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Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada Publisher Comments A new edition, including the story of the founding of the Harlem Children’s Zone Long before the avalanche of praise for his work—from Oprah Winfrey, from President Bill Clinton, from President Barack Obama—long before he became... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession by Allison Hoover Bartlett Staff Pick Wow! What a fascinating book about a fascinating man: John Gilkey, professional book thief. Hoover Bartlett seems to have a hard time untangling herself from her story, which gives the book an interesting discordant feel. It is practically impossible to... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Blind Eye-updated ((Rev)99 Edition) by James B. Stewart Publisher Comments No one could believe the handsome young doctor might be a serial killer. Wherever he was hired -- in Ohio, Illinois, New York, South Dakota -- Michael Swango at first seemed the model physician. Then his patients began dying under suspicious... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story by Timothy B. Tyson Staff Pick "We cannot address the place we find ourselves because we will not acknowledge the road that brought us here." No law can ever change the hearts of men. Timothy B. Tyson chronicles the painful legacies of racism in Oxford, North Carolina, in 1970. The... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Informant: A True Story by Kurt Eichenwald Publisher Comments From an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes an outrageous story of greed, corruption, and conspiracy—which left the FBI and Justice Department counting on the cooperation of one man . . . It was one of the FBI's biggest... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma by Alex Kotlowitz Publisher Comments When the body of a black teenager is found in the St. Joseph's River, unhealed wounds and suspicions surface between two Michigan towns. Beautifully written and painstakingly reported, "The Other Side of the River" sensitively portrays the lives and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Homicide (06 Edition) by David Simon Publisher Comments From the creator of HBOs The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television show The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs Publisher Comments What really happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963? Was the assassination of John F. Kennedy simply the work of a warped, solitary young man, or was something more nefarious afoot? Pulling together a wealth of evidence, including rare photos, documents,... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Westies: Inside New York's Irish Mob by T J English Publisher Comments Even among the Mob, the Westies were feared. Starting with a partnership between two sadistic thugs, Jimmy Coonan and Mickey Featherstone, the gang rose out of the inferno of Hell's Kitchen, a decaying tenderloin slice of New York City's West Side. They... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Cold Case by Philip Gourevitch Publisher Comments From a prize-winning author and, in Elmore Leonards words, “a knockout writer,” comes a masterfully written and gripping tale of a determined investigator who reopens an unresolved case of double homicide in New York nearly thirty years after... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fatal Justice: Reinvestigating the MacDonald Murders by Jerry Potter Publisher Comments This "devastating rebuttal to Fatal Vision" (Boston Phoenix) demonstrates that the jury was not privy to crucial evidence in the case of Jeffrey MacDonald, the Green Beret Captain convicted of the murders of his wife and two young daughters.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Den of Thieves by James B Stewart Publisher Comments A number-one bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells, in masterfully reported detail, the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Killing of Robert F. Kennedy: An Investigation of Motive, Means, and Opportunity by Dan Moldea Publisher Comments On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was shot in the pantry of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles; his death the following day stunned a nation still recovering from John F. Kennedys assassination five years earlier. Officials insisted, however, that this... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham Staff Pick An equally absorbing and troubling inquiry into a case of criminal injustice, Grisham's nonfiction debut equals the storytelling of his unparalleled fiction.... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Juvenile Justice: A Collection of True-Crime Cases (Prentice Hall's Reality Reading) by Debbie J Goodman Publisher Comments The Reality Reading Series: provides the reader with provocative, true cases that coincide with the most popular Criminal Justice courses offered at colleges, universities, and police academies throughout the United States. Because of the unique... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western Town Sets Off a Struggle for the Soul of America by J Anthony Lukas Publisher Comments Hailed as "toweringly important" (Baltimore Sun), "a work of scrupulous and significant reportage" (E. L. Doctorow), and "an unforgettable historical drama" (Chicago Sun-Times), Big Trouble brings to life the astonishing case that ultimately engaged... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas Publisher Comments During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Busting the Mob : the United States VS. Cosa Nostra (94 Edition) by James B. Jacobs Publisher Comments The biological features of human beings are now measured, observed, and understood in ways never before thought possible, defining norms, establishing standards, and determining average values of human life. While the notion of “biopolitics”... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $19.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Trial of the Century : the People of the State of California VS. Orenthal James Simpson (96 Edition) by Frank M. Schmalleger Publisher Comments In Trial of the Century, acclaimed author Frank Schmalleger provides a self-contained, accessible account of the criminal and judicial proceedings of the O.J. Simpson double murder trial. The text draws from the unrivaled documentation of this event to... (read more) List Price $59.65 Your price: $48.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich Publisher Comments The amazing inside story about a gambling ring of M.I.T. students who beat the system in Vegas and lived to tell how. Robin Hood meets the Rat Pack when the best and the brightest of M.I.T.'s math students and engineers take up blackjack under... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $1.48 Used - Trade Paper
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