True Crime

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by Michael Palin (Author)THE FOURTH VOLUME OF MICHAEL PALIN'S BESTSELLING DIARIES A new millennium, and a new chapter for Michael Palin unfolds. With a Hemingway travel project testing his confidence, doubts creeping in about his abilities as a writer, the death of his great friend George Harrison and the last of his children leaving home, the dawn of the twenty-first century sees Michael at his most reflective yet. Over the next ten years, we watch through Michael's eyes as the world reels f...

The Paranoid Apocalypse: A Hundred-Year Retrospective on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion - Hardcover

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by Steven T. Katz (Author), Richard Landes (Editor)An in-depth analysis of an anti-semitic conspiracy theory, from its origins in the 20th century to its resurgence today The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, first published in Russia around 1905, claimed to be the captured secret protocols from the first Zionist Congress in Basel in 1897 describing a plan by the Jewish people to achieve global domination. While the document has been proven to be fake, much of it plagiarized from satirical ant...

Outlaw Tales of Kansas: True Stories of the Sunflower State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, and Cutthroats - Paperback

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by Sarah Smarsh (Author), Robert Barr Smith (Continued by)From Dodge City to Abilene and beyond, Kansas in its early years was one fine place for outlaws, and one of the most violent places in America's history. Consider the exploits of Jesse James-a sociopathic killer or a Robin Hood who redistributed Union wealth? Or those of Big Nose Kate, whose true identity was much nobler than her reputation as Doc Holliday's longtime companion. That's not to mention the dangerous inmate who became the ...

Mad Trapper of Rat River: A True Story Of Canada's Biggest Manhunt - Paperback

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by Dick North (Author)"The Arctic trails do indeed have their secret tales, and one of the best is that of The Mad Trapper of Rat River, equal to the legends of Bonnie and Clyde or John Dillinger. Now author Dick North (of course) may have solved the mystery of the Mad Trapper's true identity, thereby enhancing the saga."--Thomas McIntyre, author of Seasons & Days: A Hunting Life "A courageous and unrelenting posse on the trail of a furious and desperate wilderness outlaw . . . Lean and b...

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by Angelique Serrao (Author)Just who is Radovan Krejcir? Known as "Baas John" to his underlings, he arrived in South Africa in 2007 under a false passport. He was a fugitive, a powerful Czech multimillionaire, who escaped from prison on fraud charges and fled to the good life in the Seychelles. But a bid by the Czech Republic to have him extradited saw Krejcir coming to South Africa. He was arrested at the airport, but an alleged bribe kept him in the country. Within a few years Krejcir had a...

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by Martin Ebon (Author)It was official. In 1991, two months after an abortive coup in August, the KGB was pronounced dead. But was it really? In KGB: Death and Rebirth, Martin Ebon, a writer long engaged in the study of foreign affairs, maintains that the notorious secret police/espionage organization is alive and well. He takes a penetrating look at KGB predecessors, the KGB at the time of its supposed demise, and the subsequent use of segmented intelligence forces such as border patrols and...

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by Nicholaus Bourland (Author)In this action-packed true crime thriller, from a perspective and insight that has never been put into print, you will not be able to help but fall inside the mind of the author/character Nick Bourland. Set in Portland, Oregon, Flail's Kitchen delivers a heartfelt story of a young man battling with addiction, love, and internal conflict over the criminal lifestyle he found himself devoured by. Nick and his cousins are on a crime spree with no limits as they run t...

Hell's Half-Acre: The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier - Paperback

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by Susan Jonusas (Author)One of NPR's "Books We Love"New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022" "Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last."--Wall Street Journal A suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier--shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war. In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly ...

Klan of Devils: The Murder of a Black Louisiana Deputy Sheriff - Hardcover

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by Stanley Nelson (Author)In the summer of 1965, several Ku Klux Klan members riding in a pickup truck shot two Black deputies on patrol in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Deputy Oneal Moore, the driver of the patrol car and father of four daughters, died instantly. His partner, Creed Rogers, survived and radioed in a description of the vehicle. Less than an hour later, police in Mississippi spotted the truck and arrested its driver, a decorated World War II veteran named Ernest Ray McElveen. T...

Missing Persons, Political Landscapes and Cultural Practices: Violent Absences, Haunting Presences - Hardcover

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by Laura Huttunen (Author)The book explores missing person issues and human disappearances from an anthropological perspective. It analyses reasons behind disappearances and the political and practical ways of dealing with them, suggesting a conceptual framework for understanding disappearances across varying political and cultural contexts.Back JacketThis book presents an anthropological exploration of human disappearances, from enforced disappearances under oppressive governments and during...

White Elephant Gifts For Girls: Original Serial Killer & True Crime Trivia Book - Paperback

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by K. Murdle (Author)Ever wondered what makes a serial killer tick? Or the eerie distinctions between psychopaths and sociopaths?The Ultimate Serial Killer Trivia Book dives deep into the darkest corners of the human mind, answering the questions you've always been too afraid to ask: Why do cannibals eat human flesh?What bizarre jobs attract the most serial killers?How many uncaptured murderers are roaming the streets right now?What movie franchise has inspired the most copycat killings?What ...

For the Love of My Sister: Paula Gallant's Legacy - Hardcover

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by Lynn Gallant Blackburn (Author), Cora Cole (Author)The overwhelming sense of gratitude and love I felt at Thanksgiving, surrounded by my two sisters, their husbands and our five children, allowed me to finally exhale. With a sense of unimaginable contentment I finally let go of the breath I was holding since my parents died. This pure love carried me straight through to Christmas, until murder entered our lives.This is a true story about how love never gives up. This is Paula Gallant's leg...

Consumed By Misery Upon Hell's Half Acre: A True Story From The FIRE and RAIN Chronicles - Hardcover

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by Richard Lee Cook (Author)In this harrowing and deeply personal memoir, the author takes us on a journey through the darkest corners of his childhood. On April 16th, 1968, just a week before his sixteenth birthday, he witnessed his mother for the last time, marking the climax of a haunting nightmare that would forever shape his life.Raised in a household marred by anger, jealousy, and unspeakable abuse, he and his sister Bonnie navigated a world of chaos and violence. Their father, known fo...

Happy Face: A Family of Monsters - Paperback

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by Nicole D. Phoenix (Author), Keith H. Jesperson (Author)Unveiling the Mind of a Serial Killer in Happy Face: A Family of MonstersIn this gripping memoir, Keith Jesperson, infamously known as The Happy Face Killer, bares his soul in a chilling collaboration that will captivate true crime enthusiasts and forensic psychology aficionados alike. This riveting account delves deep into the dark psyche of one of America's most notorious serial killers, offering an unprecedented look into the crimin...

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by Elizabeth Bankes (Author)In the mid-1990s British and Irish backpackers invade Bondi. They have come for a good time and find work on building sites, in bars and strip joints. Many are regulars at the Regent Hotel, but their enjoyment is interrupted when one of their own, a gay Liverpudlian, is found dead down on Bondi Beach. As Jim Cameron knows the dead man he becomes involved in the investigation and once again joins forces with New Zealander, Detective Alan Stone. Jim engages the help ...

Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the Fbi, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty - Paperback

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by Melissa Del Bosque (Author)The riveting and suspenseful account of two young FBI agents in a pursuit of a drug cartel's most fearsome leader, Miguel Trevi oDrugs, money, cartels: this is what FBI rookie Scott Lawson expected when he was sent to the border town of Laredo, but instead he's deskbound writing intelligence reports about the drug war. Then, one day, Lawson is asked to check out an anonymous tip: a horse was sold at an Oklahoma auction house for a record-topping price, and the bu...

The Forgotten Terrorist: Sirhan Sirhan and the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, Second Edition - Paperback

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by Mel Ayton (Author), Alan Dershowitz (Foreword by)Robert F. Kennedy's assassination in 1968 seems like it should be an open-and-shut case. Many people crowded in the small room at Los Angeles's famed Ambassador Hotel that fateful night saw Sirhan Sirhan pull the trigger. Sirhan was also convicted of the crime and still languishes in jail with a life sentence. However, conspiracy theorists have jumped on inconsistencies in the eyewitness testimony and alleged anomalies in the forensic eviden...

Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer - Paperback

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by John E. Douglas (Author), Johnny Dodd (Author)A dramatic and compelling true-crime psychological thriller This incredible story shows how John Douglas tracked and participated in the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S. history. For 31 years a man who called himself BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) terrorized the city of Wichita, Kansas, sexually assaulting and strangling a series of women, taunting the police with frequent communications, and bragging about his crimes to loc...

Twisted Tour Guide to Portland and Salem - Paperback

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by Marques Vickers (Author)Avoid The Tourist Herds. What could be more uninspiring than seeing the identical attractions that everyone else has for decades? This Twisted Tour Guide escorts you to the places locals don't want to talk about anymore...the same places people once couldn't stop talking about. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure historical sites remain hidden awaiting rediscovery. Each visitation site in this guide...

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by Tyrell Plair (Author)A serial killer's deadly game pushes Tracy Lane to her limits as she fights to protect Atlanta's streets. WHEN Amber Seasons, the daughter of two of the world's most popular reality stars, is murdered, the case lands on the lap of Tracy Lane and her partner Lewis Mitchell. Tracy is one of A.P.D's (Atlanta Police Department) most experienced detectives and has been solving crimes and witnessing travesties since the day she graduated from the police academy. Now, Lane an...

Fatal Vision: A True Crime Classic - Paperback

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by Joe McGinniss (Author)The electrifying true crime story of Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald, the handsome, Princeton-educated physician convicted of savagely slaying his young pregnant wife and two small children--murders he vehemently denies committing.... "Chilling. . . . A haunting resurrection of Crime and Punishment."--TimeBestselling author Joe McGinniss chronicles every aspect of this horrifying and intricate crime and probes the life and psyche of the magnetic, all-American Jeffrey MacDonald-...

Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit - Hardcover

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by Marc Feldman (Author), Hugh Taylor (Author), Eric Felt (Foreword by)Comprehensive exploration of humanity's potential for criminal activities in outer space Space Piracy: Preparing for a Criminal Crisis in Orbit is a forward-thinking resource that considers, analyzes, and provides solutions to the influence of the ignoble side of humanity in the realm of outer space, where potential for crime, corruption, piracy, and war increases as the exploitation of space as a commercial resource conti...

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by V. D. Dominus (Author)How is the Vatican Bank structured? What secrets does the Vatican hold? Why are the Vatican archives closed? How is the Vatican Bank connected with the Italian mafia, Freemasons, and Nazis? Why did the Catholic Church support Mussolini? Who granted independence to the Vatican? How did the Pope earn from donations? Who was a client of the Vatican Bank? - We will talk about all this, as well as about the Vatican and the church as a whole in this book. Imagine "The Godfa...

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by Douglas Preston (Author), Mario Spezi (Author)In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history. In 2000, Douglas Preston fulfilled a dream to move his family to Italy. Then he discovered that the olive grove in front of their 14th century farmhouse...

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by Anais Renevier (Author), Laurie Bennett (Translator)One hot summer, two young children disappeared from their first-floor apartment in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, New York. Their mother, Alice Crimmins, reported them missing to the police. Later that day, the body of four-year-old Missy was found in a vacant lot, showing signs of having been strangled. The body of five-year-old Eddie, Jr., was found several days later. Police were immediately suspicious of the mother. Recently ...

American Mother: A Life Reclaimed - Paperback

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by Colum McCann (Author), Diane Foley (Author)AN IMMEDIATE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * Featured on MSNBC's Morning JoeWith National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann, Diane Foley courageously returns to the story of her son, American journalist James Foley, who went abroad and never came home. In late 2021, Diane Foley sat at a table across from Alexanda Kotey, a member of the ISIS group known as "the Beatles," who pled guilty to the kidnapping, torture, and murder of her son James Foley ...

Undercover Junkie: Chasing Highs, Confronting Killers, and Unraveling in the Chaos - Hardcover

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by Brent Cartwright (Author)IN THE UNDERBELLY OF KANSAS CITY'S MOST LETHAL STREETS, ONE COP DESCENDS INTO A NIGHTMARE OF ADDICTION, BETRAYAL, AND LOST IDENTITY IN PURSUIT OF JUSTICE.Detective Brent Cartwright seemed to have it all-a loving family, a promising police career, and a future full of possibilities. But the grind of everyday police work left him craving more-a deeper rush, bigger challenges, and higher stakes. His solution? Join the elite undercover unit, where he could chase the ci...

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by Juan Díaz Canales (Author), Juanjo Guarnido (Illustrator)Hardboiled feline detective John Blacksad is back in the latest tour de force from the multiple-award winning duo of writer Juan D az Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido Taking a much-needed break after the events of A Silent Hell, Blacksad lands a side job driving a rich Texan's prized yellow Cadillac Eldorado across 1950s America, hitting the back roads from New Orleans to Tulsa. But before long, the car is stolen and Blacksad find...

Practical Cyber Intelligence: A Hands-On Guide to Digital Forensics - Hardcover

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by Adam Tilmar Jakobsen (Author)Overview of the latest techniques and practices used in digital forensics and how to apply them to the investigative process Practical Cyber Intelligence provides a thorough and practical introduction to the different tactics, techniques, and procedures that exist in the field of cyber investigation and cyber forensics to collect, preserve, and analyze digital evidence, enabling readers to understand the digital landscape and analyze legacy devices, current mod...

The Disappearance of Ray Gricar - Paperback

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by Pete Dove (Author)Some problems become more troublesome the longer they are left. The aching molar which remains untended; the lawn which is left uncut. The same might be said of the case of Ray Gricar. Although, of course, the disappearance and possible death of a man, one with a high local profile, is much more serious than sore teeth or an unkempt yard.Gricar was last seen on Friday April 15th 2005. It was a glorious day - one of the first of the year in which Spring had lightened the s...

The Disappearance of Patricia Adkins - Paperback

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by Pete Dove (Author)'Kiss, Kiss - love you sis, ' the goodbye that Patti Adkins shared with her sisters. How could they know that, at the end of June 2001, they would hear it from their younger sibling for the final time?'You don't think that the worst is going to happen. You don't think it will be the last time you speak to your little sister, ' Jeanine Laurie recalled the shock of hearing of Patti's disappearance. Within just a few hours of receiving the appalling news, Jeanine had no doub...

Killer Gold Digger Molly Corbett - Paperback

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by Ana Benton (Author)Some criminal cases truly divide the public, and the murder of a wealthy Irish businessman Jason Corbett was certainly one of them. He was viciously killed by his second wife Molly Corbett and her father Thomas. Even though the killers claimed that it was self-defense because Jason tried to strangle Molly, the evidence spoke a different story. It was clearly a planned killing that had a different goal - securing Molly with the life insurance money and gaining the custody...