Strange true tales Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this third book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a shocking incident that happened as a child, a bizarre story in the womb, her father's secret twin, an unsettling incident with a pottery kiln, an unfortunate dinner, weird encounters while working in a psychiatric unit, the messy mothering of young twins, a cruel prediction from a loved one, an odd man, and complications when meditating with toddlers.
Strange true tales Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this second book in the Strangers on a Train series, including a frightening incident in a dorm, a bizarre story about missing polyester pants, weird work situations with a bikini and an explosion, the agony of coming-of-age, and an unsettling truth about a deceptive friend.
Strange true tales by an author Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this first book in the Strangers on a Train series, including shocking incidents that happened in hotels, a bizarre childhood bullying story, weird work encounters, the nightmare of waking up during surgery and a strange moment at a green light.
Since May 1966 when Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to lifeimprisonment at Chester Assizes the British public has been absorbed andhorrified by the Moors Murders.
In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary sagaa six-year voyage during which he covered a distance equal to twice the circumference of the worldrevealing both a rich sense of history and an insuppressible Welsh wit.
';Memories of the Revolution have come back to life'In the summer of 1824, the aging Marquis de Lafayette, defeated politically and distraught over the fate of liberty in Europe, set sail one last time from France for America after an absence of forty years.
';Memories of the Revolution have come back to life'In the summer of 1824, the aging Marquis de Lafayette, defeated politically and distraught over the fate of liberty in Europe, set sail one last time from France for America after an absence of forty years.
As one of the most respected spiritual explorers of recent times, Ram Dass sparked a revolution with the publication of his 2-million-copy classic, Be Here Now.
Lilla Eckford, interned in a Japanese civilian camp in China during the second world war after an extraordinary early life,passed her time by compiling a book about the joys of food.
In a salty, slashing style, Tristan Jones unfolds his extraordinary sagaa six-year voyage during which he covered a distance equal to twice the circumference of the worldrevealing both a rich sense of history and an insuppressible Welsh wit.
The remarkable true story of friendship, resilience and survival against the odds'A remarkable tale of survival' Jeremy Dronfield, bestselling author of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz'It's an account of astounding courage and resourcefulness .
Kaye Webb, a journalist with no publishing experience, burst into the world of children's books in 1961 and changed the face of children's publishing forever.
A brilliant, kaleidoscopic cultural history of Diana, her many lives and the world she created 'The best thing I ve ever read about Princess Diana and I ve read all of it, including her own books' - Marina Hyde'A wide-ranging cultural history of the former Princess of Wales.
An exhilarating biography of the iconic poet, essayist and activist Audre Lorde Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions.
Ronnie Barker was one of our most respected and best-loved comedy actors and here, in this fascinating biography, Richard Webber delves deep in to the heart of Barker's life and career, peppering his narrative with original and incisive memories from some of Barker's closest contemporaries, including Ronnie Corbett, Michael Palin and Barry Cryer.
'John Douglas is the FBI's pioneer and master of investigative profiling, and one of the most exciting figures in law enforcement I've had the privilege of knowing' Patricia Cornwell'John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in the world' Jonathan Demme, Director of The Silence of the LambsIn The Killer Across the Table, legendary FBI criminal profiler and number one bestselling author John Douglas delves deep into the lives and crimes of four of the most disturbing and complex predatory killers he's encountered, offering never-before-revealed details about his profiling process and divulging the strategies used to crack some of his most challenging cases.
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Every time Churchill took to the airwaves it was as if he were injecting adrenaline-soaked courage directly into the British people .
'Fab-u-lous' Craig Revel Horwood'Uplifting' Fleur East'Brilliant' Sara Davies'Feel-good' Gemma AtkinsonChange your life for the better, starting today, with this primer on positivity from Strictly star and It Takes Two host, Janette Manrara.
Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.
*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year**Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' - Guardian'This is the book Trump fears most.
The Macdonald sisters -- Alice, Georgiana, Agnes and Louisa -- started life among the ranks of the lower-middle classes, with little prospect of social advancement.
