True stories: general

Part of the outstanding biographical series - edited by Richard Holmes - that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography.

A critical look at the man behind the bubble economies of the last two decadesIn his critically acclaimed Greenspan s Bubbles, coauthor Frederick J.

Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria -- journalists and aid workers -- began disappearing without a trace.

From the author of the top ten bestseller The Junior Officers' Reading Club.

"e;We are a trading community, a commercial people.

When Alfredo Sanchez was approached on the street in May of 1928, he received life-changing news about his own past.

Protecting and Promoting Client Rights examines the inherent tensions within the family assessor role when there is no overarching compulsory regulatory body in social work.

The Secret Alliances Between History's Most Notorious Buccaneers and Colonial AmericaWas classical piracy an earlier version of state-sponsored terrorism?

From the fury of the Punic Wars to the onslaught of Operation Desert Storm, relive the most famous battles in history in this gripping guide.

Denise Pikka Thiem, de 41 años, norteamericana y de origen asiático, necesitaba reinventarse, hacer un break en su vida.

The Science of Crime Scenes, Second Edition offers a science-based approach to crime scenes, emphasizing that understanding is more important than simply knowing.

How 19th-century soldier, adventurer and scholar Henry Rawlinson deciphered cuneiform, the world's earliest writing, and rediscovered Iraq's ancient civilisations.

Some of the maps in this title are best viewed on a tablet device.

EMS in Crime Scene: Role of Medical Emergency Teams in Forensic Cases addresses the different settings that occur in pre-hospital environments, along with the medical-forensic relevance surrounding evidence preservation.

From the acclaimed author of The Crossing Place and The Bronski House.

"e;The tale of Carl Wake and the hurricane that was waiting for him goes straight to the heart of the greatest sea stories: they are not about man against the sea, but man against himself.

HR Management in the Forensic Science Laboratory: A 21st Century Approach to Effective Crime Lab Leadership introduces the profession of forensic science to human resource management, and vice versa.

"e;To me, hard times are like hide-and-seek: where is the solution, where is the hope?

When I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist.

Pedigree Analysis in R gives an introduction to the theory of relatedness and covers a range of applications in forensic and medical genetics.

'We asked listeners to be honest, creative, funny, engaging and evocative in their writing.

Personnel Protection: Threat Assessment Profile is a video presentation.

The UK's number one TV psychic offers a fascinating and compelling guide to ghost hunting.

In November 1922 a momentous discovery - unlike any other before or since - was to change our understanding of the ancient world.

Cannibals, necrophiles, spree killers, axe wielding maniacs, violent thieves, gunmen, child killers, arsonists, deadly suave conmen, medical professional killers, graverobbers.

In the tradition of her acclaimed mother, Ann Rule, author of The Stranger Beside Me, bestselling author Leslie Rule exposes the trail of a sadistic sociopath, identity thief, and killer .

The first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the Soviet-era gulags to become Russia's international criminal class.

"e;Astringent and absorbing.

In 1931, a 12-year-old boy shot and killed the sheriff of Asotin, Washington.

Award-winning author, Thomas J.

Well documented by public records, actual court reports, and newspaper accounts, this book is a true story of greed, ambition and murder in the first degree.

Listening to Killers offers an inside look at twenty years' worth of murder files from Dr.

'inspiring stories .

This timely publication offers a fresh scholarly assessment of political advertising across the EU, as well as an insight into differing political and regulatory systems related to political advertising in the individual member states.

Falling somewhere between childhood and adulthood, 'Youth' is a key period of transition.

Touted in his time as one of the ';great men of the West,' Stephen Wallace Dorsey was a Reconstruction carpetbagger who went to Arkansas and finagled and bribed his way into getting elected to the US Senate after living only two years in the state before heading West to seek his fortune.

Harvey Kid Curry Logan was an outlaw, gunfighter and infamous member of the Butch Cassidy gang.

A "e;vivid, absorbing, and chilling"e; true-life account of surviving nearly a year of captivity in Iraq (Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes correspondent).

This engrossing saga begins when Generoso Pope, Sr.

After high school graduation, Carl enlisted in the U.

Texas convicts and inmates have made the Texas prison system the most colorful in the world over the past 150 years.

World famous author and former police lieutenant T.

Prepare to be shocked as the grisly details about the murder of San Marino computer geek John Sohus are revealed in Frank C.

This book is a non-fiction, painfully true account of an American whistle blower whose silencing was attempted by conflicted and vengeful bureaucrats.

This book relates true stories of adventures, both dangerous and humorous, which I encountered while working in the convenience store business.

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Some of the law officers who served the West during the last half of the nineteenth century drifted from one side of the law to the other and sold their talents to whichever side offered the most advantage.

Laura Laforce Psychic Medium can see what few others see.

A self-made Crazy Irishman who was and is fearless on bringing bad guys to justice.

Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups.