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Zodiac: The Shocking True Story of the Hunt for the Nation's Most Elusive Serial Killer - Paperback

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by Robert Graysmith (Author)Robert Graysmith's New York Times bestselling account of the desperate hunt for a serial killer and his own investigation of California's unsolved Zodiac murders. A sexual sadist, the Zodiac killer took pleasure in torture and murder. His first victims were a teenage couple, stalked and shot dead in a lovers' lane. After another slaying, he sent his first mocking note to authorities, promising he would kill more. The official tally of his victims was six. He claim...

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - Hardcover

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by Erik Larson (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country'...

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America - Paperback

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by Erik Larson (Author)#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile comes the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the cunning serial killer who used the magic and majesty of the fair to lure his victims to their death. "As absorbing a piece of popular history as one will ever hope to find." --San Francisco ChronicleCombining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has cra...

I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India - Paperback

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by Rollo Romig (Author)A gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world When Gauri Lankesh, an outspoken journalist in the South Indian city of Bangalore, was assassinated in September 2017 outside her home, it wasn't just a loss to her close-knit community of writers and activists--the shock reverberated nationwide, making headlines and sparking mass...

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by Randall Sullivan (Author)" An] engrossing, damning tale of widespread unchecked corruption in one of the nation's largest police departments, one that deserves attention . . . Exhaustively researched . . . The most thorough examination of these much-publicized events." --Boston Globe In September 1996, Tupac Shakur was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. In March 1997, the Notorious B.I.G. was similarly shot after an awards show in Los Angeles. Neither crime has ever been solved....

Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall - Hardcover

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by Zeke Faux (Author)The "rollicking" (The Economist), "masterfully written" (The Washington Post) account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers turned useless virtual coins into trillions of dollars--hailed by Ezra Klein in The New York Times as "One of the Best Books that Explain Where We Are in 2023"FINALIST: the Edgar Award (Fact Crime), the Porchlight Business Book Award - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times DealBook, The Washin...

Killing Hope: Us Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II - Paperback

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by William Blum (Author)In Killing Hope, William Blum, author of the bestselling Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, provides a devastating and comprehensive account of America's covert and overt military actions in the world, all the way from China in the 1940s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and - in this updated edition - beyond. Is the United States, as it likes to claim, a global force for democracy? Killing Hope shows the answer to this question to be a resounding 'no'...

Sunny Skies, Shady Characters: Cops, Killers, and Corruption in the Aloha State - Paperback

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by James Dooley (Author)For thirty years starting in the mid-1970s, the byline of Jim Dooley appeared on riveting investigative stories of organized crime and political corruption that headlined the front page of Honolulu's morning daily. In Sunny Skies, Shady Characters, James Dooley revisits highlights of his career as a hard-hitting investigative reporter for the Honolulu Advertiser and, in later years, for KITV television and the online Hawaii Reporter. His lively backstories on how he ch...

The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy: Updated and Expanded Edition - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Kendall (Author), Molly Kendall (Contribution by)The inspiration for the five-part Amazon Original docuseries Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, an updated, expanded edition of The Phantom Prince--Elizabeth Kendall's 1981 memoir detailing her six-year relationship with the notorious serial killer. Features an introduction and an afterword by the author, never-before-seen photos, and a startling chapter from the author's daughter, Molly, who has not previously shared her story. Bu...

The Origin Of Fingerprinting (1916) - Paperback

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by William James Herschel (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.12 x 11 ...

The Rialto in Richmond: The Money War Between the States & Other Mysteries of the Civil War - Paperback

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by Joseph P. Farrell (Author)Join revisionist author Joseph P. Farrell for a look at the money war between the Union government and the Confederacy. A rialto is a market or place of exchange, and in The Rialto in Richmond: the Money War Between the States and Other Mysteries of the Civil War, Farrell examines the Confederate and Union monetary systems, the flight of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis at the end of the war, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and more. Why did Confeder...

One Nation Under Blackmail - Vol. 2: The Sordid Union Between Intelligence and Organized Crime That Gave Rise to Jeffrey Epstein Vol. 2 Volume 2 - Paperback

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by Whitney Alyse Webb (Author)One Nation Under Blackmail is a damning indictment of the consequences resulting from the nearly century old relationship between both US and Israeli intelligence and the organized criminal network known as the National Crime Syndicate. This book specifically explores how that nexus between intelligence and organized crime directly developed the sexual blackmail tactics and networks that would later enable the sexual blackmail operation and other crimes of deceas...

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee - Paperback

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by Casey Cep (Author) NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This "superbly written true-crime story" (The New York Times Book Review) masterfully brings together the tales of a serial killer in 1970s Alabama and of Harper Lee, the beloved author of To Kill a Mockingbird, who tried to write his story. Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members, but with the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative assassinated him at the fune...

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Report copyright infringementby Marshall Terrill (Author), Anthony Dimaria (Author) Number of Pages: 576 Dimensions: 1.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 25, 2025

The Anatomy of Motive: The Fbi's Legendary Mindhunter Explores the Key to Understanding and Catching Violent Criminals - Paperback

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by John E. Douglas (Author), Mark Olshaker (Author)From legendary FBI profiler John Douglas and Mark Olshaker -- authors of the nonfiction international bestsellers Mindhunter, Journey into Darkness, and Obsession -- comes an unprecedented, insightful look at the root of all crime. Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. With the brilliant insight he brought to his renowned work inside the FBI's elite serial-crime unit, John Douglas pieces together motives behind violent ...

Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic - Paperback

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by Sam Quinones (Author)Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the Year--Slate.com's 10 Best Books of 2015--Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best Books of 2015 --Buzzfeed's 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2015--The Daily Beast's Best Big Idea Books of 2015--Se...

Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls - Paperback

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by Kathleen Hale (Author)The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internetOn May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, two twelve-year-old girls attempted to stab their classmate to death. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier's violence was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they committed their crime under the influence of a figu...

The People You Meet in Hell: A Troubling Almanac of the Very Worst Humans in History - Paperback

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by Brian Boone (Author), Pipi Sposito (Illustrator)True crime monsters, historic jerks, and Earth's lowest of the low get their due There's no rest for the wicked! Darkly hilarious and deeply satisfying, The People You Meet in Hell takes comedy roasts to a whole new subterranean level. This definitive guide to humanity's most despicable individuals tempers their gasp-worthy true crimes with mockery and a big pinch of karma administered by Satan himself. From dictators to serial killers and ev...

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by Erik Larson (Author)A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world's "great hush."In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men--Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication--whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dy...

William Powell: The Life and Films - Paperback

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by Roger Bryant (Author) Actor William Powell is perhaps best known for his roles as charming Nick in The Thin Man films and blustery Clarence Day in Life with Father. As diverse as those characters are, they don't begin to reveal the full scope of talent demonstrated by one of Hollywood's most intelligent leading men. Elegant, witty and dignified, Powell created accessible and human characters in a great variety of roles. His talent was such that Powell has a large and growing fan base 50 ye...

Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains - Hardcover

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by Alexa Hagerty (Author)New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - An anthropologist working with forensic teams and victims' families to investigate crimes against humanity in Latin America explores what science can tell us about the lives of the dead in this haunting account of grief, the power of ritual, and a quest for justice. "Absorbing . . . multifaceted and elegiac . . . Still Life with Bones captures the ethos that drives the search--often tireless and against the odds--for truth...

My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel - Paperback

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by Derf Backderf (Author)A national bestseller, Derf Backderf's Alex Award winner My Friend Dahmer is the bone-chilling graphic novel that inspired the major motion picture. You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer--the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper--seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, "Jeff" was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with...

The Pale-Faced Lie: A True Story - Hardcover

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by David Crow (Author)Spur Award Winner for Best Western First Nonfiction Book - Spur Award Finalist for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction - IPPY Silver Award for Best Memoir - Next Generation Indie Award for Best Memoir (Overcoming Adversity) - International Book Award for Best True CrimeA violent ex-con forces his son to commit crimes in this unforgettable memoir about family and survival"Cinematically gripping."--Kirkus ReviewsGrowing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and ...

The Great American Outlaw: A Legacy of Fact and Fiction - Paperback

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by Frank Richard Prassel (Author)This book explores in depth the origins, development, and prospects of outlawry and of the relationship of outlaws to the social conditions of changing times. Throughout American history you will find larger-than-life brigands in every period and every region. Often, because we hunger for simple justice, we romanticize them to the point of being unable to separate fact from fiction. Frank Richard Prassel brings this home in a thorough and fascinating examinati...

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - Hardcover

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by David Grann (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, "one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."--New York Magazine - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE "A shocking whodunit...What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?"--USA Today "A masterful work of literary journali...

From Bondage to Boldness: A Journey From Abuse and Fear To God's Power

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Report copyright infringementby Rose Howard (Author) Number of Pages: 176 Dimensions: 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: September 01, 2025

The CULTISH Nature of Yogi Bhajan's Kundalini Yoga: His 3HO & Sikh Dharma Community analyzed using Dr. S. Hassan's BITE model

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Report copyright infringementby Els Coenen (Author)Yogi Bhajan told his female followers that rape was always invited. They did not react. Amongst his audience were young women who had been coerced into participating in his violent sexual activities. They were expected to feel "blessed" by the attention paid to them by the spiritual leader of their Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO). Indoctrinated 3HO parents sent their young children to boarding schools in India. Instead of the promised...

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Report copyright infringementby Troy Taylor (Author)WEIRD HIGHWAY SOUTHWESTTEXAS, NEW MEXICO & ARIZONAROUTE 66 HISTORY & HAUNTINGS AND LEGENDS & LOREThere is no greater highway in American history than Route 66 - the legendary "Mother Road" - which stretched all the way from Chicago to L.A. It's a road that conjures up memories of family vacations, roadside diners, souvenir shops, tourist traps, motor courts, trading posts, neon signs, and roadside attractions that have faded away...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael D. Winkle (Author)I HEARD OF THAT SOMEWHERE A COMPENDIUM OF MYSTERIES, MONSTERS, PHANTOMS AND PHENOMENA OF THE STRANGE BY MICHAEL D. WINKLEYou know you've heard that story. A young boy leaves his house to fetch a bucket of water and doesn't return. His family searches for him and find his tracks in the snow, but they suddenly come to an end - as if he simply disappeared. They hear the boy calling for help, as if from a distance, but he's never seen agai...

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Report copyright infringementby Troy Taylor (Author) Number of Pages: 296 Dimensions: 0.62 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: June 27, 2025

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Report copyright infringementby Hock Hochheim (Author)Advice from an Army vet, a three-decade police patrolman and detective vet, private investigator and bodyguard, and a 50-year plus martial arts vet.What he advises is irreplaceable, investigated been-there, done-that information. All chiseled in for you via the classic cop guestions....Who? What? Where? When? How? Why? "The survival guide. From the interview-argument to combat, how to navigate a confrontation through the mental and physica...

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Report copyright infringementby Troy Taylor (Author), Amanda R. Woomer (Author), Erin Taylor (Author)MORBID CURIOUS NO. 11JOURNAL OF GHOSTS, MURDER AND THE MACABREThe Morbid Curious is a journal from American Hauntings Ink that is published twice each year - Samhain and Walpurgisnacht Editions. It's designed to delve into the darker side of American history by revealing true tales of ghosts, hauntings, true crime, the unexplained, and all the things that go bump in the night.IN ISSUE NO. 11 -...