On a spring day in 1934, newcomers to rural Louisiana meet during trouble on a flooding bayou. Eleven-year old Chloe Boisvert and twelve-year old PJ Benoit couldn't know this adventure would mark the beginning of a wonderful, and heartbreaking, relationship.Chloe arrives in Vermilion Parish from Paris, France, where she was educated by Maria Montessori and thrived in the company of the musicians, writers and artists who frequented her uncle's nightclub and the salons she attended. PJ comes from San Antonio, Texas, with a sack of apples, a half-eaten ham steak, and dreams of flying for the US Army Air Corps. From their initial encounter, we go back to learn how Chloe and PJ came to be here, then accompany Chloe as she strives to escape poverty and Jim Crow and PJ as he and the Flying Tigers battle the Japanese in the air over China.A fascinating historical novel and dazzling coming-of-age story, Chloe's Mistigri navigates a complex world filled with beauty and tragedy, folding the lives of Chloe Boisvert and PJ Benoit into one of the most dynamic periods of change in human history. From jazz age Paris to depression era Louisiana, from war-torn China to wartime New York and Havana, where else can we find a story of love and courage that so stunningly intertwines our protagonists with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Josephine Baker, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Ernest Hemingway, and the famous mobster Meyer Lansky? Thomas L Hall applies extraordinary storytelling to a wealth of historic fact in an epic tale of friendship and love, conflict and loss, courage and perseverance. Chloe' Mistigri spans the years 1927 to 1943, one of the most transformative periods in the history of human endeavor, and embodies the best and worst of humanity in colorful characters - characters in whom we may recognize ourselves, and our neighbors, whether they live across the street or across the sea.

The Lloyd’s Register of Yachts was first issued in 1878, and was issued annually until 1980, except during the years 1916-18 and 1940-46. Two supplements containing additions and corrections were also issued annually. The Register contains the names, details and characters of Yachts classed by the Society, together with the particulars of other Yachts which are considered to be of interest, illustrates plates of the Flags of Yacht and Sailing Clubs, together with a List of Club Officers, an illustrated List of the Distinguishing Flags of Yachtsmen, a List of the Names and Addresses of Yacht Owners, and much other information. For more information on the Lloyd’s Register of Yachts, please click here: https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-yachts-online

The Lloyd’s Register of Yachts was first issued in 1878, and was issued annually until 1980, except during the years 1916-18 and 1940-46. Two supplements containing additions and corrections were also issued annually. The Register contains the names, details and characters of Yachts classed by the Society, together with the particulars of other Yachts which are considered to be of interest, illustrates plates of the Flags of Yacht and Sailing Clubs, together with a List of Club Officers, an illustrated List of the Distinguishing Flags of Yachtsmen, a List of the Names and Addresses of Yacht Owners, and much other information. For more information on the Lloyd’s Register of Yachts, please click here: https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-yachts-online

Instant New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! An intimate and light-hearted memoir by viral sensation and three-time Emmy-nominated musical comedian Randy Rainbow that takes readers through his life—the highs, the lows, the lipstick, the pink glasses, and the show tunes. Randy Rainbow, the man who conquered the Internet with a stylish pair of pink glasses, an inexhaustible knowledge of Broadway musicals, and the most gimlet-eyed view of American politics this side of Mark Twain finally tells all in Playing with Myself, a memoir sure to cause more than a few readers to begin singing one of his greatest hits like “A Spoonful of Clorox” or “Cover Your Freakin’ Face.” As Randy has said, “There’s so much fake news out there about me. I can’t wait to set the record straight and finally give people a peek behind the green screen.” And set the record straight he does. Playing with Myself is a first-hand account of the journey that led Randy Rainbow from his childhood as the over-imaginative, often misunderstood little boy who carried a purse in the second grade to his first job on Broadway as the host at Hooters and on to the creation of his trademark comedy character. In chapters titled “Pajama Bottoms” (a look back at the days when he wore pajama bottoms on his head to pretend he was Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz), “Yes, It’s My Real Name, Shut Up!” (no explanation necessary...) and “Pink Glasses” (a rose-colored homage to his favorite accessory), Playing with Myself is a memoir that answers the question “Can an introverted musical theatre nerd with a MacBook and a dream save the world, one show tune at a time?”

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