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  "My Husband's Trying to Kill...

  Jim Schutze

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  From an award-winning journalist, this "grippingly suspenseful true-crime tale details the foiling of a wealthy Texan's plot to have his wife murdered" (Publishers Weekly). 
   
   
   
  To the world, Linda DeSilva's marriage to Robert Edelman was perfect. He was her college boyfriend turned wealthy and successful husband, and the father of her children. But what friends and family didn't know was that the Texas real estate tycoon who set her up with a luxurious life in Dallas was also her abuser. When she asked him for a divorce, the violence against her only escalated, until the shocking moment she learned her husband had hired an assassin to take her life. 
   
   
   
  From acclaimed journalist and author Jim Schutze, "My Husband's Trying to Kill Me!" is the riveting true-crime account of how Linda DeSilva worked with the FBI to trap her husband before he could act on his murderous intentions—and how the sting operation nearly got her killed instead. A shocking and sensational story of a wife and mother's escape from the marriage that went from American dream to every woman's worst nightmare. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Emancipation Proclamation

  Abraham Lincoln

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  After having written and released an initial draft of this proclamation in September of 1862, minor changes were made and Lincoln signed it on January 1st, 1863. It declared free the slaves in 10 states not then under Union control, with exemptions specified for areas already under Union control in two states. Lincoln spent the next 100 days preparing the army and the nation for emancipation, while Democrats rallied their voters in the 1862 off-year elections by warning of the threat freed slaves posed to northern whites.Once the abolition of slavery in the rebel states became a military objective, as Union armies advanced south, more slaves were liberated until all three million of them in Confederate territory were freed. Lincoln's comment on the signing of the Proclamation was: "I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right, than I do in signing this paper." - Summary by Wikipedia and John Greenman

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  The Border Outlaws - An...

  J. W. Buel

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  The Border Outlaws is an authentic and thrilling history of one of the most noted bandits in the American history, brothersJesse and Frank James, and their partners in crime.This book is a firsthand account of an eye witness who followed those outlaws for years, collecting material and recording stories. The result of his work is this book - "As time unfolds the mysteries which have gathered around the names of these desperate outlaws, it will be seen that this is the most faithful history of their exploits that has ever been presented to the public."

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  Killer in the Family - Families...

  Melissa Moore, Michele Matrisciani

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  What’s it really like to be related to a murderer? Beyond the shock value of crime dramas and documentaries, there are real people who know this painful reality, yet their voices often go unheard.What if the son you took to Little League grew up to kill your grandchildren? What if your Nana who served you cookies also served time for dismembering her mother? What if the father who called you princess and kissed your forehead at bedtime was a serial killer?Could you still love them knowing what they had done?Author Melissa G. Moore, daughter of Keith Jesperson, “The Happy Face Killer,” has made it her mission to connect with other families who know the heartbreak and shame of learning that one of their own secretly committed monstrous acts. For six years, Moore was invited into the private lives of nine families tied to some of the most infamous, headline-making crimes in the world, and welcomed as a trusted fellow family member who understood their unique kind of grief.Through deeply personal interviews with spouses, siblings, children, grandchildren, and more—including some individuals who agreed to speak for the first time—this book exposes the shared undercurrent of guilt and betrayal that unites these families. Stories include:Chris Watts, family annihilator. Left behind: Parents Ronnie and Cindy/Sister JamieKeith Jesperson, serial killer. Left behind: Daughter Melissa MooreDiane Downs, monstrous mother. Left behind: Ex-husband Steve DownsDiane Downs, biological mother. Left behind: Daughter Becky BabcockJohn E. Robinson, the Internet’s first serial killer. Left behind: Kidnapped niece Heather RobinsonDrew Peterson, killer cop. Left behind: Son Stephen PetersonMagen Fieramusca, baby stealer/killer. Left behind: Brother Corban BatesChristine Varness, slayer granny. Left Behind: Granddaughter Kourtney NicholeNicole Brown Simpson, crime of the century. Left Behind: Sister Denise Brown 
  Killer in the Family is the intimate, unflinching account of what it’s like to love a killer in the family. Moore and coauthor Michele Matrisciani share these rare, unguarded conversations resulted from asking deeply uncomfortable questions that until now have gone undiscovered—moments where these families opened up exclusively and without reservation about the hidden cost of loving someone the world hates.

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  Stronger - What Didn't Kill Me...

  Nicola Hanney

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  In 2016, against all odds, Nicola Hanney survived a terminal cancer diagnosis and decided to live life to the full. When she matched with Garda Paul Moody on a dating app, she thought her dreams had come true, but never could have imagined she would be plunged into another nightmare: a four-year campaign of violence and coercive control at his hands. 
   
  Despite being told she would never conceive due to the toll cancer had taken on her body, Nicola beat the odds a second time and became pregnant to Moody. Trapped in an unrelenting cycle of abuse, the baby she had always wished for gave Nicola newfound hope for the future. Then, midway through her pregnancy, she found a lump in her breast. The cancer was back. 
   
  In Stronger, Nicola charts her extraordinary journey through unimaginable abuse and aggressive, recurring illness. Revealing the insidious nature of coercive control, she recounts how Moody manipulated her and threatened her loved ones to keep her compliant. 
   
  Throughout it all, Nicola's resilience never wavered. She proved herself stronger than the disease that threatened to take her life. Stronger than the man who tried to crush her spirit. Stronger than the bad hand she was dealt. 
   
  This is her story.

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  Last Shift The: A Locked-Room...

  Agatha Cross

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  A blizzard turns a quiet graveyard shift into a claustrophobic locked-room murder mystery where the killer is trapped inside.
   
  Harper’s routine night at The Apex diner disintegrates into a survival nightmare when automated storm shutters seal the building against a raging winter storm. With the exits rusted shut and the local sheriff found dead in the walk-in freezer, this atmospheric thriller delivers a pulse-pounding experience perfect for a snowy night in. Paranoia spreads through the neon-lit room as the temperature drops and the suspect list narrows to the three people left breathing.
   
  It is an impossible crime with no footprints in the snow and nowhere to hide. As the clock ticks toward the morning unlock, Harper must transform from an exhausted employee into an amateur sleuth. Every misplaced key and melting patch of ice matters in this high-stakes game of fair play deduction.
   
  What you will encounter in this tense standoff:
  
  A classic closed circle mystery: Navigate the shifting alliances between a volatile cook, a polite salesman, and a reluctant detective.
  Real-time puzzle solving: Test your theories against a complex plot where the clues are hidden in plain sight and the mechanics of the murder defy logic.
  Relentless psychological tension: Experience the dread of total isolation as the storm rages outside and trust erodes inside.
  
   
  Unravel a complex web of secrets before the sun rises. This gripping narrative proves that the most dangerous place to be is locked inside with a stranger who has nothing left to lose.

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