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Russell Herman Conwell (February 15, 1843 – December 6, 1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, Acres of Diamonds. He was born in South Worthington, Massachusetts.
After twenty years of living with terminal illness, Zoe FitzGerald Carter's mother decided to end her life—and asked her three daughters for their assistance. For months, the decision dragged on as her mother changed her methods and schedule, and the negotiations stirred up old memories, sibling rivalries, and questions about family loyalty. Eventually, there was compromise and courage, and Zoe's mother had her happy—if imperfect—ending. Zoe and her sisters struggled to accept the imminent death of their mother, circling around the same questions: Who will help her? Will they go to jail? Can they bear to let her die alone? With a doctor prescribing lethal doses of sleep medication, a visit from a member of the Hemlock Society's "Final Exit Network," and the temptations of overdosing on morphine, the issues and people in Imperfect Endings are at the center of the debate on assisted suicide. With echoes of bestselling grief memoirs like Elegy for Iris and The Year of Magical Thinking, Carter's memoir is the unforgettable story of a family learning to love and to let go.Mostra libro
A British author explores western Ireland—one eponymous pub at a time—in this “unfailingly sharp, good-humored, and offbeat” travelogue (Kirkus Reviews). Despite the many exotic places Peter McCarthy has visited, he finds that nowhere else can match the particular magic of Ireland, his mother’s homeland. In McCarthy’s Bar, his journey begins in Cork and continues along the west coast to Donegal in the north. Traveling through spectacular landscapes, but at all times obeying the rule, “never pass a bar that has your name on it,” he encounters McCarthy’s bars up and down the land, meeting fascinating people before pleading to be let out at four o’clock in the morning. Through adventures with English hippies who have colonized a desolate mountain; roots-seeking, buffet-devouring American tourists; priests for whom the word “father” has a loaded meaning; enthusiastic Germans who “here since many years holidays are making;” and his fellow barefoot pilgrims on an island called Purgatory, Peter pursues the secrets of Ireland’s global popularity and his own confused Irish-Anglo identity. Written by someone who is at once an insider and an outsider, McCarthy’s Bar is a wonderfully funny and affectionate portrait of a rapidly changing country.Mostra libro
An in-depth study of the experiences of two victims of alien abduction. Why would two women separated by thousands of miles share a common thread involving alien abduction? Both cases are supported by multiple witnesses and have substantial evidence. Both women experienced missing time while driving with a companion, and were later taken from their homes. Both have been unwilling participants in ongoing experimental procedures that appear to follow family genetic lines. Both witnesses have given detailed descriptions of the crafts’ interiors and technology, medical procedures, messages from the visitors, and the types of ETs they have encountered, including their society’s hierarchical structure. Even more startling, both have independently described finding themselves on identical huge craft, within the same timeframe . . .The Alien Abduction Files finally reveals: The little-known details of alien experimental procedures The theoretical science that can explain alien technology The messages conveyed by the ETs to abduction experiencers The vulnerabilities and benefits of living life as an abduction experiencer The evidence that these phenomena are real Praise for The Alien Abduction Files “The topic of alien abduction is complex and controversial. This book comes closer than others, bringing clarity to the haze of controversy.” —Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist, author of Flying Saucers and Science “Highly respected UFO abduction scholars Marden and Stoner have accomplished something rare and remarkable with The Alien Abduction Files, namely, an opportunity for readers to enter into the heart of what may well be the greatest mystery and challenge facing humanity today.” —Peter Robbins, coauthor of the British bestseller Left at East Gate and longtime assistant to pioneer UFO abduction researcher Budd HopkinsMostra libro
Carolyn V. Hamilton arrives in Las Vegas in 1973 to join a circus. When that job doesn't work out, she opens the new MGM Grand Hotel/Casino as a cocktail waitress. This turns out to be more involved than a nice Lutheran girl from Seattle would think: parties, stealing, sex, drinking and drugs are the main entertainment for a bored crew of casino employees. Some waitresses date culinary union bosses, who have their own high drama of payoffs, fights for control, fire bombings and an 18-day culinary union strike. Each story told in this memoir—of the Martin Scorsese "Casino" era of Las Vegas—is true, and many are humorous as well as outrageous.Mostra libro
Left impoverished upon the death of her aunt, Emma Watson has no option but to be reunited with her estranged father and siblings. Initially delighted with her new life—including the fashionable society balls to which she now has access—Emma soon realizes that her family harbors many ill feelings, not least those springing from the sisters' hopes—and disappointments—in snaring a husband. So when the eligible and suitably rich Tom Musgrove begins to transfer his affections from her sister Margaret to Emma, the result can only be further sibling rivalry and unrest. A delightful, exquisitely drawn portrait of family life, The Watsons is Jane Austen at her storytelling best. Author of the masterpieces Pride and Prejudice and Emma, Jane Austen (1775–1817) is one of the most beloved novelists of all time.Mostra libro
As gripping as it is gruesome, How to Solve a Murder is a fascinating insight into the career of a pathologist told by experts in the field. Includes a foreword from Dr Richard Shepherd, bestselling author of Unnatural Causes. FRACTURED SKULLS. GAS MASKS. BRAIN BUCKETS. VATS OF ACID. PICKLED BODY PARTS. Not the usual tools of trade, but for Chief Forensic Medical Scientist Derek and Forensic Secretary Pauline they were just part of a normal day in the office inside the world-famous Department of Forensic Medicine at Guy’s Hospital in London. Derek has played a pivotal role in investigating some of the UK’s most high-profile mass disasters and murder cases. Derek’s innovative work on murder cases, in particular, has seen him credited as a pioneer of forensic medical science, after developing ground-breaking techniques that make it easier to secure a conviction and also identify a serial killer. Warmly recalled and brilliantly told, these intriguing revelations will open your eyes to the dark world inhabited by those who investigate death and murder (typically most horrid), and unveil the secrets of how each case is solved. Derek Tremain's personal journey, as depicted in this top Sunday Times bestselling book, is not just an autobiography, but a testament to his innovative contributions to forensic medical science. His memoirs, filled with the chilling details of high-profile mass disasters and murder cases, are a captivating exploration of law and order from a unique perspective. For fans of Sue Black (Written In Bone), Wensley Clarkson (The Real Silent Witnesses), Richard Taylor (The Mind of a Murderer), Peter Everett (Corrupt Bodies), and Her Honour Wendy Joseph Qc (Unlawful Killings).Mostra libro
