True stories: general

This new, in-depth life of Henry McCarty, alias Billy Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, offers fresh perspectives, not only on the Lincoln County War and his boyhood in Silver City, New Mexico, but also on his Irish mother's origins and immigration to Indiana, his public-school education in Indianapolis, the McCarty family's moves to Wichita, Kansas, and Santa Fe, and his two-year outlaw adventures in Arizona.

In this comprehensive three-volume set, experts from around the globe provide an understanding of child abuse knowledge and healing, detailing current therapeutic practices and policy issues.

Quand la Niçoise Agnès Le Roux, 29 ans, disparaît en 1977, son amant Maurice Agnelet devient le principal suspect.

Black smoke drifted about the scene.

Kann man in der Rechtsmedizin alles glauben, was man im Fernsehen sieht?

In 1954, two college students were hiking along a creek outside of Boulder, Colorado, when they stumbled upon the body of a murdered young woman.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

A personal depiction of life in Poland set against the Nazi and Soviet takeovers of Europe and their cataclysmic aftermaths.

The mafia has always fascinated filmmakers and television producers.

Das LernkonzeptDie Autoren des Lernbuchs zeigen anhand von 21 prägnanten, lebensnahen Sachverhalten, worauf es in Kurztests, Klassenarbeiten und Prüfungsklausuren zur StPO (Strafprozessordnung) im Rahmen der polizeilichen Ausbildung ankommt.

A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE WORK OF NON-FICTION A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR'Meticulous, clinical and sobering, a shockingly important and incisive book' David OlusogaVast and revelatory, Dan Gretton's I You We Them is an unprecedented study of the perpetrators of crimes against humanity: the 'desk killers' who ordered and directed some of the worst atrocities of the modern era.

If the experts could point to any single book as a starting point for understanding the subject of intelligence from the late twentieth century to today, that single book would be Allen W.

This evocative and gripping investigative look into romantic relationships between incarcerated people and their spouses on the outside ';is impossible to put down' (The Globe and Mail, Toronto).

Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years, Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.

'As the rest of the world stood by and watched, Laurens risked everything to defend these extraordinary mammals from extinction.

Brings together a team of scholars from a range of disciplines, to explore the analysis of crime-related language.

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This compelling memoir tracks the war experiences of a radio wireman in the 11th Infantry Regiment of the Fifth Infantry Division.

This collection by a New York Times journalist gathers three horrifying true accounts of crimes of passion, ambition, and fear.

The biography of Arthur Weigall, the British Egyptologist who was involved in the exploration and conservation of the monuments and antiquities of a region stretching from Luxor to the Sudan border.

In 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact-a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines from Paul's letter to the Romans, and dated to the second century CE.

True Crime aus dem Blickwinkel der Opfer: In seinem neuen Sachbuch berichtet der Münchner Bestsellerautor und Rechtsanwalt Stephan Lucas über wahre Verbrechen und stellt die Frage, wie man zum Opfer eines Verbrechens wird und ob man es verhindern kann.

From the bestselling author of Guadalcanal Diary: The thrilling true story of the future president's astonishing act of heroism during World War II.

Charley Flinn, otherwise known as "e;Mortimer,"e; was the craftiest criminal in frontier California.

Ma Barker and Pretty Boy Floyd once shot their way across the state, and Bonnie and Clyde were known to travel within its borders.

Täter, Mitläufer oder Opfer?

Wheat Songs is a memoir of two interconnected Greek-American journeys-an actual physical journey for the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, and a philosophical quest by the author, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos.

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the YearIn this engrossing must-read by Canadas most accomplished popular historian (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine), the glittering life and brutal murder of Sir Harry Oakes is newly investigated.

Drafted in October 1968, John A.

Mord, Selbsttötung, Unfall oder natürlicher Tod?

Anyone who has ever traveled to Florida immediately assumes they've got the state figured out.

This book recounts four tours of Air Force duty in Vietnam, 1965-1968, and reports firsthand how tactics and the war effort changed each time.

The Last Mob Lawyer presents a rare glimpse behind the curtain of some of the mob's best-kept secretstold by the only man still alive to share them.

Challenging Child Protection offers a ground-breaking new perspective which will illuminate and improve the professional understanding and practice of social workers and child protection workers.

This is the story of a father, as seen through the prism of a daughter's memories of him.

From the first shot fired by his grandfather on a jungle trail in 1903 to the day his father captured plans for the Chinese invasion of South Korea, William Crawford Woodss family has fought in nearly every American war of the twentieth century.

A collection of vivid and powerful testimonies from the conflict in Ukraine, collated and illustrated by award-winning artist George Butler.

Wie ihre Landsleute nahm Julia Solska Russland zwar als permanente Bedrohung für die Ukraine wahr.

27 Meter über einer Wasseroberfläche, die keine Fehler verzeiht.

Prepare and Defend: Keep Yourself and Others Safe from Mass Murder Attacks gives readers the insider knowledge unavailable anywhere else that could ultimately save their lives.

In 1975, Dr.

Alles, was Sie schon immer über Ihr Nachtleben wissen wollten.

True stories of people who endured the shock and trauma of war-and whose spirits triumphed.