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Tahiry
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Jane had a pretty good life. She was a single mother, and she
worked hard for her three kids, who meant the world to her. One
autumn evening she met someone she believed to be the man of her
dreams-the only thing missing in her nearly perfect life. He was
handsome, gentle, quiet, and kind.
Eleven months later, they bought a home and were married. Jane
was so happy. Soon, however, her daughter, Michelle, began to
change; she became distant and withdrawn. Something was wrong, but
Jane couldn't figure out what it was. She never thought to look at
her husband as being the cause her daughter's moodiness or imagine
that it might be somehow related to sexual abuse. Her husband-a
young, handsome man with a nine-to-five job, an ex-wife and kids of
his own-was nothing like her image of a pedophile.
In her memoir, "I Am Gonna Tell," Jane recounts the nightmare
that she, her daughter and sons lived through due to the man Jane
brought into their lives. This is a mother's brutally honest
account of the horrifying discovery of her daughter's sexual abuse
at the hands of her husband-her daughter's stepfather.
In 1997, George Henderson, who was staying in a homeless shelter,
asked for the help of author, Dr. Bonnie Clark Douglass. George's
brother Paul Henderson, who was nicknamed "Poncho," was only 17
when he went missing on Halloween night. Poncho's lifeless body was
found a couple of weeks later on Nov. 14th, 1981, at the end of the
catwalk under the Centennial Bridge in Miramichi City. Poncho's
sneakers were found neatly placed, side by side, atop a pillar
approximately 50 yards from the body; not one police report
retrieved mentions this fact. George refused to "live with it,"
after the family was told Poncho fell off the bridge, and that was
not what the Pathologist's report concluded. "I'd say he was
beaten. When a person falls, you expect to see trademark injuries,
especially to the hands and face." Sheriff Pollard said that if he
did not know better, he would guess that someone put Poncho on a
rack and stretched him. (Telegraph Journal, February 6, 1999,
Calvin Pollard, with 25 years combined experience as a sheriff and
coroner). George and Dr. Bonnie dug up every piece of information
they could find. This included old RCMP records retrieved from the
New Brunswick Archives, and news articles from 1981. A
comprehensive written report was submitted to the N.B. RCMP Major
Crime Unit and, in 1999, the RCMP announced that the case was being
opened. After George's violent death in 2007, Dr. Bonnie knew that
one day she had to tell George's story, because of his tenacity and
courage in the face of a system that seemed dead against him.
George remained the eye of the storm, no matter what he came up
against. After starting a Facebook site, miraculously, 10 pages of
tips came in. The truth about that fateful night and what happened
on the catwalk began to unravel. Who would ever believe how the
truth surfaced because of social media? A loyal group of people,
who ravaged the storm and fought to honor George's vow for justice,
are revealed in the story.
The chilling tome that launched an entire genre of books about the
sometimes gruesome but always tragic ways people have died in our
national parks, this updated edition of a classic includes
calamities in Yellowstone from the past sixteen years, including
the infamous grizzly bear attacks in the summer of 2011, as well as
a fatal hot springs accident in 2000 in which the Park Service was
sued for negligence.
The tragic story of Susan Powell and her murdered boys, Charlie and
Braden, is the only case that rivals the John Benet Ramsey saga in
the annals of true crime. When a pretty, blonde Utah mother went
missing in December of 2009 the media was swept up in the story.
Susan's husband, Josh, said he had no idea what happened to his
young wife, and that he and the boys had been camping. Over the
next three years bombshell by bombshell, the story would reveal
more shocking secrets, Josh's father, Steve, who was sexually
obsessed with Susan, would ultimately be convicted of unspeakable
perversion. Josh's brother, Michael, would commit suicide. And in
the most stunning event of them all, Josh Powell would murder his
two little boys and kill himself with brutality beyond belief.
After in-depth research of the circumstances of that fateful night,
investigative writer and former journalist Noel Botham finally
reveals what he alleges to be the truth - Princess Diana fell
victim to a ruthlessly executed assassination. Twenty years later,
the tragedy still shapes Britain as we know it today. How could the
Establishment betray the trust of a whole nation? How was the
killing executed? Was there really another car in the tunnel at the
time of the crash? Reporting from the innermost sanctums of British
intelligence and royalty, Botham reveals shocking answers to what
he claims is one of the UK's most successfully kept secrets. As
Botham affirms, The Murder of Princess Diana firmly lays to rest
the outdated theory that Diana's death was a mere accident, and
finally gives the people of Britain the explanation they deserve.
In 2018 Captain Louis Rudd MBE walked into the history books when he
finished a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica, pulling a 130 kg
sledge laden with his supplies for more than 900 miles. Louis’ skills
had been honed in the SAS, on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, but
now – in the most hostile environment on earth – they would be tested
like never before. Alone on the ice, Louis battled through whiteouts,
50 mph gales and temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius. It would take all
his mental strength to survive.
In this gripping book Louis reveals how a thirst for adventure saw him
join the Royal Marines at sixteen and then pass the SAS selection
course at only twenty-two. He describes his first gruelling polar
expedition with legendary explorer Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley in
2011 and the leadership challenges he faced a few years later when he
led a team of Army Reservists across Antarctica. And he takes us with
him step by painful step as he pushes himself to the limit, travelling
alone on his epic and lonely trek across the continent’s treacherous
ice fields and mountains.
With edge-of-the-seat storytelling, Endurance is an awe-inspiring
account of courage and resilience by a remarkable man.
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