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Acts of Violence in the School Setting: National and International Responses - Paperback

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by Kimberly A. McCabe (Author), Brianna M. Egan (With), Toy D. Eagle (With)Acts of School Violence in the School Setting provides accurate and practical information on school violence at a national and international level to students studying crime and criminal justice. In addition, this book provides information on victimization as it is perpetrated through the internet and focused upon students. Author BiographyKimberly A. McCabe, PhD, is the director of the Center for Community Development...

American Murder Houses: A Coast-To-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide - Paperback

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by Steve Lehto (Author)There are places in the United States of America where violent acts of bloodshed have occurred. Years may pass--even centuries--but the mark of death remains. They are known as Murder Houses. From a colonial manse in New England to a small-town home in Iowa to a Beverly Hills mansion, these residences have taken on a life of their own, gaining everything from local lore and gossip to national--and even global--infamy. Writer Steve Lehto recounts the stories behind th...

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Report copyright infringementby Trunnis Goggins (Compiled by), Tessa Williams (Author), Darcy Frederick (Author) Number of Pages: 306 Dimensions: 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 19, 2025

Hunting the Jackal: A Special Forces and CIA Soldier's Fifty Years on the Frontlines of the War Against Terrorism - Paperback

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by Billy Waugh (Author), Tim Keown (Author)Spanning more than five decades, here is a riveting true account of fighting America's enemies around the world--told by the soldier/operative who was there I am not a hero. Billy Waugh has lurked in the shadows and on the periphery of many of the most significant events of the past half-century on active duty with U.S. Army Special Forces and the CIA fighting enemies of the United States. In Hunting the Jackal, this legendary warrior reveals the ext...

Sellin' Out: True Stories From the White Van Speaker Scam

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Report copyright infringementby Craig Riley (Author), Kristy Riley (Author) Number of Pages: 170 Dimensions: 0.36 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 14, 2025

Buried Truth: A Poignant Story of a Man's Search for His Father, Exposing Powerful Forces Bent on Hiding the Truth

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Report copyright infringementby Jim Graham (Author)For five decades, I believed I was a member of the Graham family, from a lower middle-class neighborhood, several miles east of Buffalo, NY. The revelation that I was not, shocked me. To make my story more intriguing, I was not adopted, Truth can be stranger than fiction. I quickly realized I was a pawn in a scheme to protect the Catholic Church from a public scandal. Kathryn Graham, who I believed to be my aunt and was not, unsympathetically...

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Report copyright infringementby Erin Slaughter (Author)Erin Slaughter's father was murdered by his newlywed wife the night before Erin's senior year of high school began. In the years following, her family was fractured by cancer, alcoholism, and estrangement, and Erin entered her coming-of-age attempting to leave the trauma of the murder in her past (except when she joked about it inappropriately to new friends and on first dates), while secretly navigating her own struggles with addiction a...

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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...

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Report copyright infringementby Louis Romano (Author)The Qafa family name has been synonymous with fighting for Albanian independence for over three hundred years.Since the 1600s, Qafa men have lost their lives and taken lives fighting against the Ottoman Turks, the Yugoslavian Serbs, and the communists. Simon Qafa tells the story of Pjeter Cup Qafa, his father, who was known as "the legend of the mountains" for his role as one of the most important freedom fighters of his day.Simon's life is...

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Report copyright infringementby Lisa G. Bennett (Author)The #1 fraud in the US in 2021 was identity theft. The #2 fraud was imposter scams. This is a story about both.Live with the author for a year through an online dating relationship with a man who claims to be with NATO, from San Francisco to Yemen to Ukraine, all the while believing in commitment and honesty while doubting the Agent's story and showing you the red flags. Stand with her when he delivers "the Ask." And by the end of the st...

The Sing Sing Files: One Journalist, Six Innocent Men, and a Twenty-Year Fight for Justice

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Report copyright infringementby Dan Slepian (Author)An NBC Dateline producer's cinematic account of his two-decade journey navigating the broken criminal justice system to help free six innocent men In 2002, Dan Slepian, a veteran producer for NBC's Dateline, received a tip from a Bronx homicide detective that two men were serving twenty-five years to life in prison for a 1990 murder they did not commit. Haunted by what the detective had told him, Slepian began an investigation of the case th...

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Report copyright infringementby Hermann B. (Hermann Bacher) Deutsch (Author)"The Huey Long Murder Case" delves into one of the most sensational political assassinations in American history. Hermann B. Deutsch meticulously recounts the events surrounding the 1935 murder of Louisiana Governor and Senator Huey Long, a controversial figure whose populist policies captivated some and enraged others during the Great Depression. This historical account explores the circumstances of Long's death in B...

The Tragedy of True Crime: Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us

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Report copyright infringementby John J. Lennon (Author)In 2001, John J. Lennon killed a man on a Brooklyn Street. Now he's a journalist, working from behind bars, trying to make sense of it all. The Tragedy of True Crime is a first-person journalistic account of the lives of four men who have killed, written by a man who has killed. Lennon entered the New York prison system with a sentence of 28 years to life but after he stepped into a writing workshop at Attica Correctional Facility, his wh...

Inside the Cartel: How an Undercover FBI Agent Smuggled Cocaine, Laundered Cash, and Dismantled a Colombian Narco-Empire

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Report copyright infringementby Martin Suarez (Author), Ian Frisch (Author)"Truth is always stranger than fiction. . . A stunning, riveting and extraordinary real-life story of life in the shadows." -#1 International Bestselling Author Don WinslowThe gripping true story, that reads like fiction, of how legendary FBI Special Agent Martin Suarez went deep undercover--and lived a double-life for years--to infiltrate Colombia's most insidious drug cartels.Martin Suarez, a legend within the FBI wh...

In True Face: A Woman's Life in the Cia, Unmasked

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Report copyright infringementby Jonna Mendez (Author)In this "extraordinarily brave and entertaining book" (Sonia Purnell, New York Times-bestselling author of A Woman of No Importance), the bestselling coauthor of Argo tells her riveting, courageous story of being a female spy at the height of the Cold War Jonna Mendez began her CIA career as a "contract wife," performing secretarial duties for the CIA as a convenience to her husband, a young officer stationed in Europe. She needed his per...

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Report copyright infringementby Craig Riley (Author), Riley (Author) Number of Pages: 170 Dimensions: 0.44 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 14, 2025

Sherri Papini Doesn't Exist: The Lie That Defined Me, the Media That Destroyed Me, and the Truth That No One Heard

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Report copyright infringementby Sherri Papini (Author), Stefan Junaeus (Author)"The headlines told you who she was. But they didn't tell you the truth."In November 2016, Sherri Papini vanished from her quiet California neighborhood, igniting a media firestorm that painted her as both victim and villain. But behind the sensationalized headlines lay a darker, far more complicated reality-a brutal captivity, corrosive manipulation, and a life unraveled by abuse hidden in plain sight.Now, for the...

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

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Report copyright infringementby Wright Thompson (Author)The instant New York Times bestseller - Named the #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year by TIME, A Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, Slate, Vanity Fair, Buzzfeed, Smithsonian, BookPage, KCUR, Kirkus, and Boston Globe "It literally changed my outlook on the world...incredible." --Shonda Rhimes"The Barn is serious history and skillful journalism, but with the nuance and wallop of a finely wrought novel... The Barn describes not just t...

Gentleman Bandit: The True Story of Black Bart, the Old West's Most Infamous Stagecoach Robber

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Report copyright infringementby John Boessenecker (Author)From New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker, an "entertaining, well-researched foray" (Kirkus Reviews) into the decades of Black Bart, the Wild West's mysterious gentleman bandit. Black Bart, widely regarded today as the best-behaved stage robber of the Old West, held up at least twenty-nine stagecoaches in California and Oregon with mild, polite commands, never robbing a passenger. His real n...

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Report copyright infringementby Felix Northwood (Author)In "Chasing Evil: The Pursuit and Capture of History's Most Savage Serial Killer," Felix Northwood takes readers on a harrowing journey into the mind of a sexually sadistic serial murderer. Set against the backdrop of 1970s Oregon, Northwood recounts his chilling encounters with Jerry Brudos, a man whose heinous crimes left an indelible mark on the lives of his victims and their families. Through meticulous research and firsthand experie...

Carlos Lehder: The Rise and Fall of a Smuggler King

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Report copyright infringementby Mafia Library (Author)From a turbulent childhood to becoming one of the most powerful and flamboyant drug traffickers in history, this gripping biography explores the life of Carlos Lehder, co-founder of the infamous Medellín Cartel.Follow his journey from early struggles and a violent upbringing to his transformation inside a U.S. prison, where a fateful alliance with George Jung would launch him into the cocaine trade. As Lehder rises through the criminal und...

Blue Lives Matter: The Heart Behind the Badge

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Report copyright infringementby Brian P. Whiddon (Author)A violent war is being waged against cops in America. A common strategy in warfare is to de-humanize the enemy. And, our liberal media is pushing that narrative on an hourly basis. The fact is the majority of cops are good people, with families, ambitions, mortgages, health issues, feelings, opinions and, most importantly, SELFLESS COURAGE.Brian Whiddon spent 15 years as a law enforcement oﬃcer. In these pages, he gives readers a rare l...

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Report copyright infringementby Larry Formato (Author)An unbelievable true-life story about one man's rise from poverty to extreme wealth. How much money do you want to make a year? Whatever your answer is, it's not enough. Lorenzo "Larry" Formato began this wild ride in the early 70's and stayed on top for almost two decades. Relive his life experiences through his own words as he takes you on a journey reminiscent of Godfather, Wall Street, and Boiler Room. Now, through his own eyes, witnes...

No Ordinary Bird: Drug Smuggling, a Plane Crash, and a Daughter's Quest for the Truth

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Report copyright infringementby Artis Henderson (Author) Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 1.18 x 8.43 x 5.51 IN Publication Date: September 02, 2025

Expert Witness: The Weight of Our Testimony When Justice Hangs in the Balance

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Report copyright infringementby Ann Wolbert Burgess (Author), Steven Matthew Constantine (With)From the author of the critically-acclaimed true crime account, A Killer By Design (the inspiration behind Hulu's original docuseries, Mastermind), a groundbreaking look into the crucial role played by expert witnesses in the most high-profile criminal cases, based on Dr. Ann Burgess' personal experiences within the criminal justice system. Written through Burgess' singular lens of compassion and...

My Life As An FBI Special Agent: Final Cases, Lasting Impact

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Report copyright infringementby Harry Trombitas (Author)If you're a true crime fan, this book, and the entire Dark Places series, will leave you amazed and satisfied, and glad that you went along for the ride. Welcome to Book 4, the fourth and final book in the Dark Places series. In this book, Special Agent Harry Trombitas details three of the last, but most interesting, cases that he worked in the FBI during his almost 30-year career. Come along as SA Trombitas tells the story of "The Horro...

The Runner: A True Account of the Amazing Lies and Fantastical Adventures of the Ivy League Impostor James Hogue - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby David Samuels (Author)"The Runner" tells the remarkable true story of a teenage drifter and petty thief named James Hogue who woke up one cold winter morning in a storage shed in Utah and decided to start his life anew. Re-imagining himself as a self-educated ranch hand named Alexi Indris-Santana who read Plato under the stars and could run a mile in under four minutes, Hogue applied and was accepted to Princeton University, where he excelled academically, made...

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Report copyright infringementby David Mills (Author), Ray Tucker (Author)Nature of the Beast Continues is a gripping, firsthand account of life inside the Tennessee prison system from the unique perspective of a career corrections official. David Mills Ray Tucker draws on decades of experience, rising through the ranks from frontline correctional officer to Regional Administrator, overseeing multiple facilities across East and West Tennessee.In vivid and often harrowing detail, Tucker recount...

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Report copyright infringementby Jean A. Quaal (Author)Searching, When Songbirds Ceased to Sing shares what evolved when experiencing a traumatic year-long search for a missing aircraft and five occupants. It was October 28, 1974, when brothers-in-law and twin Engine Beechcraft 414K disappeared. The aircraft, serving as an air hearse was on a return flight from Gallup, NM. On board were a father and his two teenage daughters involved in a fatal car/train accident being transported to their hom...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Madigan (Author) Number of Pages: 270 Dimensions: 0.61 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: February 01, 2016

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Report copyright infringementby Cole Younger (Author)"The Story of Cole Younger by Himself" offers a rare and compelling first-person account of one of the most notorious figures of the American West. This autobiography details the life of Cole Younger, from his experiences as a Missouri Guerrilla during the American Civil War to his years as a notorious outlaw. Younger recounts his involvement in the turbulent years following the war, providing firsthand perspective on the motivations and ex...

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

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Report copyright infringementby Julie K. Brown (Author)"Journalist Julie K. Brown recounts her uncompromising and risky investigation of Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex trafficking operation, and the ... reporting for the Miami Herald that finally brought him to justice while exposing the powerful people and broken system that protected him"-- Number of Pages: 464 Dimensions: 1.52 x 9.33 x 6.34 IN Publication Date: July 20, 2021