True stories: general

The author of The Book of the Bizarre returns with a new compendium of freaky facts, terrifying trivia, and true stories that are stranger than fiction.

In this series, private investigators pick up where the historians left off, taking on a series of major cold cases in history, starting with the mishandling of evidence relating to the life and times of Billy the Kid.

This is a wartime escape memoir that ranks with the finest.

Sexualisierte Gewalt in Kindheit und Jugend hat nicht nur weitreichende Folgen für die Betroffenen, sondern wirkt sich auch spätestens nach der Offenlegung auf das Leben von Eltern, Geschwistern und anderen Bezugspersonen aus.

On Wings of Eagles is the thrilling novel based on the incredible real-life rescue of two Americans by a Green Beret colonel and a group of corporate executives from revolutionary Iran, from number one bestseller Ken Follett.

A tale of one man's obsession with rainforest jewels, this is the story of an impossible dream: a quest to see every one of the world's most elusive avian gems--a group of birds known as pittas--in a single year.

A collection of true crime tales featuring killers who found their prey online, from the author of Cannibal Serial Killers.

Als Robert Rother im Dezember 2018 aus dem Gefängnis Dongguan im Süden Chinas entlassen wird, hat er fast acht Jahre hinter Gittern verbracht.

Spring 1958: a mysterious individual believed to be high up in the Polish secret service began passing Soviet secrets to the West.

Paris 1940: Die Wehrmacht besetzt die französische Hauptstadt und der deutsche Physiker Wolfgang Gentner wird ans Collège de France beordert, um den Nazis neue Forschungserkenntnisse und Material für die Kernspaltung zu verschaffen.

The V Force consisted of three four-jet bombers, the Valiant, the Vulcan and the Victor, all required as part of the nuclear deterrent in the Cold War following the end of the Second World War.

'The most explosive, mind-blowing business book I've ever read' - Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling author of Billion Dollar Whale'Jaw-dropping .

A gripping account of East Germany in the late '70s and early '80s, and of one man's fated struggle for freedom.

The Black Lace Book of Women's Sexual Fantasies reveals the most private thoughts of hundreds of women.

From Disgrace to Dignity: Redemption in the Life of Willie Rico Johnson examines the life of Rico Johnson who became the head of the Conservative Vice Lords, one of the largest street gangs in the United States.

________________________________________The real-life investigation behind the hit Netflix series, from two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists.

La apasionante historia de corrupción, drogas y asesinatos que inspiró la serie de HBOBaltimore, 2015.

Originally published in 1972, Christopher McKee's biography of Edward Preble remains the most authoritative source on this influential early shaper of the U.

Chris Evans is one of the country's most successful broadcasters and producers.

A hard-hitting history of the U.

Reward takes the reader behind the scenes of an international manhunt and an unusual lawsuit that rattled law enforcement in three countries.

How do you offer safety to a child consistently let down by others?

On October 26, 1961, after an evening of studying with friends on the campus of Transylvania University, nineteen-year-old student Betty Gail Brown got into her car around midnight-presumably headed for home.

For fans of Hooked by Samantha X and In My Skin by Kate Holden.

Melissa Gabriel is 17 years past her expiration date.

Three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappear in the early 1900s.

This first book by Pennie Morehead chronicles the life of Judith, the wife of Gary Ridgway, the infamous serial killer of more than 48 women.

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This book offers a critical overview of established and emerging manifestations of domestic violence across Europe.

On October 26, 1961, after an evening of studying with friends on the campus of Transylvania University, nineteen-year-old student Betty Gail Brown got into her car around midnight-presumably headed for home.

BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012 SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION DAGGER AWARD 'THE MOST IMPORTANT CRIME STORY OF THE DECADE' Scottish Mail Manchester.

Special Forces Sniper Skills is a hard-hitting account of the soldiers, weapons and techniques used to coldly eliminate high value targets on the battlefield.

A gripping and shocking insight into Russia's most influential oligarchs, including Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky, from New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires.

Chronicling the growth of a recruit from boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, to a seasoned troop leader, this memoir also relates the experiences of the 200 marines in A Company, First Battalion, Second Marines, as they engaged in island warfare in the South Pacific at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian.

When it comes to historical mysteries, Texas offers numerous long-perplexing conundrums for readers.

Geschichten von erfolgreichen Kriminellen faszinieren und erschrecken uns schon immer.

Nostalgic recollections of wartime Britain often forget that when the blackout was enforced at night in an attempt to foil Nazi bombers a crime wave, cloaked by the inky black darkness, ensued on many of our streets.

"e;A gripping suspense story, an indictment of the military's treatment of our soldiers .

Bei einem Anschlag in Taloqan wird die Bundeswehr-Soldatin Soraya Alekozei so schwer verletzt, dass sie zunächst als tot gilt.

As the first chief of the Special Intelligence Unit at the Treasury Department, Elmer L.

Part biography, part true-crime narrative, this painstakingly researched book chronicles the improbable rise and stunning fall of Roscoe "e;Fatty"e; Arbuckle from his early big screen success to his involvement in actress Virginia Rappe's death, and the resulting irreparable damage to his career.

Harnessing the Sky is one of the last untold stories in 100 years of naval aviation.

Domestic terrorism.

LSD: Wie alles begann und was in der Gegenwart daraus wurdeWie Norman Ohler in seinem internationalen Bestseller »Der totale Rausch« am Beispiel der NS-Zeit gezeigt hat, spielen Drogen und Drogenpolitik eine dramatische, immer noch unterschätzte Rolle in der Geschichte der Menschheit.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing in the United States alone.

Public mass killings are becoming more common.