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The Crimes of Paris: A True Story of Murder, Theft, and Detection
ISBN: 9780316017909 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets--all were there. But so, too, were the shadows: Paris was a violent, criminal place, its sinister alleyways the haunts of Apache gangsters and its cafes the gathering places of murderous anarchists. In 1911, it fell victim to perhaps the greatest theft of all time--the taking of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre. Immediately, Alphonse Bertillon, a detective world-renowned for pioneering crime-scene investigation techniques, was called upon to solve the crime. And...
Turn-of-the-century Paris was the beating heart of a rapidly changing world. Painters, scientists, revolutionaries, poets--all were there. But so, too...
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130,10 zł |
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The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
ISBN: 9780061451843 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. But after thousands of leads--and a $5 million reward--none of the paintings have been recovered. Worth as much as $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries. After the death of famed art detective Harold Smith, reporter Ulrich Boser decided to take up the case. Exploring... Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in h... |
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55,70 zł |
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The Art of the Heist: Confessions of a Master Thief
ISBN: 9780061672293 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "A gripping tell-all....A fascinating look inside the mind of an unrepentant criminal."
--Washington Post "One of the most beguiling criminal memoirs ever written....A rare gem of a book." --T. J. English, New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne America's most notorious art thief, Boston-based Myles Connor, tells the unapologetic true story of his life of crime in The Art of the Heist. Co-written with acclaimed author Jenny Siler, Connor's eye-opening memoirs offer readers a rare, detailed, and intimate look into the... "A gripping tell-all....A fascinating look inside the mind of an unrepentant criminal."
--Washington Post "One of the most beg... |
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82,35 zł |
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The Embrace: A True Vampire Story
ISBN: 9781451607574 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With an extraordinary talent for staring evil dead in the eye, New York Times bestselling author and journalist Aphrodite Jones plunges readers into the front lines of a modern nightmare. On November 25, 1996, in their home in the lakeside community of Eustis, Florida, Rick and Ruth Wendorf were savagely beaten to death with a tire iron. The Wendorfs' new Ford Explorer was stolen, but this was no routine robbery gone bad. This was a crime carried out by one Roderick Ferrell, a sixteen-year-old self-avowed Antichrist. His human sacrifice was a testament to the unique and sinister...
With an extraordinary talent for staring evil dead in the eye, New York Times bestselling author and journalist Aphrodite Jones plunges readers...
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117,04 zł |
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Good Cop, Bad Cop: Joseph Trimboli Vs Michael Dowd and the NY Police Department
ISBN: 9781476792071 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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82,35 zł |
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True Stories from the Files of the FBI: America's Most Notorious Gangsters, Mobsters and Mafia Members
ISBN: 9781630728984 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Be the FBI Agent in training under J. Edgar Hoover and run the gauntlet of Machine Gun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson and the Barker Karpis Gang. Step back into downtown Chicago of the 1930s and retrace the steps of some of America's most notorious mobsters. True Stories from the Files of the FBI was written by W. Cleon Skousen under the direct supervision of Mr. Hoover himself. These first-hand accounts of actual "do or die" situations were used for decades to train thousands of FBI agents. In this riveting retelling of "G-men" arresting or killing perpetrators of the... Be the FBI Agent in training under J. Edgar Hoover and run the gauntlet of Machine Gun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson and the Barker Karpis Gang. Step bac... |
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86,51 zł |
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Playboys and Mayfair Men: Crime, Class, Masculinity, and Fascism in 1930s London
ISBN: 9781421423470 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An original and exciting cultural history of 1930s Britain, this innovative book and the exploits of its dissolute playboys will appeal to true-crime readers and historians alike.
An original and exciting cultural history of 1930s Britain, this innovative book and the exploits of its dissolute playboys will appeal to true-crime ...
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122,85 zł |
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Torn from Their Bindings: A Story of Art, Science, and the Pillaging of American University Libraries
ISBN: 9780700626366 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tells the story of Robert Kindred's brazen theft of irreplaceable antique illustrations and maps from academic libraries across the US - a crime spree that left the irredeemable wreck of countless rare books in its wake. Travis McDade's account of Kindred's pillaging and the paper trail that led to his capture unfolds with the drama of a true crime page-turner.
Tells the story of Robert Kindred's brazen theft of irreplaceable antique illustrations and maps from academic libraries across the US - a crime spree...
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309,79 zł |
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The Big Policeman: The Rise and Fall of America's First, Most Ruthless, and Greatest Detective
ISBN: 9781493040551 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A story bursting with murder, mayhem, and intrigue-the astonishing career of Thomas Byrnes, the 19th Century New York City detective who closed the city's most notorious murders and robberies and became one of the most celebrated detectives in American history. The second in the New York City Gilded Age Crime Trilogy by J. North Conway.
A story bursting with murder, mayhem, and intrigue-the astonishing career of Thomas Byrnes, the 19th Century New York City detective who closed the ci...
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81,85 zł |
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Bag of Bones: The Sensational Grave Robbery Of The Merchant Prince Of Manhattan
ISBN: 9781493040575 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the author of King of Heists and The Big Policeman, comes the third book of history and crime in Gilded Age New York City--this time focused on the sensational grave robbery, ransom, and return of the remains of A. T. Stewart, a.ka. "The Merchant Prince of Manhattan," one of the wealthiest men in the world. The third in the New York City Gilded Age Crime Trilogy by J. North Conway.
From the author of King of Heists and The Big Policeman, comes the third book of history and crime in Gilded Age New York City--this time focused on t...
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81,85 zł |
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Night Raiders: Burglary and the Making of Modern Urban Life in London, 1860-1968
ISBN: 9780198840381 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lurking in the shadowy depths of the night-time city, burglars inspired both fear and fascination during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Night Raiders is the first history of burglary in modern Britain, exploring how burglary fundamentally reshaped the meanings of 'home' and urban lifestyles during this important period of change.
Lurking in the shadowy depths of the night-time city, burglars inspired both fear and fascination during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Night...
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180,69 zł |
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Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls: Joe Lynch Davis and the Last of the Oklahoma Outlaws
ISBN: 9780806164366 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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136,32 zł |
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Cults: The World's Most Notorious Cults
ISBN: 9781529401660 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The inside story of the world's most notorious cults. The strange and sinister world of cults is a source of endless fascination. Their secrets, rituals and shadowy hierarchies make for some of the most disturbing and shocking revelations in history. Most chilling of all is the fact that many of their followers forfeit all independence in order to carry out the often sadistic bidding of a mysterious master manipulator - and continue to defend their leader to this day. From Charles Manson, who instructed his followers to murder seven people, including a heavily pregnant Sharon Tate, to...
The inside story of the world's most notorious cults. The strange and sinister world of cults is a source of endless fascination. Their secrets, ri...
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55,70 zł |
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Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion
ISBN: 9780062956033 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,14 zł |
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Tiger King: The Official Tell-All Memoir
ISBN: 9781982180423 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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111,45 zł |
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The Book of Criminal Minds: Forgeries, Robberies, Heists, Crimes of Passion, Murders, Money Laundering, Con Artistry, and More
ISBN: 9781645586340 / Angielski / Twarda / 632 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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73,64 zł |
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The Con and the FBI Agent: An Unlikely Alliance
ISBN: 9781538159590 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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163,80 zł |
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John Alite Mafia International: Gotti Enforcer for the Gambino Crime Family
ISBN: 9781944906351 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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136,55 zł |
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The True Crime File: Serial Killers, Famous Kidnappings, Great Cons, Survivors & Their Stories, Forensics, Oddities & Absurdities, Quotes & Quizzes
ISBN: 9781523514113 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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69,16 zł |
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John Alite Mafia International: Gotti Enforcer for the Gambino Crime Family
ISBN: 9781955794084 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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101,94 zł |
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