'In 2015 high on the side of Mount Everest I experienced the darkest days of my life to date. Little did I realise that the darkest day was still to come four years later. But this also led to me discovering the truth about who I was, and what I wanted out of life. It took a life of Misadventure to discover the answers.'Ellis J Stewart has lived a life rich in many adventures and he's only 47 Attemting to summit Mount Everest and getting caught in catastrophies not once but twice. Being employed as everything from a taxi driver to an Amazon delivery driver through to a well received public speaker at events from the local Scout Group to international corporate clients.He has also expereinced the deepest reaches of depression and mental health issues which he honestly and freely will talk about in a bid to help others in a similar situation. His philosophy is life is for living and if we don't try, we will never know. Regrets are there to teach us what we can do better next time.His first book, Everest: It's Not ABout the Summit has become an Amazon Bestseller and has rave reviews from around the globe. His second book, Misadventure. Lessons Learned From a Life of Ups and Downs is both a prequel and a sequel to his Everest story. The tale of his life with a myriad of incredible highs and the darkest lows. He writes with brutal honesty and clarity. Ellis lives in the North East of England with his wife, two daughters and his dog Ella.
*Includes pictures *Includes investigators' accounts and newspaper accounts about the crimes and suspects *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track...How can they catch me now. I love my work and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny little games." - Excerpt from a letter widely believed to be from Jack the Ripper When one hears the term "Victorian," many images come to mind. For some, the term conjures up visions of lace and gloves and delicate fans. Others think of tight corsets and even tighter morals. Others, swayed perhaps by one too many British costume dramas, envision gentle elegance and long lost beauty. Naturally, few people think of multiple dead bodies cast about in the streets or dark bedrooms, most mutilated to a shocking degree, and yet, those tragic images played a significant role not only in late Victorian London but ever since. In 1888 and 1889, a killer stalked the dark backstreets of the city through the notoriously overcrowded and crime-ridden Whitechapel district, murdering young women and then cutting their bodies up like a butcher. The Jack the Ripper case continues to fascinate historians and amateur sleuths so much that people have dubbed themselves Ripperologists, and since nobody knows for sure who the killer was, every aspect of the crimes is up for discussion, down to who the actual victims of the Ripper were and whether there was actually more than one Ripper. In addition to considering so many suspects, the police were only certain that 5 of the victims (the "canonical five") were killed by Jack the Ripper, but there were at least 11 documented murders over the course of several years, and today those are called the Whitechapel murders. Even in the 19th century, authorities were debating how many of the 11 were the work of the Ripper, and as the murders have been compared and contrasted for nearly 130 years, the debate continues. While the killer has no doubt been dead for decades, there is still no way to know for sure who he was. That is not to say that there are not suspects; in fact, there are literally hundreds of them, from virtually every walk of life, including a prince, several knights, a policeman, a number of surgeons or surgical students, a few women, and a great many violent criminals. The list is so extensive that it is nearly impossible to narrow down and still be comprehensive. The first group of suspects that deserve the closest review are those who the police themselves suspected, back during the dreadful days in which the murders were committed. Like all the most likely candidates, they were men who had some sort of medical or butchering background and thus knew how to use a big knife well. Some had weak alibis, and others had none at all, but none were ever tried, indicating there was not enough evidence to arrest any of them. Another group that bears another look are those men who were considered viable suspects by the press and the public, for while these men escaped police attention, there was still something in their lives that made the common people consider them criminals capable of dastardly deeds. In some cases, it was a matter of bigotry, as people turned on those that were different from themselves, either in their ethnicity, sexual preferences, or religion. In other instances, the press itself felt that that it had found out something that the police had either missed or chosen to ignore. Some suspects has a more recent origin, consisting of people who have been accused by various authors long after the fact. This list is by far the most extensive and also the least viable. This is where the sensational stories come in, of princes and royal cover-up, of policemen who knew the killer to be one of their own.
In his new book, Going For The Laugh author Martin H. Zuckerman invites readers into a world where characters never pass on an opportunity to deliver a scathing punch line. He describes his new tome as the act of "turning an ordinary event into something exceptional."Readers follow the book's protagonist, Manny, as he interacts with family and friends, delving into his personal philosophies and unique quirks. His story begins as a young boy growing up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn, N.Y., and continues through his draft into the army and his first real employment with the New York Telephone Company. Readers learn Manny's thoughts on marriage, retirement, politics and religion.His direct prose explores both the cynicism and joys of human nature. "It's a story about people, their weaknesses, their strengths, the futility, the frankness," lists the author. But above all, he adds, the book teaches readers to "go for the laugh."At one point, the author asks the reader to imagine they're having a passionate evening with their spouse, "... a gourmet dinner by candlelight, soft music playing and then making love." He continues, "When you get done, you sit up and drop a hundred on the pillow, thank her for a good time and go to the toilet. That's "going for the laugh." "Laughing at ourselves and the things we do can lift your spirit," says Martin. "All in all, it doesn't really matter. Life is too short to give a crap." Zuckerman is a baby boomer who has worked for many years in the telecommunications industry as a technical professional. He has written a number of articles and short stories. He characterizes his sense of humor as surreal and says he is known for impromptu storytelling. This is his first novel.
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