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The kind of girl adults call mature for her age without ever stopping to wonder why she had to become that way.
Evelyn knows how to keep her head down.
How to notice everything.
How to make herself useful.
How to carry things that were never supposed to belong to her.
She has spent so long being the person everyone can depend on that somewhere along the way, she stopped asking what she needed.
And when the cracks finally begin to show?
That’s where Beautifully Broken begins. 🖤
Not with a love story.
Not with someone coming to save her.
With a girl who has spent her entire life surviving quietly beginning to realize that survival and living are not the same thing.
✨ Evelyn Holloway | Beautifully Broken | The Becoming Series
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Corniche: An illustrated history of a British icon describes the history of the iconic Rolls-Royce Corniche motor car. This history includes how it was derived from the Mulliner Park Ward Coupe, a two-door derivative of the Silver Shadow saloon, through to the final Mark V version, when the Rolls-Royce brand was acquired by BMW. Reference is also made to the relationship with the Bentley Continental.
The Corniche is among the author’s all-time favourite cars, and the book celebrates this historic motor car by presenting its long history, accompanied by photographs.
The work is not sponsored or endorsed by Rolls-Royce, Bentley or their respective parent companies, BMW and the Volkswagen Group.

Iconic Moments with Elvis: January 8, 1935, to August 16, 1977, describes a selection of iconic moments in the life of Elvis Presley.
For the first nineteen years of Elvis’ life, he was unknown. Then on July 5, 1954, that all began to change when he recorded an old blues song “That’s All Right” in a different style. The style fused white country music with the blues, creating what was originally called rockabilly. This then evolved into the rock ‘n’ roll style.
By 1956, Elvis had international stardom and was swamped by controversy and adoration in equal measure for the way he moved on stage. The USA was still a racially segregated nation then and the influence of black music on rock ‘n’ roll was seen by the white establishment as a dangerous threat. Elvis found himself at the forefront of all that.
In 1958, he went into the army serving in West Germany. His approach to army service silenced his critics and he won over even more Americans as a result. On his return rock ‘n’ roll had developed a softer sound for a period and, Elvis found himself starring in a succession of romantic, musical comedies for most of the sixties. This was much to his frustration. By the time he returned to live performance with a spectacular TV special in 1968 the world had changed. America had suffered several high-profile assassinations, civil unrest due to the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War. Music had changed too. British Groups such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones had become dominant, and folk singers such as Bob Dylan wrote songs with anti-war sentiment and messages of peace. Closing the TV special with “If I Can Dream”, a song of hope for the future, “where all my brothers can walk hand in hand”, put Elvis back where he belonged.
Las Vegas and endless tours followed producing many more iconic moments including the first live TV broadcast featuring a solo performer, “Aloha from Hawaii via satellite”. However, the price of immense fame proved to be very high for a man who despite his superhero public persona as “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, was privately insecure, shy, and never really understood the impact that he had on the world. Struggling with sleep and the effects of an unhealthy, southern fried food diet, Elvis fell into the trap of addiction to prescription medications. He had given his all for over twenty years when he died suddenly on August 16, 1977.
Today his legacy is loved and respected the world over. There was no one like him at the time, there has been no one like him since and there will never be anyone like him again. Elvis lived through a period where popular culture changed more dramatically than at any other point in history. Elvis triggered all that.
Enjoy reading about the Iconic Moments in the life of the definitive modern legend, Elvis Presley.