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An Expendable Man: The Near-Execution of Earl Washington, Jr.
ISBN: 9780814722398 / Angielski / Miękka / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How is it possible for an innocent man to come within nine days of execution? An Expendable Man answers that question through detailed analysis of the case of Earl Washington Jr., a mentally retarded, black farm hand who was convicted of the 1983 rape and murder of a 19-year-old mother of three in Culpeper, Virginia. He spent almost 18 years in Virginia prisons--9 1/2 of them on death row--for a murder he did not commit. This book reveals the relative ease with which individuals who live at society's margins can be wrongfully convicted, and the extraordinary difficulty of... How is it possible for an innocent man to come within nine days of execution? An Expendable Man answers that question through detailed analy... |
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124,44 zł |
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The Double Indemnity Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and New York's Crime of the Century
ISBN: 9780815608240 / Angielski / Miękka / 411 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Few incidents in crime history have been as notorious - yet mundane - as the 1927 murder of Queens suburbanite Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover. Resonant of the foot-loose Jazz Age, it made persistent headlines, led to a sensational trial, spawned a 1920s Broadway play, and two classic film noirs of the 1940s: "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice". This book assesses the entire case, from grisly slaying and shabby cover-up to sharp police work and aftermath. Moreover, it explores sociocultural questions that beg to be answered: what effect does news reportage exert...
Few incidents in crime history have been as notorious - yet mundane - as the 1927 murder of Queens suburbanite Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover...
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108,19 zł |
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I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!
ISBN: 9780820319438 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang " is the amazing true story of one man's search for meaning, fall from grace, and eventual victory over injustice. In 1921, Robert E. Burns was a shell-shocked and penniless veteran who found himself at the mercy of Georgia's barbaric penal system when he fell in with a gang of petty thieves. Sentenced to six to ten years' hard labor for his part in a robbery that netted less than $6.00, Burns was shackled to a county chain gang. After four months of backbreaking work, he made a daring escape, dodging shotgun blasts, racing through swamps, and... "I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang " is the amazing true story of one man's search for meaning, fall from grace, and eventual victory over ... |
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141,79 zł |
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Stalking Billy the Kid: Brief Sketches of a Short Life
ISBN: 9780865345256 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Having written about New Mexico history for more than forty years," explains the author, "it was perhaps inevitable that in time I should publish a few articles on Billy the Kid. After all, he is the one figure from this state's past whose name is known around the world. The Kid's career, although astonishingly short, nonetheless, left an indelible mark in the annals of the Old West. And his name, William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, seems locked forever into the consciousness of the starry-eyed public. Upon request," the author continues, "I was able to assemble a collection of my varied...
"Having written about New Mexico history for more than forty years," explains the author, "it was perhaps inevitable that in time I should publish a f...
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99,52 zł |
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Stalking Billy the Kid (Hardcover)
ISBN: 9780865345775 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Having written about New Mexico history for more than forty years," explains the author, "it was perhaps inevitable that in time I should publish a few articles on Billy the Kid. After all, he is the one figure from this state's past whose name is known around the world. The Kid's career, although astonishingly short, nonetheless, left an indelible mark in the annals of the Old West. And his name, William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, seems locked forever into the consciousness of the starry-eyed public. "Upon request," the author continues, "I was able to assemble a collection of my...
"Having written about New Mexico history for more than forty years," explains the author, "it was perhaps inevitable that in time I should publish a f...
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125,54 zł |
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Wild Bill Sullivan: King of the Hollow
ISBN: 9780878055685 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rollicking history of a dreaded real-life figure in the folklore of the Mississippi backwoods Thanks to the subject of this fascinating book, Sullivan's Hollow, a seemingly idyllic valley in south Mississippi, gained its rightful position among the notorious place names in American folklore. To the citizenry in the hamlets of Sullivan's Hollow Wild Bill Sullivan was the fearsome local rascal whose bent for pranks, jokes, and chicanery quite often verged on the murderous. To travelers his name inspired a deadly dread of a chance meeting with him on a lonely trail. Wild Bill's love of...
The rollicking history of a dreaded real-life figure in the folklore of the Mississippi backwoods Thanks to the subject of this fascinating book, Sull...
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158,08 zł |
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Blackbeard the Pirate
ISBN: 9780895870322 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A reassessment of the life, maraudings, loves, and exploits of Edward Teach, infamous colonial American pirate, and his social, political, and cultural milieus.
A reassessment of the life, maraudings, loves, and exploits of Edward Teach, infamous colonial American pirate, and his social, political, and cultura...
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82,17 zł |
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Free from Death Road
ISBN: 9781403320674 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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118,43 zł |
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It's a Shame: For the Love of Revenge
ISBN: 9781403360724 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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102,95 zł |
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Justice Impossible
ISBN: 9781403391001 / Angielski / Twarda / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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151,98 zł |
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Klaus Barbie and the United States Government: A Report to the Attorney General of the United States
ISBN: 9781410204646 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reprint of the official U.S. Department of Justice report of 1983, giving a detailed history of the Klaus Barbie relationship with the U. S. government, and his criminal activities after the war. In the words of the Allan A. Ryan, Jr., then the Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice: "As the investigation of Klaus Barbie has shown, officers of the United States government were directly responsible for protecting a person wanted by the government of France on criminal charges and in arranging his escape from the...
This is a reprint of the official U.S. Department of Justice report of 1983, giving a detailed history of the Klaus Barbie relationship with the U. S....
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143,28 zł |
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A Checkered Past
ISBN: 9781410734396 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,51 zł |
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The Gangbanger's Dictionary: One Hundred Eighty Seven Things You Better Know Before You Join a Gang
ISBN: 9781410747921 / Angielski / Miękka / 165 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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66,83 zł |
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Poetic Injustice
ISBN: 9781410763242 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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144,24 zł |
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The Shelton Gang: They Played in Peoria
ISBN: 9781413460124 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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108,32 zł |
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The Shelton Gang: They Played in Peoria
ISBN: 9781413460131 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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159,93 zł |
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Billy The Kid -: The Elder
ISBN: 9781414047898 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,08 zł |
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Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower (Original)
ISBN: 9781416509592 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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104,03 zł |
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Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781416544494 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A gripping tale of personal revolution by a man who went from Crips co-founder to Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author, and antigang activist When his L.A. neighborhood was threatened by gangbangers, Stanley Tookie Williams and a friend formed the Crips, but what began as protection became worse than the original gangs. From deadly street fights with their rivals to drive-by shootings and stealing cars, the Crips' influence -- and Tookie's reputation -- began to spread across L.A. Soon he was regularly under police surveillance, and, as a result, was arrested often, though always...
A gripping tale of personal revolution by a man who went from Crips co-founder to Nobel Peace Prize nominee, author, and antigang activist ...
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86,73 zł |
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Everything Must Change
ISBN: 9781420851281 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Everything Must Change is about the ups and downs of the fast life. Also, it's about a botched jewelry store robbery that I committed, which lead to the tragic death of a father of three and how death subsequently led to years of moral anguish and bitter regret for my former actions. This story is also about the metamophosis of James Wells, Jr., a man-child, strong willed and misdirected, who finally evolved into a responsible adult. I believe that everyone was placed on this earth first and foremost to serve God. In addition to serving your Lord, we are placed here to find our niche. Having...
Everything Must Change is about the ups and downs of the fast life. Also, it's about a botched jewelry store robbery that I committed, which lead to t...
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118,43 zł |
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