The Kray Twins aka Ronnie and Reggie ruled London’s Gangland underworld during the 1960s with a ruthlessness rod of iron that still shocks yet captivates young and old alike to this very day. Their calculated rise to power involved fear, extortion, violence and murder as-well as developing a cult like celebrity status, which thrived in the heart of the swinging 60s nightclub scene and beyond.Although some may say their story may have been told many times over, the crime scene locat...

Almost forgotten by time, tucked away beyond the sight of the passerby, there is a little piece of old England, which was for many years a forgotten wilderness. If it were not for a weather-beaten plaque on the gatepost few would realise that beyond the rusted gates there lies, in unmarked paupers’ graves, 2,861 former patients of the once formidable Menston Asylum. To be admitted to a lunatic asylum in the nineteenth century was fraught with danger, and in many cases meant a life sentence...

In Financial Strategies for Tough Times: Build Resilience in a Volatile World, gain the insights and tools needed to secure your financial future, no matter what challenges arise. This essential guide offers practical strategies to help you navigate economic uncertainty, manage financial risks, and build a resilient foundation that can withstand life’s unexpected events. From budgeting and debt management to smart investing and emergency planning, Financial Strategies for Tough Times provi...

The Science of Reading Human Face celebrates the 2nd World Congress on Facial Expression of Emotion (2nd WCFEE), held at University Fernando Pessoa in October 2024. Framed by the theme “Brain and Emotion – Face Connects People,” the volume compiles speeches, keynote lectures, and peer-reviewed papers from world-renowned experts including A. Freitas-Magalhães, António Damásio, Joseph LeDoux, Daniel Goleman, Martin Seligman, Joan-Pere Barret, Dacher Keltner, and Lisa Feldman Barrett. The con...

(Piano Instruction). The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide designed for anyone interested in playing jazz piano from the complete novice just learning the basics to the more advanced player who wishes to enhance their keyboard vocabulary. There are lots of fun progressions and licks for you to play and absorb. The accompanying audio includes demonstrations of all the examples in the book! Topics include essential theory, chords and voicings, improvisati...

For 132 years the ghastly and horrific murders committed in London's East End by the infamous 'Jack the Ripper' have gripped and baffled the world. The Ripper commenced his series of atrocities at the end of August and continued freely until the beginning of November 1888 when inexplicably the murders stopped… In all, five women were brutally murdered and savagely mutilated in the most unimaginable way. The killing spree centered in and around the impoverished rabbit warren of alleys and r...

Left Behind and Loving It is a cheeky critique of popular writings about the end times. Rather than presenting a steroid-buffed Jesus wrapped in an American flag and "coming again in clouds of gunfire," Left Behind and Loving It invites readers to approach some of the most controversial and scary portions of the Scriptures with the utter confidence that "God's steadfast love endures forever." Rather than asserting a hope premised on a few chosen ones escaping the world, Left Behind and Lov...

The Fat Zone is the next generation of dieting. Losing weight has moved from the domain of celebrities to one based on science and clinical usage. Rapid weight loss can now be achieved by utilizing carefully chosen foods in the Fat Zone menus. Based on the extremely popular Millenium Diet, the Fat Zone moves ahead of its predecessor with a sharper diet plan allowing a more physiologic approach to weight reduction. This safe, effective and expeditious mode of dieting will be the standard be...

Dying is not a right. Government has seized the opportunity to intervene in peoples’ lives when end of life issues arise. Without a clearly written statement of medical directives the health system is forced to turn to blind courts and aggressive prosecutors to guide them. In this book are a series of cases confronting those in the last days of their lives. Many of these patients made national headlines in their fight to die with dignity. In one specific case a State forced a hospital to k...

The lives and works of the celebrated Bronte family are so ingrained in our cultural psyche that we think we know them inside out - but walking in the footsteps of the literary greats and their characters offers a new perspective on their work. Our journey begins in Cambridge with the arrival of the young Patrick Bronte and follows his family's fortunes as they grow up in their home village of Haworth. We see the wild moorland locations that would inspire the haunting Wuthering Heights and...

Part memoir, part poetry, part theological exploration, Mark Davis' debut work of prose is the telling of a deeply personal journey: he is raised Catholic, has a born-again experience in his late teens, proceeds to "inform" his non-believing friends that they are going to hell... until some years later... GOD IN CHAINS opens with the very real moment when Mark awoke in his bedroom and realized his grip on those beliefs (or their grip on him?) had loosened. There's someone else in the room ...

There is an evil villain named Ignorance who is looking to distract children from reaching their potential. Beans-N-Frank are rappers and straight-A students who want to help as many of their friends avoid Ignorance's traps. Fortunately, Knowledge is always there to help, and Beans-N-Frank help deliver Knowledge's message through music, songs, and books. Some may think that music could never help anyone in school, but they are those who never heard of Beans-N-Frank. The multi-cultural rapp...