A fascinating new look at the history of this town in Derbyshire.

A former United Church minister massacres his family. What led to this act of femicide, and why were his victims forgotten? On May 2, 1963, Robert Killins, a former United Church minister, slaughtered every woman in his family but one. She (and her brother) lived to tell the story of what motivated a talented man who had been widely admired, a scholar and graduate from Queen’s University, to stalk and terrorize the women in his family for almost twenty years and then murder them. Through extensive oral histories, Cook and Carson painstakingly trace the causes of a femicide in which four women and two unborn babies were murdered over the course of one bloody evening. While they situate this murderous rampage in the literature on domestic abuse and mass murders, they also explore how the two traumatized child survivors found their way back to health and happiness. Told through vivid first-person accounts, this family memoir explores how a murderer was created.

The Revolution of 1861

Time travel messes with your mind and your heart. That's what you'll discover in The Hampton Summit, the first book in The Castleton Series, an eight-book romantic/adventure saga. The series takes to the dawn of humanity, into the distant future, and ends up where it began - messing with your mind all the way. The Castleton Series is the story of young teens Mike Castleton and Allie Tymoshenko. They meet and become friends. As they grow older they fall in love, but are star-crossed. They were born seven generations apart. In The Hampton Summit Mike Castleton and his friends Nick and Patrick are recruited by time travelers to prevent a murder that was not supposed to happen. A trio of renegades from the future intends to kill a wheelchair-bound scientist before he can share a discovery that creates a peaceful future. The killers will rearrange the past and dominate the chaotic world they create. The boys travel forward in time to be trained at the Time Institute. There, Mike meets fellow cadet Allie Tymoshenko. Allie realizes that when grown, the boy from the past will become Captain Mike of the band the Sirens and will set off a revolution in music known as Chamber Rock. Allie can never tell him about his future and the mystery surrounding Captain Mike; at the peak of his career he disappears.

A detailed history of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, from its settlement in the early 19th century. Covers general history, political history, business and industrial interests, social history, architecture and the history of each township within Marion County.

Plagues in World History provides a concise, comparative world history of catastrophic infectious diseases, including plague, smallpox, tuberculosis, cholera, influenza, and AIDS. Geographically, these diseases have spread across the entire globe; temporally, they stretch from the sixth century to the present. John Aberth considers not only the varied impact that disease has had upon human history but also the many ways in which people have been able to influence diseases simply through their cultural attitudes toward them. The author argues that the ability of humans to alter disease, even without the modern wonders of antibiotic drugs and other medical treatments, is an even more crucial lesson to learn now that AIDS, swine flu, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, and other seemingly incurable illnesses have raged worldwide. Aberth's comparative analysis of how different societies have responded in the past to disease illuminates what cultural approaches have been and may continue to be most effective in combating the plagues of today.

From the award-wining author of 'Lady of the Butterflies, ' 'Bloodline' and 'Pales as the Dead.' * A missing singer * A doomed love story * A family split by secrets & lies 1967: Enigmatic young folk singer Molly Marrison disappears on the cusp of fame. 2002: Silva is working as a housemaid at Chatsworth House when her father suddenly dies, leaving her with one instruction - find Molly. The only clue is a haunting song, centuries old, that Molly recorded before she vanished. Silva needs the help of song collector, Robbie Nightingale. Silva and Robbi were teenage sweethearts, but they've not spoken for decades. If they try to find Molly, what else will they discover? For Molly is not the only girl to have disappeared. Silva's mother, Sukey, vanished when Silva was a child, leaving her with scars that Robbie once tried but failed to heal.