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Born to Be Loved
Johnny had come to Hollywood to get a fresh start, after too many years of living off lovely widows as their paid lover. This was a new beginning, and he was determined to make the most of his chance for a new life, a new start. But it wasn't that simple. Things might have worked out if Laura Henderson, his uncle's young wife, hadn't wanted him as her personal slave lover. Uncle Ben was a dangerous and violent man, connected to the porno business, owner of a classy strip club where Johnny was put to work. In desperation to break free from Laura, Johnny becomes involved with two other women: a stripper and a struggling young actress who had made the wrong king of films -- for his uncle! But Laura isn't about to let him escape her clutches. And all hell breaks loose when Ben Henderson discovers the truth!
Englishness
This book presents a strong and original argument about English nationalism and the ways in which it is currently transforming British politics.
The Underground Railroad
Provides a look at the network known as the Underground Railroad - that mysterious "system" of individuals and organizations that helped slaves escape the American South to freedom during the years before the Civil War. This work also explores the people, places, writings, laws, and organizations that made this network possible.
Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois
The Path to Freedom in Missouri and Illinois People enslaved here experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their stories of courage and perseverance are amazing. Priscilla Baltimore purchased her own emancipation and founded a freedom village. Caroline Quarlls escaped to Canada. Many who fled for their lives spent time bunkered in the basement of Hanson House. The region's Congregationalists brought a fiery. brand of abolitionism. And Prairie Park still holds the faded "haint" blue paint traditionally used on slave dwellings. Author Julia Nicolai details these and other adjective stories.
James F. Jaquess
Tall, handsome and charismatic, James Jaquess impressed men and charmed ladies who knew him as a preacher, a college president or colonel of an Illinois regiment. In 1864 he and James Gilmore talked to Jefferson Davis about terms of peace. Lincoln recognized his many abilities and invited Jaquess to serve as one of his personal agents. But after the Civil War ended, this biography reveals, Jaquess' life changed for the worse. He was tried in Kentucky for the death of a woman and failed as a carpetbagger in Arkansas and Mississippi. Then he convinced his family and friends in Indiana and numerous residents of New York to invest in Lawrence-Townley bonds and share in a fortune waiting in England. This venture ended in poverty for him and a sentence in a British prison. When he returned to America for his final years, Jaquess still held the respect of the men of the 73rd Infantry and the affection of the women who knew him as president of their college in Jacksonville. His misadventures having turned his black hair to white, he still possessed the charisma that had led to his national fame.
Blood Moon
The Tucson Kid is sentenced to death when he's accused of murder after killing a man in a gunfight. He's bought out of his sentence by a woman who has a job for him. A bandit is holding something over her father, and she asks Tucson to infiltrate his gang to discover what it is. Tucson is pitted alone against the outlaws and must face the bandit chief in a battle to the death.
Don Marcos Condori's Holy Land
Bolivia. Marcos Condori, a resident of the village in Bolivia, is forced to migrate when polluted river water ruins his fields and livelihood. Before leaving his land, Marcos meets Adam, an American NGO intern working on a reforestation project in Bolivia. Marcos and Adam form a friendship.Their friendship is continued in Utah.Materialism causes environmental degradation and political confrontation. Adam and Marcos help the world evolve to a more peaceful state.
