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  I'll Be Seeing You - A Memoir

  Elizabeth Berg

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  The beloved New York Times bestselling author tells the moving love story of caring for her parents in their final years in this beautifully written memoir. 
   
  Elizabeth Berg’s father was an Army veteran who was a tough man in every way but one: He showed a great deal of love and tenderness to his wife. Berg describes her parents’ marriage as a romance that lasted for nearly seventy years; she grew up watching her father kiss her mother upon leaving home, and kiss her again the instant he came back. His idea of when he should spend time away from her was never. 
   
  But then her father developed Alzheimer’s disease, and her parents were forced to leave the home they loved and move into a facility that could offer them help. It was time for their children to offer practical advice, emotional support, and direction, to the best of their abilities—to, in effect, parent the people who had for so long parented them. It was a hard transition, mitigated at least by flashes of humor and joy. The mix of emotions on everyone’s part could make every day feel like walking through a minefield. Then came redemption. 
   
  I’ll Be Seeing You charts the passage from the anguish of loss to the understanding that even in the most fractious times, love can heal, transform, and lead to graceful—and grateful—acceptance.

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  Attacked - A Real-Life Story of...

  Brian Wilkinson

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  On a balmy summer's night in rural New Zealand  Brian Wilkinson  a father of three and Chair of the Waikato Fruit Growers Association  was about to turn out the lights and head for bed when  whack! The blow seemed to come from nowhere. As Brian slumped to the floor  he looked up to see his friend and right-hand man standing over him  pointing a sawn-off shotgun at his head. The gruelling hours that followed left Brian and his family reeling for years to come. Brian tried one thing after another in an attempt to recover his once-normal life  but even he could not have foreseen the waves of betrayal  grief and turmoil that were to come. Attacked traces one man's journey to rock bottom  offering readers an incredible story of forgiveness  restoration and hope.

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  Kamala Harris

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  Kamala Harris became one of the most prominent figures in modern American politics through a career that spanned law enforcement, state government, the United States Senate, and the White House. Her rise reflected both the changing demographics of the nation and the increasingly diverse paths through which political leaders emerge in the twenty-first century. 
   
  Born in Oakland, California, in 1964 to immigrant parents from Jamaica and India, Harris pursued a career in law before entering public office. She served as District Attorney of San Francisco, Attorney General of California, and later as a United States Senator. Throughout these roles, she worked on issues involving criminal justice, consumer protection, civil rights, and public policy, becoming a nationally recognized political figure. In 2021, Harris made history as the first woman, the first African American, and the first person of South Asian descent to serve as Vice President of the United States. 
   
  This biography traces Harris's journey from her early years in California to the highest levels of public service. Drawing upon historical records, speeches, interviews, and contemporary accounts, it explores the experiences, challenges, achievements, and controversies that shaped her career. As one of the most significant political figures of her generation, Kamala Harris occupies a notable place in the continuing story of American political history.

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  Most Dangerous Serial Killers...

  Evan Russell

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  Venture deeper into the abyss with Most Dangerous Serial Killers: Volume 3, where the darkness becomes all-consuming and the boundaries of human depravity stretch beyond comprehension. In this gripping third installment, author Evan Russell uncovers yet another collection of history's most terrifying predators—individuals whose cunning, pathology, and emotional detachment enabled them to operate in plain sight while orchestrating campaigns of terror.  
  Exploring fresh territory across diverse time periods, geographies, and killing patterns, Volume 3 delves into cases defined by meticulous planning, psychological warfare, and an ability to exploit systemic vulnerabilities. From master manipulators who weaponized trust to perpetrators whose crimes revealed unprecedented failures in criminal justice systems, these narratives illuminate how evil adapts, refines, and persists. Each chapter carefully reconstructs the physical and behavioral evidence, the investigative dead ends and eventual revelations, and the underlying psychological mechanisms that sustained their lethal compulsions. Rigorously researched and unflinchingly honest, this volume ventures even further into the psychology of serial murder—forcing readers to grapple not only with the horrifying acts themselves, but with the systemic breakdowns that allowed them to continue undetected.

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  Yashka

  Mariia Bochkareva

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  We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Will you support our efforts with a donation ? Born a peasant in northern Russia, Maria Bochkareva lives in Siberian exile with her politically radical husband. With the outbreak of World War I she seizes the first opportunity and escapes Siberia to enlist in the Russian Army. Overcoming discrimination and maltreatment, she enters the ranks on the eastern front, where she fights the German invasion, wins the respect of her male comrades, and resists the rising Bolshevik tide. During her life in the trenches, Bochkareva became the first female officer in the Russian Army and organized the Woman's Battalion of Death, an all-women military unit intended to inspire the demoralized troops during the last year of the war. Conflicts with the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution forced her to escape to America, where she dictated her autobiography to Russian journalist Isaac Don Levine. After meeting with Woodrow Wilson and King George V to appeal for an Allied intervention in Russia's civil war, she returned to Russia in 1918 and attempted to form another battalion. She was captured by the Bolsheviks and executed on May 16, 1920. Maria Bochkareva was a significant literary figure whose work has stood the test of time. This public domain edition preserves the original text in its entirety, making it accessible to modern readers and scholars alike. The nonfiction literature of previous centuries offers invaluable windows into the minds and preoccupations of earlier ages. Yashka combines the personal and the universal in ways that continue to resonate with contemporary readers seeking to understand both history and human nature.

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  Letters to Paige - Living in the...

  Mr. Terry Schilling

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  Six weeks before her eighth birthday in May of 2024, my granddaughter Paige Schilling was diagnosed with a brain tumor. 
  Paige underwent a 14-hour brain surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The tumor was successfully removed and Paige began a lengthy period of rehabilitation.  
  During this time, Paige received so many gifts from friends and family that her father considered renting a storage unit. Instead of giving her another stuffed toy, I decided to write letters to Paige. The letters describe real events from my own life beginning from a time before television existed. 
  The letters introduce Paige to members of her extended family, including aunts and uncles (my six brothers and sisters), her great-grandparents, and even her great-great-grandparents.  
  The episodes celebrate the adventure ride of just being a child in a large entertaining family.

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