True Crime

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The Other Dr. Gilmer: Two Men, a Murder, and an Unlikely Fight for Justice - Paperback

$20.00

by Benjamin Gilmer (Author)A "mesmerizing" (The New York Times Book Review) true story about a shocking crime and a mysterious illness that will forever change your notions of how we punish and how we heal--an expansion on one of the most popular This American Life episodes of all time, now with a new postscript "A remarkable medical detective story-cum-memoir, grippingly told . . . I was drawn in by every part of it."--Atul Gawande, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal Fresh ...

Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control: Creating a Culture of Compliance - Hardcover

$45.00

by Martin T. Biegelman (Author), Joel T. Bartow (Author)How-to, authoritative guidance for creating a best-in-class fraud prevention and compliance program in any organization Now in a Second Edition, this practical book helps corporate executives and managers understand the full ramifications of good corporate governance and compliance. It covers best practices for establishing a unit to protect the financial integrity of a business; theories and models on how and why fraud occurs in an orga...

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by Chanel Miller (Author)A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Know My Name is a gut-punch, and in the end, somehow, also blessedly hopeful."--Washington Post Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, and an instant New York Times bestseller, Chanel Miller's breathtaking memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing her not just as Emily Doe, but as Chanel Miller the writer, the artist, the survivor, the fighter." (The Wrap). Her story of trauma and transcendence illuminates a culture biased to pr...

Case for Solomon: Bobby Dunbar and the Kidnapping That Haunted a Nation - Paperback

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by Tal McThenia (Author), Margaret Dunbar Cutright (Author)The spellbinding story of one of the most celebrated kidnapping cases in American history--the kidnapping of Bobby Dunbar--and a haunting family mystery that took almost a century to solve. THE MOST NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPING CASE IN AMERICAN HISTORY Author BiographyTal McThenia is a freelance writer who reported and wrote The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar, a one-hour radio documentary for the acclaimed public radio series This American Life. He ha...

The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science - Paperback

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by Sam Kean (Author)From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets, "a fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Science is a force for good in the world--at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this spell, knowledge isn't everything, it's the only thing--no matter the cost. Bestselling author Sa...

The Night Stalker: The Disturbing Life and Chilling Crimes of Richard Ramirez - Paperback

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by Philip Carlo (Author)"An astonishing portrait of a killer not seen since In Cold Blood." --New York Daily News A bestselling masterpiece of true crime on par with Helter Skelter, this definitive account of one of America's most feared and notorious serial killers takes you deep into the psychology of a murderer, his terrifying crimes, and the cult following that is shockingly revealed in this revised and updated edition of a true crime classic. Decades after Richard Ramirez left thirtee...

A Witness of Fact: The Peculiar Case of Chief Forensic Pathologist Colin Manock - Paperback

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by Drew Rooke (Author)The compelling story of South Australia's disgraced former chief forensic pathologist and the legal scandals in which he became implicated. For nearly three decades, Dr Colin Manock was in charge of South Australia's forensic pathology services, and played a vital role within the state's criminal justice system: in cases of unexpected or unexplained death, it was his job to determine when a person took their final breath and whether they had died naturally or as a result...

American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery - Paperback

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by Craig Unger (Author)**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***Updated with a new afterword from the author* Kompromat n.--Russian for "compromising information" This is a story about the dirty secrets of the most powerful people in the world--including Donald Trump. It is based on exclusive interviews with dozens of high-level sources--intelligence officers in the CIA, FBI, and the KGB; thousands of pages of FBI investigations, police investigations; and news articles in English, Russia...

A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century - Paperback

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by Jeffery T. Richelson (Author)Here is the ultimate inside history of twentieth-century intelligence gathering and covert activity. Unrivalled in its scope and as readable as any spy novel, A Century of Spies travels from tsarist Russia and the earliest days of the British Secret Service to the crises and uncertainties of today's post-Cold War world, offering an unsurpassed overview of the role of modern intelligence in every part of the globe. From spies and secret agents to the latest high...

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by Sheila Rae Boyd (Author)This is a true story . . . my true story . . . and my prayer is that it will bring comfort and hope to those who may be experiencing a similar one. I had married my childhood sweetheart, and I believed with all my heart we had a rare, "fairy tale" marriage, one that would endure the test of time. After almost 20 years of marriage, my husband tried to explain to me that he was bisexual, a pedophile, and a sexual predator and that, as a result, our children and I coul...

Rogue Heroes: The History of the Sas, Britain's Secret Special Forces Unit That Sabotaged the Nazis and Changed the Nature of War - Paperback

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by Ben MacIntyre (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The incredible untold story of World War II's greatest secret fighting force, as told by the modern master of wartime intrigue--now a limited series on Epix! "Reads like a mashup of The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, with a sprinkling of Ocean's 11 thrown in for good measure."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - "Rogue Heroes is a ripping good read."--Washington Post (10 Best Books of the Year) Br...

Tommy's Place: Welcome to the famous Mounds Club - Paperback

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by Frank Monastra (Author)Tommy's Place is a true story based on a Cleveland Irish boxer Thomas J. McGinty. In the early 1920s, Tommy was a lean, mean fighting machine and went on to promote boxing and bicycle racing events in Ohio. Tommy soon found himself another job, this time as a bouncer, during the "Circulation Wars" in Cleveland, Ohio. Then, during Prohibition, Tommy became a significant player in the bootlegging business, until it ended on December 5, 1933. Like most criminals after P...

Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot - Paperback

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by Bill O'Reilly (Author), Martin Dugard (Author)A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln. The basis for the 2013 television movie of the same name starring Rob Lowe as JFK. More than a million readers have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the page-turning work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of Americ...

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by Michel Francoeur (Author)In this unflinching memoir, Michel Lafl?che Francoeur takes readers on a harrowing journey from the depths of childhood trauma through the false promises of spiritual movements to a hard-won authenticity.After his chaotic exit from a Bible-based cult, he went on a quest for meaning that led him through Scientology and other controversial groups, such as the Brahma Kumaris, each offering an escape from reality. But as he confronts the ghosts of his past, he realizes...

Serial Killers: The Minds, Methods, and Mayhem of History's Most Notorious Murderers - Hardcover

$74.95

by Richard Estep (Author) Interest in true crime and murder is strong Fascination with serial killers and their pathology is high Logical organization makes finding information quick and easy Numerous black-and-white photographs Thoroughly indexed Authoritative resource Sure to appeal to true crime aficionados, conspiracy buffs, and armchair historians Publicity and promotion aimed at the wide array of websites focused on true crime, the unexplained, and the conspiratorial Promotion t...

Hometown Betrayal: A Tragic Story of Secrecy and Sexual Abuse in Mormon Country - Hardcover

$28.95

by Emily Benedek (Author)No one believed it could happen in their town. But it did. Valarie Clark Miller seemed to have it all. Smart and beautiful with a wealthy, successful husband and growing family, Valarie appeared to be the picture-perfect Mormon wife. But it was all a fa?ade. Inside, she was crumbling from the pressures of long-repressed memories of a childhood filled with sexual and physical abuse. In Hometown Betrayal, author Emily Benedek brings you behind the closed doors of the...

True Crime Dossiers 1: 16 Troubling True Crimes - Paperback

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by Robert H. Wilde (Author)Sixteen true crimes stories from across the world, involving murder, fraud and serial killers, including: Two disturbing stories of torsos pulled from London's River Thames. Killers caught by evidence derived from their own pets. The celebrity cannibal who got away with murder (and eating someone). A conman who turned to murder. An early female catfish killer and the rarest of criminals: a female sex killer. How ground breaking research caught the Golden State Kille...

Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them - Hardcover

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by Max Cutler (Author), Kevin Conley (With)Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join them? Based on the hit podcast Cults, this is essential reading for any true crime fan. Cults prey on the very attributes that make us human: our desire to belong, to find a deeper meaning in life, to live everyday with divine purpose. Their existence crea...

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century - Paperback

$18.00

by Kirk Wallace Johnson (Author)As heard on NPR's This American Life "Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller." --Maureen Corrigan, NPR's Fresh Air "One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever." --Christian Science Monitor From the author of The Fishermen and the Dragon, a rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for read...

Shooting Crows: Mass Murder, State Collusion and Press Freedom - Paperback

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by Trevor Birney (Author)Everyone knows where they were when Ray Houghton outfoxed the Italian goalkeeper in the 1994 World Cup finals. Every television in the country was tuned in to the match, and The Heights Bar in Loughinisland, Co. Down was no exception. But two miles down the road, three men with no interest in Ireland's footballing progress were planning a deadly massacre. Shortly after half-time they burst through the door of the bar and opened fire, spraying bullets indiscriminately....

Little Vic and the Great Mafia War - Hardcover

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by Larry McShane (Author)From award-winning New York Daily News reporter Larry McShane, the gritty, bloody, first definite biography of one of the Mafia's deadliest contenders for boss, "Little Vic" Orena, who battled it out in the streets with Carmine "The Snake" Persico for control of the Colombo Family and triggered the bloodiest Mafia war of our times . . . June 20, 1991. A five-man hit team waited in a car outside the Long Island home of Victor Orena, the acting crime boss of the Colombo...

Written in Bone: Hidden Stories in What We Leave Behind - Paperback

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by Sue Black (Author)Winner of the Crime Writers' Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Nonfiction--A tour through the human skeleton and the secrets our bones reveal, from the author of All That Remains In her memoir All That Remains, internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and human anatomist Dame Sue Black recounted her life lived eye to eye with the Grim Reaper. During the course of it, she offered a primer on the basics of identifying human remains, plenty of insights into the fascin...

Shelbyville - Murders and Mob Justice in a Small Town - Paperback

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by Terry Lee Coats (Author)When the No.5 left Nashville, little did anyone know the events of February 10, 1912, would take an ugly turn. Three NC&St.L Railway employees, brothers Wat Greer and David Neal, and a third man, Charles Dane Bomar, would be charged with the murder of S.W. Everson, a railroad detective, and within two weeks, two of these three men would be dead at the hands of a lynch mob.In the winter of 1911, Shelbyville, Tennessee, a town that had not seen significant crime i...

Richard Speck and the Eight Nurses: Deconstructing A Mass Murder - Paperback

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by B. D. Salerno (Author)Late on the night of July 13, 1966, eight of nine student nurses were brutally murdered in their townhouse. They never screamed, they never fought, they never tried to run, and no one could understand why. The eight horrific murders were attributed to Richard Speck, a 24-year-old unemployed seaman with a long rap sheet. One nurse survived by hiding under a bed. She was the crux of the prosecution's case, a slam dunk that brought in a guilty verdict after only 47 minut...

Modern Conspiracies in America - Paperback

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by Michael D. Gambone (Author)"... an excellent guide to logic and credibility for all who are curious about this complex and urgent subject." Booklist Starred Review - This book examines popular conspiracy theories in America to help readers sort through myth and fact and make up their own minds.Author BiographyMichael D. Gambone, professor of history at Kutztown University is the author of several books including, most recently, Long Journeys Home: American Veterans of World War II, Korea, ...

$The Betrayal of Anne Frank \ ¿Quién Traicionó a Ana Frank? (Spanish Edition): La Investigación Que Revela El Secreto Jamás Contado - Paperback$

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by Rosemary Sullivan (Author)Usando una nueva tecnología, documentos descubiertos recientemente y sofisticadas técnicas de investigación, un equipo internacional -dirigido por un obsesionado agente retirado del FBI- finalmente ha resuelto el misterio que ha perseguid a generaciones desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial: Quién traicionó a Ana Frank y a su familia? Y por qué?Más de treinta millones de personas han leído El diario de Ana Frank, el diario que la adolescente Ana Frank escribió mientra...

Lessons from the Street: Volume II Officer Survival & Training - Paperback

$14.38

by John M. Wills (Author) Number of Pages: 150 Dimensions: 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 14, 2011

Lessons from the Street Volume I: Officer Survival & Training - Paperback

$18.65

by John M. Wills (Author)Lessons From The Street Volume I is a collection of articles written by John M. Wills who spent twelve years as a Chicago police officer, and twenty-one years as an FBI agent. He worked in the busiest police districts in the city, which allowed him to gain a wealth of knowledge about tactics and survival. While serving with the Chicago Police Department, John earned the department's highest award for valor as well as the Blue Star award for being wounded in the line o...

Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder - Paperback

$36.72

by Matthew Pearl (Author)From the bestselling author of The Taking of Jemima Boone, the unbelievable true story of a real-life Swiss Family Robinson (and their dog) who faced sharks, shipwreck, and betrayal. On December 10, 1887, a shark fishing boat disappeared. On board the doomed vessel were the Walkers--the ship's captain Frederick, his wife Elizabeth, their three teenage sons, and their dog--along with the ship's crew. The family had spotted a promising fishing location when a terrible s...

Accused: The Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth Andes - Paperback

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by Amber Hunt (Author), Amanda Rossmann (Author)The true story of the unsolved murder of Ohio co-ed Elizabeth Andes, the police's quick arrest of her boyfriend, Bob Young, and the criminal and civil juries that each delivered not-guilty verdicts, allowing Young, the only suspect in the case, to walk free, as featured on the Cincinnati Enquirer's popular podcast Accused: The Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth Andes. Perfect for fans of Adnan's Story, based on the hit podcast Serial. Number of Pages:...

Deep State Target: How I Got Caught in the Crosshairs of the Plot to Bring Down President Trump - Paperback

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by George Papadopoulos (Author)"Wait till you read this book. It blew me away. . . . This is a must-read book. . . . This will be a movie." --Sean Hannity "George Papadopoulos was the whole reason for the Trump Russia investigation." --Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff A shocking account of international spy games and a disturbing eyewitness report on a secret double government--the Deep State--intent on destroying lives and a presidency George Papadopoulos became a national figure ...

Wild Escape: The Prison Break from Dannemora and the Manhunt That Captured America - Paperback

$16.99

by Chelsia Rose Marcius (Author)"Marcius writes with genuine narrative power. Her depth of research provides insights into this historical escape that we can't get anywhere else " --Anthony Flacco, New York Times and international bestselling author A gripping, true-crime debut of imprisonment, escape, and survival from New York Daily News crime reporter Chelsia Rose Marcius. On June 6, 2015, inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility, New York State's ...