What is it that fascinates so many people about Ronnie Biggs and makes him a household name sixty years on from the crime that made his name? Is it the man or the myth that makes Ron a latter-day Robin Hood, and the odd man out who is best remembered from a gang of sixteen who held up a mail train in August 1963?This book covers Ron's entire life including the Great Train Robbery, his conviction and subsequent escape from HMP Wandsworth. Ron tells how he managed to outrun and outth...

What is it that fascinates so many people about Ronnie Biggs and makes him a household name sixty years on from the crime that made his name? Is it the man or the myth that makes Ron a latter-day Robin Hood, and the odd man out who is best remembered from a gang of sixteen who held up a mail train in August 1963?This book covers Ron's entire life including the Great Train Robbery, his conviction and subsequent escape from HMP Wandsworth. Ron tells how he managed to outrun and outth...

SHORTLISTED IN THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2024Ground-breaking audio original exploring the reality of life on the run.What is life on the run really like? Featuring never-before heard interviews, this ground-breaking audio original gets you closer to the reality than ever before.Join Nick Reynolds as he explores the reality of the life of a fugitive. Using his own experiences of growing up on the run with the Great Train Robbers in Centr...

When Christobel Pickard died, aged 96, her family read, for the first time, the 1200 letters that she had exchanged with Stanley during the Second World War.These letters describe their relationship from childhood sweethearts and young lovers to struggling parents – all against the backdrop of war. They tell of Stan’s service on Motor Torpedo Boats in Lowestoft and in the ruins of occupied Germany. Chris describes her life in the Eastbourne area with her sisters, its temptations, s...

In this atmospheric debut, small-town secrets and the aftershocks of crime threaten to set a Nebraskan community ablaze.In a dusty town in Nebraska's rugged sandhills, weary sheriff's deputy Harley Jensen patrols the streets at night, on the lookout for something—anything—out of the ordinary. It's July 1978, and the heat is making people ornery, restless. That and the Reddick family patriarch has decided, decades after authorities ended the search for his murdered b...

In this atmospheric debut, small-town secrets and the aftershocks of crime threaten to set a Nebraskan community ablaze.In a dusty town in Nebraska's rugged sandhills, weary sheriff's deputy Harley Jensen patrols the streets at night, on the lookout for something—anything—out of the ordinary. It's July 1978, and the heat is making people ornery, restless. That and the Reddick family patriarch has decided, decades after authorities ended the search for his murdered b...

Essays by Thomas Frank, Clay Shirky, David Simon, and others: "Anyone concerned about the state of journalism should read this book." — Library JournalThe sudden meltdown of the news media has sparked one of the liveliest debates in recent memory, with an outpouring of opinion and analysis crackling across journals, the blogosphere, and academic publications. Yet, until now, we have lacked a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this new and shiftin...

In einer staubigen Stadt in den schroffen Sandhügeln von Nebraska patrouilliert der Sheriff-Deputy Harley Jensen nachts durch die Straßen. Es ist Juli 1978 und die Hitze macht die Menschen nervös. Als der Patriarch der Familie Reddick beschliesst, für seinen vor Jahren verschwundenen Jungen einen Grabstein zu legen, entzündet diese Entscheidung einen Funken, der Pickard County in Brand zu setzen droht. In einer schicksalhaften Nacht nach dem Gedenkgottesdienst beschattet Harley den jüngste...

"An atmospheric, slow-burning beauty of a book, rich with raw-edged lyricism and achingly real characters." **—**Tana French, author of The SearcherSmall-town secrets loom large in this spellbinding debut about the aftershocks of crime and trauma that shake a Nebraskan town.In a dusty town in Nebraska’s rugged sandhills, weary sheriff’s deputy Harley Jensen patrols the streets at night, on the lookout for somethin...