A deep dive into the lives and crimes of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley—featuring newly released photos from a collection called "The Tartan Album."In the mid-1960s, the serenity of Saddleworth Moor was forever interrupted, even if people didn't yet know it, as the area became a grave for the innocent child victims of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.The couple's vile torture and killings have shaken up British history ever since, with the couple often considered two o...

THE WORLD WENT OFFLINE.ONE SERVER KEPT RUNNING.When a global outage cripples communications and power, nineteen-year-old Eli Mercer discovers that his NEXUS interface is still active.But it isn't connecting to the NEXUS he knows.An unregistered server.A population of one.An emergency protocol nobody was supposed to find.As Eli explores this hidden server, he uncovers dangers, mysteries and opportunities that shouldn't exist — and begi...

This book gives the most up-to-date story of the serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, AKA the Yorkshire Ripper. His confessions to police in 1981, and his later confession in 1992 to two further attacks, are gone into in greater detail than ever before, as are attacks on women that the police later felt they had enough evidence to charge him with. We also delve deep into the police investigation and highlight the many failings of the West Yorkshire Police Force and the many times Peter Sutcliffe...

Vinca is just getting used to having a female body and wants to focus on her work as a memory architect and maybe getting back together with Gwen. But someone or something keeps trying to kill her in creative ways. This is a fast-paced, cyberpunk action thriller with gamelit elements. And at least one cat.

A true crime account of the arrest, murder trial, conviction and incarceration of Manchester, England's notorious child murderers.The second book published in this series carries on from where The Moors Murderers left off and continues the horrific story of the crimes perpetrated by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. In this volume, we lean what happened at Brady and Hindley's trial in 1966. We see how Brady and Hindley turned on David Smith, the seventeen-year-ol...

The Routledge Companion to Video Games and History explores the dynamic intersection between video games and historical scholarship.This comprehensive handbook delves into the ways video games present, interpret, and engage with history, moving beyond questions of accuracy to examine their potential as tools for education, research, and cultural critique. With contributions from international experts, this volume provides a rich, interdisciplinary perspective on how video ...

First published in 1997. This work aims to assemble, within a concise volume, a wide-ranging guide to the places and events that have featured in twentieth-century world history. The book also sets out to provide the background information on the places behind the headlines. Thus, conflicts over territory or disputed boundary claims have been at the origin of many modern wars. Hence this volume provides both teacher and student with concise and informative entries on the many hundreds of p...

Holiday Cheer from the Antebellum South! Columbia, South Carolina. December 24, 1862. It is the week of the Christmas Raid of Kentucky and the height of the war among the states. The chill in the air carries hickory-scented plumes of smoke upward from colonial chimneys. Within Antebellum homes, Confederate soldiers cuddle-up with southern belles beneath mistletoe and share mint jelly, ambrosia, and chestnuts from the hearth. Ebenezer Scrooge, wealthy plantation owner, will have none of it....

GLUT YOUR SOUL UPON HIS ACCURSED HIDEOUSNESS! Prepare for a phantasmagoric evening at the theatre! Master of horror, Chris Cook has penned a non-muscial version of Gaston Leroucx's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. This rendition is a faithful re-telling of the story of horribly deformed Erik and his abduction of reluctant soprano, Christine Daae. At plays' opening, a suspenseful ride of terror begins. . . The Paris Opera House has long been reported as a portal for hauntings, disturbances, and sighti...

Doing more with less is a skill mastered by entrepreneurs. Budgets are tight, deadlines are short, and time is of the essence. Entrepreneurial project managers use these parameters to their benefit. Hurdling over obstacles with the bare minimum of effort makes their projects and teams stand out. Focusing inward to develop the skills and mindset necessary to accomplish anything with anyone sets an entrepreneurial project manager apart from the group. This book builds on the basics of projec...

October 31st. Its been called everything from Sowein, Samhain, and Mischief Eve to Devils Night and the Season of the Witch. Its most common moniker of course is Halloween. It is that mysterious night of the year when the veil between reality and that of the underworld grows so thin as to allow spirits of the dead to commune with the living. This compendium is a tribute to the entire month. Hallow Evil is a darkly-delightful panoply of short fiction and poetry authored by master of horror,...

The Routledge Companion to Britain in the Nineteenth Century, 1815–1914 is an accessible and indispensable compendium of essential information on the Victorian and Edwardian eras.Using chronologies, maps, glossaries, an extensive bibliography, a wealth of statistical information and nearly two hundred biographies of key figures, this clear and concise book provides a comprehensive guide to modern British history from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the outbreak of the Fi...