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Listen as five criminals tell their stories. Jay Jay found trouble young, very young. Serving time at age 12 is not the beginning of Jay Jay’s descent into criminality. Cjay has been in nearly as many prisons as she has fingers, yet nothing in her upbringing predestined her for crime. Lawrence, a child raised in American ghetto circumstances, became the epitome of extreme violence while at the same time holding tight an inner secret of female identity. Brian was a young man with a twinkle in his eye and a propensity for getting caught.  

38 Years Later covers two periods in Brian’s life: before prison and life in prison. The before-prison story takes the listener through Brian’s upbringing and early-life choices while living in the San Francisco Bay Area. The before-prison story also covers in detail the extraordinary play-by-play of Brian’s 1980 commitment offense, an offense for which he remains in prison today. The life-in-prison story reveals how time does not stop when men face the world in shackles. 

In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 and 1968, and he was denounced for stirring up animosity between black parents and Jewish teachers.

What if a single group of conspirators was behind nearly every political happening since World War II? What if this secret society of comprised leading men from every major industry, from oil to the media to the CIA? 8Men reveals the sinister possibilities that lurk in the shadows of recent American history. Franklin D. Roosevelt could have prevented the attack on Pearl Harbor; the same influencers who ensured John F. Kennedy’s election later orchestrated his assassination; the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death was not, in fact, because of his leadership in the civil rights movement. Forget everything you think you know about the second half of the twentieth century, and follow young cadet Ricky Teed as he becomes embroiled in the dubious morals of the 8Men organization.

On January 20, 2009, a new occupant had moved into the White House. The transition of power from the previous administration had been orderly and uneventful, and on the surface, seemed to move smoothly through the process as prescribed by the U.S. Constitution. 

What millions of Americans couldn't know was that a few years before the new president was born, another man had been offered two lives to live. His choice would change the lives of every man, woman and child on our planet. Many famous assassinations had been left behind in the wake of his ascension. He destroyed many large individual fortunes and the economies of some countries. 

The Marketer follows the youngest Chief Marketing Officer in Armitage Communications history, Benjamin Harrington. As an executive for a national software giant, his life seems perfect: a cushy office, good pay and access to all the exclusive functions. Managing the corporate brand was his official job description, with the freedom to achieve this by any means. However, when their main competitor releases a new product early, their success and popularity threatens the very survival of Armitage.

To Marry a Prince: The Royal Wedding is a book that covers the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in some detail. As well as looking at the details of the ceremony itself, the book looks into the history of the various institutions that are involved, such as the Church of England, and the Royal Family itself. Hopefully this book will not answer the how of the royal wedding but also the why.