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By Samuel K Dolan. 2016
Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, this book tells the story of the untamed Wild West of the…
Prohibition era (1920s-1930s) and introduces a gallery of Western gunfighters and lawmen. 2016.Frost takes listeners back to the 1975 World Series in this thrilling account of the greatest baseball game ever played.…
The Reds and Red Sox endured three soggy days of inactivity to reach game six. But all that downtime could not prepare them for what happened when the skies finally cleared. 2009.By Ted Schwarz, LaVonne McKee. 1994
LaVonne McKee's adolescent son, Dwayne, was shot in the neck by his best friend, Jeff, who told Dwayne to "get…
ready to say goodbye." McKee describes the family's reactions when Jeff escapes punishment although Dwayne is paralyzed, and when Dwayne regains partial use of his limbs despite his doctors' predictions. Violence and some strong language. 1994.By James B Jacobs, Coleen Friel, Robert Radick. 1999
An in-depth account of the impact of the Cosa Nostra on business, labour, and politics in New York City in…
the twentieth century. Describes mob infiltration of the garment, construction, and other major industries; chronicles law enforcement initiatives to drive the mob out of the metropolis since 1980. c1999.By R. T Naylor. 1987
By Rick Boychuk. 1994
In 1968, Raymond "Frenchy" Durand murdered his wife Jeannine and hid her body near Houston, Texas. More than two decades…
later, the case of the woman known as Jane Doe was finally solved, owing to the perseverance of the victim's son and daughter, who were schoolchildren when their mother disappeared. Boychuk tells of how these children lost their mother under mysterious circumstances, then had to depend on a father they could not trust. Some strong language and some violence. 1994.By Thomas Boswell. 1982
A baseball writer for the "Washington Post" reports on the new statistic, the Total Average, and analyzes such figures as…
Bill Veeck, Earl Weaver, Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, and Reggie Jackson. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1982.By Philippe Van Rjndt, Patrick Blednick. 1985
By Martin O'Malley, Sean O'Malley. 1994
The authors take us for a behind-the-scenes look at the Blue Jays and Skydome. They include a tour of the…
clubhouse, umpire's room, batting cage, press box. They talk to everyone involved with the game, from Skydome executives to ticket vendors, as well as the media who cover the team. Some strong language. 1994.By Vincent Bugliosi, Curt Gentry. 1974
By Donald S Connery. 1977
Account of the case of eighteen-year-old Peter Reilly who was persuaded by the police to confess to the murder of…
his mother. After a successful appeal and national attention, all charges against him were finally dropped. Some strong language. 1977.By Ellen Francis Harris. 1995
True story of Palestinian Zein Isa, who moves his family to St. Louis but forbids his daughters to act American.…
When daughter Tina defies him by dating a young black man and working part-time, Isa and his wife stab her to death. The FBI, investigating Isa's terrorist activities, gets the murder on tape. Strong language and violence. 1995.Describes the byzantine history of New York's five Mafia families - Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese and Lucchese. Also illuminates the…
Mafia's origin in 19th-century Sicily and its transition to this country. Throughout his survey of the mob's evolution, Raab renders the mobsters as three-dimensional figures, without glossing over their vicious crimes and their impact on honest citizens. 2005.By Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill. 2013
Investigative journalists expose FBI corruption. In 1975 Boston FBI agent John Connolly began using Irish mobster Jim "Whitey" Bulger as…
an informant. Though Bulger committed outrageous crimes, the state police and federal drug agents were never able to get a conviction, and authorities became suspicious of a fix. 2013.By Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham. 2010
The 2001 disappearance of Washington, D.C., intern Chandra Levy, and the discovery of her remains a year later in a…
remote area of D.C.'s Rock Creek Park, made headlines, especially when her affair with Congressman Gary Condit became known. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Higham and Horwitz expand on their investigation that in 2008 identified Levy's likely killer, delivering a meticulous study of the case and the media circus surrounding it. Descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence. 2010.By Ian Mulgrew. 1990
In 1981, Clifford Olson negotiated a deal with the RCMP that would give his wife $10,000 for each victim that…
Olson located. This book examines the deal, the precedent it set and its impact on the victims' families. 1990.Marron's account of the 1991 murder of Nina de Villiers by Jonathan Yeo examines the history of both victim and…
killer. Yeo, a known violent offender, was on parole at the time he murdered de Villiers and another woman, Karen Marquis. Marron also discusses the coroner's inquest which followed, and the aftermath of the tragedy for the families of the victims. c1993.By Alison Lurie. 2001
Novelist Alison Lurie reminisces about meeting American poet James Merrill (1926-1995) in his youth and becoming friends with him and…
his companion, David Jackson. Discusses their homosexuality, the importance of the Ouija board in their relationship, and their problems as they aged. 2001.Four true-crime cases. In "North to Alaska" a divorced father loses contact with his children. In "Too Late for the…
Fair" the grown son of a long-missing woman suspects she was murdered by his father. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011.By Barbara Smith. 1993
Eight tales of rum-running, shoot-outs, hostages, and murder which have occurred in Alberta. Ranging from the tragic to the bizarre,…
some of the cases remain unsolved to this day. Some descriptions of violence. 1993.