Biography: business & industry

Paul Mason's father was a policeman. He was also a member of a sadistic paedophile ring that operated on the outskirts of Carlisle. He would keep Paul locked up and naked in a tiny cupboard under the stairs of their home before sexually abusing him. This cycle of abuse continued for several years and also affected his brother. The cupboard became a horrific prison where fear and terror filled his every moment. The Cupboard Under the Stairs is a story of abuse at the mercy of a group consisting o. ..More

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MEET EL SICARIO. A fugitive in the US with a $250,000 price tag on his head. He has executed hundreds of people, is an expert in torture, spent years working for the state police, and received training from the FBI. In grim and graphic detail he offers a series of confessions: -- Why he first became involved with the cartels and how they operate -- The most effective way to torture your victim -- The corrosive experience of looking into someone's eyes as you strangle them to death To read this b. ..More

I looked in the mirror one morning, and saw the face of a stranger. Who was she, this haggard, bun-faced woman with the softening jawline, the downturned mouth, the world-weary air of a woman who hasn't had what she wanted from life, and knows she isn't going to get it now? Why, it was no one else but me, myself and I'. Middle age took Jane Shilling by surprise. She hadn't seen it coming, and she certainly wasn't ready for it. Living a flawed, bittersweet version of the idyll she dreamed of in h. ..More

When she was four, Helen Parry Jones realised that she could see things that other people could not - like the animals she played with and the silent man in army uniform who sat in her grandmother's sitting room. But it wasn't until she met her Guardian Guide Sam and had regular tutorials from him did she start to understand the significance of what she had been experiencing. Because Helen can see and communicate with spirit and angels, through them she has developed naturally the extraordinary. ..More

Criminals are not born in a vacuum, and Frank Lucas is no exception. At the age of six he watched his cousin die in a lynching and in that moment of Southern brutality, Frank Lucas, notorious gangster, billion-dollar-heroin importer and true-life inspiration for the film "American Gangster" was born. "Original Gangster" is the story of the most notorious black gangster to ever rule the streets of New York. He went from running numbers in the 50s, to importing millions of dollars of heroin in the. ..More

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As a young schoolboy, David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer, and was signed up by his beloved West Ham United, but as a teenager he developed a passion for music which set him on a very different path, and ultimately led to superstardom. It wasn't, however, an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog, and he endured many disappointments. Then aged 23, he went along to an audition for a new musical called Godspell and won the role of Jesus th. ..More

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