The Hot House
Life Inside Leavenworth Prison
Written by Pete Earley
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: November 9, 2011
Price: $7.99
An account of life in Leavenworth Prison, based on interviews with inmates and others, describes the lives of a sexual predator, a gang member in for forty-two years, a sociopath in ""no human contact"" status, and others.
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See No Evil
The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism
Written by Robert Baer
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 7, 2003
Price: $16.00
In his explosive New York Times bestseller, top CIA operative Robert Baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how Washington politics sabotaged the CIA’s efforts to root out the world’s deadliest terrorists, allowing for the rise of Osama bin Laden and...
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Kingpin
How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground
Written by Kevin Poulsen
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2011
Price: $11.99
Former hacker Kevin Poulsen has, over the past decade, built a reputation as one of the top investigative reporters on the cybercrime beat. In Kingpin, he pours his unmatched access and expertise into book form for the first time, delivering a gripping cat-and-mouse narrative—and an unprecedented view into the twenty-first century’s...
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Tokyo Vice
An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan
Written by Jake Adelstein
Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $11.99
A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist.
Jake Adelstein is the only American journalist ever to have been admitted to the insular Tokyo Metropolitan Police Press Club, where for twelve years he covered the dark side of Japan: extortion, murder, human trafficking, fiscal...
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El sicario
Autobiografia de un asesino a sueldo
Edited by Molly Malloy and Charles Bowden
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: October 2, 2012
Price: $15.00
“Todavía tengo problemas para recordar su rostro. Pero no me siento capaz de olvidar su historia”. —Charles Bowden. Editado por dos de los más respetados escritores sobre el crimen y la violencia en México,
El sicario es el testimonio de un asesino a sueldo que, afincado en el sangriento teatro del narcotráfico...
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Roosevelt's Secret War
FDR and World War II Espionage
Written by Joseph E. Persico
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
On Sale: October 22, 2002
Price: $17.95
Despite all that has already been written on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Persico has uncovered a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime leadership: his involvement in intelligence and espionage operations.
Roosevelt's Secret War is crowded with remarkable revelations:
-FDR wanted to bomb Tokyo before Pearl Harbor
-A defector from Hitler's inner circle reported directly...
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Among the Thugs
Written by Bill Buford
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $11.99
They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that...
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Sex on the Moon
The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History
Written by Ben Mezrich
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $15.95
From the bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House, this is the incredible true story of how a college student and two female accomplices stole some of the rarest objects on the planet—moon rocks—from an "impregnable" high-tech vault.
But breaking into a highly secure laboratory wasn't easy. Thad Roberts, an intern in a prestigious...
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The Serial Killer Files
The Who, What, Where, How, and Why of the World's Most Terrifying Murderers
Written by Harold Schechter
Format: eBook
On Sale: December 30, 2003
Price: $14.99
THE DEFINITIVE DOSSIER ON HISTORY’S MOST HEINOUS!
Hollywood’s make-believe maniacs like Jason, Freddy, and Hannibal Lecter can’t hold a candle to real life monsters like John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and scores of others who have terrorized, tortured, and terminated their way across civilization throughout the ages. Now, from the...
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