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Mafia Organizations: The Visible Hand of Criminal EnterpriseHow do mafias work? How do they recruit people, control members, conduct legal and illegal business, and use violence? Why do they establish such a complex mix of rituals, rules, and codes of conduct? And how do they differ? Why do some mafias commit...
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Five Shot My Story, His Pain"Five Shots" is a riveting true account about a victim of gun violence told with the passion, love, and clarity that only a mother could tell. At 17, Pamela Jones's son, Stefen, was shot five times by a stranger. Although now paralyzed, with the...
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American Sons: The Untold Story of the Falcon and the Snowman (40th Anniversary Edition)"A compelling narrative of survival and redemption." --Robert Lindsey, author of The Falcon and the SnowmanForty years before the names Snowden and Manning entered the world's cultural lexicon, Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee became America's youngest convicted spies--condemned to federal prison in 1977...
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Murders In Mendocino: True stories of the earliest families of Mendocino CountyThe serene countryside of central California hides a bloody history. Many Native tribes lived in peaceful coexistence before the discovery of gold changed everything. Dreamers and schemers converged on northern California from all over the world. Their greed for land led to government sanctioned...
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Angel of Death Row: My Life As A Death Penalty Defense LawyerNineteen times, death penalty defense lawyer Andrea D. Lyon has represented a client convicted of capital murder. Nineteen times, she has argued for that individual's life to be spared. Nineteen times, she has succeeded.Dubbed the "Angel of Death Row" by the Chicago Tribune, Lyon...
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It Happened in Little Valley: A Case Study of UxoricideThe murder of Sue Ann Riggs by her husband, Ralph Riggs and subsequent suicide of her lover, Albert Roy Marsh, were the culmination of ordinary people engaged in ordinary circumstances. Ralph and Sue had a troubled marriage; Albert had recently divorced; Sue and Albert...
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Mob Boss: Chicago Mob Bosses Paul Ricca and Tony AccardoThis is the true story of two of Chicago's most powerful and dangerous organized crime bosses. Paul Ricca and Tony Accardo were at Al "Scareface" Capone's side when he formed the Chicago Mob. Ricca and Accardo used people and governments to make billions using...
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Blood & Ghosts: Paranormal Forensics InvestigatorsWhat if forensic and paranormal investigators deliberately crossed paths? Can forensics aid ghost hunters, and might ghost hunters who use these tools one day assist in the cause of justice? The answers to these questions are explored within the pages of "Blood & Ghosts."...
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Ripper Notes: The Hunt for Jack the Ripper"Ripper Notes: The Hunt for Jack the Ripper" is a collection of essays about that famous unidentified serial killer and related topics. Tom Wescott's "Jack and the Grapestalk" starts things out by examining claims that victim Elizabeth Stride was holding grapes when her body...
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Miwok Material Culture: Indian Life of the Yosemite RegionThis book is an authoritative source for anyone interested in the history and heritage of the Yosemite Miwok. It is a classic study of Miwok tribe culture written by two noted anthropologists and covering topics such as shelter, food, art, and industry. The volume...
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Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip"Karlen offers a colorful and impressively researched account of the Minneapolis underworld and his fascinating relative that feels right out of Damon Runyon's Guys and Dolls." --Star Tribune"Deliciously snappy." --American Jewish World"Karlen brings back the days when Peggy Lee walked into Augie's straight off...
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Killer Girlfriend: The Jodi Arias StoryOn January 2, 2013, the murder trial of Jodi Arias began, setting off a national obsession with Jodi's story of sex, lies, and murder. Jodi Arias became a household name overnight when she was charged with the heinous murder of her ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander....
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The Silencing of Ruby McCollum: Race, Class, and Gender in the South"This groundbreaking work reads like a murder mystery, only in this case what has been killed is our American integrity and the right of an individual to a fair trial. Evans has finally addressed the pervasive silence that distorts, fragments, and threatens to bury...
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True Crime: Illinois: The StatpbIllinois was in many ways born in blood. From the early days of piracy to twentieth-century mob massacres, the state has been plagued with some of the worst crimes in history. This book begins with a general overview of crime in the state and...
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King of the Godfathers: Big Joey Massino and the Fall of the Bonanno Crime FamilyThe Last Of The Old-World Mob Bosses--And The Ultimate Betrayal For more than twenty years, Joseph "Big Joey" Massino ran what was called the largest criminal network in the U.S., employing over two hundred and fifty made men and untold numbers of associates. The...
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Oklahoma Tough: My Father, King of the Tulsa BootleggersWayne Padgett was a colorful, charming, and generous man. He was also one of Oklahoma's most elusive bootleggers and career criminals. From the 1960s into the 1980s, he operated out of Tulsa as a high-ranking member of the outfit known as the Dixie Mafia....
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American MafiaReppetto's book earns its place among the best . . . he brings fresh context to a familiar story worth retelling. --The New York Times Book Review Organized crime--the Italian American kind--has long been a source of popular entertainment and legend. Now Thomas Reppetto...
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Tough Luck: Sid Luckman, Murder, Inc., and the Rise of the Modern NFLIn the long annals of sports and crime, no story compares to the one that engulfed the Luckman family in 1935. As 18-year-old Sid Luckman made headlines across New York City for his high school football exploits at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn,...
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The Informant: A True StoryFrom an award-winning New York Times investigative reporter comes a gripping account of one of the most captivating and bizarre tales in the history of the FBI and corporate America. It was one of the FBI's biggest secrets: Mark Whitacre, a senior executive at...
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Notorious New England: A Travel Guide to Tragedy and TreacheryNew England is notorious for its dark tourism with tragic and treacherous attractions, both historical and recent, that re-create death, suffering, and the outright macabre. History buffs and paranormal enthusiasts will discover engaging stories, from historic homes and cemeteries to serial killers and infamous...
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