*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.
This myth-busting military biography reveals the true story of the legendary WWII German flying ace-and how his story was manipulated during the Cold War.
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.
Valor features the thrilling stories that are the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatt's interviews with brave American servicemen from twenty-first-century wars.
In the wake of recent violence our nation has experienced, and the paranoia that has ensued, we've directed our attention to potential terrorists in our midst.
As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden.
New York City witnessed unparalleled growth in the first half of the nineteenth century, its population rising from thirty thousand people to nearly a million in a matter of decades.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This volume - the follow-up to Olson's bestselling "e;Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye"e; - serves up more juicy portions of what goes on under the veneer in Thailand and includes stories deemed too hot to include in the first book for fear of repercussions.
How beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food complexBy the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor had come to expect high-quality fresh beef with almost every meal.
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.
Legendary FBI undercover agent Thomas McShane is one of the worlds foremost authorities on the billion-dollar art theft business, and here he presents a unique memoir that provides a thrilling ride through the underworld of stolen art and historical artifacts.
Je tairai ce qui n'a jamais besoin d'être divulgué… – Serment d'Hippocrate
Après La mort en héritage, où il levait le voile sur les meurtres familiaux, Simon Predj revisite des affaires choquantes survenues dans l'univers de la médecine.
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.
A deeply researched account of the life and legacy of the man who defined the profession of private eyeAllan Pinkerton, the world's most famous private detective, has been an enduring source of fascination since the nineteenth century.
'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.
Using Stories to Build Bridges with Traumatized Children is full of creative ideas for how you can use stories therapeutically with children in counselling, life story work or direct work.
Cyber Shadows is a tour de horizon of the digital world's dark places, the threats and innovations in cybercrime, espionage, and surveillance - and new attacks moving beyond identity theft to hacking our behavioral patterns, brains, and DNA to buy and sell as lucrative business.
A compelling introduction to the global impact of organized crimeFamous for being ruthless, cruel, and cool, the Mafia has always captured the darker side of the imagination.
