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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
280 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable true story of a modern-day Robin Hood: a British college student who started robbing banks in the aftermath of the financial crisis. When the global financial crisis of 2007 hit, British college student Stephen Jackley decided to become a bank robber, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. Against all likelihood, his plan actually worked. Jackley used disguises, elaborate escape routes, and fake guns to hold up a string of...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xv, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dioramas that appear charming-until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair,...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The author, a crime novelist, recounts her personal investigation and preparation for the trial against a man who brutally assaulted her in 1992 when she was a young drama student.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 290 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, and how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, and a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning investigative reporter shares the real-life detective story of how Klansmen came to justice in notorious unsolved civil rights cold cases--decades after they had gotten away with murder"--
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xx, 652 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The author draws on three decades of once secret FBI files to tell the definitive story of Greg Scarpa Sr., a.k.a. the "Grim Reaper," a Mafia capo who "stopped counting" after 50 murders, while secretly betraying a crime family as an informant for the FBI.
9) In the shadow of a badge: a memoir about Flight 93, a field of angels, and my spiritual homecoming
Author
Publisher
Hay House
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lillie Leonardi, a former law enforcement professional, gives her gripping personal account of the 12 days she spent acting as an FBI liaison between the law enforcement and social service agencies at the crash site of Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. She also discusses the spiritual side of the events that affected her.