This book sets out to explore dark tourism; that is the representation of inhuman acts & how these are interpreted for visitors at a number of places throughout the world for example the sites of concentration camps in both Western & Eastern Europe. Many people wish to experience the reality behind the media images or are prompted to find out more by a personal association with places or events. The phenomenon raises ethical issues over the status & nature of objects the extent of their interpretation the appropriate political & managerial response & the nature of the experience as perceived by the visitor their residents & local residents. Events sites types of visit & host reactions are considered in order to construct the parameters of the concept of dark tourism. Many acts of inhumanity are celebrated as heritage sites in Britain (for example the Tower of London Edinburgh Castle) & the Berlin Wall has become a significant attraction despite claiming many victims. ...

Ever since he can remember Dom Joly has been fascinated by travel to odd places. In part this stems from a childhood spent in war-torn Lebanon where instead of swapping marbles in the schoolyard he had a shrapnel collection -- the schoolboy currency of Beirut. Doms upbringing was interspersed with terrifying days & nights spent hunkered in the family basement under Syrian rocket attack or coming across a pile of severed heads from a sectarian execution in the pine forests near his home. These early experiences left Dom with a profound loathing for the sanitized experiences of the modern day travel industry & a taste for the darkest of places. & in this brilliantly odd & hilariously told travel memoir Dom Joly sets out on a quest to visit those destinations from which the average tourist would & should run a mile. The more insalubrious the place the more interesting is the journey & so we follow Dom as he skis in Iran on segregated slopes spends a weekend in Chernobyl tours the assassination sites of America & becomes one of the few Westerners to be granted entry into North Korea. Eventually Dom journeys back to his roots in Beirut only to discover he was at school with Osama Bin Laden. Funny & frightening in equal measure this is a uniquely bizarre & compelling travelogue from one of the most fearless & innovative comedians around. ...

In the fourth powerful novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy quest The Dark Tower beckons Roland the Last Gunslinger & the four companions he has gathered along the road. And having narrowly escaped one world they set out on a terrifying journey across the scarred urban wasteland to brave a new world where hidden dangers lie at every junction: a malevolent computer-run monorail hurtling towards self-destruction Roland's relentlessly cunning old enemy & the temptation of the wizard's diabolical glass ball a powerful force in Roland's first love affair. A tale of long-ago love & adventure involving a beautiful & quixotic woman named Susan Delgado. And the Tower is closer... ...

In this first novel in his epic fantasy masterpiece Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes Roland of Gilead the Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure a loner on a spellbinding journey into good & evil in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own. In his first step towards the powerful & mysterious Dark Tower Roland encounters an alluring woman named Alice begins a friendship with Jake a kid from New York & faces an agonising choice between damnation & salvation as he pursues the Man in Black. Both grippingly realistic & eerily dreamlike THE GUNSLINGER leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter. & the Tower is closer... ...

In the second novel of King's bestselling fantasy masterpiece Roland of Gilead the Last Gunslinger encounters three doors which open to 1980s America. Here he joins forces with the defiant Eddie Dean & courageous volatile Odetta Holmes. & confronts deadly serial killer Jack Mort. As the titanic forces gather a savage struggle between underworld evil & otherworldly enemies conspire to bring an end to Roland's quest for the Dark Tower... Masterfully weaving dark fantasy & icy realism THE DRAWING OF THE THREE compulsively propels readers toward the next chapter. & the Tower is closer... ...

In the fifth novel in King's bestselling epic fantasy series the farming community in the fertile lands of the East has been warned the wolves are coming back. Four gunslingers led by Roland of Gilead are also coming their way. & the farmers of the Calla want to enlist some hard calibers. Torn between protecting the innocent community & his urgent quest Roland faces his most deadly perils as he journey through the Mid-World towards the Dark Tower. ...

The pivotal sixth instalment in King's bestselling epic fantasy saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland's life. In the next part of their journey to the tower Roland & his band of followers face adversity from every side: Susannah Dean has been taken over by a demon-mother & uses the power of Black Thirteen to get from the Mid-World New York City. But who is the father of her child? & what role will the Crimson King play? Roland sends Jake to break Susannah's date with destiny while he himself uses 'the persistence of magic' to get to Maine in the Summer of 1977. It is a terrible world: for one thing it is real & bullets are flying. For another it is inhabited by the author of a novel called 'SALEM'S LOT. SONG OF SUSANNAH is driven by revelation & by suspense. It continues THE DARK TOWER series seamlessly from WOLVES OF THE CALLA & the dramatic climax will leave readers desperate to read the quest's conclusion. ...

The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph & aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland's band of pilgrims remains united though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to New York to give birth Terrified of what may happen Jake Father Callahan & Oy follow. Roland & Eddie are in Maine looking for the site which will lead them to Susannah. As he finally closes in on the tower Roland's every step is shadowed by a terrible & sinister creation. & finally he realises he may have to walk the last dark strait alone... You've come this far Come a little farther Come all the way The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door behind you. Welcome to The Dark Tower. ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING COTSWOLD MYSTERIES SERIES. Fifty-five-year-old Jim Lapsford makes an unusually healthy-looking corpse. A life-long devotee of vitamin pills & herbal remedies it seems almost ironic that he has succumbed to a heart attack. His GP is convinced that this is the case but trainee undertaker Drew Slocombe isnt so sure & he is convinced that there is enough conflicting medical evidence to merit a coroners inquest at least. & then theres Jims personal life: in addition to a long suffering wife two sons & a grieving terrier Jim appears to have left behind a series of scorned mistresses. It seems everyone else is happy enough to accept the doctors verdict & Drew shouldnt really rock the boat but can he really turn his back on murder? Even so Drew may have plenty of suspects but he has no proof. & Jims cremation is days away... ...

Commissario Soneri returns home for a hard-earned autumn holiday hoping to spend a few days mushroom picking on the slopes of Montelupo. This isolated village relies on the salame factory founded in the post-war years by Palmiro Rodolfi & now run by his son Paride. On arrival Soneri is greeted by anxious rumours about the factory's solvency & the younger Rodolfi's whereabouts. Not long afterwards a decomposing body is found in the woods. In the shadow of Montelupo carabinieri prepare to apprehend their chief suspect
- an ageing woodsman who defended the same mountains from S.S. commandos during the war.
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