Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Charlotte Mary Yonge's `The Young Step-Mother' - or ´A Chronicle of Mistakes´ - is a historical fiction novel that tells the story of the heroine, Albinia Ferrars, who leaves her happy home to marry Edmund Kendal, a widower fifteen years older than her. She takes on the role of encouraging wife and stepmother to his three children, however, she quickly finds that other tasks and obstacles come her way. Her husband has depression, his children are sickly, and those around the family are hostile to change. Albinia tackles all these problems without judgement and begins to believe things have improved, up until her stepchildren begin to fall in love, with disastrous results. A novel to be enjoyed by fans of Louisa May Alcott's `Little Women' or Jane Austen's novels, Yonge's fiction has a subtle theme of moral teaching. Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823 - 1901) was a prolific and popular English novelist, biographer, editor, historian, essayist, and journalist. She is most famous for her novels which include `Heartsease', `The Daisy Chain', `The Young Stepmother', and the commercially successful `The Heir of Redclyffe' (1853). Yonge was also a founder and editor for forty years of `The Monthly Packet' magazine, while her book, `History of Christian Names', is considered to be the first serious attempt at recording the subject. Profits from her books were often donated to charitable causes.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I left the ship with 13 other crew members and set off on foot toward Franz Josef Land, in search of an inhabited shore. We were icebound for a year and a half off Franz Josef Land, unable to advance or retreat, at the mercy of the winds and tides. #2 I asked to leave the ship, and the crew agreed. I was only glad that the others were leaving voluntarily, and chose their fate. I was still responsible for the safety of the crew, and I was not willing to let them go through another winter on the ice. #3 The air was electric whenever we met, but we did not part on good terms. We were always overemotional and often broke off our discussions in a rage. We would not have understood one another if we had been able to stay calm. #4 We had enough supplies to last us until the autumn of 1915, if we were able to reach open water. We could not predict who would succeed in this unequal struggle against the Arctic elements.

Det er stor forskjell på drapsmenn som dreper en enkelt gang i affekt, massemordere som dreper mange på én gang og seriemordere som dreper omhyggelig utvalgte ofre etter et spesielt rituelt mønster. En seriemorder er en iskald jeger som nyter jakten. Han er drevet av et ritual eller en fiks idé og blir stadig mer avhengig av det kicket selve drapshandlingen gir. Tyske Volker Eckert var for eksempel besatt av langt kvinnehår. Jeffrey Dahmer ble seksuelt opphisset av å sprette opp mennesker og spise bestemte deler av dem. Aleksandr Pitjuskin var opptatt av sjakk og bestemte seg for å drepe like mange mennesker som det er felt på et sjakkbrett. Og David Berkowitz hevdet at det var demoner som ga ham ordre om å drepe. Disse historiene forteller hva det er som driver seriemorderne og hvordan de utfører drapene. Innholdet er voldsomt og uhyggelig - og definitivt ikke for barn. Innhold: 1. Seriemorderens hjerne er formet av genfeil og overgrep 2. Besatt av dukker og hår 3. Monsteret fra Milwaukee var besatt av menneskekroppen 4. Vodka, sjakk og mord 5. «Son of Sam» var forfulgt av demoner Iskalde seriemordere er en serie om oppsiktsvekkende seriemordere og forbrytelsene de begikk som både fengslet og skremte omverdenen. I kortere artikler og rapporter følger vi verdens mest omtalte seriemordere, drivkraften som fikk dem til å drepe uskyldige mennesker og konsekvensene som forbrytelsene førte til. All verdens historie tar deg med på en halsbrekkende reise til fortiden, slik at du kan ta del i historiens største begivenheter. Bli med tilbake i tiden - til frontlinjene under andre verdenskrig, vikingenes herjing og egypternes gudedyrkelse. All verdens historie er for dem som vil vite mer om fortidens spennende og dramatiske begivenheter.