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  Windfall - Viola MacMillan and...

  Tim Falconer

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  Viola MacMillan had it all: success, money, and respect. Influence, even. But in 1964, after three decades in the mining industry, one of the most fascinating women in Canadian business history was the central character in one of the country's most famous stock scandals. 
   
   
   
  MacMillan, who started out as a prospector in the '30s, had developed lucrative mines and put together big deals. But she still wanted "a major discovery." Early in July 1964, shares in Windfall Oil and Mines, a company she and her husband controlled, traded for around 56 cents. Then one day, the stock took off. In the absence of any information from the company about what it had found near Timmins on its claims, rumors and greed pushed the share price to a high of $5.70. MacMillan stayed quiet. Finally, after three weeks, Windfall admitted it had nothing. 
   
   
   
  So many small investors lost money when the stock crashed that the Ontario government appointed a royal commission to examine what had happened, which led to changes at the Ontario Securities Commission and the Toronto Stock Exchange. Although MacMillan spent a few weeks in prison, she later received a pardon and the Order of Canada.

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  Journey of a Marine: Battle...

  Dorian Fleetwood

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  Journey of a Marine: Battle Stories from Parris Island to Pacific War 
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  Norse Mythology: An Enthralling...

  Enthralling History

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  Did you know that Loki is the father of the monstrous creatures that are prophesied to kill the gods of Asgard? 
  When Heimdall blows his horn to signal the beginning of Ragnarök, the gods of Asgard are left with no choice but to face the forces of chaos on the battlefield of Vigrid. This is when Loki and his monstrous sons, Jörmungandr the World Serpent and Fenrir the Giant Wolf, will exact their revenge, a mission they will succeed in, although it will cost their lives. On this day, everyone, including the mightiest of gods, will spill blood on the battlefield. The entire world will perish, leaving only an empty void for life to happen all over again. 
  The stories and myths of the Norse were passed down by the Vikings in oral tradition until they were recorded in manuscripts by anonymous authors in the mid-13th century. The myths that survived tell the story of how the world was first created by the gods using the dead body of a primeval giant, the existence of the different realms surrounding the universe, and various tales and lore about the gods’ adventures. 
  Here’s just a small fraction of what you’ll discover: 
  • How the body of the primeval giant, Ymir, was used to shape the earth 
  • A detailed description of all nine realms in the Norse world and the World Tree, Yggdrasil 
  • The famous legend of how Odin lost his eye in exchange for wisdom 
  • How Loki tricked the dwarves into creating Mjölnir and other treasures for the gods 
  • Three of Loki’s monstrous sons and their roles in killing the gods at Ragnarök 
  • The unexpected death of Baldur and the gods’ failed attempt at resurrecting him 
  • Loki’s gruesome punishment that led to his revenge during Ragnarök 
  • The vicious battle between Thor and the World Serpent 
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  Sedition - How America's...

  Marcus Alexander Gadson

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  Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitutional crisis has loomed over our nation. The foundational tenets of American democracy seem to be endangered, and many citizens believe this danger is unprecedented in our history. But Americans have weathered many constitutional crises, often accompanied by the same violence and chaos experienced on January 6. However, these crises occurred on the state level. In Sedition, Marcus Alexander Gadson uncovers these episodes of civil unrest and examines how state governments handled them. 
   
   
   
  Sedition takes listeners through six instances of constitutional crisis: The Buckshot War, Dorr's Rebellion, Bleeding Kansas, the Brooks-Baxter War, a successful terrorist campaign to overthrow South Carolina's government during Reconstruction, and the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898. He chronicles these turbulent periods of violent anti-government conflict on the state level, explaining what it was like to experience coup d'états, rival governments fighting in the streets, and disputed elections that gave way to violence. As he addresses constitutional breakdown, Gadson urges Americans to pay increased attention to the risk of constitutional instability in their home states. His sweeping historical analysis provides new insights on the fight to protect democracy today.

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  Local Haunts

  Adam Scovell

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  'In this wonderfully eclectic collection of essays Adam Scovell makes a beguiling guide, leading us along numerous haunted byways of British and European literature, television and cinema.'
  – Edward Parnell, author of Ghostland
  'Scovell's incisive essays, distributed across space-time, come together in this volume to form a cohesive travelogue through the hinterlands of our cultural landscape and the imaginal topographies of great artists, writers and filmmakers. It's an enriching journey that takes regular pitstops in those enchanted zones where a place and its stories are one and the same.'
  – Gareth E. Rees, author of Sunken Lands
  For more than a decade, writer and filmmaker Adam Scovell has been preoccupied by the strange connections between place and culture: curious about the graves of writers, determined to find the locations of iconic films, intrigued by the landscapes that inspired novels.
  From obscure British television to European cinema, the poems of playwrights to the psychogeography of Weird Fiction, Local Haunts brings together a collection of essays, photographs, travelogues, and journalism that explores the connections between art and the landscapes that inspire it. With particular focus on several key figures that emphasised place in their work – including W.G. Sebald, Alan Garner, Agnès Varda, M.R. James, and Marguerite Duras – Scovell examines culture that is haunted by locales, rural and urban.
  Taken from a range of print and digital publications, including work published by Sight & Sound, Literary Hub, Caught By The River, and Little White Lies, as well as Scovell's Celluloid Wicker Man site that brought many ideas surrounding Folk Horror and the Urban Wyrd to prominence in the early 2010s, Local Haunts brings together a decade of work treading the ghostways and the corpse roads of film, literature, and art.

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  Dirty Femme Cravings: Lesbian...

  Maya Sky

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  In Dirty Femme Cravings: Lesbian Sex Fantasies, step into a world where innocence fades, and raw desire takes its place. Each story dares you to taste the thrill of forbidden pleasures—where every glance, every lingering touch, unravels into a heated experience too seductive to resist.This collection draws you into a realm of unabashed lust, where every encounter stirs the senses and leaves you breathless. Succumb to fantasies that expose every craving and push every taboo. Feel the thrill as first-time lovers explore their deepest curiosities, trembling under the intensity of their own hunger.Let yourself be consumed by powerful women who take command, savoring each inch of skin with lips and hands, leaving no desire unfulfilled. Dive headfirst into fiery threesomes, where hands roam freely, every gasp and moan entwining in untamed passion.Every tale in Dirty Femme Cravings pulses with heat, pushing you further with each encounter, each craving growing darker, more consuming, until there’s nothing left but surrender. This isn’t just a collection; it’s an invitation to explore the depths of unrestrained pleasure. 
  Ready to indulge? Give in to fantasies that linger long after the story ends—because pleasure like this waits for no one.

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