True stories: general

The year 1975, in which General Franco died, marked a dividing line between two phases.

What's madness?

Esta historia comienza en Rogaland (Noruega) en el año 846 d.

In 'True Crime: Pinkerton National Detective Agency' by Allan Pinkerton, readers are immersed in a collection of captivating stories based on real criminal cases solved by the legendary Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

The sensational rise and shocking downfall of India's twelve largest corporate defaulters.

The history of flying is packed with incredible feats of bravery and endurance, human ingenuity and recklesness, mystery, romance and tragedy.

Charles Bronson is the most feared and most notorious convict in the prison system.

An intense, psychologically charged domestic drama, The Return is a brilliant and haunting exploration of the insecurities that lie at the heart of human relationships.

Blinded in one eye by a childhood incident, his tormentors called him 'One Eye' or 'Cyclops'; it could have instilled a victim mentality in him, but instead he became a fighter.

The true story of London's toughest, deadliest street gangs: the events, the rules and the real top boys.

The story follows an unnamed narrator who visits a mental institution in southern France (more accurately, a "Maison de Sante") known for a revolutionary new method of treating mental illnesses called the "system of soothing".

Lena Santana has devised a collection of simple, beautifully made sewing projects that serve as a perfect introduction to dressmaking.

Jamie Foreman is one of Britain's most iconic actors.

Sehr verehrte Leser und Leserinnen,vielen Dank für den Erwerb meines Buches.

Der mysteriöse Mordfall Scholl: "True Crime"-Spannung auf höchstem NiveauEine Frau wird brutal ermordet und im Wald verscharrt.

In einer Welt, in der die Ansammlung von Dingen oft unausweichlich scheint, bietet Ulla Thamsen mit "Das Messie-Syndrom überwinden" einen wegweisenden Leitfaden für alle, die sich von den Fesseln des zwanghaften Hortens befreien möchten.

Extraordinary but true stories from over two hundred years of angling history.

Michael Stone was born in East Belfast in 1955.

In this series, private investigators pick up where the historians left off, taking on a series of major cold cases in history, starting with the mishandling of evidence relating to the life and times of Billy the Kid.

More Tales Behind the Tombstones tells the stories behind the deaths (or supposed deaths) and burials of even more of the Old Wests most nefarious outlaws, notorious women, and celebrated lawmen.

Twelve Years a Slave is a memoir and slave narrative by Solomon Northup.

Il Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli.

'An excellent anthology' Times Literary Supplement'Remarkable: combines her exceptional experience as a war correspondent with selected poetry in an act of witness' ANDREW MOTIONI was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile.

WHAT MAKES A MURDERER?

Was bleibt wenn ein Mensch gegangen ist?

1974: Am Morgen eines schönen Augustsommertags starren die Passanten in Lower Manhattan ungläubig zu den Twin Towers hinauf.

The full story of one of the most shocking crimes of the twenty-first century, now the subject of a BBC drama, The Moorside, starring Sheridan Smith.

 Black explora la centralidad del Mediterráneo en la experiencia occidental de viajar.

"e;Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom"e; is a written account by Ellen Craft and William Craft first published in 1860.

Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is one of his most popular works.

"The Partner" is a short story written by Joseph Conrad (1857-1924).

It was 13 October 1972.

Vom Schulweg ins Verlies, ein Schicksal, das Europa erschütterteÜber Jahre lebte Natascha Kampusch als Kind an einem Ort ohne Zeugen.

The Sunday Times bestseller and inspiration for the ITV dramaDiamonds are a girl's best friendJoan Hannington was the most notorious female figure in London's criminal underworld during the 80s, earning her the nickname 'The Godmother'.

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True stories of the Land of Enchantment's most infamous crooks, culprits, and cutthroats.

Julio de 1976.

¿Es posible estafar a uno de los bancos más grandes de la historia en 25 millones de dólares?

Biografía de Costa Rica es un libro de historia deliberadamente escrito para el lector común en el que se narran los hechos fundamentales de la historia costarricense (hasta el siglo XX).

La conjunción feliz de un historiador tan brillante y conocido como Carlos Meléndez y el narrador de origen limonense, Quince Duncan, ha dado lugar a una obra entre cuyos méritos no es el menos principal constituir el primer trabajo histórico-social de envergadura acerca de un grupo étnico cuya participación en la vida de nuestro país debe conocerse en toda su extensión e implicaciones, ya que los trabajadores inmigrantes que procedían de Jamaica y otros puntos de la zona del Caribe llegaron a ser a lo largo de sus descendientes, son y serán por siempre, parte indivisible del nosotros nacional.

A mediados del siglo XIX la bucólica Costa Rica, recién nacida a la existencia como República independiente, ve amenazada esa independencia por la llegada de millares de aventureros que buscan implantar a sangre y fuego un nuevo régimen despótico y esclavista en territorio centroamericano.

En esta su primera obra este joven escritor nos ofrece un ameno paseo literario por las más diversas vivencias humanas, tratadas con ingenio, compromiso, respeto y, sobre todo, "buena pluma".

For the privileged a cosmopolitan pleasure ground; For the desperate a port of last resort.

El maltrato y el abuso sexual infantil no son problemáticas de los últimos tiempos.

A mi abuela Cata, a mi madre Marisa y a Pedro, mi familia, quienes vivieron mis cambios de humor durante estos meses y aun así, creían que podía lograrlo.

Del 16 al 18 de enero de 1988 Monte Caseros vivió, tal vez, los días más locos de su historia.

Este libro es, simplemente, un relato de experiencias vividas a partir de mis cuarenta y ocho años.