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Connecticut Bootlegger Queen Nellie Green

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Known as the "Queen of the Rumrunners on the East Coast," Nellie Green led a captivating life full of bootlegging adventures. Nellie fearlessly stood up to all those who tried to stand in her way, receiving respect and financial support from many influential people. She built an underground empire in a business world dominated by men. Her rumrunners were men of intrigue who assumed aliases such as ... Read more

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Known as the "Queen of the Rumrunners on the East Coast," Nellie Green led a captivating life full of bootlegging adventures. Nellie fearlessly stood up to all those who tried to stand in her way, receiving respect and financial support from many influential people. She built an underground empire in a business world dominated by men. Her rumrunners were men of intrigue who assumed aliases such as
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You Are Not Your Past

An Inspirational Journey

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You Are Not Your Past is a biography of author Charlene Davis growing up against all odds, being a product of her environment, and mentally and spiritually evolving into the person she envisioned herself becoming. Her story is a true testimony to the fact that when life gives us experiences, it’s designed for us to grow and learn. Throughout are self-help tips to help anyone start applying the ... Read more

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You Are Not Your Past is a biography of author Charlene Davis growing up against all odds, being a product of her environment, and mentally and spiritually evolving into the person she envisioned herself becoming. Her story is a true testimony to the fact that when life gives us experiences, it’s designed for us to grow and learn. Throughout are self-help tips to help anyone start applying the
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The 2nd Shift Playbook

A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating Work, Life, and Everything In Between

by Allison Mathews Allen, Charlene Green ...

In this groundbreaking book, accomplished professionals Drs. Charlene Green and Allison Mathews share intimate stories, hard-earned wisdom, and practical strategies for Black women balancing demanding careers with family life and personal wellbeing. Drawing from their own experiences and those of other successful Black women, they tackle the unique challenges of working the "2nd shift" - managing ... Read more

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In this groundbreaking book, accomplished professionals Drs. Charlene Green and Allison Mathews share intimate stories, hard-earned wisdom, and practical strategies for Black women balancing demanding careers with family life and personal wellbeing. Drawing from their own experiences and those of other successful Black women, they tackle the unique challenges of working the "2nd shift" - managing
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The Wonders of the Jungle (Unabridged)

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How do elephants drink? What is the Law of the Jungle at the water hole? How does an elephant baby learn to feed and learn to swim? How do they walk under water? In what order do buffaloes drink? How do buffaloes fight the tiger? These and other wild inhabitants of the Indian jungle such as pigs, wild dogs, deer, camels, bears and birds are discussed in lively stories to entertain but mainly ... Read more

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How do elephants drink? What is the Law of the Jungle at the water hole? How does an elephant baby learn to feed and learn to swim? How do they walk under water? In what order do buffaloes drink? How do buffaloes fight the tiger? These and other wild inhabitants of the Indian jungle such as pigs, wild dogs, deer, camels, bears and birds are discussed in lively stories to entertain but mainly
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Sin in the Second City

Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul

by Karen Abbott ...

Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history–and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club’s proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and ... Read more

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Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history–and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago’s notorious Levee district at the dawn of the last century, the Club’s proprietors, two aristocratic sisters named Minna and Ada Everleigh, welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and
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Prohibition

Thirteen Years That Changed America

by Edward Behr ...

From the bestselling author of The Last Emperor comes this rip-roaring history of the government’s attempt to end America’s love affair with liquor—which failed miserably. On January 16, 1920, America went dry. For the next thirteen years, the Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of “intoxicating liquors,” heralding a new era of crime and corruption on all levels ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of The Last Emperor comes this rip-roaring history of the government’s attempt to end America’s love affair with liquor—which failed miserably. On January 16, 1920, America went dry. For the next thirteen years, the Eighteenth Amendment prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of “intoxicating liquors,” heralding a new era of crime and corruption on all levels
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Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City

Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places

by Tim Rowland ...

The 1948 crime film The Naked City (later a television show) ended with this iconic line There are eight million stories in the naked city.” Things have not changed either before or since: every era and neighborhood is full of true tales and legends about which even residents are likely to be unaware. Strange And Obscure Stories Of New York City takes the reader on a breathtaking tour of the five ... Read more

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The 1948 crime film The Naked City (later a television show) ended with this iconic line There are eight million stories in the naked city.” Things have not changed either before or since: every era and neighborhood is full of true tales and legends about which even residents are likely to be unaware. Strange And Obscure Stories Of New York City takes the reader on a breathtaking tour of the five
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One-Night Stands with American History

Odd, Amusing, and Little-Known Incidents

by Richard Shenkman, Kurt Reiger ...

Respect yourself in the morning -- read One-Night Stands with American History!This collection of little-known facts and anecdotes is American history with the boring parts left out. Richard Shenkman and Kurt Reiger have uncovered numerous stories about hoaxes, inventions, secrets, and rare incidents -- many involving the most famous and powerful people in America.President U. S. Grant was ... Read more

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Respect yourself in the morning -- read One-Night Stands with American History!This collection of little-known facts and anecdotes is American history with the boring parts left out. Richard Shenkman and Kurt Reiger have uncovered numerous stories about hoaxes, inventions, secrets, and rare incidents -- many involving the most famous and powerful people in America.President U. S. Grant was
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Killings

by Calvin Trillin ...

True stories of sudden death in the classic collection by a master of American journalism“Reporters love murders,” Calvin Trillin writes in the introduction to Killings. “In a pinch, what the lawyers call ‘wrongful death’ will do, particularly if it’s sudden.” Killings, first published in 1984 and expanded for this edition, shows Trillin to be such a reporter, drawn time after time to tales of ... Read more

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True stories of sudden death in the classic collection by a master of American journalism“Reporters love murders,” Calvin Trillin writes in the introduction to Killings. “In a pinch, what the lawyers call ‘wrongful death’ will do, particularly if it’s sudden.” Killings, first published in 1984 and expanded for this edition, shows Trillin to be such a reporter, drawn time after time to tales of
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Anything Goes

A Biography of the Roaring Twenties

by Lucy Moore ...

"A fast-paced portrait of the twentieth-century's fizziest decade, replete with gangsters, flappers, speakeasies and jazz" ( Kirkus Reviews).The glitter of 1920s America was seductive, from jazz, flappers, and wild all-night parties to the birth of Hollywood and a glamorous gangster-led crime scene flourishing under Prohibition. But the period was also punctuated by momentous events-the political ... Read more

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"A fast-paced portrait of the twentieth-century's fizziest decade, replete with gangsters, flappers, speakeasies and jazz" ( Kirkus Reviews).The glitter of 1920s America was seductive, from jazz, flappers, and wild all-night parties to the birth of Hollywood and a glamorous gangster-led crime scene flourishing under Prohibition. But the period was also punctuated by momentous events-the political
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Bath Massacre

America's First School Bombing

by Arnie Bernstein ...

"With the meticulous attention to detail of a historian and a storyteller's eye for human drama, Bernstein shines a beam of truth on a forgotten American tragedy. Heartbreaking and riveting."---Gregg Olsen, New York Times best-selling author of Starvation Heights"A chilling and historic character study of the unfathomable suffering that desperation and fury, once unleashed inside a twisted mind, ... Read more

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"With the meticulous attention to detail of a historian and a storyteller's eye for human drama, Bernstein shines a beam of truth on a forgotten American tragedy. Heartbreaking and riveting."---Gregg Olsen, New York Times best-selling author of Starvation Heights"A chilling and historic character study of the unfathomable suffering that desperation and fury, once unleashed inside a twisted mind,
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Autobiography of a People

Three Centuries of African American History Told by Those Who Lived It

by Herb Boyd ...

Autobiography of a People is an insightfully assembled anthology of eyewitness accounts that traces the history of the African American experience. From the Middle Passage to the Million Man March, editor Herb Boyd has culled a diverse range of voices, both famous and ordinary, to creat a unique and compelling historical portrait:Benjamin Banneker on Thomas JeffersonOld Elizabeth on spreading the ... Read more

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Autobiography of a People is an insightfully assembled anthology of eyewitness accounts that traces the history of the African American experience. From the Middle Passage to the Million Man March, editor Herb Boyd has culled a diverse range of voices, both famous and ordinary, to creat a unique and compelling historical portrait:Benjamin Banneker on Thomas JeffersonOld Elizabeth on spreading the
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