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  The Columnist - Leaks Lies and...

  Donald A. Ritchie

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  Long before Wikileaks and social media, the journalist Drew Pearson exposed to public view information that public officials tried to keep hidden. Pearson devoted himself to revealing what politicians were doing behind closed doors. From 1932 to 1969, his daily "Washington Merry-Go-Round" column and weekly radio and TV commentary broke secrets, revealed classified information, and passed along rumors based on sources high and low in the federal government, while intelligence agents searched fruitlessly for his sources. 
   
   
   
  For forty years, this syndicated columnist and radio and television commentator  called public officials to account and forced them to confront the facts. Pearson's daily column, published in more than 600 newspapers, and his weekly radio and television commentaries led to the censure of two US senators, sent four members of the House to prison, and undermined numerous political careers. 
   
   
   
  Breaking secrets was the heartbeat of Pearson's column. He played cat and mouse with the investigators who shadowed him, tapped his phone, read his mail, and planted agents among his friends. Yet they rarely learned his sources. Drawing on Pearson's extensive correspondence, diaries, and oral histories, The Columnist reveals the mystery behind Pearson's leaks and the accuracy of his most controversial revelations.

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  Why I Was Late

  Charlie Petch

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  With kitchen-table candour and empathy, Charlie Petch’s debut collection of poems offers witness to a decades-long trans/personal coming of age, finding heroes in unexpected places.   
  Why I Was Late fuses text with performance, bringing a transmasculine wisdom, humour, and experience to bear upon tailgates, spaceships, and wrestling rings. Fierce, tender, convention re-inventing—Petch works hard. And whether it’s as a film union lighting technician, a hospital bed allocator, a Toronto hot dog vendor, or a performer/player of the musical saw, the work is survival. Heroes are found in unexpected places, elevated by both large and small gestures of kindness, accountability and acceptance. No subject—grief, disability, kink, sexuality, gender politics, violence—is off limits.  
  A poet so good at drag they had everyone convinced that they were a woman for the first forty years of their life, Petch has somehow brought the stage and its attendant thrills into the book. Better late than. And better.

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  Cannibal Killers - Monsters with...

  Moira Martingale

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  Anthropophagy – humans eating their fellow-humans – creates a curious blend of revulsion and fascination. When the perpetrator is a murderer – most commonly a sadistic serial killer – the crime is not only shocking, but also bewildering. 
  Moira Martingale’s comprehensive study, Cannibal Killers: The Impossible Monsters, was originally written in 1993, when the Internet was in its infancy, when few homes had computers and when the character Hannibal Lecter from the book and movie The Silence of the Lambs was regarded as an entirely fictional character, with no real-world counterparts or inspirations. The book demonstrated that this was an erroneous assumption. Translated into several languages and widely used as a resource by students studying for criminology degrees, this seminal work tracked the phenomenon of cannibalistic murderers throughout history, from the monstrous Sawney Bean, who killed and ate hundreds of travellers in Scotland five hundred years ago, to Jeffrey Dahmer, Andrei Chikatilo, Ed Kemper and Issei Sagawa – all loners, hiding their most terrible of secrets. 
  Then came the World Wide Web. In this comprehensively updated edition we see that in the twenty-first century cannibals who thirst for human flesh and blood are still among us, and, alarmingly, they have moved online to find their victims.

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  Poetry words

  LADONNA J HITE

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  POETRY WORDSMy feelings are GRATITUDE ATTITUDE! 
  This life journey must begin!  
  Before I was born you were waiting for me! Words, Dedication, and Chambers to be heard! 
  #GratitudeAttitude

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  Clara's Kitchen - Wisdom...

  Clara Cannucciari, Christopher...

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  Clara Cannucciari became an internet sensation late in life, making cooking videos until her 96th birthday. Her YouTube® Great Depression Cooking channel garnered an army of devoted followers. Now, in Clara's Kitchen, she gives listeners words of wisdom to buck up America's spirits, recipes to keep the wolf from the door, and tells her story of growing up during the Great Depression with a tight-knit family and a "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" philosophy of living. 
   
   
   
  In between recipes for pasta with peas, eggplant parmesan, chocolate covered biscotti, and other treats Clara gives listeners practical advice on cooking nourishing meals for less. Using lessons learned during the Great Depression, she writes, for instance, about how to conserve electricity when cooking and how you can stretch a pot of pasta with a handful of lentils. She reminisces about her youth and writes with love about her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. 
   
   
   
  Clara's Kitchen takes listeners back to a simpler, if not more difficult time, and gives everyone what they need right now: hope for the future and a nice dish of warm pasta from everyone's favorite grandmother, Clara Cannuciari, a woman who knows what's really important in life.

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  The Memoirs of Walter J Schloss...

  Walter J. Schloss

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  💼 Discover the timeless wisdom of one of history’s most quietly successful investors: Walter J. Schloss, a man personally recognized by Warren Buffett as one of “The Superinvestors of Graham-and-Doddsville.” 
  📈 For nearly 50 years, Walter consistently beat the market: not with forecasts or flashy tech, but with discipline, patience, and simple arithmetic. He managed money with no staff, no computers, and no stress: just a deep belief in value investing, taught by his mentor Benjamin Graham. 
  🏛️ From his early days working for Graham-Newman to founding his own fund, Schloss made a career of buying undervalued stocks and holding firm through market storms. He lived modestly, thought independently, and avoided both hype and hubris. 
  🧠 In this audiobook, you’ll learn: 
  🔍 How Walter found bargain stocks using timeless valuation metrics 
  💡 Real-life examples of companies he bought: and why they worked 
  🛡️ His risk-averse approach to protecting capital at all costs 
  🤝 Why integrity, patience, and humility matter more than IQ 
  ✨ Life lessons about money, independence, and doing what you love 
  📚 Whether you're just starting out or deep into your investing journey, The Memoirs of Walter J. Schloss will inspire you to think clearly, act simply, and invest with confidence. 
  🎯 A must-listen for fans of Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham, and anyone who believes that common sense still beats complexity.

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