Over 13 months in 1976--1977, four children were abducted in the Detroit suburbs, each of them held for days before their still-warm bodies were dumped in the snow near public roadsides.
With a combination of thorough investigative journalism, daring fieldwork, and colorful atmospheric sketches, Teun Voeten draws a very detailed and disturbing picture of a drug that is on a rapid international rise.
Bloodstained Sands tells the untold story of the men who stormed beaches around the globe during World War II, from the Sword and Juno Beaches on D-Day to the sands of Iwo Jima.
The child protective system (CPS), shaped by federal law forty years ago and run on the state and county levels in the United States, offered in utopian fashion the hope of preventing all possible child abuse or neglect.
The second instalment in a gripping memoir by Sakine Cansiz (codenamed 'Sara') chronicles the Kurdish revolutionary's harrowing years in a Turkish prison, following her arrest in 1979 at the age of 21.
This book takes readers on a tour of Florida through the writing of Al Burt, longtime reporter for the
Miami Herald, exploring the charm, substance, and fantasy of a complex and fascinating state.
This is the personal account of an army infantry platoon leader and commanding officer in the central highlands of Vietnam during 1967 and 1968 when he was 21 years old.
"e;The Arctic trails do indeed have their secret tales, and one of the best is that of The Mad Trapper of Rat River, equal to the legends of Bonnie and Clyde or John Dillinger.
The true and remarkable life of Richard Willis (Will) Jackson, an intrepid seaman from one of the leading shipbuilding families in 19th century Maine, whose exploits and adventures in the oceans of the world would rival characters straight out of the lives and imaginations of Joseph Conrad and Jack London.
Lauded for gallantry at Antietam and demoted for insubordination after Fredericksburg, Major General William "e;Baldy"e; Smith remains a controversial figure of the Civil War.
Prävention und GefahrenabwehrDas Handbuch zeigt auf, wie man Gefährdungspotenziale erkennt und wirksame Schutzkonzepte in den Behörden vor Ort entwickelt und installiert – sowohl strukturell als auch für jede einzelne Mitarbeiterin und jeden einzelnen Mitarbeiter.
The remarkable true story of a family forced into hiding after leaking Russian secrets What started out as a great adventure turned into a terrifying nightmare when Nick Stride and his family were forced to flee for their lives from one of the richest, most powerful men in the world.
This is investigative reporter Gus Russo's most explosive book yet, the remarkable story of the "e;Supermob"e;-a cadre of men who, over the course of decades, secretly influenced nearly every aspect of American society.
When Hiss ne Habr , the deposed dictator of Chad, was found guilty of crimes against humanity in 2016, it was described as 'a watershed for human rights justice in Africa and beyond'.
A shocking true story of corruption and crime in the ranks of the NYPD in the worst police scandal since the revelations of Fred SerpicoIn the 1970s, New York City's 77th Precinct was known as "e;the Alamo.
Cape Horn's fearsome reputation and the price it has exacted from those who venture there derives from a lethal contrivance of geography that unleashes the most powerful natural dynamic forces on the earth's surface.
The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped turn the course of World War II.
In the United States, the popular symbols of organised crime are still Depression-era figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and Meyer Lansky - thought to be heads of giant, hierarchically organised mafias.
The story of a group of idealistic British volunteers who achieved the first victory against Fascism the greatest unknown turning point of the 20th century.
