Prepare yourself for a gripping journey back into the darkest corners of post-war London and the shocking story of the infamous Rillington Place murders that shook London in the early 1950’s. Based on the original trial transcripts, it is for you to decide if an innocent man was sent to the gallows.On January 11, 1950, Timothy Evans of 10 Rillington Place stood trial at the Old Bailey, accused of the murder of his own baby daughter. The courtroom was heavy with tension as the prose...

Some secrets refuse to stay buried…Abandoned by her mother, Lucy Mitchell grew up in foster care, where she found solace in her best friends, Amber and Josh. In a strict foster home, Lucy and Amber made a pact – friends for life – often escaping to the woods to hide from their overbearing carer, Linda.Then, one day, only one of them comes back. Amber was gone, leaving behind only a note: I've run away.Fifteen years later, Lucy is planning her dream wedding to Josh –...

Some secrets refuse to stay buried…Abandoned by her mother, Lucy Mitchell grew up in foster care, where she found solace in her best friends, Amber and Josh. In a strict foster home, Lucy and Amber made a pact – friends for life – often escaping to the woods to hide from their overbearing carer, Linda.Then, one day, only one of them comes back. Amber was gone, leaving behind only a note: I've run away.Fifteen years later, Lucy is planning her dream wedding to Josh –...

Step into the courtroom and relive three of the most notorious trials of the 20th Century, that captivated the nation. Based on the original trial transcripts, eyewitness testimonies and contemporary reports, we invite you to join the Jury at the Old Bailey and reach your own verdict.The Trial of Ruth Ellis: What drove this attractive mother of two young children to fire six fatal shots on Easter Sunday into the body of the man she loved? Why was she so calm and di...

WISDEN comes to life as we relive the finest, the strangest and the most dramatic moments of cricketing history in this entertaining portrait of the English game. Take your seat on the boundary as we enjoy some of the most colourful and intriguing English cricket matches in the history of the game, as King George VI takes a hat trick in the grounds of Windsor castle, a cricket-loving vicar escapes death on the high seas, Denis Compton scores 18 centuries in one glorious summer and while a ...

Dieser Band enthält folgende Geschichten: Der Schädel (Harold Ward) Der Bodymaster (Harold Ward) Das unbekannte Tier (Howard Ellis Davis) Die zupackende Hand (von Farnsworth Wright) Der Ort des Wahnsinns (Merlin Moore Taylor) Der Grüne Mann (Frank Maddox) Corcoran und die Apokalyptischen Reiter (Alfred Bekker) Lord Drenfields Dämonenschloss (John Devlin) Die vier Reiter der Apokalypse waren am Nachthimmel von London erschienen. Flammende Gestalten des Grauens, die das Ende aller Tage verkü...

Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has sold more than 2.5 million copies. It is pushed by Hollywood celebrities, defended by university professors who know better, and assigned in high school and college classrooms to teach students that American history is nothing more than a litany of oppression, slavery, and exploitation.Zinn’s history is popular, but it is also massively wrong.Scholar Mary Grabar exposes just how wrong in her stunning new boo...

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward.Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’sinpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why shenever wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out.And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff start to v...

In "The Mating of Lydia," Mrs. Humphry Ward intricately weaves a narrative that explores the complex interplay of societal expectations, personal ambition, and the constraints of marriage in early 20th-century England. Through rich, evocative prose, Ward delves into the life of Lydia, a spirited young woman torn between her desire for independence and the inevitable pressures to conform to traditional gender roles. The novel illustrates the transitional period of the Edwardian era, a time ...

In "Fields of Victory," Humphry Ward delves into the complexities of human experience during the tumultuous reality of World War I. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing England, the novel explores themes of sacrifice, resilience, and the moral ambiguities of war, all rendered through Ward's nuanced and lyrical prose. The narrative intertwines personal stories with broader societal changes, reflecting the psychological landscape of a nation grappling with the horrors of conflict w...

Apes! Sex fiends! Gangsters! Mad scientists! Tentacles! Yes, this MEGAPACK has them all, no less than 25 lurid tales ripped from the pages of pulp fiction magazines. For The Pulp Fiction Megapack, we selected stories with great pulp titles. (Where else are you going to find stories like "Blood for the Vampire Dead," "Mistress of Snarling Death," or "When Super-Apes Plot"?) Of course, these stories were all written in a different time, with different standards of what was acceptable. They a...

"L'Affaire Charles Dexter Ward" est une longue nouvelle fantastique du maître de la peur et de l'imaginaire, Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Publiée en décembre 1941 dans Weird Tales, la nouvelle s'inscrit dans l'univers du mythe de Cthulhu et il s'agit d'un des plus longs textes de Lovecraft.Écrit au début 1927, il reste inédit du vivant de Lovecraft, bien qu'il s'agisse sans doute de l'un de ses textes majeurs.Charles Dexter Ward, jeune étudiant féru d'archéologie, d'histoire e...