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The Scandalous Hamiltons

A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

par Bill Shaffer ...

**One of the country’s most powerful families embroiled in sex, lies, bigamy, and blackmail . . . and every new, deliciously humiliating morsel splashed across every newspaper in AmericaNow in paperback, the believe-it-or-not historical true crime behind one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded Age, and the story that gave rise to the sensational tabloid journalism still driving so much of the ... En savoir plus

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**One of the country’s most powerful families embroiled in sex, lies, bigamy, and blackmail . . . and every new, deliciously humiliating morsel splashed across every newspaper in AmericaNow in paperback, the believe-it-or-not historical true crime behind one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded Age, and the story that gave rise to the sensational tabloid journalism still driving so much of the
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The Scandalous Hamiltons

A Gilded Age Grifter, A Founding Father's Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

par Bill Shaffer ...

Lu par David Colacci ...

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8 heure 10 min

It's a story almost too tawdry to be true—a con woman prostitute who met the descendant of a Founding Father in a brothel, duped him into marriage using an infant purchased from a baby farm, then went to prison for stabbing the couple's baby nurse—all while in a common-law marriage with another man. The scandal surrounding Evangeline and Robert Ray Hamilton, though little known today, was one of ... En savoir plus

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It's a story almost too tawdry to be true—a con woman prostitute who met the descendant of a Founding Father in a brothel, duped him into marriage using an infant purchased from a baby farm, then went to prison for stabbing the couple's baby nurse—all while in a common-law marriage with another man. The scandal surrounding Evangeline and Robert Ray Hamilton, though little known today, was one of
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Greed in the Gilded Age

The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick

par William Elliott Hazelgrove ...

Lu par Cindy Piller, Cindy Piller ...

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8 heure 4 min

Bloomsbury presents Greed in the Gilded Age by William Elliott Hazelgrove, read by Cindy Piller.Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal.‘Millionaire’ had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Using these newspaper articles, ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents Greed in the Gilded Age by William Elliott Hazelgrove, read by Cindy Piller.Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal.‘Millionaire’ had just entered the American lexicon and Cassie Chadwick was front page news, becoming a media sensation before mass media, even eclipsing President Roosevelt’s inauguration. Using these newspaper articles,
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The World in Flames

A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult

par Jerald Walker ...

Lu par C.S. Treadway ...

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5 heure 39 min

A lively memoir of growing up with blind African American parents in a segregated cult preaching the imminent end of the world—for fans of James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird.It’s 1970, and Jerry Walker is six years old. His consciousness revolves around being a member of a church whose beliefs he finds not only confusing but terrifying. Composed of a hodgepodge of requirements and restrictions ... En savoir plus

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A lively memoir of growing up with blind African American parents in a segregated cult preaching the imminent end of the world—for fans of James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird.It’s 1970, and Jerry Walker is six years old. His consciousness revolves around being a member of a church whose beliefs he finds not only confusing but terrifying. Composed of a hodgepodge of requirements and restrictions
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Hell Put to Shame

The 1921 Murder Farm Massacre and the Horror of America's Second Slavery

par Earl Swift ...

Lu par Mark Deakins ...

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12 heure 22 min

""Hell Put to Shame is a powerfully unsettling portrait of both the single most savage episode in the long decades of savagery inflicted by white southerners on their Black neighbors in the 20**th** century—and the methodical process that followed to erase those crimes from America’s collective memory."" —Douglas A. Blackmon, author of Slavery by Another Name, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeFrom the ... En savoir plus

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""Hell Put to Shame is a powerfully unsettling portrait of both the single most savage episode in the long decades of savagery inflicted by white southerners on their Black neighbors in the 20**th** century—and the methodical process that followed to erase those crimes from America’s collective memory."" —Douglas A. Blackmon, author of Slavery by Another Name, winner of the Pulitzer PrizeFrom the
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Manhattan Cult Story

My Unbelievable True Story of Sex, Crimes, Chaos, and Survival

par Spencer Schneider ...

Lu par Austin Rising ...

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8 heure 1 min

Right under the noses of neighbors, clients, spouses, children, and friends, a secret society, simply called School—a cult of snared Manhattan professionals—has been led by the charismatic, sociopathic, and dangerous leader Sharon Gans for decades. Spencer Schneider was recruited in the eighties, and he stayed for more than twenty-three years as his life disintegrated, his self-esteem eroded, and ... En savoir plus

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Right under the noses of neighbors, clients, spouses, children, and friends, a secret society, simply called School—a cult of snared Manhattan professionals—has been led by the charismatic, sociopathic, and dangerous leader Sharon Gans for decades. Spencer Schneider was recruited in the eighties, and he stayed for more than twenty-three years as his life disintegrated, his self-esteem eroded, and
... En savoir plus

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Losing Jon

A Teen's Tragic Death, a Police Cover-Up, a Community's Fight for Justice

par David Parrish ...

Lu par Jonathan Yen ...

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8 heure 30 min

A Chilling True Story of InjusticeDavid Parrish was in disbelief when he learned that nineteen-year-old Jon Bowie's body had been found hanged from a backstop at the local high school's baseball field and the death declared a suicide. David had known Jon and his twin brother since they were boys. He had coached them on the baseball field and welcomed them into his home for sleepovers with his own ... En savoir plus

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A Chilling True Story of InjusticeDavid Parrish was in disbelief when he learned that nineteen-year-old Jon Bowie's body had been found hanged from a backstop at the local high school's baseball field and the death declared a suicide. David had known Jon and his twin brother since they were boys. He had coached them on the baseball field and welcomed them into his home for sleepovers with his own
... En savoir plus

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The Prince Who Would Be King

The Life and Death of Henry Stuart

par Sarah Fraser ...

Lu par Richard Trinder ...

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9 heure 41 min

Henry Stuart’s life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years’ War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth-century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and verbally gorgeous.NOW THE SUBJECT OF BBC2 DOCUMENTARY The Best King We Never HadHenry Stuart, Prince of Wales was once the hope of Britain. Eldest son ... En savoir plus

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Henry Stuart’s life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years’ War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth-century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and verbally gorgeous.NOW THE SUBJECT OF BBC2 DOCUMENTARY The Best King We Never HadHenry Stuart, Prince of Wales was once the hope of Britain. Eldest son
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Captive Paradise

A History of Hawaii

par James L. Haley ...

Lu par Joe Barrett ...

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13 heure 33 min

In the tradition of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough comes the first full-scale narrative history of Hawaii, an epic tale of empire, industry, war, and culture.The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its discovery by Captain Cook in the late eighteenth century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take ... En savoir plus

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In the tradition of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough comes the first full-scale narrative history of Hawaii, an epic tale of empire, industry, war, and culture.The most recent state to join the union, Hawaii is the only one to have once been a royal kingdom. After its discovery by Captain Cook in the late eighteenth century, Hawaii was fought over by European powers determined to take
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Emperor

A New Life of Charles V

par Geoffrey Parker ...

Lu par Nigel Patterson ...

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26 heure 25 min

The life of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task ... En savoir plus

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The life of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But the elusive nature of the man (despite an abundance of documentation), his relentless travel and the control of his own image, together with the complexity of governing the world's first transatlantic empire, complicate the task
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Couple Found Slain

After a Family Murder

par Mikita Brottman ...

Lu par Mikita Brottman, Christina Delaine ...

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8 heure 44 min

This program includes an introduction read by the author.“Mikita Brottman is one of today’s finest practitioners of nonfiction.”—The New York Times Book ReviewCritically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers literary true crime writing at its best, taking us into the life of a murderer after his conviction—when most stories end but the defendant's life goes on.</... ... En savoir plus

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This program includes an introduction read by the author.“Mikita Brottman is one of today’s finest practitioners of nonfiction.”—The New York Times Book ReviewCritically acclaimed author and psychoanalyst Mikita Brottman offers literary true crime writing at its best, taking us into the life of a murderer after his conviction—when most stories end but the defendant's life goes on.</...
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Mussolini and Hitler

The Forging of the Fascist Alliance

par Christian Goeschel ...

Lu par Matthew Waterson ...

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12 heure 27 min

From 1934 until 1944 Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that deeply affected both countries. While Germany is generally regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has underrepresented Mussolini's influence on his German ally.Goeschel, a scholar of twentieth-century Germany and Italy, revisits all of Mussolini and ... En savoir plus

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From 1934 until 1944 Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that deeply affected both countries. While Germany is generally regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has underrepresented Mussolini's influence on his German ally.Goeschel, a scholar of twentieth-century Germany and Italy, revisits all of Mussolini and
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