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Flowers for Dana: the 1949 Murder of Dana Marie Weaver in the “Star City” Roanoke, Virginia
by Denise B. Tanaka & Laurie Platt
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Words: 60,260.
Language:
English.
Published: July 3, 2023
by
Sasoriza Books.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Social Science » True crime, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws, Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder » General, Nonfiction » History » North America » USA
The true story behind the infamous Mother's Day murder of 16-year-old Dana Marie Weaver in a church kitchen. This in-depth account explores the human aspect of what happened and asks the difficult question: can a wounded community make peace with their anguished past?
Lady in White
by Denise B. Tanaka
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 60,110.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: August 3, 2017
by
Sasoriza Books.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » Biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Criminals & outlaws
Chilean heiress Blanca Errázuriz gunned down her ex-husband John de Saulles in front of several witnesses on August 3, 1917. As the former football star lay bleeding on the porch of his Long Island home, she handed her empty gun to the sheriff. "I hope he dies," she calmly confessed. The murder shocked the nation, bumping World War I from the newspaper headlines. Her trial whipped up a frenzy...
Wish and A Star
by Denise B. Tanaka
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 14,730.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: October 16, 2016
by
Sasoriza Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Constance Kirby has lost her way. Approaching middle age, and working a dead end job, she is at her wit's end caretaking for her grumpy, housebound father. When the ghost of silent film star Rudolph Valentino visits her, can she get her life back on course?
Truth in Cinders
by Denise B. Tanaka
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 100,670.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: May 14, 2017
by
Sasoriza Books.
Categories:
Fiction » Fantasy » Epic
Condrie the tavern maid befriends a man on the run only to discover he is a firebird disguised in human form. Together they must elude the tyrant king's relentless forces while seeking the truth of who massacred other firebirds enslaved to the king.
Who Murdered Lizzie? My Family Story of the Brutal Crime of 1884 that Shocked the City of Roanoke, Virginia
by Denise B. Tanaka
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 22,490.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: October 26, 2022
by
Sasoriza Books.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » Biography, Nonfiction » History » Social history, Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder » General, Nonfiction » History » North America » USA
A brutal crime ripped from the headlines . . . of 1884! Who snatched 14 year old Lizzie Wilson off the streets that fateful night? Who cut her throat and tossed her corpse into an empty field? For six months, the sheriff and citizens of Roanoke, Virginia searched for the murderer. A flimsy accusation brought two African-American men to trial, but in the end, they walked free. Family descendant...
INTANGIBLE: Yasushi Tanaka and Louise G. Cann, A Marriage of Artist and Author
by Denise B. Tanaka
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 36,350.
Language:
English.
Originally Published: January 9, 2022
by
Sasoriza Books.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Artists, architects, & photographers
This is the first English-language biography of the Japanese artist Yasushi Tanaka and his American wife Louise G. Cann with never-before published details. Their unconventional marriage in the early 20th century challenged Victorian Era norms and defied anti-Asian prejudices.
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