Here is the LOATHSOME LURID & DOWNRIGHT LAMENTABLE history of Liverpool! Beginning with the mysteries of the Druids & featuring astonishing tales of bloodshed battles & the Black Death Viking assaults Victorian gangland riots the mud blood & bullets of the Western Front & the falling bombs of the Blitz read it if you dare! With more than 70 illustrations (plus a grim & gruesome colour section on the infamous Maybrick poisoning) youll never look at the city in the same way again! ...

* BREAD RIOTS & BODYSNATCHERS! * PIRATES & PRIVATEERS! * HELL HOLES for BONEY! The disgusting true story of Plymouths Napoleonic prison ships! * A very daughter of Hell! In 1675 a POISONOUS NURSEMAID was hanged on PRINCE ROCK
- but was she INNOCENT OF THE CRIME? Find out inside! * DEATH aboard the TITANIC! * BLITZ BOMBS & PLYMOUTH MENS BATTLES on OMAHA BEACH! Plymouth has one of the darkest & most dreadful histories on record. Beginning with the discovery of the bones of cave men & rushing through French attacks outbreaks of leprosy & the plague Civil War sieges & deadly Spanish ships disasters demolitions & the enormous death tolls of the Plymouth Blitz it will change the way you see the city forever!
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RAZED by VIKINGS! Deadly Danish assaults & demolitions NEOLITHIC MURDERS! The tragic tale of Britains earliest recorded homicide! A DEADLY GAME of THRONES! The last remains of two royal victims in the Abbey MURDERED by the RIPPER! Was one of Jack the Rippers victims from Peterborough? Find out inside! I Cant Stop While There Are Lives to be Saved: The incredible story of BRITISH SPY NURSE EDITH CAVELL There is the darker side to Peterboroughs history. All manner of incredible events have occurred in the city: Roman occupations; Saxon murders & miracles; riots & revolts; battles diseases disasters & plagues. Including more than 60 illustrations & with the history of institutions such as the prisoner-of-war camps of the Napoleonic era & the slums & workhouses of the Victorian age youll never see the city in the same way again. ...

THE ULTIMATE GUIDES TO EXAM SUCCESS from York Notes
- the UK's favourite English Literature Study Guides. York Notes for AS & A2
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This title comes with an introduction by Helen Simpson. From familiar fairy tales & legends
- Red Riding Hood" " Bluebeard" " Puss
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In the Afghan wild lands British & American special forces soldiers ate slept fought & died alongside each other
- working in close-knit
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Where did the real Jack the Ripper live? Which pub in London has been used more than any other by serial killers picking up their victims? Where was the capitals Gladiators Arena? Where in London did Anders Breivik the Norwegian mass murderer live as a child? Jack The Ripper (and 15 other London serial killers!) the Krays Aleister Crowley Ruth Ellis Doctor John Dee Sach & Walters the baby farmers
- all these characters & more are covered in Bloody London a unique & terrifying walk through the dark gore-drenched streets of the capital. A must-have for fans of crime horror the supernatural & the simply bizarre Bloody London will also show you: * Sites of executions & unsolved murders * Londons creepiest cemeteries * Where famous horror authors lived & worked * Where the Plague originated * A haunted church & many other locations... Londons dark & shocking secrets are laid bare in this compendium of true stories. We dare you to look inside...
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The past decade in the UK has seen the rise of the British National Party the countrys most successful ever far-right political movement & the emergence of the anti-Islamic English Defence League. Taking aim at asylum seekers Muslims enforced multiculturalism" & benefit "scroungers " these groups have been working overtime to shift the blame for the nations ills onto the shoulders of the vulnerable. Drawing on archival research & extensive interviews with key figures such as BNP leader Nick Griffin Daniel Trilling shows how previously marginal characters from a tiny neo-Nazi subculture have managed to exploit the tensions arising from the War on Terror & from steepening economic inequality. Bloody Nasty People calls time on the complacency that has given the far right space to grow & provides fresh insights into the dynamics of political extremism." ...

The past decade saw the rise of the British National Party the countrys most successful ever far-right political movement & the emergence of the anti-Islamic English Defence League. Taking aim at asylum seekers Muslims enforced multiculturalism" & benefit "scroungers" these groups have been working overtime to shift the blame for the nations ills onto the shoulders of the vulnerable. What does this extremist resurgence say about the state of modern Britain? Drawing on archival research & extensive interviews with key figures such as BNP leader Nick Griffin Daniel Trilling shows how previously marginal characters from a tiny neo-Nazi subculture successfully exploited tensions exacerbated by the fear of immigration the War on Terror & steepening economic inequality. Mainstream politicians have consistently underestimated the far right in Britain while pursuing policies that give it the space to grow. Bloody Nasty People calls time on this complacency in an account that provides us with fresh insights into the dynamics of political extremism." ...

A classic thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed. Oliver Grant is a decorated soldier Military Intelligence Major & a case-hardened mercenary. So when the stepson of a Mafia boss is kidnapped & taken to a Libyan prison fortress Grant is the perfect choice to carry out the rescue. Except for one detail: he doesn't want the job. In an attempt to change his mind Grant's young sister is snatched & he is forced to comply
- he knows that the Mafia don't make idle threats. But then Grant's beautiful innocent lover also disappears & he realises that he is involved in a game that will be played to the death...
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