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El Sicario: The Autobiography of a Mexican Assassin
ISBN: 9781568586588 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs on the American. El Sicario is the hidden face of America's war on drugs. He is a contract killer who functioned as a commandante in the Chihuahuan State police, who was trained in the US by the FBI, and who for twenty years kidnapped, tortured and murdered people for the drug industry at the behest of Mexican drug cartels. He is a hit man who came off the killing fields alive. He left the business and turned to Christ. And then he decided to tell the story of his life...
In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs on the American. El Sicari...
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72,38 |
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Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One
ISBN: 9780199769162 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In an era that witnessed the rise of celebrity outlaws like Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger was the most famous and flamboyant of them all. Reports on the man and his misdeeds--spiced with accounts of his swashbuckling bravado and cool daring--provided an America worn down by the Great Depression with a salacious mix of sex and violence that proved irresistible.
In Dillinger's Wild Ride, Elliott J. Gorn provides a riveting account of the year between 1933 and 1934, when the Dillinger gang pulled over a dozen bank jobs and stole hundreds of... In an era that witnessed the rise of celebrity outlaws like Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde, John Dillinger was the most famo...
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75,15 |
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The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno: The Final Secrets of a Life in the Mafia
ISBN: 9780061992025 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An eye-opening look at life--and death--inside the Mafia, The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno is a stunning document written by the son of notorious crime boss Joe Bonanno. Published at the author's request after his death, The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno provides highly confidential secrets about the inner workings of La Cosa Nostra--offering a behind-closed-doors look at the secret Commission meetings of the '30s through '60s and clandestine details of the Mafia's most venerable rituals, techniques, and indoctrination ceremonies...plus pages of never-before-seen photos....
An eye-opening look at life--and death--inside the Mafia, The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno is a stunning document written by the son of not...
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83,81 |
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Dime Novel Desperadoes: The Notorious Maxwell Brothers
ISBN: 9780252078040 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A thrilling true crime narrative and groundbreaking historical account, Dime Novel Desperadoes recovers the long-forgotten story of Ed and Lon Maxwell, the outlaw brothers from Illinois who once rivaled Jesse and Frank James in national notoriety. Growing up hard as the sons of a struggling tenant farmer, the Maxwell brothers started their lawbreaking as robbers and horse thieves in the 1870s, embarking on a life of crime that quickly captured the public eye. Already made famous locally by newspapers that wanted to dramatize crimes and danger for an eager reading audience, the brothers...
A thrilling true crime narrative and groundbreaking historical account, Dime Novel Desperadoes recovers the long-forgotten story of Ed and Lon ...
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101,76 |
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Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History
ISBN: 9780762727056 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History features17 short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of the Centennial State."
Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Colorado History features17 short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunde...
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66,29 |
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Fly, Colton, Fly: The True Story of the Barefoot Bandit
ISBN: 9780451235084 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Colton Harris-Moore. A teenage outlaw wanted in nine states for more than eighty crimes. For two years he outran authorities--often times barefoot. And every step of the way, a frenzied public cheered him on...
-The Barefoot Bandit- looked like a typical American teenage boy. But Colton Harris-Moore was something else: a disturbing neighborhood nuisance at the age of ten, a troubled felon at twelve, wanted at fifteen, and the subject of a cross-country and international fugitive manhunt by the time he could register to vote. He stole boats, luxury cars, laptops, credit cards, and... Colton Harris-Moore. A teenage outlaw wanted in nine states for more than eighty crimes. For two years he outran authorities--often times barefoot....
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91,48 |
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Bloody Bill Longley: The Mythology of a Gunfighter
ISBN: 9781574413052 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. William Preston Longley (1851-1878) went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently sentenced to hang, his name became known statewide as an outlaw and a murderer. Longley created and reveled in his self-centered image as a fearsome, deadly gunfighter. In truth, Longley was not the daring figure that he attempted to paint. William Preston Longley (1851-1878) went on a murderous rampage over the last few years of his life. Once he was arrested in 1877, and subsequently... |
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121,15 |
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Hello Charlie: Letters from a Serial Killer
ISBN: 9781416544869 / Angielski / Miękka / 339 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 1991 abduction and murder of thirteen-year-old Heather Dawn Church baffled police for three agonizing years, and became one of the most infamous murders the quiet and scenic city of Colorado Springs had ever seen. It was legendary homicide detective Lou Smit who finally broke the case, sending Robert Charles Browne, a forty-three-year-old Louisiana drifter and career criminal, to prison for life.
But the savage saga of Robert Browne did not end there. In 2000, Smit, now retired, joined forces with Charlie Hess, an ex-FBI agent and former CIA operative, to reexamine the cold-case... The 1991 abduction and murder of thirteen-year-old Heather Dawn Church baffled police for three agonizing years, and became one of the most infamous m...
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80,00 |
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Dangerous People, Dangerous Places
ISBN: 9781843583127 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After spending nearly three decades in prison for murder, and having used his time inside to educate himself and gain a degree, Norman Parker emerged to become a bestselling author with his Parkhurst Tales books, which reveal the secret world of Britain's toughest jails. He went on to become a journalist for several newspapers and magazines, and this book collects his most incredible stories from around the world. Always on the lookout for adventure, Norman had by turns been in search of the most notorious criminals, the most extreme gangs, and the most dangerous organizations at large in the...
After spending nearly three decades in prison for murder, and having used his time inside to educate himself and gain a degree, Norman Parker emerged ...
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63,99 |
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Six Miles to Charleston: The True Story of John and Lavinia Fisher
ISBN: 9781609491178 / Angielski / Miękka / 125 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1819, a young man outwitted death at the hands of John and Lavinia Fisher and sparked the hunt for Charleston's most notorious serial killers. Former homicide investigator Bruce Orr follows the story of the Fishers, from the initial police raid on their Six Mile Inn with its reportedly grisly cellar to the murderous couple's incarceration and execution at the squalid Old City Jail. Yet there still may be more sinister deeds left unpunished, an overzealous sheriff, corrupt officials and documents only recently discovered all suggest that there is more to the tale. Orr uncovers the mysteries...
In 1819, a young man outwitted death at the hands of John and Lavinia Fisher and sparked the hunt for Charleston's most notorious serial killers. Form...
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83,81 |
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True Stories from Seattle
ISBN: 9781452089416 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seattle is a seacoast town. With more than its share of outlaws. This book proves crime does pay if you are good at it.
Seattle is a seacoast town. With more than its share of outlaws. This book proves crime does pay if you are good at it.
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92,94 |
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Heartland Serial Killers
ISBN: 9780875804361 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lindberg, an accomplished local historian and true crime writer, presents a fascinating story of two contemporaneous serial killers, both weaving marriage and murder in and around Chicago during the 1890s and 1900s. Johann Hoch was a debonair bigamist and wife killer who boasted of having perfected a scientific technique to romance and seduction. Belle Gunness was a nesting Black Widow whose sprawling farm in Northwest Indiana was a fatal lure for lonely bachelors seeking the comforts of middle-age security by answering matrimonial advertisements placed by Gunness. Notorious in his own... Lindberg, an accomplished local historian and true crime writer, presents a fascinating story of two contemporaneous serial killers, both weaving m... |
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116,30 |
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Nightmare In Bangkok
ISBN: 9780615306315 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nightmare In Bangkok is a non-fiction account of an intuitive criminal who dreamt his fate. Born and raised in Hawaii, Andy began his criminal lifestyle as a professional thief. After over a decade of close-calls, escapes, crime sprees and Hawaiian prisons, he was arrested for drug-trafficking in Bangkok, Thailand. The penalty was execution by gunshot to the head.The characters all all real, and everything is factual; verifiable by court documents, government files, newspaper articles, witnesses and photos. This isn't a how-to book, nor is it intended to glamorize crime and drug abuse. The...
Nightmare In Bangkok is a non-fiction account of an intuitive criminal who dreamt his fate. Born and raised in Hawaii, Andy began his criminal lifesty...
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71,84 |
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Handbook For The Dead, The Living Dead, And Those Who Occasionally Wished They Were Dead
ISBN: 9780615310657 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A string of coincidences that nevertheless lead to seeing the Light at the end of the Tunnel, even for the reader The True Story of a woman who becomes the focus of an insidious stalker, despite police efforts the stalker continues to haunt three generations of the family. Handbook for the Dead follows the life of Suzanna Terrell and includes the process regarding the creation of her Scientific Theories. The story comes to a climax as the stalker turns his attention to Suzanna's own daughter, and with the help of detectives and the F.B.I. he is finally brought to justice with a magnificent...
A string of coincidences that nevertheless lead to seeing the Light at the end of the Tunnel, even for the reader The True Story of a woman who becom...
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54,03 |
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Dear Dawn: Aileen Wuornos in Her Own Words, 1991-2002
ISBN: 9781593762902 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between 1989 and 1990, Aileen Wuornos, a hitchhiking prostitute, shot, killed, and robbed seven men in remote Florida locations. Arrested in 1991, Wuornos insisted she had acted in self-defense, but the jury had little sympathy. Condemned to death on six separate counts, she was executed by lethal injection in 2002.
An abused runaway who turned to prostitution to survive, Wuornos has become iconic of vengeful women who lash out at the nearest target. She has also become a touchstone for women's, prostitutes', and prisoners' rights advocates. Her story has inspired myriad books and... Between 1989 and 1990, Aileen Wuornos, a hitchhiking prostitute, shot, killed, and robbed seven men in remote Florida locations. Arrested in 1991, Wuo...
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68,42 |
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Gallery of Fools: The True Story of a Major American Art Heist
ISBN: 9781460923627 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The events recounted in this book are essentially true. The theft of the paintings in question took place as told; they were hidden in my father's cellar in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx for about two years until my wife and I removed them. My cousin and his partner were arrested for their roles in the crime. I have taken some minor fictional liberties in the reconstruction of dialogue that occurred more than thirty years ago and in the invention of a few details that most likely happened during breaks in the main action of the story, which is why this book can be read as either a...
The events recounted in this book are essentially true. The theft of the paintings in question took place as told; they were hidden in my father's cel...
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63,83 |
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Catching Butterflies: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781460915868 / Angielski / Miękka / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Living the street life... drugs, fast money, fast times, hi life, lo life. I did it all. I traveled all over and met some of the best and worst people. Some were really great at what they did. I know I was. Any time a person can wake up without a dime to their name and end the day with $5000 or more... well I must say, that's a hell of a hustler And anyone who can endure the years inside that I did, and come out human, is a true survivor. "I'm not looking for any justification of the path I chose to take. It is what it is. But when the daughter that was taken from me when I was 15 showed...
"Living the street life... drugs, fast money, fast times, hi life, lo life. I did it all. I traveled all over and met some of the best and worst peopl...
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64,03 |
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Born to Lose: Stanley B. Hoss and the Crime Spree That Gripped a Nation
ISBN: 9781606350973 / Angielski / Miękka / 389 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2012 IN TRUE CRIME
FINALIST, FOREWORD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS A small-time hoodlum who became the most hunted man in America Stanley Barton Hoss was a burglar, thief, and local thug from the Pittsburgh area. In eight short months in 1969, however, he became a rapist, prison escapee, murderer, and kidnapper; the subject of an intense nationwide manhunt; and one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. In Born to Lose, author James G. Hollock traces Hoss from his earliest... INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2012 IN TRUE CRIME FINALIST, FOREWORD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS |
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135,69 |
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In with the Devil: A Fallen Hero, a Serial Killer, and a Dangerous Bargain for Redemption
ISBN: 9780312616946 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Featured on Dateline and CNN, the true story of a young man destined for greatness on the football field--until a few wrong turns led him to a ten-year prison sentence. He was offered an impossible mission: Coax a confession out of a fellow inmate, a serial killer, and walk free. Jimmy Keene grew up outside of Chicago. Although he was the son of a policeman and rubbed shoulders with the city's elite, he ended up on the wrong side of the law and was sentenced to ten years with no chance of parole. Just a few months into his sentence, Keene was approached by the prosecutor... Featured on Dateline and CNN, the true story of a young man destined for greatness on the football field--until a few wrong turns led him to a t... |
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83,85 |
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Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series
ISBN: 9780465029389 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius. The real-life model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer Wolfsheim and Nathan Detroit from Guys and Dolls, Rothstein was much more--and less--than a fixer of baseball games. He was everything that made 1920s Manhattan roar. Featuring Jazz Age Broadway with its thugs, speakeasies, showgirls, political movers and shakers, and stars of the Golden Age of Sports, this is a biography of the man who dominated an age. Arnold Rothstein was a loan shark, pool shark, bookmaker, thief, fence of stolen property,...
History remembers Arnold Rothstein as the man who fixed the 1919 World Series, an underworld genius. The real-life model for The Great Gatsby's Meyer ...
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112,21 |
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