As well as relating the story, the authors explore the circumstances that enabled such crimes to be committed. Unregulated “adoption” was a widely acknowledged problem. The Child Protection Act did not yet exist. In Mrs. Dyer's case, though, such shameless profiteering did not, ultimately, go unpunished: the police finally located Mrs. Dyer, kept her under surveillance and then mounted a "sting" operation, using a young woman to pose as a potential customer. Amelia Dyer was arrested when she opened her front door to find two policemen on her doorstep. Finally confessing, she said, "You'll know all mine by the tape around their necks." She was hanged in 1896.

Woman Who Murdered Babies for Money: The Story of Amelia Dyer

Biographies & Memoirs

Rattle, Alison

Historical

Andre Deutsch

From pilgrims to pioneers to flappers . . . from Plymouth Rock to Pearl Harbor–the history of America in bite-size chunks How did the conquistadors first stumble across America–and what were the Spanish looking for anyway? What was the Dred Scott Supreme Court case and how did it affect the Civil War? And while some of us may indeed remember the Alamo, why were we once urged to “Remember the Maine”? Here, in chronological order, is a rollicking tour of American history from Columbus’s arrival through Nixon’s resignation, including details about the early colonists, Manifest Destiny, the Civil War–from Southern secession to the surrender at Appomattox–and the nation’s plunge into World War I and the end of U.S. isolationism. It’s the perfect refresher for all the things we learned in school but may have forgotten since. In concise, highly readable chapters, Remember the Alamo!tells the most exciting story in the world: the story of America–home of Ben Franklin and Al Capone, Abe Lincoln and Rosa Parks, a nation with a passion and a gift for making history to this day.

Remember the Alamo: Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About American History with All the Boring Bits Taken Out

History

Vale, Allison

Americas

DELACORTE PRESS

Hell House & Other True Hauntings From Around the World

Barnes&Noble

Throughout history, some royal rulers were wise and just; others, well, they were just plain loony. From the inbred and mentally deficient to the delusional and the criminally insane, those royal eccentrics come to life here. Some are well-known, like Ivan the Terrible” of Russia, who enjoyed torturing both animals and people for sport. Others were less famous, but no less twisted, including Hungary’s Erzsebet Bathory, who believed she could improve her complexion by bathing in the blood of young girls. And before he became an unhinged sultan at age 25, Mustafa I of Turkey was kept in a cage by his ruling brother. Some 40 mad rulers are profiled in all, making this the greatest collection of raving royals ever assembled.

Mad Kings & Queens: History's Most Famous Raving Royals

Leaders & Notable People

Union Square & Co.

The chilling title of this hair-raising volume refers to the real-life Hell House of New Orleansa mansion haunted by the ghosts of tortured and murdered slaves. But that’s only one of the 43 forbidding locations documented within these pages. Bold readers are invited to go on a world-spanning tour of haunted places, to meet ghosts, apparitions, and spirits such as the Windigo of the remote Canadian forests, which possesses unwary travelers and compels them to eat human flesh. Here also are such horrors as the moving coffins of Barbados, the Hungry Ghosts of China, and other bizarre manifestations of the spirit world. Truly a feast of shudders and thrills for all fans of the supernatural.

Hell House & Other True Hauntings from Around the World

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

A gripping, moving, and haunting Victorian drama from a debut author. When 15-year-old Queenie escapes from the squalid slums of 19th-century London, she has no idea about the dangers of the dark world she is about to become embroiled in. Initially thrilled at being taken on as a maid for the seemingly respectable Waters sisters, Queenie comes to realize that something is very wrong with the dozens of strangely silent babies being "adopted" into the household. Meanwhile, lonely and unloved 16-year-old Ellen is delighted when her handsome and charming young cousin Jacob is sent to live with her family. She thinks she has finally found a man to fall in love with and rely on, but when Jacob cruelly betrays her she finds herself once again at the mercy of her cold-hearted father. Soon the girls' lives become irrevocably entwined in this tension-filled drama. The Quietness is a novel of friendship and trust in the darkest of settings.

The Quietness

Teen & Young Adult

Historical Fiction

Hot Key Books

The perfect gift for anyone struggling through their middle ages, including the friend who still thinks the 20-something at the next table is staring at them. If you're finding that youth is no longer on your side, it might be time to curl up with this hilarious collection of stories, quotes and quips.

You Know You Are Middle Aged When...: Cougars, Corvettes, Chemical Peels, and Other Ways to Survive Your Midlife Crisi

Parenting & Relationships

Readers' Digest

An entertaining and informative romp through America’s history, without the boring bits. For most people the details of the American Revolution, the history of Thanksgiving and the Battle of the Alamo are sketchy at best. However, help is at hand. Remember the Alamo? contains all the American history you learnt at school and promptly forgot, and perhaps some things that you were never taught in the first place. Broken down into easily digested bite-sized chunks, this book will teach you the basics of over 150 key events from Columbus to Nixon and from cowboys to cosmonauts. This helpful guide assumes no other knowledge of world history and doesn't contain anything but the most salient points, so that anyone can become clued up on the history of one of the world's most developed nations. Concise and informative, yet entertaining and engagingly written, Remember the Alamo? contains everything you will ever need to know about the United States.

Remember the Alamo?: American History in Bite-Sized Chunks

Michael O"Mara

Mothers Wit

Family Relationships

Prion Books Ltd

More than 1,500 amusing, interesting, and thought-provoking sayings and quotations on all aspects of aging are gathered in this collection. "I truly believe if you think yourself young, you'll convince others too. It's largely a matter of mind over cellulite." Penny Thornton. "Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to." Bill Vaughn. "People started to tell me that I wasn't young anymore early on in my career. When, at twenty-five, I told a Hollywood producer my age, he informed me cynically, Twenty-five? Honey, that's not young in this town anymore." Joan Collins, The Art of Living Well.

Wrinklies Wiser & Wittier: A Whimsical Collection of Quotations from Entertainingly Experienced Individuals

Prion

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