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by Gregg Olsen
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From the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author Gregg Olsen…
The basis for a new documentary on Investigation Discovery!
With photos for the first time in ebook!
BONUS: Chapter from Olsen’s latest: IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU: SUSAN
POWELL, HER MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE AND THE MURDER OF HER CHILDREN
Sharon Nelson, a Colorado woman, had her lover Gary Adams murder two
of her three husbands. But more interesting than the crime itself is
Olsen’s portrait of Nelson as a brash, trashy, manipulative sexpot who
believed that she was entitled to (and got) everything and everyone she
wanted: even her confession, given freely to police in a Pizza Hut in
1988, was anything but contrite. Moreover, Olsen records the
recollections of many community members who saw Nelson for what she was,
yet seemed oblivious to the adultery, theft and murder under their
noses (Publisher’s Weekly).
With all new foreword by M. William Phelps, 2011, Investigative
journalist, author of 20 books, creator and star of Investigation
Discovery’s “Dark Minds”
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“Fascinating...Gelles has provided a balanced portrait, and her mastery of the period’s issues and history is evident on every page. Her treatment of the family... [is] written with understanding and sensitivity... But it is her strength as a feminist historian that makes her treatment of...
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Douglas Rushkoff was one of the first social commentators to identify the new culture around the internet. He has spent nearly a decade advising companies on the ways they can re-orient their businesses to the transformations the internet has caused. Through his speaking and consulting, Rushkoff...
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’All around, the Indians began jumping up, running forward, dodging down, jumping up again, down again, all the time going toward the soldiers.’
The story of Custer’s last battle is rarely told from the Native American perspective, despite the fact that...
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LONG ROAD TO ABILENE, is a classic hero's journey, a western adventure that exemplifies the struggles, the defeats, and the victories that personify the history of the American West. After surviving the bloody battle of Franklin and the hell of a Yankee prison camp, Cade McCall comes home...
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Semper Cool is the wrenching, sometimes hilarious and always thought-provoking true story of a mischievous teenager who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps seeking adventure and his father's approval and finds both, plus more danger than he ever could have imagined. With its vivid imagery, Semper Cool...
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STUPID WAR STORIES is a comedic tell-all memoir about the zany, occasionally R-rated, and sometimes terrifying experiences of one soldier’s tour of duty during the Vietnam War. The Atomic Outhouse, Hot Extractions, Listening Out, Best Vacation Ever, and Donut Dollies, will have you enthralled. ...
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Plato’s most famous work and the bedrock of Western philosophy Written in the form of a Socratic dialogue, The Republic is an investigation into the nature of an ideal society. In this far-reaching and profoundly influential treatise, Plato explores the concept of...
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In 1893, Liliuokalani, the Queen of Hawaii, was deposed and five years later her nation became an incorporated territory of the United States.
Published shortly after these momentous events, her book Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is an incredibly...
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Psychologist Madeline Levine, author of the New York Times bestseller The Price of Privilege, brings together cutting-edge research and thirty years of clinical experience to explode once and for all the myth that good grades, high test scores, and college acceptances should...
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In 1776, at the age of twenty-one, Benjamin Tallmadge joined the Continental Army as an officer in American Revolutionary War.
By the end of that conflict he had risen to become one of George Washington’s chief intelligence officers, organizing the Culper Spy Ring out...
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“Why are we here? Why have we left home, friends, relatives, associates, and loved ones, who have made so large a part of our lives and added so much to our happiness?”On May 1, 1865, Sarah Raymond mounted her beloved pony and, riding alongside the wagon carrying her mother...
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In 1810, Alexander Ross joined John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company to explore the northwest region of America and gain control of the fur trade.
For the next three years the Company and its men would face extreme hardships in the quest to create a monopoly in this...
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The Aztec Empire was one of the most remarkable civilizations to have ever existed.
In 1519, Hernándo Cortés landed on the Gulf Coast, and two years later the Aztec civilization was a shadow of its former self.
The Spanish must have appeared invincible, with their...
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What was the Middle East like at the time of Jesus’ life?
Who inhabited this area? Where did people work? How did they travel? What did people live in?
Drawing upon Jewish, Roman, Greek and Christian texts Alfred Edersheim reconstructs a vivid image of life in...
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Texas in the nineteenth century was a dangerous place.
The Texas Rangers were there to keep people safe.
James Gillett joined the rangers in 1875 with the task of repressing domestic foes of this frontier region where banditry flourished and crimes of...
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"Half a dozen Indians sprung upon me, some holding down my arms, others my legs, another astride my body with his hand upon my throat."
Only Nelson Lee and three of his cowboy companions survived the brutal assault that had come upon them during the night.
Their...
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Who am I? What is justice? What does it mean to live a good life? Many of the fundamental questions of philosophy are questions that we begin to ask ourselves as young adults when we look at the world around us, at ourselves, and try to make sense of things. This engaging and accessible...
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In September 1905 Pierre Gilliard entered Tsar Nicholas II’s household as the French tutor of Duchesses Olga Nicolaievna and Tatiana Nicolaievna.
He would go on to spend a further thirteen years in the close company of the Romanov family.
Within that time he...
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Of course I knew how to scalp, and soon accomplished the feat, much to his satisfaction, for he said, “You are broke in now. You will do.” Following the doctor’s orders for a change of climate, in 1842 William Hamilton found himself accompanying a party of...
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During the First World War, Britain relied heavily on resources imported across the Atlantic by its merchant marine.
From the very beginning of the war, German U-boats targeted the merchant convoys, sinking millions of tons of essential produce and threatening Britain’s war...
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From July 1862 until June 1864 the C.S.S. Alabama was the terror of the Atlantic Ocean.
Built in secrecy in Liverpool, England, through the arrangement of Confederate agent Commander James Bulloch, it was built for the fledgling Confederate States Navy which was sorely...
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Born into slavery in 1798, James P. Beckwourth would go on to become one of the most remarkable mountain men to have ever lived.
In 1824 Beckwourth left Missouri to head to the Rocky Mountains to work for William Ashley’s Rocky Mountain Fur Company.
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This book was written to be more than a specialized monograph about the Gettysburg Address. The author digressed along the way into side excursions and back roads of Abraham Lincoln’s remarkable life – exploring his hardscrabble childhood, and his courageous but controversial Emancipation...
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In April 1916, the creation of the American escadrille was decided.
During the next twenty-one months this aviation squadron was to be seen over every important battlefield, with its men fighting and dying for France.
George Thenault’s fascinating history of the...
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Custer Survivor was the basis for History Channel's television documentary Custer’s Last Stand about the one man in the Seventh Cavalry who escaped the annihilation at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It is the story of Sgt. Frank Finkel of "C" Company, who, stunned...
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“We then determined to use the small remnant of our fortune to provide a suitable outfit for a lengthy journey toward the setting sun.”
Like so many others Lavinia Honeyman Porter and her husband decided to make the treacherous journey across the continent of...
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Think and Grow Rich is a motivational personal development and self-help book written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion from Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie. While the title implies that this book deals only with how to get rich, the author explains that the philosophy...
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Two wanted bandits - the Driscoll brothers - are on the run from the lawPosing as rangers, they join a group of Mormons making their way along a desert trail.But they can’t hide their true natures for long.After a brawl in a tavern one of the brothers...
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"[A]n intriguing account of court life in an outpost of the Islamic empire in Africa." Journal of World History
In 1844, Salamah bint Saïd was born into royalty of the sultanate of Zanzibar and Omar.
She was the youngest out of Sayyid Said bin...
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Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece. He was an essential figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition, and he founded the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's dialogues have been used to teach a...
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John McCorkle was a scout for the notorious William Quantrill, a man whose group of brigands spent their time kidnapping runaway slaves in exchange for reward money in the years before the civil war.McCorkle served briefly in the Missouri State Guard before being captured,...
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First published more than 100 years ago, Hardtack And Coffee is John Billings’ absorbing first-person account of the everyday life of a U.S. Army soldier during the Civil War. Billings attended a reunion of Civil War veterans in 1881 that brought together a group of survivors whose...
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May, 1940.World War Two is at its height. A formidable flyer and outstanding marksman, at twenty Charles Hubbard stands out amongst his comrades.Shooting down an enemy aircraft before even being sent to France, he quickly gains a reputation as an Ace before being...
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The Cauldron
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By: Richard Townshend Bickers
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The harrowing true story that inspired the critically acclaimed film The son of a freed slave, Solomon Northup lived the first thirty years of his life as a free man in upstate New York. In the spring of 1841, he was offered a job: a short-term, lucrative...
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The problem, as Ben Shapiro puts it in this must-read, is that “because conservatives don’t think about how to win that they constantly lose” in confrontations with leftists. The solution is to stop taking the bullying and learning to argue for victory.Among Shapiro’s rules for...
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God can be found in the unlikeliest of places, even in the heart of deepest darkness. Andrea Raynor, a chaplain in New York, was a witness to this at Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of September 11. She took regular shifts at the on-site morgue, the first stop for remains recovered from...
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“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”Meditations is a series of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE,...
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Madeline Levine has been a practicingpsychologist for twenty-five years, but it was only recently that she began to observe a new breed of unhappy teenager. When a bright, personable fifteen-year-old girl, from a loving and financially comfortable family, came into her office with the word empty...
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In the aftermath of a violent rebellion Robin Hood and his men must fight for survival with an enemy deadlier than any they've faced before...1322. England is in disarray and Sir Guy of Gisbourne, the king's own bounty hunter, stalks the greenwood, bringing bloody justice to the outlaws...
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The 'Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali' are 196 Indian sūtras (aphorisms) that constitute the foundational text of Ashtanga Yoga, also called Raja Yoga. In medieval times, Ashtanga Yoga was cast as one of the six orthodox āstika schools of Hindu philosophy....
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.A boy of just six years old, Austin Roberts found himself perpetually in the way at the post-funeral gathering of his great uncle Jack. Frustrated and alone, he wandered out onto the front porch to find his great uncle Cat, Jack's brother, sitting alone, an old album on his lap. Oblivious to the...
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One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug. He lay on his armour-hard back and saw, as he lifted his head up a little, his brown, arched abdomen divided up into rigid bow-like sections. From this...
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John Wesley is one of the most important figures of Protestantism due to his being a central figure in founding the Methodist Church.
This is the story of his life, written by himself.
The historian Thomas Babington Macaulay said that Wesley was “a...
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In June 1812, Napoleon’s 680,000 strong Grande Armée crossed the Neman River and invaded Russia.
When the remnants of Napoleon's army returned over the Berezina River in November, only 27,000 effective soldiers remained.
Adrien Bourgogne’s Memoirs is...
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Carter Godwin Woodson is considered by many to be the father of African-American history. The son of former slaves, in 1912 Woodson earned his Ph.D. in history at Harvard University, the second African-American to earn a doctorate – the first being W. E. B. DuBois. Noting that...
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As the strength of the Russian Empire began to falter during World War One, the seeds of Revolution were sown.
Princess Julia Cantacuzene, a granddaughter of Ulysses S. Grant, was married to a Russian aristocrat and general, Michael Cantacuzene, and recorded in fascinating...
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The world’s most influential treatise on strategyMao Zedong used it to defeat Chiang Kai-shek. Colin Powell thinks every US soldier should be familiar with its principles. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick built a football dynasty out of lessons learned...
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Thousands of books have examined the effects of parents on their children. In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior now asks: what are the effects of children on their parents?In All Joy and No Fun, award-winning journalist Jennifer...
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On June 30th, 1863, fifteen-year-old resident of Gettysburg, Tillie Pierce, saw Union General Buford and his cavalry pass through the town.
For the next three days she would be a witness to one of the bloodiest battles on American soil.
On the first day, while...
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The Little Prince is a poetic tale, with watercolour illustrations by the author, in which a pilot stranded in the desert meets a young prince fallen to Earth from a tiny asteroid. The story is philosophical and includes social criticism, remarking on the strangeness of the adult world. It was...
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How do I include “Iraq War 2003: What Really Happened Behind The Political Scenes” in your 99-cent quality Kindle?
http://www.amazon.com/IRAQ-WAR-2003-Political-ebook/dp/B00BIL0BW2/
(best selling in the Iraq Category with reviews)