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Convicted murderer Billy Ferris has endured more than three decades behind bars in many of Britain''s prisons. In The Hate Factory, he candidly documents his experiences in jail with some of the UK''s most notorious criminals. Jailed for life in 1977 for a crime of passion, Ferris experienced betrayal and treachery on the inside. He unexpectedly formed friendships that led to his being labelled a ''bombers'' crony'' and found love while on the run after a dramatic escape. He vividly describes the cruelty, savagery and degradation that go hand in hand with prison life and details the nightmare that was Wormwood Scrubs, the prison he christened ''the Hate Factory''. He relays what happened when his cell was used as a courtroom for an IRA punishment trial and how he hatched a plan to assassinate the son of a legendary underworld godfather and plotted to murder an informer. Over the 30 years during which Ferris has been imprisoned, his fellow inmates have included some of the UK''s ''most wanted'' from London underworld enforcer ''Mad'' Frankie Fraser to Archie Hall, the serial killer dubbed ''the Monster Butler''.

Rome, London and Paris in the 1860''s and 1870''s. A thrilling and passionate love story full of romance set during the Franco-Prussian War. The characters are sinister, lovable, human, macabre and heroic in this monster of a novel.

Carstairs, the State Hospital in Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a hospital like no other. Effectively a prison for some of the most violent and insane criminals in our society, it houses men who have committed the most horrific and frightening crimes imaginable. And despite being an expensive, taxpayer-funded facility, the workings of Carstairs remain subject to intense state secrecy. InCarstairs: Hospital for Horrors, author David Leslie examines the history of the institution, the crimes that have led patients to be committed to the State Hospital and highlights the risks of the brave and dedicated staff who work there. This shocking account delves into the nightmarish minds of men who have killed, raped and attacked family members, lovers, children and innocent bystanders. For many patients, there is little hope of ever being released. But for others, including some considered to be amongst the most dangerous in society, release can become a reality. Corsairs features an exclusive, first-hand account of a bloody escape in 1976, when Robert Mone, along with Thomas McCulloch, escaped and went on the run. Three men died and now, for the very first time, Robert Mone gives his own account of an event which shocked the nation. And it is a telling insight into one of the most high-profile yet secretive institutions there is.

The wartime double agent with a transmitter in his cell to contact suffragettes; the doctor hanged as he smiled to the farewells of lovers on the scaffold; the con who defied a gangland godfather and escaped the bromide in the prison tea; aristocrats and arsonists...The screws who guard Britain''s prisons have seen them all. Stir! is the story of six of the country''s most notorious jails - Durham, Wandsworth, Pentonville, Wormwood Scrubs, Dartmoor and Holloway - and of the men and women who entered their gates, sometimes stood on their scaffolds and occasionally vanished before their time. The book looks at early punishments, life on hell ships transporting convicts to far-off continents, the growth of prison populations, inmates sentenced to waste away on treadmills, the underworld giant who was birched, children starved and beaten for stealing, and even women forced to eat. Also investigated are the lives and thoughts of scores of inmates, from Oscar Wilde to Oswald Mosley; from Dr Crippen to Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged; from underworld legend Frankie Fraser to a Rolling Stone; and even the man who shot Martin Luther King, Jr.Just like Ronnie Barker''s Porridge series, there are laughs too, as we uncover the man who measured bathwater, the prisoners punished for not wearing a collar and tie, the jail bookie who paid out in bread, and the unlucky brewers. The mix is all there in Stir!

Crimelord is the gripping life story of elusive multimillionaire gangster Tam McGraw. A notorious criminal kingpin, McGraw has risen from extreme poverty in the East End of Glasgow to become one of Scotland''s wealthiest men. When hash started to flood into Scotland from the late 1980s onwards, suspicion centred on McGraw, leader of the infamous Barlanark Team. After a two-year surveillance operation, police discovered the drug had been hidden in buses carrying young footballers and deprived Glasgow families on free holidays abroad. It was a scam reminiscent of the movie The Italian Job, only this time Scots kids had been sitting on hash worth over £40 million. Police claimed McGraw was the financier and mastermind but in 1998 a jury declared him innocent while other suspects were jailed. As McGraw refuses to discuss his life publicly, his remarkable tale is told through friends, fellow crooks and the occasional rival. It is an outrageous, often hilarious, true gangster story.

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Jessica’s dizzying descent into madness continues as she finds herself dealing with an act of violence she has no recollection of committing. To make matters worse, a crushing sense of isolation and paranoia drives her to the brink. Now, nearing emotional collapse, Jessica finds herself coming to terms with the terrifying reality that these ever-worsening events may not be the product of her deteriorating psyche, but of something else…something inhuman. Then, join us for a third terror-inducing tour of the Warrens’ haunted artifact museum and witness the spine-tingling origin of the accordion monkey by the dream team of Tim Seeley and Kelley Jones!

Alexander Shannon escaped a shady past to enjoy a glittering career in the army, only to end up back in the thick of criminal activity. Shannon''s time as a soldier saw him posted to the Falklands, Northern Ireland and war-torn Bosnia. The rigours of army life took their toll and he found himself drawn into a series of ruthless gang wars. He used the skills he''d learned in the forces to hide weapons, work for drugs racketeers and plot a massacre, and he was offered a fortune to work as a Mafia-style contract assassin. He was questioned over brutal killings and accused of a triple murder attempt, yet his dedication and determination to succeed in the army brought him accolades and a series of promotions. In The Underworld Captain, Shannon explains how he managed to combine a successful army career with dangerous gangland dealings for so long and how he finally broke free for good.

For almost four decades, Margaret ''Mags'' McGraw was a keeper of secrets. Her husband, Tam, the notorious ''Licensee'', amassed a fortune by leading a safe-cracking gang before masterminding a spectacular £50-million drugs racket. Mags was a devotee of Tarot cards and fortune telling, so when Tam and his associates wondered whether luck would be with them, it was to her that they turned. But Mags discovered that the cards warned of much more than years in prison cells: they predicted death. She learned that her own husband was also doomed to a fate that was unexpected by everyone but her: Tam died in the arms of the wife he called his ''rock'' while her secret lover frantically tried to save him. In The Gangster''s Wife, Mags reveals her gripping life story, from being a London clippie through often hilarious days running an ice-cream van during the infamous Glasgow Ice Cream Wars to managing a notorious bar, being agony aunt to the toughest criminals around, hiding a secret love and sharing a life with The Licensee.

The study described in this report is part of a larger project intended to address concerns about the effects of clear-cut harvesting on high-elevation forests in southern interior British Columbia. The study investigated microclimatic conditions in mature forest and in clear-cuts of 0.1 to 10 hectares. Parameters measured include solar radiation, ultraviolet-B radiation, energy balance (fluxes of net radiation, soil heat, sensible heat, & water vapour), wind speed, precipitation & snow melt, and air & soil temperature. Results compare measurements made in forests with those made in the openings. Implications of the findings for plants & for forest hydrology are discussed.

As a young man in Glasgow’s underworld, Ian ‘Blink’ MacDonald fought, robbed and slashed his way to the top, developing a taste for the high life along the way. His notoriety earned him an offer of work from Scotland’s most feared gangster, Arthur Thompson, but MacDonald had other plans: to finance a new life in Spain with the multimillion-pound proceeds of a high-risk armed bank robbery. But the job went badly wrong, and MacDonald was jailed for 16 years. In prison, he met scores of high-profile inmates, including torture-gang boss Eddie Richardson, high-society serial killer Archie Hall, notorious lifer Charles Bronson and Ronnie O’Sullivan senior, father of the snooker star. On his release, MacDonald became a magnet for trouble, enjoying a hedonistic, drug-fuelled lifestyle and finding himself drawn into conflict with police, gangsters and businessmen. Rearrested several times, he was the target of more than one terrifying murder attempt. In Blink, MacDonald provides an eye-opening account of his highly eventful journey through life in Glasgow’s brutal gangland.

Since the day of its publication, The Myth of the Six Million has generated controversy and heated debate. Prof. David L. Hoggan, the author of this work¿and a history professor at Stanford University at the time it was written¿at first refused to attach his name to the manuscript for fear of academic retribution. The original text was therefore first published under ¿Anonymous.¿ Other publishers deemed the book ¿too hot to handle¿ and refused even to bring it to press. What is it that is so ¿dangerous¿ about this little book? Why has it been suppressed again and again during its short lifetime? And why is it now so important to get the information contained herein out to as many citizens as possible?For answers, we suggest you take a look inside. But understand, one of the gravest crimes any historian can commit in our 21st century thought gulag is that of ¿holocaust denial.¿ In cases where the defendant is accused of this crime, according to judges and prosecutors, ¿truth is no defense.¿ So beware: This book may turn you into a ¿holocaust denier,¿ as you witness the ¿myth of the six million¿ dragged out into the light of honest history. Includes a never-beforepublished insider¿s history of how publisher Willis A. Carto first came across this ¿banned¿ manuscript back in the 1960s. Also includes an enlightening photo section.

Perfectly Imperfect: Photographs of Beauty and Form by David Leslie Anthony. This book explores through black & white and color photographs, the age-old question of "what is perfect". Beauty is many things to many people, and these images have been culled from David''s photographic editorial and beauty work for numerous international fashion and beauty magazines. Both portrait and nudes, this is a collection of David Leslie Anthony''s work, with many images currently held in galleries and personal collections.

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Do you want the best in Yoga for the elderly.... You have it now. "Chair Yoga for Seniors" a "Simple, Gentle Stretches for Improved Flexibility and Mobility" has so many immense and direct-to-the-point ideas to share. DAVID LESLIE is an expert in the field of yoga and senior wellness. He has extensive education and training in yoga and has a deep understanding of the benefits of chair yoga for seniors. He also had extensive experience teaching chair yoga to seniors and has a deep understanding of the challenges and needs of this population. He is able to provide safe and effective guidance for practicing chair yoga and for starting a chair yoga class for seniors in the community. In addition to their expertise in yoga, He also has a strong understanding of the physical, mental, and emotional needs of seniors making him able to provide insights and guidance on how chair yoga can be used to address these needs and improve overall well-being. Reading the book "Chair Yoga for Seniors" can provide a wealth of information and guidance for those who are interested in chair yoga and in improving their overall well-being. If you''re a senior looking to improve your flexibility, strength, and overall well-being, then "Chair Yoga for Seniors" is the perfect book for you. With "Chair Yoga for Seniors," you''ll learn how to set up a chair yoga practice in the comfort of your own home, and you''ll get access to chair yoga sequences and programs for different levels of ability. You''ll also learn about relaxation and stress management techniques that can be incorporated into your practice to improve your mental health and well-being. But that''s not all! "Chair Yoga for Seniors" also includes information on starting a chair yoga class for seniors in your community. Whether you''re looking to practice chair yoga on your own or to share the benefits of chair yoga with others, this book has something for everyone. So don''t wait any longer. Get your copy of "Chair Yoga for Seniors" today and start enjoying the many benefits of chair yoga!

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Le village de Daggerhorn semble sommeiller au creux de la vallée. Depuis des générations, le Loup qui menace sa tranquillité est tenu à l''écart grâce à un sacrifice mensuel. Mais aujourd''hui, plus personne n''est à l''abri. Et la peur rôde... A la mort de sa soeur, Valérie est inconsolable. Henry, le séduisant fils du forgeron, tente de gagner ses faveurs, mais le coeur indompté de la belle bat pour un autre garçon : Peter, le bûcheron exclu du groupe, qui lui offre des escapades palpitantes en dehors du cocon familial. Un beau jour, un chasseur de loups de passage dans la région fait une terrible révélation qui provoque la stupeur des villageois : la Bête qui les terrorise vit parmi eux. Chacun devient suspect. Bientôt, on comprend que seule Valérie peut entendre la voix du Loup. Et celui-ci exige qu''elle le rejoigne avant que le sang ne coule...

The Valley Forge Anthology is a microcosmic classroom of living history as well as of collected prayers, pledges, poems and hymns. It pays homage to the historical and cultural foundations of our nation.