Prince Charles is 50 years old on 14 November 1998, and to celebrate the event he has authorized James Morton to tell the story of his professional job as heir to the throne, what he has achieved in his life so far, and how he sees Britain's future.

Prince Charles: Breaking the Cycle: The Prince of Wales and the State of Britain

Biographies & Memoirs

Morton, James

Leaders & Notable People

Ebury/ Random House UK

Drawing on never-before-seen archival material as well as interviews with experts and ex-cons, Catching the Killers delves deep into the world of criminals and their adversariesthe forces of criminal detection. A companion to a major BBC documentary series, James Morton’s masterly text takes us through all the major developments in modern criminal detection: offender profiling, informants and surveillance, forensic pathology, ballistics, fingerprinting, serology, and DNA sampling. Each chapter explores a different method, and by reenacting seminal cases in minute detail, Morton uncovers the secrets of detectives and scientists as they develop these key weapons in the crime-fighting arsenal. From Scotland Yard’s Ghost Squad to the Unabomber, the Beast of Blackburn to Donnie Brasco, Catching the Killers reveals the brilliant detective work behind these and many other seemingly unsolvable crimes.

Catching the Killers: A History of Crime Detection

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Eugene Vidocq was born in France in 1775 and his life spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the 1848 revolutions. When Vidocq himself published his memoirs they were an overnight bestseller - a European publishing sensation. He was the Morse, the Guv'nor, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal and prison escaper, he turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. His triumphs were many and he was the darling of the Parisian press - actresses, politicians and thieves hung on his every word. He invented innovative criminal indexing techniques and experimented with fingerprinting. He passed in disguise through the highest and lowest of European society, until his cavalier attitude towards the thin blue line meant he was forced out of the police. So he began the world's very first private detective agency. The cases he solved were high profile, from forgery in Pimlico to stolen jewels in the South of France, and he himself grew in notor

The First Detective: The Life And Revolutionary Times Of Eugene-Francois Vidocq Criminal, Spy and Private Eye

Professionals & Academics

Ebury Pr

Eugene Vidocq was the Morse, the Guv'nor, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal and prison escaper, he turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. Now, James Morton takes us on a historical romp through the eighteenth century in search of this elusive figure. Today Vidocq's influence can still be seen as members of The Vidocq Society, an unusual, exclusive crime-solving organization honor him by applying their collective forensic skills and experience to 'cold case' homicides and unsolved deaths.

The First Detective: The Life And Revolutionary Times of Vidocq

Eugene Fran?ois Vidocq was born in France in 1775 and his life spanned the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the 1848 revolutions. He was the Inspector Morse, the Sherlock Holmes, the James Bond of his day. A notorious criminal, he turned police officer and employed a gang of ex-convicts as his detectives. He invented innovative criminal indexing techniques and experimented with fingerprinting, until his cavalier attitude towards the thin blue line forced him out of the police. So he began the world's very first private detective agency. 
The cases he solved were high profile and he grew in notoriety. However, his infamy didn't prevent him from becoming a spy and moving secretly across the dangerous borders of Europe. This is a gloriously enjoyable historical romp through the eighteenth century in the company of the man whose influence still holds to this day.

The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq. by James Morton

History

Europe

The Overlook Press

James Morton was surely the people's favorite to win 2012's Great British Bake Off series—with his Fairisle jumpers and eccentric showstoppers, this soft-spoken Scottish medical student won the viewers' hearts, if not the trophy. James's real passion is bread-making. He is fascinated by the science of it, the taste of it, the making of it. And in Brilliant Bread he communicates that passion to everyone, demystifying the often daunting process of "proper" bread making. James uses supermarket flour and instant yeast—you can save money by making your own bread. You don't even have to knead! It just takes a bit of patience and a few simple techniques. Using step by step photos, James guides the reader through the how-to of dough making and shaping, with recipes ranging from basic loaves through flatbreads, sourdoughs, sweet doughs, buns, doughnuts, focaccia, and pretzels. Inspiring and simple to follow, with James's no-nonsense advice and tips, this book will mean you never buy another sliced white loaf again.

Brilliant Bread

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Baking

Ebury Press

I want to show you how baking works. I want to prove how easy baking can be. Whether you want light cakes, squidgy brownies, perfect pastry, stress-free macarons, or mountainous meringues, this book features a mini-masterclass for each one. Everything's split up into tiny, simple steps. There's no faff and you don't need any expensive equipment. You don't even need a sieve. And for baking veterans, this book tells you why you're doing what you've been doing all these years. Here’s to baking that just works.

How Baking Works: And What to Do When It Doesn't

Southern Italy was conquered by the Norman Hauteville dynasty in the late eleventh century after over five hundred years of continuous Byzantine rule. At a stroke, the region's Greek Christian inhabitants were cut off from their Orthodox compatriots in Byzantium and became subject to the spiritual and legal jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic popes. Nonetheless, they continued to follow the religious laws of the Byzantine church; out of thirty-six surviving manuscripts of Byzantine canon law produced between the tenth and fourteenth centuries, the majority date to the centuries after the Norman conquest. Byzantine Religious Law in Medieval Italy is a historical study of these manuscripts, exploring how and why the Greek Christians of medieval southern Italy persisted in using them so long after the end of Byzantine rule. The first part of the book provides an overview of the source material and the history of Italo-Greek Christianity. The second part examines the development of Italo-Greek canon law manuscripts from the last century of Byzantine rule to the late twelfth century, arguing that the Normans' opposition to papal authority created a laissez faire atmosphere in which Greek Christians could continue to follow Byzantine religious law unchallenged. Finally, the third part analyses the papacy's successful efforts to assert its jurisdiction over southern Italy in the later Middle Ages. While this brought about the end of Byzantine canon law as an effective legal system in the region, the Italo-Greeks still drew on their legal heritage to explain and justify their distinctive religious rites to their Latin neighbours.

Byzantine Religious Law in Medieval Italy (Oxford Studies in Byzantium)

Oxford University Press

Lowspeak - a Dictionary of Criminal and Sexual Slang

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

HarperCollins, Publishers

Insights into the minds of the most successful players in the market.

Investing With the Grand Masters: Insights from Britain's Greatest Investment Minds

Business & Money

Economics

Financial Times Management

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