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  • Why the JFK Assassination Still Matters
    Richard Buyer
    'We live in a great country. Yet we must have faith and trust in our government or we cannot succeed. On the other hand, the government must also believe in its own people. Both factions must tell the truth. For this reason, the JFK assassination still matters. History cannot be replayed but it can be rewritten.' Why read another book about the JFK assassination? It's simple: ...
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    15,23 €

  • When Men Become Gods
    Stephen Singular
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    20,62 €

  • Mad Dog - They Shot Me in the Head, They Gave Me Cyanide and They Stabbed Me, But I’m Still Standing
    Johnny Adair
    Johnny Adair placed himself at the heart of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. To some he was a criminal and a terrorist. To others he was an integral part of Belfast’s bloody history and in it he reveals its roots in his own uncompromising and compelling style. Such a struggle should never have to happen, but to understand why it did, you have to read Johnny’s account of what i...
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    15,01 €

  • A Book of Remarkable Criminals
    H. B. Irving / HBIrving
    Henry Irving has complied a collection of the most interesting criminals. The introduction begins, ''The silent workings, and still more the explosions, of human passion which bring to light the darker elements of man’s nature present to the philosophical observer considerations of intrinsic interest; while to the jurist, the study of human nature and human character with its ...
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    30,22 €

  • Women, Crime and Justice in England Since 1660
    Louise A. Jackson / Shani D’Cruze
    Shani D’Cruze and Louise Jackson introduce students to key debates and trends in the study of women and crime in Britain over the last three hundred years. While focusing specifically on women and crime, they reflect recent developments in gender studies and argue that men and women cannot be studied in isolation. ...
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    193,70 €

  • Corruption and Money Laundering
    David Chaikin / J. C. Sharman
    This book investigates the roots of ethnic separatism in the Russian Federation and post-Soviet Georgia. It considers why regional leaders in both countries chose violent or non-violent strategies to achieve their political, economic, and personal goals. ...
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    65,16 €

  • Can You Help Me Solve This Crime?
    Lois K. Chicoine / Lois KChicoine
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    18,12 €

  • Can You Help Me Solve This Crime?
    Lois K. Chicoine / Lois KChicoine
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    32,21 €

  • CHARLES MANSON’S BLOOD LETTERS
    Richard Rubacher
    'Both Rubacher and Manson are brilliant, intuitive, half-mad artists and psychologists/manipulators...only God knows why one uses his energy and talent for good and why one wastes it in evil. Rubacher is on to something.' San Francisco Chronicle 'Rubacher’s journey to the heart of darkness was not without travail. During the two years he corresponded with Manson, Rubacher says,...
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    11,29 €

  • The Reminiscences of Chief Inspector Littlechild (1894)
    John George Littlechild
    The Reminiscences Of Chief Inspector Littlechild (1894) is a book written by John George Littlechild, a former Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard. The book is a collection of his memoirs and recollections of his experiences as a detective during the late 19th century.Littlechild’s memoirs cover a wide range of topics, including his investigations of some of the most notorious cri...
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    32,19 €

  • A Memoir Of The Late Captain Peter Heywood (1832)
    Edward Tagart / Peter Heywood
    A Memoir Of The Late Captain Peter Heywood is a book written by Edward Tagart in 1832. The book is a memoir of Captain Peter Heywood, who was a naval officer in the British Royal Navy during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Heywood was famously involved in the mutiny on the HMS Bounty in 1789, which was led by Fletcher Christian.The book provides a detailed account of He...
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    37,55 €

  • Studies Of Assassination (1881)
    Wirt Sikes
    ''Studies of Assassination'' is a historical book written by Wirt Sikes in 1881. The book explores various famous assassinations throughout history, including the assassination of Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, and James A. Garfield. Sikes provides a detailed analysis of these events, including the motives behind the assassinations, the methods used, and the aftermath. The aut...
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    30,15 €

  • Havana Nocturne
    T J English / T. J. English / TJEnglish
    In modern-day Havana, the remnants of the glamorous past are everywhere--old hotel-casinos, vintage American cars & flickering neon signs speak of a bygone era that is widely familiar & often romanticized, but little understood. In Havana Nocturne, T.J. English offers a multifaceted true tale of organized crime, political corruption, roaring nightlife, revolution & internationa...
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    13,95 €

  • Born to Kill
    T J English / T. J. English / TJEnglish
    Throughout the late eighties and nineties, a gang of young Asian refugees cut a bloody swath through New York’s Chinatown. They were the lost children of the Vietnam War, severed from their families by violence and cast adrift in a strange land. Banding together under the leadership of a megalomaniacal young psychopath, David Thai, they took their name from a slogan they had se...
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    16,30 €

  • A Book of Remarkable Criminals
    H. B. Irving / HBIrving
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    30,19 €

  • Criminals, Militias, and Insurgents Organized Crime in Iraq
    Douglas C. Jr. Lovelace / Phil Willliams / Strategic Studies Institute
    Dr. Williams identifies the roots of organized crime in post-Ba'athist Iraq in an authoritarian and corrupt state dominated by Saddam Hussein and subject to international sanctions. He also explains the rise of organized crime after the U.S. invasion in terms of two distinct waves: the first wave followed the collapse of the state and was accompanied by the breakdown of social ...
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    24,65 €

  • Murdresses in German Writing, 1720-1860
    Susanne Kord
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    153,55 €

  • We Called Him Andy Grimes
    Benjamin Hiram Pelton
    ''We Called Him Andy Grimes'' is a book written by Benjamin Hiram Pelton in 1914. It tells the story of a contest of wits between a detective named Andy Grimes and his quarry. The book is a thrilling detective novel that takes the reader on a journey through the mind of a shrewd detective as he attempts to catch a criminal. The story is set in the early 1900s and is full of sus...
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    27,99 €

  • Why Some Men Kill
    George A. Thacher / George AThacher
    ''Why Some Men Kill: Or Murder Mysteries Revealed'' is a book written in 1919 by George A. Thacher. The book explores the psychology behind murder and why some men are driven to kill. Thacher delves into various case studies and examines the motives and circumstances that lead to these violent crimes. He also explores the societal and cultural factors that contribute to the pre...
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    29,31 €

  • Selections From The Writings Of Jesse Harding Pomeroy
    Jesse Harding Pomeroy
    Selections From The Writings Of Jesse Harding Pomeroy: Life Prisoner Since 1874 (1920) is a book that contains a collection of written works by Jesse Harding Pomeroy, a notorious criminal who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1874. The book includes Pomeroy’s personal writings, letters, and other documents that give insight into his life and mindset. Pomeroy was known for h...
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    24,88 €

  • The Autobiography Of Jack Ketch (1835)
    Jack Ketch
    The Autobiography Of Jack Ketch is a book written by Jack Ketch and originally published in 1835. The book is an autobiographical account of Ketch’s life as a notorious English executioner during the 17th century. Ketch was responsible for carrying out many high-profile executions, including those of King Charles I and the Duke of Monmouth. The book provides an insight into Ket...
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    34,31 €

  • Was It Murder? Or The Relentless Current (1912)
    Maud Ballington Booth
    ''Was It Murder? Or The Relentless Current'' is a novel written by Maud Ballington Booth and first published in 1912. The story revolves around the mysterious death of a wealthy businessman named Mr. Thornton, who is found dead in his office with a gunshot wound to the head. The police suspect suicide, but Thornton’s widow, Mrs. Thornton, is convinced that her husband was murde...
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    36,44 €

  • Murder Most Foul
    Robert L. Drake / Robert LDrake
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    14,37 €

  • Murder and Madness, Military Matters and Managed Medicine, Memorable Milestones and Moments
    Allen DSpiegel
    This book recalling historic milestones and memorable moments owes much to the process of serendipity. Many of the events link individuals who appear on other occasions. Initially, the murder by Mary Harris attracted the author's attention with a few sent ...
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    34,63 €

  • CANZIO
    Cathey Langione / Jon Langione
    Canzio Ricci survived a parachute jump behind enemy lines during WWII. Figuring he has won one roll of the dice, he is determined to do it his way on the next roll. Coming home after the war he becomes the smartest gangster on the east coast, living large, driving big cars, and having beautiful ladies on his arm. Never busted, never needed a lawyer, he outsmarted police chiefs,...
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    32,57 €

  • Canzio
    Cathey Langione / Jon Langione
    Canzio Ricci survived a parachute jump behind enemy lines during WWII. Figuring he has won one roll of the dice, he is determined to do it his way on the next roll. Coming home after the war he becomes the smartest gangster on the east coast, living large, driving big cars, and having beautiful ladies on his arm. Never busted, never needed a lawyer, he outsmarted police chiefs,...
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    23,71 €

  • For the Thrill of It
    Simon Baatz
    It was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two wealthy college students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were intellectuals--too smart, they believed, for the police to catch them. When they were apprehended, state’s attorney Robert Crowe was certain that no defense could save the...
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    13,43 €

  • Depravity
    Harvey Rosenfeld
    Their crimes span the globe but one thing unites them: they are sixteen of the twentieth century’s most notorious serial killers. In this well-researched volume, find out their motives and what made them tick. Walk the path of investigators who broke cases and listen to the words spoken from the killers mouth. All of them made their communities tremble in fear. They include: J...
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    38,89 €

  • Depravity
    Harvey Rosenfeld
    Their crimes span the globe but one thing unites them: they are sixteen of the twentieth century’s most notorious serial killers. In this well-researched volume, find out their motives and what made them tick. Walk the path of investigators who broke cases and listen to the words spoken from the killers mouth. All of them made their communities tremble in fear. They include: J...
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    27,64 €

  • The History Of Virgil A. Stewart, And His Adventure In Capturing And Exposing The Great Western Land Pirate And His Gang, In Connection With The Evidence (1836)
    ''The History of Virgil A. Stewart, and His Adventure in Capturing and Exposing the Great Western Land Pirate and His Gang, in Connection with the Evidence'' is a book written by H.R. Howard and published in 1836. The book follows the true story of Virgil A. Stewart, a man who set out to capture a notorious gang of land pirates that were terrorizing the western United States in...
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    35,42 €


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