Fact is never more strange than fiction than when it comes to crime, and the crimes described here are so bizarre it's inconceivable that they could have been made up.
A brilliant, highly spirited memoir of Sidney Sheldon's early life that provides as compulsively readable and racy a narrative as any of his bestselling novels.
The First Hundred Thousand is John Hay Beith's humorous memoir of military training and life in the trenches as part of the first hundred thousand volunteers in Lord Kitchener's New Army during the First World War.
Part manifesto, part exploration of what justice truly means for survivors of trauma and abuse, Judith Herman forces us to reconsider our perspective on victims, revealing uncomfortable truths about our justice systems and proposing new ways to implement justice.
Joanna Elphick was born in East Anglia but grew up in the heart of London, where she obtained an LLB (Hons) in law and a postgraduate diploma in forensic science whilst hobnobbing with members of the Kray gang and joyriding a double-decker bus before returning to her Norfolk roots to lecture in law.
These personal stories collected from a lifetime of travel will transport the reader from country to country across the world in an immersive reading experience.
Ann Rule says, "e;Kathryn Casey is one of the best true crime writers today"e;high praise indeed from the author of a host of nonfiction New York Times bestsellers including Green River and The Stranger Beside Me, the story of serial killer Ted Bundy.
Stressfrei leben mit Hochsensibilität: Strategien für mehr Ruhe bei hochsensiblen MenschenEntdecke in meinem Buch "Stressfrei leben mit Hochsensibilität: Strategien für mehr Ruhe bei hochsensiblen Menschen" eine faszinierende Reise zu tieferem Selbstverständnis und innerer Balance.
Espiar a los felices reúne trece historias duras, en su mayoría; gente que vive al margen, en esa zona liminar que sus narradores no revelan, sin aspavientos.
The definitive and explosive account of a harrowing murder case that has shocked BritainPeter Tobin was already serving a life sentence for murder when he was charged with the murder of two young women - Vicky Hamilton and Dina McNichol, in November 2007.
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic, swashbuckling novel about a young boy who is forced to go to sea and who is then caught up in high drama, daring adventure and political intrigue.
In his quest to define 'sporting greatness', double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee has spent nearly 4 years interviewing and training with some of the greatest minds in sport to discover what it takes to become - and remain - a champion.
Storms, fatigue, equipment failure, intense hunger, and lack of water are just a few of the challenges that ocean rower Mick Dawson endured whilst attempting to complete one of the World's 'Last Great Firsts'.
Collins Classics brings you a selection of the best-loved stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring one of literature's favourite detectives, Sherlock Holmes.
True stories of prison breaks including those of Frank Abagnale, whose story is told in Catch Me If You Can; Henri Charri re who claimed to have escaped from the supposedly inescapable Devil's Island - the true story as opposed to his questionable memoir, Papillon; Bud Day, said to be the only US serviceman ever to have escaped to South Vietnam; the six prisoners who escaped from Death Row in Mecklenburg Correctional Center; and Pascal Payeret, the French armed robber who escaped not once, but twice from French prisons with the help of a helicopter.
