Guillotine by Eduardo C CorralRequirements: ePUB Reader / 7.6 MBOverview: The astonishing second collection by the author of Slow Lightning, winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize Guillotine traverses desert landscapes cut through by migrants, the grief of loss, betrayal’s lingering scars, the border itself―great distances in which violence and yearning find roots. Through the […]
The Guillotine Choice by Michael J. Malone & Bashir SaoudiRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 1.03MBOverview: In 1920s French-controlled Algeria, Kaci is in the frame for the brutal murder of his French boss. Kaci is faced with a stark choice: name his cousin as the killer and win his freedom, or keep quiet and face 25 years’ […]
When the Guillotine Fell: The Bloody Beginning and Horrifying End to France’s River of Blood, 1791–1977 by Jeremy MercerRequirements: .ePUB reader, 435 KBOverview: How long did the guillotine’s blade hang over the heads of French criminals? Was it abandoned in the late 1800s? Did French citizens of the early days of the twentieth century decry […]
The French Revolution, Volume 3: The Guillotine by Thomas CarlyleRequirements: .MP3 reader, 340 MBOverview: Classic study by the Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. Filled with a passionate intensity, hitherto unknown in historical writing, Carlyle’s account of the motivations and urges that inspired the events in France […]
Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in The Alice Cooper Group by Dennis Dunaway, Chris HodenfieldRequirements: .MP3 reader, 254 MBOverview: As the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says, “Before the world heard of KISS, the New York Dolls, Marilyn Manson, or Ozzy Osbourne, there was Alice Cooper, the original shock-rock band.” When Alice Cooper […]