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What Happened to Suzy
 | This is a fictional book based on actual facts; the names and locations are changed. This is a story of child abuse and how Suzy learned to forgive.
Suzy (Carol Denise Brown) was the 6th child out of 16 children. Her father seldom lived at... |
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13 ½ Twelve Jurors One Judge and a Half Assed Chance
Tommy Lynn Sells
A Prolific Serial Killer In His Own Words
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Tori Rivers began her research by writing letters to nine serial killers. One letter piqued her curiosity. Over the next four years, she corresponded with Tommy Lynn Sells. He opened up to her and shared details of the crimes he committed…
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A Life Among Guardian Angels
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Houze's story is amazing. At least thirteen times he has escaped serious injury. For me the most remarkable story was the one about the man with the gun. He beat the author and planned to kill him. Houze managed to escape. His story is a truly remarkable one...
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City Within A City: A Gangster's Story
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City Within A City is an unusual love story. It is the story of Joe Thomas whose main love is the excitement of crime. Throughout his life he stole , dealt in drugs, and committed numerous other crimes. Sherry Clark Thomas, a woman that loved him, wrote…
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Dear Bob, Dear Betty
 | Dear Bob, Dear Betty is the biography of two individuals. Robert(Bob) Llewellen Wright, son of Frank Llewellen Wright and Catherine Wright and Elizabeth(Betty) Bryan Kehler. They met during the Depression years of 1932-33. The couple faced plenty of hardships. Bob lived in Chicago and Betty... |
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Desperate Highway
 | Jeff Andrews was an extraordinary criminal, he was a sociopath driven by greed and the need to steal. He took people’s vehicles, homes, boats, and planes; nothing was too large. He wasted the money on a life of luxury, booze, guns, and drugs.... |
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Did Success Spoil Jayne Mansfield?: Her Life in Pictures and Text
 | Did Success Spoil Jayne Mansfield? follows her life from birth to death. The author has included plenty of photos which compliment the text. We all look at Hollywood stars through rose colored glasses. Few of us know their true existence. Producers expect a star to... |
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Down Memory Lane: With Marguerite and Family
 | "Down Memory Lane with Marguerite and Family" is a well-written tale of the Caribbean islands of Montserrat and Martinique and their long and varied history always threatened by active volcanoes on both. It should be shelved with travel books featuring the Caribbean. Why? This easy... |
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Drunk, for 27 Years: A Story of Victory - Her Choice to Live and Not Die
 | Are we a product of our early childhood experiences? Priscilla’s (Guinea) childhood was brutal. Her mother abused all of her children but seemed to receive great satisfaction from beating Priscilla. She even tried to drown her on one occasion. Priscilla was only eleven years old... |
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Face Down: The Donnie Foster Story
 | Donnie Foster is born into an abusive and unstructured home, in which his mother works and is unavailable; his stepfather neglects and brutalizes the children in his care. Much of the first part of the book details the abusive family episodes; this may be difficult... |
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