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  Marco Polo - The Voyager Who...

  Kelly Mass

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  Marco Emilio Polo, born in Venice, was a Venetian merchant, explorer, and writer who became renowned for his extraordinary travels across Asia between 1271 and 1295. His journey, which spanned much of the Silk Road, was chronicled in The Travels of Marco Polo, also known as Book of the Marvels of the World and Il Milione (circa 1300). This book introduced Europeans to the vast and mysterious cultures of the East, revealing the immense wealth and size of the Mongol Empire and the Yuan Dynasty in China. It provided the first detailed European account of countries like Persia, India, Japan, and several other regions in Asia, offering a window into worlds previously unknown to the West. 
  Marco's journey was influenced by his family’s mercantile background. His father and uncles, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, were established traders who had ventured into Asia, meeting the powerful Mongol leader, Kublai Khan. In 1269, after returning to Venice, they reunited with Marco and set off again for Asia. Along the Silk Road, they encountered various cultures and challenges before reaching Cathay, modern-day China, where they were welcomed by Kublai Khan’s court. The Khan was impressed with Marco’s intelligence and demeanor, appointing him as his foreign emissary. This role allowed Marco to undertake diplomatic missions across the Mongol Empire and beyond, traveling to places such as Burma, India, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

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  You're Not For Everyone - A...

  Jacquelene Henderson, Zinovia...

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  Once we learn the essential lesson that we are not for everyone, we can stop trying to win over others and end the exhausting need to people please. We can begin living our best and most authentic lives. In this unique memoir/self-help book, Jackie Henderson highlights her unique life experiences and shares the wisdom of being an introverted soul in a very extroverted world. She reveals her heartbreaking journey grieving her father’s suicide. She opens up about navigating complicated family relationships. Jackie details her extraordinary mentoring work traveling the world with young hip hop dancers and shares the ups and downs of being a role model. Her story is powerful and inspirational as well as relatable and entertaining. Jackie offers deep insight and wisdom gained from overcoming her own limiting core beliefs. The hope for this book is to inspire and guide you, the reader, on your journey to soulful authenticity and to provide crucial knowledge in finding YOUR tribe and living your best life. You Are Not For Everyone is a must read!

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  Ghost of the Hardy Boys - The...

  Leslie McFarlane, Marilyn S....

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  In 1926, twenty-three-year-old cub newspaper reporter Leslie McFarlane responded to an ad: "Experienced Fiction Writer Wanted." The ad was signed by Edward Stratemeyer, whose syndicate effectively invented mass-market children's book publishing in America. McFarlane, who had a few published adventure stories to his name, was hired and his first job was to write Dave Fearless Under the Ocean as Roy Rockwood—for a flat fee of $100, no royalties. His pay increased to $125 when Stratemeyer proposed a new series of detective stories for kids involving two high school aged brothers who would solve mysteries. The title of the series was The Hardy Boys. McFarlane's pseudonym would be Franklin W. Dixon. 
   
   
   
  McFarlane went on to write twenty-one Hardy Boys adventures. McFarlane kept his ghostwriting gig secret until late in life when his son urged him to share the story of being the real Franklin W. Dixon. By the time McFarlane died in 1977, unofficial sales estimates of The Hardy Boys series already topped fifty million copies. 
   
   
   
  Ghost of the Hardy Boys is a fascinating, funny, and always charming look back at a vanished era of journalism, writing, and book publishing. It is for anyone who's curious about solving the mystery of the fascinating man behind one of the most widely read and enduring children's book series in history.

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  A Thief and a Hero - The true...

  Robert Jeffrey

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  When John Ramsay dropped into the Schorfheide Forest, north east of Berlin in 1944 his mission had two parts: to locate and infiltrate Goering's Headquarters, then once inside to blow the safe and steal the Nazi war plans. As a Commando, John Ramsay was trained for the first part, but it was only as Johnny Ramensky, Scotland's most infamous career thief that he was qualified to do the latter. A THIEF AND A HERO tells the extraordinary story of Gentle Johnny Ramensky: the son of Lithuanian immigrant parents who went on to become a household name as the foremost safe-blower in the country. His daring escapes from prison would further endear him to the public and eventually bring him to the attention of the British army. When the Second World War broke, he was hand-picked to join the Commandos and rechristened himself Ramsay.It was there that he used his talent and bravery for King and country, parachuting behind enemy lines to crack the safes of key people in the German High Command; Rommel and Goering among them.Thief. Commando. Saboteur. Hero. This is his story.

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  Fanny Crosby's Life-Story

  Fanny Crosby

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  Read Her exists to promote books written by Christian women. Women throughout history have written inspiring and insightful books that glorify Christ, and it's time they are read! One way Read Her seeks to make these books more accessible is by producing audiobooks available on all major audiobook distributors. Fanny Crosby’s Life-Story written by herself, are one of those works we want to bring back to the listening ear of the Christian community. 
  Fanny Crosby's hymns have resonated across the world, leaving an enduring impact in the hearts and souls of people for many years. But who is Fanny Crosby as a person? Did her life and character align with the inspiration found in her poetry? Those who knew her well often spoke of her patience, kindness, winsome personality, and unwavering goodness. While most haven't had the privilege of knowing her personally, the desire to learn more about the woman behind the hymns is only natural.

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  The Combat Zone - Murder Race...

  Jan Brogan

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  At the end of the 1976 football season, more than forty Harvard athletes went to Boston's Combat Zone to celebrate. In the city's adult entertainment district, drugs and prostitution ran rampant, violent crime was commonplace, and corrupt police turned the other way. At the end of the night, Italian American star athlete Andy Puopolo, raised in the city's North End, was murdered in a stabbing. Three African American men were accused of the crime. His murder made national news and led to the eventual demise of the city's red-light district. 
   
   
   
  Starting with this brutal murder, The Combat Zone tells the story of the Puopolo family's struggle with both a devastating loss and a criminal justice system that produced two trials with opposing verdicts, all within the context of a racially divided Boston. Brogan traces the contentious relationship between Boston's segregated neighborhoods during the busing crisis; shines a light on a court system that allowed lawyers to strike potential jurors based purely on their racial or ethnic identity; and lays bare the deep-seated corruption within the police department and throughout the Combat Zone. What emerges is a fascinating snapshot of the city at a transitional moment in its recent past.

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