Jesse James, Bonnie und Clyde, Al Capone, Charles Manson, Jack Unterweger, Issei Sagawa, Jacques Mesrine, Ronnie Biggs oder Arno ‚Dagobert‘ Funke wurden im Laufe der Zeit zu zweifelhaften Legen- den verklärt.
From the late 1870s to mid-1880s, Tombstone, Arizona, enjoyed impressive growth and prosperity as a result of the discovery of major silver deposits nearby.
A "e;smoldering indictment"e; of the corrupt influences that rescued Ronald Reagan's career, made him millions, and shaped his presidency (Library Journal).
From the harsh realities of basic training to post-war chaos in Iraq and knife-edge tension in Northern Ireland, Squaddie takes us to a place not advertised in army recruitment brochures.
Shirley, Goodness & Mercy is a heart-warming, yet compellingly honest story about a young boy growing up in Newclare, Coronationville and Riverlea during the apartheid era.
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.
THE FIRST BOOK BY A CONFIRMED SURVIVOR OF TED BUNDY, AND THE ONLY MEMOIR TO CHALLENGE THE POPULAR NARRATIVE OF BUNDY AS A HANDSOME KILLER WHO CHARMED HIS VICTIMS INTO TRUSTING HIMIn January 1978, I slept in my bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University as Ted Bundy stalked nearby.
Told through the lens of two murders that changed modern-day prison corrections in America, award-winning New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist Pete Earley delivers an eye-opening exploration of reprehensible crime, draconian punishment, and seemingly impossible reform in the tombs of the country's most isolated super max prison.
Finalist, CrimeCon Clue Award, True Crime Book of the YearWinner, Georgia Independent Author of the YearWinner, Georgia Spotlight AwardLike a nonfictionJohn Grishamthriller with echoes ofRainman, Just Mercy,and a captivating smalltown Southern setting, this is the fascinating true story-sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking-of an idealistic young lawyer determined to free an undiagnosed neurodivergent man wrongfully accused of murdering the wife no one knew he had.
The nation's greatest manhunt began the morning of January 3, 1951, with the routine investigation of an abandoned car, mired in the mud near Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A 2021 Daily Telegraph Book of the Year'Had me gripped from the outset' Fergal Keane'Everyone should read the testimonies of the Chibok girls who survived the capture' MalalaIn the spring of 2014, an American hip hop producer unwittingly triggered an online hurricane with a quickly thumbed tweet featuring a four-word demand: #BringBackOurGirls.
Its the 80s just before the advent of AIDS, and we are behind the scenes at the entrancing Mitchell Brothers OFarrell Theater, which gonzo journalist Hunter S.
2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards WinnerBest Memoir in the Personal Struggles/Health Issues CategoryTwo-time 2023 NYC Big Book Award WinnerMemoir and Non-Fiction2023 International Latino Book Award WinnerMost Inspiring Non-Fiction, Honorable MentionDear Son, Im going to tell you a story, the most difficult one to share.
The pages of The Diary of Jack the Ripper reveal the unimaginable - that over a century ago, the legendary serial killer at work in London's Whitechapel kept a record of his bestial mutilations of women.
Der wahre Kriminalfall hinter dem ARD-Mehrteiler 'Spuren' Erzählt werden aus Sicht eines Polizeisprechers als Mitglied der Sonderkommission die wahren Geschehnisse zu einem aufsehenerregenden Fall im Jahre 2016, bei dem eine 27-jährige Joggerin am helllichten Tage am idyllischen Kaiserstuhl von einem zunächst unbekannten Täter ermordet wurde.
Hilkes Tagebuch ist ein einzigartiges Dokument über die Wochen vor und nach Beendigung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aus der Sicht eines heranwachsenden Mädchens.
Es beginnt für Rechtsanwalt Christopher Posch wie ein ganz normaler Fall: Der frisch erworbene Welpe eines jungen Paares ist erkrankt und braucht dringend tierärztliche Hilfe.
Esta Crónica novelada es una historia, hilada entre fragmentos, desde 1883 a 1968 −verídica en relación a tiempo, lugares, pueblos: Putaendo y Panquehue, posteriormente ciudades− referentes a la vida de la protagonista, María Jesús y a su padre, Juan Camus Lepe, personaje destacado por su responsabilidad, sentido del honor y rígida autoridad.
Albert Camus, premio Nobel de literatura en 1957 e intelectual muy activo políticamente en esos años de la Guerra Fría, murió en un accidente vial el 4 de enero de 1960.
El libro de Hernán España, y sus apartados o puertas, evoca temas y enigmas cuya fuente emana de la ciencia ficción; además de los ecos nominales y temáticos de la ciencia ficción, el autor incursiona por los mitos, esa religión-ficción de nuestros poetas antiguos.
