‘I told you it’d happen. In this town. It’d come to fruition. It’s like rivers of blood with Scousers’Skelmersdale, Lancashire. Haunted by memories of his closest friend Emlyn, Paul returns to the ashes of his childhood home in a Liverpool overspill estate and implores his mother to leave it all behind. Envisaged by the government as "social utopias" in the 1960s, towns like Skelmersdale promised visionary housing and opportunities for thousands of Liverpudlians uprooted from their...

The Irish King of Winter Hill is the story of the rise and fall James J. “Buddy” McLean, from his humble beginnings as a hardworking truck driver in Boston, to leading the original and now infamous Winter Hill Gang, to his untimely murder in 1965.----He will best be remembered for eliminating the McLaughlin Gang from Charlestown during the 1960s McLean-McLaughlin Irish gang war.----Buddy, who worked on the Boston docks in the late 1950s and early 1960s with his fathers union card, was also...

Santa Claus has been kidnapped!Behind the plot are an evil queen, a wicked stepmother, a sorceress, a beanstalk giant, and, of course, the mischievous Rumpelstiltskin. They have a plan that will erase the term “Happily Ever After” from our storybooks forever.But it’s nearly Christmas Eve, and time is running out. Can Santa and the fairy-tale heroes save the day and bring Christmas to all the children of the world? Will anyone have a “Happily Ever After” again?Fa...

The Desert Keeps What Man Was Never Meant to FindIn the high desert of New Mexico, something unnatural has taken root beneath the vines.Geologist Mark Grayson’s newest contract should’ve been routine—evaluate mineral deposits near a family-owned vineyard. But nothing about Cat’s Claw feels routine. The land is guarded. The records are sealed. And Grayson’s instincts, honed from years of high-risk geological work in conflict zones, are screaming tha...

Carmen did everything she was supposed to do.She married a successful man.She moved into a pristine suburban home.She learned how to play the role of the perfect wife.But desire does not disappear just because it is inconvenient.When Carmen finds herself drawn to the pool man working in her backyard, what begins as quiet curiosity turns into confession—and then permission. Her marriage shifts from polite distance into something far more dangerous as fa...

For nearly twenty years, Glasgow has been coined Europe’s murder capital, and identified as having the continent’s highest drug harms. The Contemporary History of Drug-Based Organised Crime in Scotland examines converging multiple complexities that contributed to Scotland’s criminal modus operandi concentrating on drug-based organised crime.Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland. The region is likewise responsible for a disproportionate number of the country’s crime...

The oddly shaped and versatile kettlebell has only recently gained attention in popular fitness. These objects serve as tremendous ballistic training tools that can quickly result in increases across all fitness domains. This How To e-book takes you step-by-step from the history of kettlebells, to basic biomechanics, and through an extensive repertoire of kettlebell movements. Each movement is carefully explained and demonstration photos are provided throughout. At the end of each major mo...

This issue of Them Days Magazine includes the eulogy of John A. Broomfield; stories about trapping and fishing; as well as a few unique articles such as an old Alphabet Song and excerpts from a trapper's diary. This is the final issue from Them Days' first year of publication.

Im Höhlenlabyrinth unter den Straßen Edinburghs wird die Leiche des vermissten Journalisten Ben Stevenson entdeckt – die Kehle durchgeschnitten, die Wände mit seinem Blut besudelt. Alles deutet auf einen Ritualmord hin, doch Inspector Tony McLean will sich nicht mit einfachen Antworten zufriedengeben. Schon gar nicht, als die Mächtigen der Stadt seine Ermittlungen massiv behindern. An welcher Story war Stevenson dran, die ihn das Leben kostete? McLean läuft die Zeit davon, denn der Killer ...

Winner of the 2022 Broadcast Education Association Book AwardOne of the first books to examine the status of broadcasting on its one hundredth anniversary, Radio’s Second Century investigates both vanguard and perennial topics relevant to radio’s past, present, and future. As the radio industry enters its second century of existence, it continues to be a dominant mass medium with almost total listenership saturation despite rapid technological advancements...

Mexico is a country whose global political and economic significance are rapidly increasing. This book offers the first in-depth English-language analysis of the politics of representation in Mexico.Through innovative conceptual work and original case studies, the book explores important trends in Mexican politics and governance through the lens of representation, including who speaks and stands for whom, on what grounds and in what domains and the challenges they face.Reve...

Like the mighty Mississippi River that cleaves the Quad Cities, the region's history can trap the unwary in some unexpected eddies. Peer through the fog of the past to catch a glimpse of the Tinsmith Ghost of Rock Island or the river serpent with a price on its head. Get the back story on the Banshee of Brady Street, read the 1869 report on a Bigfoot sighting near East Davenport and run the numbers on local UFO activity. From phantom footsteps in the Renwick Mansion to a mausoleum heist in...