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Close To Zero: How Donald Trump Fulfilled His Apocalyptic Vision and Paid His Debt to Putin With a Devastating Biological Warfare Attack on America - Hardcover

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by Jonathan Vankin (Author)CLOSE TO ZERO, for the first time, tells the full story of Donald Trump's personal, biological warfare attack against the country - the very people - he was sworn to protect. That attack was the COVID-19 pandemic. What did Trump know and when did he know it? And more importantly - why did he do it? Why did the purported leader of the free world inflict the world's worst pandemic response on his own people?Award-winning journalist Jonathan Vankin explores those quest...

Unhomed: A Collection of Poems about Surviving after Rape - Paperback

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by Alena Klee (Author)UNHOMED is a raw glimpse into what surviving after being raped may look like. Author Alena Klee shares their intimate, vulnerable pieces of work that were created in the days, weeks, months, and years following their rape. The book is in seven parts, each noting a different phase in living after being raped. Each poem offers a retelling of powerful, intense emotions that Klee experienced while trying to rebuild their safety, and sanity. What started as a coping skill has...

Blank Canvas: How I Reinvented My Life after Prison - Hardcover

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by Craig Stanland (Author)In 2012, Craig Stanland made a choice that would cost him everything. After he had exploited the warranty policy of one of the largest tech companies in the world for almost a year, the FBI finally knocked on his door.He was arrested and sentenced to two years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay $834,307 in restitution. He lost his wife, his homes, his cars, his career, and even his identity. He wanted nothing more...

Prison Days Book 8: A True Crime and Prison Biography - Paperback

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by Simon King (Author)Stabbings. Rapes. Murders. You're still in maximum-security.Simon King works in one of the country's worst maximum-security prisons. These are the true diary entries that describe the nightmare world beyond the walls. It's a raw and brutal look into the day-to-day running of a place where the prisoners decide your fate. Get ready for another uncensored trip behind the razor wire, as you experience life inside a place holding the worst offenders imaginable. Experience the...

Our Prison Story: A Prisoner, Former Correctional Officer, and Crime Victim Unite for Restorative Justice in America's Prisons. - Paperback

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by Nicholas Showers-Glover (Author), Liberty Elias Miller (Author), Aprelle Dianne McCarty (Author)Step into a world behind the walls of a maximum-security prison, where an unlikely allyship between three people who are supposed to be sworn enemies unfolds into something greater: a revolutionary movement for the American prison system.In this completely true life story, a former correctional officer of 14 years, a prisoner doing time for murder, and a former victim of violent crime, reveal wi...

Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood - Paperback

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by Cheryl Diamond (Author)By the age of nine, I will have lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. I'll know how a document is forged, how to withstand an interrogation, and most important, how to disappear . . . To the young Cheryl Diamond, life felt like one big adventure, whether she was hurtling down the Himalayas in a rickety car or mingling with underworld fixers. Her family appeared to be an unbreakable gang of five. One day they were in ...

Curbing Corruption: Practical Strategies for Sustainable Change - Paperback

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by Bertram I. Spector (Author)Many anti-corruption efforts have had only a minimal effect on curbing the problem of corruption. This book explains why that is, and shows readers what works in the real world in the fight against corruption, and why. Counter-corruption initiatives often focus on the legal, institutional, and contextual factors that facilitate corrupt behavior, but these have had only nominal impacts, because most of these reforms can be circumvented by government officials, pow...

The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America's Forgotten Capital of Vice - Paperback

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by David Hill (Author)A 2020 New York Times notable book One of the Chicago Tribune's best nonfiction books of 2020Complex, turbulent, as haunting as a pedal steel solo --Jonathan Miles, The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) One of 21 books we can't wait to read in 2020 --Thrillist A New York Times Book Review summer reading pick A GQ best book of 2020 Named one of the 10 best July books by The Washington Post and The Christian Science Monitor A Kirkus Reviews hottest summer read ...

Zodiac Killer: The Terrifying True Crime Story of the Mysterious Serial Killer - Paperback

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by Declan Rockwell (Author)A harrowing look at the shocking true story behind the infamous Zodiac Killer.Stalking the streets of 1960s and 1970s California, the case of the elusive Zodiac Killer has puzzled America's best law enforcement for decades. With no confirmed identity and only a few sparse eye-witness accounts, America's most well-known serial killer is also its most confusing. Who really was the Zodiac Killer? And why did he vanish as suddenly as he appeared?Peeling back the curtain...

A Life of Crime: Reflections on Crime, Policing, and a Broken Justice System - Paperback

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by Ken Lang (Author)Ken Lang once served as a patrol officer for the Havre de Grace Police Department and found he did not enjoy the small town politics that came with the territory. His transition to one of the largest agencies in the United States-the Baltimore County Police Department-gave him more than he bargained. In his riveting memoir, Lang shares the tragic events that brought him to his decision to pursue a career in law enforcement-specifically to work as a homicide detective, the ...

Los Asesinos Seriales más Brutales de Todos los Tiempos: Conoce a los Psicópatas que han Dejado Aterrorizado al Mundo - Paperback

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by Blake Aguilar (Author) Te has preguntado quienes son los seres humanos más despiadados de toda la historia? Quiénes han cometido los actos más crueles e innombrables hacia otros seres humanos? Qué es lo que los convierte en monstruos capaces de cometer violentos crímenes? Entonces sigue leyendo.."Estoy seguro que a cualquiera le gusta un buen crimen, siempre que no sea la víctima." - Alfred HitchcockNo siempre hemos sabido cómo hablar de los criminales que ahora clasificamos como asesino...

Los Asesinos Seriales más Impactantes de la Historia: Descubre los Asesinos en Serie que han Dejado su Marca Sanguinaria en la Historia - Paperback

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John Alite Mafia International: Gotti Enforcer for the Gambino Crime Family - Hardcover

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by John Alite (Author), Lou Romano (Author)Unheard of for one man in the criminal underworld to garner such a complex network, MAFIA INTERNATIONAL is a riveting memoir which offers insights not to be found in other organized crime stories. John Alite explains how he extended his relationships with other mafia factions across the United States and, by embracing different people through his connections that spanned over ten countries, constructed his own INTERNATIONAL MAFIA empire. How he becom...

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by A. J. Griffiths-Jones (Author)For more than a century, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was a potential Jack The Ripper suspect.He was a sinister character, preying on the unfortunate souls who were forced to make a living as streetwalkers in Victorian London, and ultimately led those poor women to an untimely and torturous death. These crimes eventually branded him the 'Lambeth Poisoner'.However, during the time of the heinous Ripper murders, Dr. Cream was incarcerated in Joliet Prison, Illinois. O...

Frozen Tears: The Fort Leonard Wood MP Murders - Hardcover

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by J. B. King (Author), Sandra Miller Linhart (Author)In 1977, four teenagers were kidnapped and attacked near and on Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Only one survived. This book is written by the first responder to the call, Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper J.B. King. He goes back in time to tell it how it was from the moment of the crime until the conviction of Military Police Game Warden Johnny Lee Thornton. Riveting!His purpose is to tell the story of Pulaski County Missouri's 'Crime of...

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by Troy Taylor (Author)HELL HATH NO FURY13 SPIRITS OF THE WICKED AND THE WRONGEDRudyard Kipling once wrote that "the female of the species must be deadlier than the male." We sometimes forget this as we delve into the world of serial killers, sin, and the supernatural, but we shouldn't. Women are just as deadly -- and perhaps, as Kipling said, even deadlier - as men.From "angels of mercy" to women who kill for money, love, and revenge, the so-called "fairer sex" has claimed more than its shar...

Colección de Asesinos Seriales y Psicópatas Vol 1.: Incluye 2 Libros en 1 - Mujeres Asesinas Seriales y Los Psicópatas más Despiadados de la Historia - Paperback

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Asesinos Seriales, Enfermos Mentales y otros Monstruos: Casos de Psicópatas que te Quitaran el Sueño esta Noche. 2 Libros en 1 - Los Asesinos Seriales - Paperback

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What was Taken: an untold story - Paperback

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by Carol Haack (Author)A disturbing story of a devious serial killer: despite his low IQ, David James Torgerson continually outwitted the mental health and justice system with tragic consequences for his eleven known victims.Set in the 1960's and 70's, this true crime novel begins with evocative coming-of-age stories that occurred in the author's life after being viciously attacked at the age of ten by a stranger to her. What was Taken then catapults readers into Torgerson's twisted and tragi...

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by Alicia Doyle (Author)At age 26 in the 1980s, Flo Trapani was an officer with the Simi Valley Police Department when few women in America were joining the ranks of law enforcement. Flo's job as a cop made headlines, as she was one of only a handful of women on the force comprised mostly of men. But soon after she started the job, she learned she wasn't welcome in this male-dominated profession. Her fellow officers and superiors conspired to remove her from their ranks-to the extent that she...

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The Man Behind the Curtain: A Memoir - Paperback

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by Jessica Renee (Author), Valerie Dimino (Author)Jessica Renee was 11 years old when her stepfather began routinely raping and sexually assaulting her. Only when she was 15 and her boyfriend asked the right questions did the truth come to light-a terrible truth that her mother chose not to believe. Backed by a church community that believed a woman's duty was to support her husband above all else, Jessica's mother and countless other family and friends turned against her, labeling her a sinn...

DALLAS COP Volume III 300 TRUE SHORT STORIES - Paperback

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by Ray Dethloff (Author)DALLAS COP VOLUME III 300 TRUE SHORT STORIES is the final volume of DALLAS COP book stories, bringing the total summation of three books to nearly 800 true stories for True Crime readers. The author committed himself to a goal of publishing hundreds of actual police stories while he was still in training as a young Police Officer on the streets of Dallas, Texas in 1990, and retired 26 years later. These captivating varied stories represent a true amalgam of his experie...

Smooth: Tales of A Non-Convicted Criminal, Part II: Does anybody know him? - Paperback

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by Noel Dias (Author)Vincent "Smooth" Lamond is back and on the run-not from the feds this time, but from the unnamed"It" that compels him to lie, cheat, steal, and always live on the edge. Hoping to get his life on track, Vincent is bound for New York City, where an education and his estranged son await. Along the way, Vincent makes a fateful stop in Spartanburg, South Carolina, only for the "It" to strike again. SoonVincent is up to his old tricks-plotting schemes, cracking safes, and getti...

Whatever happened to Rosemarie? - Hardcover

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by Vera Christa Doederlein Hastie (Author) Number of Pages: 504 Dimensions: 1.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: May 19, 2024

50 Shades of Faith: Bible Devotionals to Set Prisoners and Addicts Free - Paperback

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by James E. Odell (Author)Can faith truly turn a notorious life around? James Odell, the acclaimed author of the best-seller "The Road to Hancock County," unveils his deepest vulnerabilities in this remarkable journey from crime, addiction, and despair to redemption and hope. With a foundation of rich experiences, psychology insights, and profound religious understanding, "50 Shades of Faith" emerges as a beacon for those lost in the shadows of their past. Odell intricately weaves his persona...

Her Time Ann Jarmy: A Third Fleet Convict - Paperback

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by Lisa Apfel (Author)Norwich was the breeding ground for revolutionary ideas that led to American and French independence, but it was also the breeding ground of criminals who were part of the new colony in New South Wales. Beginning with four convicts on the First Fleet, the Norwich convicts continued with the Second and Third Fleets. Ann was part of this third shipment. The entwining characters that came into her life are examined and the events that shaped her life are explained. Ann move...

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by Jerry Payne (Author)Thief of Dreams by Jerry Payne is a crime thriller that takes readers on a captivating journey through the life of the protagonist, Kyle Stone. Set in the vibrant and tumultuous city of San Francisco in the 1980s, the novel is based on the author's own experiences and offers a unique and fresh perspective on the genre. The story follows Kyle as he navigates the challenges of building a financial empire, but every time he faces a setback, he is mysteriously saved by a gu...

The Next Run: A UC Berkeley Student's Rise to Major 60s Pot Smuggler - Paperback

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by Tom Jenkins (Author)The true story of a 60s Berkeley student who starts smuggling pot hidden in cars, graduates to planes, resorts to wading sacks through the Rio Grande, and ultimately finds himself heading the Colombian end of an operation using a twin-engine cargo plane to drop bales to waiting speedboats off the coast of Florida. At the same time, his Mexican contacts are sending him six-ton shipments transported in semis past a bribed customs officer.His next move stuns the smuggling ...

Let the Healing Begin: When the Law Fails and Love Prevails - Paperback

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by Kindra Lidge (Author), Melissa Drake (Editor)When the justice system offers you up as collateral damage, sometimes love is the only form of justice.Charli looked like your average kid. You couldn't tell the difference between her and any other 12-year-old, except you'd mostly catch her walking with her head down, staring at her shoes, with her hands shoved in her pockets. But if you looked closer...past the dirty blond hair and deep into her eyes, you'd see an orphan living in one of the m...