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The Wild Bunch
By Ernest Haycox. 2018
BLOOD JUSTICEFrank Goodnight set out to track down Theo McSween the man who had run off with his…
pretty sister and left her high and dry He had been on McSween s trail for weeks when he rode into Sherman City Wyoming a tough town at the base of the Owlhom hills on a hunch the varmint was hidin up there with the Wild Bunch a gang of outlaws Who been preying on prideful ranchers While Goodnight sampled the rotgut at the local saloon the Wild Bunch rode into town with their Colts ablazin and suddenly he was a stranger caught plumb in the middle of a range war But he survived dodging the hot lead and even gettin a good look at his man ridin with that bunch of gun toughs All he could think of now was putting McSween six feet under but that would have to wait a spell He wanted the chance to meet that scummy nightrider alone and man to man and make him sweat bloodEarly Organized Crime in Detroit: Vice, Corruption and the Rise of the Mafia (True Crime)
By James Buccellato. 2015
Though detectives denied it, the Italian mafia was operating in Detroit as early as 1900, and the city was forever…
changed. Bootleggers controlled the Detroit River and created a national distribution network for illegal booze during Prohibition. Gangsters, cops and even celebrities fell victim to the violence. Some politicians and prominent businessmen like Henry Ford's right-hand man, Harry Bennett, collaborated closely with the mafia, while others, such as popular radio host Gerald Buckley, fought back and lost their lives. Social scientist and crime writer James A. Buccellato explores Detroit's struggle with gang violence, public corruption and the politics of vice during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century.The Voyage of the Golden Rule: An Experiment with Truth
By Albert Bigelow. 2018
In late March of 1958 four men set sail in a thirty-foot ketch the Golden Rule for the…
nuclear-bomb-testing area in the Marshall Islands Their sailing was a non-violent protest to the continuation of such tests tests which could threaten present and future generations with the deadly effects of fallout Albert Bigelow master and captain of the Golden Rule has written a full and articulate account of this project the reasons behind the sailing his own difficult personal decision the two voyages from San Pedro California and the government s opposition that resulted in the imprisonment of captain and crew in Hawaii He also gives a record of the navigational details of the voyage including their difficulties in a storm the Coast Guard described as one of the worst in twenty years The reader is given a clear understanding of the theory of non-violence and the author describes some of the other efforts made by the Committee for Non-Violent Action Against Nuclear Weapons and by the crew who later sailed another vessel the Phoenix right into the testing area First published in 1959 THE VOYAGE OF THE GOLDEN RULE is an honest and inspiring record of a remarkable voyage and the men who made it It is an important account of a noble action one which focused the attention of the world and its governments on a problem that must be solved immediately if mankind is to survive Above all it is a calm and eloquent plea for peace on earth by a man who felt that it was time to do something about peace not just talk about peaceSesenta Millas de Frontera
By Terry Kirkpatrick. 2012
Amazing Spies - A Short eBook
By Charles Margerison. 2011
Welcome to the secret world of spies. For obvious reasons, their lives are often shrouded in mystery however in this…
unique collection of short audio stories, you'll come 'face-to-face' with some of the world's most amazing spies, as their unique stories come to life. Meet the Russian spy who risked everything to share intelligence after being shocked at how the KGB were oppressinghis fellow Russians. Explore the fascinating and little-known story of Maria Poliakova, a daring young woman who played a key role in Hitler's ultimate downfall. Delve into the unbelievable life of Sidney Reilly who was the real-life inspiration for Ian Fleming's fictional character James Bond. Travel with Klaus Fuchs, a spy who leaked crucial nuclear bomb information from the USA, UK and Canada to the USSR. Each story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.Rahul’s Road: Memories of a Fijiindian Childhood
By Kamlesh Sharma. 2016
Rahul's Road is a story of childhood in a Fijiindian village, Korovuto in Nadi on the largest island of the…
Fijian archipelago in the South Pacific. It presents a rich tapestry of the details of what it was like to grow up in a poor Fijiindian family. It captures moments of growing-up in Fiji with vividness and sensitivity. Written with feeling, the author's language has a simplicity that is quite remarkable in its richness and associations. The story told is complex, moving and vividly narrated. Rahul's Road will echo in the mind and memory of many Fijiindians within and outside their place of birth. It is a book for children, adolescents, adults who care about Fiji and the struggles and strengths of a migrant community. It cuts across barriers and builds bridges of memory, remembrance and understanding.Tales From a West Australian Cop
By Bob Macdonald. 2016
Real life police drama is okay...but true stories of police emergencies that make you laugh out loud--as well as shudder--are…
better! Experience what it's like to be involved in a high-speed car chase. Learn how to cope with the stress of telling someone of the death of a loved one. What is life like on a remote Australian desert aboriginal community? How do police deal with tribal 'pay-back' spearing incidents? Experience the anguish of working in a war zone...and why controlling your imagination is so crucial, when you find yourself alone facing a deranged man armed with a weapon. Stare death in the face at the hands of drunken or drug crazed people...and live to tell the tale. Laughter helps the mind, heals the body and is a critical survival tool for all who work on the frontline of death, dying and disaster. Take a peek inside this diary of a West Australian Police Officer who knows that it's okay to laugh at yourself and the world around you. A natural storyteller, Bob MacDonald's writing is refreshing and makes easy reading. MacDonald spent thirty years serving as a police officer; working his way through the ranks--from a raw recruit through to a commissioned officer attached to the Internal Investigation Branch of the Professional Standards Portfolio. His duties included time with the United Nations Civilian Police blue beret peacekeepers, based on the island nation of Cyprus during the Greek/Turkish conflict, as well as extensive service in Australian outback locations; Papua New Guinea and North Solomon Islands.The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
By Thom Hatch. 2013
The Old West was coming to an end. Two legendary outlaws refused to go with it. As leaders of the…
Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid executed the most daring bank and train robberies of their day. For several years at the end of the 1890s, the two friends, along with a revolving band of thieves, eluded law enforcement while stealing from the rich bankers and Eastern railroad corporations who exploited Western land...until they rode headlong into the twentieth century. In The Last Outlaws, Thom Hatch brings these memorable characters to life like never before. From their early holdup attempts to that fateful day in Bolivia, Hatch draws on a wealth of fresh research to go beyond the myth and provide a compelling new look at these legends of the Wild West. Includes PhotographsTrial by Fire: One Man's Battle to End Corporate Greed and Save Lives
By Josh Young, Alan Simpson, Mike Burg. 2016
In the face of corporate bullies, one lawyer's passion and persistence paid off.Bullied as a Jewish kid in the hardscrabble…
neighborhoods of Chicago, Mike Burg had to learn how to fight at a young age. As an adult who started his own law firm from scratch that fire-and understanding of the underdog-still burns and makes him one of America's top trial lawyers fighting for consumers' rights.In Trial by Fire: One Man's Battle to End Corporate Greed and Save Lives, read about Burg's unwavering personal constitution to stand up for the weary, the weak, and the downtrodden at all costs. Follow the justice as he takes on a negligent gas company and wins not only financial settlement for victims but dramatic changes to a city's pipelines to save thousands of lives. Cheer him on as he leads hundreds of individuals against companies shilling drugs such as Fen-Phen, Yaz, Zyprexa, and Pradaxa. Empathize with him as he fights an eight-year battle against UBS Warburg for knowingly selling risky mortgages to investors before collecting compensation. Root him on as he files a sweeping action against 28 California wineries to force them to stop selling toxic wine contaminated with arsenic.Representing everyone from the Little Rascals to Ralph Tamm in the first NFL steroid case, Burg has lived a thousand lives. Trial by Fire shows that, like with every victory in the courtroom, he doubles down for the next adventure. Performing stand-up comedy alongside Roseanne Barr, golfing with Michael Jordan, and attending President George W. Bush's inauguration with President Bush's father, Burg has a story to tell.His undeniably explosive personality and inspiring tale-complete with theatrics, eccentricities, excitement, humor, and maybe just a hint of craziness-will make you laugh, leave you in disbelief, and, most of all, inspire you.Join the Revolution, Comrade
By Charles Foran. 2008
In this collection of essays, Foran visits places in Vietnam that have been 'colonized' by western war films, talks to…
Shanghai residents about their colossal city, and commiserates with the people of Bali about the effects of terrorist bombs on their island. He also 'encounters' Miguel de Cervantes, the Buddha of Compassion, and the pumped-up American Tom Wolfe.Off the Street: Redemption
By Christopher Baughman. 2014
Sometimes justice takes a different path.For a hard-charging detective in the Pandering Investigative Team (PIT), deliverance comes in the manner…
of long prison sentences, humiliation, and bankruptcy for the animals who subjugate, beat, and torture women into selling their bodies, while reaping all the financial rewards. With that single-minded goal, Las Vegas detective Chris Baughman finds frustration and dead ends as he and his team work countless hours hunting down someone from his past - Mario Davis, a promising athlete whose bright future takes a sadistic U-turn. Helping Chris are two young women from Davis' stable of ten, who reach out to Chris for rescue after Mario severely beats them. Chris picks up the chase to find and finish Mario off for good, gratis of the Las Vegas penal system.But justice is complicated, and Chris fears the case is slipping through his fingers when the two women fear testifying against Mario. After being brutalized numerous times, there is still a shred of loyalty. No matter how frustrated Chris is, he knows he can't ask them to put their lives at further risk. Through countless hours and too many sleepless nights, he fears Mario will go free and there will be no justice for the victims. The tough lesson Chris must face is that his job offers a different kind of deliverance and rescue that is far more powerful and encouraging.As head of the Pandering Investigation Team and Human Trafficking Task Force, Christopher Baughman has changed the culture and scope of the crimes they investigate. He has arrested several of the wealthiest and most violent criminals in Las Vegas. This success caught the attention of investigative reporter Chris Hansen of Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator. Chris teaches the anatomy of pandering investigations to other departments across the nation, including members of the FBI and IRS, as well as federal parole and probation officers.The Life of Sir Hersch Lauterpacht
By Elihu Lauterpacht. 1938
Hersch Lauterpacht, of whom this book is an intimate biography by his son, Elihu, was one of the most prolific…
and influential international lawyers of the first half of the twentieth century. Having come to England from Austria in the early 1920s, he first researched and taught at the London School of Economics before moving to Cambridge in 1937 to become Whewell Professor of International Law. He did valuable work to enhance relations with the United States during the Second World War, and was active after the war in the prosecution of William Joyce and the major Nazi war criminals. For ten years he was also involved in various significant items of professional work and in 1955 he was elected a judge of the International Court of Justice. The book contains many extracts from his correspondence, the interest of which will extend to lawyers, historians of the period and beyond.Draining Dixon
By Chicago Tribune Staff. 2013
Comprising articles from the Chicago Tribune's in-depth coverage of the Rita Crundwell scandal, Draining Dixon is the true-life account of…
the Dixon, Illinois, comptroller who embezzled over $50 million from municipal coffers during a twenty-year career in local government. From 1983 to April 2012, Crundwell kept an eye over virtually every dollar that passed through the small town of Dixon's accounts, while also running one of the most successful horse farms in America. When the story broke that this municipal employee was the subject of an investigation, almost no one was aware of the entire shocking truth.This book follows the chronological history of Rita Crundwell's career as the Dixon, Illinois, comptroller, while also exploring her personal life as one of the best-known Quarter Horse breeders in the country. Crundwell's horses won 52 world championships and she was named the leading owner by the American Quarter Horse Association for eight consecutive years prior to her arrest. This story is one of the most bizarre and surprising tales of white-collar crime and governmental corruption in United States history, and now readers can read the entire story exactly as it unfolded.The story of an infamous crime, a revered map dealer with an unsavory secret, and the ruthless subculture that consumed…
him Maps have long exerted a special fascination on viewers—both as beautiful works of art and as practical tools to navigate the world. But to those who collect them, the map trade can be a cutthroat business, inhabited by quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects. Once considered a respectable antiquarian map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a map thief —until he was finally arrested slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library. The Map Thief delves into the untold history of this fascinating high-stakes criminal and the inside story of the industry that consumed him. Acclaimed reporter Michael Blanding has interviewed all the key players in this stranger-than-fiction story, and shares the fascinating histories of maps that charted the New World, and how they went from being practical instruments to quirky heirlooms to highly coveted objects. Though pieces of the map theft story have been written before, Blanding is the first reporter to explore the story in full—and had the rare privilege of having access to Smiley himself after he’d gone silent in the wake of his crimes. Moreover, although Smiley swears he has admitted to all of the maps he stole, libraries claim he stole hundreds more—and offer intriguing clues to prove it. Now, through a series of exclusive interviews with Smiley and other key individuals, Blanding teases out an astonishing tale of destruction and redemption. The Map Thief interweaves Smiley’s escapades with the stories of the explorers and mapmakers he knew better than anyone. Tracking a series of thefts as brazen as the art heists in Provenance and a subculture as obsessive as the oenophiles in The Billionaire’s Vinegar, Blanding has pieced together an unforgettable story of high-stakes crime.Canon Law and the Letters of Ivo of Chartres
By Christof Rolker. 1970
The series Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought was inaugurated by G. G. Coulton in 1921; Professor Rosamond McKitterick…
now acts as General Editor of the Fourth Series, with Professor Christine Carpenter and Dr Jonathan Shapard as Advisory Editors. The series brings together outstanding work by medieval scholars over a wide range of human endeavour extending from political economy to the history of ideas. Book jacket.The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
By Bartlett, Allison Hoover. 2009
In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting:…
the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him. Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves, of course, steal for profit. John Charles Gilkey steals purely for the love of books. In an attempt to understand him better, journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett plunged herself into the world of book lust and discovered just how dangerous it can be. Gilkey is an obsessed, unrepentant book thief who has stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars? worth of rare books from book fairs, stores, and libraries around the country. Ken Sanders is the self-appointed ?bibliodick? (book dealer with a penchant for detective work) driven to catch him. Bartlett befriended both outlandish characters and found herself caught in the middle of efforts to recover hidden treasure. With a mixture of suspense, insight, and humor, she has woven this entertaining cat-and-mouse chase into a narrative that not only reveals exactly how Gilkey pulled off his dirtiest crimes, where he stashed the loot, and how Sanders ultimately caught him but also explores the romance of books, the lure to collect them, and the temptation to steal them. Immersing the reader in a rich, wide world of literary obsession, Bartlett looks at the history of book passion, collection, and theft through the ages, to examine the craving that makes some people willing to stop at nothing to possess the books they love. .American Murder
By Mike Mayo. 2008
Investigating the way Hollywood scoops up notorious criminals and turns them into legends, this entertaining who's-who guide provides thumbnail sketches…
of such killers as Ma Barker, Black Beard, Al Capone, John Wesley Hardin, and Charles Starkweather. Noting that some figures are glamorized in popular culture (Jesse James), while others are demonized (Charles Manson), this encyclopedic collection explores the legends' emotional truths as depicted in movies, stories, and songs. Facts of the real cases behind these notorious criminals are also presented, including the landmark rulings that pioneered new approaches to criminal justice.Blood Aces
By Doug Swanson. 2014
The astonishing story of Benny Binion--a rip-roaring saga of murder, money, and the making of Las Vegas Benny Binion was…
many things: a cowboy, a pioneering casino owner, a gangster, a killer, and founder of the hugely successful World Series of Poker. Blood Aces tells the story of Binion's crucial role in shaping modern Las Vegas. From a Texas backwater, Binion rose to prominence on a combination of vision, determination, and brutal expediency. His formula was simple: run a good business, cultivate the big boys, kill your enemies, and own the cops. Through a mix of cold-bloodedness, native intelligence, folksiness, and philanthropy, Binion became one of the most revered figures in the history of gambling, and his showmanship, shrewdness, and violence would come to dominate the Vegas scene. Veteran journalist Doug J. Swanson uses once-secret government documents and dogged reporting to show how Binion destroyed his rivals and outsmarted his adversaries--including J. Edgar Hoover. As fast paced as any thriller, Blood Aces tells a story that is unmatched in the annals of American criminal justice, a vital yet untold piece of this country's history.Gun, Needle, Spoon
By Patrick O'Neil. 2015
This memoir follows a punk rock pioneer on his slide into drug abuse and life as an armed robber, all…
the way through life in recovery and what it's like to look back on those times, knowing all the while that he is still under the threat of three strikes, a twenty-five-to-life prison sentence waiting. He has no choice but to deal with it all drug free.During punk rock's heyday, Patrick O'Neil worked at the San Francisco's legendary Mabuhay Gardens. He went on to become the road manager for Dead Kennedys and Flipper, as well as T.S.O.L. and the Subhumans. He holds an MFA from Antioch University Los Angeles.King Con: The Bizarre Adventures of the Jazz Age's Greatest Impostor
By Paul Willetts. 2018
The spellbinding tale of hustler Edgar Laplante the king of Jazz Age con artists who becomes…
the victim of his own dangerous game Edgar Laplante was a smalltime grifter an erstwhile vaudeville performer and an unabashed charmer But after years of playing thankless gigs and traveling with medicine shows he decided to undertake the most demanding and bravura performance of his life In the fall of 1917 Laplante reinvented himself as Chief White Elk war hero sports star civil rights campaigner Cherokee nation leader and total fraud Under the pretenses of raising money for struggling Native American reservations Laplante dressed in buckskins and a feathered headdress and traveled throughout the American West narrowly escaping exposure and arrest each time he left town When the heat became too much he embarked upon a lucrative continent-hopping tour that attracted even more enormous crowds his cons growing in proportion to the adulation of his audience As he moved through Europe he spied his biggest mark on the Riviera a prodigiously rich Hungarian countess who was instantly smitten with the con man The countess bankrolled a lavish trip through Italy that made Laplante a darling of the Mussolini regime and a worldwide celebrity soaring to unimaginable heights on the wings of his lies But then at the pinnacle of his improbable success Laplante s overreaching threatened to destroy him In King Con Paul Willetts brings this previously untold story to life in all its surprising absurdity showing us how our tremendous capacity for belief and our longstanding obsession with celebrity can make fools of us all and proving that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction