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Fakes, Scams and Forgeries details many of the most notorious deceptions in history, describing how they were perpetrated, and how they were eventually detected. As well as describing famous forgers and legendary frauds, the text deals with many modern scientific techniques that have been developed to help counter these criminal efforts.

Fully illustrated with 200 photos, Criminal Profiling examines the effectiveness of profiling and describes the search for the criminal personality, early criminal profiling and the latest theories of criminality, featuring the stories of Ted Bundy, Peter Sutcliffe and Andrei Chikatilo, among many others.

Originally published: Leicester: Silverdale, 2001.

From haunted houses to phantom ships, ghostly phenomena are everywhere! This intriguing guide explores dozens of cases, offering scientific and parapsychological explanations for these sightings. Each entry chronicles the date, location, and what occurred, offering historical context and an analytical assessment, while extensive appendices provide additional information. Illustrated with 100 black-and-white photographs, Ghost Sightings explore...

This book covers cases throughout history, including malign spirits and gentle ghosts, apparitions, wraiths, haunted houses and spooky urban myths. Each entry gives details of the date, location and course of events, as well as providing a historical context and analytical assessment of the phenomenon.

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During World War One, a young girl slips her teddy bear into a care package for her father, a medic posted to the trenches of France. Although her father dies in the battle of Passchendaele, his belongings are shipped back to his family, along with the toy bear, which today sits in the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa.

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Serial killers endlessly fascinate and continue to capture the public's attention with their strange charisma and deadly deeds.

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A gripping and fascinating history of 50 of the most shocking serial killers throughout history - from Jack the Ripper to the Moors Murderers, Ted Bundy and the Zodiac Killer.

La tortura è il più odioso dei crimini contro l'umanità. Eppure, per moltissimo tempo la sua pratica si è svolta in ossequio a precise norme giuridiche, disciplinata dalla maggior parte dei codici europei e asiatici. La storia della tortura vuole raccontare, senza censure di sorta, questa tragica epopea. I lettori vi troveranno la dettagliata descrizione di tecniche e strumenti impiegati, dai marchingegni più semplici e cruenti (come la "ruota...

The History of Torture tells the complete story of torture, from its earliest uses right up to the present day, from the tools and techniques used, to the campaigns to abolish its use.

Tutti gli esseri umani sognano, eppure il sogno, come esperienza, resta difficile da spiegare e mette in difficoltà le persone più razionali. Un tempo era considerato messaggio degli dei, profezia o comunque forma privilegiata di conoscenza, con la scienza possiamo solo dire che un sogno è un evento percepito dal cervello durante la fase REM del sonno, con la psicoanalisi di Freud e Jung indagare i simboli dell'inconscio, con molti filosofi or...

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