Four Americans—a twenty-year-old social outcast, a breezily iconoclastic Army officer, a ruthless US senator, and a guilt-ridden heiress—are inexorably drawn together in their struggles to deal with America's chaotic involvement in World War I. Their interwoven destinies lead from poverty-stricken slums through the opulence of 1917–1918 Washington, London, and Paris and, climactically, into the Western Front's vicious aerial combat, which establishes the matrix for all air warfare to come....

Hootenville, Pennsylvania, looks like any conventional company town, but beneath its placid surface throbs a network of violence, blackmail, and murder. It takes a sharp ex–Army spy to coolly fit the puzzle together, exposing the game of terror, intrigue, and cunning known as industrial espionage.Paul Dexter was once an Army counterintelligence spy in Munich, but he gave it up to offer his wife and family a more stable home life. Now he's punching in at a middle-American plastics c...

The shocking true story of one of America’s most gruesome and unforgettable serial killers.In the quiet town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, police uncovered a house of horrors—furniture made from human skin, skulls turned into bowls, and a hidden life of unimaginable depravity. At the center was Ed Gein, a reclusive farmer whose crimes would horrify a nation and shape the darkest corners of true crime history.This gripping account delves into Ge...

Born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1950, Christina Lindberg began nude modelling for men's magazines around 1968, first in Swedish publications such as FIB Aktuellt, and then in more international magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse. This lead to appearances in a succession of sexploitation and exploitation movies, the best of which date from 1970 to 1974. Her film career trailed off after an experience during the production of a hardcore porn film by Gerard Damiano; Lindberg quit during film...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.He seemed quiet. Polite. Ordinary. But behind Jeffrey Dahmer’s disarming smile was a dark and horrifying secret—one that shocked the world when it was finally uncovered. Jeffrey Dahmer: The Gruesome True Crime Story of the Cannibal Serial Killer is a chilling deep dive into the mind and methods of one of the most disturbing killers in modern history.Between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer lured young men and boys...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Anonymous texts. A town on edge. A teenager’s worst fear turned real.When a wave of threatening messages hits Beal City High, friendships collapse and parents panic. The sender knows secrets only insiders should know—who was at which party, who’s been skipping class, who’s desperate to keep a past mistake buried. What starts as “pranks” spirals into stalking, coercion, and reputations destroyed.Beal City Cat...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.On the morning of December 26, 1996, six-year-old JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in the basement of her family's upscale Boulder, Colorado home. The gruesome discovery, just hours after Christmas, sparked one of the most infamous and baffling true crime cases in American history.The JonBenét Ramsey Murder: A Child Beauty Queen and a Christmas Crime That Shook America takes listeners deep into the heart ...

The latter part of the 1960s saw the advent of a small, short-lived genre of Vietnam War-related cinema – the “peacenik/draft-dodger†movie, in which student anti-war demonstrations and ruses used by America’s youth to avoid conscription were used as plot devices in films ranging from the underground to teen exploitation and arthouse productions. WHITE RIOT looks at a whole range of these films, including works by Martin Scorsese, Brian de Palma, Andy Warhol, John Lennon, and Kenneth...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.For nearly two decades, a shadow stalked the hills of Tuscany. Lovers disappeared in the night, their bodies discovered in the countryside outside Florence—killed with precision, ritual, and rage. The Monster of Florence: The Shocking True-Crime Cold Case That Still Haunts Italy unravels one of the most chilling and baffling serial murder cases in European history.Between 1968 and 1985, eight couples we...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.On a December night in 1991, Austin, Texas was shattered by one of the most horrifying crimes in its history. Four teenage girls—best friends and sisters—were found brutally murdered inside a small yogurt shop, their lives stolen in a crime so shocking it sent waves of fear across the community and the nation.Four Girls, One Night takes listeners deep into the chilling details of the Austin Yogurt Shop ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In March 1998, 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley vanished without a trace from the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Rhapsody of the Seas, en route to Curaçao. Her disappearance remains one of the most baffling and heartbreaking unsolved cases in modern true crime.Amy was last seen on the balcony of her family’s cabin in the early morning hours. Not long after, she was gone. Although a massive search involving the ship’s crew and ...

LAS HURDES (1932), the third film by Spanish director Luis Buñuel, is now regarded as the first ever “surrealist documentaryâ€. Buñuel’s view of the impoverished and disease-stricken land of the blighted Hurdanos is filled with grotesque and repellent images. This special ebook companion to LAS HURDES features the first-ever English translation of the film’s ironic commentary, accompanied by rare photographic illustrations; plus two revelatory essays on the art of film-making by Buñ...