Folsom's 93

Folsom's 93
Author: April Moore
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1610352033

From 1895 to 1937, 93 men were hanged at California's Folsom State Prison, and this book is the first to tell all of their stories, recounting long-forgotten tales of murder and swift justice, or sometimes, swift injustice that hanged an innocent man. Based on a treasury of historical information that has been hidden from the public for nearly 70 years, the full stories of these 93 executed men are presented in this collection including their origins, their crimes, the investigations that brought them to justice, their trials, and their deaths at the gallows. This wealth of previously unpublished historical detail gives a vivid view of the sociology of early 20th-century crime and of the resulting prison life. Readers take a trip back in time to the hard-boiled early 20th-century California that inspired the novels of Dashiell Hammett and countless other crime writers. Illustrated throughout with authentic and haunting prison photographs of each of the condemned men, the crimes and punishments of a vanished era are brought into a sharp and realistic light.

You Can't Win

You Can't Win
Author: Jack Black
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2013-07-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1627932755

An amazing autobiography of a criminal from a forgotten time in american history. Jack Black was a burgler, safe-cracker, highwayman and petty thief.

The Journey Home

The Journey Home
Author: Shirleen Von Hoffmann
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2005-08
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 1598580213

A Life Journey

A Life Journey
Author: Fadwa K. Naser
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2021-11-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1664199993

Author Fadwa Naser recounts her experiences and life stories in A LIFE JOURNEY to leave it as a Legacy to her grandchildren and great grandchildren and for generations to come.

How to Live in Fear

How to Live in Fear
Author: Lance Hahn
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0718038584

Find freedom in an age of anxiety. Let’s face it: we are afraid. Our world is riddled with fear-inducing headlines, financial meltdowns, family crises, and phobias of every stripe. No wonder the New York Times now reports one in ten Americans is now taking antidepressant or anxiety medication. So how do we cope or even succeed in a world spinning out of control? As someone who has battled panic attacks and anxiety most of his life, Lance Hahn can relate. In How to Live in Fear, Lance tackles the pervasive problem of fear and panic head-on by inviting readers into his world. In this genuine and practical book, he invites readers into the life of a pastor living with anxiety disorder. Through humorous personal stories—like losing it on an airplane or collapsing onstage as he is about to preach—Lance will win over readers with his transparency. He will also share the remedies that have helped him recover and overcome throughout the years. How to Live in Fear is a public intervention of sorts. We need to talk about this issue, especially the church-at-large. Millions of people suffer from anxiety disorders, and the church has done little to make them feel normal. Many Christians now take medication privately but keep it a secret under the shame of being viewed as a failure. Lance willingly bares his soul in order to get the conversation started. He firmly believes the church should not only recognize the issue, but also help believers reconcile the guilt of being a Christian while dealing with dread and anxiety Filled with practical tips and advice, and full of relevant scriptures, How to Live in Fear gives readers the tools to relax in the face of fear—real or imagined. Lance will show readers that while he may still encounter bouts of panic, he has never let his disorder stop him from living a full life.

A Wilder Life

A Wilder Life
Author: Celestine Maddy
Publisher: Artisan Books
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1579657249

In our technology-driven, workaday world, connecting with nature has never before been more essential. A Wilder Life, a beautiful oversized lifestyle book by the team behind the popular Wilder Quarterly, gives readers indispensable ideas for interacting with the great outdoors. Learn to plant a night-blooming garden, navigate by reading the stars, build an outdoor shelter, make dry shampoo, identify insects, cultivate butterflies in a backyard, or tint your clothes with natural dyes. Like a modern-day Whole Earth Catalog, A Wilder Life gives us DIY projects and old-world skills that are being reclaimed by a new generation. Divided into sections pertaining to each season and covering self-reliance, growing and gardening, cooking, health and beauty, and wilderness, and with photos and illustrations evocative of the great outdoors, A Wilder Life shows that getting in touch with nature is possible no matter who you are and—more important—where you are.

Lost to Found in 90 Days: Your Journey to Self-Discovery and Ultimate Happiness

Lost to Found in 90 Days: Your Journey to Self-Discovery and Ultimate Happiness
Author: Rachel Adams Lee
Publisher: Rachel Adams Lee
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1519733283

Imagine this: You wake up before your alarm clock, inhale a deep breath of gratitude and know that the most amazing day is ahead of you. You are passionately working your dream career and spending time with people who build you up and have goals just as big as yours. You are surrounded by amazing family and friends and have even found space in your day to steal some "me" time. Your body is in peak physical condition and everyone tells you that you have never looked better! It doesn't take a magic pill, a horrible diet, or a storybook romance to make you feel completely fulfilled. The power to change your life today is within YOU! Lost to Found in 90 Days: Your Journey to Self-Discovery and Ultimate Happiness Rachel Adams, top-selling real estate agent, and Nina Rowan Heller, health and fitness expert, teamed up to create this powerful 90 Day Program for self-transformation. You'll find these personal-advice powerhouses to be warm, sympathetic, and poised to help you. This is more than just a book. At the end of each chapter you'll find workbook exercises, which are designed to be interactive and personalized. Work on your personal development anywhere, anytime! Lost to Found provides a step by step process to rise above what's been holding you back and catapult you to the life of your dreams! *This book is sold separately as one part of the L2F90 Program. Also included in the full L2F90 Program: 12 Weekly Inspirational Guidance Videos, Exclusive Online Community, Custom Mobile App, 90 Day Facebook Challenge Group, Sporty T-shirt, and other tools to help you change your life in 90 days.

Consuming Identities

Consuming Identities
Author: Amy DeFalco Lippert
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2018-03-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190268999

Along with the rapid expansion of the market economy and industrial production methods, such innovations as photography, lithography, and steam printing created a pictorial revolution in nineteenth-century society. The proliferation of visual prints, ephemera, spectacles, and technologies transformed public values and perceptions, and its legacy was as significant as the print revolution that preceded it. Consuming Identities explores the significance of the pictorial revolution in one of its vanguard cities: San Francisco, the revolving door of the gold rush. In their correspondence, diaries, portraits, and reminiscences, thousands of migrants to the city by the Bay demonstrated that visual media constituted a central means by which people navigated the bewildering host of changes taking hold around them in the second half of the nineteenth century, from the spread of capitalism and class formation to immigration and urbanization. Images themselves were inextricably associated with these world-changing forces; they were commodities, but as representations of people, they also possessed special cultural qualities that gave them new meaning and significance. Visual media transcended traditional boundaries of language and culture that divided diverse groups within the same urban space. From the 1848 conquest of California and the gold discovery to the disastrous earthquake and fire of 1906, San Francisco anticipated broader cultural transformations in the commodification, implementation, and popularity of images. For the city's inhabitants and sojourners, an array of imagery came to mediate, intersect with, and even constitute social interaction in a world where virtual reality was becoming normative.

Abandoned

Abandoned
Author: Allison Brennan
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2018-08-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250164486

New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan weaves the intimate, unputdownable story of an investigator confronting the most important--and most dangerous--mystery of her career. Investigative reporter Max Revere has cracked many cases, but the one investigation she's never attempted is the mystery from her own past. Her mother abandoned her when she was nine, sending her periodic postcards, but never returning to reclaim her daughter. Seven years after the postcards stop coming, Martha Revere is declared legally dead, with no sign of what may have happened to her. Until now. With a single clue—that her mother’s car disappeared sixteen years ago in a small town on the Chesapeake Bay—Max drops everything to finally seek the truth. As Max investigates, and her mother's story unfolds, she realizes that Martha teamed up with a con man. They traveled the world living off Martha’s trust and money they conned from others. Though no one claims to know anything about Martha or her disappearance, Max suspects more than one person is lying. When she learns the FBI has an active investigation into the con man, Max knows she’s on the right path. But as Max digs into the dark secrets of this idyllic community, the only thing she might find is the same violent end as her mother.

Simply...color

Simply...color
Author: Diantha Harris
Publisher: Flying Dutchman Pub
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2008-12-15
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780615231853

Simply Color is one of those books that comes along once in a great while. It is a deceptively simple examination of how color works on our bodies, minds and souls, and offers several methods of accessing the power of color from color breathing to color cards, to color sprays and everything in between. The Color Chart is a wonderful and quick way to see how to use color daily for support and change, while the chapter on Feng Shui and Healing with Color is direct, simple, and effective. This book deserves to be in the library of anyone who loves color, wants to change their life, or who simply wants to learn about the nature and language of color. Beautiful color photos, simple but profound descriptions of the character of each color, and several practical exercises are included in this book along with a great resource section and reading list. Don't miss this one it is a gem.