During the last ten days of Hitler's Berlin, 30,000 German teenagers perished defending their beloved Fuhrer in the Allied onslaught. Armin Lehmann was one of the few boy soldiers who escaped the bloodbath. In Hitler's Bunker is Armin's eyewitness account of the Nazi apocalypse.
Elizabeth Taylor was one of the most controversial cinematic icons. This title intends to portray the star as she really was: sometimes arrogant, attention-seeking, avaricious, reckless, monstrous towards her peers, generous, even foolish at times but, above all, through the tumultuous relationships and the personal mayhem, a survivor.
Tells the true story of four neglected siblings who were uprooted from their Glasgow home and sent to a small croft in the north-east of Scotland. They became trapped in what seemed like a bygone era with an old woman devoid of any emotion, compassion or understanding.
Presents a chronicle of life as lived by foreign inmates over the past two decades in Bangkok's notorious prison system. This title reveals shocking reality through the eyes of a long-term inmate from the West, who endured the unimaginable, inhuman nightmare that constitutes the Thai penal system.
Examines the life and crimes of Malcolm Webster, the nurse who killed for money and attempted to cover his tracks with drugs and fire. This title documents Webster's shocking life of crime and investigates horrifying claims that he killed several infants while experimenting with dosage levels of sedatives as he prepared to kill his second wife.
Internet rumours surfaced in September 2008, that Lance Armstrong would race again, and Armstrong confirmed this himself weeks later, announcing that his return was inspired by a desire not to win more tours but to raise global awareness about cancer. This title follows Armstrong's return to the 2009 season.
An instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation and cruelty at the hands of her mother's partner and the establishment, Martha is now 16 and her time at the convent school is up. It leads us through her first months of freedom.
Who is the most successful Welsh captain? Why have many players only had one opportunity to lead their country? Why were eight different captains chosen for eight consecutive matches? Addressing such questions, this book focuses on the players who have been capped by Wales, but only few have been given the honour of leading their country.
Ellen Tregent was born in 1888 and died in 1988 - her lifetime encompassing an unprecedented century of social change and world upheaval. Martin Knight, Ellen Tregent's grandson, began a quest to reassemble the chain of events that shaped his grandmother's life. Here, he charts Ellen's long and eventful life and the lives of her siblings.
When Dominic Gill set out from Alaska on his bicycle, it was to be no ordinary ride. His goal was to reach Ushuaia, the southernmost city in South America, and he was starting off far from confident and with barely enough food to last a week. But Dominic had a secret weapon: the spare seat.
In August 2000, the West Side Boys kidnapped and tortured eleven Royal Irish Rangers who were members of a UN Peacekeeping Force. The British Government ordered a Special Forces attack on the rebel base camp with the specific intention of giving the West Side Boys 'a bloody nose'. This book provides an account of this mission.
The St Andrews Old Course Starter's Box was sold in a controversial international auction on 10 September 2001, the day before the infamy of the Twin Towers attack. This title recounts the glory of the little building in St Andrews, 'the home of golf', and tells the tale of those who used its services for 77 continuous years.
During the difficult war years a cargo ship ran aground in the Outer Hebrides. Among the cargo of the SS Politician were a quarter of a million bottles of whisky. Using eyewitness accounts and official documents, this book tells the story of the circus that surrounded the Polly .
A new edition of a book formerly known as So This is Ecstacy? , this is the true story of the rise of one of the most violent and successful criminal gangs of the 90s. The author of the book was a key member of that gang, and this is his inside account of their violent ways.