Doctor Poison. The Extraordinary Career of Dr George Henry Lamson, Victorian Poisoner Par Excellence, Paperback - Jan Bondeson

One of the most notorious Victorian murders was committed by Dr George Henry Lamson, who stood trial in 1882 for poisoning his crippled brother-in-...

Schoolboy. Poisoner. Serial killer. The extraordinary story of Graham Young, teacup poisoner.Publisher: John Blake Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Carol A...

The ghoulish handiwork of nineteenth-century London - the rivals of the Ripper.Illustrations: 171 Illustrations, black and white

DescriptionThis book makes use of a privately held archive of Illustrated Police News to describe strange, macabre, and uncanny episodes from the V...

Which of Edinburgh's most gruesome murders has happened in your street? And were they committed by Burke and Hare, by the Stockbridge Baby-Farmer, ...

The chilling tale of The Teacup Poisoner, Graham Young.

Reducere. Known in Britain at least since the 1730s, Newfoundland dogs have been highly regarded for their bravery, intelligence and water rescue ability. Th...

Reducere. In this book of amazing oddities, Jan Bondeson explores unexpected, gruesome, and bizarre aspects of the history of medicine. He regales us with st...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): Jan BondesonIllustration(s): 64 colourNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 176 x 242 x 3Co...

Journalist, activist, and adventurer, Jane Wood Reno (1913-1992) was one of the most groundbreaking and colourful American women of the twentieth c...

Reducere. This text exaimines the medical, historical and folklore literature on the subject of being buried alive and explores why fears of premature burial...

Reducere. A successor to his popular book A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities, this new collection of essays by Jan Bondeson illustrates various anomalies of hu...

Part manual and part manifesto, Letters to a Young Doctor is a timely and passionate book to help future medical students and young doctors navigat...

Reducere. During his life time George Washington Carver was referred to as the black Leonardo da Vinci. His research into alternative crops to replace cotton...

Reducere. During his life time George Washington Carver was referred to as the black Leonardo da Vinci. His research into alternative crops to replace cotton...

Publisher: Stackpole BooksAuthor(s): Edward Farley AldrichIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Halftones, Black & White including Black & W...

Reducere. Dogs have a cherished role as close companions, and their sometimes startling abilities have been a never-ending source of fascination for their ob...

'A Victorian Tragedy', for the first time, describes how the landmark court case of Banks v Goodfellow (1870) came about, what happened to the prot...

In Extraordinary Interiors In Colour, self-confessed colour addicts Jane Rockett and Lucy St George follow on from their best-selling first book by...

Self-acknowledged 'design junkies' Lucy St George and Jane Rockett launched their online interiors store in 2007. Ten years on, Rockett St George h...

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A witty and touching account of ten inspirational figures that makes us reconsider conventional ideas of the fifties woman.

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Jane Pinny has moved to the very grand Lytton House to be a Maid Of All Work. But when a priceless jade necklace belonging to the lady of the house...

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction an...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The true story of the little-known mental-health pioneer who revolutionized how we see the defining problem of our era: anxiety. Panic, depression,...

Reducere. " Dramatic, moving, and packed with fascinating elephant facts, young readers will find inspiration and excitement on every page." --Sy Montgomery,...

Dr. Jam: The Kid Doctor of Education chronicles all that is brown boy joy with six-year-old Jamison, "Dr. Jam, " who dreams of becoming the Doctor ...

George Michael is the single most played artist on UK radio for the last two decades. He has sold 100 million albums world-wide and had seven UK nu...

"Framed around one salacious trial in 1891 London, a fascinating and vividly told true-crime narrative about the hunt for one of the first known se...

This highly praised biography is the first to explore fully the way in which her painful early life and rejection by her brother Isaac in particula...

Reducere. The Administrative Field is Evolving...Are You? Within just the past few decades, the admin field has experienced dramatic changes. The tools of th...

In this concise text, the distinguished American philosopher John Dewey compiled excerpts from the massive Progress and Poverty to provide those un...

"A tour de force of storytelling. One of the best books I've read this year. Dean Jobb breathes new life into Cream's victims--who they were, where...

After a recent daring escape attempt, Zak Nine and his Quom friend Erro are imprisoned in the most inescapable region of Alcatraz. The boys are loc...

In the summer of 1839, Henry Layard--just twenty-two years old--left England for eastern Europe and distant lands of the Ottoman Empire. He had nev...

The brand new Year Three comic adventures of the critically acclaimed Twelfth Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi!First, it's the return of fan-favorit...

A fascinating biography of the life of the Tudor woman who almost became Henry VIII's seventh wife.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): David B...

DescriptionPerfect for fans of Laura Levine and Stephanie Barron, Elizabeth Blake's Jane Austen Society mystery debut is a mirthfully morbid merger...

Dr Gramshaw was a successful family doctor in Yorkshire for thirty-five years, until his final desperate actions brought his professional and perso...

A new and original adventure for the 12th Doctor and Clara, as played by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman. Exclusive to audio. 1 CD. Running time: 1...

Reducere. Magdalen College, where C.S. Lewis taught in Oxford, was an appropriate site for the "Informing the Inklings" conference hosted by the George MacDo...

A powerful first-hand account of working for the NHS, both before and during the Covid-19 epidemic.Publisher: Bonnier Books LtdAuthor(s): Dr Max Sk...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

An illustrated history of the evolution of British women's cycle wear.The bicycle in Victorian Britain is often celebrated as a vehicle of women's ...

Some children at The Fairbrother Academy don’t want to learn. They like to push their classmates in the playground and call them bad names. Alice i...