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  Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac...

  Charles River Editors

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  There have been a countless number of serial killers throughout history, and certainly more prolific ones, but the timing, circumstances, and unsolved nature of the case continue to make Jack the Ripper the most famous serial killer in history. The murders came at a time when media coverage could be both more acute and more widespread, and it allowed the public a closer look into how police agencies operated at the time, exposing both their strengths and shortcomings. Of course, the lack of modern forensics hamstrung the investigators in the late 19th century, and while the police file for the case was extensive and active for several years, much of the evidence disappeared from the file without explanation, possibly as souvenirs. Despite the fact the police interviewed thousands and considered hundreds of suspects, they were never able to arrest anyone for the murders. The Jack the Ripper case continues to fascinate historians and amateur sleuths so much that people have dubbed themselves Ripperologists, and since nobody knows for sure who the killer was, every aspect of the crimes is up for discussion, down to who the actual victims of the Ripper were and whether there was actually more than one Ripper. 
  	The idea that there was an unhinged serial killer on the loose in California in 1968 was confirmed when he began writing letters to the police and the newspapers, not only claiming responsibility for these killings but for others that either had been or would be committed. After he stabbed a third couple and then shot a cab driver in cold blood, he began to send more and more letters. These, like the earlier ones, were signed with a symbol understood only by the killer, a man who called himself “Zodiac.” In addition to sending cryptic letters that authorities had to decipher, the Zodiac Killer used them to both taunt people and threaten more violence, warning that a failure to publish what he would wrote would lead to more.

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  For The Love of Oscar - Bringing...

  Sarah Roberts

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  A mother’s candid and moving account of the challenges and joys of having a Down Syndrome child‘A searingly honest account of her journey, from heartbreak to joy’ Daily MailWhen Sarah Roberts’s son, Oscar, was born, he was unexpectedly diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Sarah had to rapidly come to terms with a new normal, as she suddenly found her life on a different path to the one she’d always hoped and believed she’d follow.For the Love of Oscar shares a mother’s real and very raw emotions as she comes to terms with that new path, in a story which is nevertheless both heart-warming and funny. Sarah writes candidly about the ups and downs not only of parenthood, but also of parenting a child who just happens to have additional needs.She describes, in vivid and heartbreaking terms, attitudes some have displayed towards her son and her, the often hurtful things said by some people. She describes the hospital appointments, the therapy sessions, the mountains of paperwork, the tantrums and the tears. And she reveals the choices and challenges she faced when she decided that she would like to have more children.Sarah is the author of a multi-award-winning blog called Don’t Be Sorry (www.dontbesorry.info), which aims to help others in a similar situation, but is also her very relatable take on parenting. She spends a great deal of time advocating for improved understanding of Down Syndrome.

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  50 Essential Classics You Must...

  Anonymous, George Eliot, William...

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  A sweeping journey through the foundations, triumphs, and transformations of British literature.
  
  This monumental volume gathers fifty of the most influential and enduring works ever written in the English language. From the heroic epic of Beowulf to the philosophical sublimity of the Romantic poets, from Shakespeare's immortal tragedies to the visionary science fiction of H. G. Wells, this collection traces the evolution of a literary tradition that shaped the modern world.
  
  Organized chronologically and thematically, the anthology reveals how medieval allegory gave way to Renaissance drama, how the novel emerged as a dominant art form, and how the nineteenth century produced a golden age of storytelling. It concludes with poetic masterpieces that continue to define the emotional and intellectual reach of English expression.
  
  Featuring:
  
  • Foundational medieval epics and allegories
  • The great tragedies and comedies of Shakespeare
  • The birth and rise of the English novel
  • Victorian realism and Gothic imagination
  • Imperial adventure and early science fiction
  • The lyric revolution of the Romantic poets
  
  Carefully curated for both general readers and students, this edition offers a coherent and historically grounded path through over a millennium of literary achievement.
  
  A library in a single volume — indispensable, timeless, and essential.
  
  
  
  Included Works
  
  Beowulf — anonymous
  
  Piers Plowman — William Langland
  
  Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — anonymous
  
  Le Morte d'Arthur — Sir Thomas Malory
  
  Utopia — Thomas More
  
  Doctor Faustus — Christopher Marlowe
  
  The Faerie Queene — Edmund Spenser
  
  Paradise Lost — John Milton
  
  Hamlet — William Shakespeare
  
  King Lear — William Shakespeare
  
  Macbeth — William Shakespeare
  
  Othello — William Shakespeare
  
  Romeo and Juliet — William Shakespeare
  
  A Midsummer Night's Dream — William Shakespeare
  
  The Tempest — William Shakespeare
  
  Volpone — Ben Jonson
  
  Robinson Crusoe — Daniel Defoe
  
  Gulliver's Travels — Jonathan Swift
  
  Pamela — Samuel Richardson
  
  Tom Jones — Henry Fielding
  
  Tristram Shandy — Laurence Sterne
  
  The Vicar of Wakefield — Oliver Goldsmith
  
  The Monk — Matthew Gregory Lewis
  
  Frankenstein — Mary Shelley
  
  The Last Man — Mary Shelley
  
  Vathek — William Beckford
  
  Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
  
  Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
  
  Wuthering Heights — Emily Brontë
  
  David Copperfield — Charles Dickens
  
  Great Expectations — Charles Dickens
  
  Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens
  
  Middlemarch — George Eliot
  
  Tess of the d'Urbervilles — Thomas Hardy
  
  Far from the Madding Crowd — Thomas Hardy
  
  Treasure Island — Robert Louis Stevenson
  
  Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde — Robert Louis Stevenson
  
  The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde
  
  The Time Machine — H. G. Wells
  
  The War of the Worlds — H. G. Wells
  
  The Invisible Man — H. G. Wells
  
  The Island of Doctor Moreau — H. G. Wells
  
  She — H. Rider Haggard
  
  King Solomon's Mines — H. Rider Haggard
  
  Kim — Rudyard Kipling
  
  The Jungle Book — Rudyard Kipling
  
  Songs of Innocence and of Experience — William Blake
  
  Lyrical Ballads — William Wordsworth & Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  
  Selected Poems — John Keats
  
  Selected Poems — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  Veer Savarkar

  Abhijeet Mukesh

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  Veer Savarkar was one of the many fascinating characters in the Indian freedom movement. Listen to his story in a fictionalised interview format.
  This is a work of fiction. This feature doesn't support or oppose any political party. Its purpose is only to entertain.

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  What I Saw in Heaven - The...

  Heidi Barr

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  Heidi Barr didn't believe in Jesus. No one in her Jewish family did, nor did they want to--especially not her father, who told her that Jesus Christ was the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on humankind. So when Heidi was in a terrible horseback riding accident and died at age 16, Jesus was the last person she expected to see. Yet she did. And then she returned to life. 
   
  This is the incredible true story of Heidi's difficult family life, her sudden death, her unexpectedly loving encounter with Jesus, and her return to life on earth as a person completely and irrevocably changed. This is also the story of Heidi loving her father and mother despite their disbelief of and disagreement with her faith. And this is the gripping, beautiful story of her parents' eventual reconciliation both with Heidi and with God, through the redeeming grace and all-encompassing love of Jesus Christ.

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  Sibylla

  Roger Lundgren

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  In this intimate portrait of Princess Sibylla of Sweden, renowned royal historian Roger Lundgren reveals the remarkable life of one of Europe's most misunderstood royal figures. Born a German princess in 1908, Sibylla married into the Swedish royal family and faced the challenge of raising five children-including the current King Carl XVI Gustaf-alone after her husband's tragic death in 1947. Drawing on exclusive interviews and previously unpublished correspondence, Lundgren reveals how this strong-willed princess navigated the complexities of being a German royal in post-war Sweden while preparing her young son for his future role as king. A poignant story of duty, resilience and motherhood in the face of personal tragedy and public scrutiny.

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