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"It's okay to be scared, to feel lonely... we'll get through it,
because we have to.'' For more than 40 years Linda and Anne have
performed side by side on stage as members of iconic Irish girl
group The Nolans. But in 2020 the sisters sat next to each other
for a very different experience. Soon after returning home from
filming their hit TV series The Nolans Go Cruising, with their
sisters Coleen and Maureen, Linda and Anne received devastating
cancer diagnoses within days of each other and soon began gruelling
rounds of chemotherapy together. It was a stark reminder of how
cruel life can be, and, of course, of their beloved sister Bernie,
who also faced and lost the same battle. Stronger Together is Linda
and Anne's story. A reflection on their close-knit relationship, in
the limelight and behind the scenes, and of how family helped them
hold it all together when things got tough. Deeply personal,
incredibly moving and told with trademark humour, it's a story they
hope will help you too.
What goes through the mind of a killer when they commit murder?
Based on the massively successful Netflix documentary series of the
same name, this book features ten of the most compelling cases from
the first two series and is full of exclusive never-seen-before
material. The authors, Ned Parker and Danny Tipping secured
exceptional access to high-security prisons across America. The
majority of the killers will die in prison - either by serving
their sentence of life without parole or they are on Death Row,
waiting to be executed. In each of the cases the inmate speaks
openly about themselves and reflects on their life and their
crimes. To gain a complete picture of the impact of the murders the
authors spoke to both the families of both the perpetrators and the
victims, and those in law enforcement who were involved in the
case, leaving it up to the reader to make up their own mind about
the killers and their crimes. The book draws on handwritten letters
from the inmates and full transcripts of the interviews to tell
each story, and features exclusive material including personal
pictures, crime scene images, and original police and court
documents, this is a fascinating and detailed look at some of
America's most gripping murder cases.
This is the story of one of America's most divisive trials and
executions. Ferdinando Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two
Italian-born anarchists tried and executed for robbery in 1927
despite widespread doubt about their guilt and whether they
received a fair trial. This book tells the story and includes the
official FBI files.
'Hugely insightful and thought provoking . . . I read it from cover
to cover in one go' - Emilia Fox 'With characteristic brilliance
and admirable sensitivity, Wilson illuminates the complex causes of
their often horrific crimes' - Professor Simon Winlow, Vice
President of the British Society of Criminology Professor David
Wilson has spent his professional life working with violent men -
especially men who have committed murder. Aged twenty-nine he
became, at that time, the UK's youngest ever prison Governor in
charge of a jail and his career since then has seen him sat across
a table with all sorts of killers: sometimes in a tense interview;
sometimes sharing a cup of tea (or something a little stronger);
sometimes looking them in the eye to tell them that they are a
psychopath. Some of these men became David's friends; others would
still love to kill him. My Life with Murderers tells the story of
David's journey from idealistic prison governor to expert
criminologist and professor. With experience unlike any other,
David's story is a fascinating and compelling study of human
nature.
The brutal murder of Richard Jennings in December of 1818 would
gain notoriety as the first murder for hire in New York. It would
also be remembered as an imperfect crime. Four men - James Teed,
David Dunning, David Conkling and Jack Hodges - and one woman,
Hannah Teed, had conspired to murder Jennings after losing a
protracted court battle over a parcel of land. Poorly made plans
and rumors in the close knit community of Sugar Loaf led to a quick
unraveling of the conspiracy and arrest of the perpetrators. Future
President Martin Van Buren assisted in prosecuting the case which
ended up with two men in prison and two men to face the hangman
before a crowd of almost 20,000 people. One of the men spared the
noose would later end up a renowned Christian with a memorial in
his honor. Author and police detective Michael J. Worden explores
the complexity of this incident in an entertaining yet historically
accurate manner. Worden examines the case from the origins of the
dispute, to the plot, murder, and aftermath. Worden has redefined
what a true crime book should be.
It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story.
It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today. I'm only
in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a
memoir. But it's important to reflect on every part of the journey,
especially the end. The timing is perfect to share my story, from
the first time I picked up a racquet as a five-year-old girl in
Ipswich to the night I packed up my tennis bag at Melbourne Park
after winning the 2022 Australian Open. Now I can look back at the
20 years in between and think carefully through the work and the
play, the smiles and the tears, and all the people who helped along
the way, be it my first ever coach, Jim Joyce, or my longtime one,
Craig Tyzzer. My Dream Time follows me on my path to being the best
I could be, not just as an athlete but as a person. How do you
conquer nerves and anxiety? How do you deal with defeat, or pain?
What drives you to succeed - and what happens when you do? The
answers tell me so much, about bitter disappointments and also
dreams realised - from injuries and obscurity and self-doubt to
winning Wimbledon and ranking number 1 in the world. My story is
about the power and joy of doing that thing you love and seeing
where it can take you. It's about the importance of purpose - and
perspective - in our lives.
Was Irene McCormack a martyr for her Christian beliefs or merely
one of Peru's many victims of terrorism? By May 1991, one of the
world's most ruthless terrorist groups, the Sendero Luminoso, or
Shining Path, had left 30,000 known dead in its ten-year guerrilla
war against the Peruvian government. On 21 May 1991, as dusk
settled upon the Andean town of Huasahuasi, a silver-haired
Australian woman became part of this horrifying death toll. Sister
Irene McCormack, a Catholic nun and member of the religious order
founded by Mary MacKillop, was executed after a mock trial that saw
a young woman terrorist label Sister Irene a Yankee imperialist
before firing a bullet at point-blank range into the back of her
head. What makes a woman leave the safety of Australia and travel
to an impoverished mountain village in rural Peru, an area where
threats and violence are a daily reality, to teach the village
children to read and write? Anne Henderson has gone beyond the
headlines to uncover just who was Irene McCormack.
The brutal murder of Richard Jennings in December of 1818 would
gain notoriety as the first murder for hire in New York. It would
also be remembered as an imperfect crime. Four men - James Teed,
David Dunning, David Conkling and Jack Hodges - and one woman,
Hannah Teed, had conspired to murder Jennings after losing a
protracted court battle over a parcel of land. Poorly made plans
and rumors in the close knit community of Sugar Loaf led to a quick
unraveling of the conspiracy and arrest of the perpetrators. Future
President Martin Van Buren assisted in prosecuting the case which
ended up with two men in prison and two men to face the hangman
before a crowd of almost 20,000 people. One of the men spared the
noose would later end up a renowned Christian with a memorial in
his honor. Author and police detective Michael J. Worden explores
the complexity of this incident in an entertaining yet historically
accurate manner. Worden examines the case from the origins of the
dispute, to the plot, murder, and aftermath. Worden has redefined
what a true crime book should be.
It started and ended with a financial catastrophe. The Darien
disaster of 1700 drove Scotland into union with England, but
spawned the institutions which transformed Edinburgh into a global
financial centre. The crash of 2008 wrecked the city's two largest
and oldest banks - and its reputation. In the three intervening
centuries, Edinburgh became a hothouse of financial innovation,
prudent banking, reliable insurance and smart investing. The face
of the city changed too as money transformed it from medieval
squalor to Georgian elegance. This is the story, not just of the
institutions which were respected worldwide, but of the
personalities too, such as the two hard-drinking Presbyterian
ministers who founded the first actuarially-based pension fund; Sir
Walter Scott, who faced financial ruin, but wrote his way out of
it; the men who financed American railways and eastern rubber
plantations with Scottish money; and Fred Goodwin, notorious CEO of
RBS, who took the bank to be the biggest in the world, but crashed
and burned in 2008.
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