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Gotham unbound: how New York City was liberated from the grip of organized crime (Fast Track Bks.)
Par James B Jacobs, Coleen Friel, Robert Radick. 1999
An in-depth account of the impact of the Cosa Nostra on business, labour, and politics in New York City in…
the twentieth century. Describes mob infiltration of the garment, construction, and other major industries; chronicles law enforcement initiatives to drive the mob out of the metropolis since 1980. c1999.Graveyards of the dinosaurs: what it's like to discover prehistoric creatures (I Was There Ser.)
Par Shelley Tanaka, Philip J Currie, Mark Norell, Paul C Sereno. 1998
Describes paleontologists' discovery of dinosaur fossils at major sites in Mongolia, Canada, and Argentina. Presents information on the Oviraptor, Centrosaurus,…
and Herrerasaurus, among others. Discusses scientific evidence linking birds and carnivorous dinosaurs. Grades 4-7. 1998.Hot money and the politics of debt
Par R. T Naylor. 1987
Honour thy mother: the search for Jeannine Durand
Par Rick Boychuk. 1994
In 1968, Raymond "Frenchy" Durand murdered his wife Jeannine and hid her body near Houston, Texas. More than two decades…
later, the case of the woman known as Jane Doe was finally solved, owing to the perseverance of the victim's son and daughter, who were schoolchildren when their mother disappeared. Boychuk tells of how these children lost their mother under mysterious circumstances, then had to depend on a father they could not trust. Some strong language and some violence. 1994.Helter skelter: the true story of the Manson murders
Par Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry. 1974
Guilty until proven innocent
Par Donald S Connery. 1977
Account of the case of eighteen-year-old Peter Reilly who was persuaded by the police to confess to the murder of…
his mother. After a successful appeal and national attention, all charges against him were finally dropped. Some strong language. 1977.Guarding the secrets: Palestinian terrorism and a father's murder of his too-American daughter
Par Ellen Francis Harris. 1995
True story of Palestinian Zein Isa, who moves his family to St. Louis but forbids his daughters to act American.…
When daughter Tina defies him by dating a young black man and working part-time, Isa and his wife stab her to death. The FBI, investigating Isa's terrorist activities, gets the murder on tape. Strong language and violence. 1995.Describes the byzantine history of New York's five Mafia families - Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese. Also illuminates the…
Mafia's origin in 19th-century Sicily and its transition to this country. Throughout his survey of the mob's evolution, Raab renders the mobsters as three-dimensional figures, without glossing over their vicious crimes and their impact on honest citizens. 2005.Black mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a devil's deal
Par Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill. 2013
Investigative journalists expose FBI corruption. In 1975 Boston FBI agent John Connolly began using Irish mobster Jim "Whitey" Bulger as…
an informant. Though Bulger committed outrageous crimes, the state police and federal drug agents were never able to get a conviction, and authorities became suspicious of a fix. 2013.Finding Chandra: a true Washington murder mystery
Par Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham. 2010
The 2001 disappearance of Washington, D.C., intern Chandra Levy, and the discovery of her remains a year later in a…
remote area of D.C.'s Rock Creek Park, made headlines, especially when her affair with Congressman Gary Condit became known. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Higham and Horwitz expand on their investigation that in 2008 identified Levy's likely killer, delivering a meticulous study of the case and the media circus surrounding it. Descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence. 2010.Feathered dinosaurs
Par Christopher Sloan. 2000
Discusses the theory that birds are modern evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, comparing their skeletons and bone structure. Describes the 1996…
discovery in China of theropod fossils showing feathers. Explains the functions of various feathers and possible evolution of arms to wings. For grades 4-7. 2000.Final payoff: the true price of convicting Clifford Robert Olson
Par Ian Mulgrew. 1990
In 1981, Clifford Olson negotiated a deal with the RCMP that would give his wife $10,000 for each victim that…
Olson located. This book examines the deal, the precedent it set and its impact on the victims' families. 1990.Marron's account of the 1991 murder of Nina de Villiers by Jonathan Yeo examines the history of both victim and…
killer. Yeo, a known violent offender, was on parole at the time he murdered de Villiers and another woman, Karen Marquis. Marron also discusses the coroner's inquest which followed, and the aftermath of the tragedy for the families of the victims. c1993.Familiar spirits: a memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson
Par Alison Lurie. 2001
Novelist Alison Lurie reminisces about meeting American poet James Merrill (1926-1995) in his youth and becoming friends with him and…
his companion, David Jackson. Discusses their homosexuality, the importance of the Ouija board in their relationship, and their problems as they aged. 2001.Don't look behind you: and other true cases (Ann Rule's crime series. #15.)
Par Ann Rule. 2011
Four true-crime cases. In "North to Alaska" a divorced father loses contact with his children. In "Too Late for the…
Fair" the grown son of a long-missing woman suspects she was murdered by his father. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011.Deadly encounters: true crime stories of Alberta
Par Barbara Smith. 1993
Eight tales of rum-running, shoot-outs, hostages, and murder which have occurred in Alberta. Ranging from the tragic to the bizarre,…
some of the cases remain unsolved to this day. Some descriptions of violence. 1993.Deadly silence: Canadian mafia murders
Par Peter Edwards, Antonio Nicaso. 1993
The authors use the details of thirteen Mafia murders in Canada to trace the development of the Mafia in this…
country. Each murder is examined in the context of the Mafia ethos. Also includes the code of behaviour for the Calabrian Mafia. Strong language and descriptions of violence. 1993.Dark ambition: the shocking crime of Dellen Millard
Par Ann Brocklehurst. 2016
Tim Bosma of Hamilton, Ontario, was a successful businessman and happily married young father until he put his truck up…
for sale online, went for a test drive with two strangers, and never returned. His disappearance and the murder investigation that followed played out on social media and in the headlines over several weeks in spring 2013. His heartbroken family made futile pleas for his return. Weeks later, two men were arrested for Bosma's murder, a petty criminal named Mark Smich, and Dellen Millard, the heir of an aviation millionaire. Disturbingly, there appeared to be no motive for the gruesome killing of Bosma, whose charred remains were found on Millard's farm. It seemed to be a cold-blooded "thrill kill" carried out by what some would deem a psychopath, and his sidekick. But there was even more to the grisly story. The investigation of Bosma's death would eventually lead to the discovery of two other murders: the pair would be charged with the murder of Laura Babcock, Millard's former girlfriend, who disappeared in 2012, and Millard alone would be charged with the murder of his own father, Wayne Millard. 2016.Dinosaurs of the flaming cliffs
Par Michael J Novacek. 1996
A paleontologist's account of a gruelling 1993 field expedition to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia, which resulted in one of…
the most extensive dinosaur fossil discoveries in history. Describes the specimens that were found and discusses their meaning and scientific importance. 1996.