What makes a serial killer? Only one man really knows. FBI Special Agent & expert in criminal profiling & behavioural science John Douglas. A man who has looked evil in the eye & made a vocation of understanding it. Now retired Douglas can let us inside the FBI elite serial crime unit & into the disturbed minds of some of the most savage serial killers in the world. The man who was the inspiration for Special Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs & who lent the films makers his expertise explains how he invented & established the practice of criminal profiling; what it was like to submerge himself mentally in the world of serial killers to the point of becoming both perpetrator & victim; & individual case histories including those of Jeffrey Dahmer Charles Manson Ted Bundy & the Atlanta child murders. With the fierce page-turning power of a bestselling novel yet terrifyingly true Mindhunter is a true crime classic. ...

Baby Frankie is born into an unusual family. Her mother is desperate to find someone to take care of her child & she doesnt have much time. Noel doesnt seem to be the most promising of fathers but despite everything he could well be Frankies best hope. As for Lisa she is prepared to give up everything for the man she loves; surely hes going to love her back? & Moira is having none of it. She knows whats right & has the power to change the course of Frankies life.. .but Moira is hiding secrets of her own. MINDING FRANKIE is a story about unconventional families relationships which arent quite what they seem & the child at the heart of everyones lives... ...

When Kay Sexton becomes the proud holder of an allotment she hopes it will be her first foray towards self-sufficiency for her family. Instead she finds herself in a strange & hostile world of arcane rules & regulations & hosepipe standoffs. She finds her mud-caked Wellingtoned feet & successfully navigates her way through allotment-keeping: battling Biblical-scale pest invasions; learning the dark arts of the competitive vegetable grower; & practising ninja-like disappearing acts to avoid yet another free cucumber from a neighbouring gardener. Witty well-observed & with mouth-watering recipes this book is for anyone who dreams of a slice of the good life. ...

Every day we each make around 200 decisions about eating. But studies have shown that 90 percent of these decisions are made without any conscious choice. Dr Brian Wansink lays bare the facts about our true eating habits to show that awareness of our patterns can allow us to lose weight effectively & without serious changes to our lives. Dr Wansink's revelations include: food mistakes we all make in restaurants supermarkets & at home; how we are manipulated by brand appearance & parental habits more than price & our choices; & our emotional relationship with food & how we can overcome it to revitalise our diets. Forget calorie counting & starving yourself & learn the truth about why we overeat in this fascinating innovative guide. Mindless Eating" has become a breakout hit from the diet & fitness field & this fantastic new package will bring it to a new audience." ...

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement & success has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset. Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities & talent that bring us success-but whether we approach them with a fixed or growth mindset. She makes clear why praising intelligence & ability doesn't foster self-esteem & lead to accomplishment but may actually jeopardize success. With the right mindset we can motivate our kids & help them to raise their grades as well as reach our own goals-personal & professional. Dweck reveals what all great parents teachers CEOs & athletes already know: how a simple idea about the brain can create a love of learning & a resilience that is the basis of great accomplishment in every area. ...

Nalini Singh pulls away another dark layer of sheer desire revealing passions unknown in her latest novel about the world of the Psy. A ghost returns from a leopard changeling's past making him question everything
- even his base animal instincts.. . Clay Bennett is a powerful Dark River sentinel but he grew up in the slums with his human mother never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without the bonds of Pack he tried to stifle his animal nature. He failed.. .and committed the most extreme act of violence killing a man & losing his best friend Talin in the bloody aftermath. Everything good in him died the day he was told that she too was dead. Talin Mc Kade barely survived a childhood drenched in bloodshed & terror. Now a new nightmare is stalking her life
- the street children she works to protect are disappearing & turning up dead. Determined to keep them safe she unlocks the darkest secret in her heart & steels herself to ask the help of the strongest man she knows.. . Clay lost Talin once. He will not let her go again his hunger to possess her is a clawing need born of the leopard within. As they race to save the innocent Clay & Talin must face the violent truths of their past or risk losing everything that ever mattered to them.

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Craft yourself an amazing game of Minecraft! More than just a game Minecraft consists of players using an avatar to create or destroy various types of blocks form fantastic structures create artwork & do much more all in a three-dimensional environment & across various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. With this fun & friendly beginners guide you will quickly grasp how to play Minecraft in the three modes of game play: survival creative & hardcore. The easy-to-understand writing style walks you through every step of the way from downloading the game to choosing a gaming platform to defending your creations against monsters & winning the game by defeating the Ender Dragon. Explains how to use blocks to build amazing creations & engage in gameplay with other players Details techniques for travelling across the biomes Zeroes in on playing wisely in Survival mode so you can acquire resources to maintain your health & hunger Shares tips for playing carefully in Creative mode using your unlimited supply of resources the ability to fly & more Helps you play in Hardcore mode Minecraft For Dummies Portable Edition goes where you go as you create a world you won't want to leave! ...

The book encompasses the minerals of Cumbria Co. Durham Yorkshire Cleveland & Northumberl&. The book falls into five main headings: the geology of northern England; the mines & minerals; mining; collecting & collectors; the minerals
- this is a gallery of whole & half page photographs of individual specimens mainly held in the collection of the National History Museum London or the Royal Museum of Scotland Edinburgh. The specimens have been selected for the aesthetic appeal or for their scientific historical or other interest. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief mineralogical or historical explanation.
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Raven-haired Minerva eldest daughter of an impecunious vicar When the Reverend Charles Armitage an impecunious country vicar in Regency England announces that raven-haired Minerva the eldest of his six daughters is to have her coming-out in London the news is not well received by the rest of the family. Mrs. Armitage has one of her Spasms & has to be brought round by burning a quantity of feathers under her nose. Annabelle the nearest in age to Minerva is clearly jealous the boys are all surly & the other girls just start off crying. Minerva is despatched to Town under the wing of the disreputable old Lady Godolphin. Her task
- to find a rich husband & thereby restore the ailing family fortunes. But the other five daughters will all get their chance because Minerva" is but the first volume in " The Six Sisters" series by Marion Chesney."
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Connie has immense power. The trouble is she doesnt really know how to use it & nobody in the Society for the Protection of Mythical Beasts has enough knowledge to train her. Only one being understands Connies potential
- the evil shapeshifter Kullervo. Unknown to Connie he has started infiltrating her dreams causing her to raise devastating storms in her sleep. Now when shes awake the dark side of Connies power increasingly feels more attractive than the good side. When Connies best friend Col discovers what is happening he begs Connie to seek help. She turns to the Society the group meant to protect her. But they are terrified by what she tells them & expel her. Feeling abandoned & scared Connie hides in an old mine
- & finds she is not alone. The mine is full of sick mythical creatures that the Society has forgotten. They are led by the once-proud Minotaur who having been blinded in a fight is now a broken soul. The Minotaur gives Connie the courage to face her demons & in doing so begins to heal himself. Could it be that Connie & the Minotaur along with Col & the sick creatures have the strength to battle Kullervo while the Society for the Protection of Mythical Beasts stands ineffectually by?

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