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  A Retrieved Reformation - A...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
   
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
   
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
   
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
   
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
   
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
   
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
   
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
   
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
   
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing. 
    
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.

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  The Girl Who Vanished

  R.M. Ward

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  An utterly gripping and twisty psychological thriller for fans of Claire McGowan, K.L. Slater and Andrea Mara 
  ‘I could not put it down until I finished the last page!!!’ Netgalley reviewer 
  ‘A fantastic thriller which will have you racing to the very end’ Netgalley reviewer 
  Frances Brookman has just received the phone call every mother dreads. Her daughter Naomi has been in a life-threatening accident. 
  As she races to the hospital, Frances catches sight of a child in another car – a girl screaming for help. 
  It's a split-second thing and looks can be deceptive. 
  Should she follow the car and risk a delay getting to her daughter? Or do nothing and live with the knowledge that she didn’t help a child in need? 
  What everyone’s saying about The Girl Who Vanished! 
  ‘I thought I knew what the outcome was going to be I couldn’t have been more wrong. This is an exceptional thriller’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Original storyline, lots of intrigue, twists, and turns (I could not guess the ending). I devoured this.‘ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Twisty and unpredictable this book was gripping and let me on the edge of my seat. I couldn't put it down.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘A gripping, unputdownable read that I devoured in a single afternoon’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘Totally gripping suspense with lots of twists and turns truly enjoyed totally recommend’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘So many unexpected and explosive twists and stunning cliff hangers kept me glued to these pages. I sped through it unable to put it down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  In The Girl Who Vanished, R.M. Ward masterfully weaves a tale of family ties strained to the breaking point by crime. The suspenseful narrative, one of the top thrillers in recent fiction, will keep you on the edge of your seat. 
  For fans of Nicole Trope (His Other Wife), Jane E. James (Looking For Lucy), Lauren North (My Word Against His), Rachel Abbott (The Last Time I Saw Him), and S. E. Lynes (The Ex). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Sweet Thing

  Isobel Starling

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  NOMINATED FOR THE INDEPENDENT AUDIOBOOK AWARD 2019 - LGBTQ+ CategoryFrench male model Simeon Duchamp has a lot of explaining to do. Two years after a breakdown Simeon is off the drugs and booze and he wants to stay that way. On the road to reclaiming his life and modeling career, Sim first needs to apologize to the man he hurt the most -his ex-best friend and object of his unrequited affection. Pieter Bayer. Pieter now has a long-term partner, artist Emily Raven, with whom he shares a baby son. Sim is amazed when Pieter accepts his apology, and invites him into his family. Closeness to Pieter sees Simeon's longing for his friend is rekindled. But then, when Simeon meets an attractive older man, Bastian Roth at an art exhibition, he realizes that there exists a soul more broken than his and Simeon feels compelled to help. Simeon's connection with the troubled Bastian Roth turns his world upside down. He has to decide whether to allow himself to fall for the man who wants him or pine for the man he can never have.

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  How to get rich?

  BARAKATH

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  Funny ideas to get rich. 
  Laugh and enjoy.

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  3 Horror Stories - About...

  HP Lovecraft, Wilkie Collins,...

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  There is something about the number 3.    
   
  The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.   
   
  Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois.  It seems good things usually come in threes. 
   
  Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. 
   
  From their pens to your your ears.

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  TANNER Series The - Books 25-27

  Remington Kane

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  From REMINGTON KANE, the author of the TAKEN! Series 
  The TANNER Series – BOOKS 25-27 
  ALL-OUT WAR – A TANNER NOVEL – BOOK 25 
  Ordnance Inc. attacks when Tanner is most vulnerable, initiating an all-out war that will take everything Tanner has to win. 
  THE REAL DEAL – A TANNER NOVEL – BOOK 26 
  Tanner goes about eliminating the Tanner clones who have popped up during his absence from New York City. One of them proves to be a tough opponent and Tanner is shocked when he discovers why. 
  Also, a mysterious new gang has moved into Manhattan with the intention of taking territory away from the Giacconi Family. Joe Pullo finds out the hard way that his rivals play rough. 
  WAR ZONE – A TANNER NOVEL – BOOK 27 
  The war for New York City heats up and Tanner and Joe Pullo find themselves targeted for death.

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