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  Arm of Eve - Investigating the...

  Sarah Bax Horton

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  WINNER OF RBAM BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AWARD
  'Overshadowed by the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the 'Thames Torso murderer' stalked the docks and quayside of the nation's capital, dismembering his victims at will. Now, the author of a new book believes she has identified the prime suspect.' - Daily Express
  Jack the Ripper is often called the world's most notorious unidentified killer, but he was not the first modern serial killer on the streets of London. Before him was another murderer who hunted from the River Thames – one arguably more sadistic and mercurial.
  The Thames Torso Killer has always lurked in the Ripper's shadow, despite the fact he murdered and dismembered at least four people over two years. He started to kill in 1887, over a year before the Ripper, and his last murder was in 1889, almost ten months after the death of Mary Jane Kelly, the Ripper's last victim.
  In Arm of Eve, Sarah Bax Horton conducts her own investigation and uses modern criminal profiling to come up with her own suspect – a known criminal who knew the Thames like the back of his hand.
  As featured in The Independent, the Daily Mail and The Times, and on BBC2's Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club

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  The Naked Universe of Pigeon Poo...

  Richard Davis

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  G'day. If you're looking for the official rundown of The Naked Universe of Pigeon Poo, here is what it's all about.Humanity has a serious problem: we think we are in control. We build massive towers, organize our schedules down to the minute, argue on the internet over things that won't matter in three days, and strut around like we own the place. We think we are the main characters in a very serious drama. But the universe isn't a drama; it’s a comedy, and the ultimate punchline is the splatter. You know the splatter. You step out of your house feeling like a million bucks, ready to conquer the world, and a pigeon with a brain the size of a peanut completely ruins your day with pinpoint accuracy. That splatter isn't bad luck. It is the Naked Universe tapping you on the shoulder and saying, 'Hey, mate. Calm down. You’re not that important'. This book is about waking up to that reality. It’s about taking all the loose ends, the deleted text messages, the lost keys slipping through the cosmic mesh, the grand plans, and the sudden chaos, and realizing that it is all part of the same messy, hilarious, beautiful web. We are surrounded by three trillion tales bumping into each other every second of the day. You can fight the splatter, or you can laugh at it. I suggest laughing, because it’s much better for your blood pressure. It is Humankind Everything.

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  Everyday War - The Conflict over...

  Greta Lynn Uehling

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  Everyday War provides an accessible lens through which to understand what noncombatant civilians go through in a country at war. 
  What goes through the mind of a mother who must send her child to school across a minefield or the men who belong to groups of volunteer body collectors? In Ukraine, such questions have been part of the daily calculus of life. Greta Uehling engages with the lives of ordinary people living in and around the armed conflict over Donbas that began in 2014 and shows how conventional understandings of war are incomplete.In Ukraine, landscapes filled with death and destruction prompted attentiveness to human vulnerabilities and the cultivation of everyday, interpersonal peace. Uehling explores a constellation of social practices where ethics of care were in operation. People were also drawn into the conflict in an everyday form of war that included provisioning fighters with military equipment they purchased themselves, smuggling insulin, and cutting ties to former friends. Each chapter considers a different site where care can produce interpersonal peace or its antipode, everyday war.Bridging the fields of political geography, international relations, peace and conflict studies, and anthropology, Everyday War considers where peace can be cultivated at an everyday level.

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  Death and the Victorians - A...

  Adrian Mackinder

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  From spooky stories and real-life ghost hunting, to shows about murder and serial killers, we are fascinated by death - and we owe these modern obsessions to the Victorian age.
   
  
   
  Death and the Victorians explores a period in history when the search for the truth about what lies beyond our mortal realm was matched only by the imagination and invention used to find it.
   
  
   
  Walk among London’s festering graveyards, where the dead were literally rising from the grave. Visit the Paris Morgue, where thousands flocked to view the spectacle of death every single day.
   
  
   
  Lift the veil on how spirits were invited into the home, secret societies taught ways to survive death, and the latest science and technology was applied to provide proof of the afterlife.
   
  
   
  Find out why the Victorian era is considered the golden age of the ghost story, exemplified by tales from the likes of Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Oscar Wilde and Henry James.
   
  
   
  Discover how the birth of the popular press nurtured our taste for murder and that Jack the Ripper was actually a work of pure Gothic horror fiction crafted by cynical Victorian newspapermen.
   
  
   
  Death and the Victorians exposes the darker side of the nineteenth century, a time when the living were inventing incredible ways to connect with the dead that endure to this day.

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  The Sage and the Atheist

  Voltaire

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  Voltaire's 'The Sage and the Atheist' engages in a philosophical dialogue between an atheist and a sage. Through eloquent discourse, Voltaire critiques religious dogma and advocates for reason. This enlightening exchange explores scepticism, morality, and the pursuit of truth, showcasing Voltaire's wit and advocacy for intellectual freedom. A thought-provoking work that challenges prevailing beliefs and encourages rational inquiry. Read in English, unabridged.

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  A Pocket History of Venice -...

  Maurizio Vittoria

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  Embark on a journey through time, tracing the history of Venice from its legendary origins to the MOSE, the city's modern defence system against the now famous lagoon "high waters". This journey is accompanied by splendid images, works of art, and fascinating insights into the world's most unique and beloved city. 
  
  Universally recognised as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Venice never ceases to amaze, even when retracing the more than a thousand years of history carried on its shoulders. 
  
  The adventures and vicissitudes of Venice's past unfold like a cinematic epic: its obscure beginnings and internal organisation; its battles with pirates and struggles in Greece and the East, to devastating storms and the recent surge in tourism and construction of its sea defences. 
  
  All these events have shaped its very distinctive appearance: a small city that has always been a stronghold for intellectual and religious freedom, teeming with artists, poets, artisans, and enlightened minds who have helped shape its beauty. 
  
  It is a story that, after all, continues to be written.

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