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Predators' Paradise: A Journey of Survival and Resilience - Paperback

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by Glen Fisher (Author), Kate Shayler (With)Predators' Paradise is a raw, honest account of Glen's life. He was born into violence and addiction. His mother was addicted to drugs and alcohol and had mental health issues as well as a propensity to violence with her husband and children. The father was arrested and the parents did not reunite after his release. Shunted between his parents and care homes, the violence and cruelty inflicted on Glen left him broken and untrusting. His determinatio...

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by Christopher Morgan (Author), Tom Shannon (Author), Jennie Rawlings (Cover Design by)The true story of an extraordinary friendship In the summer of 1992, Christopher Morgan, a farmer, joined a penfriend scheme whose aim was to give prisoners a window on the world. He was allocated Tom Shannon, a lifer, inside for murder. Through their correspondence, a strong and honest friendship developed between the two men whose lives were poles apart. Never intended for publication, the authenticity of...

A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind - Paperback

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by Stephen Mitford Goodson (Author)In a 'History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind' ex-South African banker Stephen Goodson explains how the Central Banking "scam" originated, and how those who run it have throughout history used their power to subvert governments, and manufacture wars that not only produced vast profits, but frequently to topple 'regimes' whose banking system was not under their control. The 'scam' of the money-lenders is the ability to literally create money...

A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind - Hardcover

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Forbidden Fruit: Sin City's Underworld and the Supper Club Inferno - Paperback

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by Peter Bronson (Author)The Beverly Hills Supper Club was Vegas before Vegas was cool. It was known as the "Showplace of the Nation" before it burned to the ground in 1977, killing at least 165 people-one of the worst fires in U.S. history. But few knew that the Beverly Hills had a violent past of deadly arson beginning in 1936, when it was taken over by the Cleveland mob that ran "Sin City" in Newport, Kentucky-an open city of prostitution, extortion, gambling and violence for decades, unti...

Trophy Kill: The Shall We Dance Murder - Paperback

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by Dan Zupansky (Author), Carmina M. Dragomir (Editor)Trophy Kill: the Shall We Dance Murder. The Trial and Revelations of a Psychopathic Killer On July 1st, 2003 Susan Sarandon called police from the set of the Miramax movie Shall We Dance to report the theft of some of her jewelry, including a gold necklace. The next day Sidney Teerhuis calmly walked into a police station to report waking from a drunken blackout to find his acquantance dead in the bathtub. At the rented room police found th...

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by Shaun Attwood (Author)After a SWAT team smashed down stock-market millionaire Shaun Attwood's door, he found himself inside of Arizona's deadliest jail and locked into a brutal struggle for survival.Shaun's hope of living the American Dream turned into a nightmare of violence and chaos, when he had a run-in with Sammy the Bull Gravano, an Italian Mafia mass murderer.In jail, Shaun was forced to endure cockroaches crawling in his ears at night, dead rats in the food and the sound of skulls ...

Pablo Escobar: Beyond Narcos - Paperback

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by Shaun Attwood (Author)The mind-blowing true story of Pablo Escobar and the Medell n Cartel beyond their portrayal on Netflix. Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was a devoted family man and a psychopathic killer; a terrible enemy, yet a wonderful friend. While donating millions to the poor, he bombed and tortured his enemies - some had their eyeballs removed with hot spoons. Through ruthless cunning and America's insatiable appetite for cocaine, he became a multi-billionaire, who lived in ...

Prison Time: Locked Up In Arizona - Paperback

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by Shaun Attwood (Author)After Shaun Attwood arrived in the Arizona Department of Corrections, his challenges multiplied. His cellmate threatened to cave in Shaun's skull with a padlock in a sock. A naked neighbour dragged him into a cell for sex. Before a visit with his parents, he was attacked by a drug-crazed biker.Forced to adapt or perish, Shaun made alliances with powerful prisoners, including T-Bone a massive ex-Marine who risked his life saving inmates from rape, and Two Tonys, an old...

Pablo Escobar's Story 1: The Rise - Paperback

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by Shaun Attwood (Author)Pablo Escobar was a mama's boy who cherished his family and sang in the shower, yet he bombed a passenger plane and formed a death squad that used genital electrocution. Most Escobar biographies only provide a few pieces of the puzzle, but this action-packed 1000-page book reveals everything about the king of cocaine. Mostly translated from Spanish, Part 1 contains stories untold in the English-speaking world, including: The tragic death of his youngest brother Ferna...

The Vengeful Heart: And Other Stories: A True-Crime Casebook - Paperback

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by Stephen G. Michaud (Author), Hugh Aynesworth (Joint Author) Number of Pages: 144 Dimensions: 0.4 x 7.94 x 6.16 IN Publication Date: December 20, 2000

Milk-Blood: A Father's Choice, the Family's Price - Paperback

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by Adrian Simon (Author)And how do you think you'd turn out if your father was a convicted heroin trafficker? 'For a reasonably smart guy I've done some dumb shit, but I've got nothing on my father. His choice in Bangkok, to not flush the heroin, was how my life started. But I'll be damned if it's going to define me. Don't get me wrong - I'm no angel, ask anyone who knows me, but I had to get completely lost so I could find myself.' Adrian Simon, Milk-Blood This is not your standard memoir....

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by Hock Hochheim (Author), Margaret Eden (Editor)In Dead Right There, Hock Hochheim stops a jail break, narrowly avoids being shot in his car, and hunts down a vindictive killer who shot a man through his own dining room window as he ate dinner with his family. And that's just for starters. In this sequel to Don't Even Think About It Hock Hochheim investigates a plethora of criminals, tracks them down and testifies at their trials. Dead Right There reads like fiction but it's all based on Hoc...

Fightin' Words: The Psychology and Physicality of Fighting - Paperback

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by Hock Hochheim (Author), Margaret Eden (Editor)Fightin' Words is a collection of essays and articles by W. Hock Hochheim about his life-long, worldwide, and somewhat skeptical quest to uncover the best fighting tactics and strategies. Here Hock reveals what he's learned as he trained and then became a worldwide, highly sought-after and acclaimed fighting instructor. These stories are based on his extensive travel, study and research of the psychology and physicality required to successfully...

Medieval Outlaws: Twelve Tales in Modern English Translation - Paperback

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by Thomas H. Ohlgren (Editor), Thomas E. Kelly (Contribution by), Shaun F. D. Hughes (Contribution by)Description Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Dillinger, and Al Capone were all are criminals who robbed and killed, yet they were considered good outlaws, celebrated in sensational newspapers, newsreels, and dime novels of the day, and later in film and television, for their daring, courage, loyalty, and even chivalry. Our fascination with criminal heroes has a long history, extending back to...

Trauma Room One: The JFK Medical Coverup Exposed - Paperback

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by Charles a. Crenshaw (Author), J. Gary Shaw (With), D. Bradley Kizzia (With)The Texan doctor who examined President Kennedy after his fatal shooting in Dallas talks about his findings and speculations. Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.74 x 8.54 x 5.7 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: November 22, 2001

Putting the Pieces Together Again: Teens Write about Surviving Rape - Paperback

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by Keith Hefner (Editor), Laura Longhine (Editor) Number of Pages: 120 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 01, 2009

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by Jack Earl (Author)In the autumn of 1973, Willie Steelman and Douglas Gretzler embarked on a murderous drug-fueled rampage across Arizona and California. Steelman was little more than a petty thief, an addict, a dreamer, never able to unleash the man he thought himself to be, but that changed earlier that summer when he met Gretzler. And it was in that Denver, Colorado crash pad where they formed a pact, a third person, created out of their collective souls, someone capable of the unthinkab...

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by Stephen L. Hardin (Author), Gary S. Zaboly (Illustrator)Mandred Wood may have caught a glint off the Bowie knife that sank into his belly-but probably not. On the afternoon of November 11, 1837, he had exchanged "harsh epithets" with David James Jones, a hero of the Texas Revolution. When words failed, Jones closed the argument with his blade. Such affrays were common in Houston, the fledgling capital of the Republic of Texas. This one, however, was singular. Wood was a gentleman and Jones...

No Back-Up Needed: How Veteran New York City Cops Struggled Through the Summer of 1975, When New York City Went Broke - Paperback

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by James J. Kavanaugh (Author)It didn't seem possible the largest city in the US could go bankrupt, but in 1975 that's exactly what happened-NYC went bust. In what was called The Layoff Period, younger officers were sent home, their careers on hold, while NYPD veterans went back to patrol the streets. Meanwhile, with the thin blue line stretched to the breaking point, life as usual went on in the Big Apple, and Lt. Jimmy Kavanaugh, 13th Precinct, Gramercy Park, Manhattan, saw it all. Here, wi...

Fort Apache: New York's Most Violent Precinct - Paperback

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by Tom Walker (Author)OVER THIRTY YEARS AFTER its publication, Fort Apache: New York's Most Violent Precinct remains the definitive account of the vicious cycle of violence that has griped urban America over the past century. A swollen head floating down the Bronx River, a junkie murdered for stealing a woman's wig, a French Connection-style chase through blind alleys, police barricaded inside their precinct as a wild mob lays siege to the station - and, above all, mindless violence that seem...

Reflections of an Investigator: In Pursuit of Justice Book III - Paperback

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by Stan St Clair (Author), Ron Cunningham (Author)This moving book follows the adventures of Captain Ron Cunningham during his extensive tenure with the Tullahoma, Tennessee Police Department, highlighting a number of intriguing true crime cases in which he and his capable officers were involved. Relive these exciting events with Ron as he describes the true life of an investigator on a day-to-day basis. This volume is the third and final installment in this series, co-authored by Stan St. Cl...

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by Tom Brennan (Author)Mechele is young, attractive, and looking to cash in on her aesthetic assets when she moves from New Orleans to Alaska in 1994 to earn money for college tuition. Her charms ensnare the affections of three men, and the combined effects of jealously, lust, and greed take a deadly turn in this true crime story. Before a murder in the woods shatters her contented life, Mechele works as an exotic dancer at the Alaska Bush Company, where she spends her days pleasing a process...

Murder on Birchleaf Drive: The True Story of the Michelle Young Murder Case - Paperback

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by Steven B. Epstein (Author)Was Jason the monster who bludgeoned his beautiful wife to death, leaving his toddler alone for hours to walk through her blood? If so--would he get away with it? To the outside world, Jason and Michelle Young lived a storybook life--an attractive couple with great jobs, a beautiful home, a precocious two-year-old daughter, and a baby boy on the way. Soon after the 29-year-old pregnant mother's brutally beaten body was discovered on their bedroom floor, a very dif...

Murder, Actually: Vignettes of a Private Detective - Paperback

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by Cici McNair (Author)MURDER, ACTUALLY is a collection of true adventures. A private detective takes you into her world of stories, stakeouts, courtrooms, and characters.The title story, Murder, Actually, is told one glass of wine at a time, one woman to another late at night one winter in Manhattan. The Passion of Mr. Yu is a love story or is it? It's filled with yearning, deception, and more money than you can imagine. A Black Eye, a White Lie takes you to Paris where the author deals with...

Divine Justice: The Dianne Alexander Story - Paperback

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by Dianne Alexander (Author)Divine Justice is inspired by an actual event. It gives in depth details about my encounter with The Southwest Louisiana Serial Killer "Derrick Todd Lee." But most of all, the book speaks about divine interventions from the beginning to the end of my horrible ordeal. I pray that this book will help you to see that God is a God of "Love and Forgiveness." Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 01, 2014

Purple Mums: A True Story of Surviving a Stranger Rape - Paperback

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by Sandy Madsen (Author)Stranger rape and the recovery from it is detailed in Purple Mums, not only by the victim/survivor, but also by the victim's spouse, children, and therapist. Sandy Madsen is a public face and voice for the thousands who remain silent, using her sexual assault experience to educate the public about this crime, speaking to law enforcement personnel, social services and healing professionals, raising funds for victims of assault and the agencies that serve them, and demon...

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by John F. Gallagher (Author)A century ago, the peaceful, picturesque village of Assinippi, Massachusetts, became the focus of national attention after retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton was found dead in his bedroom. An autopsy revealed the presence of a fatal dose of arsenic. Authorities launched an investigation, and less than three weeks after the admiral's death they arrested his wife, Jennie May Eaton, for his murder. She later stood trial in Plymouth County Superior Cour...

Murder on Broadway: A HIstory of Homicide in Hanover - Paperback

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by John F. Gallagher (Author)Originally published as Rum, a Tailor's Goose, and a Soap Box: Three Murderous Affairs in the History of Hanover, Massachusetts, this book offers readers an updated version of the three crimes that shook peaceful Hanover, Massachusetts more than 100 years ago. The author has delved more deeply into the tragedies and provides additional information about each incident and the principal characters involved, and has included forty illustrations, many not seen in his ...

A Monument to Her Grief: The Sturtevant Murders of Halifax, Massachusetts - Paperback

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by John F. Gallagher (Author)Nearly 150 years ago, the Massachusetts state constabulary launched an investigation into the brutal murders of three elderly people at their farmhouse on Thompson Street in rural Halifax. The story of the murders and the aftermath has been passed down through the generations and has become part of local lore. Until now, no comprehensive, definitive, substantiated account has been published.To fully disclose what happened, and why, required extensive research into...

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by John W. W. Davis (Author)Rainy Street Stories is a composition of powerful reflections on today's espionage, terrorism, and secret wars. These stories, essays, and poems by John Davis, himself a retired intelligence officer, take place from Europe, to Asia, and back to the Americas. He lived overseas for many years, where he served as a soldier, civil servant, and gifted linguist. Davis writes with a thoughtful, compassionate, and fair assessment of his lifetime lived during wars and confl...

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by Patrick O'Neil (Author)This memoir follows a punk rock pioneer on his slide into drug abuse and life as an armed robber, all the way through life in recovery and what it's like to look back on those times, knowing all the while that he is still under the threat of three strikes, a twenty-five-to-life prison sentence waiting. He has no choice but to deal with it all drug free.During punk rock's heyday, Patrick O'Neil worked at the San Francisco's legendary Mabuhay Gardens. He went on to bec...