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  Living in Kyoto - My Early Life...

  Hidemi Woods

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  The house was built when I was nine years old at the place where our old house was torn down because it was too old to live in. That old house was built about 100 years ago. My ancestors lived at exactly the same spot generation after generation for over 1000 years since my family used to be a landlord of the area. We are here for around 63 generations. My father succeeded the family from my grandfather, and I would have been the next successor if I hadn’t left home to be a musician. Because my father failed the family business and didn’t have the next successor for help, he had sold pieces of our ancestor’s land one by one. Now his money has finally dried up and he can’t afford to keep the last land where the house stands. 
  When my grandfather passed away nine years ago, he complained to me again about financial help I wouldn’t lend. I promptly suggested that he should sell the house and its land. He got furious at my suggestion. He shouted, “How could you say something like that? Do you really think it’s possible? All ancestors of ours lived here! I live to continue our lineage right here for my entire life! Selling the house means ending our family lineage! It’s impossible!!” He bawled me out like a crazy man while banging the floor repeatedly with a DVD that I had brought for him as a Father’s Day gift. 
  But nine years later, the time inevitably came. Considering his mad fury about selling the house back then, it was easy for me to imagine that he planned to set fire on the house during the night I would stay and kill my mother and me along with himself. That seemed the true reason why he wanted me to come back. Those murder-suicide cases sometimes happen in Japan, especially among families with long history.

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  A Hand to Hold

  Coleen Nolan, Julie Shaw

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  Coleen Nolan – singer, TV host and agony aunt is known for her warmth, straight-talking and compassion. But her empathy and warmth have been earned the hard way – formed by her own deeply-felt experiences of loss and grief. 
  Inspired by her own life, and her podcast on grief, Coleen takes readers on a heartfelt and helpful journey through how to cope with all kinds of grief, drawing not just on her own thoughts and feelings, but on those of friends and celebrities she’s interviewed, who share their personal takes on loss and life after it. By turns moving, courageous and inspiring, each chapter also features a poem to make you smile, think or shed a tear. 
  Written with accessibility, heart and fellow-feeling, this is not a guidebook but a companion, a friendly word in the darkest times, packed with advice, understanding and hope – a book to say you’re not alone. 
  Coleen Nolan, a bestselling author, presents a heartfelt memoir that explores the intricate dynamics of family and relationships in the face of death. This Sunday Times bestselling book is a beacon of hope for those navigating the path of bereavement, offering a hand to hold in the darkest of times. 
  For fans of Vanessa Feltz (Vanessa Bares All), Lulu (Lulu), Denise Welch (The Unwelcome Visitor), Katie Price (This Is Me), and Robert Jobson (Diana). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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  True Crime: The Cruelest Killers...

  Alexander Dragone

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  In "True Crime: The Cruelest Killers," Alexander Dragone flings wide the doors to a world of unimaginable cruelty and the darkest abysses of the human psyche. Renowned for his meticulous historical chronicles of the 20th century, Dragone breaks new ground with this global odyssey of horror. 
  Moving away from his signature chronological approach, he curates a collection of the most abhorrent serial killer cases from every corner of the globe—from the frozen streets of Russia and the gritty red-light districts of Pattaya to the neon-drenched metropolis of New York City. 
  This book is a definitive collection of the most extreme true crime cases ever recorded—stories that defy belief and force us to confront the ultimate question: How deep does the human abyss truly go?Featured among the 13 cases:The Cannibal of Berlin and his nightmarish kitchen.Gary Ridgway, the infamous "Green River Killer" of Seattle.Joseph Vacher and his sadistic rituals in the French Alps.WARNING: NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART 
  This volume is an unflinching look at the reality of evil. Featuring graphic descriptions of violence, including explicit accounts of necrophilia, cannibalism, and mutilation, this book is intended for mature audiences.

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  The Least Among Them - 29...

  Paul Russell Semendinger

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  The Least Among Them is a most special baseball book that looks at the New York Yankees history in an original, unique, and never before written manner. Throughout their history, the New York Yankees have been defined by the legends and the successes of their most famous players. But, as part of their long history, the Yankees have also fielded players that have become lost to history. This book is those players' story, telling the unique histories of the men whose entire major league baseball career lasted but a single game with that game being played as a New York Yankee. While these players may be forgotten, their stories are compelling. Filled with a unique Yankee history, single game stats, and a love of baseball, The Least Among Them tells the story of baseball's most successful franchise in an entirely new way.

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  Polzunkov - Dignity in Disgrace...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky, Tim Zengerink

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  Everyone laughed at him—but he may have been the only one who truly understood. 
  In Polzunkov, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of a man scorned by society, humiliated by his peers, and laughed at by all. He laughs along with them—until a moment of moral clarity reveals the truth about who he really is. 
  This modern audiobook adaptation brings Dostoevsky’s satirical and deeply moving tale to life with accessible language and heartfelt narration. 
  What You’ll Hear in This Modern Translation: 
  •	A vivid character study of a man masking pain with humor 
  •	A story that examines class, cruelty, and the longing for dignity 
  •	An emotional arc that builds to an unexpected and powerful conclusion 
  Included in This Edition: 
  Faithfully adapted for modern listeners, this audiobook offers a fresh, emotionally resonant take on one of Dostoevsky’s lesser-known gems. 
  Listen today—and discover the quiet strength behind a face everyone thought was just a joke.

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  The Confessions of Psychopaths -...

  Al Cimino

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  What dark thoughts roam the mind of a murderer? 
   
  Serial killers like Ed Kemper, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and David Berkowitz have committed some of the most horrible crimes known to man. Their evil deeds seem unthinkable to the rest of us. Yet each had their own twisted logic for their dastardly deeds. In this book, author Al Cimino examines these serial killers by their own words - through the confessions they gave to police, their outbursts in court and the chilling manifestos they left behind. 
   
  Tinged with sadistic glee, an intense desire to justify their own actions, rage against society and the most intricate descriptions of their victims and the atrocious actions they took against them, their shocking confessions provide a window into the darkest side of human nature.

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