Spree

In this age of high consumption shopping is going stronger than ever as a national pastime. We are a culture obsessed and beguiled by the desire for consumer goods. Journalist and shopping addict Klaffke documents the history of shopping, from a time when cattle were currency to the current age of contemporary shopping phenomenon like QVC and eBay. From the history of the mall, to a look at the darker side of shopping culture - kleptomania, shopping addictions, anti-consumerism - this is the definitive chronology of the materialist age.

Spree Killers: Practical Classifications for Law Enforcement and Criminology is the only exhaustive, up-to-date analytical book on spree killers, standing apart from those dedicated to mass murderers and serial killers. Multicides have traditionally been categorized as double, triple, mass, serial and spree—while, mass and serial have been further divided into subcategories. Spree killing, which involves the killing of at least three persons at two or more locations due to a precipitating incident that fuels the urge to kill, remains a poorly defined concept. In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) eliminated this term from its multicide nomenclature in 2005, but the authors examination of 359 cases involving 419 spree killers from 43 countries shows that not only is there enough diversity among spree killers to form classifications—similar to those devised for mass and serial—but also that subtypes offer distinct utility for identification, tracking, and warning potential targets. Spree Killers outline the designation of spree killer specifically and thoroughly. In addition to looking at existing literature, specific cases, and the behavioral patterns, it offers a fully worked up profile for the typology. The behaviors and motives for spree killers align in six categories, which are detailed in full. The book provides unique insight for police, forensic, and investigative personnel into what to look for to respond to, and—in some cases identify and stopping—certain types of spree killings.

All five parts of the chilling serial killer thriller, now in one volume, for fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci, Jeffrey Deaver, and Harlan Coban. A madman is on the rampage in the Los Angeles streets. The City of Angels has become The City of Fear. And everyone from the Oval Office down wants a quick result. The heat is on Jake Mottram, head of the FBI's new Spree Killer Unit, and psychological profiler Angie Holmes to find the madman responsible. Until now, they've been great together. Both at work and in bed. But a killer is about to come between them, in ways that could cost them far more than their careers. Will they survive the spree about to come? SPREE Life and death in LA - like you've never seen it before.

Escape from New York meets The Last of Us in SPREE: The Complete Series, a dystopian sci-fi tale of horror co-written by writer/director/producer Gary Dauberman (The Conjuring Universe; writer – Annabelle, Annabelle: Creation, Annabelle Comes Home, The Nun; co-writer of the film IT (by Stephen King) and IT: Chapter Two; writer/director of the upcoming film Salem’s Lot (based on the novel by Stephen King); the producer of The Nun II, and more!) and super-hot comics and screenwriter Michael Moreci (Barbaric, The Plot, Wasted Space, Revealer (based on the Shudder original movie) from Vault Comics, and more! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD. BUT THE MALL LIVES ON. Climate change ended the world, but in the heartland of the U.S. of A., the mall still stands. Within the cavernous shell of humankind and the walls of this consumeristic mecca lies a new world order: name-brand gangs and department-store tribes fight over limited space and resources – and the scraps of civilization. After the assassination of a tribal leader, Andre Reed must navigate this mad, murderous haven to prove his innocence, and prevent the end of the world – AGAIN! SPREE: The Complete Series collects the complete five-issue series of full of dystopian horror and social and cultural commentary. For fans of Escape from New York, Mad Max, The Last of Us, Fight Club, The Walking Dead, Warriors, and The 100! “Powered by a mix of claustrophobia, tribalism, and commentary on consumerist culture, (Spree) is a genre-defying and entertainingly-tense take on the end of the world” – Comics Bookcase “… a mall-bound hellscape worth checking out” -- Multiversity Comics “… a post-apocalyptic tale that is fast-paced, mysterious and scattered with intriguing characters. It's a little Mad Max, a little Walking Dead, and some of The Fugitive thrown in for good measure.” – Spartantown “Intense and thrilling, (Spree) injects you with a surge of adrenaline as you're chased through a post-apocalyptic world that feels lived-in and real.” – AIPT

Explore the history of Nottinghamshire through this fascinating collection of beautiful photographs by J. H. Spree.

This investigation into spree killing analyses the psychology of this chilling and relatively new phenomenon. Cawthorne carefully examines each case – such as Michael Ryan, who slew sixteen in the English town of Hungerford - and shows how the killers suppress their violent fantasies until a small incident sparks off their fatal rampage.

Cases of lone killers embarking on slaughter sprees have occurred with frightening regularity since the late 1980s. People like Michael Ryan, Thomas Hamilton, Martin Bryant and Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh. What drives these men - and it is always men - to turn on friends, family and strangers in acts of senseless rage and slaughter? In the wake of the summer of 1999, in which four incidents of spree killing shocked the world, this is a look at a chilling new trend of brutal and indiscriminate killing that blights our "civilized" society.

20 April 1999, Columbine High School, Colorado, USA. Lunchtime. Enter Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold armed with shotguns. Pumping bullets into two classmates they left one dead and the other fighting for his life. They went on the rampage through the school leaving in their wake a trail of bloody death and destruction. In the aftermath, fifteen were dead, including the killers, and twenty-four were seriously injured. Spree Killers examines the events surrounding the world’s most shocking mass-killings; from the tortured drawn-out deaths of Hiroshima to the postal worker who made one too many deliveries and finally went crazy with a gun. Contents: Ancient Slayings including Viking Berserkers, Neolithic mass killings Mass Murder by the State including The Spanish Inquisition, The Holocaust, Russian Revolution Wartime Massacres including The Blitz, My Lai, Hiroshima and Nagasaki Breaking Point Killers including Derrick Bird, Raoul Moat, Appomattox shootings Also including School Massacres, Workplace Killings, Mission Murders