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The collected works of Billy the Kid (Vintage International)
Par Michael Ondaatje. 2009
William Bonney, a.k.a. "Billy the Kid," killed his first man when he was twelve, and by the time he was…
twenty-one he had slain nineteen more. Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels and his own imagination, Ondaatje imagines Billy's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880s New Mexico and the collective unconscious of his country. A synthesis of storytelling, history, and myth. Winner of the 1970 Governor General's Award for Poetry. 2009.Royal murder: the deadly intrigue of ten sovereigns
Par Elizabeth MacLeod, Barbara Pulling, Heather Sangster. 2008
What would you do for absolute power? Step into the world of palatial intrigue, where holding the throne means evading…
death... or causing it. While Cleopatra of Egypt once rolled herself into a rug and was carried out past her enemies' noses, other royals were brutal when dealing with foes. Read the stories of ten sovereigns, including Vlad the Impaler, "Bloody Mary", and The Romanovs of Russia. Descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2009 Red Maple Non-fiction Award. 2008.Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's war against big oil
Par Andrew Nikiforuk. 2002
Dutch-born Wiebo Ludwig, former leader of a Christian Reformed Church in Goderich, Ontario, and his entourage, which consisted of his…
ever-growing family and a few sympathizers, decamped for Alberta in 1985 and bought a place called Trickle Creek - in oil country. What ensued was a long, nasty, and often violent conflict between Ludwig and the oil and gas industry over its legal right to drill on private land, regardless of landowners' concerns over the contamination of air and water by the pollutants that spew out of the wells. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2002 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2002.Thieves!: Ten Stories Of Surprising Heists, Comical Capers, And Daring Escapades (True stories from the edge)
Par Andreas Schroeder. 2005
Ten well-planned major robberies reveal the ingenuity of the criminal mind, from Dan Cooper, who parachuted from a Boeing 727…
with $200,000, to the small band of Italians who stole the world-famous Mona Lisa. There are seven extra stories in the opening chapter, including that of the Parisian actor and civil servant who destroyed the files against his friends during the French Revolution - by eating them! Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2007 Red Maple Award. 2005.Ten true tales of outrageous trickery. Includes how a group of Germans perpetrated one of the biggest, most sophisticated banknote…
counterfeiting schemes ever seen; how the world was fooled for nearly a decade when a "lost tribe" was discovered in the Philippines; and how Donald Crowhurst almost won the first round-the-world yacht race without ever leaving the Atlantic Ocean. For junior and senior high school readers. Winner of the 2005 Red Maple Award. 2004.Ten true tales of outrageous trickery. Includes how a group of Germans perpetrated one of the biggest, most sophisticated banknote…
counterfeiting schemes ever seen; how the world was fooled for nearly a decade when a "lost tribe" was discovered in the Philippines; and how Donald Crowhurst almost won the first round-the-world yacht race without ever leaving the Atlantic Ocean. Some descriptions of violence. For junior and senior high school readers. Winner of the 2005 Red Maple Award. 2004.The darkest night: two sisters, a brutal murder, and the loss of innocence in a small town
Par Ron Franscell. 2008
Details the 1973 Casper, Wyoming, abduction of two sisters by two men who raped the teen and threw them both…
from a bridge, killing the younger child. Describes the surviving girl's ongoing troubles and her attackers' lives before and after their swift arrest and conviction. Violence and strong language. 2007All honest men: a biographical novel
Par Claude Stanush, Michele Stanush. 2003
This amusing narrative traces J. Willis Newton's transformation from disgruntled cotton picker on his daddy's Texas farm to one of…
America's most notorious bandits. Most famously, in 1924, Willis and his three brothers carried out the largest train robbery in U.S. history, netting more than 3 million. The authors conducted scores of interviews with Willis Newton before his death in 1979 and the book is narrated from Willis's point of view. Contains descriptions of violenceThe Pemberton papers: how evidence found in a small New England historical society uncovered a scandal
Par Robert A. Mcinnes. 2006
When a retired couple starts researching their ancestry, they stumble upon a long forgotten murder mystery. This whodunit for history…
lovers is a true story that takes place on the Connecticut sea coast. Contains some strong language. 2006Strong at the heart: how it feels to heal from sexual abuse
Par Carolyn Lehman. 2005
Personal accounts of nine survivors of rape, molestation, or incest at young ages. They discuss their experiences and the people…
who helped them reclaim their lives. Lists resources including assistance hotlines, books, movies, organizations, and web sites. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2005El periodista Ramos informe sobre la trágica muerte de ilegales que en 2003 intentaron viajar en camión a Houston, Texas.…
Describe cómo los traficantes de ilegales dejaron morir de asfixia y calor insoportable a diecinueve de los sesenta y tres personas que se escondían en la parte atrás del camión. A través de entrevistas con sobrevientes y análisis del juicio, Ramos relata porque se murieron tantas personas, incluso un niño, que solo buscaban una vida mejorInvestigative reporter's account of twenty-four-year-old Kristin Rossum, a San Diego toxicologist, accused of poisoning her spouse with drugs brought home…
from her office. Reveals Rossum's long-term drug addictions, adulteries, and possible motives for murdering husband Greg de Villers in 2001. 2004Bad boy: the murderous life of Kenneth Allen McDuff
Par Gary M. Lavergne, Gary M Lavergne. 2001
Tale of a serial killer from Rosebud, Texas, who was first sentenced to death in 1966 for murder--only to be…
paroled in 1989. Chronicles the crimes he committed upon his release from jail that exposed the failure of the criminal justice system. Violence and strong language. 1999Suddenly gone: the Kansas murders of serial killer Richard Grissom
Par Dan Mitrione. 1995
Former FBI agent details the 1989 Kansas crime spree of serial killer Richard Grissom Jr., who kidnapped and tortured young…
women. Grissom's psychological troubles--and a grisly murder he committed as a youth--were revealed in his juvenile record, and such deviant behavior continued into his adulthood. Violence and strong language. 1995Explores whether twins develop similar habits through nature or nurture. Glatt examines several cases of identical twins who commit violent…
crimes with or against each other. Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. 1999The fall of Pan Am 103: inside the Lockerbie investigation
Par Steven Emerson, Brian Duffy. 1990
The authors, both investigative reporters, were given unprecedented access to the officials and their findings regarding the 1988 crash of…
Pan Am 103. This account discusses warnings the airline received, the ability of terrorists to circumvent security systems, and the work of more than 10,000 agents piecing together countless scraps of information to identify the terroristsDangerous dossiers: exposing the secret war against America's greatest authors
Par Herbert Mitgang. 1988
A correspondent for the "New York Times," with a background in Army Air Corps counterintelligence during World War II, brings…
to light the policies and procedures by which the FBI developed dossiers on authors thought to be subversive. His purpose is to demonstrate how dangerous the practice is--damaging not only to individual freedom, but also to national valuesLines and shadows
Par Joseph Wambaugh. 1984
In this true crime story, Wambaugh focuses on the Border Crime Task Force, an eighteen-month experiment conducted by the San…
Diego Police. This task force foot-patrolled the Mexican-U.S. border between Tijuana and San Diego in an effort to stop the gangs who mug, rob, rape, and murder Mexican, illegal aliens. Powerful and compassionate. Strong language. Violence. Bestseller 1984Les belles amazones (Documents Societe Ser. #Vol. 6039309)
Par Barbara Cartland. 1977
Derrière une controverse juridique opposant, à propos de la propriété industrielle d'un logiciel, le gouvernement des Etats-Unis à une firme…
d'informatique, Inslaw, s'est trouvée révélée une gigantesque opération d'espionnage, qui a permis, pendant plus de dix ans, aux Américains de pénétrer dans les banques de données et mémoires d'ordinateurs des principales organisations de la planète.Tierra americana
Par Jeanine Cummins. 2019
&“Si lo que buscan es una mejor vida, búsquenla en otra parte. Este camino solo es para personas que no…
tienen otra opción, que dejan violencia y miseria detrás. El viaje se volverá más peligroso de ahora en adelante. Todo irá en contra de sus propósitos y los boicoteará&”. Lydia Quixano Pérez vive en Acapulco, México, donde lleva su librería. Tiene un hijo, Luca, el amor de su vida, y un maravilloso esposo que es periodista. Y aunque la vida en Acapulco comienza a agrietarse debido a los cárteles de la droga, su vida es confortable. Un día llega un hombre a la librería y compra cuatro libros, entre los que se encuentran dos de las obras favoritas de Lydia, que piensa que nunca va a vender. Javier es erudito, encantador, aunque Lydia no lo sabe, es el jefe del nuevo cártel que se ha apoderado de la ciudad. Cuando se publica el revelador artículo sobre Javier que el esposo de Lydia escribe para el periódico local, sus vidas cambiarán para siempre. Forzados a huir, Lydia y Luca, de ocho años, pronto se encuentran a kilómetros de su cómoda existencia. Transformados instantáneamente en migrantes, Lydia y Luca viajan en La Bestia, los trenes que se dirigen al norte hacia Estados Unidos, el único lugar donde Javier no podrá encontrarlos. Cuando se unen a las innumerables personas que intentan llegar al norte, Lydia pronto se da cuenta que todos huyen de algo. ¿Pero hacia qué huyen exactamente?