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The story of George Jung's journey from middle-class high school football hero to the heart of Pablo Escobar's Medellín cartel--…
the largest importer of the United States cocaine supply in the 1980s. 2017.Bloodlines: the true story of a drug cartel, the FBI, and the battle for a horse-racing dynasty
Par Melissa Del Bosque. 2017
Journalist Melissa del Bosque follows FBI rookie Scott Lawson and Agent Alma Perez's harrowing attempt to dismantle cartel leader Miguel…
Treviño's American racing dynasty--a dynasty built on extortion and blood money. With extensive access to investigative evidence and in-depth interviews with key players, del Bosque delivers a riveting and suspenseful narrative about greed and corruption. 2017.Dance with the devil: a memoir of murder and loss
Par David Bagby. 2017
In November 2001, the body of Andrew Bagby was discovered outside Latrobe, Pennsylvania, five bullet wounds in his face, chest,…
buttocks, and the back of the head. For parents Dave and Kate, Andrew's murder was only the first in a string of tragic events. 2017.Freeing David McCallum: the last miracle of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Par Kenneth Klonsky. 2017
This is the story of how Rubin Carter, his friend and coauthor Ken Klonsky, and a group of committed friends…
and professionals worked for ten years to help free the wrongfully convicted David McCallum. It details their struggles, from founding an innocence project to take on the case, to finding lawyers willing to work pro bono, to the most difficult part, convincing members of a deeply flawed criminal justice system to reopen a case that would expose their own mistakes. 2017.American fire: love, arson, and life in a vanishing land
Par Monica Hesse. 2017
Shocked by a five-month arson spree that left rural Virginia reeling, Washington Post reporter Monica Hesse drove down to Accomack…
County to cover the trial of Charlie Smith, who pled guilty to sixty-seven counts of arson. But Charlie wasn't lighting fires alone: he had an accomplice, his girlfriend Tonya Bundick. Through her depiction of the dangerous shift that happened in their passionate relationship, Hesse brilliantly brings to life the once-thriving coastal community and its distressed inhabitants, who had already been decimated by a punishing economy before they were terrified by a string of fires they could not explain. Incorporating this drama into the long-overlooked history of arson in the United States, "American Fire" re-creates the anguished nights that this quiet county spent lit up in flames, mesmerizingly evoking a microcosm of rural America - a land half gutted before the fires even began. 2017.Forever and five days: an account of obsessive love and murder that rocked Grand Rapids, Michigan
Par Lowell Cauffiel. 2016
Bitter blood: a true story of southern family pride, madness, and multiple murder
Par Jerry Bledsoe. 2016
Marriage connected three wealthy Southern families until multiple murders severed their ties. The police were convinced at first that the…
killings were professional, but suspicion settled on the family members as a total of nine murders took its deadly toll. This true story is based on newspaper articles written by Bledsoe. 2016.Cowboys and gangsters: stories of an untamed Southwest (Those Jensen boys!)
Par Samuel K Dolan. 2016
Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the…
Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen. 2016.Fundamental cases: the twentieth-century battles that changed our nation (The modern scholar)
Par Alan M Dershowitz. 2006
Get ready to say goodbye: a mother's story of senseless violence, tragedy, and triumph
Par Ted Schwarz, LaVonne McKee. 1994
LaVonne McKee's adolescent son, Dwayne, was shot in the neck by his best friend, Jeff, who told Dwayne to "get…
ready to say goodbye." McKee describes the family's reactions when Jeff escapes punishment although Dwayne is paralyzed, and when Dwayne regains partial use of his limbs despite his doctors' predictions. Violence and some strong language. 1994.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.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.Home winemaking for dummies
Par Tim Patterson. 2011
Making high-quality wines is fun and easy. This must-have guide gives you easy-to-follow instructions in everything from selecting the right…
grapes and the proper equipment, to the crush and fermentation, to aging and bottling your wine. Award-winning home winemaker Tim Patterson provides tips on how to make every style of wine — red, white, dry, sweet, and bubbly. 2011.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.For the sake of example: capital courts-martial 1914-1920
Par Anthony Babington. 1983
From the outbreak of the First World War to the end of March 1920, official Army records state that 346…
officers and men were executed following court martials in the field. A sense of uneasiness has arisen regarding the circumstances surrounding these deaths. The author has made use of evidence which has recently come to light, and shows that many men were treated with injustice and inhumanity. 1983.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.