the soul-singing feeling pursuing a passion brings. Marotta offers her vision of the full and joyful heart we experience when we’re engaged in our passions, whatever they may be. Her invitation is simple, inspiring, and clear: Find the thing you love, make time for it in your life, and watch your joy multiply.

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  The Beautiful Cigar Girl - Mary...

  Daniel Stashower

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  On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson—and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case—and sent his fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt."

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  Dark Journeys - Unmasking Israel...

  Myles Henman

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  In the shadowed corners of America, a predator moved unseen. Israel Keyes was a name unknown to most—a seemingly ordinary man who meticulously concealed a life of darkness beneath a veneer of normalcy. "Dark Journeys: Unmasking Israel Keyes's Hidden Trail" delves deep into the enigmatic existence of one of the most elusive serial killers in modern history. 
  This gripping account takes you on a journey through Keyes's life, from his isolated upbringing in rural America to his disciplined years in the U.S. Army, and into the calculated methods that allowed him to commit crimes across the country without detection. Unveiling the complex layers of his double life, the book explores how Keyes balanced his roles as a devoted father and small business owner with his hidden compulsions. 
  Through extensive research and compelling narrative, each chapter reveals how Keyes evaded law enforcement by exploiting gaps in the system, utilizing "kill kits" buried in multiple states, and selecting victims at random to avoid patterns. The detailed examination of his crimes—including the chilling abduction of Samantha Koenig—sheds light on his meticulous planning and the psychological mechanisms that enabled his actions. 
  The book also chronicles the relentless efforts of investigators who, piece by piece, uncovered the truth behind Keyes's facade. It highlights the challenges faced by law enforcement in tracking a criminal who defied conventional profiling and the breakthroughs that ultimately led to his capture. 
  "Dark Journeys" is more than a true crime story; it's a profound exploration of the human psyche and the profound impact one individual can have on countless lives. It raises critical questions about the nature of evil, the vulnerabilities within society, and the complexities of justice.

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