In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P.
Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,
and artwork for his newly built Pierpont Morgan Library.
Belle becomes a fixture in New York City society and one of
the most powerful people in the art and book world, known
for her impeccable taste and shrewd negotiating for critical
works as she helps create a world-class collection.
But Belle has a secret, one she must protect at all costs.
She was born not Belle da Costa Greene but Belle Marion
Greener. She is the daughter of Richard Greener, the first
Black graduate of Harvard and a well-known advocate for
equality. Belle’s complexion isn’t dark because of her
alleged Portuguese heritage that lets her pass as white—her
complexion is dark because she is African American.
For millennia
the location of the Nile River’s headwaters was shrouded in
mystery. In the 19th century, there was a frenzy of interest
in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off
waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of
the globe – and extend their colonial empires.
Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal
Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton
spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier. He
was also mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist.
Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officer determined to
make his mark, passionate about hunting, Burton’s opposite
in temperament and beliefs
Four years
after her tumultuous senior year, Jade Daniels is released
from prison right before Christmas when her conviction is
overturned. But life beyond bars takes a dangerous turn as
soon as she returns to Proofrock. Convicted Serial Killer,
Dark Mill South, seeking revenge for thirty-eight Dakota men
hanged in 1862, escapes from his prison transfer due to a
blizzard, just outside of Proofrock, Idaho.
Dark Mill South’s Reunion Tour began on December 12th, 2019,
a Thursday.
Thirty-six hours and twenty bodies later, on Friday the
13th, it would be over.
Through wide-ranging, and often deeply personal conversation, Oprah
Winfrey and Dr. Perry explore how what happens to us in early
childhood both good and bad - influences the people we become. They
challenge us to shift from focusing on, “What’s wrong with you?” or
“Why are you behaving that way?,” to asking, “What happened to you?”
This simple change in perspective can open up a new and hopeful
understanding for millions about why we do the things we do, why we
are the way we are, providing a road map for repairing
relationships, overcoming what seems insurmountable, and ultimately
living better and more fulfilling lives.
Many of us experience adversity and trauma during childhood that has
lasting impact on our physical and emotional health. And as we’re
beginning to understand, we are more sensitive to developmental
trauma as children than we are as adults. ‘What happened to us’ in
childhood is a powerful predictor of our risk for physical and
mental health problems down the road.
An imposing, isolated getaway spot high
up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But
Elin's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her
estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to
celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason
not to accept.
Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels
on edge--there's something about the hotel that makes her nervous.
And when they wake the following morning to discover Laure is
missing, Elin must trust her instincts if they hope to find her.
With the storm closing off all access to the hotel, the longer Laure
stays missing, the more the remaining guests start to panic.
Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack
for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph,
answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over
the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she
always emerges in the places she needs to be.
Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children
for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate
NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of
the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing
playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. The journey across
the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious
passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their
benefactor.
