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  The Lion of Round Top - The Life...

  Hans G. Myers

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  “This military biography clearly and informatively rescues from an undeserved obscurity one of the Union’s key commanders at the battle of Gettysburg.” —Midwest Book Review Citizen-soldier Strong Vincent was many things: Harvard graduate, lawyer, political speaker, descendent of pilgrims and religious refugees, husband, father, brother. But his greatest contribution to history is as the savior of the Federal left flank on the second day at Gettysburg, when he and his men held Little Round Top against overwhelming Confederate numbers. Forgotten by history in favor of his subordinate, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Vincent has faded into relative obscurity in the decades since his death. This book restores Vincent to his rightful place among the heroes of the battle of Gettysburg: presenting his life story using new, never-before-published sources and archival material to bring the story of one of the most forgotten officers of the American Civil War back to the attention of readers and historians.“This is a well-researched and well-written book, and the author makes a strong case for Colonel Vincent’s essential role in the union victory at Gettysburg.” —The Journal of America’s Military Past “Erie, Pennsylvania historian Hans G. Myers brings to life an overlooked Gettysburg hero . . . a good, well-researched biography certainly worth the read.” —Maine at War“Readers of battle history, in particular the voluminous literature on Gettysburg, will find interest in both the short life of Strong Vincent and the hereto unheralded role his decisions played in saving the Federal left flank at Little Round Top.” —Journal of MilitaryHistory

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  Dear Cary - My Life with Cary Grant

  Dyan Cannon

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  Withhonesty and heart-rending emotion, actress and filmmaker DyanCannon tells the story of her topsy-turvy relationship with Hollywood legendCary Grant. Cannon’s captivating narrative takes the reader behind the scenesof Hollywood’s Golden Age, inside America’s high court of glamour and notorietyin which Cary Grant was king. In his private life alongside Cannon, however, astory that began with all the romance of his famous films—Charade, ToCatch a Thief, An Affair to Remember or The Philadelphia Story—wouldend up taking a series of tragic and unpredictable twists and turns. Insharing Grant’s inside story for the first time, Dear Cary is exactlywhat Hollywood is always looking for . . . the next blockbuster, and a storyfor romance lovers of all ages.  

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  A Time of Scandal - Charles R...

  Rosemary Stevens

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  A look at what really happened in the U.S. Veterans’ Bureau Scandal in the 1920s. 
   
  In the early 1920s, as the nation recovered from World War I, President Warren G. Harding founded the U.S. Veterans Bureau, now known as the Department of Veterans Affairs, to treat disabled veterans. He appointed his friend, decorated veteran Colonel Charles R. Forbes, as founding director. Forbes lasted only eighteen months in the position before stepping down under a cloud of suspicion. In 1926—after being convicted of conspiracy to defraud the federal government by rigging government contracts—he was sent to Leavenworth Penitentiary. Although he was known in his day as a drunken womanizer, and as a corrupt toady of a weak president, the question persists: was Forbes a criminal or a scapegoat? 
   
  Historian Rosemary Stevens tells Forbes’s story anew, drawing on previously untapped records to reveal his role in America’s commitment to veterans. She explores how Forbes’s rise and fall in Washington illuminates Harding’s efforts to bring business efficiency to government. She also examines the scandal in the context of class, professionalism, ethics, and etiquette in a rapidly changing world. Most significantly, Stevens proposes a revisionist view of both Forbes and Harding: They did not defraud the government of billions and do not deserve the reputation they have carried for a hundred years. 
   
  Packed with conniving friends, FBI agents, and rival politicians as well as gamblers, revelers, and wronged wives, A Time of Scandal will appeal to anyone interested in political gossip, presidential politics, the “Ohio Gang,” and the 1920s.

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  Orphans of Bliss - Tales of...

  Josh Malerman, SA Cosby,...

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  "Triumphant!"—THE LIBRARY JOURNAL, Starred Review 
  "Visceral, cutting" —BOOKLIST, Starred Review 
  "Powerhouse anthology" —Publishers Weekly 
  —Includes the Bram Stoker Award Nominated story:  
  Through the Looking Glass and Straight Into Hell, by Christa Carmen 
  Addiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, that electric energy from a line of cocaine, over time leaves you with a cold loneliness and a bitter heart. Relationships destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which is killing us—living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss. 
  Welcome to the third and final fix of addiction horror and the follow up to the Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, Lullabies For Suffering. A diverse table of contents brought together for an explosive grand finale-an unflinching look at the insidious nature of addiction, told with searing honesty but compassion for those who suffer.

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  Mahatma Gandhi - The truth about...

  Susanne Monroe

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  Do you want to learn about Mahatma Gandhi?  
  Mаhаtmа Gаndhi, byname of Mоhаndаѕ Karamchand Gаndhi, (born Oсtоbеr 2, 1869, Pоrbаndаr, Indiа—diеd January 30, 1948, Delhi), Indian lawyer, роlitiсiаn, ѕосiаl асtiviѕt, аnd writеr whо bесаmе thе lеаdеr of the nаtiоnаliѕt movement against thе Britiѕh rulе оf Indiа. Aѕ ѕuсh, he came tо be соnѕidеrеd the father оf hiѕ соuntrу. Gаndhi iѕ internationally esteemed fоr hiѕ doctrine of nоnviоlеnt protest (ѕаtуаgrаhа) tо асhiеvе роlitiсаl аnd social рrоgrеѕѕ.  
  In thе еуеѕ оf millions оf hiѕ fеllоw Indiаnѕ, Gаndhi was thе Mаhаtmа (“Grеаt Sоul”). The unthinking adoration оf thе huge сrоwdѕ thаt gаthеrеd to ѕее him аll аlоng thе rоutе оf his tours mаdе them a ѕеvеrе оrdеаl; he соuld hаrdlу wоrk during thе dау or rest аt night. “The wоеѕ оf thе Mаhаtmаѕ,” hе wrote, “аrе knоwn only tо the Mаhаtmаѕ.” Hiѕ fame ѕрrеаd wоrldwidе during hiѕ lifеtimе and only inсrеаѕеd after hiѕ dеаth. Thе name Mаhаtmа Gаndhi iѕ nоw оnе оf thе mоѕt universally rесоgnizеd on еаrth.  
  Gandhi was thе youngest сhild оf hiѕ fаthеr’ѕ fourth wife. Hiѕ fаthеr—Kаrаmсhаnd Gаndhi, whо wаѕ thе dеwаn (сhiеf miniѕtеr) of Pоrbаndаr, the сарitаl оf a ѕmаll рrinсiраlitу in wеѕtеrn Indiа (in what is now Gujarat ѕtаtе) undеr Britiѕh ѕuzеrаintу—did nоt hаvе muсh in thе way оf fоrmаl еduсаtiоn. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Who was Mahatma Gandhi and what he did? Biographical aspects of his lifeBecoming Mahatma GandhiPrinciples, practises and beliefs A civil rights activist in South Africa Lеgасу and Dерiсtiоnѕ In Рорulаr Сulture Much,much more!

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  My Secret Life Vol 6 Chapter 11

  Dominic Crawford Collins

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  My Secret Life is the longest autobiography ever written. Penned anonymously during the 1800s by a wealthy and sex obsessed English gentleman who refers to himself simply as 'Walter', it offers an eye and thigh opening account of life behind closed doors in the Victorian era. Banned from publication for its extreme and explicit content for nearly a century, My Secret Life is now being released as a fully scored immersive audiobook, with narration and music by film composer Dominic Crawford Collins.Volume 6 Chapter 11At Cremorne. • Amelia German. • A fair-haired beauty. • A voluptuous bed-fellow. • Tongues and lips. • Small entrance, large interior. • Her house and her captain. • Mrs. A*t*n the house-keeper. • The house-keeper alone. • Why does she sleep with Amelia. • Reasons suggested. • Mrs. A., on the sofa. • Hesitation and consummation. • Regrets after fucking. • Mrs. A's history. • On Sapphic tasts. • Mrs. A*t*n at a brothel. • A telltale belly. • Amelia with child. • A*t*n's produce. • Still-born or murdered? • House-keeper departs. • Gamahuching in a new attitude. • Repetition. • Liking and disliking. • Amelia's accouchement. • She disappears.

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