You deserve to know the truth about the McNallys.'When a newborn baby girl is found abandoned with nothing but a scarlet ribbon tied to her basket, Ada Davidson, housekeeper of the wealthy McNally family's home, the Uplands, takes her into her care. Sworn to secrecy about the baby's true identity, Ada names her Jess and brings her up as her own, giving Jess no reason to question where she came from.But when Ada passes away, grief-stricken Jess, now sixteen, is banished from the place she's always called home. With the scarlet ribbon the only connection to her past, will Jess ever find out where she really belongs? And will she uncover the truth about the ruthless McNallys?

    A school outing to Cullercoats Bay almost ends in tragedy when two girls are cut off by the incoming tide. But from the panic and confusion something wonderful emerges – a lifelong friendship between three girls; Ruth, Lucy and Esther. Each is a world apart from the other two, but together they form a strong and unbreakable bond that will see them through the years ahead, when the happy, carefree days of childhood are nothing but a distant memory...

    From his early vlogs to his lively discussions on various social media platforms, Khaya’s words have shown us how we all have stories to share and how stories can bring people together.In These Things Really Do Happen To Me, Khaya describes everyday experiences that have shaped his life. He recounts amusing anecdotes – from chasing horses as a child in rural Transkei, to the time he fell asleep next to President Thabo Mbeki – as well as moving stories, such as meeting his sister for the first time and only time. Not one to shy away from heavyweight topics, Khaya also shares why conversations about race are not controversial, what his feelings on feminism are, why we must bring back small talk, and how to take a sneaky break when your family is working you too hard.

    The Heart of the story Fiasco has to tell, which has never been told before, is that of a Military occupation whose leaders failed to see a blooming insurgency for what it was and as a result lead their soldiers in such a way that the insurgency became inevitable.

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    Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with black citizens the primary defendants and victims of crime. In this passionately argued book, the leading criminal law scholar of his generation looks to history for the roots of these problems--and for their solutions."The Collapse of American Criminal Justice" takes us deep into the dramatic history of American crime--bar fights in nineteenth-century Chicago, New Orleans bordellos, Prohibition, and decades of murderous lynching. Digging into these crimes and the strategies that attempted to control them, Stuntz reveals the costs of abandoning local democratic control. The system has become more centralized, with state legislators and federal judges given increasing power. The liberal Warren Supreme Court's emphasis on procedures, not equity, joined hands with conservative insistence on severe punishment to create a system that is both harsh and ineffective.What would get us out of this Kafkaesque world? More trials with local juries; laws that accurately define what prosecutors seek to punish; and an equal protection guarantee like the one that died in the 1870s, to make prosecution and punishment less discriminatory. Above all, Stuntz eloquently argues, Americans need to remember again that criminal punishment is a necessary but terrible tool, to use effectively, and sparingly.

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    Even after her man, Jack Lemon, is cased up, Gina does what she has to do, holding it down for herself and her man. When Jack wins his appeal, vengeance is no longer just for the Lord. A vindictive cycle of mayhem and murder catapults Jack and Gina to the forefront of DieHard Records, a multi-million dollar empire. But when the headless body of industry rival Damon Dice is discovered, Top Cop Anthony Brown finds himself pursuing both the truth behind the crime and one of the suspects as he and Gina flirt in a deadly game of cat and mouse. The twists continue as Gina meets Georgia Mae, a.k.a. Game, a crazy-sexy-cool white chick and exotic dancer with a bodacious body and a fetish for chocolate men. If Gina and her girl Monique only knew what lengths Game would go to get a man... With time running out and the feds closing in, Jack and Gina have one last dangerous trick up their sleeves. Will it work?

    Torn between good and evil, Ricky struggles with becoming a legit citizen in the world of fast money that he has become accustomed to.

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    Scott Fitzgerald was an Esquire author. Between 1934 & 1940, Fitzgerald sold some 45 pieces of writing to the magazine: fiction, nonfiction & personal essays. This volume of the Cambridge Edition includes 13 short stories published by Fitzgerald in Esquire, together with the entire Pat Hobby Series: 17 stories about an aging screenwriter scrambling to make a living in Hollywood during the 1930s. One other story-"Dearly Beloved," submitted to Esquire but not published there-is included as an appendix. The volume provides restored, accurate texts based on Fitzgerald's surviving manuscripts, typescripts & proofs. A textual apparatus records editorial decisions; explanatory notes identify people, places, literary works, historical events & references to Hollywood actors, directors & films. The volume also includes selected facsimiles of Fitzgerald's manuscripts & typescripts for the Esquire writings.

    Fantine Antoine is a travel writer, a profession that keeps her happily away from her Southern California home. When she returns to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of her closest childhood friend, Glorette, she finds herself pulled into the tumultuous life of Glorette's twenty-two-year-old son--and Fantine's godson--Victor. After getting involved in a shooting, Victor has fled to New Orleans. Together with her father, Fantine follows Victor, determined to help him avoid the criminal future that he suddenly seems destined for. Fantine's own fate will be altered on this journey as well: her father will reveal the wrenching secrets of his past, and she will be compelled to question the most essential choices she's made in her life. As they cross from California to the heart of Louisiana, all three characters will come face-to-face with the issues of race that beset them: Fantine, whose light skin has allowed her a kind of invisibility; her father, who grew up in the Jim Crow South and has tried to guard his family against that world; and Victor, whose fall into violence mirrors the path of so many other young black men. For Fantine, finding Victor could offer them both a way to face the past and decide between different futures. Powerful and moving, "Take One Candle Light a Room" illuminates the intricacies of human connection and the ways in which we find a place for ourselves within our families and the world.

    In this brutally honest portrait, Sergeant Michael Middleton--a now-retired veteran of the LAPD--tells the gripping tale of his two decades on some of the America's meanest streets.

    Paul reveals an intensely personal side as he reflects on growing up during World War II. The book also provides a powerful critique of the corruption and corrosion produced by a 20th century full of war and killing. Ever the optimist, however, Paul leaves behind the ashes of a 20th century of war to finish with a stirring, liberating view of the future we may choose if we turn from war and violence.