Author: Pramila U. Dugel
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456807676
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Family Secrets
Author: Pramila U. Dugel
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456807676
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456807676
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Secret Affairs
Author: Irwin Gellman
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421431378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Originally published in 1995. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was paralyzed from the waist down, but he concealed the extent of his disability from a public that was never permitted to see him in a wheelchair. FDR's Secretary of State was old and frail, debilitated by a highly contagious and usually fatal disease that was as closely guarded a state secret as his wife's Jewish ancestry. The undersecretary was a pompous and aloof man who married three times but, when intoxicated, preferred sex with railroad porters, shoeshine boys, and cabdrivers. These three legendary figures—Franklin Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles—not only concealed such secrets for more than a decade but did so while directing United States foreign policy during some of the most perilous events in the nation's history. Irwin Gellman brings to light startling new information about the intrigues, deceptions, and behind-the-scenes power struggles that influenced America's role in World War II and left their mark on world events, for good or ill, in the half-century that followed. Gellman had unprecedented access to previously unavailable documents, including Hull's confidential medical records, unpublished manuscripts of Drew Pearson and R. Walton Moore, and Sumner Welles's FBI file. Gellman concludes that while Roosevelt, Hull, and Welles usually agreed on foreign policy matters, the events that molded each man's character remained a mystery to the others. Their failure to cope with their secret affairs—to subordinate their personal concerns to the higher good of the nation—eventually destroyed much of what they hoped would be their legacy. Roosevelt never explained his objectives to his vice president, Harry Truman, or to anyone else. Hull never groomed a successor, and Welles kept his foreign assignations as classified as his sexual orientation. Gellman tells the dramatic story of how three Americans—despite private demons and bitter animosities—could work together to lead their nation to victory against fascism. —William T. Walker, Presidential Studies Quarterly
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421431378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
Originally published in 1995. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was paralyzed from the waist down, but he concealed the extent of his disability from a public that was never permitted to see him in a wheelchair. FDR's Secretary of State was old and frail, debilitated by a highly contagious and usually fatal disease that was as closely guarded a state secret as his wife's Jewish ancestry. The undersecretary was a pompous and aloof man who married three times but, when intoxicated, preferred sex with railroad porters, shoeshine boys, and cabdrivers. These three legendary figures—Franklin Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles—not only concealed such secrets for more than a decade but did so while directing United States foreign policy during some of the most perilous events in the nation's history. Irwin Gellman brings to light startling new information about the intrigues, deceptions, and behind-the-scenes power struggles that influenced America's role in World War II and left their mark on world events, for good or ill, in the half-century that followed. Gellman had unprecedented access to previously unavailable documents, including Hull's confidential medical records, unpublished manuscripts of Drew Pearson and R. Walton Moore, and Sumner Welles's FBI file. Gellman concludes that while Roosevelt, Hull, and Welles usually agreed on foreign policy matters, the events that molded each man's character remained a mystery to the others. Their failure to cope with their secret affairs—to subordinate their personal concerns to the higher good of the nation—eventually destroyed much of what they hoped would be their legacy. Roosevelt never explained his objectives to his vice president, Harry Truman, or to anyone else. Hull never groomed a successor, and Welles kept his foreign assignations as classified as his sexual orientation. Gellman tells the dramatic story of how three Americans—despite private demons and bitter animosities—could work together to lead their nation to victory against fascism. —William T. Walker, Presidential Studies Quarterly
Born in Secret
Author: Susan Kearney
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
ISBN: 1611944589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Best Mom ever. When a checkup reveals that 5-year-old Skye is not Brooke Evan's daughter, a heartbroken Brooke hunts down the biological parents. It's the right thing to do . . . for Skye. Inventor. Business man. Dad? But when Brooke shows up on Max Braddack's doorstep, he suspects she has ulterior motives. It's hard for the laid-back, billionaire Max to believe that Brooke is simply doing what's best for her daughter. A child to love. Yet, the more time Max spends with Brooke and Skye, the more he comprehends that other forces besides his growing feelings are in play. The little girl who was born in secret is in terrible danger . . . and she needs Max and Skye to protect her.
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
ISBN: 1611944589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Best Mom ever. When a checkup reveals that 5-year-old Skye is not Brooke Evan's daughter, a heartbroken Brooke hunts down the biological parents. It's the right thing to do . . . for Skye. Inventor. Business man. Dad? But when Brooke shows up on Max Braddack's doorstep, he suspects she has ulterior motives. It's hard for the laid-back, billionaire Max to believe that Brooke is simply doing what's best for her daughter. A child to love. Yet, the more time Max spends with Brooke and Skye, the more he comprehends that other forces besides his growing feelings are in play. The little girl who was born in secret is in terrible danger . . . and she needs Max and Skye to protect her.
The Secret Place
Author: John Chipley
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456745948
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
.So, at about the age of twelve, when most boys do what they are told NOT to do, B. J. went into the woods. From that day on his life was never the same. This is more than just another book. This is our sons secret journal that we found years after, well, years after he disappeared. These are his words. This is his story. The following was written on the first page of his journal, As I start my story, I cannot tell you my name, or where I live, or anything that might disclose who I am. I can, however, tell you one thing; when I was a baby my grandpa called me B.J.. When our son was growing up none of the children were allowed to go into the woods behind our house. Two boys disappeared in the woods over ten years ago and were never found, not a trace. I think this is why B.J. had to go into the woods. He had to see for myself what was there. What he found was another world. It was a world that he writes about in his journal. He writes about an old lady called Mowmow. He writes about his best friends LaCharles and Lizzy. He writes about a pond that is deep in the woods, and what he discovered on the other side of the pond. He writes about love, fear, death, and God. I left the pages of this book basically untouched; (so, you will find some misspelled words and incorrect grammar). However, I didnt want to change one word of what B.J. wrote. Every word is a clue as to what happened to him, or where he might be. When you finish reading his journal entries, maybe you will understand? Maybe you can help us find B.J.? The sketches in this book have been redrawn. However, the original sketches made by B.J. are in the cold case file in the basement of the Charlotte, North Carolina courthouse.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456745948
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
.So, at about the age of twelve, when most boys do what they are told NOT to do, B. J. went into the woods. From that day on his life was never the same. This is more than just another book. This is our sons secret journal that we found years after, well, years after he disappeared. These are his words. This is his story. The following was written on the first page of his journal, As I start my story, I cannot tell you my name, or where I live, or anything that might disclose who I am. I can, however, tell you one thing; when I was a baby my grandpa called me B.J.. When our son was growing up none of the children were allowed to go into the woods behind our house. Two boys disappeared in the woods over ten years ago and were never found, not a trace. I think this is why B.J. had to go into the woods. He had to see for myself what was there. What he found was another world. It was a world that he writes about in his journal. He writes about an old lady called Mowmow. He writes about his best friends LaCharles and Lizzy. He writes about a pond that is deep in the woods, and what he discovered on the other side of the pond. He writes about love, fear, death, and God. I left the pages of this book basically untouched; (so, you will find some misspelled words and incorrect grammar). However, I didnt want to change one word of what B.J. wrote. Every word is a clue as to what happened to him, or where he might be. When you finish reading his journal entries, maybe you will understand? Maybe you can help us find B.J.? The sketches in this book have been redrawn. However, the original sketches made by B.J. are in the cold case file in the basement of the Charlotte, North Carolina courthouse.
Born in Mystery
Author: Susan Kearney
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
ISBN: 1611944821
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A stalker has Summer Warren desperate. So she quits her job, changes apartments, and assumes a new identity . . . as a surrogate mother. Yet when the stalker finds her again, she has no choice but to seek protection from the babies' biological father. Craig Braddack doesn't know what to think of the leather-clad, motorcycle-riding hot mama that shows up on his doorstep demanding that he protect her and his twins. While he's suspicious of her story, his fierce protective instincts for his children kick into overdrive when the stalker returns. Craig tells himself that his desire for Summer is just chemistry . . . albeit sizzling chemistry. And he wishes he could trust her . . . if only she hadn't lied to him. Twice. But it will take more than trust to keep Summer and his babies alive. They must work together to out the stalker . . . or die trying.
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
ISBN: 1611944821
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
A stalker has Summer Warren desperate. So she quits her job, changes apartments, and assumes a new identity . . . as a surrogate mother. Yet when the stalker finds her again, she has no choice but to seek protection from the babies' biological father. Craig Braddack doesn't know what to think of the leather-clad, motorcycle-riding hot mama that shows up on his doorstep demanding that he protect her and his twins. While he's suspicious of her story, his fierce protective instincts for his children kick into overdrive when the stalker returns. Craig tells himself that his desire for Summer is just chemistry . . . albeit sizzling chemistry. And he wishes he could trust her . . . if only she hadn't lied to him. Twice. But it will take more than trust to keep Summer and his babies alive. They must work together to out the stalker . . . or die trying.
Family experiences and home secrets, by E. Copley and others
Author: Family experiences
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Home economics
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Unicorn's Secret
Author: Steven Levy
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504042131
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The true story of Ira Einhorn, the Philadelphia antiwar crusader, environmental activist, and New Age guru with a murderous dark side. During the cultural shockwaves of the 1960s and ’70s, Ira Einhorn—nicknamed the “Unicorn”—was the leading radical voice for the antiwar movement at the University of Pennsylvania. At his side were such noted activists as Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. A brilliantly articulate advocate for peace in a turbulent era, he rallied followers toward the growing antiestablishment causes of free love, drugs, and radical ecological reform. In 1979, when the mummified remains of his girlfriend, Holly Maddux, a Bryn Mawr flower child from Tyler, Texas, were found in a trunk in his apartment, Einhorn claimed a CIA frame-up. Incredibly, the network of influential friends, socialites, and powerful politicians he’d charmed and manipulated over the years supported him. Represented by renowned district attorney and future senator Arlen Specter, Einhorn was released on bail. But before trial, he fled the country to an idyllic town in the French wine region and disappeared. It would take more than twenty years—and two trials—to finally bring Einhorn to justice. Based on more than two years of research and 250 interviews, as well as the chilling private journals of Einhorn and Maddux, prize-winning journalist Steven Levy paints an astonishing and complicated portrait of a man motivated by both genius and rage. The basis for 1998 NBC television miniseries The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The Unicorn’s Secret is a “spellbinding sociological/true crime study,” revealing the dark and tragic dimensions of a man who defined an era, only to shatter its ideals (Publishers Weekly).
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504042131
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The true story of Ira Einhorn, the Philadelphia antiwar crusader, environmental activist, and New Age guru with a murderous dark side. During the cultural shockwaves of the 1960s and ’70s, Ira Einhorn—nicknamed the “Unicorn”—was the leading radical voice for the antiwar movement at the University of Pennsylvania. At his side were such noted activists as Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. A brilliantly articulate advocate for peace in a turbulent era, he rallied followers toward the growing antiestablishment causes of free love, drugs, and radical ecological reform. In 1979, when the mummified remains of his girlfriend, Holly Maddux, a Bryn Mawr flower child from Tyler, Texas, were found in a trunk in his apartment, Einhorn claimed a CIA frame-up. Incredibly, the network of influential friends, socialites, and powerful politicians he’d charmed and manipulated over the years supported him. Represented by renowned district attorney and future senator Arlen Specter, Einhorn was released on bail. But before trial, he fled the country to an idyllic town in the French wine region and disappeared. It would take more than twenty years—and two trials—to finally bring Einhorn to justice. Based on more than two years of research and 250 interviews, as well as the chilling private journals of Einhorn and Maddux, prize-winning journalist Steven Levy paints an astonishing and complicated portrait of a man motivated by both genius and rage. The basis for 1998 NBC television miniseries The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer, The Unicorn’s Secret is a “spellbinding sociological/true crime study,” revealing the dark and tragic dimensions of a man who defined an era, only to shatter its ideals (Publishers Weekly).
The Secret Rooms
Author: Catherine Bailey
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143124730
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
For fans of Downton Abbey, this New York Times bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants’ quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records—but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143124730
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 537
Book Description
For fans of Downton Abbey, this New York Times bestseller is the enthralling true story of family secrets and aristocratic intrigue in the days before WWI After the Ninth Duke of Rutland, one of the wealthiest men in Britain, died alone in a cramped room in the servants’ quarters of Belvoir Castle on April 21, 1940, his son and heir ordered the room, which contained the Rutland family archives, sealed. Sixty years later, Catherine Bailey became the first historian given access. What she discovered was a mystery: The Duke had painstakingly erased three periods of his life from all family records—but why? As Bailey uncovers the answers, she also provides an intimate portrait of the very top of British society in the turbulent days leading up to World War I.
Secret Service Under Pitt
Author: William John Fitz-Patrick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Espionage, British
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Deals mainly with Irish affairs and the United Irishmen.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Espionage, British
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Deals mainly with Irish affairs and the United Irishmen.
The Rancher's Secret Child
Author: Brenda Minton
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488090491
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
From the author of The Rancher’s Christmas Bride. “Full of heart, family, and small-town charm, this book will warm and inspire readers.” —Wishful Endings Can he cowboy up for fatherhood? He had no room for love . . . until now. After meeting the son he never knew he had, Marcus Palermo’s simple life turns upside down. Complicating things further is Lissa Hart, the boy’s lovely guardian. She’ll help him become a parent—but falling for a gruff cowboy is not in her plans. Will she realize her future lies in Bluebonnet Springs with the rugged rancher? Praise for Brenda Minton “Brenda Minton has done her usual excellent job of showing us the quieter, more decent side of life. One could say she restores our faith in humanity.” —Fresh Fiction
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488090491
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
From the author of The Rancher’s Christmas Bride. “Full of heart, family, and small-town charm, this book will warm and inspire readers.” —Wishful Endings Can he cowboy up for fatherhood? He had no room for love . . . until now. After meeting the son he never knew he had, Marcus Palermo’s simple life turns upside down. Complicating things further is Lissa Hart, the boy’s lovely guardian. She’ll help him become a parent—but falling for a gruff cowboy is not in her plans. Will she realize her future lies in Bluebonnet Springs with the rugged rancher? Praise for Brenda Minton “Brenda Minton has done her usual excellent job of showing us the quieter, more decent side of life. One could say she restores our faith in humanity.” —Fresh Fiction