True crime
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133,95 kr. A list of unsolved murders from 1906.Contains 64 cases (17 babies) including the murder of the sisters Mary Hogg and Caroline Hogg who were killed in their home by a horrid man, William Bliss, the manager of the Banbury Savings Bank who died under mysterious circumstances, Mary Whiteside who died after an illegal operation, Edith Wall who was found dead near New Tredegar and Richard Phillips and his wife Mary Phillips who were found dead at their cottage.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 1906.A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 1906.Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 1906 in the UK on the market.Cases include: Infant Eliza Clark William Bliss James Berry Louisa Merritt Annie Fitzhugh Joyce Butler Squire Kynston Girl William Redmayne Knipe Martha Ellen Hough Henry Foster Baby Baby Baby Sidney Lipecombe Alexander Nash Baby David Thomas Child James Thomas Lasslett Peter Spilsbury Alice Wiggins Tertius Hargreaves Isabella Mullen James Bradley White Sarah Ann Stagg Baby Herbert Bennett Hilda Arbuthnot Margaret Farrington Ann Powell William Miller Baby Child Child Uriah Cottle Mary Anne Hogg and Caroline Gwinnell Hogg Jessie Moran Philip Herman Chancellor Mary Ellen Whiteside Archibald Wakeley Elizabeth L Shriefer Jane Elizabeth Marriott James Ashburner Storey William Stanley Baxter and Leslie Baxter Madeline Sara Wells Child Patrick Conner Baby Edith Wall Bertha Mabel Farmerey Baby Baby Baby Alfred George Bessemer Child Ada Fenwick Lillie Yolande Marie Rochaid Osborne Paul Hart Richard Phillips and Mary Phillips Henrietta Tweedie Baby Maria Sarah Laurie
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188,95 kr. A collection of philosophical and critical essays on the television series True Detective."Traditionally, the detective genre deals with the problem of epistemology - how to know something that one doesn't know. There are some things we cannot know, and some things we should not know. Sometimes clues just give way to more clues, and epistemic tedium rules the day. These essays reveal knowledge becoming an enigma to itself, revealing the brilliant futility of the epistemological project." - Eugene Thacker, author of In The Dust of This Planet"The television event of the year - I would say many years - is without doubt True Detective. One deserving of forensic, unflinching, and unrelenting philosophical treatment." - Simon Critchley"The most intelligent series in TV history has opened strange crypts for explorers. This excellent essay collection reveals just how far the dark tunnels lead. Let it coax you from the comforts of death and fear, into detection of the guttering nightmare that is life, coldly seen." - Nick LandCONTENTSI. Black StarsGary J. Shipley - Monster at the End: Pessimism's Locked Rooms and Impossible CrimesEdia Connole - Contemplating the Crucifixion: Cohle and Divine GloomNicola Masciandaro - I Am Not Supposed To Be Here: Birth and Mystical DetectionII. Separate From ItselfFintan Neylan - The Labour of the Pessimist: Detecting Expiration's Artifice Paul J. Ennis - The Atmospherics of ConsciousnessBen Woodard - Nothing Grows in the Right Direction: Scaling the Life of the NegativeIII. There Was A Videotape Niall McCann - True Detective, Jean-Luc Godard and Our Image Culture: 'This May Well be Heaven, this Hell Smells the Same'Daniel Fitzpatrick - 'True Dick' . . . The Accelerated Acceptance and Premature Canonisation of True DetectiveIV. It's Just One StoryScott Wilson - The Nonsense of Detection: Truth Between Science and the RealErin K. Stapleton - The Corpse is the Territory: The Body of Dora Kelly Lange in True Detective Caoimhe Doyle & Katherine Foyle - The Flat Devil Net: Mapping Quantum Narratives in True DetectiveDaniel Colucciello Barber - Affect Has No StoryV. And Closure-No, No, NoDominic Fox - koyntly bigyledCharlie Blake, Daniel Colucciello Barber, Edia Connole, Paul J. Ennis, Gary J. Shipley - Bird TrapEdge to EdgeCaoimhe Doyle & Katherine Foyle - The Chole Story
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- Did the Political and Financial Power of the Kennedy/Skakel Families Trump the Truth?
153,95 kr. At around 9:30 pm on October 30, 1975, blond and beautiful 15-year-old Martha Moxley had just left the Skakel residence and was walking to her home on the other side of Walsh Lane, in the swank Belle Haven section of Greenwich, Connecticut.Suddenly, someone rushed up behind her and bashed in her head with a 6-iron that belonged to a set of clubs that was later found in the Skakel residence. The killer then dragged Martha's body down a deep slope and deposited her, face-down, under a huge pine tree. He then stabbed her in the neck with a splintered shaft of the golf club, and pulled her jeans down to her knees, exposing her buttocks. The killer had either been unwilling, or was physically unable to sexually assault the half-naked girl.The Greenwich police had not investigated a murder case in over 30 years. They bungled the crucial initial investigation and the subsequent follow-ups. It wasn't until 2002, 27 years after Martha's murder, that Michael Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the wife of former Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, was tried and convicted of Martha's murder.Was the Greenwich PD totally incompetent in their initial and ongoing investigation of Martha's murder?Did the state's Attorney General look the other way because he was afraid of whom he might offend?Did the Skakel/Kennedy cabal intimidate both the Greenwich PD and the state's AG from doing their jobs?This book will try to answer those questions.Suddenly, someone rushed up behind her and bashed in her head with a 6-iron that belonged to a set of clubs that was later found in the Skakel residence. The killer then dragged Martha's body down a deep slope and deposited her, face-down, under a huge pine tree. He then stabbed her in the neck with a splintered shaft of the golf club, and pulled her jeans down to her knees, exposing her buttocks. The killer had either been unwilling, or was physically unable to sexually assault the half-naked girl.The Greenwich police had not investigated a murder case in over 30 years. They bungled the crucial initial investigation and the subsequent follow-ups. It wasn't until 2002, 27 years after Martha's murder, that Michael Skakel, the nephew of Ethel Skakel Kennedy, the wife of former Attorney General, Robert F. Kennedy, was tried and convicted of Martha's murder.Was the Greenwich PD totally incompetent in their initial and ongoing investigation of Martha's murder?Did the state's Attorney General look the other way because he was afraid of whom he might offend?Did the Skakel/Kennedy cabal intimidate both the Greenwich PD and the state's AG from doing their jobs?This book will try to answer those questions.
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173,95 kr. After my mother died in a fire, I never expected to wind up facing federal charges of arson and wire fraud. A careless error on the part of the authorities was all it took to ignite a cascading series of cover-ups and misdirection that landed my father and I in prison, fighting to prove our innocence.From the night I first received a bizarre midnight call from a police dispatcher miles away, to the day of our conviction, I suspected my father and I were the victims of a chain of events too bizarre to be imagined and too deliberate to be simple ineptitude. The whole situation reeked of contrivance, and would have been comical if not for my mother's death.The judge sealed the conspiracy when he gave us both life-without-parole sentences despite no evidence tying us to the fire. We were never charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, or even assault.To regain our freedom, I hired the best, most unwavering and tireless attorney I could find―me.After poring over mountains of evidence, transcripts, and subpoenas from my jail cell, I unraveled a web of dysfunctional half-truths and outright lies the US Attorney used to convict us. My father and I are the only two men in the history of the United States to be sentenced to life-without-parole in Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, and later exonerated.This book is the story of my ten-year battle.
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- A Story
153,95 kr. The story of "Catherine," From 1839-40, was written by Mr. Beaumont DuBois from some popular true Crime of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, and, for the vicious and criminal. With this purpose, the author chose for the subject of his story a woman named Catherine Hayes, who was burned at Tyburn, in 1726, for the deliberate murder of her husband, under very revolting circumstances. Mr. DuBois's aim obviously is to describe the career of this wretched woman and her associates.
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- A Shocking True Crime Story
123,95 kr. Three angry women. Three loaded handguns. Do you think it will do any good to plead, "Please Don't Shoot." In these three violent, murderous stories, you'll learn the answer was "no" for nine people who fell victim to the horror of three women who'd never killed before. What was it that made them snap? In one case, a female murderer snuffs out the life of her ex-husband's new lover. Does right in front of their Christmas tree, with her twin daughters watching. In another, a woman loses it and guns down her daughters on a suburban street simply because she wants to hurt her husband. And in the third, a young woman just unloads on her co-workers. What possible reason could there have been for this violence. As you turn the pages of Please Don't Shoot: A Shocking True Crime Story, you'll see that sometimes there is no reason. There's just an angry woman and a loaded handgun. Please Don't Shoot: A Shocking True Crime Story. Read this now and you'll be looking over your shoulder before you turn the last page.
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- A True Crime Memoir
168,95 kr. Luggage By Kroger has been recognized as one of 2009's top true crime thrillers with honors from five different national book competitions. The scorecard: * True Crime Silver Medal from the 2009 IPPYs* True Crime Bronze Medal and Finalist for Book-of-the-Year from the 2008 ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year Awards* True Crime Runner-Up in the 2009 National Indie Excellence Awards* True Crime Finalist in the 2009 USA Book News Awards* General Nonfiction Runner-Up at the 2009 New York Book FestivalIn this true crime memoir, former Houston Post reporter Gary Taylor recounts his true-life fatal attraction involvement in the trail of violence that has dogged Texas attorney Catherine Mehaffey Shelton for nearly three decades, prompting coverage by newspapers, TV, movies and even Oprah Winfrey. Now Taylor invites readers to grab a seat on the wild ride of an obsessive relationship: erotic beginning to violent end and the trials required to clean up the mess. The result is an adventure odyssey of self-discovery through an encounter that nearly cost him his life
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168,95 kr. Ask yourself the question; who pays for Fraud?The answer is simply....... you do! Fraud and Scams are a costly menace to society and global industry. Learning from experience is the best way of developing skill and knowledge. This book will assist you in preventing fraud and financial crimes against you and your business. Universal fraud will teach you the tricks used by scam artists in modern society and give you the edge and ability from falling victim to fraud. Explore the many aspects of fraud, including; identity theft, retail scams, fraud against the elderly, insurance scams, employee theft and more. Learn how to conduct elaborate investigations including cross border and gathering of valuable evidence. If its too good to be true, then it probably isn't true. Learn to trust your feelings from experiencing the different true life fraud cases and scenarios. Don't fall victim to fraud, learn how to protect yourself.
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- The story of a woman drugged with GhB and how she was turned into a criminal
178,95 kr. Sharron Gold's life took a dark and frightening turn when she attended a party thrown by her old friend Margaret. Without her knowledge, she was served a drink spiked with GhB, a potent drug that turned her into a compliant slave. Sharron was then thrust into a horrific world where she was stalked by criminals who used the latest technology to track and record her every move, subjecting her to unspeakable horrors that defied comprehension.For three long months, Sharron was kept drugged and under hypnosis while she transported a fortune in her prepared suitcase, without her knowledge.She was in constant danger, both physically and mentally, and was left penniless. The experience left her questioning how anyone could survive such an ordeal. As she grappled with the effects of mind-altering and "truth" drugs on her psyche, she also sought a way to escape her gang-stalking tormentors and bring them to justice.Sharron used her trained memory, honed from years of working as a continuity girl on films. She meticulously recorded everything that happened, as if she were a continuity girl in her own nightmare. While fighting against the forced addiction to GhB and suffering from withdrawal, she mentally wrote hundreds of pages, which she then turned into a book in a race against time.Writing the book became Sharron's way of coping.She poured her heart and soul into describing the nightmare she endured, the danger she faced, and her fight for survival.When the book was published, it shook the world, drawing attention to the perils of drugs, the need for better protection against gang stalking, and the importance of resilience and determination in the face of adversity.Despite the trauma, Sharron was determined to move forward. She started to rebuild her life, making new friends and pursuing new interests, knowing that the road to recovery would be long. In the end, Sharron realized that her book not only helped her heal but also inspired and aided others. She had shared her story with the world, making a profound impact on people's lives.This is the shocking true account of the nightmare Sharron Gold was lucky to survive. REVIEWSHorrifying! August 24th - At first I had a hard time getting into this book. It felt like the writer was kind of "all over the place" and things weren't making sense, after a little while, you realize that was how Ms. Gold was experiencing her life at the time. I started to pay more attention, and the story that unfolded was shocking and horrific. It takes balls to put a story out when all of those people are still out there. Hard to put down!Robert Priebe I met the author at her shop in Hallstatt. I picked up one of two copies of Spiked lying on a table. I asked if the story was true. I am a police chief in California and had investigated sexual assaults involving "date rape" drugs. When the author, Sharron, found out I was in law enforcement she asked me to read and review her book and to give it an honest review. I promised her I would, and I'm glad I did. The story is compelling and kept me involved and anxious to read more, There's my honest assessment. I could see this story becoming an excellent movie. For those contemplating this book, do it! One very brave woman -Moshe go go5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible and heart breakingOne of the best books I have ever read!I assumed this was going to be about a woman spiked in a bar, how wrong I was. The elaborate lengths these people have gone to in order to carry out these crimes is incredible.I was very shocked to learn the full effects of this terrible drug and how the victim can be so easily controlled. It was almost unbelievable, like something out of a very good crime film, yet I know it is all too true. Both incredibly revealing and frightening that this sort of thing happens in real life and I wish Sharron all the best for the future.
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- 12 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases
143,95 kr. In this gruesome true crime anthology you will read about twelve true crime stories that baffled investigators and continue to draw interest among the public due to their shocking details. From tragic cases of spousal murder to tragic cases of child murder, this true crime book will surely keep your attention. Three cases of spousal homicide are among the many murder stories in this volume that will keep you captivated. Read about how two wives, Larissa Schuster and Susan Wright, decided to kill their husbands for greed and about how a husband and father, John Sharpe, decided he did not want to be married anymore, so he killed his wife and daughter. For different reasons, these killers thought that they would get away with their crimes, but the ensuing criminal investigations revealed their evil plans for the world to see. This volume also features a number of child abduction cases that unfortunately ended in tragedy. Follow the course of these true murder cases and learn how the investigators worked tirelessly to put these monsters behind bars. You will also be introduced to cases that can only be described as strange or weird, such as the case of Donald Webb, who was a master of multiple identities and Vlado Taneski, a journalist who created his own scoops through murder. This may be a true crime book, but you are guaranteed to be at the edge of your seat and will probably think at times that you are actually reading a true crime novel.
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- A True Story of Espionage at the National Security Agency
193,95 kr. "Fool's Mate" tells the true stories of two traitors working different sides of the Cold War. One is an arrogant, lonely U.S. Army soldier serving in the highly secretive National Security Agency. The other is an ambitious KGB officer with access to the U.S.S.R.'s most sensitive documents. Both betray their countries, but their fates and motivations are very different.At the height of the Cold War in September 1965, disgruntled U.S. soldier Robert Stephan Lipka walked boldly into the U.S.S.R. embassy in Washington, DC. Inside, he negotiated the sale of highly sensitive National Security Agency documents. The price he demanded for his treason? A mere four hundred dollars.The Soviets could not believe their luck. For the next two years, Lipka delivered a steady stream of important information on U.S. security, before attempting to get out of the spy game as his military enlistment period expired. The KGB, however, continued their interest in Lipka for several years, eventually dispatching deep-cover Soviet illegals to make re-contact.As Lipka exited the scene, KGB officer Vasili Mitrokhin planted the seeds of his own treason, which bore unexpected fruit decades later. With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the imminent collapse of the Soviet Union, Mitrokhin fledto the West, offering a treasure trove of archived KGB files in return for protection.Hidden within those documents was incriminating evidence against Lipka, who was then living a quiet life in the Amish suburbs of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After a lengthy surveillance and sting operation, Lipka was convicted in 1997. Thirty-two years after first committing treason, he was finally brought to justice-his conviction ending the longest-running open espionagecase in U.S. history. With Lipka's adamant refusal to cooperate with authorities, it remains unclear just how much American blood he traded for small sums of cash."Fool's Mate" reconstructs the Lipka investigation through the eyes of author John Whiteside, the FBI Special Agent who led the case from start to finish, telling a story as relevant today as it was in 1965. With the arrest of ten Russian illegals in 2010 and the 2013 release of classified National Security Agency documents by Edward Snowden, "Fool's Mate" reminds us just how vulnerable national security is to both foreign intelligence services and men like Lipka, willing to sell out their country from within.
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- The Zodiac Killer and Black Dahlia - 2 Books in 1
173,95 kr. TRUE MURDER VOLUME 1: The Zodiac Killer and Black Dahlia - 2 Books in 1Featuring... *The Zodiac Killer*Black Dahlia2 Great Books in 1!The Zodiac KillerIf not for the ominous shadow of Jack the Ripper, the case of the Zodiac Killer would perhaps be the greatest mystery the world has ever known. The Zodiac Killer was the self-given name to a murderer who took responsibility for the deaths of at least five people in the San Francisco area of California throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Over the decades, the case has become synonymous with mystery and injustice. The Zodiac Killer's murders were brutal, bizarre and without remorse. He began by targeting young couples in lovers' lanes and executing them with close-range gunshots. His murders then progressed, indicating a highly-unstable frame of mind yet one intelligent enough to evade capture. He would go onto taunt the police and the media with strange ciphers and messages which would take significant time to decode - some of which remain untranslated to this day. Despite extensive searching, analyzing and profiling, no conclusive evidence of the Zodiac Killer's identity has ever been put forward. Of course, many theories exist, some of which appear to answer all of the questions one would have regarded the identity of a notorious serial killer. However, none are concrete enough to serve as solid confirmation of who he really was. This is the story of a delusional, inhuman killing machine. It is often said that the truth is stranger than fiction, and the Zodiac Killer's reign of terror continues to prove this. Black DahliaThe sun rose over Los Angeles that Wednesday morning in 1947, and a light breeze from the southeast ruffled the hair of Betty Bersinger and her three-year-old as they took a walk down South Norton Avenue in the Leimert Park neighborhood in southern Los Angeles. It was just two weeks into a new year, January 15, 1947. WWII had been over for almost two years, and dawn was breaking on the cold war. Harry Truman was president. He'd taken charge of the country after Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945, and the country was beginning the push back against the communist ideals of the USSR. It's a Wonderful Life had just debuted at Christmas 1946, and nobody knew it would grow to be a classic. The Old Lamplighter by Sammy Kaye and his Orchestra was at the top of the Billboard charts, but swing music was on its way out, soon to be replaced by doo-wop, pop, and rock and roll. Los Angeles was in a real estate boom. G.I.s home from the war were using the new G.I. Bill to buy vacant lots waiting to be transformed into subdivisions with houses to raise the children who would become the Baby Boomers. Betty Bersinger noticed a white discarded store mannequin laying in a scraggly, undeveloped lot near the side walk; its top half separated from the bottom half. A closer look revealed two things. The discarded mannequin was actually the naked body of a woman who'd been cut cleanly in half, and the discovery would become one of the grisliest, most notorious murders ever committed in the United States. It's been 70 years, and still-no one knows who did it.
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123,95 kr. Leonard Hartman is a saint in a church filled with vampires. Leonard is a soft-spoken and easy-going 35-year-old developmentally challenged man who rents a room in East Dayton, Ohio, from a retired postal worker. And he's come to the realization that the world around him is nothing more than a functioning corpse. The drug-infested area in which he lives holds more than a few challenges for him, and now he has unwittingly fallen prey to two neighborhood thugs-along with a recovering drug addict, Janice Swanson-and been pulled into a life-threatening situation. But the unknown factor about Leonard is one that no one would ever expect-it's his ability to fight back
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- The Revised Edition
263,95 kr. This book is mostly my autobiography but I sometimes allude to other subjects of interest to me. Though my autobiography is interesting, adventurous, and filled with many encounters with so called, "Famous People", we all know most autobiographies are just folks pounding their chests and bragging about how great they are. I want to avoid that so I write a bit differently. There are encounters with Putin, Wild Chamberlin, Hawaiian Royality, Hervie Hancock and other Jazz Artists, and others. Quite obviously I am not Gandhi or Mother Teresa though I do admire both of them. Like everyone on earth I am a walking ghost of the past, my past, my relatives past and carrying my own unique spirit. I take the journey of life as I see best and live with no regrets. Obviously my tales are from a subjective point of view. There are parts I may omit or not recall exactly the way they happened but that is a part of all autobiographies. I am telling this story because I need to tell it for myself, for my own healing, for the healing of others. There is a mystery involved that has had a profound effect on me and others in this story. The mystery surrounds the death of my Mother. I want to share with others an experience that may encourage them to think about how they live their lives. I also include in this book part of the biography of my Uncle Glen Harman as told to me and recorded. The main portion of his biography is about his experiences in WWII. He fought in some of the worse battle in the South Pacific. I think it is good to look back and see what many Americans went through to assure America's freedom and the freedom of many other nations. I have practiced Nichiren Sho Shu Buddhism since I was 19 years old and I have learned the value of appreciation. I am still working on the value of forgiveness. My goal in writing this book is to come to a state of forgiveness, but, really I am not too concerned if it does not happen overnight. I never use profanity in any of my literature, so this book is fine for all ages.
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133,95 kr. A list of unsolved murders from 1923.Contains 62 (21 babies) cases including Elizabeth Smith and her two children who died in a canal, Mary Pelham who was found dead in her bed, Catherine Marsh who was run over by a taxi, David Stancer who was found dead in a dyke at Moulton Marsh, Abraham Jackson who was found dead in the River Thames, Thomas Saban who was shot on his allotment, Jenny Morgan who was poisoned with arsenic and Andrew Wishart who was found dead in a ditch.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 1923.A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 1923.Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 1923 in the UK on the market.Cases include: Norah Annie RoperBabyBabyFrederick William SmithElsie PayneBabyHenry Ernest WrightEdith Elizabeth EmmsBabyMrs T BastableBabyThomas StarkieElizabeth Ann Smith, Richard Arthur Smith and Leslie Hall SmithBeatrice ClarksonWinifred ReeceMary Allison ScottDavid StancerHenry James BellamyBabyChildManAbraham JacksonAlice StateThomas SabanHarry HopkinsAndrew WishartEthel TempertonWilliam Edward GuestBabyBabyManBabyGeorge E WhittakerBabyBabyBabyJohn IsbillBabyBabyThomas John ByrneFred Leonard JexBabyBabyWilliam John TozerManAlice PembertonBabyCharles Edward HawkinsEllen RowlandsBabyMarion Mary Sale WrightBabyMary Frances PelhamBabyYetta GreenbergEdith BowringJenny MorganWilliam James ClarkAlice GiaconelliSkeletonCatherine MarshBaby
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- The story of the disclosure of hidden truths about the global crime of chemistry in the atmosphere
143,95 - 163,95 kr. The Story of the Disclosure of Hidden Truths About the Global Crime of Chemistry in the Atmosphere - Part 1 As I surmised, there were three men with ties in the second SUV U.S. officials on the talks, the three who have left in the third, the Italians, the trinity, which has withdrawn from the fifth, they were - Slovenes. All I immediately recognized, because I have seen on television a day, so I was not surprised. I was surprised only that they are strong people to the concepts of Slovenia, found themselves together, because you are not exactly the most loving - or just play for us, the audience. In addition to drivers was evident in every car with pudding in one security guard, the other three cars and even after three. When I watched this handshake between the leaders who decide whether or not we Slovenians died earlier than they would otherwise, I became increasingly ill and severely in the stomach...
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126,95 kr. "Ni modo, esta vida nos tocó vivir" refleja la realidad de comunidades enteras en México, donde más de cincuenta y dos millones de personas se encuentran en situación de pobreza, que ven en el narcotráfico una solución, casi inmediata, de garantizar su subsistencia. La obra es fruto del trabajo de investigación llevado a cabo por el autor en los últimos tres años, en ella se describe un ambiente bien preciso de Veracruz, los lugares, las costumbres y el argot que utilizan los personajes. La novela, narrada por la Flaca, que conduce al lector en su temeraria inmersión en este mundo del que pocos tienen la suerte de salir bien librados, se centra en la formación de el Negro, jefe de uno de esos grandes cárteles de la droga, quien, nacido en una humilde cuartería de Veracruz y con el deseo juramentado de no ser tan pobre como sus padres, elije ese camino como el medio "más fácil" de superar la desigualdad social. Desde el primer capítulo, donde las noches de Reyes sin regalos muestran a unos niños con los sueños rotos, la Flaca nos sumerge en las historias de unos niños con todo tipo de carencias, que viven en casas de techos que gotean y con piso de tierra, sin los servicios médicos básicos para sobrevivir; unos niños que conforme van creciendo, cambiaran, no solamente la edad, sino también su forma de pensar y su estatus económico. Así, el Güero, el Chavo, la Fabi y el Negro no solamente transitan por el mundo del narcotráfico, sino por un complejo entramado que les hará tomar decisiones ineludibles en medio de un árido pasado y presente, ante la dificultad de alcanzar un futuro digno. Eso hará que entremos también en la estética del horror; asistimos a actos de tortura y participamos en una balacera donde las balas nos silban en los oídos. Nos enteramos de la detención del Negro y acompañamos a la Flaca y al Mocos a visitarlo al penal de máxima seguridad de Almoloya.
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123,95 kr. Torna con una nuova versione aggiornata il bestseller digitale di Pezzan e Brunoro sui delitti del Mostro di Firenze e sulla controversa (e infinita) storia giudiziaria che ne è seguita. Un libro che prova a raccontare in maniera agile il più oscuro e terribile fatto di cronaca nera italiano: da Enzo Spalletti alla Pista Sarda, da Pietro Pacciani ai "compagni di merende", fino alla pista esoterica e al secondo livello con i possibili collegamenti col caso Narducci. E poi ancora gli ultimi sviluppi legati all'ex legionario Vigilanti, alla presunta pista nera e alle nuove evidenze scientifiche che potrebbero gettare una luce completamente diversa su decenni di indagini, sospetti e teorie.Un punto di partenza obbligato per orientarsi in un mistero ancora fitto e su cui, purtroppo, non è stato ancora possibile scrivere la parola fine.
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173,95 kr. It's a book of today's highest thinkers, Then the Alphabet comes along, and shows where each initial stands, and some higher thinkers initials don't fit, and then we get to see who did a switch the rules. but still made it through heavenly, or is it a fall from grace, as a story we've all heard before aka Lucifer" but in this day and time his initial J, and he fell for the music all over again
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- Unsolved 2012
133,95 kr. A list of unsolved murders from 2012Contains 40 cases including David Ross who was beaten to death in a hotel room, John Roberts who was beaten to death in his home, Stephen Andrews who was attacked outside a pub, Jamie Starkey who was shot, Teon Palmer who was stabbed in the street, The Sabah Usmani Family who died in a fire, Pamela Wheeler who was murdered during a burglary, Tom Kirwan who was stabbed outside a club and David Baird who was found in a shallow grave.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 2012.A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 2012.Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 2012 in the UK on the market.Cases include: Souvik PalSunaria Hamid-HowellsKyle VaughanSonica HansAlexander StewartDavid RossJohn RobertsPoppi Iris WorthingtonStephen AndrewsJamie StarkeyAlexander PerepilichnyyDavid WhiteheadSwaran SinghTeon PalmerUsmani FamilyBrendon LallyKyle SheehanHester MottersheadKestutis MickeviciusSophie RosserNathaniel BrownFabio FanfarilloPamela WheelerTom KirwanRobert CurtisDavid BairdJoseph Gerard ThompsonMarvin HoganIvan Emmanuel CampbellConnie FrenchChristopher MonksTafadzwa KhanBrian HarkinsRussell BohlingPaul DuckworthEarl WarburtonOmer Jama AbdiAli ArmaganLeslie TrotmanJoshua Green
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- A Murder Mystery Bucket List Journey
343,95 kr. This is the story of a 72-year old New Zealander Ken Edwards who is told by his Cancer Specialist that he has only two months to live. He sets off on a 59 day around the world trip financed by hacking ATM/Cash Machines. He seeks only peace in his last days, lots of sex with as many women as possible and reconciliation with his two Canadian daughters. Instead as soon as he leaves NZ to Vancouver four dead bodies turn up including that of John Key the former NZ Prime Minister. Key is found shot in the head late at in a Women's Hair Dressing salon in Auckland where he was caressing the off cuts of Women's hair - part of his notorious sexual hair pulling fetish. As Ken continues us his journey more bodies are found in Toronto, Halifax Nova Scotia, Washington DC, Iceland, Syria, Manila and North Korea. The victims include USA President Donald Trump; a lady CIA hit Lady; a Montreal Mobster and his boss and the Presidents of Syria, the Philippians and North Korea. Each time a body is found an old lady with a mop of red hair is seen driving away from the crime scene in a Classic car - Morris Minor, Ford Model A, Mercedes Benz, Rolls Royce, BMW Isetta, MG Midget, AMC Pacer, Studebaker, Centurion Tank and a Pink Cadillac. Who is this person and who is paying her for the hits? Are Ken and the Hit Lady related? Will Ken find a cure to his cancer in Toronto or will he die on the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in the arms of his latest female conquest? All these questions are answered in the non fiction work written in the "Post truth, alternative facts and false news era".
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133,95 kr. Unsolved True Crime Cases from 1933Contains 42 cases (16 babies) including Angelo Zemenides who was shot at his home, Eva Henson who was found nude in the River Derwent, Thomas Leigh who died at a fairground, Hilda Moore, a baby, who died at a house, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, the Earl Of Kerry, who fell in front of a tube train, Martha Catlow who died from an illegal operation and Edith Turton who was found dead in a shed on an allotment.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 1933.A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 1933.Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 1933 in the UK on the market.Cases include: William Harold CheesewrightHilda Elsie MooreHarry WoottonThomas LeighBabyJames RaynorBabyArthur TurnbullBabyHenry Maurice John Petty-FitzmauriceKate BirkettEdward Usher BradbridgeBabyBabyBabyInfant A and Infant BBabyReginald James LeachDennis InklesWilliam JonesBabyGerald Edward LauzanneBabyFrank Cecil CurtisMartha CatlowEdith TurtonCecil BrooksBabyInfantEthel Nina Louisa FountainManBabyBabyRobert Brian HumphryEva HensonTracey Joshua BaldwinWilliam Wildsmith GriffinBabyBabyElgar MorganManAngelo Zemenides
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- A Mystery Story Of Modern China
173,95 kr. LaMont Trudeaux, wireless operator of the Vandalia, notices strange happenings onboard ship. What do these strange radio messages mean? Who is it that cries for help? In trying to find out the answers suddenly LaMont finds himself thrust into the underworld clutches of a Chinese crime lord as he travels into "The City of Stolen Lives," tastes from "The Bitter Fountain" and barely escapes "The Green Death," all in the pursuit of a beautiful woman! China 1919
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193,95 kr. QUÃDATE CONMIGO: Operación Kapo es un libro autoconclusivo con final propio.La vida de Adriana cambió para siempre con la súbita muerte de su madre cuando ella contaba solo nueve años de edad. Sintiéndose responsable de un padre completamente abatido por la muerte de su esposa y una hermana demasiado pequeña como para percatarse de lo que realmente sucedÃa, Adriana decidió tomar las riendas de su pequeña familia, haciéndose cargo de todo. Los Kapo son una peligrosa organización rusa muy bien estructurada que opera en España desde hace más de quince años. Prostitución, robo, extorsión, tráfico de estupefacientes, captación de miembros, inmigración ilegal, entre otras, son algunas de sus actividades criminales. La apertura de la "Operación Kapo" supuso un duro golpe para esta mafia. PolicÃas y fiscales iniciaron con ella una investigación sin precedentes para proceder a la detención de su dirigente, el Mecenas, un hombre sin escrúpulos teñido de venganza que no cesará en su anhelo por consumarla. En la vida adulta de Adriana se cruza Ãngel, un hombre de fuertes convicciones, que libra una ardua batalla consigo mismo entre el anhelo de retenerla a su lado y alejarla de él para protegerla. Sus vidas, sin embargo, acabarán enmarañándose de tal modo que incluso el pasado más lejano y el ajuste de cuentas de la mafia rusa acabarán decidiendo por ellos de manera inevitable.¿Hasta dónde es capaz de llevar su venganza?
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- How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
113,95 kr. "The Chicken Ranch was the one, great festering, frustrating sore on the face of law enforcement in Texas."The year was 1973. The State of Texas had just elected a new reform-minded governor and attorney general. And Houston's ABC-TV affiliate station at Channel 13 had just launched a new consumer-oriented investigative feature by hiring flamboyant former lawman Marvin Zindler to seize the spotlight. The roads from those disparate events crossed quickly in dramatic fashion to national acclaim in the Texas Hill Country village of La Grange, which had harbored the country's longest continually operating bordello-a little place known as the Chicken Ranch and beloved to generations of Texas school boys. When Zindler's sensational TV expose forced the Chicken Ranch to close, it triggered a national controversy that raged for years, highlighted by the creation of a successful Broadway musical called The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. The movie version starred Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton in the fictionalized account that boiled the story down to a basic theme still used in its marketing pitch: "Texas madam Miss Mona and her sheriff boyfriend try to save her chicken ranch from a TV muckraker."But lost amid the romanticized singing and the dancing and the nostalgic pining of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas lies an authentic true crime history yarn just as entertaining and as much a part of the Lone Star State's many fabled legends. In I, the People, veteran Houston journalist and author Gary Taylor recreates the real story behind the closing of the Chicken Ranch and explains the forces that unleashed TV icon Marvin Zindler upon the national scene.ReviewsMidwest Book Review: The famed film 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' had its roots in reality, but its charm wears thin when it has connections to organized crime. "I, the People: How Marvin Zindler Busted the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" is Gary Taylor's coverage of the story that tells of fellow journalist Marvin Zindler's personal crusade against the famous brothel the Chicken Ranch and the puppet strings of the Mafia behind it. For those who want the true story behind the story, "I, the People" is well worth considering.POD People: You may have heard of the "Chicken Ranch," AKA "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," from the musical or the movie of the later name. Well, Gary Taylor, intrepid Texan journalist, has the real story. Taylor has a wonderful eye for character, and the Chicken Ranch story is full of them. This book is a fascinating look at characters from an era when Texas transitioned itself from the Wild West to civilization. I highly recommend I The People.
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293,95 kr. Unsolved True Crime Cases from 1939Contains 53 cases (28 babies) including Margaret Jackson who was murdered at her house, Joyce Cox who was murdered on her way home from school, William Lewis who was beaten to death in his bed, Walter Dinnivan who was beaten to death in his drawing room, George Stapleton who was beaten to death in a field, Frederick Paul who was shot, Pamela Coventry who was strangled and Albert Ross who died in an explosion.Contains all known unsolved murders and mysteries from England, Scotland and Wales in 1939.A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all unsolved murders and mysteries from 1939.Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.The most authoritative resource for unsolved murders and mysteries from 1939 in the UK on the market.Cases include: John William WaltonBabyCharles William Eric FoggBabyBabyRose Ellen Olive BodkinCharles Edgar LawrenceRaymond Anthony CogginsBabyJoyce CoxBabyLilian Louise CarneGeorge Noel LeefeBabyPercy CodickBabyDonald John CampbellBabyBabyMargaret Newton JacksonBabyBabyBabyBabyBabyFrederick Walter ReadWilliam Alfred LewisWalter Alfred DinnivanElizabeth WoodcockBabyBabyBabyGeorge William StapletonBabyBabyBabyArthur DavenhillJoseph Stanton LonglandBabyBabyJohn Michael David OSheaBabyGeorge ArnoldFrederick James PaulBabyBabyBabyMary Agnes NiklasPamela Doreen CoventryAlbert Eric RossBabyCharles BoothBaby
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- The story of the shooting down of the Malaysian airliner
188,95 kr. The book, MH17, is about an event that shocked the world, the shooting down of a passenger airliner on July 17, 2014, with the loss of all 298 people on board. It answers the key questions arising from the disaster: What missile destroyed the airplane? What kind of weapon fired the missile? Where was the missile fired from? Who fired it? Was it accidental or intentional? Who was responsible
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- La vida y crímenes del notorio gánster de la era de la Depresión
133,95 kr. Contrabandista de licores veterano. Prolífico asaltante de bancos. Secuestrador sin igual. Una despiadada mente maestra criminal. Con un apodo tan recio como el de George "Machine Gun (Metralleta)" Kelly, no debería sorprender que se le asocie con frecuencia a tales términos.Puede que hayan pasado 86 años desde su muerte, pero el nombre y el legado de este mafioso de la época de la Depresión siguen siendo tan relevantes como siempre. Este popular apodo no solo ha sido adoptado por un rapero popular, sino que sigue siendo objeto de diversos artículos, libros, canciones, películas y otros medios de la cultura popular. Por supuesto, dada su fama y notoriedad, siempre es válido preguntar cuánta verdad hay en las fascinantes historias llenas de acción que rodean su corta y memorable vida delictiva.Machine Gun Kelly: La vida y crímenes del notorio gánster de la era de la Depresión describe cómo se convirtió en uno de los forajidos más famosos de Estados Unidos, y los osados crímenes que lo hicieron tan temido. En conjunto con imágenes de personas, lugares y eventos importantes, aprenderá sobre Machine Gun Kelly como nunca antes.
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- Stories of Real Life Murderers That Escaped the Headlines
118,95 kr. Your neighbor might be a murderer. The mailman might wake up one day and go on a killing spree.Even the friendliest granny in daycare could be a deadly killer... who knows, maybe she is?A killer granny, really? Yes, and in this true crime anthology, you're going to explore more insane stories of unexpected murderers that somehow escaped the headlines..., including a killer granny. From a man willing to get his hands dirty and lose everything over a stripper to a paranoid naval officer who took the battlefield to a building with 3000 workers.The difference between these killers and the infamous ones is that they were everyday people like our neighbors and us.Join us as we explore the stories of these murderous minds so you can witness the transition from humans to monsters.Get your copy now and see whether these crimes should've got the media coverage they deserved. This anthology is the perfect true crime gift, no matter if it's for yourself or a fellow true crime fan. Scroll up and grab your copy now.
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