Reason to be afraid—over 50 unsolved cases of serial murder. Fact: murderers and serial killers do not always get caught. Behind every headline of a newsworthy conviction lie other cases of vicious murderers who got away, and who remain somewhere among us. Here in one giant volume are more than 50 of the most serious serial killings and other murder cases that continue to remain unsolved.

The cases covered in this alarming book include: Argentina’s crazed highway killer, responsible for mutilating and killing at least five people since 1997 and dumping their bodies along remote highways The Green River Killer, who has claimed at least 49 lives in the Seattle-Tacoma area South Africa’s “Phoenix Strangler,” suspected of killing 20 women The Twin Cities Killer, responsible for more than 30 murders on the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul, where the victims were mostly prostitutes Costa Rica’s elusive “El Psicópata” (The Psychopath), thought to have murdered at least 19 people in this small, quiet Central American country “The Monster of Florence,” responsible for a series of 15 sexual slayings just outside Florence, where all the victims were courting couples.

NIGEL CAWTHORNE is the author of , and , as well as numerous other books. His writing has appeared in over a hundred and fifty newspapers, magazines and partworks—from the to the , and from to . He lives in London.

Nur wenige Schüler haben gar keine Probleme mit Noten und Hausaufgaben.
Neueste Studien belegen, dass die Eltern für den Lern- und Schulerfolg viel wichtiger sind als Lehrer oder die besonderen Umstände an einer Schule. Eltern prägen entscheidend Motivation und Lernverhalten ihrer Kinder. Der Schul- und Erziehungsberater Christoph Eichhorn leitet Eltern an, wie sie ihren Kindern sinnvoll helfen können. Er zeigt ihnen,
- welche Bedeutung ihre eigene Haltung zu Schule und Lernen für ihr Kind hat,
- warum eine gute Lern- und Arbeitshaltung so wichtig ist und wie Eltern sie fördern,
- wie Eltern ihrem Kind bei schlechten Noten nachhaltig helfen,
- was sie tun können, damit ihr Kind weitgehend selbständig und selbstreguliert lernt und
- wie sie vermeiden, dass aus Schulproblemen Familienprobleme werden.
(source: Bol.de)

Arthur Raffles is a prominent member of London society, and a national sporting hero. As a cricketer he regularly represents England in Test matches. He uses this as a chance to commit a number of burglaries, primarily stealing valuable jewellery from his hosts. In this, he is assisted by his friend, the younger, idealistic Bunny Manders. Both men are constantly under the surveillance of Inspector Mackenzie of Scotland Yard who is always thwarted in his attempts to pin the crimes on Raffles...

New Year’s Eve at Toppers’ House, North London’s most popular suicide spot. And four strangers are about to discover that doing away with yourself isn’t quite the private act they’d each expected.

Perma-tanned Martin Sharp’s a disgraced breakfast TV presenter who had it all—the family, the pad, the great career—and wasted it away. Killing himself is Martin’s logical response to an unlivable life.

Maureen has to do it tonight, because of Matty being in the home. He was never able to do any of the normal things kids do—like walk or talk—and his loving mum can’t cope any more.

Half-crazed with heartbreak, loneliness, adolescent angst, seven Bacardi Breezers and two Special Brews, Jess’s ready to jump, to fly off the roof.

Finally, there’s JJ—tall, cool, American, looks like a rock-star—who’s weighed down with a heap of problems, and pizza.

Four strangers, who moments before were convinced that they were alone and going to end it all that way, share out the pizza and begin to talk… only to find that they have even less in common than first suspected.

Funny, sad and deeply moving, Nick Hornby’s is a novel that asks some of the big questions: about life and death, strangers and friendship, love and pain, and whether a group of losers, and pizza, can really see you through a long, dark night of the soul.

In America, it is soccer. But in Great Britain, it is the real football. No pads, no prayers, no prisoners. And that’s before the players even take the field.

Nick Hornby has been a football fan since the moment he was conceived. Call it predestiny. Or call it preschool. Fever Pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, Hornby’s award-winning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom—its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young mens’ coming-of-age stories. Fever Pitch is one for the home team. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it really means to have a losing season.

Nick Hornby returns to his roots—music and messy relationships—in this funny and touching new novel which thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England’s bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan which mirrors the place; Tucker was once a brilliant songwriter and performer, who’s gone into seclusion in rural America—or at least that’s what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker’s work, to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three.

Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition and indeed life evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions about the struggle to live up to one’s promise.

A.J. Raffles is een inbreker. Eentje uit gegoede kringen, maar met weinig eigen geld - en dus moet hij op een andere manier in zijn behoeften voorzien. Zijn hulpje/sidekick, 'Bunny', doet verslag van een 8-tal verhalen.

De 13-jarige elfenjongen Ramik heeft een zorgeloos leventje op het wolkeneiland Lorial. Het enige wat hem stoort, zijn de strenge regels waaraan hij zich moet houden. Dan vallen er mysterieuze gaten in het wolkendek en verschijnt er een monsterlijke vogel in de lucht. Wordt het wolkeneiland aangevallen?Als Ramik stiekem een geheime raadsvergadering afluistert, hoort hij dat het wolkeneiland inderdaad wordt bedreigd. Hij wordt betrapt, maar is verbaasd dat ze in hem ‘de voorganger’ zien: hij moet naar de aarde reizen om te kijken wat daar aan de hand is. Gelukkig krijgt hij gezelschap van een wolkenkind met magische krachten en het merkwaardige wezentje Sloef. Maar of hij aan die laatste nu zoveel heeft?

EDITORIAL REVIEW: *The Scarlet Letter*, by **Nathaniel Hawthorne**, is part of the *Barnes & Noble Classics** *series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of *Barnes & Noble Classics*: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. *Barnes & Noble Classics *pulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. America’s first psychological novel, **Nathaniel Hawthorne’s** *The Scarlet Letter* is a dark tale of love, crime, and revenge set in colonial New England. It revolves around a single, forbidden act of passion that forever alters the lives of three members of a small Puritan community: Hester Prynne, an ardent and fierce woman who bears the punishment of her sin in humble silence; the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a respected public figure who is inwardly tormented by long-hidden guilt; and the malevolent Roger Chillingworth, Hester’s husband—a man who seethes with an Ahab-like lust for vengeance. The landscape of this classic novel is uniquely American, but the themes it explores are universal—the nature of sin, guilt, and penitence, the clash between our private and public selves, and the spiritual and psychological cost of living outside society. Constructed with the elegance of a Greek tragedy, *The Scarlet Letter* brilliantly illuminates the truth that lies deep within the human heart. **Nancy Stade** is trained as a lawyer and has worked in the federal government and the private sector. She currently lives in Mexico, where she is working on a novel.

Will Freeman a világ leggondtalanabb embere: se felesége, se gyereke, de még állása sincsen - vígan éldegél minden idők legnépszerűbb karácsonyi dalának jogdíjaiból, melyet az apja írt valaha. Egyetlen bánata, hogy a nők azt szeretik, ha egy férfinak céljai vannak az életben, ki kell hát találnia valamit, ami a szemükben izgalmassá teszi. Egy egyedülálló apa igazán különleges, sőt hősies színben tűnhet fel előttük, így aztán úgy dönt, gyereke lesz. Persze nem igazából (még csak az kéne!); elvégre egy fiktív gyerek is elég ahhoz, hogy a nőknek imponáljon. Az egyedülálló szülők klubjában azonban - balszerencséjére - nemcsak egy frenetikus szőke nővel ismerkedik meg, hanem egy furcsa, tizenkét éves fiúval is. Ettől kezdve Will, a "szabad ember" már nem is annyira szabad - a különc Marcusnak ugyanis, akit az iskolában módszeresen kínoznak a többiek, az élete függ tőle, hogy valaki végre megtanítsa rá, hogyan kell gyereknek lenni. S ki más lenne erre alkalmasabb, mint Will Freeman, aki igazából sohasem nőtt fel, s ugyanaz tölti ki életét ma is, mint ami egy kamasz fiúét: a rockzene, a foci, a csajok?
Akárcsak a Pop, csajok, satöbbi…-ben, Hornby ezúttal is szellemesen, okosan, élvezetesen ír egyszerű és mégis különös emberek mindannyiunk számára ismerős érzelmeiről és élethelyzeteiről: barátságról, szerelemről, szenvedélyről, magányról, depresszióról. És azért a rockzene témája ebből a regényből sem hiányzik: az események azon a napon vesznek különös fordulatot, amikor öngyilkosságot követ el Kurt Cobain, a Nirvana legendás énekese...

A young noblewoman finds herself when she dons men's armor and goes to the crusades, only to find love in the arms of another woman.