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Book Preview: #1 I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, Maryland. My mother, Harriet Bailey, was a slave. My father was a white man. I was separated from my mother when I was an infant and was placed under the care of an old woman.
#2 My mother died when I was seven years old. I was not allowed to be present during her illness or burial. She was gone long before I knew anything...
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#1 The movie studio that optioned my book to make a new Ted Bundy movie did not care about my input in the making of the film and used my real name. I was interviewed by the director of the film, and by the crew of the Amazon Original documentary series “Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer”.
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#1 On May 1, Chris Henkle and his friend Dee Connors went fishing. It was a welcome day off for Chris, who had a long-standing arrangement to go fishing with his friend Dee. As they launched the small boat into the choppy waters, it started raining. The seas were rough, and the wind was blowing.
#2 After closing the bag, Henkle nervously dialed 911 on his cell phone....
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Get the Summary of Tracy Borman's Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I" by Tracy Borman traces the rise of the Boleyn family from their post-Norman conquest settlement in England to the pinnacle of power with Anne Boleyn's marriage to Henry VIII. The book details the family's ascent through trade and political alliances, highlighting Thomas Boleyn's role in securing...
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#1 Brielle, New Jersey, is the place where the boat captains and fishermen live. It is also the place where the hangers-on and wannabes and also, rans keep believing in the sea.
#2 Nagle's area of expertise was the New York and New Jersey shipping lanes, which saw a lot of traffic in the 1970s and 1980s. The wrecks there rarely yielded treasure, but they often yielded...
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#1 I do not have a triumphant weight-loss story to tell. I do not have the strength or willpower to live up to the expectations of others, and so I have had to face my ugliest and weakest parts.
#2 I went to a Cleveland Clinic to have my weight measured. I was 26 at the time and weighed 577 pounds. I had to hear the benefits of gastric bypass surgery, which was the...
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#1 David Wallace's story is one of midwestern normality. His parents were professors at a public university in Illinois, and he and his sister grew up in a house full of books and learning. His mother was the center of the universe.
#2 Wallace's mother, Sally, was a huge influence on him. She was smart and funny, and she included him in her love of words. She was also...
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#1 I was committed to the insane ward at Blackwell's Island, where I spent ten days and nights. I took on the role of a poor, unfortunate crazy girl, and I felt it my duty not to shirk any of the disagreeable results that followed.
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#1 Paul Simon's first love was baseball, and he was obsessed with the sport from a young age. He loved listening to the radio with his father, and when he found out that some players on the cards were close to his own height, he was hopeful that he could play professional ball.
#2 Paul's love of music was born in 1954, when he accidentally heard a new group, the Crows,...
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#1 The contrast between the two men is clear. St. Francis was a lean and lively little man, while St. Thomas was a massive and silent figure. Francis's life was full of plunges and scampers, while St. Thomas's was full of contemplation and study.
#2 St. Thomas was a huge heavy bull of a man, fat and slow and quiet. He was shy, even apart from the humility of holiness,...
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#1 Bellevue Hospital is the oldest hospital in the country, and it is also the most famous public hospital in the United States. It was also the first maternity ward, first pediatric ward, and first C-section.
#2 I was a physician at Dartmouth College for seventeen years, and I was ready to be back in New York and in public health. I had no choice. I loved everything...
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#1 Lefty Rosenthal, a baseball player, was raised on Chicago's West Side and became involved in gambling. He was a professional player, and he believed that games were fixed. He knew some basketball players who practiced the art of missing basketball rim shots for hours every day.
#2 I was a kid who was interested in betting on sports. I would listen to the play-by-play...
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#1 The Jewish migration to America began in the nineteenth century, and by the 1920s, there were four million Jews in the country. While some Jews' lives were dominated by Old World religious practices, there were also teenaged boys who sought to avoid a life of shopkeeping or factory drudgery and instead pursue careers in crime.
#2 The Jewish gangsters that the boys...
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Book Preview: #1 I was a SEAL by 1998 but making it through the selection and training course for DEVGRU was the pinnacle of my career. The nine-month selection course was known as Green Team, and it was the only thing between me and the other candidates moving up to the elite DEVGRU.
#2 I was embarrassed and disappointed with myself after forgetting to tell my teammate to move in...
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#1 The tanks were in place, and the soldiers began to prepare for the ambush. The soldiers were spread out in a half-moon formation with 20 yards between each tank.
#2 The 3rd Armored Division was behind enemy lines, and their mission was to guard the road. They were to let nothing pass. The men were exhausted, and the Spearhead Division was earning its nom de guerre:...
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#1 The city was sad all year round, but the first cold rains of winter brought everything to a head. The streets were wet and black, and the small shops were closed. There were no more tops to the high white houses, only the wet blackness of the street.
#2 I was writing a story, and I was very excited. I was writing it now, and it was not writing itself. I was tired...
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#1 I love riding around in a cyclo, a sort of big wheelchair attached to a bicycle, in Phnom Penh. It is the fastest way to get around the city. I am used to the noise and traffic, but my family likes to take me to a noodle shop before Pa goes to work.
#2 I am often ignored by my parents' friends because I am a child. They feel free to comment on my mother's perfectly...
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#1 The rise of the automobile is closely connected to the transformation of American cities, which Jacobs and many others lament. But the connection is not a straightforward one, it is a joke that history plays on progress.
#2 The noise of vehicles is something that cannot be understated. It is a side-drum tattoo of wheels on cobbles that jars from the apex of one set...
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#1 I was extremely nervous about climbing Moonlight Buttress. It was one of the hardest crack climbs in the world, and I was planning on free soloing it. The Rocker Blocker, a large ledge at the top of the third pitch, was something I was worried about breaking.
#2 I had planned to get an early start in order to beat the heat, but the water was freezing when I forded...
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#1 I live for a glamorous lifestyle blog featuring some gorgeous ingenue with piles of secret wealth that she never divulges to the unsuspecting slobs on the other side of the screen. I want to admire her floating through a bright and clean apartment in photos so beautiful and overexposed that it hurts your eyes to look at them.
#2 I wake up with a heart-pounding panic,...
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