True stories: general

An eclectic mix of exciting stories every surfer will love This eclectic mix has something for everyone, from classic tales of monster waves and epic battles to stories of when life among the breakers goes wrong.

In 1980 in Toledo, Ohio—on one of the holiest days of the church calendar—the body of a nun was discovered in the sacristy of a hospital chapel.

How to break the circle of 'never good enough'Striving for something can be a healthy and positive attribute; it's good to aim high.

Seit Jahrtausenden verehren Menschen Bäume als heilige Wesen, als Brücken zwischen Himmel und Erde und als Träger uralter Weisheiten.

Two elderly shopkeepers bludgeoned to death, the only evidence - a smudged thumbprint inside a cashbox.

An historical true crime accounting of London's notorious serial murderers and their victims, spanning the Victorian era to the mid-twentieth century.

Es ist das Jahr 1995, Hua Hsu ist achtzehn und sucht seinen Platz, seine Leute.

Step into the violent world of the 13th century, where the European states of the Levant battled with Muslim powers for control of Jerusalem.

Can Modern DNA Science Crack this Cold Case?

Das Buch beschreibt die Hintergrunde und Besonderheiten von Tiefbauunfallen.

Das Haus Romanov regierte Russland mehr als 300 Jahre, von 1613 bis 1917.

Culled from many never-before-published narratives and oral histories conducted under the auspices of the U.

What if charisma could be taught?

The relationship between drugs and today's wars has grown more noticeable since the end of the Cold War and will likely gather strength in this era of increased globalization.

A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMESFrom award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.

You have landed here because a new time has come in your life.

True stories of the Grand Canyon state's mostinfamous robbers, rustlers, and bandits.

In the spirit of The Glass CastleandThe Burning Light of Two Stars, Antonia Deignan delivers whatNew YorkTimesbest-selling author Julie Cantrell calls a a heart-shattering memoir of painful truth and soulful healing.

Mother was an emotionally damaged woman shrouded in depression and dark secrets.

It was a cold and foggy February night in 1983 when a group of armed thieves crept onto Ballymany Stud, near The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland, to steal Shergar, one of the Thoroughbred industry's most renowned stallions.

What is the value of telling the truth?

Gripping accounts of some of Australia s worst murder cases and insights into the men and women who committed the crimes.

This antiquarian book contains Alexandre Dumas's work "e;Martin Guerre"e;.

Ü50, weiblich, Wechseljahre - und dennoch Lust auf Sex ?

On July 16, 1989, Kaitlyn Arquette was shot to death in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Erinnerung an nationalsozialistische Verbrechen im digitalen Raum: Reflexionen, Experimente und Erfahrungen von Gedenkstätten.

À 11 ans, Mary Bell imagine des jeux divertissants.

Die vor 1945 geborenen Deutschen, die nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ihre Heimat in Ostpreußen, Litauen oder Schlesien nicht verlassen durften oder wollten – nur wenige von ihnen leben noch.

This antiquarian volume contains a fascinating and thrilling account of the escape of six soldiers from a prison at Danville in Virginia, America.

There may be no other social problem so common, yet so little understood by the general public, as child abuse and neglect.

Collected here for the first time are the remarkable and moving stories of the 27 British recipients of the Hero of the Holocaust award.

This work provides readers with an authoritative resource for understanding the true extent and nature of gun violence in America, examining the veracity of claims and counterclaims about mass shootings, gun laws, and public attitudes about gun control.

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Sabine kommt als uneheliches Kind einer Bauernmagd im Jahre 1924 in der Nähe von Inzell zur Welt.

Patrick Leigh Fermor was only 18 when he set off to walk from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople, described many years later in A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water.

Thirty real-life accounts of passion gone lethally wrong Celebrated mystery writer Howard Engel traces the history of the crime of passion through France, England, Canada, and the United States in his first nonfiction book.

This two-volume set provides an authoritative overview of rape and other forms of sexual violence, containing the latest information about victims and perpetrators; events, laws, and trends related to sexual violence; and attitudes toward it.

Karen Lynch was an unlikely person to become one of the first female cops in San Francisco.

Ephemeral by nature, the concert setlist is a rich, if underexplored, text for scholarly research.

#MeToo im KlassenraumBritta Rotsch in der 12.

This book looks at television comedy, drawn from across the UK and Ireland, and ranging chronologically from the 1980s to the 2020s.

A full understanding of the historical process must include studies of the social and economic conditions of societies as well as biographies of the people on which a clear understanding of history is basedbut not just the ';great' people.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel Golden exposes how academia has become the center of foreign and domestic espionage-and why that is troubling news for our nation's security.

'Stories that will curl your toes, make you laugh out loud and break your heart all at the same time.

I could not ignore the tiny spark of hope that whispered to me that there might be someone with whom I could be vulnerable and real, and that this time they might just not let me down.

This "e;delightfully creepy"e; New York Times bestseller from the award-winning horror-comedy podcast team takes deep dives into nine infamous serial killers (Booklist).

Build a strong foundation on the principles and procedures of modern forensic science.

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'.