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Read by the author. How do you live with the pain of watching someone you love suffer from addiction? How do you cope with the grief of losing them especially when your job is to make people laugh every day? Comedian Rickey Smiley has dealt with these immensely difficult questions for...

The carnival sideshows of the past have left behind a fascinating legacy of mystery and intrigue. The secrets behind such daring feats as fire-eating and sword swallowing and bizarre exhibitions of human oddities as "Alligator Boys" and "Gorilla Girls" still remain, only grudgingly if ever given up by performers and carnival professionals.

Step right up and discover the fascinating story of how traveling sideshows and carnivals captured the imagination of generations. From their roots in medieval European fairs to the dazzling spectacle of the American midway, carnivals have always been more than rides and games. They were places where wonder thrived, where the boundaries between reality and illusion blurred, and where communities came together to marvel at the extraordinary. In this richly detailed history, you’ll explore the rise of the American carnival after the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, meet legendary ...

But where are you really from? Phil Wang has been asked this question so many times he's lost count. So, finally, he decided to write a book about it. About how to be from two places at once. Phil was born in the UK, in Stoke-on-Trent to an English mother and a Chinese-Malaysian father. Three weeks after his birth, the Wang family returned to his fathers' hometown in Malaysia, and at age 16, Phil was uprooted once again, to return with his family to the UK.

Part memoir, part testimonial, and part life guide, Stand by Your Truth mixes Rickey Smiley’s down-home humor with the values he learned from being raised by three generations of elders, steeped in the Baptist church, and mentored by some of the most celebrated comics in the entertainment...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows series, the prequel to the Peri Reed series, following the government agency operative extraordinaire five years before when The Drafter begins. Every hero, even the accidental ones, have a beginning. Silas’s radical theory that...

Step into the eerie glow of the gypsy caravan fire and let the haunting tales of Oskar Dragan, a former sideshow ringmaster from old-world Romania, envelop you. Each episode unveils the chilling mysteries of individual sideshow performers, all painted in vivid, Poe-esque strokes. These stories aren't mere tales, but echoes of a bygone era, whispered from the lips of Dragan himself. As the flames crackle and dance, Oskar's voice will transport you to the grotesque world of a 19th-century sideshow, wrapping you in the inescapable grip of horror. Listen, if you dare, but remember: sometimes the ...

The carnival was supposed to be Al Branigan's last chance. Instead, it became a feeding ground. When a desperate showman captures a legendary beast to save his failing sideshow, he unleashes a nightmare on the small town of Cedar Creek. The creature's mate, a force of nature driven by grief and rage, descends from the mountains with a singular, brutal purpose: revenge. One by one, the carnival's attractions become instruments of terror. The screams of the crowd are no longer for show. Trapped in a remote Oregon valley, the carnies and townspeople must fight for survival against a monster ...

Tired of the same old handcuffs and Miranda rights? Get ready for a police procedural that goes way off script! In the sleepy, seemingly wholesome town of Pleasure Creek, Sheriff Rusty Jenkins wasn't just upholding the law; he was bending it. Especially when a new, attractive "performer" rolled into town with the visiting circus. His policy? If you caught his eye, you caught his attention. And his "interrogations" always involved a private audience of himself and his two very eager deputies. He'd done it before. He’d done it often. The routine was simple: falsely accuse, bring 'em to the ...

From Rio to Oostend, to Amsterdam and beyond, a troupe of acrobats travel the world performing miracles in the air and enthralling audiences. In between gigs they drink, play, and taunt each other. They get bored. They get up to no good. And then, they jump on a plane to do it all again somewhere else. Sideshow is a funny and rollicking take on the thrill and drudgery of a life on the road and what it takes to perform day after day after day.

The year is 1860, and an ancient Crone commands a traveling circus and sideshow, which rolls into St. Simon’s Isle each year. Violet, obsessed with the sideshow, vows to run away with the circus—to escape her stepfather’s cruelty and his intention to marry her off to an octogenarian. A dwarf in an offensive, flaming red suit meets her eye in a crowd, promising a new life. But this year, there is an air of…evil in the sideshow. Its creatures eyes hold a piercing intelligence, their cries altered, eerily humanoid. Whispers float about town of an escaped rogue crocodile that has been ...

How did thousands of premature infants come to be exhibited at America's most popular amusement park? In Miracle at Coney Island: How a Sideshow Doctor Saved Thousands of Babies and Transformed American Medicine, Claire Prentice uncovers the incredible true story of Martin Couney, the "incubator doctor."

Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert's story of growing up with two dads - his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad - and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you. In the 20th anniversary edition of this classic, Robert offers an update on what we’ve seen over the past 20 years related to money, investing, and the global economy.

From the author of The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron comes the definitive biography of Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, baseball’s epic leadoff hitter and base-stealer who also stole America’s heart over nearly five electric decades in the game. Few names in the history of baseball evoke...

"I LOVED THE IMAGINATION OF THIS AUTHOR!" ~ Satisfied Kindle Reader "FIVE STARS!" ~ Multiple Fans "ALICE CROWLEY IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST LIVING WRITERS!" ~ Author G. Taylor Moira is an LA housewife with a cheating husband and a yearning to explore her carnal proclivities. One day, Moira's best friend suggests the ladies attend a salacious sexual carnival circus sideshow, and Moira agrees -- without knowing what she's getting herself into. The two soon hook up with Jasper, a performer at the sideshow, and after a hot and heavy threesome in the desert, they attend the event, where they learn ...

From Rio to Oostend to Amsterdam and beyond, a troupe of acrobats travel the world performing miracles in the air and enthralling audiences. In between gigs they drink, they play, and taunt each other. They get bored. They get up to no good. And then they jump on a plane to it all again somewhere else. Sideshow is a funny and rollicking take on the thrill and drudgery of a life on the road and on what it takes to perform day after day after day.

Did you miss Rickey and the gang this morning? Well, now you can catch up ANYTIME and EVERYWHERE. So, if you didn’t govern yourself accordingly, maybe you overslept, and missed the tea – don’t trip! Just hit “Follow” or the little check mark and never miss an episode again. Hear Rickey, Da Brat, Gary with Da Tea, Special K, and Rock-T on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show Podcast right here daily.

Diary entries, medical records, book reports, phone calls, dates (the romantic kind), dreams, index cards, passive aggressive post-it notes, stories, emails to professors, dates (the month/day kind), worries, and resumes that never led to job interviews....

All three seasons available at https://absolutelymental.com/ In this new audio series, the Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning actor, director, and writer Ricky Gervais phones his favorite smart friend, the neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, to ask some very important questions...and some not-so-important ones. Gervais and Harris contemplate the wonders of science and the chaos of modern life while having many good laughs.

“A mosaic mystery told in vignettes, cliffhangers, curious asides, and some surreal plot twists as Raffel investigates the secrets of the man who changed infant care in America.”—NPR, 2018's Great Reads What kind of doctor puts his patients on display? This is the spellbinding tale of a...