True stories: general

Über 20 Jahre sind vom einstigen Kindheitstraum als Berufsfeuerwehrmann bis zur Verwirklichung vergangen.

«En las noches de incertidumbre y desconsuelo —y de completo desvelo—, comencé a escribir.

Karel Holemans guardó secretos toda su vida, incluso a su familia.

Der Westen hat die Globalisierung nicht erfunden.

Discover the daring life story and astonishing adventures of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - Britain's greatest-ever pilot 'Winkle Brown's astonishing adventures make for fascinating reading' SUNDAY TIMES'[A] thumping great biography by Britain's leading aviation historian' DAILY MAIL, 'BOOK OF THE WEEK'*MARITIME MEDIA AWARDS BEST BOOK NOMINEE*--Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent, there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met the eye.

Over thirty macabre cases of bizarre and harrowing crimes which were never solved.

Using the written word as her witness statement, Jessica Willis Fisher gives a lacerating portrait of a girl finding her voice after years of being silenced and an unforgettable story of risk and faith.

Ein spannender Roman über Freundschaft, Vertrauen und das Überschreiten von Grenzen.

»EIN BUCH, DAS HOFFNUNG GIBT.

"Freiheit beginnt in der Seele und arbeitet sich nur langsam von innen nach außen.

Rosie Garthwaite berichtet seit Jahren aus Krisengebieten und hat nun genaudas Buch geschrieben, das sie zu Beginn ihrer Karriere gern gehabt hätte: eine Sammlung von Geschichten und Ratschlägen erfahrener Kollegen.

Sie sind schwer bewaffnet und ständig auf der Hut.

Er war ein führendes Mitglied der gefährlichsten Rockerbande der Welt.

"Wir waren dort, um zu kämpfen.

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WINGATE PRIZE***A GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR**This is the story of the ordinary extraordinary life of Dr Elena Zadik.

»Im Sommer 1991 war ich ein ganz normales Mädchen.

»Für mich war der Dschungel nie eine grüne Hölle, sondern ein Ort, der mich am Leben hielt.

Enzo hat es in der Mafia weit gebracht: Er ist Ehrenmann der Cosa Nostra mit Aufträgen in Deutschland und Italien.

Einer der ersten Fälle, von denen wir erzählt haben, in Heft 3, Oktober 2015, der seitdem weder unsere Leserinnen und Leser noch uns loslässt, ist der Mord an Frauke Liebs.

In ihrem so bewegenden wie erschütternden Porträt fragt die renommierte Journalistin Elizabeth Flock: Warum werden Frauen gewalttätig?

Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatt's interviews with brave American servicemen from twenty-first-century wars.

Islamist, Scholar, Bomb-maker Spy.

The Attica Turkey Shoot tells a story that New York State did not want you to know.

Over the last century only six men had defied the power of nature and successfully rowed across the Atlantic from west to east.

In this meticulously researched classic of the JFK conspiracy genre that Library Journal calls "e;sensational,"e; Mark North argues convincingly that President John F.

How the digital revolution has shaped our languageIn the age of search, keywords increasingly organize research, teaching, and even thought itself.

From sex-crazed fiends to cold-eyed professional assassins, only those convicted of the most terrible murders are told they will die behind bars.

When Sarah Taylor suspected that her four-year-old daughter, Nadia, had been kidnapped by Fawzi, her abusive ex-husband, Sarah's whole world was turned upside down.

This collection of short, action-filled stories of the Old West's most egregiously badly behaved female outlaws, gamblers, soiled-doves, and other wicked women by offers a glimpse into Western Women's experience that's less sunbonnets and more six-shooters.

Wildfire tells the story of the first decade of The Prodigy from the perspective of original member Leeroy Thornhill, fully illustrated with entirely unseen photography from the earliest raves, to Japan and the United States in the late '90s, by which point the band were one of the biggest on the planet.

Lane shows how globalisation has transformed the Mafia into more than simply a local phenomenon.

The Purple Gang was a loosely organized confederation of mobsters who dominated the Detroit underworld and whose tentacles reached across the country.

Eddie Trascher was a gentleman gangster but he never wanted to be part of the mob.

From the 1950s to the 1970s, from Bar Harbor to Boca Raton, the ragtag crew known as the K&A Gang robbed wealthy suburban neighborhoods with assembly line skills.

Lepke Buchalter, the only organized crime boss to be executed in the US was one of the most important figures in the history of organized crime.

A former mob wife shares a candid account of her whirlwind marriage, the struggles she faced, and the redemptive power of faith.

Milwaukees Sicilian underworld is something few people speak about in polite company, and even fewer people speak about with any authority.

'A FASCINATING READ' DR MARIE CASSIDYWHEN A VIOLENT INCIDENT LED YOUNG MISFIT GARDA JOHN SWEETMAN INTO THE GARDA TECHNICAL BUREAU WITH INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE, HE FOUND HIS TRUE CALLING.

A compelling introduction to the global impact of organized crimeRuthless, cruel, and irresistibly cool: the Mafia has always appealed to the darker side of the imagination.

The Best Sex Writing series has has fundamentally changed the way people thinkand what they sayabout sexuality.

For as long as people have been migrating to London, so has their music.

True crime at its most potent: a riveting account of tracking down and convicting an evil serial killer by the detective who trapped him.

'Fascinating' Margaret AtwoodCan taking the law into your own hands be the right thing to do?

Johnny Adair was born in the Shankhill Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

In his heyday as a top television news broadcaster, Ed Mitchell interviewed high-profile politicians such as Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair.

Este libro tiene los elementos de ficción y no ficción.

Mit "Amerikas Kriege(r)" erscheint eine provokante und verstörende Sammlung von Kolumnen des US-amerikanischen Journalisten und Regierungsmitgliedes unter US-Präsident Ronald Reagan, Dr.

Liebe Leserin, lieber Leserenige historische Institutionen haben einen ähnlich finsteren Ruf wie die Inquisition – als eine Art Geheimpolizei des Vatikan, die im Namen des wahren Christentums Andersgläubige verfolgte, Geständnisse aus ihnen herausfolterte und sie zu Zehntausenden verbrannte.

Angst macht uns jedes Verbrechen.

Mörder zerstören nicht nur die Familien der Menschen, die sie getötet haben, sie machen auch ihre eigenen Angehörigen zu Opfern.