Download or read book Beautiful Stranger written by Hotel del Coronado Heritage Department and published by Hotel del Coronado. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official account of Kate Morgan's 1892 visit and why she haunts The Del today.
Download or read book The League of Wives written by Heath Hardage Lee and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With astonishing verve, The League of Wives persisted to speak truth to power to bring their POW/MIA husbands home from Vietnam. And with astonishing verve, Heath Hardage Lee has chronicled their little-known story — a profile of courage that spotlights 1960s-era military wives who forge secret codes with bravery, chutzpah and style. Honestly, I couldn’t put it down." — Beth Macy, author of Dopesick and Factory Man "Exhilarating and inspiring." — Elaine Showalter, Washington Post The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington—and Hanoi—to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried off a huge military transport plane at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. These American servicemen had endured years of brutal torture, kept shackled and starving in solitary confinement, in rat-infested, mosquito-laden prisons, the worst of which was The Hanoi Hilton. Months later, the first Vietnam POWs to return home would learn that their rescuers were their wives, a group of women that included Jane Denton, Sybil Stockdale, Louise Mulligan, Andrea Rander, Phyllis Galanti, and Helene Knapp. These women, who formed The National League of Families, would never have called themselves “feminists,” but they had become the POW and MIAs most fervent advocates, going to extraordinary lengths to facilitate their husbands’ freedom—and to account for missing military men—by relentlessly lobbying government leaders, conducting a savvy media campaign, conducting covert meetings with antiwar activists, and most astonishingly, helping to code secret letters to their imprisoned husbands. In a page-turning work of narrative non-fiction, Heath Hardage Lee tells the story of these remarkable women for the first time. The League of Wives is certain to be on everyone’s must-read list.
Download or read book Bridging Two Hearts written by Michelle Ule and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy dreads her white-knuckled commute. A new massage therapist at the Hotel Del Coronado, Amy Cantrell is thrilled to work at the luxurious resort, knowing it could open the right doors for her future as a physical therapist. There’s only one problem. The easiest way to get to the Del is over Coronado Bridge, and Amy is terrified of bridges. Josh Murphy is a Navy SEAL—and he’s not afraid of anything. When he finds Amy cowering on a bus seat praying her way across Coronado Bridge, his attempts to make light of the situation only make matters worse. Amy despises him, but Josh can’t understand why Amy is so afraid of an inanimate object. Despite reservations about getting involved because of his job, Josh sets out to help Amy overcome her fear. . .then confronts a surprising fear of his own.
Download or read book Death on Ocean Boulevard written by Caitlin Rother and published by Citadel Press. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[This] is one of the great crime mysteries of modern times. It took an author of Caitlin Rother’s caliber to bring it into sharp focus. A riveting read.” —Gregg Olsen, #1 New York Times bestselling author “I got a girl, hung herself in the guest house.” The call came on the morning of July 13, 2011, from the historic Spreckels Mansion, a lavish beachfront property in Coronado, California, owned by pharmaceutical tycoon and multimillionaire Jonah Shacknai. When authorities arrived, they found the naked body of Jonah’s girlfriend, Rebecca Zahau, gagged, her ankles tied and her wrists bound behind her. Jonah’s brother, Adam, claimed to have found Rebecca hanging by a rope from the second-floor balcony. On a bedroom door in black paint were the cryptic words: SHE SAVED HIM CAN YOU SAVE HER. Was this scrawled message a suicide note or a killer’s taunt? Rebecca’s death came two days after Jonah’s six-year-old son, Max, took a devastating fall while in Rebecca’s care. Authorities deemed Rebecca’s death a suicide resulting from her guilt. But who would stage either a suicide ora murder in such a bizarre, elaborate way? Award-winning investigative journalist Caitlin Rother weaves stunning new details into a personal yet objective examination of the sensational case. She explores its many layers—including the civil suit in which a jury found Adam Shacknai responsible for Rebecca’s death, and the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department bombshell decision to reconfirm its original findings. As compelling as it is troubling, this controversial real-life mystery is a classic American tragedy that evokes the same haunting fascination as the JonBenet Ramsey and O.J. Simpson cases. “Rother’s meticulous journalism shines through in this authoritative account of the Rebecca Zahau death incident. If you think you know this case, think again. And read this book.” —Katherine Ramsland, professor of forensic psychology and author of The Psychology of Death Investigations
Download or read book The Story of the Hotel Del Coronado written by and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coronado written by Leslie Hubbard Crawford and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1880s, a great land boom was sweeping California. Two visionary entrepreneurs, Elisha Babcock and H. L. Story, imagined Coronado as a resort and brought their dream to reality by luring the wealthy and famous to their exclusive red-roofed hotel on the beach. John D. Spreckels continued to build upon that dream, leaving a legacy through his many gifts to the city. The U.S. Navy has played a prominent role in Coronado's development, with North Island officially known as the birthplace of naval aviation, and later, with U.S. Navy SEALs stationed at Naval Amphibious Base. Coronado and North Island are surrounded by water and only accessible by the peninsular Silver Strand and the iconic Coronado-San Diego Bay Bridge. This creates a small town atmosphere with a unique combination of cosmopolitan beach resort and navy town, rich in history.
Download or read book My Friend Marilyn written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine this: Penny Parker, a curvy dime-store cashier, longs for a best girlfriend. When she wins a contest, she gets one: Marilyn Monroe. She'll be the on-set assistant to the iconic star for eight precious days during the filming of Some Like It Hot in 1958.Penny's black-and-white life turns Technicolor as she becomes part of Marilyn's world of smoldering secrets, sinister strangers and jaw-dropping bombshells.The emotional whirlwind uncovers Penny's confusing attraction to childhood buddy, Frankie Holland. And in what could be a happily ever after moment, Hollywood's smartest dumb blonde steps in to play fairy godmother to her newfound-and unlikely-Cinderella.
Download or read book Oz Dog of the Del written by Taylor Baldwin Kiland and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book His Very Best written by Jonathan Alter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Drawing on fresh archival material and extensive access to Carter and his family, New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of a man of faith and his improbable journey from barefoot boy in the vicious Jim Crow South to global icon. We learn how Carter evolved from a timid child into an ambitious naval nuclear engineer and an indefatigable born-again governor; how as a president he failed politically amid the bad economy of the 1970s and the seizure of hostages in Iran but succeeded in engineering peace between Israel and Egypt, amassing a historic environmental record, moving the government from tokenism to diversity, setting a new global standard for human rights, and normalizing relations with China, among dozens of other unheralded achievements. After leaving office, Carter revolutionized the postpresidency with the bold global accomplishments of the Carter center”--Cover.
Download or read book Walkabout Malibu to Mexico written by Tom Courtney and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dead Move written by John Cullen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kate Morgan story is truly an enigma, a 'riddle of the sands.' It is a mystery full of riddles, or a riddle filled with mystery. On Thanksgiving Day, 1892, a beautiful and graceful young woman checked in alone at the Hotel del Coronado near San Diego, California. Five days later, she was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head on the back steps of the hotel. To begin recounting the enigma: she had checked in under a false name (Lottie A. Bernard), and authorities were never able to determine with 100% assurance who she really was. Several identifications were made and discarded. Meanwhile, her story was elevated to hysteria in the national press. She was touted as an angel, a 'Beautiful Stranger, ' who had been brought low by some man. Then rumors began to circulate that she had been involved in dark and illicit shenanigans with the city's power elite--but nobody could pin down where those sordid and dangerous circles might spin. More than a century later, the complex web of mystery and intrigue continues to baffle investigators. Here is a book of fiction that tries to crack the code in a speculative and imaginative manner, entertaining yet based on true facts.
Download or read book The Del written by S G Courtright and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-07 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GRACE HANNAN'S life is everything she thought she wanted-she has a great job, a nice home, and a wonderful man who loves her. But her comfortable world is thrown into chaos when a standard hotel review assignment turns out to be anything but routine.Shocked to learn she possesses the ability to communicate with the dead, Grace has no choice but to help the three spirits haunting the historic Hotel del Coronado. She discovers the key to unshackling the spirits from limbo lies in what led to the 1892 death of one of them. After traveling back in time and experiencing the turbulent lives of Kate Morgan and Lottie Barnard, Grace determines the answer to their freedom lies somewhere in the timeline of the third spirit: Lizzie Wyllie. But it won't be easy to control the bitterly stubborn spirit as they journey through a life fraught with hardship and betrayal.When a strange turn of events puts Grace in jeopardy, her mission grows critical. If she fails, she could lose the one thing she values more than her life.
Download or read book Crown City by the Sea written by Jennifer M Franks and published by Konstellation Press. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical fiction novel on creation of Coronado island in California and the national landmark Hotel Del Coronado along with San Diego, California history. Coronado 1885-1900.
Download or read book Hotel Del Coronado written by Hotel del Coronado and published by Hotel del Coronado. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profusely illustrated story of this famous Victorian era hotel, built in the 1880's and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
Download or read book Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Illustrated written by L Frank Baum and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-24 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz is the fourth book set in the Land of Oz written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by John R. Neill. It was published on June 18, 1908 and reunites Dorothy with the humbug Wizard from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). This is one of only two of the original fourteen Oz books (the other being The Emerald City of Oz (1910), to be illustrated with watercolor paintings.
Download or read book Waltz in the Wilderness written by Kathleen Denly and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She's desperate to find her missing father. His conscience demands he risk all to help. Eliza Brooks is haunted by her role in her mother's death, so she'll do anything to find her missing pa--even if it means sneaking aboard a southbound ship. When those meant to protect her abandon and betray her instead, a family friend's unexpected assistance is a blessing she can't refuse. Daniel Clarke came to California to make his fortune, and a stable job as a San Francisco carpenter has earned him more than most have scraped from the local goldfields. But it's been four years since he left Massachusetts and his fianc is impatient for his return. Bound for home at last, Daniel Clarke finds his heart and plans challenged by a tenacious young woman with haunted eyes. Though every word he utters seems to offend her, he is determined to see her safely returned to her father. Even if that means risking his fragile engagement. When disaster befalls them in the remote wilderness of the Southern California mountains, true feelings are revealed, and both must face heart-rending decisions. But how to decide when every choice before them leads to someone getting hurt?
Download or read book Sofia Madison written by Nicole Paquin and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sofia Madison just a break; a little getaway to let her hair down and have some fun. Her best friend's wedding in Las Vegas was the perfect opportunity. She arrives alone, instantly feeling the city's electricity, and draws in exactly what she's been craving. An adventure. Throughout her stay, Maddie continually catches glimpses of a handsome stranger. An Englishman she encountered while standing in the check-in line of her hotel. On her last night in Vegas they finally meet at a roulette table, and all bets are off. One night. His suite. It was all so exciting. But when Cullen flew home and Maddie returned to California the following day, she was sure it would end there. However, not everything that happens in Vegas stays there, and exactly one week later, with her heart pounding, Maddie finds herself picking him up at the train station in her hometown of San Diego. After a passionate week together, the two become attached, and spend the better part of a year, making, and falling in love. But something wasn't right, and even though her inner voice had never been wrong, she refused to listen to its warning.
