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  Stephen King American Master - A...

  Stephen Spignesi

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  Fascinating facts, trivia, and little-known details about the Master of the Macabre’s life from the “world’s leading authority on Stephen King” (Entertainment Weekly). 
   
  New York Times–bestselling author Stephen Spignesi has compiled interviews, essays, and loads of facts and details about all of Stephen King’s work into this fun and informative compendium for the author’s many fans, from the casual to the fanatical! 
   
  Did you know. . . ? In his early teens, Stephen King sold typed copies of his short stories at school.King originally thought his novel Pet Sematary was too frightening to publish.King’s legendary Dark Tower series took him more than 30 years to write.Thinner was the novel that revealed his “Richard Bachman” pseudonym to the world.King wrote The Eyes of the Dragon for his daughter Naomi.He has never liked Stanley Kubrick’s film version of his novel The Shining.It took him four years to write what some consider his magnum opus, IT.The 2017 film version of IT has grossed more than $700 million worldwide.In addition to novels, King has written essays, plays, screenplays, and even poetry.

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  Confidence Feels Like Shit - The...

  Erika Cramer

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  What if you could create unshakable confidence and unstoppable self-belief? 
  Award-winning confidence coach Erika Cramer, the Queen of Confidence, invites you and women everywhere to stop accepting less while also being prepared to put in the work - because creating confidence is not comfortable. 
  Erika shows you how to: Reclaim your confidence and stand as your fully expressed self (filter- and apology-free) Create the ultimate confidence mindset Stop obsessing about what other people think of you Let go of people-pleasing, once and for all Stop constantly comparing yourself to others 
  Confidence can transform your life forever! Every aspect of your own happiness, healing and self-worth begins and ends with you.  
  Erika includes life-altering questions and exercises, and a step-by-step guide to help you coach yourself into the confidence you deserve.  
  It's time to stop believing that confidence is reserved for the lucky ones, the popular ones, or the “pretty ones”. Confidence is available to each and every one of us.  
  Are you ready to do what it takes to create it?

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  Lighthouses of Greater Los Angeles

  Rose Castro-Bran

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  Despite news of shipwrecks along California's dangerous coastline, a burgeoning maritime trade came to what would become the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The shipping complex became the nation's busiest, in part because of the bright navigation lights that enabled reliable access for early vessels. In 1874, sister lighthouses Point Fermin and Point Hueneme were lit on the same day, followed by the Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse in 1913. Nicknamed the "Hollywood Lighthouse" for its frequent use in movies, in 1926, Point Vicente was established to light the Palos Verdes Peninsula. Today, they are joined by the Anacapa Island Light Station, Long Beach Light and the private aid to navigation, Lions Lighthouse for Sight. Together with the U.S. Coast Guard, these historic beacons continue to illuminate and protect the coast of Greater Los Angeles. Join author Rose Castro-Bran as she explores their storied history.

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  The Past as Prelude - New...

  Hodding Carter

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  The Past as Prelude is a collection of essays exploring the rich, cultural history of New Orleans over the city’s first 250 years from 1718–1968.   In this topical history of one of America’s oldest cities, a group of talented essayists explore the fascinating and varied patterns that have marked New Orleans’ growth. These multiple perspectives allow glimpses into topics as varied as the diverse people of the city, the unique Creole architecture, the historic art scene, the distinctive music, the Civil War, and, of course, New Orleans’ continued reputation as a “good-time town.”   Detailed illustrations complement this comprehensive volume.

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  Patriotic Treason - John Brown...

  Evan Carton

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  John Brown is a lightning rod of history. Yet he is poorly understood and most commonly described in stereotypes — as a madman, martyr, or enigma. Not until Patriotic Treason has a biography or history brought him so fully to life, in scintillating prose and moving detail, making his life and legacy-and the staggering sacrifices he made for his ideals-fascinatingly relevant to today's issues of social justice and to defining the line between activism and terrorism.  
   
  Vividly re-creating the world in which Brown and his compatriots lived with a combination of scrupulous original research, new perspectives, and a sensitive historical imagination, Patriotic Treason narrates the dramatic life of the first U.S. citizen committed to absolute racial equality. Here are his friendships (Brown lived, worked, ate, and fought alongside African Americans, in defiance of the culture around him), his family (he turned his twenty children by two wives into a dedicated militia), and his ideals (inspired by the Declaration of Independence and the Golden Rule, he collaborated with black leaders such as Frederick Douglass, Martin Delany, and Harriet Tubman to overthrow slavery).  
   
  Evan Carton captures the complex, tragic, and provocative story of Brown the committed abolitionist, Brown the tender yet demanding and often absent father and husband, and Brown the radical American patriot who attacked the American state in the name of American principles. Through new research into archives, attention to overlooked family letters, and reinterpretation of documents and events, Carton essentially reveals a missing link in American history.  
   
  A wrenching family saga, Patriotic Treason positions John Brown at the heart of our most profound and enduring national debates. As definitions of patriotism and treason are fiercely contested, as some criticize religious extremism while others mourn religion's decline, and as race relations in America remain unresolved, John Brown's story speaks to us as never before, reminding us that one courageous individual can change the course of history.

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  Southern Railway Lord Nelson...

  Tim Hillier-Graves

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  A pictorial history of the sixteen-member British steam locomotive class all named after famous admirals. 
   
  The Lord Nelson Class has come to be viewed as an “also ran” amongst express locomotives and is largely overlooked for that reason. It had the misfortune to be sandwiched on Southern metals between the classic and much revered King Arthurs and Schools and by Bullied’s controversial Pacifics. In such company any design might suffer by comparison. And yet when first appearing they attracted plaudits from railway professionals, including the footplate crew, and the public alike. But with only 16 being built their impact was muted and any faults in their design were magnified beyond their actual impact. In truth they deserved far better than this and were, in fact sturdy, reliable performers that served the company well on the heavy boat trains for which they were designed and across their other passenger services for 30 years and more in peace and war. 
   
  Much has been written about these locomotives, but no story is ever complete, with new information and photographs emerging to deepen our understanding of them. This book provides an in-depth view that re-examines these impressive engines using, new material, eyewitness accounts, contemporary assessments and more than 200 photographs and drawings.

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