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  The Silk Finisher - Bigotry...

  Daniel Melchior

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  What happens when toxicity invades a life at every turn? 
   
   
   
  A 1963 murder leads to a decade-long journey for a son to uncover truths about his family, an American town, and ultimately himself. 
   
   
   
  In the "Crossroads of America," three active-duty US Army paratroopers commit a more heinous crime than the one they are trying to cover up. Their arrests and trial shock and divide residents of the town between those who see the soldiers as heroes and those who view them as cold-blooded killers. 
   
   
   
  Author Dan Melchior unearths the story of Rudolph Ziemer, known by some as the "Queer Undertaker." Along the way, he uncovers forgotten often toxic stories involving the Cold War and the Jim Crow south, infidelity, addiction, bigotry, murders, and accidents all woven into the fabric of one woman's life as a laboring silk finisher. The stories link the Civil Rights era to World War II to the march of the MAGA movement and parallel the divisions and challenges facing America today. Journey along with Melchior as he discovers how one man's murder—someone he never knew—led him to a deeper understanding of his family, his beliefs, his country, and his triumphant relationship with his mom, a silk finisher.

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  Death in Briar Bottom - The True...

  Timothy Silver

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  On July 3, 1972, twenty-four hippies from Clearwater, Florida, set up tents and settled in for the night at Briar Bottom, a public US Forest Service campground in western North Carolina. The impromptu campout was a pit stop for the group on their way to a Rolling Stones concert in Charlotte. Early that evening, they drank beer, smoked marijuana, and listened to rock music as they anticipated the good times that lay ahead. Near midnight, the county sheriff showed up with six deputies, allegedly responding to a noise complaint. They were armed with pistols and five sawed-off 12-gauge shotguns, one of which discharged, killing a young man named Stanley Altland. To this day, no one has been held responsible for the tragic incident, though it happened in front of over a dozen eyewitnesses. 
   
   
   
  Timothy Silver writes the true story of Altland's death and its aftermath, using archival research, interviews with surviving Clearwater campers, and newly unearthed FBI files. A mix of true crime, southern history, and personal storytelling, this book shows how, in the dark of night at a remote mountain campsite, the killing of an innocent man epitomized the suspicion of young people and violence toward the counterculture that gripped the nation in the early 1970s.

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  Chilling Confessions: The Dark...

  Cyrus Brackendale

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  Chilling Confessions: The Dark Secrets of a Notorious Killer 
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  This guide serves as your ultimate companion for deepening your understanding, applying insights, and engaging in reflective exercises related to the enigma of a notorious killer’s psyche. With this resource, you’re equipped for a captivating exploration. 
  Updated to reflect the latest insights into the criminal mind. 
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  Chilling Confessions: The Dark Secrets of a Notorious Killer invites you to uncover the fascinating and eerie narratives surrounding a figure that haunts the imagination.

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  Murder in Cairo - The Killing of...

  Peter Gillman, Emanuele Midolo

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  On a warm night in December 1977, David Holden, chief foreign correspondent for the Sunday Times, landed in Cairo to report on crucial peace talks between Egypt and Israel, an epochal moment in global politics. Shortly after dawn, his body was found dumped on a dusty roadside. He had been shot with a single bullet through the heart.
  Who killed Holden and why? These were the questions pursued for a year by the newspaper's Insight team, overseen by legendary editor Harold Evans. Before he died in 2020, Evans said that their failure to solve the case was the biggest regret of his long career.
  Now, a member of the original Insight team has joined forces with a young investigative journalist from today's Sunday Times to resume the quest. Their search leads them into a world of intrigue and betrayal, exposing the fatal crossovers between journalism and spying.
  Meticulously researched and grippingly told, Murder in Cairo reveals the truth of one of the most enigmatic cold case mysteries of the past fifty years.

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  Surviving the Worst - How to...

  Patricia Oddo

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  "How is it possible to recover and love the world again when you have lived through the worst? "On the night of September 5, 1990, my two children, Lucie and Sylvain, were murdered by their own father. Faced with such a tragedy, I could have killed myself, but I chose life. Like many mothers, I believed that I could never live without my children. And yet... today, I am no longer ashamed to be alive. Surviving hell is possible.
  "There is not a word in the dictionary that is good enough to define the nothingness in which I and my family found ourselves."
  "To fill this gap, I decided to write my story.  How can you survive the death of your children? I hope that my testimony will help you, dear reader, to understand the pain of the victims and perhaps one day to overcome it."
  In this extraordinary story, of rare humanity, Patricia Oddo finds the strength to live for her children, to fall in love, to be a mother again, to speak without taboo about this tragedy that struck her children, and to mourn this tragedy thirty years later.

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  The Great Skene Mystery

  Bernard Capes

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  "The Great Skene Mystery" by Bernard Capes is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Richard Gaskett, whose life is entangled in themes of identity, familial relationships, and social class as he navigates his inheritance and connections to the distinguished Skene family. The narrative introduces a sense of mystery and intrigue, particularly regarding the secrets of Richard's origins and his complicated relationship with Lady Skene, who does not acknowledge him as her son. 
  At the beginning of the story, Richard reflects on his upbringing in a family marked by disdain and emotional coldness. He struggles with the contempt of Lady Skene, his mother, who raised him with emotional detachment, and he has complicated feelings towards his stepfather. Simultaneously, Richard becomes involved in the world of Clapham, where a mix of past decisions, present ambitions, and complex relationships begins to unfold. This is highlighted by his manipulative encounters with characters such as Mother Carey and Miss Christmas, as well as his ambitions and questionable intentions regarding the legacy of the Skene name. 
  The opening sets a dark tone, filled with tension and hints of unfolding drama and conflict, engaging readers with its rich characterizations and psychological depth.

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