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From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet-assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria while she ruled the British empire. During Queen Victoria’s 64 years on the British throne, no fewer than eight attempts were made on her life. Murphy follows each would-be assassin and the repercussions of their actions, illuminating daily life in Victorian England, the development of the monarchy under Queen Victoria, and the evolution of the attacks in light of changing social issues and technology.

On the dawn of 16 July 1990, Liliana Rivera Garza, Cristina Rivera Garza’s sister, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend and subsumed into Mexico's dark and relentless history of femicide. She was a twenty-year-old architecture student who had been trying for years to end her relationship with a high school boyfriend who insisted on not letting her go. A few weeks before the tragedy, Liliana made a definitive decision: at the height of her winter she had discovered that, as Albert Camus had said, there was an invincible summer in her.

In the early 2000s, Dave Gunn and his brother Colin built the Bestwood Cartel, a multi-million-pound empire based on drugs, extortion and violent crime during a time when Nottingham was labelled Britain's gun crime capital. Much has been written about the Gunn Brothers in the media and books such as Hoods, but no gang leader has ever detailed the real-life warfare in Nottingham in the early 2000s. In Bestwood Boss, Dave Gunn sets the record straight with the first ever insider’s account of what led to the blood-soaked ganglands.

El abuso sexual infantil, la violencia intrafamiliar y la violencia de género constituyen realidades dolorosas que marcan, de una u otra forma, la vida de los seres humanos que han tenido el infortunio de sufrir estas experiencias. Uno de los aspectos más lamentables relacionado...

In 1971 and 1972, a deadly predator stalked the streets of the nation’s capital. His targets were young girls who he kidnapped, raped, and left their remains along busy roadways in plain view. Some of his victims he held captive for days, others only a few minutes. Seven victims ranging from the ages of 10 to 18 died in his hands. Then, as mysteriously as he started, the Freeway Phantom stopped.

This book is about my fight. This book outlines the stages of a domestic violent relationship with a significant other, whether a husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, or whatever. No one should have to feel as if he or she is being torn apart to make others happy with themselves. In a relationship, you should be able to count on the other person no matter what. You should be able to take their words at face value and be able to believe them when they say to you that they will never leave. This book will help others to become the warrior that I have slowly learned to become.

A shockingly intimate look at the world of honor killings, as seen through the eyes of both the perpetrator and the victim.