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Books > Fiction > True stories
Clarence van Buuren is met 'n geheim galg toe. Vyftig jaar later
probeer Chris Marnewick hierdie geheim oplos. Van Buuren is in 1956
skuldig bevind aan die moord op Myrna Joy Aken en tereggestel.
Vroue het buite die hof in lang rye gewag om die verhoor by te woon
en het mekaar vertrap wanneer die deure oopgegaan het. Van Buuren
het met van hulle flirteer tydens die verhoor, en het tot op die
einde skuld ontken. Die saak was opspraakwekkend om verskeie redes:
'n Siener het die lyk na 'n seance opgespoor, Van Buren en Aken was
lovers, maar die lyk is seksueel vermink. Inligting dui daarop dat
Van Buuren 'n narsissistiese psigopaat was en 'n sadis wat veral
vroue geteister en gemartel het. 'n Emosionele vampier. 'n
Sadistiese seksmoordenaar. Maar daar was niks hiervan in die
hofsaak nie. Ook nie in die koerante nie.
"Stephen Senise's... newly published study of the case, offers the
most important clue not just as to whodunit, but why." TIMES OF
ISRAEL "fascinating" - Gareth Williams, editor RIPPEROLOGIST, The
Journal Of Jack The Ripper, East End & Victorian Studies
"remarkable" - APN NEWS & MEDIA, Australia "painstaking
research" - JEWISH CHRONICLE, London Did Jack The Ripper flee
London for the colony of New South Wales at the height of the
world's most notorious serial-murder rampage? Was the deadly attack
on Alice McKenzie in 1889 his last bid in pursuit of what was, not
just a brazen killing spree, but a macabre, politically motivated
publicity stunt? Is it conceivable that a maniac took it upon
himself to try and shut down the flow of Jewish refugees spilling
into London's East End, just as the area was being thrust into the
political spotlight? Journalist Stephen Senise, explores these
questions and the neighbourhoods of old Whitechapel to discover
that by February 1888 community tensions were so high that two
parliamentary select committees of investigation were dispatched to
advise the House of Commons and the House of Lords on the social
and industrial tensions tearing a community apart. Enter an
opportunist hell-bent on broadcasting a hateful message... a
madman, ready to unleash an 'Autumn of Terror'.
What are the hidden factors that motivate armies to prevail and
conquer against all the odds? What is it that encourages soldiers
to perform unbelievable acts of courage even when the odds against
them look overwhelming? The words of inspired leaders and generals
are often the key factor. Sometimes it is just the soldier on
ground who sums up the situation best. It would seem that the day
of the set-piece conventional battle is over. For centuries their
format changed little. Even if this scenario has now changed, the
need for leaders to communicate in times of adversity has not.
Words of War covers an immense breadth - from Ancient Greece,
Alexander the Great, mediaeval battles, the American Civil War, the
two World Wars through to 21st century conflicts. Words of War
highlights the fascinating contrasts in style and content of
military and political leaders (most absorbing of all are the
extraordinary differences, and also some of the similarities it has
to be said, between the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
and German leader Adolf Hitler during WWII). Interspersed with the
longer speeches are brief quotes, insightful one-liners and the
light-hearted look at conflict. All throw some light onto what
words drive heroic deeds in the face of adversity.
Brighton in the 1870s is a popular tourist destination, but when
little Sidney Barker dies mysteriously from Strychnine-poisoned
chocolates the town is thrown into panic. Could it have been an
accident or is someone out to harm Brighton? When more children
start being poisoned by packets of sweets they find lying about the
town and strange parcels of arsenic-laced cakes are sent to
prominent Brighton residents the police step up the search for a
serial poisoner. Who is determined to take revenge on the town?
Brighton policeman, Inspector Gibbs, finds himself on the toughest
case he has ever faced with what at first appears to be a
motiveless crime, but as he delves into the lives of the victims he
realises there is cold calculation behind the poisonings. His hunt
takes him into the dark side of middle-class poverty, family
insanity, and the Victorian obsession with sex and scandal.
The twelve-year rampage of "Missoula Mauler" Wayne Nance-and the
shocking end to his murder spree To his neighbors, Wayne Nance, a
furniture mover from Missoula, Montana, appeared to be an affable,
considerate, and trustworthy guy. No one knew that Nance was the
"Missoula Mauler," a psychopath responsible for a series of
sadistic sex slayings that rocked the idyllic town between 1974 and
1986. Nance's only requirement for murder was accessibility-a
preacher's wife, a teenage runaway, a female acquaintance, a
married couple. Putting on a friendly facade, he could easily gain
his victims' trust. Then, one September night, thirty-year-old
Nance pushed his luck, preying on a couple who lived to tell the
tale. A true story with an incredible twist, written by former Wall
Street Journal editor John Coston and complete with photos, To Kill
and Kill Again reveals the disturbing compulsions of a charming
serial killer who fooled everyone he knew, stumped the authorities,
terrified a community, and nearly got away with it.
An extraordinary account of one woman's single-minded campaign to
restore a Victorian steamship to her former glory and make her an
Andean attraction Here is a vivid account of Meriel Larken's
incredible quest to restore the "Yavari" steamship against the
odds--a ship that is now celebrating its 150 year anniversary in
2012. In 1862 the English-built "Yavari" was taken to bits and
shipped to South America. In an epic logistical feat it was carried
in thousands of pieces, by mule, up the Andes to Lake Titicaca,
12,500 feet above sea level, the world's highest navigable
waterway. She was reconstructed and for more than a century plied
her trade up and down the lake, but by 1985 she was a sad rotting
hulk--until she was found by Larken, who led the quest to project
to restore and preserve the ship. The oldest single screw iron
passenger ship in the world, this nautical and engineering jewel is
now a major Peruvian tourist attraction.
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