Despite standing as chief prosecution witness in the Moors Murders trial David Smith was vilified by the public due to the accusations thrown at him by Myra Hindley & Ian Brady about his involvement in their crimes. Hindleys later confession that she & Brady had lied in an attempt to reduce their sentences did little to diminish the slurs against his name. For almost 45 years Smith was asked by writers & film-makers to tell his story. Apart from a handful of brief interviews he always refused. Carol Ann Lee met Smith during her research for One of Your Own her critically acclaimed biography of Hindley following which he finally agreed to reveal all. In Witness interviews archival research & most significantly David Smiths own vivid memoir are fused to create an unforgettable often harrowing account of his life before during & after the Moors Murders. ...

Nora Roberts
- the world's greatest storyteller. Abigail Lowery has a dark & terrifying secret. Aged just sixteen she witnessed
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Nora Roberts
- the world's greatest storyteller. Abigail Lowery has a dark & terrifying secret. Aged just sixteen she witnessed
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This book offers a complex & thought-provoking anthology of critical essays respecting the notion of the witness & phenomena of witnessing in Western culture since the Holocaust. Witness presents a new body of work in the field by an international collective of scholars concerned with resituating witnessing in its specifically contemporary problematic. This volume thus not only establishes links with existing currently canonical contributions to witness literature -- from Primo Levi through Victor Klemperer to Imre Kertesz -- it also goes on to provide a set of analyses of exemplary & very recent literary works in that area. Most significantly Witness extends & changes the previous scholarly tendency to focus strongly on historical evidence & the witness vocalisation of true remembrance so as to include difficult theoretical & interpretative questions posed by studies today of traumatic experience amnesia visual culture new media & technology. Amongst others the book

Includes:: contributions from the acclaimed Romanian-German author Herta Muller & such an internationally recognised scholar in trauma studies as Cathy Caruth.

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Carole Seddons son is about to be married. But as plans for the big day get underway Stephens future parents-in-law Marie & Harold seem desperate to keep the affair as discreet as possible. Then after a quiet engagement party Harold disappears.. .only to be found dead the next day in a burnt out car in Epping Forest. While the family try to deal with their grief Carole discovers they are concealing secrets that can be traced back thirty years to the murder of Maries best friend. Now the girls killer has been released from prison & is back in his old stomping ground near Fethering. As Carole enlists the help of her friend Jude in researching the truth Gaby returns to London to find herself in grave danger. Fearing the bride-to-be is the killers next target Carole & Jude must unravel the Martin familys past before he makes another deadly move.. .and before the happiness of the impending wedding day is ruined. ...

In a small town in the heart of India a young girl barely alive is found in a sprawling house where thirteen people lie dead. The girl has been beaten & abused & the house still smoulders from the fire that raked through it. The girl now awaits her trial for the murders that the local police believe she has committed. But an unconventional social worker Simran Singh is convinced of her innocence. As Simran begins to examine the circumstances around the case she encounters a terrifying web of prejudice & deceit in which lives of women are endangered from birth. Brilliantly descriptive of tradition-bound Punjab Kishwar Desai's debut novel introduces the feisty & independent Simran whose determination to seek out the truth places her at odds with her environment. What she discovers will change her forever. ...

Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident overbearing conversationalist a man who famously asserted that Women have all the liberty they should wish to have. But in this revealing book Kate Chisholm argues it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life not just what he said. She proposes that the heart of the man the truth of his character can more clearly be seen via his many
- close generous equal
- relationships with women. At one end of the spectrum were Johnsons mother Sarah; his painted poppet wife Tetty; & the women like the prostitute Poll Carmichael & the blind poetess Anna Williams he took in when they had nowhere else to go. At the other end were Mary Wollstonecraft who refers to Johnson in Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Hester Thrale renowned wit & Johnsons dear mistress; & Elizabeth Carter whose translation of Epictetus was an instant bestseller. In between were the poet & critic Charlotte Lennox who invented the serialised novel; the accomplished portraitist Frances Reynolds sister of Sir Joshua; the Derbyshire gentlewoman & Johnsons spiritual guide Hill Boothby"; & the writer & abolitionist Hannah More. By looking again at this controversial figure through the eyes of this extraordinary cast of female characters we can discover the essential & unexpected Johnson. Kate Chisholm also brilliantly brings to life an exceptional moment in the history of women when for a short period talent wit & independence were not only possible but rewarded."

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This book contains more than 5 000 super"ations from all sorts of people from many eras. From the funniest phrases by famous comedians to the deepest philosophy from the greatest thinkers of all time passing by some highly amusing & downright dumb celebrity observations Wittypedia" has it all: insults declarations of love & other feelings comments on others & general observations on the state of the world..." ...

Essentially a domestic biography whose main concern is the tragicomedy of manners enacted by a closely knit group of friends & lovers Wives & Stunners tells the story of Janey Morris Georgie Burne-Jones Lizzie Siddall Effie Gray & less well-known Marie Spartali Aglaia Coronio & Mary Zambacco. These women were the wives mistresses andmuses of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood the inspiration behind the work of Dante Gabriel Rossetti William Holman Hunt William Morris Edward Burne-Jones & John Millais. Set against the background of mid-Victorian bohemian England Henrietta Garnett vividly evokes the world they inhabited & the lives they lived. She recounts the romances & friendships between the artists & the stunners in a lively & original way & her book will appeal to anyone interested in Victorian England the history of the Pre-Raphaelites & significantly to everyone who wants to read a spellbinding story of a bygone era. ...

Weve all got a story to tell... Jasmines is the story of rags to riches
- the glamour model turned footballers fiancee has got
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