True Crime

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by Joe McGinniss (Author)The sordid, #1 New York Times bestselling true crime story of adultery, addiction, gambling debt, and murder in a privileged suburban town--from author and journalist Joe McGinniss. The Marshalls were the model family of Tom's River, New Jersey, living the American dream and seemingly in possession of all that money could buy. Rob Marshall, a successful insurance broker, was the big breadwinner, king of the country club set. Maria Marshall was his stunningly beautiful...

Class 11: My Story Inside the Cia's First Post-9/11 Spy Class - Paperback

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by T. J. Waters (Author)A gripping insider's look at the post-9/11 CIA In the weeks following the attacks of 9/11, the Central Intelligence Agency received over 150,000 r sum s from people wanting to serve their nation. T. J. Waters became one of more than a hundred students admitted into the CIA's Clandestine Service to become Class 11, the first post- 9/11 training class. Filled with more information about the CIA's Clandestine Service Training Program than has ever been allowed into the p...

The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the the Third World: Newly Revealed Secrets from the Mitrokhin Archive - Paperback

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by Christopher Andrew (Author)In 1992, Vasili Mitrokhin, a former KGB archivist, snuck out of Russia carrying with him a vast cache of transcriptions of top-secret KGB intelligence files. The FBI later described his trove of documents as "the most complete and extensive intelligence ever achieved from any source." Renowned historian Christopher Andrew had exclusive access to both Mitrokhin and his archive. In 1999, they published the explosive bestseller The Sword and the Shield, which provid...

Elmer McCurdy: The Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw - Paperback

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by Mark Svenvold (Author)Born 1880. Died 1911. Buried 1977. These are the misadventures of America's most fascinating dead outlaw. When Elmer McCurdy was shot dead by an Oklahoma sheriff and his posse after a short spree of bungled robberies, he was not laid to rest. Leaning in a corner for a nickel-a-look at the Joseph Johnson Funeral Home, exhibited as a felled outlaw at the sideshows of the Great Patterson Carnival, propped up to illustrate the dangers of marijuana and other vices in Holl...

The Cooper's Wife Is Missing: The Trials of Bridget Cleary - Paperback

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by Joan Hoff (Author), Marian Yates (Author)On March 15, 1895, twenty-eight year old Bridget Cleary, a cooper's wife, disappeared from her cottage in rural County Tipperary. Immediately, strange and lurid rumors began circulating the neighborhood about what had happened. Some said she ran off with an egg seller; others supposed it was an aristocratic foxhunter who had taken young Bridget away. Swirling amid rumors was the barely whispered, but widely held, belief that Bridget had gone with no...

Blood of the Caesars: How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of Rome - Hardcover

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by Stephen Dando-Collins (Author)Unraveling a Murder Mystery That Changed HistoryCould the killing of a single great leader while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have been the root cause of the empire's collapse more than four centuries later? Perhaps, but only if that leader were the grandson of Mark Antony, the adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, handpicked by Augustus to become the third emperor, as well as the father of Caligula and the grandfather of Nero.Germanicus Julius Cae...

Tell Me What You See: Remote Viewing Cases from the World's Premier Psychic Spy - Paperback

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by Ed Dames (Author), Joel Harry Newman (Author)The unknown isn't so unbelievable in Dames's hands.--George NooryAs the operations and training officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency's Psychic Intelligence Unit, Major Dames, with his team, used the practice of remote viewing to uncover accurate military intelligence. After retiring from the military, Dames turned his paranormal detective skills to finding missing persons, such as millionaire pilot Steve Fossett, whose plane vanished in N...

History of Greed: Financial Fraud from Tulip Mania to Bernie Madoff - Hardcover

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by David E. y. Sarna (Author), Andrew Malik (Foreword by)Front JacketThe "greater fool" theory of economics states that it's possible to make money by buying paper (securities), whether overvalued or not, and later, selling it at a profit because there will always be an even greater fool willing to pay the higher price. Many described in this book profited by peddling such worthless junk to foolish investors. But for some people--Bernie Madoff, Norman Hsu, Sholam Weiss, and "Crazie Eddie" Ant...

Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants - Paperback

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by Jeff Mariotte (Author)The authorized tie-in to the popular TV show Criminal Minds Featuring stunning photos from the CBS series, Criminal Minds: Sociopaths, Serial Killers, and Other Deviants will give you new terrifying and fascinating insights into the mind of a criminal. Most episodes of CBS's Criminal Minds series feature a briefing where the profiling team defines the type of criminal they are looking for by examining behavior patterns that were established in actual criminal cases. N...

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by Joseph T. Wells (Editor)Real case studies on Internet fraud written by real fraud examiners Internet Fraud Casebook: The World Wide Web of Deceit is a one-of-a-kind collection of actual cases written by the fraud examiners who investigated them. These stories were hand-selected from hundreds of submissions and together form a comprehensive, enlightening and entertaining picture of the many types of Internet fraud in varied industries throughout the world. Each case outlines how the fraud ...

Jack the Ripper and the Case for Scotland Yard's Prime Suspect - Paperback

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by Robert House (Author), Roy Hazelwood (Foreword by)An investigation into the man Scotland Yard thought (but couldn't prove) was Jack the Ripper. Dozens of theories have attempted to resolve the mystery of the identity of Jack the Ripper, the world's most famous serial killer. Ripperologist Robert House contends that we may have known the answer all along. The head of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department at the time of the murders thought Aaron Kozminski was guilty, but he lacke...

Murder Two: The Second Casebook of Forensic Detection - Hardcover

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by Colin Evans (Author)PRAISE FOR The Casebook of Forensic Detection""Pithy, concise, and remarkably accurate.""-Science Books & Films""Contains ample material to hold the attention and foster interest in science.""-Science Teacher""A mystery novelist's essential resource guide.""-Book News, Inc.""Even the most dedicated devotee of the genre will find much that is new in these brief but exciting accounts.""-Publishers WeeklyFront JacketA murdered scientist points her finger from the grave...

Storm Cloud Rising: The Truth Is Subjective - Hardcover

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by Rob Williams (Author)Based around actual events, Storm Cloud Rising follows the efforts of three dedicated Special Operations soldiers battling through a growing web of lies on the part of their superiors. Developed to work deep undercover, their mission was to find four terrorists operating on American soil who were partly responsible for 9/11 and prepare to bring them to justice, only to receive orders, eliminate without delay. The Storm Cloud team had in their hands a cell of ruthless p...

Masters of Deception: The Worldwide White-Collar Crime Crisis and Ways to Protect Yourself - Hardcover

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by Louis R. Mizell (Author)"White-collar criminals continue to pick our pockets to the tune of$300 billion every year. These 'socially acceptable' criminals robmore from companies and individuals with a pen or key stroke than astreet thug can plunder with a high-powered pistol." --from theIntroduction In Masters of Deception, former special agent and intelligenceofficer Louis Mizell addresses the growing problem of white-collarcrime in America. Using actual cases, Mizell exposes scores ofper...

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by Ian Wishart (Author)A death, missing computer disks, a winebox full of secret files, a tax haven, alleged extortion, arms dealing, corruption, coverups and criminal fraud, billion dollar deals, kidnap attempts, espionage, secret military operations, death threats, break-ins, a maverick politician...and an investigative television team's battle to expose the truth Follow The Paradise Conspiracy on a journey to a country you never knew existed, that politicians would still have you believe d...

RADICAL LIVES Vol 1: 15 true life stories you just won't be able to put down - Paperback

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by Janet Lisa Balcombe (Author), Janet Lisa Balcombe (Cover Design by)Discover great life hacks straight from the heart's of these remarkable survivors.15 true life stories you just won't be able to put down.Adrian Pritchard ‒ armed robber gets a second chanceAnita Mary ‒ hardcore alternative street survivor Bernadette Soares ‒ serial over-achiever & entrepreneurBeryl Henwood ‒ from widow to warrior woman Bill Subritzky ‒ international healing evangelistBrian France ‒ IRA bomb-blast survi...

Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb Volume 4 - Hardcover

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by Bernard Lefkowitz (Author)It was a crime that captured national attention. In the idyllic suburb of Glen Ridge, New Jersey, four of the town's most popular high school athletes were accused of raping a retarded young woman while nine of their teammates watched. Everyone was riveted by the question: What went wrong in this seemingly flawless American town? In search of the answer, Bernard Lefkowitz takes the reader behind Glen Ridge's manicured facade into the shadowy basement that was the ...

Decoding Albanian Organized Crime: Culture, Politics, and Globalization - Hardcover

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by Jana Arsovska (Author)The expansion of organized crime across national borders has become a key security concern for the international community. In this theoretically and empirically vibrant portrait of a global phenomenon, Jana Arsovska examines some of the most widespread myths about the so-called Albanian Mafia. Based on more than a decade of research, including interviews with victims, offenders, and law enforcement across ten countries, as well as court files and confidential intelli...

Hard-Boiled Hollywood: Crime and Punishment in Postwar Los Angeles - Paperback

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by Jon Lewis (Author)The tragic and mysterious circumstances surrounding the deaths of Elizabeth Short, or the Black Dahlia, and Marilyn Monroe ripped open Hollywood's glitzy fa ade, exposing the city's ugly underbelly of corruption, crime, and murder. These two spectacular dead bodies, one found dumped and posed in a vacant lot in January 1947, the other found dead in her home in August 1962, bookend this new history of Hollywood. Short and Monroe are just two of the many left for dead after...

Lynching Photographs: Volume 2 - Paperback

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by Dora Apel (Author), Shawn Michelle Smith (Author)Why do we look at lynching photographs? What is the basis for our curiosity, rage, indignation, or revulsion? Beginning in the late nineteenth century, nearly five thousand blacks were put to death at the hands of lynch mobs throughout America. In many communities it was a public event, to be witnessed, recorded, and made available by means of photographs. In this book, the art historian Dora Apel and the American Studies scholar Shawn Miche...

Intelligence Power in Peace and War - Paperback

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by Michael Herman (Author)Intelligence services form an important but controversial part of the modern state. Drawing mainly on British and American examples, this book provides an analytic framework for understanding the "intelligence community" and assessing its value. Michael Herman, a former senior British Intelligence officer, describes the various components of intelligence; discusses what intelligence is for; considers issues of accuracy, evaluation and efficiency; and makes recommenda...

Understanding Australia: A Guide for International Students - Paperback

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by Sally A. White (Author)This is an invaluable daily guide for the large number of students who must survive the foreign study experience in Australia. This book speaks directly to foreign students as they struggle with the anxieties, fear, confusion and sheer culture shock of adapting to study in a strange land. Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.29 x 11.04 x 8.3 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: November 13, 2003

Early Cold War Spies: Espionage Trials That Shaped American Politics - Paperback

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by John Earl Haynes (Author), Harvey Klehr (Author)Communism was never a popular ideology in America, but the vehemence of American anticommunism varied from passive disdain in the 1920s to fervent hostility in the early years of the Cold War. Nothing so stimulated the white hot anticommunism of the late 1940s and 1950s more than a series of spy trials that revealed that American Communists had co-operated with Soviet espionage against the United States and had assisted in stealing the techni...

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by Martin J. Wiener (Author)An Empire on Trial is the first book to explore the issue of interracial homicide in the British Empire during its height - examining these incidents and the prosecution of such cases in each of seven colonies scattered throughout the world. It uncovers and analyzes the tensions of empire that underlay British rule and delves into how the problem of maintaining a liberal empire manifested itself in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The work demonst...

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by Kristie Macrakis (Author)More fascinating than fiction, Seduced by Secrets takes the reader inside the real world of one of the most effective and feared spy agencies in history. The book reveals, for the first time, the secret technical methods and sources of the Stasi (East German Ministry for State Security) as it stole secrets from abroad and developed gadgets at home, employing universal, highly guarded techniques often used by other spy and security agencies. Seduced by Secrets draws...

Raised by the FBI: Stories about God, Life and Character from the Son of a Special Agent - Paperback

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by Scott Sommer (Author)Scott Sommer didn't join the FBI. He was born into it.His father, legendary FBI Special Agent John B. Sommer, battled the Mafia in Cleveland and Philadelphia in the 1970s & 80s. In the violent last days of the mob, car bombs, murder victims & missing person reports filled newspapers and dominated local news. As the FBI worked to take down this vicious group, Scott's dad raided homes of dangerous Mafia members, went undercover and protected informants with price...

The big Bluff - Anatomy of a global seizure of power - Paperback

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by Will Cook (Author)The world is at war against a pathogen, a virus. So it is said and also believed by many people.And just like in a war, there are casualties. In the meantime, there have been high numbers of sick and dead people, but these are not exclusively due to the Corona disease.Drastic measures by the governments interfered with human rights, destroyed economic livelihoods, and triggered famines in poorer countries - not to mention the health and psychological damage to many people...

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by Rachel Whittenburg (Author)INFLUENTIAL PAIN September 29, 2005 "It's amazing how the influence of one person can cause a winding pattern of insecurities. We sometimes do not realize the power an adult can have over a child. It can cause another a life of great pain or create an opposite pattern of success. I guess it depends on the person and what they're capable of handling. Just remember if you're an adult and small eyes are watching, you are their hero, so everything you do or each deci...

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by John Philpin (Author)Is a suspected child abductor laughing in the faces of the police and the victims' families? For years, little girls have been disappearing from the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area. Their bodies have never been found. One man ties the cases together. He contacts the police. He helps search for the missing children. He offers support and love to the grieving families. Is he guilty? Or, is he the victim of his own eccentricities? Timothy James Bindner has appear...

Close Pursuit: Meet Eddie Kennedy--A Cop in a Killer's World - Paperback

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by Carsten Stroud (Author)"The action is breathtaking and the book is a spellbinding view of a world like no other."--Detroit News Another night falls on New York City. A victim screams. A siren wails. Eddie Kennedy is on his beat. He's a gold shield homicide detective, and his next week of investigations is a journey you will never forget--an electrifying rite of passage into the heart of what it takes to be a cop. From hookers to murderers, from street-wise muggers to stationhouse rats, fr...

The Strange Case of Dr. Paul Schoeppe - Paperback

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by Mark W. Podvia (Author)Maria Steinnecke, a wealthy spinster, died in the central Pennsylvania borough of Carlisle on January 28, 1869. At first her death was not considered suspicious. That changed when her doctor, Paul Schoeppe, presented a will in his handwriting; it said she had left her entire estate to him. Soon afterwards, an autopsy performed on Miss Steinnecke revealed traces of Prussic Acid, a deadly poison. Thus began the murder case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Paul Schoep...

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by Arthur R. Torsone (Author)In 1998, U.S. Agents orchestrated a mission to alter the national election in Cambodia. To secure this victory, one of the biggest marijuana smugglers in the world was drawn into the mission, only for it to go awry when things got personal. Given the authority to alter the election, a pair of Green Beret twins used deception and betrayal for their own gain. The U.S. finds itself at a loss and in a desperate last attempt, they make a sacrificial lamb out of Max, a ...