For fifty years “Detroit” has been shorthand for all that’s wrong with urban America: crime, corruption, decay, racial tension, struggling businesses, failing schools, a declining tax base, and more. Since 1950 Detroit has lost two-thirds of its population, falling from fifth place in the U.S. (just behind Los Angeles) to twenty-fourth (just behind Nashville). Between
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For the first time in one place, the listener will see all the likely conspirators revealed. The Warren Commission and the FBI agreed that President John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. Fifteen years later, the House Committee on Assassinations re-examined the evidence. They announced that he was not killed
Chaffee County Search & Rescue is known for finding lost people in the Rocky Mountain backcountry. But they’ve never lost one of their own before. Cam Torrens, author of Stable, has written another psychological thriller that will have listeners racing to answer the question…what happened to Kristee Li? Veteran pilot Tyler Zahn is finally recovering
Is it possible for a terrorist group to secretly “weaponize” the most anticipated new electronic video game? And on the night of its nationwide launch, will thousands of unsuspecting kids and their parents be slaughtered? These questions haunt Blair Anderson, the game’s distributor; and he alone can possibly uncover the truth and prevent the carnage.
Can Eddy Ackerman, a thirty-five-year-old professed loser, liquidate his shortfalls while trying to find success helping failing business owners transition to a new life through liquidation sales? Eddy inherits a retail furniture store from his deceased father. On the day his business goes belly up, his wife walks out on him and cleans out their
“War at Sea” is a collection of 21 essays and articles on naval warfare from the American Revolution to the end of the Second World War. In this book are some of the most famous—and infamous—naval battles in history. The author, a contributor to more than two dozen national magazines, has assembled and expanded on
Beacon Audiobooks has just released “Mothman & Other Flying Monsters: Nuclear Nightmares & Armageddon” written by author Nick Redfern. Mothman • The legendary, winged, fiery-eyed monster • The giant creature that tortured the city of Point Pleasant • The beast roamed from November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967 • Why, now, are so many
Carter Mills was a successful and well-known investment broker. He and his wife Loretta had an ideal marriage with three kids, a beautiful home, and even a condo in the Dominican Republic. But their storybook life ended on the day that Loretta fell in the shower and died. Carter tried to save her, he’d even
“All the ingredients are here: murder, mystery, sex, love, politics, good guys, bad guys, and all at a heart-stopping pace. Bravo!” ~Rochelle Weinstein, Amazon and USA Today best-selling author “Moral Infidelity is one of the best books I’ve read in several years. Not only are the characters intriguing and exceptionally well developed, the story line
Calliope is a unique, eccentric soul, in touch with nature and with the poetry that lives in her incredible mind. Functioning in an alien world, in which emotions sometimes confuse and confound her, nevertheless, she has the love and acceptance of an adopted family and friends, who know, in Calliope’s own words: “My soul does
“A Shadow Melody” is a fascinating blend of historical fiction and speculative fiction… one of the most original novels I have read in years.” –Kenneth W. Harmon, author of “In the Realm of Ash and Sorrow” In the early 1900s, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Harry Browning each researched devices to contact the dead through
Quebec, 1667. Committed to a double life to save her fellow Protestants, Isabelle turns spy against her deceitful Catholic husband. When he devises a ruthless plan to imprison and torture her people, Isabelle learns to fight from a brave young Huron woman. Isabelle seizes the opportunity to undermine her husband’s efforts by escorting him to
For the second time in human history, we are on the verge of broad new breakthroughs in health, productivity, and personal freedom. And many-to-many networks are the reason. In business, government, and war, information is no longer the privilege of a powerful few. Now everyone knows what anyone knows, and we are applying that diversity
La Rochelle, France, 1661. Fierce Protestant Isabelle is desperate to escape persecution by the Catholic King. Isabelle is tortured and harassed, her people forced to convert to the religion that rules the land. She risks her life by helping her fellow Protestants, which is forbidden by the powers of France. She accepts her fate—until she
A malevolent entity constantly taunts Derrick Johns, a teenager, to kill himself. Meanwhile, people across the world are killing themselves-and at times much to the shock and amazement of their loved ones, because they gave no indication they intended to commit suicide. Eventually, Derrick puts the pieces of this bizarre puzzle together, and sets out
In 1942, Pete Reiser was on the road to baseball superstardom. Then he crashed into a wall—an unpadded concrete outfield wall as he tried to make a game-saving catch. And for Pete, nothing was ever the same. A year earlier, at age 22, he had won a batting title, a rookie of the year award,
Inspired by Amelia Earhart’s heroic flights, young Winona “Nona” Williams tenaciously clings to the desire to become a pilot even after her father, with dreams of his own, dismisses the idea. When he quits his job in the Chicago stockyards to join other homesteaders settling the Great Plains, Nona finds herself torn between supporting her
Some genres were never meant to cross. Joe Slade is a detective with a hot lead and a warm gun. He no longer believes in happy ever afters, but his faith in plot twists is devout. Good thing. He is about to discover the biggest twist of all. Joe Slade is not real. He is
Are the 1932 Yankees the greatest team of all time? This is the story of their remarkable season, led by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, toward one of the most lopsided and talked-about World Series in baseball history. At the outset of the Great Depression, as FDR campaigned to replace Herbert Hoover, a baseball season
Author Kristin Gambaccini, a mom of 8 kids, is a baker, creator, self-taught DIYer, and the owner of the Kristin Gambaccini Blog, where she offers playful parenting advice, simple craft ideas, relaxed recipes, and more. She is a regular contributor and featured guest on The Kelly Clarkson Show, and has appeared on Fox8 News Cleveland, Jen and