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  Jack the Ripper - The True Story

  Christopher Allen

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  JACK THE RIPPER   
  The True Story   
  The summary of this audiobook is as follows: 
  Between August and November 1888, London's impoverished Whitechapel district was terrorized by a series of brutal murders attributed to "Jack the Ripper," the first notorious serial killer. Five women—Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly—were killed, all prostitutes in their 40s except Kelly (25). The killer targeted victims in secluded areas, slitting their throats before mutilating their bodies with surgical precision, often removing organs. The escalating violence suggested an increasingly confident killer, possibly with medical or anatomical knowledge. 
  The murders occurred in Victorian London's East End, an overcrowded slum plagued by poverty, crime, and social tensions. Poor living conditions and limited opportunities for women forced many into prostitution, making them vulnerable targets. Despite an extensive police investigation led by Inspector Frederick Abberline, the killer evaded capture, partly due to forensic limitations and the chaotic environment.

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  In The Volume

  Alex Hyde-White

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  Alex Hyde-White’s soulful memoir takes readers inside the world of a true working actor, from coming of age during the old studio system, to driving a cab to make ends meet, to working with greats including Spielberg, Beatty, Julia, Leo and more. A Wonder Years of show biz folkore. Casting director Victoria Burrows says, "Get out the Popcorn and give this book a read! Alex "Punch" Hyde-White shares some of his great actor life growing pains and pleasures. Perseverance, Talent, Wit and Humor, Alex "Fills the Costume" in the Hollywood he grew up in!  From fellow actors, and long-time friends, Maxwell Caulfield and Juliet Mills comes this endorsement, "Alex ‘Punch’ Hyde-White is a total original but also a throwback to a time when the Industry was frankly more fun! A long and varied career - that has seen him working for some of the best in the Biz - and his wonderful capacity for reinvention have held him in good stead. This is a survivor’s tale told with his trademark humor and gusto. Pio Juszkiewicz, Ph.D., Publisher, Silicon Guild Books offers, With great recall and memory for details, Alex gives us a rare look at goings-on in the making of iconic films and shows in which he was involved -- “Pretty Woman”, “Battlestar Galactica”, “Murder She Wrote,” The Fantastic Four,” and others. “In The Volume” is a great memoir and a very interesting read, full of insights about the film industry and its evolution over the last thirty years. His writing voice and self-deprecating humor make for an all-around worthy read!

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  Tales of an Anxious Homosexual -...

  Corey Clarke

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  Corey, born in the early 90s to an unhappy couple who would often go on to describe him as a mistake, would go on to live his life full of very bizarre and unfortunate situations, whether it's through living in supposed haunted houses or many awkward sexual encounters, all whilst having to face continuous anxiety and depression on a daily basis. To say his life is eventful would be an understatement; it's so eventful, to the point that he would always be told by those who are aware of his story that he should write a book, and so here we are—the book has been written. 
  Throughout the course of this memoir, Corey takes us through the first 33 years of his life with locations ranging from Coventry to Manchester, from London to Blackpool, and from Butlins Skegness to Majorca. We delve into indie music scenes through various bands that Corey was a part of as well as a journey into his varied film taste, from Friday the 13th being the first horror film he watched in full all the way to Everything Everywhere All at Once changing his life and becoming his favourite film of all time upon seeing it at the cinema. Amongst all of this is a dark side, so much so to the point that Corey feels as though he's living through his own horror film as he faces the pressures of coming out of the closet, being in the middle of the many problems of his family, and facing bullies in various areas of life as well as the inescapable bully that is his own mind. 
  This is a book that has been written as a way of therapy, a way of finding humour in bad situations whilst acknowledging how serious everything is that he has been through over the years, and it's a way of reaching out to people who have been through similar weird, horrific, and difficult times as a helping hand of sorts, a bit of reassurance if you will, reassurance that you're not alone and that someone else has been through this and has lived to tell the tale.

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  Right Ho Jeeves - Unabridged

  P. G. Wodehouse

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  In this early "Jeeves" novel, the infamous Bertie Wooster, rebuffing the assistance of his trusty manservant Jeeves, attempts to help his old chum and newt-fancier Gussie Fink-Nottle win the affections of the goofy but adorable Madeline Bassett. But without Jeeves to lend a hand, chaos ensues, and Bertie finds himself accidentally - and horribly - engaged to Madeline himself.  Right Ho, Jeeves contains a passage described by actor Stephen Fry (a Jeeves and Bertie veteran) as "the single funniest piece of sustained writing in the language".  A much beloved romp by the master of satirical comedy, the legendary P.G. Wodehouse

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  The Olive Route - A Personal...

  Carol Drinkwater

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  The author of acclaimed memoirs about life on a French olive farm explores the larger history and culture of the Mediterranean delicacy. Carol Drinkwater has a passion for olive trees and the fruit they bear—“bitter berries” that are transformed into savory delights and pressed into precious oil. Already intimately familiar with the fruit thanks to her olive farm in the South of France, she decided to travel throughout the Mediterranean basin—from Marseille to Malta, Israel to Tunisia—in a quest to learn about their ancient history, their spread throughout the world, and the tastes and traditions they represent. A culinary travelogue and a celebration of a humble, healthful food that inspires devotion among so many, The Olive Route is filled with unusual characters and fascinating anecdotes from “a storyteller of great economy and deftness” (The Telegraph). “Drinkwater has a sharp eye for character, and the people who populate The Olive Route will not disappoint her fans.” —The Independent

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  The Letter to Dad - A Conversion...

  Andrew Emmans

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  This short book tells the simple story of a conversion from the Protestant religion to the Catholic Church. A heartfelt letter from a son to his father, it documents the providence and mercy of God in the wayfaring course of one man, and one family, as they make the long journey to their true home.  
  "...Thou hast yet a great way to go." 
  1 Kings, 19:7

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