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One of the most notorious murders in US history, the 1892 killing of Andrew and Abby Borden in Fall River, Massachusetts, officially remains an unsolved case. Although Lizzie Borden was charged with the axe murders of her father and stepmother, the jury found her not guilty. No one else was ever charged. Edwin H. Porter was a young police reporter for the Fall River Daily Globe who covered the crime. Beginning with the discovery of the bodies, all the way through the investigation, trial, and final verdict, Porter gives a detailed account with first-hand access to the crime scene.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novel by the English author Edwin Abbott Abbott, first published in 1884. The book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to comment on Victorian culture, but the novella's enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.

A collection of 36 short stories of the imagination that would make Rod proud, "Only these have a biblical twist." All done in the style of old-time radio dramas.

¿Cuál es la manera mas eficaz de llevar al máximo el liderazgo del hombre en el hogar? Este libro examina como alcanzar el éxito en el cumplimiento de las importantes responsabilidades hacia la esposa y hacia los hijos.

El avance tecnológico y la decadencia moral crecen vertiginosamente. Y es que en su búsqueda de satisfacción, muchos hombres han perdido el significado de la hombría, rindiendo sus ideales por cosas inmorales, ilegales, irresponsables y sin ningún tipo de ética. De allí que hoy sea más necesario que nunca que se levanten hombres de valor, integridad y de verdadera hombría, que se paren firmes ante el avance del mal y superen las filosofías peligrosas que se expanden como un virus.

Posiblemente el libro más importante, e inusual, sobre sexo, que usted haya leído, Integridad Sexual, examina la sexualidad con una perspectiva poderosa. Es importante que usted lea estos capítulos, cuidadosamente, porque si realmente entiende este mensaje. Lo hará ascender a un nivel de vida más alto. El sexo es para amar y para dar. La manera en la que usted vive como individuo tiene un efecto en este mundo. Usted se volverá más libre, en la expresión de su verdadero “Yo” y sus deseos y pensamientos comenzaran a cambiar.

Más que nunca antes en la historia, los jóvenes de hoy deben ser entrenados para ser verdaderos hombres y tener el valor de vivir en esa hombría. Si tiene las agallas de hacer algo más que revolcarse en un pantano de mediocridad moral, ¡este libro es para usted! Desde las calles de Nueva York hasta los áridos desiertos de Namibia, pasando por las altas montañas de Nepal, hombres en todas partes del mundo, jóvenes y adultos, están luchando una guerra física y espiritual que ha sido declarada en contra de ellos.

Two slaves, a mother and daughter, separated during the Civil War never to see each other again. From her mother's diary, Etta Jean will learn to love the mother she never knew. And from the same diary, a mother will finally give of herself.

Jess lives with her mum and younger brother on a rough estate. She is struggling with two major issues in her life: she is bullied at school, and her dad has moved out because of a drink problem. When their landlord threatens the family with eviction, everything seems to be falling apart, until Jess's mum receives a surprise letter. A new start brings hope, and Jess makes new friends at a church youth club. But not everything goes smoothly.... An exciting listen by a new author.

But the man Lyman was "teaching a lesson" to was no fiddlefoot drifter. He may have looked like one, but he was Jim Dixon, a fast shooting, fast thinking freighter who had come to town alone to scope out its business possibilities. But Dixon's men and wagons weren't far behind and together they made a hard-fighting partnership no man or men could stand against. Lyman had given Dixon a reason to stay, and so had his meeting with Ellen Carter a woman of good breeding and exceptional strength, married to one of the slimiest tinhorn gamblers in the West.

Mirabella is a young flower and the daughter of Mother Nature who must travel to the "Cave of Knowledge" to retrieve a gift her mother left there for her years ago. This gift lay in the Northerland, and Mirabella must embark on this trip with the help of a courageous frog known by the other forest animals as Mordecia the Amazing Frog.

The Littlest Candle is a Christmas story about how love and hope can affect our daily lives with goodness when used - Merry is the soul knowing that love is free to give and such a wonderful thing to receive!

In the history of mankind, there has never been a greater opportunity to accumulate significant wealth than what the world of cryptocurrency is currently presenting to us. This opportunity is widely available to everyone, and I am about to show you how to benefit from it financially. The purpose of this book is to suggest a long-term investment approach that is aimed to bring you consistent success and assist you in becoming a cryptocurrency millionaire within the next four to five years. But maybe you don't necessarily aspire to be a millionaire.

Twenty-year-old Flora Kerner has arrived in Baden-Baden, the “Summer Capital of Europe.” Having spurned the family seed trade, Flora has instead chosen to accept a floristry apprenticeship in the famed German spa town. She is a quick study in the art of flower arranging, but progress is slower in matters of the heart.

The Beatles shed some light and personal insights in these fantastic and previously unreleased interviews from 1964-66, at the height of Beatlemania. Featuring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison.

Get inside and conquer the world of cons. The world can be a deceptive place. There are individuals out there who will do anything to gain something regardless of who they hurt or who they have to deceive. Unfortunately, this practice is only becoming more of the norm.

Despite all that Clara Berg has achieved as a wife, mother, and chemist - especially for a woman in turn-of-the-century Berlin - ending her abusive marriage comes at great cost. The judge hands her inheritance - her parents' pharmacy - over to her ex-husband. Now, with her reputation in near ruins thanks to the scandal that rocked her marriage, no reputable chemist will hire her. Worst of all, she has lost all rights to her young son and daughter.

Become a human lie and truth detector. Lying is an ingrained instinct. Humans learn to lie by the age of three and just keep on lying into adulthood. On average, people will lie 3 times or more in a 10-minute conversation with a stranger or acquaintance. Does this sound unbelievable? Or maybe, you just don't know how to spot the lies.

Some of America's foremost historians - including James M. McPherson, Allan Nevins, and Stephen B. Oates - recount the extraordinary life of Abraham Lincoln in this collection of the best essays from 60 years of American Heritage.

E.H. Sinclair does the unexpected in this book: he points out the pitfalls to avoid in R.E.O. (foreclosed Real Estate Owned by the lenders) investing, and also reveals procedures that the infomercial hucksters use while exploiting the efforts of the buyers of expensive get rich in real estate materials in finding properties to flip.