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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
Staff Pick
"I was mesmerized by this book. It was a deliciously creepy read, made more creepy for being true. Several times in the course of reading it, I had to keep reminding myself that the events really happened."... ( read more)
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Phil Clarke and Liz Hardy and Anne Williams
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
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Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers (some willingly, some unwittingly) have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. They... ( read more)
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True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa
by Michael Finkel
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On February 2002, New York Times Magazine writer Michael Finkel received a startling piece of news: a young man named Christian Longo, wanted for killing his entire family, had been captured in Mexico, where he'd taken on a new identity: Michael Finkel... ( read more)
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When the Prisoners Ran Walpole: A True Story in the Movement for Prison Abolition
by Jamie Bissonnette
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In 1971, Attica's prison yard massacre shocked the public, prisoners, and political leaders across the United States. Massachusetts residents pledged to prevent such slaughter from ever happening there, and the governor agreed. Thus began a move for... ( read more)
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Modern Law Enforcement Weapons 3RD Edition
by Patrick Sweeney
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Law enforcement professionals and police profession enthusiasts get the first-degree facts on the weapons, equipment, and tactics used by law enforcement officials. Top gunsmith Patrick Sweeney focuses primarily on special situation weapons and equipment,... ( read more)
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Child Pornography: Crime, Computers and Society
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This book examines the ongoing market for child pornography and its ramifications for criminal justice systems around the world. It is based on an extensive review of academic literature and newspaper coverage, a sampling of websites frequented by those... ( read more)
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I'll Do My Own Damn Killing: Benny Binion, Herbert Noble, and the Texas Gambling War
by Gary W Sleeper
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Traces the life and rise of the infamous Texan crime boss during the Texas centennial celebration and World War II, discussing his work as a horse trader and bootlegger, his dangerous rivalry with Herbert Noble for control of Dallas gambling activities... ( read more)
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Bad Cop: New York's Least Likely Police Officer Tells All
by Paul Bacon
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A funny and revealing memoir of one man’s journey into and out of the New York City police department. In 2001, Paul Bacon was a typical young New Y orker: hip, liberal, overeducated, a little aimless. But then 9/11 happened. Hearing a call to duty&... ( read more)
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The Black Dahlia Files: The Mob, the Mogul, and the Murder That Transfixed Los Angeles
by Donald H Wolfe
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In 1946, Elizabeth Short traveled to Hollywood to become famous and see her name up in lights. Instead, the dark-haired beauty became immortalized in the headlines as the "Black Dahlia" when her nude and bisected body was discovered in the weeds of a... ( read more)
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Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34
by Bryan Burrough
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Acclaimed Vanity Fair contributor Bryan Burrough brings to life the most spectacular crime wave in American history: the two-year battle between J. Edgar Hoover's FBI and John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the... ( read more)
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Review-a-Day | June 1, 2009
By Review-a-Day
Dreams from the Monster Factory: A Tale of Prison, Redemption and One Woman's Fight to Restore Justice to All by Sunny Schwartz Reviewed by Helen...
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Original Essays | May 26, 2009
By Deanne Stillman
In the annals of the modern West, 1998 was an especially violent year. In May, Kip Kinkel whacked his parents, then shot up his Oregon high school,...
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Book to Film | May 8, 2009
By Chris Bolton
Jed Rubenfeld's thriller The Interpretation of Murder is headed to the big screen via Warner Bros. Story follows a Sigmund Freud protege who...
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