In 1888 the unknown brought death & terror to the streets of Victorian London's East End. The Man Who Hunted Jack the Ripper is the story of Detective Inspector Edmund Reid who was head of the Whitechapel detective force. Having joined the Metropolitan Police Force Reid rose through the ranks & was eventually transferred to the notorious East End. It was at this time that he assumed responsibility to lead his men in a relentless pursuit of Jack the Ripper; his pursuit of the Whitechapel murderer spanned the years 1888 to 1891. Reid retired from the police force in 1896 but in the subsequent years he often reminisced on his involvement in the hunt for the infamous serial killer; from the comfort of his armchair he carefully considered any new theory that came to light about the identity of Jack the Ripper. The Man Who Hunted Jack the Ripper recounts the full story of a series of murders that shocked the world. ...

The Daleks are one of the most iconic & fearsome creations in television history. Since their first appearance in 1963 they have simultaneously fascinated & terrified generations of British children their instant success ensuring & sometimes eclipsing that of Doctor Who. They sprang from the imagination of Terry Nation a failed st&-up comic who became one of the most prolific writers for television that Britian ever produced. Survivors his vision of a post-apocalyptic England so haunted audiences in the Seventies that the BBC revived it over thirty years on & Blakes 7 constantly rumoured for return endures as a cult sci-fi classic. But it is for his genocidal pepperpots that Nation is most often remembered & on the 50th anniversary of their creation they continue to top the Saturday-night ratings. Yet while the Daleks brought him notoriety & riches Nation played a much wider role in British broadcastings golden age. He wrote for Spike Milligan Frankie Howerd & an increasingly troubled Tony Hancock & as one of the key figures behind the adventure series of the Sixties
- including The Avengers The Saint & The Persuaders!
- he turned the pulp classics of his boyhood into a major British export. In The Man Who Invented the Daleks acclaimed cultural historian Alwyn W. Turner explores the curious & contested origins of Doctor Whos greatest villains & sheds light on a strange world of ambitious young writers producers & performers without whom British culture today would look very different.

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When Monty Roberts was thirteen years old he went off on his own to the deserts of Nevada to watch mustangs in the wild. What he learned about their methods of communication changed his life forever. The Man Who Listens to Horses reveals his deep love & understanding of horses. We learn how through his relationship with various horses he gradually developed the methods which enabled him to communicate in their own language: a silent language of gestures like signing for the deaf. According to Monty anyone can learn the language of the horse & anyone can learn his Join-Up (R) methods. In this book he tells you how. This is the bestselling autobiography that spread Monty Roberts message across the world & changed his life forever. Unique & inspirational & with a message that resonates far wider than its application to horses it might change your life too. ...

Lysander Hawkley combined breathtaking good looks with the kindest of hearts. He couldnt pass a stray dog an ill-treated horse or a neglected wife without rushing to the rescue. & with neglected wives the rescue invariably led to ecstatic bonking which didnt please their erring husbands one bit. Lysanders mid-life crisis had begun at twenty-two. Reeling from the death of his beautiful mother he was out of work drinking too much & desperately in debt. The solution came from Ferdie his fat fast-operating friend: if Lysander was so good at making husbands jealous why shouldnt he get paid for it? Let loose among the neglected wives of the ritzy county of Rutshire Lysander causes absolute havoc. But it is only when he meets Rannaldini Rutshires King Rat of Rutshire & a temperamental fiendishly promiscuous international conductor that the trouble really starts. The only unglamorous woman around Rannaldini was Kitty his plump young wife who ran his life like clockwork. Soon Lysander was convinced that Kitty must be rescued from Rannaldini at all costs even if it means enlisting the help of the old blue-eyed havoc maker: Rupert Campbell-Black. ...

Oliver Sacks has become the world's best-known neurologist. His case studies of broken minds offer brilliant insight into the mysteries of consciousness". (" Guardian"). In his most extraordinary book Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients lost in the bizarre apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. These are case studies of people who have lost their memories & with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people or common objects; whose limbs have become alien; & who are afflicted & yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. In Dr Sacks' splendid & sympathetic telling each tale is a unique & deeply human study of life struggling against incredible adversity. " Populated by a cast as strange as that of the most fantastic fiction.. . Dr Sacks shows the awesome powers of our mind & just how delicately balanced they have to be". (" Sunday Times"). " This book is for everybody who has felt from time to time that certain twinge of self-identity & sensed how easily at any moment one might lose it". (" The Times"). "A gripping journey into the recesses of the human mind". (" Daily Mail")." ...

In 2000 Daniel Suelo left his life savings-all thirty dollars of it-in a phone booth. He has lived without money-and with a newfound sense of freedom & security-ever since. The Man Who Quit Money" is an account of how one man learned to live sanely & happily without earning receiving or spending a single cent. Suelo doesnt pay taxes or accept food stamps or welfare. He lives in caves in the Utah canyonlands forages wild foods & gourmet discards. He no longer even carries an I.D. Yet he manages to amply fulfill not only the basic human needs-for shelter food & warmth-but to an enviable degree the universal desires for companionship purpose & spiritual engagement. In retracing the surprising path & guiding philosophy that led Suelo into this way of life Sundeen raises provocative & riveting questions about the decisions we all make by default or by design about how we live-and how we might live better." ...

For almost a decade psychic medium Joe Power has used his extraordinary powers to investigate high-profile unsolved murder cases around the world including most recently the disappearance of Shannon Matthews. But it wasnt always this way. Joe had denied his psychic abilities until the day his brother was found dead. Then messages from the spirit world led him to see the shocking truth behind the tragedy.. .his brother had been murdered. Joe realized he could no longer ignore the startling visions & voices in his head. He vowed to use his psychic gift to help solve the murder cases that were leaving detectives baffled & loved ones without closure. In The Man Who Sees Dead People" he tells the astonishing story of his life for the first time." ...

After killing a man in the line of duty Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression. He has just decided to leave the police when an old friend approaches him for help investigating his father's suspicious death. Kurt doesn't want to know. But then his friend is found shot dead. Against his better judgment he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer somebody is on the trail of Wallander & closing in fast. ...

Spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression after killing a man in the line of duty Inspector Kurt Wallander has made up his mind to quit the police force for good. When an old acquaintance seeks Wallander's help to investigate the suspicious circumstances in which his father has died Kurt doesn't want to know. But when his former friend turns up dead shot three times Wallander realises that he was wrong not to listen. Against his better judgment he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. An enigmatic big-business tycoon seems to be the common denominator in the two deaths. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer somebody is on the trail of Wallander & closing in fast... Over 35 million copies of the Kurt Wallander series sold worldwide. ...

After killing a man in the line of duty Inspector Kurt Wallander finds himself spiralling into an alcohol-fuelled depression. He has just decided to leave the police when an old friend approaches him for help investigating his fathers suspicious death. Kurt doesnt want to know. But then his friend is found shot dead. Against his better judgment he returns to work to head what may now have become a double murder case. But while Wallander is on the trail of the killer somebody is on the trail of Wallander & closing in fast. ...