Arcturus imprint: 479 books
Public Executions: From Ancient Rome to the Present Day
From Ancient Rome to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006
Societies throughout history have adopted many and varied methods of meting out the ultimate sanction of capital punishment to their more unruly members. Although a number of countries across the globe still execute their own citizens, on occasion in public, the modern world in general views execution...
Evil Wives [Fully Illustrated]
Deadly Women Whose Crimes Knew No Limits [Fully Illustrated]
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Evil Wives focuses on the horrible crimes committed by women. Included are those such as Rosemary West, Myra Hindley and Karla Homolka who engaged with their partners in the most horrific crimes, as well as those who preyed upon their spouses or fiancés. Among the 36 murderers covered are: Pamela...
The Tudors
The Kings and Queens of England's Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
The Tudor dynasty presided over one of the most dynamic periods in English history, an era that witnessed courtly conspiracies and public executions, religious reformation and exploration. Its fearsome monarchs transformed England from a minor medieval kingdom into a major player on the world stage.
The...
Absolute Power
The Real Lives of Europe’s Most Infamous Rulers
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2006
Here, 75 succinct essays cover European royalty from the last king of Rome to Tsar Nicholas II. There is an enduring public interest in royalty and dictatorial rulers: this book covers all of them comprehensively. Far more than just sensational accounts, the book makes a genuine attempt to understand...
Conspiracy
History’s Greatest Plots, Collusions and Cover-Ups
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
22 November 1963: Dallas, Texas. US President John F Kennedy is assassinated as his motorcade passes through the city's streets. The assassin is soon captured, and revealed to be disaffected Communist sympathizer Lee Harvey Oswald. Did Oswald act alone, or did he have help? Is the Bilderberg Group simply...
Hauntings: True Stories of Unquiet Spirits
True Stories of Unquiet Spirits
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2008
Hauntings is a fascinating investigation of the 21st-century spirits that roam our cities, suburbs and shopping malls. Paul Roland, author of The Complete Book of Ghosts and Investigating the Unexplained, unearths disturbing new evidence that reveals how restless spirits are not confined to crumbling...
Ghosts
An Exploration of the Spirit World, From Apparitions to Haunted Places
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Ghosts, spirits, and the science of contacting the dead through séances have long held people's attention. The book includes a vast store of material on all these topics. Other topics include famous haunted sites, from historical sites to Hollywood; out-of-body experiences (and how to have them); famous ghost hunters throughout the ages, and masses of spine-tingling case studies and stories.
Ghosts and the Spirit World
True cases of hauntings and visitations from the earliest records to the present day
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Can ghostly arms really appear out of walls? How do you explain the sudden appearance of a shadowy figure in a doorway? Do guardian angels really exist? Throughout history, ghostly visitations have exerted a powerful grip on the public imagination, but the present-day accounts in Ghosts and the Spirit...
The Crimes of Jack the Ripper
The Whitechapel Murders Re-Examined
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
More than a century after he stalked the streets of London's East End, Jack the Ripper continues to exert a macabre fascination on the popular imagination. After scrupulously re-examining official documents of the time, investigative journalist Paul Roland strips away decades of myth and misconceptions...
Crop Circles
Signs, Wonders and Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2009
Each summer all over the world, gigantic and magnificent works of art are sculpted in fields of wheat, barley and other crops. Usually formed under the veil of darkness, in the few short hours between sunset and sunrise, they become visible as the mists of early morning evaporate under the rays of the...
The Daredevil Book for Cats
What Cats Really Think!
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Have you ever tried working out what goes on in the mind of a cat? Cats are an enigma within a mystery wrapped up in a glossy coat and curled up by the fire. But The Daredevil Book for Cats is here to spill the beans. Companion volume to The Daredevil Book for Dogs, and no more sensible (that's a promise).
by Nigel Cawthorne
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Kings & Queens of England is an entertaining account of the larger-than-life characters that have ruled England through the ages. Divided into easy-reference chapters based on the ruling dynasties of England, it follows the fascinating history of monarchs from the first Saxon kings to the Windsors of...
by Nigel Cawthorne
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
When Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939, nothing like it had ever been seen before. Heralded by the insidious whine of Stuka dive-bombers, seven divisions of Panzers rolled across the border supported by motorized infantry. While tanks were punching gaping holes through Polish lines and racing...
Victory in Europe: D-Day to the fall of Berlin
D-Day to the Fall of Berlin
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2005
By midnight on 6 June 1944, the future of Europe hung in the balance. Allied troops occupied beachheads as Hitler's troops threatened to drive them back into the sea. Karen Farrington presents this remarkable story of the final Allied liberation and the push through to Berlin, the beating heart of the Third Reich.