Best Selling Books by Charles Robinson

A deeply personal memoir of the private Ray Charles - the man behind the legend - by his eldest son. Ray Charles is an American music legend. A multiple Grammy Award-winning composer, pianist, and singer with an inimitable vocal style and a catalog of hits including "What I Say," "Georgia on My Mind," "Unchain My Heart," "I Can''t Stop Loving You," and "America the Beautiful," Ray Charles''s music is loved by fans around the world. Now his eldest son, Ray Charles Robinson Jr., shares an intimate glimpse of the man behind the music, with never-before-told stories. Going beyond the fame, the concerts, and the tours, Ray Jr. opens the doors of his family home and reveals their private lives with fondness and frankness. He shares his father''s grief and guilt over his little brother''s death at the age of five — as well of moments of personal joy, like watching his father run his hands over the Christmas presents under their tree while singing softly to himself. He tells of how Ray overcame the challenges of being blind, even driving cars, riding a Vespa, and flying his own plane. And, in gripping detail, he reveals how as a six-year-old boy he saved his father''s life one harrowing night. Ray Jr. writes honestly about the painful facts of the addiction that nearly destroyed his father''s life. His father''s struggles with heroin addiction, his arrests, and how he ultimately kicked the drug cold turkey are presented in unflinching detail. Ray Jr. also shares openly about how, as an adult, he fell victim to the same temptations that plagued his father. He paints a compassionate portrait of his mother, Della, whose amazing voice as a gospel singer first attracted Ray Charles. Though her husband''s drug use, his womanizing, and the paternity suits leveled against him constantly threatened the stability of the Robinson home, Della exhibited incredible resilience and inner strength. Told with deep love and fearless candor, You Don''t Know Me is the powerful and poignant story of the Ray Charles the public never saw — the father and husband and fascinating human being who also happened to be one of the greatest musicians of all time.

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The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after its serialization in The American Magazine (November 1910 - August 1911). Set in England, it is one of Burnett''s most popular novels and is considered a classic of English children''s literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been made.

This wonderful collection of short yet powerful stories will inspire you to enjoy life. Not just to exist, but to experience the abundant life that Jesus Christ promises. So laugh, be encouraged, and find yourself in these stories as told by author Ray Charles Robinsons own life experiences. In these times of great darkness, we all need a ray of light.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is arguably the best known work of the English Romantic period. First published in 1996, this edition of The Frankenstein Notebooks contains not only facsimiles and transcriptions of all of the surviving manuscripts related to the novel and a corrected, critical text of Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) but also a full range of factual information, drawn from Shelley’s and William Godwin’s letters and journals, from newspaper ads of the day, and from other available scholarship about the conception, gestation, and birth of Mary Shelley’s monster. This two volume set contains a wealth of information vital to the creation and reception of Frankenstein. It will enable scholars, critics and students to see for themselves the exact extent of P. B. Shelley’s editorial contributions and trace the artistic and ideological development of the novel at various stages in its formation. It will also enable the reader to explore the text itself to test and evaluate their own theses. This set will be of keen interest to those studying Frankenstein, the Romantics and 19th century literature.

This hardcover gift edition comprises the complete contents of Songs of Innocence, in addition to nine poems from Songs of Experience. Seven color and numerous black-and-white line illustrations grace the text.

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The Crop Production Science in Horticulture series examines economically important horticultural crops selected from the major production systems in temperate, subtropical and tropical climatic areas. Systems represented range from open field and plantation sites to protected plastic and glass houses, growing rooms and laboratories. Emphasis is placed on the scientific principles underlying crop production practices rather than on providing empirical recipes for uncritical acceptance. Each volume follows a common format covering all aspects of production, from background physiology and breeding, to propagation and planting, through husbandry and crop protection, to harvesting, handling and storage. This volume (2nd edition) focuses on bananas and plantains (Musa), discussing topics on their distribution and importance (chapter 1); taxonomic classification, cultivars and breeding (chapter 2); morphological characteristics and plant development (chapter 3); climatic requirements and problems due to climate (chapter 4); phenological and physiological responses (chapter 5); site selection, soil requirements and soil Preparation (chapter 6); establishing plantation (chapter 7); systems of cultivating bananas and product certifications (chapter 8); nutritional requirements (chapter 9); water requirements and irrigation (chapter 10); horticultural management (chapter 11); diseases (chapter 12); pests (chapter 13); harvesting and fruit handling (chapter 14); and ripening, biochemistry and uses (chapter 15).

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After weeks of waiting in a makeshift hospital in Vietnam, the plane that would take Paul home had finally arrived. He had prayed for this day to come; he no longer wanted no part of this foul war. He was not even certain anyone really knew what either side was fighting for anymore. Paul is on a quest. He has found himself searching for truth in the midst of personal tragedy and the biggest sense of loss he has ever experienced. After fighting for freedom in Vietnam, Paul has returned home to find that his life circumstances have changed drastically. The woman he loves has died and he is unceremoniously thrown back into the struggles and pain of his childhood, reliving his past experiences with startling clarity. Through his psychological breakdown and his constantly changing lifeline, Paul will learn that what is true one moment might be completely untrue in the next. Everyone goes through hard times in life that can really break them apart, yet also that we can use these hard times to form our own personal truth of how we want to live or perceive the universe around us. Join author Patrick Robinson for a heartwrenching story about love, loss, and the ever-present force of truth and time. Read Paulo⬙s story and learn what may be ahead on Two Horizons.