Madam

by Phoebe Wynne
Madam
Author: Phoebe Wynne
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 125027205X
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"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

The Madam

by M. Robinson
The Madam
Author: M. Robinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-04-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781987769463
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Some people need love... I need sex, money, control, and power.Anyone could have those four things, but only one could have VIP. Becoming Madam was never a choice for me, it was a mandated order from the most powerful woman I knew- my mother. I was born to fill her shoes, never to make mistakes, or to show weakness. You are the product of your environment. They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; you learn from what you see, not from what you're told. Nature vs. Nurture. I learned from it all; what I saw, what I didn't see, what I was told, and from reading between the lines.I was raised with the belief that the world spun ONLY because of me. I held power as far back as I can remember, saw things no one ever talks about, and witnessed illegal acts of sex, drugs, and money by the time I was eighteen. You saw a glimpse of me in VIP, now see it from the beginning. Enter my world where anything goes; no judgments, no remorse, no guilt. You play by my rules, or you don't play at all. There are no limits to what I can do, or to what I can show you...I will ensure my legacy by any means necessary.My name is Lilith Veronica Stone, and I am The Madam.

On Her Own Ground

by A'Lelia Bundles
On Her Own Ground
Author: A'Lelia Bundles
Publisher: Scribner
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0743431723
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Soon to be a Netflix series starring Octavia Spencer, On Her Own Ground is the first full-scale biography of “one of the great success stories of American history” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), Madam C.J. Walker—the legendary African American entrepreneur and philanthropist—by her great-great-granddaughter, A’Lelia Bundles. The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Sarah Breedlove—who would become known as Madam C. J. Walker—was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen, and widowed at twenty. She spent the better part of the next two decades laboring as a washerwoman for $1.50 a week. Then—with the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women—everything changed. By her death in 1919, Walker managed to overcome astonishing odds: building a storied beauty empire from the ground up, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women, and devoting her life to philanthropy and social activism. Along the way, she formed friendships with great early-twentieth-century political figures such as Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Booker T. Washington.

The Madam at Six-Twenty-Seven Clay Street

by Mary M. Lucas
The Madam at Six-Twenty-Seven Clay Street
Author: Mary M. Lucas
Publisher: Acclaim Press
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2020-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781948901291
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One of Bowling Green's most colorful characters, Pauline Tabor was known as the Madam at 627 Clay Street for nearly twenty-five years. A single mother during the Great Depression of the 1930s, Miss Pauline entered the world's oldest profession to support both herself and her two children. However, she quickly learned that it was more profitable to be a madam than "one of the girls", and so began her career as the owner of a brothel. Her early days in the 1930s weren't easy, when the going rate was "three dollars per encounter," but Pauline was smart and eventually opened her famous house on Clay Street in 1944. Through the years, Pauline fought against the US Army, law enforcement and the local courts, always seeming to come out on top. During the war years of the 1940s-50s, her close proximity to Western Kentucky State College (later University), and the US Army bases at Camp Campbell and Fort Knox were certainly good for business, and Pauline knew that running a good establishment would keep the boys coming back again and again. However, over time business began to fade during the sexual revolution of the 1960s, forcing Miss Pauline to close her doors in 1968. The Madam at Six-Twenty-Seven Clay Street tells the true story of Pauline Tabor and many interesting stories of her career in prostitution in the small town of Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Madam President

by Lane Smith
Madam President
Author: Lane Smith
Publisher: Hyperion
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-07-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781423108467
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A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were Madam President. There would be executive orders to give, babies to kiss, tuna casseroles to veto (or VETO!)…and so much more! Not to mention that recess would definitely require more security. With deadpan wit and hilarious illustrations, best-selling picture book creator Lane Smith introduces readers to an unforgettable new character. /DIVDIV

Madam Ambassador

by Eleni Kounalakis
Madam Ambassador
Author: Eleni Kounalakis
Publisher: New Press, The
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2015-05-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1620971127
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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.

The Madam's Escorts

by D. E. Z. Butler
The Madam's Escorts
Author: D. E. Z. Butler
Publisher: DIAN BUTLER
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2008-06-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1438241658
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The girls wanted to survive and live a fantasy that most women think of but never try. The forbidden frolic and the long walk to Satan's door and back again. This is about escorts who knocked upon that door and entered to lose their very souls to the money they made. There were those men and women that seemed to have the keys to Satan's many rooms. While other women made the journey that their various preachers told them they should never think about, and with soul still intact fell back into religion to preach the evils of the sin to which they had been exposed. Almost all of these women broke the cardinal rule of having sex without the piece of paper binding them to one man and only one man. The Harlots of San Francisco was who they were. For me they were my Professional Escorts. They were all part of the new Barbary Coast, the new public bounty of flesh for money trade abounding all through the last twenty years of the Twentieth Century.

Madam

by Lora Shaner
Madam
Author: Lora Shaner
Publisher: Huntington Press Inc
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2003-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0929712587
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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.

Madam

by Lora Shaner
Madam
Author: Lora Shaner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Prostitutes
ISBN: 9780929712574
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The world’s oldest profession is legal in Nevada and Madam: Chronicles of a Nevada Cathouse is a first-hand look into Nevada’s sex-for-money industry. Written by former full-time madam Lora Shaner, this 300-page hardcover provides piercing character studies of the working girls and the men who purchase their services as well as poignant sketches of day-to-day life in a legal brothel.