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  • Alcatraz Island Prison and the Men Who Live There

    de James A. Johnston ...
    Alcatraz is possibly the most famous prison that has ever existed, here is a fascinating history of this island in San Francisco bay, with interviews and biographies of some of the notorious people who called it home. ... Leer más

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  • Old Sparky

    The Electric Chair and the History of the Death Penalty

    de Anthony Galvin ...
    A shocking exploration of America’s preferred method of capital punishment.In early 2013, Robert Gleason became the latest victim of the electric chair, a peculiarly American execution method. Shouting Póg mo thóin (Kiss my ass” in Gaelic), he grinned as electricity shot through his system. When the current was switched off, his body slumped against the leather restraints, and Gleeson, who had ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • True Stories from the Files of the FBI

    de W. Cleon Skousen, Paul B. Skousen ...
    Be the FBI Agent in training under J. Edgar Hoover and run the gauntlet of Machine Gun Kelly, Baby Face Nelson and the Barker Karpis Gang. Step back into downtown Chicago of the 1930s and retrace the steps of some of America’s most notorious mobsters.True Stories from the Files of the FBI was written by W. Cleon Skousen under the direct supervision of Mr. Hoover himself. These first-hand accounts ... Leer más

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  • Escape from Alcatraz

    The True Crime Classic

    de J. Campbell Bruce ...
    The true-crime classic and basis for the renowned 1979 Clint Eastwood film: a “dramatic [and] thrilling” (Los Angeles Times) account of life inside Alcatraz, where America’s most violent and notorious prisoners resided in tortuous proximity to one of the world’s favorite citiesMobster Al “Scarface” Capone, “Machine Gun” Kelly, Robert Stroud aka the Birdman: only the most violent, desperate ... Leer más

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  • The Court of Last Resort

    The True Story of a Team of Crime Experts Who Fought to Save the Wrongfully Convicted

    de Erle Stanley Gardner ...
    Edgar Award Winner: True stories of miscarriages of justice, legal battles, and landmark reversals, by the creator of Perry Mason.In 1945, Erle Stanley Gardner, noted attorney and author of the popular Perry Mason mysteries, was contacted by an overwhelmed California public defender who believed his doomed client was innocent. William Marvin Lindley had been convicted of the rape and murder of a ... Leer más

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Inside Alcatraz

    The bestselling true story of life inside America's most notorious prison

    de Jim Quillen ...
    One man's account of Alcatraz, a rare and intimate memoir of life inside the world's most notorious prison.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLEREach day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives.Jim Quillen, AZ586 - a runaway, problem child and petty thief - was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In ... Leer más

    $13.69 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • Alcatraz

    The Gangster Years

    de David A. Ward ...
    Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis, "Dock" Barker—these were just a few of the legendary "public enemies" for whom America's first supermax prison was created. In Alcatraz: The Gangster Years, David Ward brings their stories to life, along with vivid accounts of the lives of other infamous criminals who passed through the penitentiary from 1934 to 1948. Ward, who enjoyed ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Killing Lincoln/Killing Kennedy

    de Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard ...
    Series series Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series
    The ultimate collection of history that reads like a thriller from mega-bestselling author, Bill O'ReillyMillions of readers have discovered the thrill of history come to life in the instant bestsellers, Killing Lincoln and Killing Kennedy, from The New York Times bestselling author and iconic anchor of The O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly. Now you can experience both of the vivid and remarkable ... Leer más

    $22.08 USD

  • Mr. Capone

    The Real—and Complete—Story of Al Capone

    de Robert J. Schoenberg ...
    "Fascinating. . . . [P]ortrays the mob leader as 'a businessman of crime' who took chaotic underworld enterprises . . . and put them on a rational business basis." — New York TimesAll I ever did was to sell beer and whiskey to our best people. All I ever did was to supply a demand that was pretty popular. Why, the very guys that make my trade good are the ones that yell the loudest about me. Some ... Leer más

    $17.29 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Where the Money Was

    The Memoirs of a Bank Robber

    de Willie Sutton, Edward Linn ...
    The Broadway Books Library of LarcenyLuc Sante, General EditorFor more than fifty years, Willie Sutton devoted his boundless energy and undoubted genius exclusively to two activities at which he became better than any man in history: breaking in and breaking out. The targets in the first instance were banks and in the second, prisons. Unarguably America’s most famous bank robber, Willie never ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Did They Really Do It?

    From Lizzie Borden to the 20th Hijacker

    de Fred Rosen ...
    Nine of the most controversial violent crimes in America's history are reexamined in these compelling stories of true crimeDr. Samuel Mudd set John Wilkes Booth's broken ankle, but was he actually part of the larger conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln? Did Lizzie Borden brutally murder her own parents in Massachusetts? Was admitted jihadist Zacarias Moussaoui really involved in the ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Last Face You'll Ever See

    The Culture of Death Row

    de Ivan Solotaroff ...
    In fascinating detail, Ivan Solotaroff introduces us to the men who carry out executions. Although the emphasis is on the personal lives of these men and of those they have to put to death, The Last Face You'll Ever See also addresses some of the deeper issues of the death penalty and connects the veiled, elusive figure of the executioner to the vast majority of Americans who, since 1977, have ... Leer más

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