Audio book descriptionLoony Iris Courtney learns about life in the small town of Hammond, New York She learns of love from her parents, but the person from whom she learns the most is Verlyn "Jinx" Fairchild, star of the basketball courts. Their lives are shattered 1 night when Jinx defends Iris against "Little Red" Garlock, and forever after they are locked in a bond of secrecy.
Audio book descriptionAlthough his most famous work, The Red Badge of Courage, was created almost entirely from his imagination, Stephen Crane didn't hesitate to seek out life's most demanding lessons for himself. During his lifetime, he was exposed to poverty, hopelessness, violence, shipwrecks, and countless other tragedies. The 4 short stories in this collection, "An Experiment in Misery, " "The Reluctant Voyagers, " "A Desertion, " and "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, " show Crane's skillful prose, rich imagery, and deft exposure of the human condition, including a vivid picture of life in New York City at the turn of the century.
Audio book descriptionCaunitz sets a new standard for police procedurals with a novel that probes the treacherous chains of command on both sides of the law, from the drug-strangled streets of New York's Washington Heights to One Police Plaza. A solid, searing novel of crime and corruption, of lives saved and lost on both sides of today's front lines, Chains of Command crackles with the gritty, authentic prose only a former NYPD detective could write.
Audio book descriptionIt is 1901 and Buffalo, New York, stands at the center of the nation's attention as a place of immense wealth and sophistication. The massive hydroelectric power development at nearby Niagara Falls and the grand Pan-American Exposition promise to bring th…
