Myra Hindley was the accomplice of Ian Brady, a serial killer whose victims included children between the age of 10 and 17. The murders were referred to as the "Moor Murders"because two of the victims were discovered in graves dug on Saddleworth Moor. The gruesome killings remained among the worst in the history of the United Kingdom. Hindley was referred to as "the most evil woman in all of Great Britain" and had numerous film adaptations about her life produced.

**A Times best crime novel of 2025 so far**'Sharp, evocative' Guardian'A compelling and authentic mystery that explores faith, identity, corruption, and friendship with a deft touch. Foday's writing is vivid, thoughtful, and full of heart' Amen AlongeWhen one of their own is found unconscious in the boot of her car, Scotland's Sierra Leonean community is cast into a state of shock. And the ...

Award-winning author and radio personality Ellen Kushner’s inspired retelling of an ancient legend weaves myth and magic into a vivid contemporary novel about the mysteries of the human heart. Brimming with ballads, riddles, and magical transformations, here is the timeless tale of a charismatic bard whose talents earn him a two-edged otherworldly gift.A minstrel lives by his words, his tunes, and sometimes by his lies. But when the bold and gifted young Thomas the Rhymer awakens t...

Das gesellschaftliche Bewusstsein für die Folgen interpersoneller Gewalt - insbesondere gegenüber Kindern und Jugendlichen - ist in den letzten Jahren enorm gewachsen. Maßgeblich dazu beigetragen hat die psychotraumatologische Forschung. Sie zeigt eindrücklich und immer deutlicher, dass maladaptiv verarbeitete belastende Lebenserfahrungen in Form chronischer Stress- und Affektdysregulation Ursache für eine Vielzahl psychischer wie auch körperlicher Störungen sind. Der transdiagnostisch aus...

Possiamo viaggiare nel tempo? Riusciremo mai a prendere scorciatoie in grado di coprire le distanze interstellari in pochi secondi? La fantascienza – da Star Trek a Interstellar, passando per i più diversi tipi di incontri ravvicinati – ci ha abituato a salti nell'iperspazio, esplorazioni intergalattiche, ipervelocità, wormhole attraversabili e motori a curvatura, ma quante di queste visioni saranno effettivamente realizzabili, se non oggi, nel nostro immediato futuro? In Come viaggeremo n...

The July/August 2021 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Tananarive Due, Eleanor Arnason, Shaoni C. White, Tochi Onyebuchi, Ellen Kushner, and C.S.E Cooney. Reprint fiction by Yoon Ha Lee. Essays by Nisi Shawl, Troy L. Wiggins, Nino Cipri, and C.L. Clark, poetry by Minal Hajratwala, Betsy Aoki, Ali Trotta and Octavia Cade, interviews with Eleanor Arnason and C.S.E. Cooney by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Alexa Sharpe, and editorials by Lynne M....

Alan and Denise Jackson's life seemed like a fairy tale: high school sweethearts marry young and leave small-town Georgia to pursue big dreams in Music City. They pay their dues, work hard, weather deep disappointments. Then their dreams come true.In fairy tales, the Jacksons' material success?plus their "perfect" marriage, their three beautiful daughters, and their supportive families?would have signaled a happily-ever-after ending.But real life is different from fairy tal...

An accessible primer to theology through the prospective of Anglicanism.Organized around the topics of systematic theology, Introduction to Theology begins with an exploration of Scripture, then moves through history and tradition to contemporary debates and reconstructions. As a textbook for introductory courses in seminaries of the Episcopal Church, this book also includes references to The Book of Common Prayer, which Anglicans consider a primary source...

A minstrel lives by his words, his tunes, and sometimes by his lies. But when the bold and gifted young Thomas the Rhymer awakens the desire of the powerful Queen of Elfland, he finds that words are not enough to keep him from his fate.As the Queen sweeps him far from the people he has known and loved into her realm of magic, opulence - and captivity - he learns at last what it is to be truly human. When he returns to his home with the Queen's parting gift, his great task will be t...

Nine Generations from Dr. Thomas Wynne documents and explores the author's father's family history and genealogy from its earliest American immigrant, Dr. Thomas Wynne, to its ninth generation. Dr. Wynne, a member of the Welsh gentry, was an early Quaker convert who was persecuted and jailed for his beliefs. He became acquainted with William Penn, also a convert, became his personal physician, and in 1681 purchased 5000 acres in Penn's new province of Pennsylvania. In 1682, they s...

Mito y magia se entremezclan en esta novela ganadora de los premios World Fantasy y Mythopoeic en 1991. Un bardo vive de sus palabras y sus melodías, pero, en ocasiones, también de sus mentiras. Thomas, juglar despierto y audaz, tendrá que poner a prueba sus habilidades cuando la poderosa reina del país de las hadas se encapriche de él. En su cautiverio en un mundo de acertijos y magia, opulencia y peligro, comprenderá el verdadero poder de las palabras. Una nueva mirada a la clásica leyen...

An exploration of the 1525 German Peasants' War which emphasises the crucial role of media and the printing press in the conflict and its legacy.Why did German agrarian protests, normally very local or regional, all meld together into one vast uprising that became the 1525 'Peasants' War'? Thomas Kaufmann emphatically argues that the recent availability of printing, which created links between the various regions of revolt, led to the conflict distinguishing itself...