Madam

Author : Phoebe Wynne
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250272058

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Madam by Phoebe Wynne Pdf

"The simmering menace and mystery kept me absolutely gripped...a smoldering novel that I could not put down." ––Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne "Rebecca meets The Secret History: gloriously dark, gloriously Gothic." ––Sara Collins, bestselling author of The Confessions of Fannie Langton Named a Best Book of 2021 by Goodreads • Entertainment Weekly • Parade • PopSugar • Brit+Co • Romper • Frolic • Crime Reads • SheKnows.com • Women.com Discover the secrets of Caldonbrae Hall in this riveting, modern gothic debut set at an all girls' boarding school perched on a craggy Scottish peninsula. For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat untouched, a beacon of excellence in an old ancestral castle. A boarding school for girls, it promises that the young women lucky enough to be admitted will emerge "resilient and ready to serve society." Into its illustrious midst steps Rose Christie: a 26-year-old Classics teacher, Caldonbrae’s new head of the department, and the first hire for the school in over a decade. At first, Rose is overwhelmed to be invited into this institution, whose prestige is unrivaled. But she quickly discovers that behind the school’s elitist veneer lies an impenetrable, starkly traditional culture that she struggles to reconcile with her modernist beliefs--not to mention her commitment to educating "girls for the future." It also doesn’t take long for Rose to suspect that there’s more to the secret circumstances surrounding the abrupt departure of her predecessor--a woman whose ghost lingers everywhere--than anyone is willing to let on. In her search for this mysterious former teacher, Rose instead uncovers the darkness that beats at the heart of Caldonbrae, forcing her to confront the true extent of the school’s nefarious purpose, and her own role in perpetuating it. A darkly feminist tale pitched against a haunting backdrop, and populated by an electrifying cast of heroines, Madam will keep readers engrossed until the breathtaking conclusion. They want our silence... They want our obedience... Let them see our fire burn

Author : Debby Applegate
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385534765

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Madam by Debby Applegate Pdf

The compulsively readable and sometimes jaw-dropping story of the life of a notorious madam who played hostess to every gangster, politician, writer, sports star and Cafe Society swell worth knowing, and who as much as any single figure helped make the twenties roar—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Most Famous Man in America. "A fast-paced tale of … Polly’s many court battles, newspaper headlines, mobster dealings and society gossip…. A breathless tale told through extraordinary research.” —The New York Times Book Review Simply put: Everybody came to Polly's. Pearl "Polly" Adler (1900-1962) was a diminutive dynamo whose Manhattan brothels in the Roaring Twenties became places not just for men to have the company of women but were key gathering places where the culturati and celebrity elite mingled with high society and with violent figures of the underworld—and had a good time doing it. As a Jewish immigrant from eastern Europe, Polly Adler's life is a classic American story of success and assimilation that starts like a novel by Henry Roth and then turns into a glittering real-life tale straight out of F. Scott Fitzgerald. She declared her ambition to be "the best goddam madam in all America" and succeeded wildly. Debby Applegate uses Polly's story as the key to unpacking just what made the 1920s the appallingly corrupt yet glamorous and transformational era that it was and how the collision between high and low is the unique ingredient that fuels American culture.

Author : Eleni Kounalakis
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781620971123

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Madam Ambassador by Eleni Kounalakis Pdf

A helicopter ride to visit troops in the Afghanistan war zone, a tense meeting with the newly elected Prime Minister, and…a wild boar hunt! Eleni Kounalakis was forty-three and a land developer in Sacramento, California, when she was tapped by President Barack Obama to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Hungary under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. During her tenure, from 2010 to 2013, Hungary was a key ally in the U.S. military surge, held elections in which a center-right candidate gained a two-thirds supermajority and rewrote the country's constitution, and grappled with the rise of Hungarian nationalism and anti-semitism. The first Greek-American woman ever to serve as a U.S. ambassador, Kounalakis recounts her training at the State Department's “charm school” and her three years of diplomatic life in Budapest—from protocols about seating, salutations, and embassy security to what to do when the deposed King of Greece hands you a small chocolate crown (eat it, of course!). A cross between a foreign policy memoir and an inspiring personal family story—her immigrant Greek father went from agricultural day laborer to land developer and major Democratic party activist—Madam Ambassador draws back the curtain on what it is like to represent the U.S. government abroad as well as how American embassies around the world function.

Author : Blain Henshaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1989725635

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Madam of the Maritimes by Blain Henshaw Pdf

Here is the fascinating true story of how a poor girl from the Prairies rose above poverty and hardship to become the best known, and seemingly untouchable, madam in this country.

Author : Lora Shaner
Publisher : Huntington Press Inc
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780929712581

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Madam by Lora Shaner Pdf

Sex is for sale 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in Nevada's legal brothels. Former madam Lora Shaner takes you into the parlour -- and bedroom -- of Sheri's Ranch, in this compelling account of the sex-for-money culture. Read about the nun turned prostitute, the errant wife, the happy-hooker tag team, the pro with the heart of gold, and the turn outs, part-timers, sex addicts, adventure-seekers, and other ladies of the house. The newly updated Madam includes eight pages of photos and a new section covering the complete renovation of Sheri's Ranch -- the legal Nevada brothel detailed in the book since Madam's original publication in 1994.

Author : Maria K
Publisher : TSK Group LLC
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Madam Enigma by Maria K Pdf

Imagine an alternative Earth, where elves, imps, demons, and extraterrestrials coexist within the bounds of an unimaginably diverse, complex, and intricately structured society. The socialites are content with their relatively carefree existence filled with amusement, scheming, and gossip, until a mysterious circus performer arrives on the scene and challenges both the laws of physics and the core traditions of her world.

Author : Max Evans
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826327840

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Madam Millie by Max Evans Pdf

Mildred Clark Cusey was a whore, a madam, an entrepreneur, and above all, a survivor. The story of Silver City Millie, as she referred to herself, is the story of one woman's personal tragedies and triumphs as an orphan, a Harvey Girl waitress on the Santa Fe railroad, a prostitute with innumerable paramours, and a highly successful bordello businesswoman. Millie broke the mold in so many ways, and yet her life's story of survival was not unlike that of thousands of women who went West only to find that their most valuable assets were their physical beauty and their personality. Petite at five feet tall with piercing blue eyes, Millie captured men's attention by her very essence and her unmistakable joie de vivre. Born to Italian immigrant parents near Kansas City, she and her sister were orphaned early and separated from each other. Millie learned hard lessons on the streets, but she never gave up and she vowed to protect and support her ailing older sister. Caught in a domestic squabble in her foster home, Millie wound up in juvenile court with Harry Truman as her judge. This would be only the first of many brushes in her life with prominent politicians. When physicians diagnosed her sister with tuberculosis and recommended she move West to a Catholic home in Deming, New Mexico, Millie moved with her. Expenses ran high and after a brief stint waiting tables as a Harvey Girl, Millie found that her meager tips could easily be augmented by turning tricks. Thus, out of financial need and devotion to her sister, Mildred Cusey turned to a life of prostitution and a career at which she soon excelled and became both rich and famous.

Author : Amari C. Johnson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-19
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781664134645

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The Madam by Amari C. Johnson Pdf

The Madam is a drama series about a gorgeous and ambitious 16 year old girl who has been forced by her family to run a risky business left behind by her grandmother. Victoria soon finds out that picking the next year’s fashion trends isn’t all she’s responsible for while running her grandmothers fashion empire. Her grandmother leaves behind a multibillion dollar Corporation and a unscratched reputation that only Victoria can handle along with the staff that can help her run the business. As Victoria tries to adjust to her grandmother’s lifestyle, she finds out a lot more about her grandmother than she wanted and now it’s too late for her to back out. Little does Victoria know, her new job as the most feared woman in the Country has its wonderful perks and its horrible downfalls.

Author : Maryjean Wall
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813147079

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Madam Belle by Maryjean Wall Pdf

The “captivating” true story of the notorious Gilded Age madam who inspired the Belle Watling character in Gone with the Wind (The Wall Street Journal). Belle Brezing made a major career move when she stepped off the streets of Lexington, Kentucky, and into Jennie Hill’s bawdy house—an upscale brothel run out of a former residence of Mary Todd Lincoln. At nineteen, Brezing was already infamous as a youth steeped in death, sex, drugs, and scandal. But it was in Miss Hill’s “respectable” establishment that she began to acquire the skills, manners, and business contacts that allowed her to ascend to power and influence as an internationally known madam. In this revealing book, Maryjean Wall offers a tantalizing true story of vice and power in the Gilded Age South, as told through the life and times of the notorious Miss Belle. After years on the streets and working for Hill, Belle Brezing borrowed enough money to set up her own establishment—her wealth and fame growing alongside the booming popularity of horse racing. Soon, her houses were known internationally, and powerful patrons from the industrial cities of the Northeast courted her in the lavish parlors of her gilt-and-mirror mansion. Secrecy was a moral code in the sequestered demimonde of prostitution in Victorian America, so little has been written about the Southern madam credited with inspiring the character Belle Watling in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. Following Brezing from her birth amid the ruins of the Civil War to the height of her scarlet fame and beyond, Wall uses her story to explore a wider world of sex, business, politics, and power. The result is a scintillating tale as enthralling as any fiction.

Author : Dawn Annandale
Publisher : Vision Paperbacks
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1905745370

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Call Me Madam by Dawn Annandale Pdf

A true story of how a former escort started up her own agency and of the many incredible women, and remarkable array of men, who crossed her path. This book sheds a light on the dark side of world's oldest trade.

Author : Patricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781464611148

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Madam C.J. Walker by Patricia Mckissack,Fredrick Mckissack Pdf

Don't wait for opportunities to come...get up and make them, said Madam C. J. Walker. She rose from laundry woman to become America's first black woman millionaire. Born in poverty, Walker set her sights on a better life and made her fortune by developing hair care and beauty products specially formulated for African Americans. As her wealth and influence grew, she also channeled her energies into working for civil rights and social change. This real-life rags-to-riches story is presented here in an engaging narrative by the McKissacks.

Author : Lisa M. Bolt Simons
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781543506563

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Madam C. J. Walker by Lisa M. Bolt Simons Pdf

"Madam C.J. Walker wasn't just an inventor. She was also a political activist and businesswoman.Young readers will discover that she was not only fought for civil rights, but became one of the most successful African-American business owners ever"--

Author : Rachna Bhola 'Yamini'
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184303667

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The Life and Times of Madam Bhikaji Cama by Rachna Bhola 'Yamini' Pdf

Madam Bhikaji Cama; a prominent personality of the Indian Nationalist Movement; was born on 24th September; 1861 in Bombay. She is known for her venture to hoist the Indian flag in a foreign land and announced it as ‘A flag of Independence’. She helped revolutionaries in every way whether with money; material or ideas. Madam Cama played a major role during Bombay Presidency famine and plague in 1896. She selflessly served the people who were affected and in distress. Together with Dadabhai Naoroji and Singh Rewabhai Rana. She was instrumental in establishing ‘Indian Home Rule Society’ with Shyamji Krishna Verma in February 1905. Madam Cama relocated to Paris in 1905 where she wrote; published and distributed revolutionary literature for the movement. When she attended the Socialist Conference at Stuttgart; she unfurled the first Indian National Flag. Cama remained in exile in Europe till 1935. Seriously ill and paralyzed by a stroke; Madam Cama returned to India and at the age of 74; she breathed her last. A philanthropist; considerate yet determined woman that Bhikaji Cama has been well portrayed in this inspiring biography.

Author : Françoise d' AUBIGNÉ (Marchioness de Maintenon.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1708
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024546539

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The Rival Dutchess: Or, Court Incendiary. In a Dialogue Between Madam Maintenon, and Madam M[asham]. by Françoise d' AUBIGNÉ (Marchioness de Maintenon.) Pdf

Author : William Howitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101068171220

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Madam Dorrington of the Dene by William Howitt Pdf