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A fresh, unique insider’s view of what it’s like to be a woman aviator in today’s US Navy—from pedicures to…
parachutes, friendship to firefights. Caroline Johnson was an unlikely aviation candidate. A tall blonde debutante from Colorado, she could have just as easily gone into fashion or filmmaking, and yet she went on to become an F/A-18 Super Hornet Weapons System Officer. She was one of the first women to fly a combat mission over Iraq since 2011, and one of the first women to drop bombs on ISIS.Jet Girl tells the remarkable story of the women fighting at the forefront in a military system that allows them to reach the highest peaks, and yet is in many respects still a fraternity. Johnson offers an insider’s view on the fascinating, thrilling, dangerous and, at times, glamorous world of being a naval aviator.This is a coming-of age story about a young college-aged woman who draws strength from a tight knit group of friends, called the Jet Girls, and struggles with all the ordinary problems of life: love, work, catty housewives, father figures, make-up, wardrobe, not to mention being put into harm’s way daily with terrorist groups such as ISIS and world powers such as Russia and Iran.Some of the most memorable parts of the book are about real life in training, in the air and in combat—how do you deal with having to pee in a cockpit the size of a bumper car going 600 miles an hour?Not just a memoir, this book also aims to change the conversation and to inspire and attract the next generation of men and women who are tempted to explore a life of adventure and service.Oklahoma's Atticus: An Innocent Man and the Lawyer Who Fought for Him
By Hunter Howe Cates. 2019
Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1953: an impoverished Cherokee named Buster Youngwolfe confesses to brutally raping and murdering his eleven-year-old female relative. When…
Youngwolfe recants his confession, saying he was forced to confess by the authorities, his city condemns him, except for one man—public defender and Creek Indian Elliott Howe. Recognizing in Youngwolfe the life that could have been his if not for a few lucky breaks, Howe risks his career to defend Youngwolfe against the powerful county attorney’s office. Forgotten today, the sensational story of the murder, investigation, and trial made headlines nationwide.Oklahoma’s Atticus is a tale of two cities—oil-rich downtown Tulsa and the dirt-poor slums of north Tulsa; of two newspapers—each taking different sides in the trial; and of two men both born poor Native Americans, but whose lives took drastically different paths. Hunter Howe Cates explores his grandfather’s story, both a true-crime murder mystery and a legal thriller. Oklahoma’s Atticus is full of colorful characters, from the seventy-two-year-old mystic who correctly predicted where the body was buried, to the Kansas City police sergeant who founded one of America’s most advanced forensics labs and pioneered the use of lie detector evidence, to the ambitious assistant county attorney who would rise to become the future governor of Oklahoma. At the same time, it is a story that explores issues that still divide our nation: police brutality and corruption; the effects of poverty, inequality, and racism in criminal justice; the power of the media to drive and shape public opinion; and the primacy of the presumption of innocence. Oklahoma’s Atticus is an inspiring true underdog story of unity, courage, and justice that invites readers to confront their own preconceived notions of guilt and innocence.Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine
By Joanna Jolly. 2019
A gripping account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager, and the detective determined to find her killer, set…
against the backdrop of a troubled city.On August 17, 2014, the body of fifteen-year old runaway Tina Fontaine was found in Winnipeg's Red River. It was wrapped in material and weighted down with rocks. Red River Girl is a gripping account of that murder investigation and the unusual police detective who pursued the killer with every legal means at his disposal. The book, like the movie Spotlight, will chronicle the behind-the-scenes stages of a lengthy and meticulously planned investigation. It reveals characters and social tensions that bring vivid life to a story that made national headlines.Award-winning BBC reporter and documentary maker Joanna Jolly delves into the troubled life of Tina Fontaine, the half-Ojibway, half-Cree murder victim, starting with her childhood on the Sagkeeng First Nation Reserve. Tina's journey to the capital city is a harrowing one, culminating in drug abuse, sexual exploitation, and death. Aware of the reality of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, Jolly has chronicled Tina Fontaine's life as a reminder that she was more than a statistic. Raised by her father, and then by her great-aunt, Tina was a good student. But the violent death of her father hit Tina hard. She ran away, was found and put into the care of Child and Family Services, which she also sought to escape from. That choice left her in danger.Red River Girl focuses not on the grisly event itself, but on the efforts to seek justice. In December 2015, the police charged Raymond Cormier, a drifter, with second-degree murder. Jolly's book will cover the trial, which resulted in an acquittal. The verdict caused dismay across the country. The book is not only a true crime story, but a portrait of a community where Indigenous women are disproportionately more likely to be hurt or killed. Jolly asks questions about how Indigenous women, sex workers, community leaders, and activists are fighting back to protect themselves and change perceptions. Most importantly, the book will chronicle whether Tina's family will find justice.Sailor In The Sky
By Graham Jooste. 1937
"He was the outstanding fighter pilot of the 1939-1945 war. His inspired leadership, added to his gunnery and implacable determination,…
made him second to none, a fact acknowledged by us all. Sailor was perhaps, a man more than any other, that could say in all truth: 'I Fear No Man'." Air Vice Marshall Johnnie Johnson, CBE DSO DFC, WW2 Fighter Ace Adolph Gysbert Malan, universally known as "Sailor", is regarded as one of the very greatest fighter pilots of the Second World War. As Graham Jooste's detailed, compelling and timely biography reveals, Sailor began life on a South African farm before joining the merchant navy. Even before the war, he quickly distinguished himself as a pilot. He would go on to play a vital part as one of the "Few" during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940, when the outcome of the whole war hung in the balance. While the bulk of the book rightly concentrates on Sailor's wartime experiences, Graham Jooste also details his political involvement in post-war South Africa, at a time when, to his horror, the ruling National Party had embraced an openly racist ideology and began to implement the country's notorious Apartheid system.Nadie supo nada
By Jorge Fernández Menéndez. 2019
Un empresario legendario. Un asesinato que sigue impune. Cuarenta y seis años de dudas y una herida que sigue abierta…
en la sociedad mexicana. El 17 de septiembre de 1973 fue asesinado en Monterrey Eugenio Garza Sada, presidente del Consorcio Industrial Cervecería, corazón del llamado grupo Monterrey, sin duda el empresario más importante de su generación. Desde entonces hasta hoy no ha existido una versión oficial convincente sobre lo ocurrido aquel día. Por esta razón, entre otras, esa herida sigue abierta. La muerte de Garza Sada es uno de los capítulos más oscuros de nuestra historia, en el que se engarzan desde la aventura política de grupos armados radicales hasta especulaciones políticas del poder para restarle espacio a la iniciativa privada regiomontana, que había crecido con principios ideológicos diferentes de los del centro del país. Desde un año y medio antes del homicidio, la entonces Dirección Federal de Seguridad tenía conocimiento de quiénes integraban el comando que planeaba el secuestro de Garza Sada para obtener cinco millones de pesos y la liberación de un grupo de presos políticos. Los documentos que sustentan este libro confirman que el gobierno de Luis Echeverría sabía que se cometería el secuestro de Garza Sada. En esta edición, ampliada y actualizada, logra entenderse por qué el homicidio de Garza Sada sigue doliendo hoy día: por qué importa tento y qué pierde el país al mantener impunes crímenes así.Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov (1856–1929) was a key figure in late Imperial Russia, and one of its foremost soldiers.…
At the outbreak of World War I, his cousin, Tsar Nicholas II, appointed him Supreme Commander of the Russian Army. From 1914 to 1915, and then again briefly in 1917, he was commander of the largest army in the world in the greatest war the world had ever seen. His appointment reflected the fact that he was perhaps the man the last Emperor of Russia trusted the most. At six foot six, the Grand Duke towered over those around him. His fierce temper was a matter of legend. However, as Robinson's vivid account shows, he had a more complex personality than either his supporters or detractors believed. In a career spanning 50 years, the Grand Duke played a vital role in transforming Russia's political system. In 1905, the Tsar assigned him the duty of coordinating defense and security planning for the entire Russian empire. When the Tsar asked him to assume the mantle of military dictator, the Grand Duke, instead of accepting, persuaded the Tsar to sign a manifesto promising political reforms. Less opportunely, he also had a role in introducing the Tsar and Tsarina to the infamous Rasputin. A few years after the revolution in 1917, the Grand Duke became de facto leader of the Russian émigré community. Despite his importance, the only other biography of the Grand Duke was written by one of his former generals in 1930, a year after his death, and it is only available in Russian. The result of research in the archives of seven countries, this groundbreaking biography—the first to appear in English—covers the Grand Duke's entire life, examining both his private life and his professional career. Paul Robinson's engaging account will be of great value to those interested in World War I and military history, Russian history, and biographies of notable figures.The Last Charles Manson Tapes: 'Evil Lives Beyond the Grave' (Front Page Detectives Ser.)
By Dylan Howard, Andy Tillett. 2019
Fifty Years After the Sharon Tate/Labianca Murders, a New and Terrifying Investigation into the Modern Rebirth of Charles Manson&’s Killer…
Family Perhaps the most notorious American murderer of the twentieth century, Charles Manson&’s legacy extends far beyond his horrific crimes. As the wild-eyed, swastika-tattooed, nightmarishly charismatic leader of the Manson Family, he was convicted of the brutal killings of nine people in 1971 . . . including the Tate-LaBianca murders of seven in Los Angeles over two hot August nights in 1969. He spent the rest of his life in prison, and for the next fifty years preached his twisted philosophies from jail, attracting a whole new batch of freaks to his way of thinking. In The Last Charles Manson Tapes, authors Dylan Howard and Andy Tillett examine the Manson legacy. With brand new interviews with those closest to him, including Manson&’s heirs, friends and followers, experts and historians, and hours of exclusive transcripts of Manson&’s own manic preachings from his prison cell, you&’ll get to view a side of this serial killer few have ever seen. Manson&’s passing in 2017 has sparked into action a new generation of killer disciples, obsessed with the evil slaying spree he ordered and determined to carry on his &“Helter Skelter&” vision of an apocalyptic war. With the author&’s on-the-ground investigation, learn how the man once described as &“the most dangerous man in America&” may yet live up to that name.Secrets of a Marine's Wife: A True Story of Marriage, Obsession, and Murder
By Shanna Hogan. 2019
In Secrets of a Marine's Wife, award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Shanna Hogan tells the true story…
of a young Marine wife whose illicit affair ended in tragedy. In June 2014, 19-year-old Erin Corwin was living a quiet life in Twentynine Palms, California, expecting her first child with her husband, U.S. Marine Corporal Jon Corwin—until the day she drove off into the desert and never returned. As temperatures climbed into the hundreds, friends and family teamed up with local law enforcement in a grueling search of Joshua Tree National Park. Nearly two months after her disappearance, Corwin's body was found at the bottom of an abandoned mine shaft, a homemade garrote wrapped around her throat.Suspicions mounted within the tight-knit Marine community as residents questioned if the killer was one of their own. Fellow Marine Christopher Lee and his wife lived next door to the Corwins, and the two young couples had leaned on each other for support. But detectives soon discovered that Chris and Erin's relationship had developed into a whirlwind romance that consumed them both and called the paternity of Corwin's baby into question. Lee told investigators he'd been out hunting the day of Corwin's disappearance, but his claims of innocence soon began to crumble. And while Erin was researching baby names, Lee was reportedly searching the internet for ways to dispose of a human body.Through interviews, court records, and extensive research, bestselling true-crime author Shanna Hogan constructs a chilling story of betrayal, deception, and tragedy.The Districts: Stories of American Justice from the Federal Courts
By Johnny Dwyer. 2019
An unprecedented plunge into New York City's federal court system that gives us a revelatory picture of how our justice…
system, and the pursuit of justice, really works.A young Italian Mafioso helps get rid of a body in Queens. In Manhattan, a hedge fund portfolio manager misrepresents his company's assets to investors. At JFK International Airport, a college student returns from Jamaica with cocaine stuffed in the handle of her suitcase. These are just a few of the stories that come to life in this comprehensive look at the Southern District Court in Manhattan, and the Eastern District Court in Brooklyn--the two federal courts tasked with maintaining order in New York City. Johnny Dwyer takes us not just into the courtrooms but into the lives of those who enter through its doors: the judges and attorneys, prosecutors and defendants, winners and losers. He examines crimes we've read about in the papers or seen in movies and on television--organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking, corruption, and white-collar crime--and weaves in the nuances that rarely make it into headlines. Brimming with detail and drama, The Districts illuminates the meaning of intent, of reasonable doubt, of deception, and--perhaps most important of all--of justice.Operation Jihadi Bride: My Covert Mission to Rescue Young Women from ISIS - The Incredible True Story
By Clifford Thurlow, John Carney. 2019
"Fascinating" - The Times'Jihad isn't a war. It's an objective. An aberration. If there are young women with children, lost…
boys... If they are trapped in that hell and we can get them out, don't we have a duty to do so? Every person we can bring back is living proof that Islamic State is a failure.'Ex-British Army soldier John Carney was running a close protection operation for oil executives in Iraq when the family of a young Dutch woman asked him to extract her from the collapsing 'Islamic State' in Syria. Hearing first-hand about the naive young girls, many from the West, who'd been tricked, sexually abused and enslaved by ISIS, he knew only one thing - he had to get them out of that living hell.This is the incredible true story of how - armed with AK-47s and 9mm Glocks - Carney launched a daring, dangerous and deadly operation to free as many of them as he could. From 2016 to 2019, he led his small band of committed Kurdish freedom fighters into the heart of the Syrian lead storm.Backed by humanitarian NGOs, and feeding intel to MI6, Carney and his men went behind enemy lines to deliver the women and their children to the authorities, to deradicalization programmes and fair trials.Carney, a born soldier, was moved to action by the women's terrifying stories. He and his men risked their lives daily, not always making it safely home...Gripping, shocking and thought-provoking, Operation Jihadi Bride tackles the complex issue of the jihadi brides head on - an essential read for our troubled times.Journeys into Drugs and Crime: Jamaican Men Involved In The Uk Drugs Trade
By Angie Heal. 2015
This book analyses the life histories of Jamaican men involved in the UK drugs trade, including wholesalers, street dealers, specialist…
cooks, cutters, and growers. Employing a life history approach, their autobiographical accounts are examined to provide an in-depth and unique insight of their journeys into drugs and crime.Guys Like Me: Five Wars, Five Veterans for Peace
By Michael A. Messner. 2019
Over the last few decades, as the United States has become embroiled in foreign war after foreign war, some of…
the most vocal activists for peace have been veterans. These veterans for peace come from all different races, classes, regions, and generations. What common motivations unite them and fuel their activism? Guys Like Me introduces us to five ordinary men who have done extraordinary work as peace activists: World War II veteran Ernie Sanchez, Korean War veteran Woody Powell, Vietnam veteran Gregory Ross, Gulf War veteran Daniel Craig, and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran Jonathan Hutto. Acclaimed sociologist Michael Messner offers rich profiles of each man, recounting what led him to join the armed forces, what he experienced when fighting overseas, and the guilt and trauma he experienced upon returning home. He reveals how the pain and horror of the battlefront motivated these onetime warriors to reconcile with former enemies, get involved as political activists, and help younger generations of soldiers. Guys Like Me is an inspiring multigenerational saga of men who were physically or psychically wounded by war, but are committed to healing themselves and others, forging a path to justice, and replacing endless war with lasting peaceVosotros no sabéis
By Andrea Camilleri. 2008
Por primera vez en su obra, Camilleri elabora una suerte de diccionario de términos mafiosos, desentraña el complejo mundo de…
la mafia siciliana y hace un brillante retrato de la organización. Por primera vez Andrea Camilleri, el escritor más popular de Italia y uno de los más leídos de Europa, ha escrito un libro sobre la mafia, un tema que de forma explícita había dejado hasta ahora al margen de su obra. En abril de 2006 se produjo en Italia una detención de enorme trascendencia en la lucha contra el crimen organizado. Bernardo Provenzano, el capo supremo de la Cosa Nostra, que llevaba cuarenta y tres años eludiendo a la justicia, fue apresado en una mísera casa de campo en Montagna dei Cavalli, en las afueras de Corleone. Entre otras cosas, la policía descubrió entonces el sistema con el que Provenzano había dirigido la mafia siciliana, un sistema tan sencillo y eficaz como seguro basado en los pizzini, unos mensajes cifrados y mecanografiados que sus familiares y cómplices se encargaban de entregar en mano a sus destinatarios. Mediante el análisis de los pizzini, Camilleri ha elaborado una suerte de diccionario de términos mafiosos. En él desentraña el complejo mundo de la mafia siciliana y hace un brillante retrato de la organización, del escurridizo Provenzano y de su apasionante captura. Y pese a la gravedad del tema tratado, no puede evitar intercalar anécdotas jugosas y hacer gala de su habitual socarronería. Reseñas:«El retrato de un criminal que durante más de cuarenta años tuvo en jaque a las instituciones.»Giornale di Sicilia «Ni el más sofisticado experto en la mafia encontrará en este libro una sola nota discordante.»L'Unità «Camilleri no se otorga la ventaja de la superioridad ética, sino que realiza una operación de cirugía filológica.»PanoramaThe Stolen Years: Over 100 Photographs
By Roger Touhy. 2019
The Stolen Years, first published in 1959, is the gripping story of Chicago gangster Roger Touhy, who, while an admitted…
beer-manufacturer during Prohibition, was wrongly convicted of a 1933 kidnapping and would serve more than 25 years in prison for this crime he did not commit. The Stolen Years paints a vivid portrait of life in the “roaring 20s” in the Chicago area, where Al Capone ruled the criminal organizations rampant during Prohibition. Included are 34 pages of photographs. Three weeks after Touhy’s release from prison in 1959, and which coincided with the publication of this book, Touhy was gunned down by five shotgun blasts. His mob-linked killers were never found. Included are 34 pages of photographs.Desperate Men: Revelations from the Sealed Pinkerton Files
By James D. Horan. 2019
Desperate Men: The True Story of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and The Wild Bunch, first published in 1949 and updated…
and enlarged in 1962 (under the title Desperate Men: Revelations from the Sealed Pinkerton Files) is historian James Horan’s well-researched yet easy-to-read account of the lives and crimes of outlaws Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and a host of other renegades of the American Midwest and West. The book provides a unique, in-depth look at the work of the Pinkerton men in bringing these fugitives to justice and their efforts to provide a measure of security to an otherwise nearly lawless region. Included are 40 pages of illustrations.Horan reveals the insecure, bitter Jesse James behind the bandit’s mask. His death ended a sixteen-year reign of terror in the Middle Border, but farther to the west Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and their cohorts soon loomed on the outlaw trail. Their criminal careers and intimate lives are tracked in this revised, enlarged edition of Desperate Men.Field of Broken Stones
By Lowell Naeve. 2019
A Field of Broken Stones, first published in 1950 (after numerous rejections by ‘traditional’ publishers, the book was printed by…
the Libertarian Press), is Lowell Naeve’s account of his experiences as a conscientious objector to the Second World War, starting with his refusal to be drafted, followed by his prison time. The book describes Naeve’s personal transformation as his political and social views develop through talks with fellow inmates, his writing, and his drawings and paintings (some of which are included in the book). Naeve was eventually released from prison on May 14, 1946. Naeve would continue to be a social activist, and also taught art at a school in Vermont. He eventually settled in Creston, British Columbia, where he passed away on August 21, 2014 at the age of 97.Fugitives: The Story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker
By Emma Krause Parker, Jan Isabelle Fortune, Nellie Barrow Cowan. 2019
Originally published in 1934 and rushed to press only three months after Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker met their bloody…
end, Fugitives: The Story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, offers a behind the scenes glimpse into the lives of two of America’s most infamous criminals.The story is told by their family members who often met them in secret locations and dreaded the news of their deaths daily. While some researchers question many of the facts in the original book, it does contain letters, diary entries and more that will help the reader draw their own conclusions about this deadly duo.Flower of Joy
By Hendrik De Leeuw. 2019
Flower of Joy, first published in 1944, is a fascinating look at drug use and efforts to control illicit drugs…
in the 1930s and 40s. Author Hendrik DeLeeuw, a former investigator of narcotics for the League of Nations, describes his visits to Egypt, India, Persia (now Iran), French Indo-China, the East Indies, China, Japan, Nazi Germany and the U.S. As DeLeeuw states, it is the story of those who do not “live out their dreams but dream out their lives.” Flower of Joy provides valuable insight into drugs such as opium, heroin, hashish and marijuana, and their culture, processing, use and cultural impacts such as ritual uses, prostitution and white-slavery rings, and the addiction of children in war-torn areas.. The book also examines government efforts to control drugs on the one hand while often receiving massive profits from the sale and taxation of the drugs.I am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!
By Robert Elliott Burns. 2019
Chain Gang Fugitive, first published in 1932 as I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!, is the dramatic…
firsthand account of Robert Burns and his struggle to live a normal life following a single disastrous choice he had made as a young man. TRobert E. Burns was a shell-shocked and penniless veteran who found himself at the mercy of Georgia’s barbaric penal system when he fell in with a gang of petty thieves. Sentenced to six to ten years’ hard labor for his part in a robbery that netted less than $6.00, Burns was shackled to a county chain gang. After four months of backbreaking work, he made a daring escape, dodging shotgun blasts, racing through swamps, and eluding bloodhounds on his way north.For seven years Burns lived as a free man. He married and became a prosperous Chicago businessman and publisher. When he fell in love with another woman, however, his jealous wife turned him in to the police, who arrested him as a fugitive from justice. Although he was promised lenient treatment and a quick pardon, he was back on a chain gang within a month. Undaunted, Burns did the impossible and escaped a second time, this time to New Jersey. He was still a hunted man living in hiding when this book was first published in 1932.The book and its movie version, nominated for a Best Picture Oscar in 1933, shocked the world by exposing Georgia’s brutal treatment of prisoners. I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! is a daring and heartbreaking book, an odyssey of misfortune, love, betrayal, adventure, and, above all, the unshakable courage and inner strength of the fugitive himself.The Big Gamble
By George Harmon Coxe. 2019
The Big Gamble, first published in 1958, is part of master noir-writer George Harmon Coxes’ “Kent Murdock” suspense series. Murdock,…
a photographer for a Boston newspaper, inadvertently becomes involved in a case of murder after photographing a traffic accident.From the original publisher’s preface: A day of golf was all Kent Murdock had in mind when he left the office, but a pile-up on the highway made him stop to take a few pictures just as any good news-photographer would have done. Whether or not the three thugs who wanted his films were bluffing Kent never found out because of the blonde who wanted a lift back to town. After that everything seemed to be spinning crazily. A car stolen, then abandoned—a blaring radio in a motel cabin—a twisted figure on the floor—questions that needed answers—and answers that were closer to home than Kent would ever have expected. And which, with the death of another, were to move closer still. The big gambler often goes for double or nothing. So does the murderer. Sometimes the winning streak is hard to break. This new Kent Murdock story is as fast-moving and suspense-filled as any your favorite news-photographer has ever been involved in. It’s top-level detection—and entertainment—all the way.