Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of Castle Rock, Maine...  

Cujo is a huge

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This text, using contemporary memoirs, letters, newspapers & regimental order books, reconstructs the common man's version of the Moorland Battle & the repression & brutality that followed it for the highlanders. It challenges the rose-tinted legend of Bonnie Prince Charlie & Culloden. ...

Culloden was the last battle on British soil. Culloden is a battlefield, a graveyard & an iconic site that draws people from all parts of the world. & as they come, they bring with them their stories & their father's father's stories. This work offers those tales as a record to the power of the place. ...

First published over 350 years ago during the reign of Elizabeth I, The Complete Herbal by physician, herbalist & astrologer Nicholas Culpeper, remains one of the most comprehensive listings of herbs & their uses in existence. In this illustrated edition, over 400 herbs are described in detail, along with their 'government & virtues', remedies & cautions. Although much of the medical advice must be taken with a pinch of salt, the engaging tone, enthusiasm & expertise of the author are irresistible & highly entertaining. ...

These posters bring together eight cinematic classics in horror & sci-fi. From Dracula & Frankenstein, to human flies & man-eating plants, to future dystopias & strange-world adventures, these are the chilling & thrilling stories that have shaped the popular culture. The original film posters, reproduced in vivid colour, are ready to frame & hang in your home. Eight prints enclosed are: The Time Machine, 1960 Metropolis, 1927 The Day the Earth Stood Still, 1951 The Fly, 1958 Frankenstein, 1931 Dracula, 1931 The Day of the Triffids, 1962 Flash Gordon, The Planet of Peril, 1936 ...

A leading journalist's intense, riveting & personal investigation into the worlds & minds of cults. At a new age festival in Byron Bay, Australia, German journalist Anke Richter is finding her spiritual awakening when she meets a woman – a survivor of the Centrepoint cult – who will change the course of her life & career. Over the next ten years, Anke pursued a labyrinthine investigation into how & why cults attract, entrap & destroy otherwise ordinary people, asking what the line is between tribe & cult, participant & perpetrator, seduction & sexual abuse.  From the emotional & criminal carnage of Centrepoint in Auckl&, New Zeal&, to an anti-cult conference in Manchester, the infamous Osho’s ashram in India, the tantric Agama Yoga school in remote Thailand & culminating in a visit to Gloriavale on the west coast of New Zealand’s South Isl&, Anke uncovers a disturbing pattern of violence & suffering.  Cult Trip is a powerful exploration of what really go... ...

How do cult leaders establish intellectual, physical, spiritual & sexual control over their followers
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The shocking truth about some of the most disturbing, criminal cults that have ever existed.

How did Charles Manson

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Belief system or brainwashing? Captivated or captive? Community or cult? Uncover stories of the world's most infamous cults in this true crime compendium... Building spacecrafts to transport humans to a new plane of existence, kidnapping children to create a master race that would survive the apocalypse, murdering innocent people to secure a place in the afterlife... these only scratch the surface of the strange, sinister & shocking world of cults. Throughout history, cult groups have formed across the globe, promising followers freedom, family & fortune. In reality, religious, destructive & doomsday cults capture, coerce & control people. From mass murders to child marriages, polygamy to life insurance policies, blackmail to sex bait, discover the cruelty & curiosities of cults in this illuminating anthology. Filled with stories of the world's most notorious cults, this book details their origins, beliefs, leaders, followers & victims, & uncovers the unthinkable horro... ...

Culture, Raymond Williams once wrote, is one of the most difficult words in language. Since then the concept has become part of our everyday vocabulary; it is used in a variety of different contexts: to describe the behaviour of corporations or criminals; to provide personal & national identity; it even gives its name to a Department of State. ...