True stories: general

Could the killing of Germanicus Julius Caesar-the grandson of Mark Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero-while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have been the root cause of the empire's collapse more than four centuries later?

"e;Without this testimony, we simply cannot grasp what is going on .

Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years, Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.

THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION She looked like everyones grandmother: white-haired, plump, bespectacled, and kindly.

Return again to the scene of the crime and visit the secret hideouts of Nazi saboteurs, anarchist plotters, charlatans, fakers, gangsters, and even a love-sick matron dubbed the "e;Torso Killer.

The year is 1936.

A single-mother of two finds herself naked and covered in mud, in a stranger's driveway, several states away from home.

Melissa Gabriel is 17 years past her expiration date.

While trying to solve a family mystery, Dave Dyer uncovered a massive stock market scandal that had been forgotten by history.

“Tells the story of a traumatic life spent witnessing hundreds of people being executed in Texas’ most infamous prison.

Having no choice but to protect their own client—the true murderer—lawyers who could prove Alton Logan’s innocence kept silent for over two decades.

Long after the gold rush had faded into history, San Francisco was still earning its title as the capital of the Wild, Wild West.

The armed conflict in the east of Ukraine brought about an emergence of a distinctive trend in contemporary Ukrainian poetry: the poetry of war.

The first nonfiction volume in the "e;superb series"e; -true crime stories from Bushwick to Borough Park to Brooklyn Heights (The Globe and Mail, Toronto).

"e;Not only is this book the best sort of true-crime writing, but it is also a stunning exploration of the concept of manhood in America"e; (Sebastian Junger, New York Times-bestselling author of War).

Catarsis por Barríos es un recorrido por la vivencia del escritor Mario Turcios, un sobreviviente de una masacre que marcó su vida y la de los suyos para siempre.

Legendary noir author John Gilmore takes the reader on a mad, tumultuous all-night drive without remorse or pity, through the high and low life of Hollywood and the City of Angels.

The Black Dahlia murder hit post-War Los Angeles like a bombshell .

On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the citys firefighters.

If history is right, a 26 year-old beauty named Winnie Ruth Judd murdered her two best girlfriends one hot Phoenix night in 1931.

The story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago.

An investigator in the infamous New York murder looks back on the Kitty Genovese case and examines its enduring legacy.

A vital guide to keeping gangs and youth violence out of your community—including one hundred ways to keep your kids safe.

The cautionary true crime shocker of Virginia's Elizabeth Hall, and one of the most sensational trials of an accused murderess since Lizzie Borden.

Reflecting on a sensational murder trial from the late 1930s, this chronicle focuses upon the death of Harry Barck, a poormaster who was granted the authority to decide who would and would not receive public aid in Hoboken, New Jersey.

On February 25, 1938, in the early days of the welfare system, the reviled poormaster Harry Barck-wielding power over who would receive public aid-died from a paper spike thrust into his heart.

2014 Benjamin F.

Part biography, part true-crime narrative, this painstakingly researched book chronicles the improbable rise and stunning fall of Roscoe "e;Fatty"e; Arbuckle from his early big screen success to his involvement in actress Virginia Rappe's death, and the resulting irreparable damage to his career.

The Watchman didn't arrive in a Batmobile but drove a tan, four-door Pontiac.

Tracing the author's journey into the strange subculture of Real Life Superheroes (RLSHs), this book examines citizens who have adopted comic book-style personas and have hit the streets to fight injustice in a variety of ways.

From 1910 to 1919, New Orleans suffered at the hands of a serial killer.

From 1910 to 1919, New Orleans suffered at the hands of its very own Jack the Ripper-style killer.

The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece, East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in America.

The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in the United States.

This riveting inside story of the intense search for the Salt Lake City teenager reveals never-before-told details of the largest investigation in Utah state history.

Former Chicago police officer and Outfit associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, a central character in Nicholas Pileggi's Casino and one of Chicago's most notori-ous mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department.

Former Chicago police officer and mafia associate Fred Pascente is the man who links Tony Spilotro, the protagonist of Nicholas Pileggi's Casino and one of Chicago's most notorious mob figures, to William Hanhardt, chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department.