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Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
by Jeff Guinn
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Based on new interviews with previously undiscovered relatives and filled with revelations and unpublished photographs, this is the most authoritative account of the life of Charles Manson. After more than forty years, Charles Manson continues to mystify... (read more)

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Parkland
Parkland
by Vincent Bugliosi
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Parkland (originally titled Four Days in November) is the exciting and definitive narrative of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Releasing this fall, the movie—starring Paul Giamatti, Zac Efron, Jacki Weaver, and... (read more)

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Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation
Redefining Rape: Sexual Violence in the Era of Suffrage and Segregation
by Estelle B. Freedman
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Rape has never had a universally accepted definition, and the uproar over "legitimate rape" during the 2012 U.S. elections confirms that it remains a word in flux. Redefining Rape tells the story of the forces that have shaped the meaning of sexual... (read more)

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The Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History
The Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate's Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History
by James Higdon
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In the summer of 1987, Johnny Boone set out to grow and harvest one of the greatest outdoor marijuana crops in modern times. In doing so, he set into motion a series of events that defined him and his associates as the largest homegrown marijuana... (read more)

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Impact Statement: A Family's Fight for Justice Against Whitey Bulger, Stephen Flemmi, and the FBI
Impact Statement: A Family's Fight for Justice Against Whitey Bulger, Stephen Flemmi, and the FBI
by Bob Halloran
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As the biggest criminal trial since the Boston Strangler draws nearer, the public’s fascination with the life and crimes of mob boss Whitey Bulger continues to heat up. Many stories have been told about the murders Whitey and Stephen “The... (read more)

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The Devil's Right Hand: The Tragic Story of the Colt Family Curse
The Devil's Right Hand: The Tragic Story of the Colt Family Curse
by M. William Phelps
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From the best-selling true crime writer, author of The Devils Rooming House, and star of the new Investigation Discovery television series Dark Minds comes the horrific legacy of death and destruction in the gun-making Colt family during the nineteenth... (read more)

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The Weed Runners: Travels with the Outlaw Capitalists of America's Medical Marijuana Trade
The Weed Runners: Travels with the Outlaw Capitalists of America's Medical Marijuana Trade
by Nicholas Schou
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Drawing on unparalleled access to sources including lawyers, The Weed Runners is both journalistic exposé and adventure story. There is a vast network fueling the ongoing nationwide explosion of medical marijuana, and this book focuses on an... (read more)

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Secret Partners: Big Tom Brown and the Barker Gang
Secret Partners: Big Tom Brown and the Barker Gang
by Tim Mahoney
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 Among the most dangerous criminals of the public enemies era was a man who has long hidden in history’s shadows: Tom Brown. In the early 1930s, while he was police chief of St. Paul, Minnesota, Brown became a secret partner of the infamous... (read more)

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Terror Crime Prevention with Communities
Terror Crime Prevention with Communities
by Basia Spalek
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Historically, countering terrorism has been something that security services have carried out on behalf of the state, without community consultation or consent. Since 9/11 however, this tradition has increasingly been questioned and the idea that... (read more)

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Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice
Whitey Bulger: America's Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt That Brought Him to Justice
by Kevin Cullen
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Raised in a South Boston housing project, James "Whitey" Bulger became the most wanted fugitive of his generation. In this riveting story, rich with family ties and intrigue, award-winning Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy... (read more)

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The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper
The Autobiography of Jack the Ripper
by James Carnac
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"Is the memoir purporting to be the confessions of the notorious serial killer actually that, or just a hoax? Most readers will be naturally skeptical of this account (slated to be published on the 125th anniversary of the crimes) from former medical... (read more)

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I Am Troy Davis
I Am Troy Davis
by Jen Marlowe
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ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2011, Troy Anthony Davis was put to death by the State of Georgia. Daviss execution was protested by hundreds of thousands across the globe. How did one man capture the worlds imagination and become the iconic face for the campaign to... (read more)

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Skull in the Ashes: Murder, a Gold Rush Manhunt, and the Birth of Circumstantial Evidence in America
Skull in the Ashes: Murder, a Gold Rush Manhunt, and the Birth of Circumstantial Evidence in America
by Peter Kaufman
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On a February night in 1897, the general store in Walford, Iowa, burned down. The next morning, townspeople discovered a charred corpse in the ashes. Everyone knew that the store’s owner, Frank Novak, had been sleeping in the store as a safeguard... (read more)

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The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino
The Quiet Don: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell Bufalino
by Matt Birkbeck
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To what extent was Rosario and#147;Russelland#8221; Bufalino involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975? In the CIAand#8217;s recruitment of gangsters to assassinate Fidel Castro? and#160;In organizing the historic meeting of crime chieftains... (read more)

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The Mammoth Book of Prison Breaks (Mammoth Book of)
The Mammoth Book of Prison Breaks (Mammoth Book of)
by Paul (edt) Simpson
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This collection tells the stories of true prison breaks, including those of Frank Abagnale, whose story is the basis for Catch Me If You Can, and Henri Charrieré whose memoir is the basis for Papillon, plus many more.... (read more)

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Parkland
Parkland
by Vincent Bugliosi
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Now a major motion picture! The exciting and definitive narrative of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. In Parkland (originally titled Four Days in November), author Vincent Bugliosi "has definitively explained the... (read more)

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The Book of Matt Signed Edition
The Book of Matt Signed Edition
by Stephen Jimenez
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A provocative and spellbinding examination of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard — unraveling for the first time the hidden complexities, motives, personalities and events surrounding this landmark American crime. On a chilly October evening... (read more)

Available October 24, 2013
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Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers
Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers
by Anabel Hernandez
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The product of five years’ investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the National Human Rights Commission to assign two full-time bodyguards to its author, Anabel... (read more)

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The British Execution (Shire Library)
The British Execution (Shire Library)
by Stephen Banks
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CN... (read more)

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Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and Bin Laden's Final Plot Against America
Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and Bin Laden's Final Plot Against America
by Matt Apuzzo
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How safe are we? What do we sacrifice to feel safe? And who pays the ultimate price? Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists examine one of the most sensitive post-9/11 national security investigations--a breathtaking race to prevent an al-Qaeda bomber... (read more)

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