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The Heart of a Convict: The True Story of a Criminal Who Believed in Reincarnation
ISBN: 9781587365690 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If Gerald Lewis Hudson had seen his life in a dream, it would have been a nightmare. Hudson lived in a world of darkness and violence, a world that has a particular magnetic attraction to those who can only fantasize its horrors through books and films. Numa Jay Pillion tells Hudson's story in "The Heart of a Convict" without sanitizing or sugarcoating it, giving us a fascinating glimpse into a criminal--yet very human--soul.
If Gerald Lewis Hudson had seen his life in a dream, it would have been a nightmare. Hudson lived in a world of darkness and violence, a world that ha...
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82,17 zł |
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Prisoner Of Love
ISBN: 9781590170281 / Angielski / Miękka / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Starting in 1970, Jean Genet--petty thief, prostitute, modernist master--spent two years in the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Always an outcast himself, Genet was drawn to this displaced people, an attraction that was to prove as complicated for him as it was enduring. Prisoner of Love, written some ten years later, when many of the men Genet had known had been killed, and he himself was dying, is a beautifully observed description of that time and those men as well as a reaffirmation of the author's commitment not only to the Palestinian revolution but to rebellion itself. For...
Starting in 1970, Jean Genet--petty thief, prostitute, modernist master--spent two years in the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan. Always an outcast...
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116,55 zł |
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Waters of Life from the Conecuh Ridge: The Clyde May Story
ISBN: 9781603060127 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clyde May was the patriarch of a family from rural Bullock County, Alabama. He was a devoted father, a war veteran, and a churchgoer. He was also a moonshiner. This colorful memoir based on oral history interviews with May's son, Kenny, explores May's life and his passion for making good whiskey despite the risk of going to jail. Now the family tradition is taking a new twist, as Kenny and his siblings have established Alabama's first legal distillery to bottle and sell a distinctive whiskey based on the late Clyde May's recipe.
Clyde May was the patriarch of a family from rural Bullock County, Alabama. He was a devoted father, a war veteran, and a churchgoer. He was also a mo...
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51,82 zł |
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Carabanchel : The Last Brit in Europe's Hellhole Prison
ISBN: 9781840189674 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Christopher Chance was the last Brit to be shackled and hauled out of that infamous Spanish hellhole before it closed its gates on decades of disgraceful cruelty. Along with the rest of the remaining inmates, he was transferred to another prison when the authorities slid back the bolts for the last time. Chance's story begins on the day he entered the jail and encountered the innate racism of the prison staff and inmates. Intimidation and constant bullying by Spanish gypsies, gangsters, and heroin dealers forced Chance to become ultra-violent, while psychotic prison officers peddled booze and...
Christopher Chance was the last Brit to be shackled and hauled out of that infamous Spanish hellhole before it closed its gates on decades of disgrace...
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87,31 zł |
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Monster: My True Story
ISBN: 9781844542376 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Told in her own words, this is the story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Charlize Theron in the film "Monster. "There have been few female serial killers, but Aileen Wuornos, who was executed in 2002, was a remarkable example of this rare breed of death row inmate. All too often, female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killersWuornos killings were the inverse of this pattern. After escaping an abusive childhood at the hands of her grandparents, she became a child prostitute, progressing into a disastrous adulthood of...
Told in her own words, this is the story of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was portrayed in an Oscar-winning performance by Charlize Theron in the ...
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50,63 zł |
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The Outlaw's Story
ISBN: 9781844544189 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the remarkable, true story of Australia's most notorious criminals. Brenden James Abbottbecame as famous for his ability to elude the authorities as he did for the daring bank raids he carried outhe escaped from custody three times and was on the run for a total of almost seven years. In this astounding and gripping book, he reveals how he pulled off two daring escapes from maximum-security prisons and executed some of Australia's most profitable and complex bank robberies. He also reveals how his skills with disguises and fake identification allowed him to repeatedly slip through the...
This is the remarkable, true story of Australia's most notorious criminals. Brenden James Abbottbecame as famous for his ability to elude the authorit...
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87,37 zł |
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You Can't Win
ISBN: 9781902593029 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The favorite book of William Burroughs. A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and member of the yegg (criminal) brotherhood, getting hooked on opium, doing stints in jail or escaping, often with the assistance of crooked cops or judges. Our lost history revived.. With an introduction by Burroughs. A BookSense 77 selection. In Oakland, California on March 24, 2015 a fire destroyed the AK Press warehouse along with several other businesses. Please consider visiting the AK Press website to learn more about the fundraiser to... The favorite book of William Burroughs. A journey into the hobo underworld, freight hopping around the still Wild West, becoming a highwayman and m... |
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69,38 zł |
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15 To Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom
ISBN: 9781932595062 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A riveting story featuring a 16-page signature with color photos and reproductions of Anthony Papa's art, "15 To Life" is also an important social critique of America's draconian drug laws and a clarion call for reform.
A riveting story featuring a 16-page signature with color photos and reproductions of Anthony Papa's art, "15 To Life" is also an important social cri...
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99,52 zł |
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You Can't Win
ISBN: 9789562915090 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An amazing autobiography of a criminal from a forgotten time in american history. Jack Black was a burgler, safe-cracker, highwayman and petty thief.
An amazing autobiography of a criminal from a forgotten time in american history. Jack Black was a burgler, safe-cracker, highwayman and petty thief.
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56,33 zł |
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Prison is Not a Holiday Camp
ISBN: 9789966465832 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author's father was a Kenyan nationalist detained by the British. And thus his son was unable to benefit from anything more than a rudimentary education. He turned to crime for a living, spent fifteen years in prison, then decided to reform. This is his second book about his adventurous life.
The author's father was a Kenyan nationalist detained by the British. And thus his son was unable to benefit from anything more than a rudimentary edu...
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162,71 zł |
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King of the Bootleggers: A Biography of George Remus
ISBN: 9780786436521 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As a pharmacist turned lawyer turned master prohibition era bootlegger, George Remus is now remembered as one of the most notorious figures of the American prohibition. A lifelong teetotaler, Remus nonetheless built one of the nation's largest illegal liquor empires with little regard to disguises or secrecy.This biography tells the complete story of Remus' private life and public persona, focusing especially on the turbulent rise and fall of his bootlegging kingdom. An introductory chapter provides an overview of Remus' early life and initial careers in pharmacy and law. Subsequent chapters...
As a pharmacist turned lawyer turned master prohibition era bootlegger, George Remus is now remembered as one of the most notorious figures of the Ame...
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158,08 zł |
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Dr Crippen
ISBN: 9781905615155 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dr Crippen's murder of his wife Cora has stuck in the public imagination for many reasons: the harmless demeanour of this cold-blooded poisoner; the flamboyant victim; and, the dismembered body in the cellar at the infamous 39 Hilldrop Crescent - and not forgetting a dramatic police chase which caught Crippen and his mistress Ethel le Neve halfway across the Atlantic. The story has all the best ingredients: sex and love, secrets and lies, but it is the detail from the documents that fascinates, such as Crippen's account of marital bickering that preceded his wife's disappearance, and the... Dr Crippen's murder of his wife Cora has stuck in the public imagination for many reasons: the harmless demeanour of this cold-blooded poisoner; th... |
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43,63 zł |
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John Dillinger: The FBI Files
ISBN: 9781599862460 / Angielski / Miękka / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Dillinger: The FBI Files contains the actual original and declassified criminal investigation summary files related to American gangster John Dillinger. This F.B.I. summary focuses on the events leading up to the death of John Dillinger on July 22, 1934. John Dillinger was shot by FBI Special Agents when he grabbed for his gun while leaving the Biograph Theater in Chicago, Illinois. This publication is being published and made available now for the first time in a paperback book edition for those interested in the history of the life of John Dillinger and also for those who enjoy reading...
John Dillinger: The FBI Files contains the actual original and declassified criminal investigation summary files related to American gangster John Dil...
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145,88 zł |
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: The FBI Files
ISBN: 9781599862507 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: The FBI Files contains the actual original and declassified criminal investigation summary related to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were convicted of espionage. The atomic bomb spies were executed on June 19, 1953, at Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York. This publication is being published and made available now for the first time in a paperback book edition for those interested in the history related to the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: The FBI Files contains the actual original and declassified criminal investigation summary related to Julius and Ethel Ros...
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145,88 zł |
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Ted Bundy: The FBI Files
ISBN: 9781599862552 / Angielski / Miękka / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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145,88 zł |
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A Social Bandit in Nineteenth Century Hungary: Rã3zsa Sàndor
ISBN: 9780880336222 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rozsa Sandor, the betyar (social bandit), played a pivotal role in the agrarian socialism that swept Hungary in the 1890s, demanding better working conditions and land tenure reforms. Drawing on the theoretical underpinnings of the significance of "social bandits," the author presents a compelling history of Hungarian social agrarian society.
Rozsa Sandor, the betyar (social bandit), played a pivotal role in the agrarian socialism that swept Hungary in the 1890s, demanding better wor...
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309,86 zł |
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The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosemo and the Ladies of the Levee
ISBN: 9781581826395 / Angielski / Twarda / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. THE FIRST VICE LORD is the story of the life and death of Big Jim Colosimo and Chicago's infamous segregated red-light district--the Levee. For the first time, the true story is told of the colorful characters who peopled the Levee from the time of the Columbian Exposition to the Roaring Twenties, clearly the most colorful period in Chicago's history. The product of five years of research through Chicago daily newspapers, magazines, and periodicals, and books on the city's history, it documents the story as it occurred, with all of the sights, sounds, and smells of that lusty, unruly era. THE...
THE FIRST VICE LORD is the story of the life and death of Big Jim Colosimo and Chicago's infamous segregated red-light district--the Levee. For the fi...
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147,40 zł |
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Mamie Cadden: Backstreet Abortionist
ISBN: 9781856354592 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The spellbinding story of the most famous abortionist of the 1940s and 1950s, Mamie Cadden. Mamie Cadden was born in the US of Co. Mayo parents who returned to Ireland soon after her birth. Mamie qualified as a midwife from the National Maternity Hospital in 1925 and started work in one of Dublin's many nursing homes. Soon after she established her own home, St. Maelruin's, in Rathmines. Mamie became famous in Dublin for her fast lifestyle, blonde hair, MG sportscar and friendship with students, bohemians and other independent women. However, it all came to a temporary end in 1939 when she...
The spellbinding story of the most famous abortionist of the 1940s and 1950s, Mamie Cadden. Mamie Cadden was born in the US of Co. Mayo parents who re...
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91,75 zł |
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D. B. Cooper - Portrait of an American Hijacker (Biography)
ISBN: 9781599861982 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. D. B. Cooper - Portrait of an American Hijacker is the biography of D. B. Cooper, aka Dan Cooper, which is the alias of a man who hijacker an aircraft on Novembr 24th, 1971. Cooper received a $200,000.00 ransom payout and subsequently jumped out of the back of a Boeing 727 as it flew over the Pacific Northwest portion of the United States. The believed landing location of D. B. Cooper is around the Cascade Mountains near Woodland, Washington. There has been much mystery over the true identity of this individual, and this book outlines the history of the hijacking incident and the questions...
D. B. Cooper - Portrait of an American Hijacker is the biography of D. B. Cooper, aka Dan Cooper, which is the alias of a man who hijacker an aircraft...
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66,95 zł |
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David Berkowitz - Son of Sam (Biography)
ISBN: 9781599861791 / Angielski / Miękka / 68 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David Berkowitz - Son of Sam is a biography of David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam, the infamous American serial killer. Berkovitz killed six and wounded seven before his arrest in August 1977. He later claimed that he received instructions to kill from his neighbor's dog which he claimed was possessed by a demon. David Berkowitz - Son of Sam is highly recommended for those interested in the life of one of America's most notorious serial killers.
David Berkowitz - Son of Sam is a biography of David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam, the infamous American serial killer. Berkovitz killed six and wounded s...
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66,95 zł |
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