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Manson in His Own Words

Manson in His Own Words

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We called him a devil and quarantined him behind such labels as 'the most dangerous man alive.' But Charles Manson remains a shocking reminder of our own humanity gone awry....
The American Surveillance State: How the U.S. Spies on Dissent

The American Surveillance State: How the U.S. Spies on Dissent

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When the possibility of wiretapping first became known to Americans they were outraged. Now, in our post 9/11 world, it's accepted that corporations are vested with human rights, and government...
Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of

Hit List: An In-Depth Investigation into the Mysterious Deaths of

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Richard Belzer and David Wayne are back to set the record straight after Dead Wrong ; this time they're going to uncover the truth about the many witness deaths tied...
Swap: A Secret History of the New Cold War

Swap: A Secret History of the New Cold War

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From the Wall Street Journal 's award-winning international investigations team comes a spellbinding account of a spy war between the U.S. and Russia that transformed into a ruthless game of...
When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and a Clash of Worlds in the

When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and a Clash of Worlds in the

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'A first-class work of reporting [and] a work of compassion for Indigenous peoples everywhere' BENJAMIN MOSER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of SONTAG 'A non-fiction novel of modern conquest, capitalism and murder...
When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and a Clash of Worlds in the

When We Sold God's Eye: Diamonds, Murder and a Clash of Worlds in the

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'A first-class work of reporting [and] a work of compassion for Indigenous peoples everywhere' BENJAMIN MOSER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of SONTAG 'A non-fiction novel of modern conquest, capitalism and murder...
The Killing Chronicle: Police Service and Shattered Lives

The Killing Chronicle: Police Service and Shattered Lives

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Early 20th century criminals were at their worst and their excesses created havoc. The times were hard and made even more difficult with the beginning of WWII, when hand-guns, explosives...
The Secret History of MI6

The Secret History of MI6

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The authorized history of the world's oldest and most storied foreign intelligence service, drawing extensively on hitherto secret documents. Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (also commonly known as MI6) was born...
The Murder Gang: Fleet Street's Elite Group of Crime Reporters in the

The Murder Gang: Fleet Street's Elite Group of Crime Reporters in the

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The first book to recount the extraordinary story of Fleet Street's Murder Gang. The Murder Gang recounts the remarkable true story of the elite group of renegade Fleet Street crime...
The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced

The Last Kilo: Willy Falcon and the Cocaine Empire That Seduced

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From true-crime legend T. J. English, the epic, behind-the-scenes saga of "Los Muchachos," one of the most successful cocaine trafficking organizations in American history-a story of glitz, glamour, and organized...
Victor Lustig: The Man Who Conned the World

Victor Lustig: The Man Who Conned the World

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The first account of one of history's most notorious con artists, Victor Lustig, written by acclaimed biographer Christopher Sandford. An Austro-Hungarian with a dark streak, Victor Lustig was a man...
The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon

The Betrayal of the Duchess: The Scandal That Unmade the Bourbon

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Fighting to reclaim the French crown for the Bourbons, the duchesse de Berry faces betrayal at the hands of one of her closest advisors in this dramatic history of power...
The Great Pearl Heist: London's Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard's

The Great Pearl Heist: London's Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard's

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London, 1913. An exquisite strand of pale pink pearls, worth more than the Hope Diamond, has been bought by a Hatton Garden broker, capturing the attention of both jewelers and...
Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring

Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring

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A New York Times Bestseller, the real story of Damian Lewis's character in BILLIONS- The rise and fall of Steven Cohen and the largest insider trading investigation in the history...
Killing For Company

Killing For Company

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Now the hit ITV true crime drama DES, starring David Tennant, and the follow-up documentary The Real 'Des' The definitive story of the Dennis Nilsen case featured in BBC's The...
The Gold: The real story behind Brink's-Mat: Britain's biggest heist

The Gold: The real story behind Brink's-Mat: Britain's biggest heist

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The definitive account of the Brink's-Mat Robbery to publish alongside a prime-time BBC 1 series. The real story that inspired the BBC drama, The Gold On Saturday, 26 November 1983,...
The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

The Siege: The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

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Britain's best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen...
The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana

The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana

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For the first time, The Secret Royals uncovers the remarkable relationship between the Royal Family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the death of Princess...
Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack

Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack

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"A beguiling tale of espionage and double-dealing in the years leading up to World War II. ... Strap in for a narrative that demands a suspension of disbelief-and richly rewards...
Den of Spies: The Untold Story of Reagan, Carter and the Treason that

Den of Spies: The Untold Story of Reagan, Carter and the Treason that

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Argo meets Spotlight , as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent...
The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II

The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II

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**Shortlisted for the 2021 Ned Kelly Award for True Crime** Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members....
Den of Spies: The Untold Story of Reagan, Carter and the Treason that

Den of Spies: The Untold Story of Reagan, Carter and the Treason that

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Argo meets Spotlight , as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent...
Den of Spies: The Untold Story of Reagan, Carter and the Treason that

Den of Spies: The Untold Story of Reagan, Carter and the Treason that

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Argo meets Spotlight , as New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent...
The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II

The Husband Poisoner: Suburban women who killed in post-World War II

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**Shortlisted for the 2021 Ned Kelly Award for True Crime** Shocking real-life stories of murderous women who used rat poison to rid themselves of husbands and other inconvenient family members....
I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian

I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian

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'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter,

Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter,

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." - Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered...
Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars

Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars

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When Billy Reilly vanished, his parents embarked on a desperate search for answers. Was their son's disappearance connected to his mysterious work for the FBI, or was it a personal...
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." - Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered...
I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian Civil War

I Am Still With You: The Story of a Missing Person in the Nigerian Civil War

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'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...
Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century

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This glittering, "wild romp of a story, boldly and beautifully told" (Neal Thompson, author of The First Kennedys ) explores the intertwined fates of literary icon Truman Capote and infamous...
Chaos: The Truth Behind the Manson Murders

Chaos: The Truth Behind the Manson Murders

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CHAOS UNEARTHS LONG-KEPT SECRETS THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING READERS THOUGHT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE CRIME THAT ENDED THE SIXTIES As featured on The Joe Rogan Experience ______________________________ A journalist's twenty-year...
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

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Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is both a masterpiece of journalism and a powerful crime thriller. Inspired by a 300-word article in The New York Times, Capote spent six years...
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy

Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became

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The Sunday Times and NYT bestseller. A shocking true-life thriller about corruption, dirty politics and murder in Russia by one of Putin's Most Wanted. 'An unburdening, a witness statement and...
Underground

Underground

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Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disaster Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism...
Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer

Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State

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From the detective who helped catch the Golden State Killer, a memoir about investigating America's toughest cold cases, and the rewards - and toll - of a life spent solving...
Decoy

Decoy

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The shocking true story of one of Britain's most secretive, groundbreaking and successful police covert operations Bristol, 1979.An attacker roams the streets...Young women are warned not to go out alone...Enter...
Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor

Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack

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In the spirit of Ben Macintyre's greatest spy nonfiction, the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland-a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and...
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

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Genteel society ladies who compare notes on their husbands' suicides. A hilariously foul-mouthed black drag queen. A voodoo priestess who works her roots in the graveyard at midnight. A morose...
Harold Shipman

Harold Shipman

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Harold Shipman - The Doctor of Death
Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

Long Haul: Hunting the Highway Serial Killers

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"A true-crime masterpiece." -Don WinslowFrom the FBI's former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side of America's highways, revealing the FBI Highway Serial Killings Initiative's hunt for the...
Decoy

Decoy

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The shocking true story of one of Britain's most secretive, groundbreaking and successful police covert operations Bristol, 1979.An attacker roams the streets...Young women are warned not to go out alone...Enter...
Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive

Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive

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'One of the best books about prison I've ever read' Kimberley ChambersA chilling look into the brutality of life behind bars and what it's like to be locked away with...
The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States

The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States

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Author: Ali VelshiFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 263g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Edited and introduced by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging...
The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States

The Trump Indictments: The 91 Criminal Counts Against the Former President of the United States

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Author: Ali VelshiFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 203mm, 263g, 320 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 Edited and introduced by MSNBC's Ali Velshi, The Trump Indictments collects the complete charging...
Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America

Dark Invasion: 1915: Germany's Secret War and the Hunt for the First Terrorist Cell in America

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Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars

Lost Son: An American Family Trapped Inside the FBI's Secret Wars

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Author: Brett Forrest Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 When Billy Reilly vanished, his parents embarked on a desperate search for answers. Was their son's disappearance connected to his mysterious...
I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History

I Am Still With You: A Reckoning with Silence, Inheritance and History

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'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSONAn astonishing search for a missing person, the...
Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule

Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule

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Author: Gordon Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 "A terrifying and timely account of resistance in the face of the greatest of evils."--Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author...