During World War II German prison camps swelled with Allied Prisoners of War captured during fierce conflicts from the Battle of France in 1940 to the bomber offensives over Germany from 1943. This book looks in intimate detail at the life of average private soldiers beginning with their capture through the long days as prisoners & hard labourers to the readjustment to home life after their release. Illustrated with original materials postcards & photographs the author reveals their personal experiences in this intriguing account including letters to & from home which disclose some surprising attitudes towards the POWs. ...

The world's most famous travelling reporter journeys to South America on a mission to save Professor Calculus. When Professor Calculus is kidnapped Tintin & a desperate Captain Haddock set off to Peru on a rescue mission braving runaway train carriages yellow fever & avalanches. Then they must find an ancient Inca tribe if they are to find their great friend. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. ...

Prisons & Prisoners In Victorian Britain" provides an illustrated insight into the Victorian prison system & the experiences of those within it
- on both sides of the bars. Featuring stories of crime & misdeeds this fascinating book

Includes:: chapters on a typical day inside a Victorian prison
- food divine service exercise & medical provision; the punishments inflicted on convicts
- such as hard labour flogging the treadwheel & shot drill; & an overview of the ultimate penalty paid by prisoners
- execution. Richly illustrated with a series of photographs engravings documents & letters this volume is sure to appeal to all those interested in crime & social history in Victorian Britain."





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Former US Marine Jack Morgan runs Private a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force & maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men & women on the planet come to Jack daily
- & his staff of investigators use the worlds most advanced forensic tools to make & break their cases. In L.A. Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multimillion-dollar gambling scandal & the unsolved slayings of eighteen schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friends wife Jacks former lover has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead Jack pushes back & devotes all of Privates resources to tracking down her killer. & Jack doesnt have to play by the rules.
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Jack Morgan is a war hero. Returning home from Afghanistan after being wounded Jack is called into California State Prison to visit his father Tom who is serving a life sentence for extortion & murder. Before being incarcerated Tom ran a private investigation firm called Private. Tom wants Jack to re-start the company to make it great again & gives him access to a $15 million dollar account in the Cayman Islands to do it with. Five years later & Jack has set up offices spanning the globe. Privates services are much sought-after & Jack has clients ranging from movie stars to politicians. Jack is keen to keep the business legal & not fall into the same traps as his father. But when the mob come calling they are not easy to refuse. On a rare night off accompanying a client to the Golden Globe awards Jack receives a phone call from school friend Abbie Cushman. Abbies wife has been murdered & he desperately needs Jacks help. The murder is brutal & with no apparent motive; fingers begin pointing towards Abbie. Jack is certain that Abbie didnt kill his wife but he will have to work night & day to prove it. Meanwhile Jacks second-in-command at Private Justine Smith is helping the L.A.P.D. in a serial killer investigation. Over the past two years twelve school girls from the same area in L.A. have been murdered. The killings are highly professional & so far the Police have no leads whatsoever. Justine has been called in to make use of her experience & Privates resources. A breakthrough is desperately needed because these killings show no signs of stopping. ...

Sam the ugly duckling who grew into a swan. Now beautiful & wealthy with a glittering career no one can understand why shes still on her own. When she meets a handsome stranger on holiday things finally seem to be falling into place... Meaghan a true survivor. The teenage runaway who worked her way off the streets she was swept off her feet by a young army officer to live on the other side of the world finally escaping the family she loathed... Dani the beautiful misfit desperately looking for daddy in all the wrong places & finding instead a man who will teach her everything that is wrong & corrupt about love. & Abby the model wife everything her husband & family could want & more but never being herself. Until a dark secret threatens to pull her well-ordered life apart. ...

A history lesson they'll never forget & neither will you. Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin & believes she's seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris her colleague
- & until recently her fiance
- is found dead brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city. The slaughterhouse is filled with bodies. But just as Private begin their investigations the building explodes wiping out all evidence of the crimes & nearly killing Mattie & her team. Mattie soon realises that a masked killer is picking off Chris's childhood friends one by one & destroying the trail. But who wants the past buried so badly? What is the truth about that slaughterhouse? & will Mattie become the killer's next victim?

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2012: London is hosting the Olympics & the East End is at the centre of the world. Yet surrounding the glamorous Olympic Park are some of the most deprived areas of the city. PI Lee Arnold & his assistant Mumtaz Hakim work in these streets in a community fraught with tensions. When Arnold is hired by a controversial st&- up comedian he already knows that her routine could make her a target. Arnold & Hakims new client is being followed. Are her fears justified? As they delve deeper they discover that this investigation is more complex & sinister than a simple straightforward case of stalking. ...

How Sweden got sexy? This is a graphic exploration of the origin of hardcore. Long long ago in the year 1965 there was no explicit pornography. There was the odd grainy stag film the occasional French postcard the rare Cuban chapbook or homemade Polaroid but the glossy professional color pornography ubiquitous to modern society did not exist. The man who changed all that was Berth Milton of Stockholm with his audacious little digest Private". He & " Private" were directly responsible for Swedish Parliaments decision to treat sexually explicit materials as protected free speech leading to the abolition of obscenity laws over most of northern Europe. With its smiling exuberantly uninhibited models " Private" created a fantasy of Sweden as the most liberated country on earth a sexual wonderland that enchanted men around the globe. Publisher Milton was the magazines sole photographer so the " Private" paradise was very much his personal dream. Genius & tyrant he insisted on only the best for his magazine rising in the 1970s to become the Hugh Hefner of Hardcore. This five volume 960-page mini-boxed set presents the best of " Private" from 1970 to 1979. Each 192-page book features seven to 10 of the best photo sets arranged in chronological order produced from the original color transparencies. Also included are photos never seen in the magazine plus behind-the-scenes photos of Milton at work & all of the magazine covers. Vintage art ads & editorials complete this fascinating look at the birth of pornography & the infamous Swedish Sin." ...

The chauffeur stood still for a moment then moved his broad hand up towards the button on his tight uniform jacket. His voice was low & hypnotic. 'I can give you anything you want Francesca ' he whispered. ' And I think I know what you want.' When Francesca Leeman is invited to catalogue a private collection of priceless erotica she finds her new acquaintances cultured fascinating
- & intense. She is soon drawn to their intoxicating way of life & their voyeuristic games of seduction... Black Lace Classics
- our best erotic fiction ever from our leading authors.

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