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During the spring of 1536 in Tudor England, events conspire to bring down Anne Boleyn, the Queen of England. The coup against the Queen results in the brutal executions of six innocent people - Anne Boleyn herself, her brother, and four courtiers - and the rise of a new Queen. Drawing on 16th-century letters, eye witness accounts, and chronicles, Claire Ridgway leads the listener through the sequence of chilling events one day at a time, telling the true story of Anne Boleyn's fall.

The Anne Boleyn Collection" brings together the most popular articles from top Tudor website The Anne Boleyn Files. Articles which have provoked discussion and debate. Articles that people have found fascinating.

During the first 17 years of his life, spent in Shanghai, Sam experienced wars, changing regimes, different currencies and a variety of schools that reflected the evolving political landscape. In a world obsessed with conflicting nationalism, his family survived as stateless residents, neither subject to, nor the responsibility of, any country. They were instead, sustained by their Russian Jewish culture and community. Through Sam's memories of early life and his love of history, we learn of Shanghai's uniqueness as a home and haven to thousands of Jews over many centuries.

After getting inspired by online images of supermodels rocking silver hair, Susan Paget, an author, coach, and commentator for women over 40, was ready to try it out for herself. Could a normal, everyday woman feel beautiful going gray? Cold turkey, she decided to find out. But when her hairdresser freaked out over the decision, she realized she was heading into territory that for many is a no-go zone.

Finding herself embroiled in a Cold War drama on the Island of Cuba, where Soviet and American military forces were vying for supremacy during a secret nuclear confrontation, Paulina decided on a dangerous escape to freedom with her two small children rather than become an obedient slave and an informant for a cruel and rogue tyrannical state.

"Successful trading requires 10 percent skill, 10 percent luck, and 80 percent mindset," says author and millionaire trader Kenneth Kam. Kenneth adheres to this notion completely, and in this audiobook, he places deep emphasis on taking a calm, disciplined, and focused approach to the markets. He also paints a clear picture on how to tune your self-management skills while succeeding at risk management. The Equilibrium charts Kenneth's unique Forex journey and explains how mindset, determination, and strategy play important roles.

What is a "normal" childhood? Does it include almost being murdered by your sister with an ax? Speeding around town in the back of a station wagon because your mom is chasing an "alien spaceship"? Being busted by the police for intent to light a pond on fire? Tackling your mom to the ground and wrestling a knife out of her hand because she was trying to kill your dad?

This is the story of a child born into a conservative fundamentalist preacher's family in Indiana.

It's been years since we won the lawsuit against Sugar Hill Records. I am at a place in my life where I finally feel it is necessary to tell my story. Lord knows I am not getting any younger. Some may not like it, but the truth stands clear when everything else crumbles. My hope is to give you a visual of my group, the Funky 4 + 1 More's journey as young teenagers from the Bronx, New York. Teenagers who were young, inner city kids who broke barriers and became the Gladys Knight and the Pips of hip-hop.

A boy laughs and shivers under the covers as funnymen and murderers stream into his bedroom at night. A passion ignites in him to fly on the air, too. He performs for his parents over the kitchen Zenith from a basement microphone. When he could be dating girls in high school, he visits radio stations. As he matures, his path to becoming a broadcaster is challenged by family losses and missed opportunities. The story is abundant with personal recollections of the waning Golden Age of Radio and the first decade of rock ‘n’ roll.