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Sarah-Jane is a young woman living alone in the house she grew up in. She is celebrating her 31st birthday with her friends; they go for dinner, drinks and live music afterwards. Her friends give her an unusual birthday gift at dinner, a subscription to a sex website. This gift isn't something Sarah-Jane would have visited but she thinks why not give it a go. During this time of self-discovery, she meets different men and has very different emotional experiences, having never before gone through these types of sexual waves that flood over her with every meeting.Unfortunately for Sarah-Jane, during this journey she encounters death. Spiralling out of control, she goes through a dark transformation with each murder. Her sanity was long ago broken as her childhood trauma breaks free from the prison of her repressed memories. Her friendly, kindhearted, happy life slowly vanishes as she becomes a seductress, luring her victims to their death with the offer of sex. Sarah-Jane devises a cunning plan...

In the spring of 2019, we witnessed the tragic suicide of Isabella. Now, mere months after the events of Isolation - the Story of Isabella Rose-Eccleby, tragedy strikes the town of Castlehead once again, this time with the disappearance of beloved Thomas Hill High student Aaron Smith. While grieving his disappearance, it is speculated that there may be more to it when the workplace of Aaron's dad is found unexpectedly ablaze. Aaron's friends Eli, Kelsey, Jason, Brandon, Anna, and the mysterious Z, new kid Josh, and the Castlehead Criminal Investigation Department must work together in the hope of solving this growing mystery... while also trying to cope with the stress that comes with life.

This story is about the long-lost schools at the heart of a Sussex village - Mannings Heath - in the parish of Nuthurst. Researching and writing the story has been a project of the Nuthurst Local History Society. The result has been a record of 150 years of "teaching the Heathens," and of villagelife through the 19th and 20th centuries. It includes religious, educational and political events that shaped the teaching of the children and the life of the village through times of major social and industrial change including violent riots, rebellion and harsh punishment.The story reveals the far-reaching and positive developments in the education of children, the impact of two world wars on village life, village politics and rivalries, battles with County and National authorities, clashes between the Methodist and Church of England leaders and, most importantly, acts of individual generosity and endeavour - all the stuff of real life.For this novice author, the process of researching and telling the story has been a voyage of discovery - both of historical research and of the 150 extraordinary years in the life of a small West Sussex village.

Has a woman ever ended things with you and you have no idea what went wrong? Have you ever felt like you are unable to work women out? And have you ever felt like there is an attack on men and masculinity? If so, then this is the book for you.

Will the truth ever be exposed?Some people have God, but not Tob. He has the Hells Angels. He lives by rules laid down in California during 1949, anachronistic rules with severe penalties.His mind is in turmoil, his eyes focused on a view from the window of his home. What is so terrible? Can he cover his tracks? He is supremely confident. He plans, repeats, it cannot go wrong.But... there is this one, local detective. A detective with a bee in his bonnet. He has a gut-feeling that he cannot shake off. DC Geoff Deeley doesn't like coincidence, so when three young men go missing and the common denominator is Tob Hobson, he takes a serious interest in Tob's activities. He spends six years in ruthless pursuit, encountering lies and false trails. He may passionately believe that the three men are dead, murdered. But is he right? No one else seems convinced. Will anyone ever listen to him? Can he find out the truth?Gripping twists and turns, heartbreak, violence and then, the ultimate final betrayal.But where are the bodies? No body, no murder. Or is there?

A satirical story following the adventures of a group of cricket-mad public schoolboys who volunteer for the army at the outbreak of the Great War (1914), and their tragic denouement.

England in the time of his boyhood was a cold and colourless country.They had seen to that, the Autumn Men.They who had been lifted high, the old men of his country and other countries, who in the autumn of their years, reflecting on the unfulfilled promise of their youth, and their failures as yet unredeemed, feeling as any old man adrift alone on a small boat, sails broken, oars lost, swept hopelessly onward towards the deafening roar of the approaching weir, might feel, decided that too few had sweetly and honourably been called.So call out the young men, wide-eyed and brave of heart, to don uniform, bid sweethearts farewell and forfeit their future.And murder in the name of God.Until they too are harvested 'neath the Autumn Men's sickle.And the lark song is stilled as passing bells are heard anew.------------No longer could the innocent look to the heavens for salvation, only look on in horror as the devil poured the contents of hell over them.And so it was and so it remained until Satan, who had found refuge in the hearts of too many, was cast out and the women had cried.."enough!!"----------And on countless memorials in towns and villages across the cold and colourless country, new names were added to the old and memorials once again were baptised with tears of the innocent for the innocent. And in the great city as the weak winter sunshine filters through the mists of an early November morning, the Autumn Men in their black coats and polished shoes still stand, shameless, in solemn line to bow their heads and lay poppy-lit wreaths, mankind's apology to its youth.----------This then was the wasteland of his boyhood. One from which he would spend the rest of his life trying to escape.

Ten-year-old Eddy was a victim, a victim of a dysfunctional Australian mental health system.Following a personal tragedy, his mental fragility was misdiagnosed and he was wrongly chemically shackled. All alone, he becomes flotsam in the overwhelmed system, spending years in institutional confinement.However, the arrival of John Masters, a new psychiatrist from the UK, offers a glimmer of hope of rescuing Eddy from his continuing nightmare. Specialising in hypnotherapy, John delves into the trauma of the man's childhood, hoping to release the demons ensnaring Eddy. As he does so, he stumbles on an amazing, life changing coincidence. But John's utopian dream with a love affair, a new apartment and new car is sullied by false accusations by an investigative reporter. Dark clouds of drugs, violence, corruption and murder further blot out the sun from his new paradise.

These observations are based upon the premise that, with war having been a constant feature of humankind's evolution, a nation's security and prosperity are inextricably linked with its military strength. To illustrate the point, the author compares the revered historical cities of Venice and Aleppo. Of the two, Venice benefited from having the most advanced military capacity of mediaeval times and thus enjoyed prolonged stability while Aleppo constantly suffered at the hands of more powerful enemies. Japan more closely resembles the latter. In the postwar era, it is the states equipped with nuclear weapons that have dictated the balance of power. Indeed, the four countries of most significance to Japan's present security are its ally the United States and the hostile or potentially hostile China, Russia and North Korea - all of them nuclear-armed. As the ultimately fruitless meetings between North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and former US President Donald Trump illustrate, North Korea has absolutely no intention of giving up its nuclear and other advanced armaments. But even if it were to do so, the more menacing threat to Japan comes from China. With its militarisation of the South China Sea, its aggressive intentions towards Taiwan, its provocative behaviour around the Senkaku (Diaoyu) islands, its relentless military expansion and its determination to replace America as the regional hegemon, China represents an undoubtedly grave danger to Japan. The author proposes a two-pronged strategy. Firstly, Japan should construct a network of nuclear shelters sufficient in scale and number to protect its people - particularly in the populous urban areas that would probably be targeted by the enemy. Secondly, Japan should join NATO and avail itself of the protection afforded by American nuclear warheads and bombs while preparing itself for war. However, if joining NATO turned out to be unfeasible, Japan should instead divert the resources currently allocated to maintaining the US military presence in the country to developing its own atomic warheads and bombs as well as submarines equipped with nuclear missiles. Despite the received wisdom that Japan is forbidden by its constitution from having nuclear weapons, the author points out that the issue has been raised by various administrations in the past going as far back as that of Prime Minister Kishi Nobosuke in 1957. Moreover, the frequent port calls by US submarines and aircraft carriers laden with atomic weapons make a mockery of the Three Non-Nuclear Principles that Japan supposedly observes. With the US-Japan Security Alliance offering absolutely no guarantee of protection, the author sees no impediment to Japan abrogating it and embarking on its own nuclear weapons programme. In the postwar period, a number of countries have succeeded in developing such weapons and it is perfectly possible for Japan to do likewise. In conclusion, the author foresees a situation in which China succeeds in subjugating Taiwan and America is forced by financial constraints to reduce its military presence in the Far East. The only country able to make up the shortfall would be Japan - which, by acquiring nuclear weapons, would be able to maintain the balance of security in East Asia. By the same token, it would be able to ensure its own survival.

Ian Shipley has been traditionally hand-digging graves for 40 years. In this, the author's first book, he recounts true tales of when coffins get stuck, exhumations, practical jokes and various other ghostly goings-on.

During the height of World War II, young friends Tony, Ursula and young brother Jimmy, play and explore the ancient woodlands across the road from where they are neighbours. Suddenly, an ear-splitting noise rends the air above them! Enemy planes are flying low over them towards London and as they come to their area, and with fear of impending invasion, they regularly take refuge in the woods where they build a den, hoping to hide from it all. During this upheaval, two strangers move into their neighbourhood. One has a car. With most cars off the road, this piques their curiosity. He is unfriendly and acts very secretively, coming and going at odd times. They call him Mr. X and become amateur detectives to investigate his secrets, watching the house and following him on their bikes. The other stranger is French with a bad limp and a walking stick. He also fascinates them. Ursula befriends him on his daily exercise walks and, using her charm, gradually learns about his background. Surprisingly, he reveals he is in French Intelligence and is looking for a murderer living locally. As the war progresses, the trio spend all their spare time monitoring both of them to discover what they are up to. Jimmy is convinced that Mr. X is a spy and bets on it. They discover both are carrying dark secrets from pre-war France that are now playing out in their locality. Constantly searching for answers, they piece together a picture which connects the two strangers. In the final months of the war, the truth suddenly emerges which involves two arrests and one release. To our trio this comes as a real surprise.