Ian Hall

Victorian London, 1845. James Rymer struggles to write Penny Dreadfuls, and not particularly good ones. His nephew, young Scot Alexander M. MacNeill, arrives in London, supposedly to take a job in his Uncle James's Publishing Empire, but Rymer has been exaggerating his position. Determined to prove himself to his distant mother, Alexander takes the job as editor of his uncle's stories, and the team bring VARNEY THE VAMPYRE successfully to the Victorian public. As the story begins to sell, his Uncle's bizarre behavior makes Alexander question the source of the material used for the Varney the Vampyre tale. Alexander assumed the Varney details were confined to the pages of the story, but all is not right in the dark streets of London Town... When his darkest suspicions mix with his romantic interests, it's time for Alexander to look into the matter... He soon finds that the dangers on the London streets are far more terrifying than fiction could ever be... The Penny Dreadful Adventures are far more than a re-hashing of an old genre, they are a vignette into the lives of the times... bold, exciting, yet full of darkness and intrigue. A true glimpse onto the streets of Victorian London. The Penny Dreadful Adventures contains pages from the original texts of penny dreadfuls such as Varney the Vampyre by James M. Rymer, The Mysteries of London, by George Reynolds, and Burke & Hare by Alexander M. Mair himself.

Edinburgh, 1698. Scotland's crops had failed again, and starvation was building in the cities. A plan was hatched to colonize Panama, ship goods overland, and hence shorten the voyage to India. Half the available cash in Scotland was raised to support the project. Five ships and three thousand souls set off on the venture to be the salvation of an ailing nation-a four thousand mile journey into the unknown. Jamie Leith, a young street-wise teenager, inadvertently stows away, and wakes, a prisoner of the venture and manacled to its success or failure. Determined to survive at all costs, Jamie faces enemies, storms, and sickness, with optimism and a 'ne'er say die' attitude. With the courage of youth, and endurance and instincts learned from the streets, he confronts all obstacles to give his all in the success of the venture. 'Opportunities' is the story of the Dari n Venture seen through the eyes of this precocious youngster, and is a roller-coaster adventure set within Scotland's 'last chance' at survival. Jamie Leith embodies the positive spirit that lies in all Scots; the rampant strength of character that sailed the seven seas and drove a population to the four corners of a rapidly growing world. This book is dedicated to the Scottish people and their descendants all over the world; for their unrelenting obstinacy, their engrained character, and their endearing and sometimes prickly nature.

Vampires Don't Cry; Blood Anthology. Six Character Backstories. Four Horror Short Stories. With vampires, blood and gore seeping out from every page, we present; Vampires Don't Cry; Blood Anthology. A collection of all the back stories from the Vampires Don't Cry, series. Painstakingly researched (pun intended), over 350 pages, over 90,000 words, it's a superb read from cover to cover. Contents: The Backstories The Rise and Fall of Tomas Lucescu ('Bald Eagle') The Story of Donny Kelp (Jackson Cole) The First Helsing: Howard Weeks (Head of Unicorps) The Turning of Alan Rand (Alan McCartney) Val rie Marneffe Berthier Lidowitz (Taken from Vampires Don't Cry) Ivan's Story: The Fall and Rise of a Jesuit Vampire (Ivan Vyhovsky) The Extras Behind The Masque (A Cinderella vampire story) Succubus Song (A story of Succubus revenge) Price of a Portrait (Sometimes the price is too high. By Ian Hall) Ten Thousand Tears (Breaking blood ties. By April L. Miller)

In just three decades, Great Britain's place in world politics was transformed. In 1945, it was the world's preeminent imperial power with global interests. By 1975, Britain languished in political stasis and economic recession, clinging to its alliance with the United States and membership in the European Community. Amid this turmoil, British intellectuals struggled to make sense of their country's decline and the transformed world in which they found themselves. This book assesses their responses to this predicament and explores the different ways British thinkers came to understand the new international relations of the postwar period.

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the management of mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities. A clear and user-friendly handbook, it will help busy healthcare professionals develop their understanding of the mental health problems of service users with intellectual disabilities. Most importantly, it will help them make an accurate diagnostic assessment and develop and implement an holistic, person-centred, evidence-based management plan. Topics covered include the classification of mental disorders in intellectual disability, the clinical assessment of specific disorders, psychological, psychopharmacological and social interventions, and the practical, legal, and social aspects of supporting service users with intellectual disability who have mental health problems.