BookOdyssey

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge embarked on a new life when she married Prince William, Duke of Cambridge in April 2011. Now she is the wife and mother of future monarchs. She has proved herself more than equal to the demanding life of a member of the Royal Family, and meanwhile has become a fashion icon and ambassador for several charities. This superbly illustrated souvenir guide follows her life, from her happy childhood and prestigious education to her fairy-tale wedding and the births of her two beautiful children. Catherine, with her natural charm, easy manner and kind nature, has won hearts in Britain and around the world. This is her story. Σελίδες: 36, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0202, Διαστάσεις: 21x21cm

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, she attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her two-year relationship with a married man where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference. With courage and exactitude, Ernaux seeks the truth behind an existence lived, for a time, entirely for someone else. Σελίδες: 56, Διαστάσεις: 11.4x11.4cm

Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell\'s entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 11.2x11.2cm

Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell\'s timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today\'s era of spin. Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 11.2x11.2cm

In this collection of eight witty and sharply written essays, Orwell looks at, among others, the joys of spring (even in London), the picture of humanity painted by Gulliver and his travels, and the strange benefit of the doubt that the public permit Salvador Dali. Also included here are a mouth-watering essay on the delights of English Cooking and a shocking account of killing an elephant in Burma. Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 11.1x11.1cm

Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 15.3x15.3cm

\'This book will take your breath away, break your heart, and leave you in awe\' President Bill Clinton_______Soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines speak in their own words about real life in today\'s armed forces. These are the brutally honest stories usually only shared amongst comrades in arms; stories of life-and-death decisions, and learning how to live with the effects of horrific injuries, both physical and mental. In the voices of the men and women who\'ve fought overseas, from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan, this is a rare eye-opening look into what it\'s really like to wear the uniform, fight in combat, lose friends and come home. Walk in my Combat Boots is a powerful collection of never-before-told war stories crafted from hundreds of original interviews by James Patterson, the world\'s most trusted storyteller, and First Sergeant US Army (Ret.) Matt Eversmann, part of the Ranger unit involved in the infamous Battle of Mogadishu portrayed in the movie Black Hawk Down._______\'Raw, authentic, and above all, inspiring\' Admiral William H. McRaven, US Navy (Ret.) \'Each of these stories of the personal experience of combat is unique, homespun, and honest\' Brigadier General Peter Dawkins, US Army (Ret.)\'Painfully raw, improbably funny, and completely human\' Stanley A. McChrystal, General, US Army (Ret.) \'A vivid and authentic portrait of life in the modern military . . . Powerful. This edifying collection captures the highs and lows of the military experience\' Publishers Weekly \'Urgent and full of suspense . . . In this wide-ranging, consistently absorbing collection, the authors cover the entire spectrum of American military action during the last 50 years\' Kirkus \'Extraordinary . . . a deeply intimate insider\'s look\' Richard Engel, NBC News Chief foreign correspondent Σελίδες: 416, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Visionary English Socialist and pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris argued that all work should be a source of pride and satisfaction, and that everyone should be entitled to beautiful surroundings – no matter what their class. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Σελίδες: 112, Διαστάσεις: 11.3x11.3cm

A daring critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, Camus’ essay examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argues that since they were both guilty of producing tyranny and corruption, hope for the future lies only in revolt without revolution. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 11.1x11.1cm

As seen on Discovery ID, these two true-crime thrillers follow a neighbours\' quarrel that turns violent and cyber-bullying that explodes in a double murder.MURDER THY NEIGHBOUR(with Andrew Bourelle)Ann Hoover is a nice woman, but she\'s come to hate her neighbour. Roy Kirk moved in next door with plans to renovate. But as the weeks go by, his DIY construction turns to shambles and Roy himself becomes sullen and hostile. When Ann takes him to court, Roy\'s retaliation will be shockingly gruesome. MURDER IRL(with Max DiLallo)Jenelle Potter has always been better at connecting through social media than in person. With overprotective parents, she hasn\'t had many options to meet people until she links up Billy. But her feelings for Billy are unreciprocated, causing Jenelle to start a virtual war - a war that enters the real world. Σελίδες: 320, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

How would you respond when asked to take in a traumatised child?Honest and inspirational, The Girl and the Ghosts is a remarkable memoir from Sunday Times bestselling author and devoted foster carer Angela Hart.Seven-year-old Maria holds lots of secrets. Why won’t she tell how she got the bruises on her body? Why does she run and hide? And why does she so want to please her sinister stepfather?Follow Angela as she seeks to uncover the truth and help Maria leave the ghosts of her past behind.Discover more inspiring stories from Angela Hart in Terrified and The Girl Who Just Wanted to Be Loved. Σελίδες: 320, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0516, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

One of Ireland\'s greatest contemporary writers turns her attention to one of the country\'s greatest novelists: James Joyce and his relationship with Nora Barnacle - in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the iconic classic ULYSSES.\'Both Joyce and O\'Brien have a gift for beauty distilled . . . a work of love\'Daily Telegraph\'Short, poetic and powerful\'Irish Times It was June 10th, Barnacle Day. He saw her in Nassau Street and they stopped to talk. She thought his blue eyes were those of a Norseman. He was twenty-two, and she, Nora Barnacle, was twenty and employed as a chambermaid in Finn\'s Hotel. They agreed to meet on June 14th, outside No. 1 Merrion Square, the home of Sir William Wilde, but Nora did not turn up. After a dejected letter from Joyce they met on June 16th, a date which came to be immortalized in literature as Bloomsday.Edna O\'Brien paints a miniature portrait of an artist, idealist, insurgent and filled with a secret loneliness. In Nora, he was to find accomplice, collaborator and muse. For all their sexual escalations, Joyce considered their relationship \'a kind of sacrament\'. Their life was one of wandering, emotional upheaval and poverty. It was also one that was binding and mysterious, and defied all the mores of intimacy.In prose brimming with life and energy, Edna O\'Brien resurrects a relationship of magnificent intensity on the page, and in doing so shows herself to be touched by the genius of the writer she loves above all others. Σελίδες: 80, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0811, Διαστάσεις: 11x11cm

Rod Green explores the personal and political intrigues that have dogged the House of Windsor, including the Queen\'s fascinating relationships with prime ministers from Winston Churchill and Antony Eden to Margaret Thatcher. Set against the colourful backdrop of key events – such as the \'Great Smog\' that brought London to a halt in 1952; the IRA murder of Lord Mountbatten during the Northern Ireland \'Troubles\'; the crisis triggered by the death of Princess Diana; the wedding of Prince William and his \'commoner\' bride, Kate Middleton; the recent wedding of Prince Harry to Hollywood star Meghan Markle; and the changing face of world politics – this is the story not only of the head of a dynasty, but also a history of our times. Σελίδες: 144, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0602, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

Benjamin Franklin\'s writings represent a long career of literary, scientific and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. This volume includes Franklin\'s reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and the status of women. Nearly sixty years separate the earliest writings from the latest, an interval during which Franklin was continually balancing between the puritan values of his upbringing and the modern American world to which his career served as prologue. This edition provides a new text of the Autobiography, established with close reference to Franklin\'s original manuscript. It also includes a new transcription of the 1726 journal and several pieces which have recently been identified as Franklin\'s own work. Σελίδες: 272, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Σελίδες: 192, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

\'Before Cliff Richard and the Shadows, there was nothing worth listening to in British music.\' - John Lennon.Cliff Richard tells his story, in his own words, in his highly anticipated new autobiography.Achieving a hit in every decade since the 1950s, Cliff Richard stands alone in pop history. Coming of age in 1950s London, he began his music career at Soho\'s legendary 2i\'s Cafe, and now he\'s approaching his 80th birthday with record sales of over 250m and counting. Cliff Richard was a pioneer, forging the way for British rock \'n\' roll with his unique sound. The original British teen idol, his incredible story takes us into the studio of TV\'s first pop show Oh Boy!, through 40 years of Top of the Pops, and playing live up and down the country and across the world, with a constant backdrop of screaming fans.Cliff looks back on his humble upbringing, and how he went on to fulfil his wildest dreams by becoming a pop star and even a film star. He talks about finding Christianity, reflects on the ups and downs of life in the public eye, and reveals how the false allegations against him changed his life forever. He\'s seen era-defining pop stars come and go, and he\'s still making new music, with a new project to be released this year. As a teenage Elvis-fan in Cheshunt, this may have seem a distant dream. Here\'s his story of how he made it all happen. Σελίδες: 416, Διαστάσεις: 12.6x12.6cm

\'A reminder that every childhood is different, and some are jaw-droppingly, mind-bendingly, heart-wrenchingly different.\' - Morris Gleitzman, Australian Children\'s LaureateDeng Adut was six years old when war came to his village in South Sudan. Taken from his mother, he was conscripted into the Sudanese People\'s Liberation Army. He was taught to use an AK-47 and sent into battle. Shot in the back, plagued by illness and the relentless brutality of war, Deng\'s future was bleak. A child soldier must kill or be killed. But, after five years, he was rescued by his brother John and, miraculously, they became the third Sudanese family resettled in Australia. Songs of a War Boy is the inspirational memoir of a young man who has overcome unthinkable adversity to become a lawyer, refugee advocate and NSW Australian of the Year. It is also an important reminder of the power of compassion.Content warning: Parts of this book contain confronting material that might cause distress to some readers. For ages 12+ Σελίδες: 192, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0723, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm

In \'The Decay of Lying\' Oscar Wilde uses his decadent ideology in an attempt to reverse and therefore reject his audiences\' \'normal\' conceptualizations of nature, art and morality. Wilde\'s views of life and art are illustrated through the use of Platonic dialogue where the character Vivian takes on the persona of Wilde. Wilde\'s goal is to subvert the norm by reversing its values. Wilde suggests to us that society is wrong, not him. Calling on diverse examples - from Ancient Greek sculpture to contemporary paintings - Oscar Wilde\'s brilliant essay creates a witty, paradoxical world in which the only Art worth loving is that built on complete untruths. Σελίδες: 336, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe\'s belief in Joseph Conrad as a \'bloody racist\' and his conviction that Conrad\'s novel Heart of Darkness only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also included is The Trouble with Nigeria, Achebe\'s searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Σελίδες: 112, Διαστάσεις: 11.2x11.2cm

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.Thoreau\'s account of his solitary and self-sufficient home in the New England woods remains an inspiration to the environmental movement - a call to his fellow men to abandon their striving, materialistic existences of \'quiet desperation\' for a simple life within their means, finding spiritual truth through awareness of the sheer beauty of their surroundings. Σελίδες: 112, Διαστάσεις: 11.2x11.2cm

Mario Balotelli has a reputation like no other in football. Since exploding on to the scene at Inter Milan in 2007, he has won league titles in both Italy and England, moving between Europe\'s elite clubs.Yet for all his undoubted talent, he is better known for his off-field antics - not least his infamous run-ins with both the police and Manchester\'s firefighters. Once described by José Mourinho as \'unmanageable\', match-winning performances at the highest level have continued to convince clubs such as AC Milan and Liverpool to give him a chance.With exclusive access to friends, teammates and coaches, acclaimed football biographer Luca Caioli talks to the people best placed to explain the mystery that is Mario Balotelli. Σελίδες: 208, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0806, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

The international bestseller.From the Sunday Times bestselling author Beezy Marsh, comes a moving true story of two women fighting to survive scandal, poverty and war.When Annie marries Harry after years of heartache in a London slum she believes she\'s found her happy ever after. But the horrors of the Blitz soon threaten everything they hold dear. The terrible sights Harry witnesses as an air raid warden bring back traumatic memories of his time during the First World War. Suddenly Annie finds herself struggling to cope not only with life in wartime and two little children, but also with a husband who seems like a stranger.Kitty has always been protective of her little brother Harry. Hiding the scandal about their father from the world was the only way to survive as they were growing up in Newcastle. But when she discovers Harry too has a shocking secret, she is torn. Meanwhile Annie wonders why Harry refuses to discuss his life before their marriage and why she has never met his sister. Will the truth ever come to light?From the bombed-out terraces of London to the docks of Newcastle, Her Father\'s Daughter is Beezy Marsh\'s moving and poignant true story about the unbreakable bonds of family, and the power of love to heal the worst wounds. Σελίδες: 352, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0723, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

\'Good writers offer advice. Great writers offer condolences\' If you want to be a writer, then you\'d better be ready to hurl yourself at the door. That\'s the message from Stephen Marche in this irresistibly droll broadside. Perseverance, in the teeth of rejection, forms the essence of a writer\'s life. It\'s what it takes, so no whining. Even the greatest of writers grapple with failure. Marche\'s provocative, often very funny vignettes range through literary history from Samuel Johnson (\'broke as f*ck\') to Jane Austen\'s lacklustre publishing deals, to Dostoevsky facing mock-execution. The trick is to endure. As James Baldwin famously exhorts us: \'Write. Find a way to keep alive and write.\' For new and seasoned writers, Marche\'s words are salutary and, in a paradoxical way, consoling. All writers are up against it. Success is just an attire. Σελίδες: 112, Έτος Έκδοσης: 1109, Διαστάσεις: 10.8x10.8cm

Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

In this collection of wise, witty and fascinating essays, Borges discusses the existence (or non-existence) of Hell, the flaws in English literary detectives, the philosophy of contradictions, and the many translators of 1001 Nights. Varied and enthralling, these pieces examine the very nature of our lives, from cinema and books to history and religion. GREAT IDEAS. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 11.1x11.1cm

Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This selection contains his idiosyncratic and timeless writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude, the power of the imagination, the pleasures of reading, the importance of sleep and why we sometimes laugh and cry at the same things. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 11.1x11.1cm

Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary thinkers in Western philosophy. Here he sets out his subversive views in a series of aphorisms on subjects ranging from art to arrogance, boredom to passion, science to vanity, rejecting conventional notions of morality to celebrate the individual’s ‘will to power’. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Σελίδες: 96, Διαστάσεις: 11.2x11.2cm

___________________________THE BESTSELLING BOOK ON THE CASE IN THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES MAKING A MURDERERThis is the story of one of America\'s most notorious wrongful convictions.Steven Avery is a Wisconsin man who spent eighteen years in prison for the violent assault of Penny Beernsten. But two years after he was exonerated, just when he was poised to reap millions in his wrongful conviction lawsuit, Steven Avery was arrested for the brutal murder of Teresa Halbach. The \'Innocent Man\' had turned into a cold-blooded killer.Or had he? Michael Griesbach is a veteran prosecutor who worked with the Wisconsin Innocence Project on the case which led to Avery\'s exoneration in 2003. Examining both trials in depth and presenting an alternative view of the Teresa Halbach case, The Innocent Killer exposes the failings of the justice system and its devastating consequences for both the accused and the victims. Σελίδες: 304, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Henri Matisse by Alastair Sooke - an essential guide to one of the 20th century\'s greatest artists\'One January morning in 1941, only a fortnight or so after his seventy-first birthday, the bearded and bespectacled French artist Henri Matisse was lying in a hospital bed preparing to die.\'Diagnosed with cancer, the acclaimed painter, and rival of Picasso, seemed to be facing his demise. Then something unexpected happened. After a life-saving operation that left him too weak to paint, and often too frail to even get out of bed, Matisse invented a ground-breaking and effortless new way of making art. The results rank among his greatest work.In an astonishing blaze of creativity, he began conjuring mesmerising designs of dazzling dancers and thrilling tightrope walkers, sensuous swimmers and mythical figures falling from the heavens. His joyful and unprecedented new works were as spontaneous as jazz music and as wondrous as crystal-clear lagoons. Their medium? Coloured paper and scissors.This book, by art critic and broadcaster Alastair Sooke, focuses on Matisse\'s extraordinary final decade, which he called \'a second life\', after he had returned from the grave. Both a biography and a guide to Matisse\'s \'cut-outs\', it tells the story of the valedictory flourish of one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century.Published in time for a major Tate Modern retrospective.\'Sooke is an immensely engaging character. He has none of the weighty self-regard that often afflicts art experts and critics; rather he approaches his subjects with a questioning, open, exploratory attitude\' Sarah Vine, The Times \'His shows are excellent - clever, lively, scholarly, but not too lecturey; he\'s very good at linking his painters with the world outside the studio, and at how these artists have affected the world today\' Sam Wollaston reviewing \'Modern Masters\', GuardianAlastair Sooke is art critic of the Daily Telegraph. He has written and presented documentaries on television and radio for the BBC, including Modern Masters, The World\'s Most ExpensivePaintings, Treasures of Ancient Rome and, most recently, Treasures of Ancient Egypt. He is a regular reporter for The Culture Show on BBC Two. He is the author of Roy Lichtenstein: How Modern Art was Saved by Donald Duck. Σελίδες: 128, Διαστάσεις: 11.2x11.2cm

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England\'s rulers - now in paperbackThe formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious position of the island on the edge of the known world. But King Alfred ensured the survival of Wessex, his son Eadweard expanded it, and his grandson Æthelstan finally united Mercia and Wessex, conquered Northumbria and became Rex totius Britanniae.Tom Holland recounts this extraordinarily exciting story with relish and drama. We meet the great figures of the age, including Alfred and his daughter Æthelflæd, \'Lady of the Mercians\', who brought Æthelstan up at the Mercian court. At the end of the book we understand the often confusing history of the Anglo-Saxon kings better than ever before. Σελίδες: 144, Διαστάσεις: 11.1x11.1cm

Σελίδες: 208, Διαστάσεις: 15.3x15.3cm

We all have our moments of brilliance and glory, and this was mine.This beautiful edition of Boy, part of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, features official archive material from the Roald Dahl Museum and is perfect for Dahl fans old and new.So, enter a world where invention and mischief can be found on every page and where magic might be at the very tips of your fingers . . .The Roald Dahl Classic Collection reinstates the versions of Dahl’s books that were published before the 2022 Puffin editions, aimed at newly independent young readers. Σελίδες: 240, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

\'The whole thing sparks astonishingly to life\' ObserverWhen Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo as a young film student in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained in fragments. Through his adventures in the world of avant-garde theatre, his encounters with carnival acts, fashion photographers and moments on-set with Akira Kurosawa, Buruma came of age. For an outsider, unattached to the cultural burdens placed on the Japanese, this was a place to be truly free. A Tokyo Romance is a portrait of a young artist and the fantastical city that shaped him, and a timeless story about the desire to transgress boundaries: cultural, artistic and sexual. Σελίδες: 256, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

\'I look back now and see that I never stood a chance. It\'s hard when you realise your whole childhood was taken away. I never got the chance to be a child.\'Shaneda Daly was only 6 years old when her father started grooming her. For more than ten years, he would go on to sexually abuse and rape his daughter at least once a day. In her house of doom, the emotional and physical toll on Shaneda was immense. Eventually, her ex-army and prison officer father admitted to his family what he had been doing, agreeing to leave home to get help. Returning after only a year, he was welcomed back, apparently a changed man. With no choice but to accept it, Shaneda lived alongside him again only for him to try and abuse her once more.Shaneda managed to contact the police and leave home, finally reclaiming her power and standing up to the man who destroyed her childhood. Decades later, in 2011, she watched as her father was convicted on 227 counts of abuse - the average number that usually secures a conviction is less than 20. Shaneda now fights as a campaigner for other victims and is bravely telling her story fully for the first time: the story of a survivor. Σελίδες: 304, Διαστάσεις: 12.9x12.9cm

Christopher Berry-Dee is back. In Talking With Serial Killers: World\'s Most Evil, the bestselling author delves deeper still into the gloomy underworld of killers and their crimes. He examines, with shocking detail and clarity, the lives and lies of people who have killed, and shines a light on the motives behind their horrific crimes. Through interviews with the killers, the police and key members of the prosecution, alongside careful analysis of the cases themselves, the reader is given unprecedented insight into the most diabolical minds that humanity has to offer. Extending its sweep from lonesome outsiders to upstanding members of the community, Talking With Serial Killers: World\'s Most Evil shows that the world\'s most monstrous killers may be far closer than you think. . . Σελίδες: 304, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm

Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction \'I embarrassed myself by uncontrollable guffaws ... This is a truly wonderful story\' A. N. Wilson, Spectator \'A white-knuckle roller-coaster ride of fibs and frauds\' Sunday Telegraph \'An utterly mad, and wholly delightful story of chicanery and fantasy\' Simon Winchester One day in November 1958, the celebrated historian Hugh Trevor-Roper received a curious letter. It was an appeal for help, written on behalf of a student at Magdalen College, with the unlikely claim that he was being persecuted by the Bishop of Oxford. Curiosity piqued, Trevor-Roper agreed to a meeting. It was to be his first encounter with Robert Parkin Peters: plagiarist, bigamist, fraudulent priest and imposter extraordinaire. The Professor and the Parson traces the strange career of one of Britain\'s most eccentric criminals. Motivated not by money but by a desire for prestige, Peters\' lied, stole and cheated his way to academic positions and religious posts from Cambridge to New York, Singapore and South Africa. Frequently deported, and even more frequently discovered, his trail of destruction included seven marriages (three of which were bigamous), an investigation by the FBI and a disastrous appearance on Mastermind. Based on Trevor-Roper\'s own detailed \'file on Peters\', The Professor and the Parson is a witty and charming account of eccentricity, extraordinary narcissism and a life as wild and unlikely as any in fiction. Σελίδες: 240, Έτος Έκδοσης: 0206, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm