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  Within the House of Shelly...

  Steve B. Davis

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  Within the House of Shelly Knotek is the true account of what happened inside a property at the end of a gravel drive in Raymond, Washington — where a woman built a private world, ran it without interference for over a decade, and buried two men in the back yard when she was done with them.
   
  
   
  Three daughters grew up inside it. Sami, Nikki, and Tori Knotek were formed inside a system of control so total that the damage it produced was written into their bodies and carried forward into adult lives that had to be built, deliberately, from nothing the house had ever given them.
   
  
   
  This book follows the full arc — from the household Shelly constructed, through the abuse and deaths of Ron Woodworth and Shane Watson, to the investigation that finally brought law enforcement to that back yard with a warrant and a spade.
   
  It asks the question the case demands: not only how one woman did what she did, but how the world around her looked away long enough for her to do it?

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  Colorful Palate - A Flavorful...

  Raj Tawney

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  WINNER, 2024 BEST INDIE BOOK AWARD, CULINARY MEMOIR 
   
   
   
  WINNER, 2024 LIVING NOW BOOK AWARD, INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR—MALE (BRONZE) 
   
   
   
  A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY & FOREWORD REVIEWS BOOK OF THE DAY ● NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2023 BY ZED BOOK CLUB & INDIA CURRENTS ● LA WEEKLY BOOK PICK ● RECOMMENDED BY BOOK RIOT & ELECTRIC LITERATURE 
   
   
   
  A timely self-examination of the "mixed" American experience featuring exclusive recipes from the author's multicultural family. 
   
   
   
  As citizens continue to evolve and diversify within the United States, the ingredients that make up each flavorful household are waiting to be discovered and devoured. In Colorful Palate, author Raj Tawney shares his coming-of-age memoir as a young man born into an Indian, Puerto Rican, and Italian American family, his struggles with understanding his own identity, and the mouthwatering flavors of the melting pot from within his own childhood kitchen.

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  Class Notes

  Carolyn Woods

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  In May 1968 first-year English teacher Carolyn Wood takes a day off from school to campaign for Robert F. Kennedy. Invigorated by the senator's hopeful message, Wood develops big dreams to effect change beyond just her classroom. So when she's invited to be the family's governess, the appeal is undeniable. Class Notes follows her journey from the classroom into the famous family-ten boisterous children and one on the way-still reeling from Robert Kennedy's assassination. From inside the Kennedy Compound, stories emerge, the glimmer of fame fades, and the young teacher who sought worldliness and sophistication discovers instead the value of enough.

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  Pickles and Milhous Fly Again -...

  Eric Litsky

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  “What do you say to a guy in his underwear? Outside of his apartment. Holding an oversized bird cage with two chirping parakeets? 
  That guy was me. Here’s what happened…” 
  So begins the third installment of true life short stories from master comedic storyteller,  Eric Litsky.   
  From rollicking good times, to the shenanigans of a young boy, to poignant moments that stay with you for life, you’ll laugh out loud and feel like you’re right there - in equal trouble or trepidation, laughter or love, all depending on the captured moment. 
  Most of us go through life with our little mishaps and anecdotes. Few of us can recall and captivate an audience with their re-tell like Litsky can.  
  Pick up this book today and read something that will make you smile. 
  Litsky is also the author of Harry Would be So Proud and Frying Pork Chops Naked.

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  Blake Shelton - Happy Anywhere

  Carol Cash Large, Blake Shelton

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  Carol Cash Large, longtime friend of Blake Shelton, helped move the award-winning musician to Nashville just two weeks after he graduated high school at the tender age of seventeen and has been with him every step of the way since. In Blake Shelton: Happy Anywhere, she takes you backstage for personal and unique insight into the life of the young singer. From Shelton's work with producer Bobby Braddock, recording his number one song "Austin," and performing on the Grand Ole Opry to his record-breaking seventeen consecutive number one songs and beyond, she has been right there. 
   
   
   
  Large shares her favorite stories—from Shelton's early years to his time as host/entertainment on Saturday Night Live and his induction into the Grand Ole Opry—but she acknowledges that landing a gig as coach on the NBC hit, The Voice, had the biggest impact on his career. She also delves into Shelton's personal life, relating his penchant for entertaining and bringing smiles to his friends and family as well as his joy at finally finding his soul mate in Gwen Stefani.

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  Dorothy Dandridge: The Life and...

  Charles River Editors

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  “If I were white, I could capture the world.” – Dorothy Dandridge 
  	The bright summer sun shined blissfully on a secluded valley tucked into the romantic Costa del Sol in southern Spain. Water bubbled friskily over a rocky streambed as trees swayed in the gentle tropical breeze and dappled the banks in playful shadows. A closer look reveals a man and a woman entwined on the rocky shore in an intimate embrace. The man trembles with longing as he bends over the woman, his parted lips just inches from hers. She eagerly folds her arms around him, her fingertips passionately digging into the skin on his back as she draws him closer. 
  	Suddenly, a director’s voice rings out, “Cut!” 
  	The man was white. The woman was black, and in Hollywood in 1959, that was still taboo. 
  	The steamy scene was being shot for the film Malaga, and the actress in the scene, Dorothy Dandridge, had just shared Hollywood’s controversial first interracial kiss on screen a year earlier. Despite this distinction and other more notable accomplishments, many people today are not familiar with the groundbreaking actress, even as she was among the most charismatic and beautiful actresses of the era. Her alluring nightclub acts set pulses pounding across the globe, and she was Hollywood’s first black leading actress.  
  	Sadly, all of it came at a high price. Dorothy bore the scars of a tormented childhood, endured the fallout from multiple failed relationships, suffered professional and financial setbacks, and battled ongoing alcohol and prescription drug abuse. Throughout all that, racism was the most tenacious demon she had to fight, because Dorothy came of age in an era when society and the entertainment world largely held to demeaning racial stereotypes.

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