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Jack the Ripper: Letters From Hell

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A stunning colour-illustrated book, which reproduces and comments on every letter in The National Archives purporting to have been written by the famous serial killer.

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Getting It Straight:Villains talking

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Carol Clerk persuaded two of the Kray Twins’ most formidable and best known henchmen to get together and talk candidly about old times. Freddie Foreman, often referred to as the Krays’ ‘Managing Director’, and Tony Lambrianou, who disposed of the body of Jack The Hat McVitie after Reg Kray had murdered him, take a chilling, but fascinating walk down the memory lane of 60s gangland.

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The Truth At Last: My story

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The uncensored never-before-told story of one of the defining periods of the twentieth century by the woman at the epicentre of the Profumo scandal, which shook the British establishment to its core in 1963. Christine reveals society osteopath Stephen Ward’s contacts with the Head of MI5, Roger Hollis, at the height of the Cold War, and how he set up honey traps to achieve his ambitions in the murky world of espionage. A top 10 bestseller.

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Inside The Kray Family: The Twins’ cousins tell their story for the first time

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Rita Smith and Jon Lee grew up alongside their notorious cousins, Reg and Ron Kray. Joe actually lived under the same roof as Reg, Ron, older brother Charlie and their tempestuous parents. The authors have never before publicly spoken about their family, but within these pages they share their thoughts and personal memories, along with a wealth of Kray family photographs.

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My 1,000 Americans: A year-long odyssey through the personals

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Rochelle Morton’s blow-by-blow account of dating through the personal columns contains the most eye-opening and hilarious despatches from the singles front since Bridget Jones cracked open her diary.

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Ronnie Kray: A man among men

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Foreword by Barbara Windsor

Laurie O’Leary knew the Krays since childhood, and remained Ronnie’s closest friend throughout his life. Recollecting his wild times with the Kray gang, he describes the colourful characters who made up the Krays’ ever-changing circle of friends and enemies, and reveals the private side of the complex and troubled Ron Kray: how he reacted to being certified insane after a nervous breakdown in 1958, and how he coped with being a homosexual in a hard man’s world.

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A Date With Death: The fatal transformation of Jane Andrews, royal confidante turned killer

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The author, a member of the Duchess of York’s inner circle, was intimate with her dresser, Jane Andrews. He tracks Andrews from her modest working class roots in Grimsby, catapulted into a jet-setting high life, and leading inexorably to the night when she plunged a nine-inch blade into the heart of her boyfriend, wealthy and popular Thomas Cressman. Starkie’s story is of passion and fury, which ultimately unhinged ‘Lady Jane’ and drove her to murder.

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Presenting for TV and Video

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TV and radio presenter and stage actress, Joanne Zorian-Lynn’s lively book is a practical and entertaining self-training guide to becoming a more effective presenter, whether for a low-budget corporate DVD, cable TV, internet, or an appearance on mainstream television.

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