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McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
by Misha Glenny  Publisher Comments With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the deregulation of international financial markets in 1989, governments and entrepreneurs alike became intoxicated by forecasts of limitless expansion into newly open markets. No...
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When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back
by Stephen Singular Publisher Comments In When Men Become Gods, New York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular casts a light on a dark corner of religious extremism. He reveals a group of fundamentalists operating in the present-day United States, where teenage girls are kept in virtual...
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The Girl with the Crooked Nose: A Tale of Murder, Obsession, and Forensic Artistry
by Ted Botha Publisher Comments In The Girl with the Crooked Nose, Ted Botha tells the absorbing story of Frank Bender, a gifted, self-taught artist who can bring back the dead and the vanished through a unique, macabre sculpting talent. Bender has been the key to solving at least nine...
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Stealing Your Life: The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan
by Frank W Abagnale Publisher Comments The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today’s identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting...
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Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves
by John Kroger Publisher Comments Convictions is a spellbinding story from the front lines of the fight against crime. Most Americans know little about the work of assistant United States attorneys, the federal prosecutors who possess sweeping authority to investigate and prosecute the...
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The Framing of Mumia Abu-Jamal
by J Patrick Oconnor Publisher Comments Sentenced to death in 1982 for allegedly killing a police officer named Daniel Faulkner, Mumia Abu-Jamal is the most famous death row inmate in the United States, if not the world. This book is the first to convincingly show how the Philadelphia Police...
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Killing for Sport: Inside the Minds of Serial Killers
by Pat Brown Synopsis A renegade criminal profiler goes beyond the complex technical language and psychobabble often used when discussing serial killers to actually tell it like it is. Brown's work is an honest portrayal of the predator-next-door: how he hunts for victims...
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If Looks Could Kill
by M William Phelps Synopsis Phelps details the twisted, true story of Cynthia Rohr-George, a stunning socialite and beauty queen in Akron, Ohio, who was convicted of orchestrating a horrorific murder--then had her conviction overturned in a shocking turn of events. Featured on NBC...
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Perfect Beauty: A Glamorous Socialite, Her Handsome Lover, and Brutal Murder
by Keith Ell Greenberg Publisher Comments Cynthia George was the stunning wife of one of Akron Ohio’s most successful restaurateurs, and mother of seven. She flaunted her money, her body…even her extra-marital affairs. Until she got in too deep with Jeff Zack, her younger, longtime...
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Bandit Nation: A History of Outlaws and Cultural Struggle in Mexico, 1810-1920
by Chris Frazer Publisher Comments Stories about postcolonial bandits in Mexico have circulated since the moment Mexico won its independence. Narratives have appeared or been discussed in a wide variety of forms: novels, memoirs, travel accounts, newspaper articles, the graphic arts...
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Forensics Under Fire: Are Bad Science and Dueling Experts Corrupting Criminal Justice?
by Jim Fisher Synopsis Murder, kidnapping, the evidence of crimes committed--it's front-page news and the subject of countless popular films and television shows. But as these portrayals reveal, the path from crime to conviction is never straight and smooth, and much...
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Currency Wars: How Forged Money Is the New Weapon of Mass Destruction
by John Cooley Publisher Comments The world's quietest weapon of mass destruction is 75 percent cotton, 25 percent linen, and 100 percent fake. The amount of counterfeit money in circulation is unknown, but hundreds of millions of bogus U.S. dollars are seized each year. Mass...
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Meet Me for Murder (Pinnacle True Crime)
by Don Lasseter Synopsis The horrifying true story of Victor Paleologus, a sexual predator who lured hopeful Hollywood beauties to a fake casting call and murdered one of them. The case has been featured on NBC's "Dateline." of photos. Original....
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Twisted Triangle: A Famous Crime Writer, a Lesbian Love Affair, and the FBI Husband's Violent Revenge
by Caitlin Rother Publisher Comments Praise for Twisted Triangle This book will haunt you. It will move you to look at some of the harsh realities of life in a new way. A powerful story--and masterfully written. --Aphrodite Jones best-selling author, All She Wanted and Cruel Sacrifice A...
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Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity
by Byron Acohido Publisher Comments “If you bank or manage your stocks online, you have to read this book. Cyberspace is making all sorts of things possible. Unfortunately, among them are fraud, theft, and espionage—all of which can directly impact you.”--Richard Clarke...
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Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities: Reentry, Race, and Politics
by Anthony C. Thompson Publisher Comments "Accessible and comprehensive, Releasing Prisoners, Redeeming Communities deleves into the most pressing legal issue of prisoner reentry. . . . Thompson provides a much needed look at this dire social issue through an expert legal lens. This is an...
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Myth of the Hanging Tree: Stories of Crime and Punishment in Territorial New Mexico
by Robert J. Torrez Publisher Comments The haunting specter of hanging trees holds a powerful sway on the American imagination, conjuring images of rough-and-tumble frontier towns struggling to impose law and order in a land where violence was endemic. In this thoughtful study, former New...
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Undercover: How I Went from Company Man to FBI Spy -- And Exposed the Worst Healthcare Fraud in US History
by John W Schilling Synopsis When accountant John Schilling went to work for the Columbia Hospital Corporation, he never expected to become the catalyst for the series of "whistleblower" cases that ripped through the healthcare industry in the late 1990s. This is his compelling...
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Deceived: A True Story
by Sarah Smith Publisher Comments This powerful memoir introduces student Sarah Smith, whose peaceful existence was shattered one day in 1993 when an IRA bomb exploded near her college. In the aftermath of this terrorist attack, Robert Freegard, a barman she had...
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Buried Memories
by Irene Pence Publisher Comments Here is the chilling true story of Betty Lou Beets, the Texas Black Widow -- a woman who shot and killed two of her husbands, and attempted to murder two others. After a sensational trial, she was sentenced to die by lethal injection, and fifteen years...
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