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Al Capone - Scarface (Biography)
ISBN: 9781599860763 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Al Capone - Scarface is the biography of Al Capone, an Italian American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to the smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s. Capone began his career in Brooklyn before moving to Chicago and becoming the boss of the criminal organization known as the Chicago Outfit. By the end of the 1920s, Capone had gained the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation following his being placed on the Chicago Crime Commission's "public enemies" list. Although never successfully convicted...
Al Capone - Scarface is the biography of Al Capone, an Italian American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to the smuggling and bootlegging ...
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59,02 |
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Lucky Luciano - The Father of Modern Organized Crime (Biography)
ISBN: 9781599860787 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lucky Luciano - The Father of Modern Organized Crime is the biography of Lucky Luciano, who was a prominent Sicilian-American mobster. Luciano is considered the father of modern organized crime and the mastermind of the massive postwar expansion of the international heroin trade. He is the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime family. Luciano elevated his most trusted and loyal family members to high-level positions in the Luciano crime family. Even today Luciano is recognized as the biggest gangster ever and one of the most influential criminals in world history due to his direct...
Lucky Luciano - The Father of Modern Organized Crime is the biography of Lucky Luciano, who was a prominent Sicilian-American mobster. Luciano is cons...
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59,02 |
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Carlo Gambino - Crime Boss Don Carlo (Biography)
ISBN: 9781599860718 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carlo Gambino - Crime Boss Don Carlo is the biography of Carlo Gambino, a Mafioso who became boss of the Gambino crime family that still bears his name today. Gambino was known for being low-key and secretive and unlike many modern mafiosi, Gambino served relatively little time in prison. Gambino began carrying out murder orders for new Mob bosses in his teens. In 1921, at the age of 19, he became a "made man," and was inducted to La Cosa Nostra. Gambino was seen at the Desert Inn in Las Vegas on August 2, 1967, where he is suppose to have met Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin,...
Carlo Gambino - Crime Boss Don Carlo is the biography of Carlo Gambino, a Mafioso who became boss of the Gambino crime family that still bears his nam...
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59,02 |
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Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind
ISBN: 9780143114284 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this groundbreaking narrative of one of America's most divisive trials and executions, award-winning journalist Bruce Watson mines deep archives and newly available sources to paint the most complete portrait available of the ?good shoemaker? and the ?poor fish peddler.? Opening with an explosion that rocks a quiet Washington, D.C., neighborhood and concluding with worldwide outrage as two men are executed despite widespread doubts about their guilt, Sacco & Vanzetti is the definitive history of an infamous case that still haunts the American imagination.
In this groundbreaking narrative of one of America's most divisive trials and executions, award-winning journalist Bruce Watson mines deep archives an...
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90,47 |
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Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave
ISBN: 9781589793811 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave traces the life of this famous desperado through his role in the Lincoln County War, the alleged killing by Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy's escape, and his life for the next sixty-nine years. In 1948, an old man named William Henry Roberts was confronted with evidence that he was Billy the Kid. At first he denied his identity, but reluctantly admitted who he was. Based on taped interviews with Roberts, new evidence discovered in the 1990s, and sophisticated photo comparison technology by the FBI, the conclusion that Roberts was Billy the Kid gains support.
Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave traces the life of this famous desperado through his role in the Lincoln County War, the alleged killing by Sheriff Pa...
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63,89 |
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My Life as a Spy: One of America's Most Notorious Spies Finally Tells His Story
ISBN: 9781591026594 / Angielski / Twarda / 349 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John A. Walker Jr. was a Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist for the US Navy. In 1985, he was arrested for selling classified secrets to the Soviet Union. Upon his arrest it was revealed that he had been acting as a spy from 1968 to 1985 and that his son, brother, ex-wife, and an acquaintance had also participated in the espionage ring. Altogether, their actions constituted one of the most serious security breaches in US history. In 1990, the "New York Time"s stated, "Mr. Walker provided enough code-data information to alter significantly the balance of power between Russia...
John A. Walker Jr. was a Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist for the US Navy. In 1985, he was arrested for selling classified secrets ...
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130,29 |
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Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam
ISBN: 9780307339898 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The inspiration for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival documentary, NUTS . An extraordinary saga of the most dangerous quack of all time...entrancing USA Today
In 1917, John R. Brinkley America s most brazen con man introduced an outlandish surgical method for restoring fading male virility. It was all nonsense, but thousands of eager customers quickly made Dr. Brinkley one of America s richest men and a national celebrity. The great quack buster Morris Fishbein vowed to put the country s most daring and dangerous charlatan out of business, yet each effort seemed only to... The inspiration for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival documentary, NUTS . An extraordinary saga of the most dangerous quack of all time...entranc...
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82,93 |
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Inside the Krays: Reggie Kray's Best Friend's Memoir
ISBN: 9781517210625 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. INSIDE THE KRAYS is the insightful, never before revealed, story of what it's like to be a friend and confidant of Reggie Kray. This story will amaze and welcome you to a different side of the Krays - a view from a friend, detailing shocking new secrets about the Krays. Lou Kane was imprisoned and placed next to Reggie Kray where a friendship formed and games and tricks began. Learn what it's like to be friends with the most notorious gangster and hear about the games they used to get up to whilst in prison. This book is for anyone that wants to know what Reggie was really like, what he...
INSIDE THE KRAYS is the insightful, never before revealed, story of what it's like to be a friend and confidant of Reggie Kray. This story will amaze ...
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31,67 |
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Counterfeit Ladies: The Life and Death of Moll Cutpurse and the Case of Mary Carleton
ISBN: 9781851960873 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Biographies of two 17th-century female criminals, both celebrated in their day. These are the first editions published since the 17th century.
Biographies of two 17th-century female criminals, both celebrated in their day. These are the first editions published since the 17th century.
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430,07 |
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A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun: The Autobiography of a Career Criminal
ISBN: 9780141015798 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The autobiography of convicted felon Noel, Razor, Smith. Razor has shot, slashed and robbed his way into gangland legend. The battle of Morden, the massacre at the White Swan, gun fights in Brixton, beatings by police and rival gangs, Razor tells it all.
The autobiography of convicted felon Noel, Razor, Smith. Razor has shot, slashed and robbed his way into gangland legend. The battle of Morden, the ma...
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87,41 |
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Carlton Leach was a key member of the Essex Boys gang which ran riot in the 1980s and 90s, sparking a savage drugs war which saw three of his pals killed in the 1995 Range Rover massacre. Carlton was also aminder to boxer Nigel Benn throughout his glory years in the ring and tells of the blood, sweat, and tears of their special relationship. He also tells how he saved four of his firm from being tortured to death after aten million pound heroin consignment went missing."
Carlton Leach was a key member of the Essex Boys gang which ran riot in the 1980s and 90s, sparking a savage drugs war which saw three of his pals kil...
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50,28 |
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Mr Nice & Mrs Marks : - Adventures with Howard
ISBN: 9780091909192 / Angielski / Miękka / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Howard Marks s story has passed into hippie folklore. At one time, the world s then most wanted man had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines, and 25 registered companies. Thanks to the technical brilliance of his networking skills, it was estimated that he was trafficking as much as a tenth of all the marijuana smoked in the world. But this is only half the story, for intimately involved throughout was Marks s wife Judy. From living the high life hobnobbing with movie stars andnightclubscenestersto mixing with the IRA and CIA, and finallythe long, increasingly desperate years on the run, this...
Howard Marks s story has passed into hippie folklore. At one time, the world s then most wanted man had 43 aliases, 89 phone lines, and 25 registered ...
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82,27 |
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Life and Confession of the Noted Outlaw James Copeland
ISBN: 9781604731972 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jesse James, John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde--James Copeland (born 1823) was the granddaddy of them all. This is his notorious history as recorded by the sheriff who arrested him in 1857. During the 1830s, '40s, and '50s, Copeland and his gang of outlaws ranged over territory extending from Mobile Bay to Lake Pontchartrain. The name -Copeland- became a fearsome household word. To this day, many are amazed that the life of one so young could have been so overfilled with felony. Dr. Pitts's startling narrative of Copeland's notorious life and heyday in crime was first... Jesse James, John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde--James Copeland (born 1823) was the granddaddy of them all. This is his notorious ... |
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92,82 |
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Johnny And Me: The True Story Of John Wayne Gacy
ISBN: 9781434321848 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Johnny and Me is a true story about my childhood experiences growing up in the northwest side of Chicago with John Wayne Gacy. This story details the everyday life experiences in my and Johnny's homes. Details of our families are in the book along with the understanding of each of our parents as they raised us in the 1940's and 1950's. Many of these stories included are of my personal life before Johnny came on the scene in order to let the reader understand my point of view as my life unfolded. I have tried to show you the Johnny that I remember as a childhood... Johnny and Me is a true story about my childhood experiences growing up in the northwest side of Chicago with John Wayne ... |
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82,92 |
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Do You Sincerely Want to Be Rich?: The Full Story of Bernard Cornfeld and I.O.S.
ISBN: 9780767920063 / Angielski / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the fall of 1955, Bernard Cornfeld arrived in Paris with scant money in his pocket and a tenuous relationship with a New York firm to sell mutual funds overseas. Cornfeld, a former psychologist and social worker, knew how to make friends fast and soon targeted two groups of people who could help him fulfill his economic ambitions: American expatriates who were looking to build their own fortunes and servicemen abroad who loved to live high-rolling lives and spend money. Using the first group as door-to-door salesmen and the second group as his gullible target, Cornfeld built a... In the fall of 1955, Bernard Cornfeld arrived in Paris with scant money in his pocket and a tenuous relationship with a New York firm to sell mutua... |
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101,78 |
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Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One
ISBN: 9780195304831 / Angielski / Twarda / 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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501,34 |
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Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott
ISBN: 9781436366267 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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79,12 |
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Nothing is Strange with You
ISBN: 9781436366274 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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142,44 |
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Anyone But Duane
ISBN: 9781438909899 / Angielski / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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112,76 |
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Anyone But Duane
ISBN: 9781438909905 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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71,20 |
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