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The Amazon is Burning - The Flames of 21st Century Resistance Inspired by Indigenous Women - Paperback

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by Damon Corrie (Author)Advance Praise for: The Amazon is burning - The flames of 21st-century resistance inspired by indigenous women. True tales from 25 years of Vigilante activities in defense of native peoples of Amazonia by the Caribbean's most radical indigenous rights activist."Damon Corrie tells the world a story of courage, determination, love for the land and the quest for Justice from Indigenous peoples' perspective. A story that has been intentionally ignored by the colonizers wit...

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by Patrick Whitehurst (Author), Tom Pitts (Foreword by)Tucson is a vibrant, growing city, but beneath the sunny surface lies a dark history. Eva Dugan was convicted of murder and hanged here, the first woman to be executed in the state of Arizona. Gangsters like Joe Bonanno and bank robber John Dillinger were drawn to this corner of the Southwest, and it was home to killers like Robert John Bardo an... Number of Pages: 146 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 27, 2021

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by Heidi Sallee (Author)Emali Sallee was only nineteen years old when she was murdered by her boyfriend.Forever 19: The Story of Emali Sallee is about Emali's life and her death, seen through the eyes of her friends and family, as well as commentary from people who know the monumental struggles faced by abused women every day. Emali didn't make it out alive; however, we are hoping that in sharing her story, we can help prevent this tragedy from happening again.We also hope to honor her memory...

The P Diddy Case - From Mogul to Monster - Paperback

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by Sophia Fairview (Author)Sean "P Diddy" Combs-a name once synonymous with glamour, success, and unshakable dominance in the world of hip-hop and beyond. From founding Bad Boy Records and mentoring some of the biggest artists of the 90s, to transforming himself into a global brand mogul, Diddy's rise to power seemed limitless. But behind the sleek suits and champagne-soaked parties lay a darker truth.In "The P Diddy Case - From Mogul to Monster", author Sophia Fairview pulls back the curtain...

America First: Americans Must Come Together For Freedom - Hardcover

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by Roy Bain (Author)In the last 100 years, the men who achieved the role of president of the United States have been loved, despised, ridiculed, and applauded for their policies during their time in office. This book examines the lives, personal and professional, during the last century of American presidents, their impact on society, in America and around the world, and it reviews the traits and personalities that make a president.These men have been the most powerful men on earth and yet ea...

Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America's Deadliest Biker Gangs - Paperback

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by Charles Falco (Author), Kerrie Droban (Author)The basis for the hit TV series Gangland Undercover! Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws presents the gripping account from an ex-con who went undercover to help the ATF infiltrate three of America's most violent biker gangs. Despite lacking any experience with motorcycle gangs, Charles Falco infiltrated three of America's deadliest biker gangs: the Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws. In separate investigations that spanned years and coasts, Falco risked his ...

Secrets in the Cellar: A True Story of the Austrian Incest Case That Shocked the World - Paperback

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by John Glatt (Author)Josef Fritzl was a 73-year-old retired engineer in Austria. He seemed to be living a normal life with his wife, Rosemarie, and their family--though one daughter, Elisabeth, had decades earlier been "lost" to a religious cult. Throughout the years, three of Elisabeth's children mysteriously appeared on the Fritzls' doorstep; Josef and Rosemarie raised them as their own. But only Josef knew the truth about Elisabeth's disappearance... For twenty-seven years, Josef had impr...

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by Marie-Rose Fox (Author)No one ever fully recovers from the death of a child. Marie-Rose Fox wanted to be someone who was happy - not hiding from the world, or bitter and angry. She knew that forgiveness was the way to peace, but how could she ever forgive her daughter's murderer?Hidden Thorns is the heart-wrenching but ultimately uplifting account of a moither's journey after the murder of her daughter- how she found both peace and forgiveness.."Hidden Thorns is an encouraging and remarkab...

The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Ninetenth-Century New York - Paperback

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by Patricia Cline Cohen (Author)In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story of the mysterious victim, Helen Jewett. From her beginnings as a servant girl in Maine, Helen Jewett refashioned herself, using four successive aliases, into a highly paid courtesan. She invented li...

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by Paula May (Author)From the author of FIRST DEGREE RAGE: The True Story of 'The Assassin, ' An Obsession, and Murder comes the ongoing and chilling true crime saga of L. C. Underwood, the obsessively jealous police officer from North Carolina. Underwood shocked an entire city with his reign of terror in the lives of his ex-fiancé Kay Weden, a woman he refused to let go, her son Jason whom he despised, and her mother Catherine Miller who got in his way.In FIRST DEGREE RAGE, Underwood arrogan...

The Impostor Sister Lucy: The True Story of Our Lady of Fatima; a Must-Read Book for Catholics - Paperback

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by Mike Mains (Author)Look closely at the two photos on the cover of this book. Is that the same woman? Since 1960, the Vatican has claimed that the woman on the right is the same person as the woman on the left. Have they been lying to us? If so, why?In this explosive new book, you will discover: Conclusive evidence that Sister Lucy of Fatima was replaced with an impostor The sad, but true fate of the real Sister Lucy Why the Vatican had to replace Sister Lucy with an impostor Sister Lucy's...

Mass Shootings in America: Understanding the Debates, Causes, and Responses - Paperback

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by Frank Deangelis (Foreword by), Jaclyn Schildkraut (Editor)This work examines mass shootings in the United States, focusing on events from 1966 to 2016. In addition to providing essential information about each shooting, it surveys underlying causes of such events and potential reforms to prevent future ones. This book is an informed and informative resource for understanding the reasons for and consequences of mass shootings in America. It includes essays from experts in the fields of crim...

Deadly Housewife Joyce Cohen - Paperback

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by Larry Maravich (Author)Joyce Cohen thought she hit the jackpot when she married construction mogul Stan Cohen. The young Joyce was finally able to live the life of entitlement she thought she deserved while partying it up in Cohen's mansion, ranches, and night clubs. But her party would come to an end five years later when she would claim that three burglars invaded her home and killed Stan. The authorities believed her at first until a felon disclosed to police that they were hired by Joy...

Arville Garland, Trad Con Killer - Paperback

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by Pete Dove (Author)Arville Garland was a hard-working, God-fearing traditional man earning a hardscrabble living in Ohio. But his daughter, Sandy, wanted a different life. She wanted college. And education and a career. So she left home to live with her boyfriend. In sin. Worse than that, she moved into what Garland regarded as the epitome of such sin, a hippy commune. But it was worse than that. Arville Garland had not only seen his property take ownership of itself, steal itself from him,...

South Park Perils: Short Ropes and True Tales of Historic Park County Colorado - Paperback

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by Christie Wright (Author)Christie Wright takes readers on a journey through historic Park County during Colorado's outlaw era in the latter part of the nineteenth century. The stories of notorious criminals and descriptions of evil deeds make fascinating reading and make the book a perfect companion for exploring the South Park area. Number of Pages: 230 Dimensions: 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: April 30, 2024

The 'Baby Doll' Serial Killer - Paperback

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by B. R. Bates (Author), Gerald Cliff (Contribution by)He was unassuming, sweet, and friendly. "Saved" in church as a teen, he never caused trouble. In the Navy, they called him Opie. Though he was a big guy, he had a soft, boyish demeanor. "The boy next door," said those who worked with and knew him. But John Eric Armstrong had a dark secret-hidden even from those closest to him. Prowling Detroit's well-known pocket of prostitution on historic Michigan Ave, this young husband and father pick...

Memoir of a Mangled Mind (Large Print Edition): How Concealing My Dissociative Identity Disorder Unleashed Multiple Personalities - Hardcover

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by Steven Simmons Shelton Ma Jd (Author) Number of Pages: 906 Dimensions: 1.88 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: November 19, 2024 Large Print: Yes

Suspicious Looking Packages: The Bomb Squad: A Crime Story - Paperback

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by Gregory Delaurentis (Author) Number of Pages: 506 Dimensions: 1.13 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 16, 2024

In My Father's House: A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family - Paperback

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by Fox Butterfield (Author)From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist: a pathbreaking examination of our huge crime and incarceration problem that looks at the influence of the family--specifically one Oregon family with a generations-long legacy of lawlessness. The United States currently holds the distinction of housing nearly one-quarter of the world's prison population. But our reliance on mass incarceration, Fox Butterfield argues, misses the intractable reality: As few as...

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by Lazaro Felipe Garcia (Author)Fidel Castro and his brother Rauk, out of vengance and ambition, led a criminal organization to flood the United States of illegal drugs and earn billions of dollars in the 80s.Their revolution was crumbling, the US government was investigating them and, in Russia, the Perestroika loomed on their future.Thier only way out was just 90 miles away.This is the tru whole story told for the first time. Number of Pages: 240 Dimensions: 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date...

Murder in Amsterdam: Liberal Europe, Islam and the Limits of Tolerance - Paperback

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by Ian Buruma (Author)A revelatory look at what happens when political Islam collides with the secular West Ian Buruma's Murder in Amsterdam is a masterpiece of investigative journalism, a book with the intimacy and narrative control of a crime novel and the analytical brilliance for which Buruma is renowned. On a cold November day in Amsterdam in 2004, the celebrated and controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and killed by an Islamic extremist for making a movie that "insulted...

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by Raylynn Van Oort (Author) Number of Pages: 326 Dimensions: 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 07, 2024

Submerged: How a Cold Case Condemned an Innocent Man to Hide a Family's Darkest Secret - Hardcover

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by Hillel Levin (Author)In March 1993, sixteen-year-old Rayna Rison was abducted outside the La Porte, Indiana, veterinary hospital where she worked. A month later, her body was found submerged under tree limbs in a rural pond. Police targeted her brother-in-law, Ray McCarty, as the prime suspect. Although a grand jury indicted him for the murder in 1998, prosecutors later dropped the charges. Then in 2013, county officers arrested Jason Tibbs, Rayna's middle-school boyfriend, convicted him, ...

Nobody's Women: The Crimes and Victims of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Serial Killer - Paperback

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by Steve Miller (Author)On a Thursday evening in late October 2009, Cleveland Police detectives arrived at the home of Anthony Sowell--an ex-Marine and a registered sex offender--to arrest him on week-old rape charges. But this was no ordinary house, nor would it be a routine arrest.For even though Sowell was not at home, officers knew immediately something was horribly wrong. After initially finding two rotting corpses inside the home, their investigation would lead them to discover the bodi...

Early Organized Crime in Detroit:: Vice, Corruption and the Rise of the Mafia - Paperback

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by James Buccellato (Author)Social scientist and crime writer James A. Buccellato explores Detroit's struggle with gang violence, public corruption and the politics of vice during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century.Though detectives denied it, the Italian mafia was operating in Detroit as early as 1900, and the city was forever changed. Bootleggers controlled the Detroit River and created a national distribution network for illegal booze during Prohibition. Gangsters, cops and...

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by Lisa C. Hickman (Author)How does a privileged, eighteen year old end up in prison, convicted of one of the rarest of crimes--matricide? The literary nonfiction Stranger to the Truth explores the fatal intersection in the lives of Noura Jackson, her circle of dissolute Memphis friends, and the death of Noura's mother, Jennifer, on the eve of a popular outdoor festival. The brutal attack seemed to reflect personal and exponential rage. Tragedy stalked Noura. Her father was fatally shot when ...

Booze, Badboys & Bootleggers Volume 2 1921 The Year of Violence - Paperback

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by James E. Reagen (Author)Booze, Badboys & Bootleggers Vol. 2 - (1921 The Year of ViolenceWhen Charles "Brocky" Livingston staggered out of his taxi in front of the Ogdensburg Police Station in 1921, the second year of Prohibition, the young cab driver was covered in blood.He described how a mysterious stranger had lured him to a deserted road in Lisbon, N.Y. where he was shot 3 times and faced a desperate life-and-death struggle for survival.The ensuing search for the smuggler that led ...

Robert Berdella: The True Story of The Kansas City Butcher: Historical Serial Killers and Murderers - Paperback

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by Jack Rosewood (Author)When Chris Bryson was discovered nude and severely beaten stumbling down Charlotte Street in Kansas City in 1988, Police had no idea they were about to discover the den of one of the most sadistic American serial killers in recent history. This is the true historical story of Robert Berdella, nicknamed by the media the Kansas City Butcher, who from between 1984 and 1988 brutally raped, tortured and ultimately dismembered 6 young male prostitutes in his unassuming home...

Go Big or Go Home: Spies, Cops, and Oath Keepers Under the Big Sky - Hardcover

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by Mark Seyler (Author)In 2017, the White House denied it was planning to hire a private Montana company to run a covert direct-action spy network. It sounded unbelievable.That was actually the most believable part of the whole story.In the mountain town of Whitefish, accusations flew between a controversial tech tycoon and a Marine Corps veteran with a shadowy past. The one-time friends had created Amyntor Group, a mysterious Montana business with global ambitions. Multiple investigations su...

Bang Boom Burn: Explosive True Crime Gun, Bombing, and Arson Cases from a Federal Agent's Career - Paperback

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by Wayne M. Miller (Author), Michael Clark (Cover Design by), C. Susan Nunn (Editor)Explosive True Crime Gun, Bombing, and Arson Cases from a Federal Agent's Career. Federal Agents never know what to expect from day to day. During his 25 year career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Special Agent Wayne M. Miller investigated dozens of remarkable and sometimes high-profile horrific gun, bombing, and arson cases.In Bang Boom Burn, a collection of 21 real-life stories, you'll de...

The Last Story: The Murder of an investigative Journalist in Las Vegas - Paperback

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by Arthur Kane (Author) Number of Pages: 322 Dimensions: 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: October 29, 2024

Theatres of Violence: Massacre, Mass Killing and Atrocity Throughout History - Paperback

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by Philip Dwyer (Editor), Lyndall Ryan (Editor) Massacres and mass killings have always marked if not shaped the history of the world and as such are subjects of increasing interest among historians. The premise underlying this collection is that massacres were an integral, if not accepted part (until quite recently) of warfare, and that they were often fundamental to the colonizing process in the early modern and modern worlds. Making a deliberate distinction between 'massacre' and 'genocide...