Risultati per "Jack" in Biografie e memorie

Jack lo Squartatore è stato il primo serial killer dell'età moderna: da quei lontani e fumosi giorni del 1888 a oggi il suo nome è diventato una leggenda, i suoi omicidi brutali oltre ogni immaginazione sono diventati un paradigma del male. Dopo aver seminato il terrore nell'East End londinese con i suoi crimini bestiali, lo Squartatore infatti è entrato nell'immaginario collettivo e, nonostante l'inaudita efferatezza delle sue azioni, oggi è addirittura un'icona pop, con tanto di tour operator che organizzano escursioni nei luoghi dei suoi delitti.

Londra, 1888. Un enigmatico serial killer terrorizza i quartieri degradati di Whitechapel, avvicinando prostitute che poi sventra senza pietà. Dallas, 1963. lI presidente Kennedy viene ucciso mentre la sua auto attraversa la città. Dopo soli tre giorni anche il suo assassino viene eliminato. Parigi, 1703. Alla Bastiglia muore un prigioniero costretto da trent'anni a indossare una maschera che gli nasconde il volto. Ekaterinburg, 1918. Nicola Il e la sua famiglia vengono trucidati e sepolti in un luogo misterioso.

Jack London scrive questa "Autobiografia alcoolica" nei primi mesi del 1912, qualche anno prima della sua controversa e prematura morte, ancora avvolta nel mistero: un'overdose "volontaria" di antidolorifici, un'intossicazione o un definitivo attacco di sifilide? È comunque il momento di una pesante ricaduta nel vizio del bere. Subito dopo un tormentato viaggio a New York, lo scrittore, completamente sbronzo, decide di rasarsi a zero i capelli.

Londra, estate 1888. Mentre i flussi migratori rendono Londra una delle prime metropoli globali, tra le strade affollate dei sobborghi dell'East End un corpo martoriato segna il passaggio tra un prima ed un dopo. Perchè quello che sembra un normale delitto a danno di una sventurata del quartiere, rappresenta invece il primo di una lunga serie. Il primo atto compiuto da colui che passerà alla storia come il primo serial killer moderno, l'assassino di Withechapel, lo sventratore dell'East End o, più semplicemente, "Jack lo Squartatore". CasoZero Media presenta "JACK!", un nuovo podcast crime ...

Before McDonald's and Holiday Inn, Jack was on the road with his friends, when interstate highways were a novelty and going coast to coast was just for fun. Jack was pre-Vietnam, more 1950s edgy than 1960s politically correct. He loved Keats and Eliot as he sang the praises of the Odes and "The Wasteland", bars and saloons, writers and barkeeps - all about equally, according to the author, who narrates about his short time with Jack on the road.

The obituary page of The New York Times is a celebration of extraordinary lives. This groundbreaking package includes 300 obits of the most important and fascinating obituaries the Times has ever published. The obituary page is the section many readers first turn to not only see who died, but to...

In a skillfully produced and cast audio performance, Alan C. Duncan is able to narrow in on one of the more powerful and effective literary mentorships of the 20th century, that of C.S. Lewis and a critical influence in his faith and life, G.K. Chesterton.

Jack London’ın yarı otobiyografik bu eseri, alkolle kurduğu yıkıcı ilişkiyi ve içsel çatışmalarını anlatır. Açık ve çarpıcı bir itiraf niteliğindedir.

Jack Ruby changed history with one bold, violent action: killing accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on live TV two days after the November 22, 1963, murder of President John F. Kennedy. But who was Jack Ruby—and how did he come to be in that spot on that day? As we approach the sixtieth anniversaries of the murders of Kennedy and Oswald, Jack Ruby’s motives are as maddeningly ambiguous today as they were the day that he pulled the trigger. The fascinating yet frustrating thing about Ruby is that there is evidence to paint him as at least two different people.

After the Force is a unique and intriguing book where stories are told from the perspective of first contact at crime scenes as observed by police officers who have served in municipal, provincial, and federal police services.

“Jack The Enforcer” dives into the compelling life and legacy of Jack Whalen, a man often misunderstood as a contract killer but whose true identity lies in his heroic deeds during World War II. This book is a journey through Jack’s life, starting with his birth into the esteemed Whalen and Wunderlich Clan, highlighting the influences of his upbringing that shaped his character.

I Malexander i södra Östergötland den 28 maj 1999 hände det som inte får hända. Polismännen Robert Karlström och Olle Borén blir kallblodigt mördade av en nazistisk rånartrio -- Tony Olsson, Andreas Axelsson och Jackie Arklöv. De tre rånarna dömdes till livstids fängelse -- mot sitt nekande och utan att det avslöjades vem som avlossade de dödande skotten. Men under 2001 kom svaret! Jackie Arklöv orkade inte längre hålla fast vid sina lögner från förhör och rättegångar ... I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall.

Jack of All Trades is about the early life of wildlife expert, fisherman, and raconteur par excellence Jack Mudd, covering his school days and early adventures in mining and construction to a major period of his seagoing days. The book provides a wonderful series of vivid descriptions, humorous incidents, and striking portraits of humanity at large in Jack's inimitable style of South African English. A true reflection of days when men were men and the lions were nervous.

The classic and fascinating story of Jack Kerouac, "King of the Beats" and American literary legend, recorded through the voices of his friends and lovers. Authors Barry Gifford and Lawrence Lee retraced Kerouac's life at home and on the road and talked with the prophets, musicians, poets, socialites, and working people who knew him. Some are famous (Allen Ginsberg, Gore Vidal, William Burroughs); some are not (Jack's boyhood buddies, his lovers, his barroom companions). All have contributed to a remarkably vibrant, riveting portrait of a life.

Go behind the scenes with Eddie as we follow his incredible journey from World's Strongest Man to competing in 'The Heaviest Boxing Match in History’, featuring training diaries, 10 rounds of mental preparation, and documentary clips. You’ll hear exclusive podcast style interviews with iconic friends including Ross Edgley, James Haskell, Paddy McGuinness, his family and inner circle. Listen to Eddie as you never heard him before: 100% authentic, honest and raw.

The infamous Whitechapel murders, retold.Everyone knows the story of Jack the Ripper, the chilling serial killer that haunted the streets of 19th century London. Now, 135 years later, there’s a new killer in town.In this darkly comic reimagining, men are the victims of sexually aggressive murders committed by a woman: the mysterious Jackie. The only obstacle standing in her way? The slightly clueless, extremely over-caffeinated Detective Abberline and his not-so-crack team at the City of London Police.This is a laugh-out-loud, gruesome, thrilling comedy drama that will have you in bits – ...

A couple of quiet weeks sailing the River Severn was the intention. Somehow things got out of hand—a year later, I had reached Romania and was still going. Equipped with his cheerful optimism and a pith helmet, this Australian Odysseus in a dinghy travels from the borders of North Wales to the Black Sea—4,900 kilometres over salt and fresh water, under sail, at the oars, or at the end of a tow-rope—through 12 countries, 282 locks and numerous trials and adventures, including an encounter with Balkan pirates.

A quiet, wealthy plantation owner, Jack Hinson watched the start of the Civil War with disinterest. Opposed to secession and a friend to Union and Confederate commanders alike, he did not want a war. After Union soldiers seized and murdered his sons, placing their decapitated heads on the gateposts of his estate, Hinson could remain indifferent no longer. He commissioned a special rifle for long-range accuracy, he took to the woods, and he set out for revenge.

When Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis became First Lady of the United States over sixty years ago, she stepped into the public spotlight. Although Jackie is perhaps best known for her two highly-publicized marriages, her legacy has endured beyond twentieth-century pop culture and she remains an object of public fascination today. Drawing on a range of sources—from articles penned for the women's pages of local newspapers, to esteemed national periodicals, to fan magazines, and film—Our Jackie evaluates how media coverage of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis changed over the course of her public life. J

Jackie. One name was all you needed. A paragon of femininity, fashion, ideal American wifeliness and motherhood, she was also fiercely independent, the first of the modern First Ladies. Then her husband was murdered, changing her world and ours. Traumatized and exposed, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy nonetheless built a new life for herself in an America similarly haunted by upheaval. But the story of Jackie’s reinvention has been culturally erased. In Finding Jackie, author Oline Eaton pieces it back together.