I had to lie to do my job, to stay alive, but when you become an expert at deceiving the people you love, how can you trust yourself?'John' is the UK's most successful undercover police operative, who took on cases no one else would. Invisible to you or I, 'John' worked in the most extreme circumstances, taking down drug gangs, murderers, firearms dealers and even serial killers.In a twenty-year career, amid staggering deep cover operations, 'John' has taken on cou...

Discover the Rich Heritage of the Philippines with "Philippine Folk Tales" – A Journey into the Heart of Filipino Culture"Philippine Folk Tales" is a captivating collection that brings to life the vibrant stories, legends, and myths of the Philippines. This anthology offers readers a window into the diverse cultural tapestry of the Filipino people, showcasing tales passed down through generations. Each story is a reflection of the Philippines' rich history, beliefs, and values, blending el...

The brutally brilliant prequel to Diary of an Oxygen Thief.Shame is an acquired taste. Nobody knows this better than the young anonymous narrator subjected to repeated instances of sexual abuse, parental beatings and gleefully administered psychological cruelty. After some formative missteps in Zambia and France he arrives in London where he finds the perfect enabler for his shame habit. A career in advertising. Brilliant, depraved and unexpectedly sophisticated The Sh...

What happens when the very same system designed to protect children fails? That’s exactly what is happening right now in the UK family courts in cases of Parental Alienation, a form of post-divorce abuse. Cafcass define Parental Alienation as ‘when a child’s resistance or hostility towards one parent is not justified and is the result of psychological manipulation by the other parent’; yet experts, therapists and social workers are not trained to assess or deal with cases involving Parenta...

While I was amusing myself by watching the titmice, Harry, who had rambled on a little way, came running back to ask me what the funny thing could be that he had found. It was a mole that had been caught in a trap, and was dangling in the air with a swarm of bees around. I told Harry that the moles are blind, or nearly so, and that they live under the ground, and do great good to the farmers by eating the slugs and other things that destroy the corn; but that they turn up such great mounds...

LONG, LONG AGO, in ancient times, there lived a King and Queen, And for the blessing of a child their longing sore had been:At last, a little daughter fair, to their great joy, was given,And to the christening feast they made, they bade the Fairies seven—The Fairies seven, who loved the land—that they the child might bless,Yet one old Fairy they left out, in pure forgetfulness.And at the feast, the dishes fair were of the reddest gold;But when the...

These tales are translated from a variety of authors.The translator has been chiefly led to the task by the hope of composing an entertaining volume out of materials not generally accessible. The works in which many of them are found, are by no means common, and the indelicacy with which almost all collections of Italian tales are polluted, deservedly excludes them from general perusal. Such care has, however, been employed in the following selection, and such liberties taken with ...

MORE than a thousand years have rolled away since a castle looked down cheerfully from a height amid the Franconian plains into the well-watered Kinzig Valley, with its pleasant villages and towns.It belonged to the powerful Swabian duke Frederick of Hohenstaufen, whose young and valiant son loved this the best of all his father's proud castles, and often left his uncle's splendid palace to hunt in its forests, or to look down from its lofty oriel window on the blooming plain below....

WHILE I was engaged in writing the following brief work, again and again the question arose in my mind, “Can I make subjects so deep and difficult really interesting and intelligible to the young? The importance of reading Old Testament types in the light thrown on them by the Gospel cannot, indeed, be overrated, especially in these perilous times; but can a child be taught thus to read them?”The attempt thus to teach is made in the following pages; and I would earnestly request pa...

TRY to be like JESUSThe Bible tells of Jesus,So gentle and so meek;I'll try to be like JesusIn ev'ry word I speak.For Jesus, too, was loving,His words were always kind;I'll try to be like JesusIn thought and word and mind.I long to be like Jesus,Who said "I am the Truth;"Then I will give my heart to him,Now, in my early youth.—Lillian Payson.THERE was once a time when there was no Christm...

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When Harry teaches the young Frank the powers of mesmerism (hypnotism), he finds that he can use his new-found skill to a particularly libidinous end. With the correct sentence, Frank is able to make those under his spell act out the most provocative of practices and even lewder displays of fornication.Soon he becomes so adept at his skill that the participants freely engage and yearn for the kind of sexual release their subconscious could only yearn for. Frank is indeed intent on providin...