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  Beyond the Midnight Express: The...

  Waleed Saleh

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  Beyond the Midnight Express: The Real Story 
  From American Dream to Turkish Nightmare – A Harrowing True Story of Survival and Escape 
  In 1970, Billy Hayes was a young American with dreams of adventure who made one fateful decision that would change his life forever. Attempting to smuggle hashish from Istanbul back to America, Billy was caught at the airport and thrown into the brutal Turkish prison system. What began as a four-year sentence suddenly became a thirty-year nightmare when Turkey's Supreme Court changed his charges. 
  This is the complete, unvarnished true story behind the famous book and controversial film "Midnight Express" – told here with unprecedented accuracy and detail. Follow Billy's incredible journey from his first successful smuggling runs to his dramatic arrest, his descent into the hellish world of Turkish prisons, and his desperate attempts at survival in a foreign land where he didn't speak the language. 
  Witness his transfer to the island prison of Imralı, surrounded by treacherous seas that served as the ultimate security system. Experience the psychological torture, the violence, the loss of hope, and the tragic death of his loyal friend Patrick, who died trying to help him escape. 
  But this story doesn't end in despair. On a stormy October night in 1975, Billy executed one of the most daring prison escapes in modern history – crossing dangerous waters in a small wooden boat, navigating hostile borders, and ultimately reaching freedom after five years of captivity. 
  More than just an escape story, this is a raw examination of the human spirit under extreme duress, the price of poor decisions, and the controversial aftermath of fame that followed Billy's return to America.

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  Jet Ride To Hell Journey to...

  David C Hairabedian

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  A riveting storyline that includes a sting operation carried out by 20-armed federal agents on the tarmac of a South Florida runway, and the tales of a prisoner living inside America’s maximum security prison, Leavenworth Penitentiary – this autobiography will captivate you from start to finish.Arrested With a Stolen JetIt was 9:05 in the morning. The sun was shining as our crew drove the silver Mercedes to meet the pilot of the Cessna Citation II jet taxiing toward us on the tarmac of the executive airfield in Florida.Something seemed off, but it was too late for the four of us to abort the mission.We were committed.The door of the plane opened, and off stepped the pilot I’d met with two days earlier at a Kansas City hotel room. He had agreed, for a price, to deliver a jet that was on our laundry list of planes we were stealing from the United States and delivering to the Colombians in South America.This was our second plane in a month. The pick-up place was Boca Raton, and the delivery location, Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, where the plane would be repainted in a hanger, data plates changed, and then used in the cocaine trafficking world by the Cali Cartel.Later, I would discover two things: Boca Raton is translated, Mouth of the Rat, and a big rat was among us.I pulled a bag filled with cash from our vehicle and stepped onto the plane to meet the pilot to hand over a partial payment. The rest would be delivered once the plane was safely in the air. My pilot entered behind me in preparation to take the captain’s seat.In a matter of seconds, 20+ federal agents descended on us from all four sides, in unmarked vehicles and running on foot, all with weapons.The next thing I knew, a chrome 45 caliber pistol was pointed in my face while the agent was yelling, “Get your hands up, YOU ARE UNDER ARREST!”Everything was happening so fast. My head was spinning. My hands automatically went up in the air to display the international sign of surrender.

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  Silent Hills: The Disappearance...

  Travis Blakemore

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  This audiobook was created using only publicly available information, including official court filings, law enforcement statements, and reputable news reporting as of August 2025. 
   All individuals mentioned are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Any charges described are allegations only. 
   This work is intended for informational purposes and should not be considered an official or exhaustive record of the case. Events and details are presented as reported by credible public sources. Listener discretion is advised. Updates to the case may occur after the release of this audiobook.

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  Brian and Arthur's Modern Family...

  Brian Dowling-Gourounlian,...

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  When Brian Dowling and Arthur Gourounlian announced they were expecting their first child, with Brian's sister Aoife acting as their surrogate, it felt like their family dream was finally coming true. Their daughter, Blake, was born in September 2022, but their happily-ever-after has not been without its troubles.
  Now Brian and Arthur detail their crazy journeys and the sliding-doors moments that brought them together to create a family of their own. Following Arthur's journey to escape war-torn Armenia and Brian's path to self-acceptance after being catapulted into the spotlight as a young gay man in the early noughties, and the sudden death of his mother, this is a story of the pain that life can sometimes bring, but ultimately it is a story about love in all its many magical forms.
  From births to marriages to deaths, and everything in between, this heartfelt memoir brings Arthur and Brian's positive and inspiring attitude to the page.

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  Survive and Advance - Lessons on...

  Derek Lewis, Elle Glencoe

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  In the face of difficulty, an inspirational leader will overcome.Survive and Advance shares an intimate family portrait and professional journey, elevating readers and showing them how to imagine themselves into a new future with optimism, conviction, and confidence.Grind and single parenthood on one side of his family, mental health and addiction issues on the other, Derek Lewis’s childhood role was to protect himself and his younger brothers from hardship and abuse. Growing up in Washington, DC, in the 1970s, it was enough just to survive.But Lewis demanded a different future for himself and his family. Growing his 1988 just-out-of-college Pepsi sales management trainee route into multiple C-suite roles, he overcame early adversity to achieve the highest levels of corporate success. Not content with delivering record-breaking financial results, Lewis leveraged his reputation and relationships into building gender and racial equity and justice inside and outside the company.In this personal growth memoir, Lewis shares his path to Black excellence from Chocolate City to HBCUs to the Divine Nine to Pepsi’s Team Elite to national catalyst for social change.

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  Complicated Women

  Bee Wilson

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  In 'Complicated Women', Bee Wilson explores the lives of ten women who achieved notoriety and influence in their own times and whose legacy is still felt today. Her subjects include Maria Montessori, author of the groundbreaking philosophy of child-centred learning, and Hedy Lamar, who developed the ideas behind wifi. For Clara Petacci, power came through her private life, while Alma Mahler faced the choice between creative and personal fulfilment.In this collection of ten biographical essays, originally published in the London Review of Books, Wilson takes a candid look at her subjects and asks what it takes for a woman to make her mark in a world where legitimate sources of power are often denied. A bravura performance is one answer: from the clumsy but audacious fake Spanish dancer Lola Montez to the dazzlingly talented and politically daring Elizabeth Taylor. For the self-effacing Constance Lytton, her greatest act came in prison, exposing the British government's treatment of working-class suffragettes. But perhaps the most complicated accounts emerge from the world of fashion, where Coco Chanel and Vivienne Westwood challenged the way women are allowed to appear in the world.This audiobook also features an introductory conversation between Bee Wilson and Malin Hay, an editor at the LRB and presenter of the LRB Podcast.Subjects covered: Lola Montez, Constance Lytton, Maria Montessori, Alma Mahler, Coco Chanel, Clara Petacci, Edith Piaf, Hedy Lamarr, Elizabeth Taylor, Vivienne Westwood.These pieces have been amended in places from the original for the purposes of recording.

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