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Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive
'One of the best books about prison I've ever read' Kimberley ChambersA chilling look into the brutality of life behind bars and what it's like to be locked away with...
The Fatal Shore
'An extraordinarily vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip Ziegler An award-winning epic on the birth of Australia In 1787, the...
Eye for An Eye: The Richard & Judy Winter 2024 Book Club thriller that
OUR MOST NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS HAVE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT.UNTIL NOW...'Emily' is a devoted single mother. 'Jack' starts a new job in a new town. They both share the same secret:...
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Foucault's seminal work on torture, punishment, discipline and the prison system, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time In the Middle Ages there were gaols and dungeons,...
The Executioner's Song
If you were enthralled by Capote's In Cold Blood, read The Executioner's Song WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW O'HAGAN In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then...
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: the inspiration for the iconic
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption - about an...
Reflections on the Guillotine
'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to...
Detention: A rookie teacher. The toughest prison school in Australia.
'Honest and courageous . . . This book is the report card we've all known was coming.' - Gabbie Stroud, bestselling author of Teacher What happens when your first teaching...
Dark Justice: Inside the World of Paedophile Hunters
It is difficult to imagine a more heinous crime than the sexual abuse of children. Yet, terrifyingly, a new case of child sexual abuse is reported every seven minutes. In...
Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive
"A gripping and powerful account of what prison is like and what it takes to make it through... Make sure you read it." Kimberley Chambers Widely known in the criminal...