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Discover the darker side of Halifax with this chilling collection of true-life murders from the town's past. Featuring all factions of the criminal underworld, this macabre selection of tales includes the case of a husband who boasted that he had played 'Jack the Ripper' after slitting his wife's throat, a mother who murdered her two children and a man who was bludgeoned to death in a newspaper office. Drawing on a wide variety of historical sources and containing many cases which have never before been published, Halifax Murders will fascinate everyone interested in true crime and the hi

In Two Shining Souls, Cracraft explores the decades-long encounter of Jane Addams (1860-1935), the famous American social reformer and peace activist, with Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), the acclaimed Russian writer and sage. This hitherto untold story highlights the crisis in global pacifism precipitated by World War I. Never before had the quest for international peace seemed more promising; never since, in the wake of World War II, the Cold War, and the "War on Terror", has it seemed more impossible. Yet perhaps the story of

Prefacio / Jürgen Christian Mertens -- Prólogo / Hans-Peter Knudsen Quevedo -- Estado del arte -- Introducción -- Relaciones del Estado colombiano con Alemania : doscientos años de amistad y cooperación / Julio Roballo Lozano -- Las misiones pedagógicas alemanas y la formación de las escuelas normales : el hilo conductor de la modernidad en Colombia / Enrique Serrano -- Humboldt en Colombia / Juan Esteban Constaín -- Los aportes de Geo von Lengerke al desarrollo comercial y empresarial del estado soberano de Santander (1850-1882) / Álvaro Pablo Ortiz -- La recepción de la filosofía alemana en Colombia : breve historia del profundo impacto del pensamiento alemán en la conciencia filosófica nacional / Enver Torregroza Lara, Javier Cárdenas Díaz

Preface -- 1. Fuqua's vision / Chelsea Mathews, Lauren Kellums, and Scott Hudson -- 2. The war years from downtown Augusta / Ron Hickerson and Daniel Barber -- 3. Augusta's tower of strength / by Jacquelyn Pabon, JoBen Rivera-Thompson and Jillian Hobday -- 4. The rise of rock and the decline of WGAC / John-Michael Garner ... [et al.] -- 5. Marching back to success with George Fisher and Pat Mulherin / Travis Highfield and David Lee -- 6. From insomniac radio back to the top / John-Michael Garner and Kristin Hawkins -- Epilogue / Abigail Blankenship ... [et al.]

COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- CONTENTS -- RAF FIGHTER COMMAND IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD -- RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING -- EQUIPMENT: FLYING CLOTHING AND UNIFORM -- AIRCRAFT OF FIGHTER COMMAND -- ON CAMPAIGN: CONDITIONS IN THEATRE -- BELIEF AND BELONGING -- EXPERIENCE OF BATTLE: TACTICS OF AIR COMBAT -- MUSEUMS AND SURVIVING AIRCRAFT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- IMPRINT