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By Joseph Madison Beck. 2016
A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense in a 1938 Alabama trial of a black man accused of…
raping a white woman calls to mind "To Kill a Mockingbird". 2016.By Amy Dresner. 2017
In 2011 Amy Dresner was high on OxyContin, stupidly pulled a knife on her then-husband, and was promptly arrested. Within…
months, she found herself in a psych ward, penniless, and looking at 240 hours of community service. For the next two years she would sweep up syringes on Hollywood Boulevard as she bounced from rehabs to halfway houses, all while struggling with sobriety and starting life over in her forties. 2017.Mrs. Grace Humiston was an amazing lawyer and a traveling detective during a time when no women were practicing those…
professions. She focused on solving cases no one else wanted and advocating for innocents. The first female U.S. District Attorney, she made groundbreaking investigations into modern-day slavery, and the papers gave her the nickname of fiction's famous sleuth. One of her greatest accomplishments was solving the cold case of a missing eighteen-year-old girl, Ruth Cruger. Her work changed how the country viewed the problem of missing girls, but it came with a price: she learned all too well what happens when one woman upstages the entire NYPD. 2018.By Terry Gould. 2009
Over four years, Terry Gould has travelled to Colombia, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Russia and Iraq - the countries in which…
journalists are most likely to be murdered on the job. Through conversations with their colleagues, their families and in some cases their murderers, he uncovers the lives of local reporters and broadcasters who stayed on a story to the point of death, and discovers the complex reasons for their bravery. Explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.By Pierre Bellemare, Jean-François Nahmias. 2007
By Eddy L Harris. 1988
A travelogue about the author's canoe trip down the Mississippi River, from its headwaters in Minnesota's Land of 10,000 Lakes…
to New Orleans. Includes the author's impressions, philosophical reflections, and personal recollections of a St. Louis childhood. Strong language. 1988.By Maggie De Vries. 2003
Sarah de Vries disappeared in April of 1998. Her sister Maggie searches for clues and answers by reading Sarah's poetry…
and piecing together the collective memory of everyone who knew her. 2003.By Allan Hall. 2008
Getting to the heart of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever recorded, Allan Hall reconstructs the…
monstrous personality of Josef Fritzl from interviews with psychologists, neighbours, colleagues and friends. Includes strong language. 2008.By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Jean Esch. 2003
By Maria Mourani. 2018
Je m'appelle Milena Di Maulo. Avant son assassinat en 2012, mon père, Joseph Joe Di Maulo, était l'un des mafiosi…
les plus influents du Québec. Le père de mes deux enfants se nomme Francesco Frankie Cotroni; il est le fils de Frank Cotroni, l'ancien dirigeant du clan calabrais, qui se trouve être également mon parrain. Quant au frère de ma mère, mon oncle Raynald Desjardins, on l'a reconnu coupable de complot dans l'affaire de l'assassinat du mafioso new-yorkais Salvatore Montagna, et il est actuellement en prison. Croyez-moi, mon nom n'est pas facile à porter. 2018.By Bernard Tétrault. 2015
" Avocat criminaliste. Un métier dur et controversé. Pour le commun des mortels, défendre des criminels choque. Me Jean-Pierre Rancourt…
est un avocat populiste qui a plaidé dans d'innombrables procès ayant fait les manchettes. Criminaliste original l'un des plus médiatisés du Québec et plaideur coriace depuis quarante ans, il est parfaitement au fait des polémiques que suscitent ses clients. Sur un ton de confidences biographiques, avec la collaboration du journaliste Bernard Tétrault, il raconte sa vie de criminaliste et les dossiers qui l'ont marqué. Il ne se gêne pas pour décrire les coulisses de notre système judiciaire avec ses travers et son cadre rigide, dont l'application ne manquera pas d'étonner d'une page à l'autre. Une véritable incursion dans le monde d'un avocat réputé qui rêvait de devenir une vedette de la LNH, mais qui a opté pour le droit. " -- 4e de couv.By Dianne Lake, Deborah Herman. 2017
At age fourteen Dianne Lake became one of "Charlie's girls." Over the course of two years, the teenager endured manipulation,…
psychological control, and physical abuse as the harsh realities of Charles Manson's true nature were revealed. This account from an actual Family member recreates in vivid detail one of the most horrifying and fascinating chapters in modern American history. 2017.By Michael Mansfield, Yvette Vanson. 2010
Michael Mansfield, QC, is Britain's most high-profile defense lawyer, whose unparalleled commitment to his clients and radical approach to forensics,…
evidence and disclosure have made him a scourge of the establishment and a champion of the individual in many miscarriages of justice cases. Passionate about unveiling corruption and unafraid to challenge received wisdom, he has taken on many of the most controversial cases of our times, including the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, and Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana. Dissecting these cases he offers a fascinating insight into the idiosyncrasies of the English legal system and how it has changed from the late 1960s to the present. Includes strong language. 2010.By David R Williams. 1980
By John Reisinger. 2006
The panic and chaos surrounding the Lindbergh kidnapping case, as well as tactics of crime fighting from the early twentieth…
century through the Depression, are depicted in this biography of Ellis Parker, the first chief detective of Burlington County, New Jersey. Parker was known for his uncanny ability to reconstruct crimes through psychology and deduction. 2006.By Michelle Knight. 2018
Michelle Knight and two fellow kidnapping victims were found and freed after being held for more than a decade by…
notorious Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro. But what happened after her escape? How do you re-enter society after years of abuse and isolation? In this memoir, published on the fifth anniversary of her liberation, Knight describes how she healed the wounds to her body, mind, and soul. This inspiring story is for anyone who has dared to hope after suffering. 2018.By Bruce Weber. 2014
Based on his series in the New York Times chronicling his cross-country bicycle trip, Weber shares his adventures from his…
solo ride across the USA. He made the trip over the summer and fall of 2011 - at the age of fifty-seven. He extols the pleasures of cycling and reflects on what happened on his adventure, in the world, in the country, and in his life. The story begins on the Oregon coast with a middle-aged man wondering what he's gotten himself into and ends in triumph on the George Washington Bridge, wondering how soon he might try it again. 2014.By William L Sullivan. 1988
While making a 1360-mile west-to-east walk through Oregon, Sullivan touches 18 wilderness areas and crosses mountain ranges. This daily journal…
tells about his solo walk as he scouts a route later recommended for the New Oregon Trail. Some strong language. 1988.‘Line Screw’ is jargon for prison guard, the job Yates had for 12 years in British Columbia. Having the proper…
balance of common sense and toughness that makes a good prison guard, Yates seems to have got a kick out of his work, riding herd on the genuine villains, protecting the poor souls, and schmoozing with the more savvy cons. He describes the language, the life and the routines that make up doing time in Canada. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. c1993.By Kathryne Lamontagne. 2014
" Que s'est-il passé le matin du 12 novembre 2009 ? À ce jour, seul Jacques Delisle le sait. Retraité…
de la Cour d'appel du Québec, Jacques Delisle était un magistrat respecté et même craint par certains. Sa vie bascule en juin 2010 lorsqu'il devient le premier juge au Canada à être accusé pour le meurtre prémédité de son épouse. Au terme d'un procès très médiatisé, un jury reconnaît sa culpabilité, le faisant ainsi passer du côté des criminels. Alors que Jacques Delisle clame son innocence, la Cour d'appel et la Cour suprême refusent l'une après l'autre d'ordonner un nouveau procès. Au moment de la publication de ce livre, l'ex-juge Delisle est toujours derrière les barreaux. Dans cet ouvrage, la journaliste Kathryne Lamontagne relate, à la manière d'un roman policier, la chronologie des événements. Elle s'appuie sur des extraits de cour, des tweets et des entrevues effectuées avec les principaux acteurs de cette saga. Elle donne aussi la parole au condamné, qui se livre pour la toute première fois. Il s'agit peut-être de la dernière occasion qu'a l'homme de 79 ans de se faire entendre. Le lecteur en apprendra également sur l'autre drame que cache cette tragédie, celui d'une famille déchirée entre la mort d'une femme aimée et l'emprisonnement à vie d'un père admiré. " -- 4e de couv.