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Focusing on the significance of modernist architecture, this book highlights the twenty-five most important modernist buildings in Curaçao, a style that remains largely unrecognized on the island. Established by the Curaçao chapter of DoCoMoMo in 2008, the nonprofit organization aims to document and conserve modernist heritage. The author seeks to enhance both international awareness and local appreciation of these architectural innovations, showcasing their social relevance and technological advancements.

Celebrated poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan transports you to a world of childhoods by the sea in this warm, darkly funny and sublimely crafted book.

A selection of science-fiction tales from the close of the 'Romantic' period to the end of the First World War. It gathers together classic short stories, from Edgar Allan Poe's playful hoaxes to Gertrude Barrows Bennett's feminist fantasy.

Orrin Porter Rockwell is more than just a deputy United States marshal and a deadly gunfighter. He's a member of the Mormon Danites, the group of enforcers known as the Avenging Angels, and he's the personal troubleshooter for Governor Brigham Young. And when Young sends Rockwell to the rough-and-tumble mining town of Tartarus, there'll be plenty of trouble for him to shoot. A group of Mormon miners has vanished, and before Rockwell uncovers the secret of their disappearance, he'll face deadly danger from all sides. What his adversaries don't know is just how dangerous the Avenging Angel is . . .

The book delves into the FBI's relentless campaign during the Great Depression to capture notorious criminals, including infamous figures like John Dillinger and Bonnie and Clyde. It explores the intense public fascination with these "public enemies" and the FBI's evolving tactics in law enforcement. Through vivid accounts, the narrative highlights the interplay between crime and society during a tumultuous era in American history, showcasing how these figures became legendary in the face of the FBI's pursuit.

For fans of true crime, this fourth entry in the Profiles in Crime series presents history’s most “elite” serial killers—master murderers who stretched the psychic envelope and racked up the largest number of victims. Historical in scope and international in breadth, this collection of true-crime stories chronicles 15 of the most infamous “extreme killers” who ever lived—those with the largest number of confirmed kills, in many cases more than 50. The subjects range from 15th-century French child killer Gilles de Rais, purportedly the model for the folk legend of “Bluebeard,” to Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole, who inspired the film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer; to Samuel Little, America’s most prolific serial killer with 60 confirmed and 93 claimed murdered, to Mikhail Popkov, dubbed “The Werewolf” by Russian media for having slain more than 70 women between 1992 and 2010.

Largely forgotten now, Frankie Yale was an influential New York mobster of the early 20th century whose proteges included future leaders of New York's five Mafia families and Chicago's outfit. Despite Yale's prominence during his life, this is the first biography to survey his life and career. číst celé

Two survivors, driven by a fierce desire for revenge, navigate a treacherous landscape filled with danger and betrayal. Their journey explores themes of resilience and the moral complexities of vengeance, as they confront their pasts and the choices that led them to this point. The gripping narrative delves into their evolving relationship and the lengths they will go to achieve their goals, ultimately questioning whether revenge can bring closure or only further pain.

A puddle, lighthouses, the financial crisis (in three parts) or seeing a goal scored from a passing train, these typically sharp-eyed and brilliantly inventive McMillan poems often can't help being very funny, while also being, as usual, more serious than they seem, and more hurt.