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Dead Run - The Murder of a Lawman and the Greatest Manhunt of the Modern American West (Paperback): Dan Schultz Dead Run - The Murder of a Lawman and the Greatest Manhunt of the Modern American West (Paperback)
Dan Schultz
R494 R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Save R33 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Evoking "Into the Wild "and "The Monkey Wrench Gang," "Dead Run" is the extraordinary true story of three desperado survivalists, a dangerous plot, a brutal murder, and a treacherous manhunt.

On a sunny May morning in 1998, three friends in a stolen truck passed through Cortez, Colorado on their way to commit sabotage of unspeakable proportions. Evidence suggests their mission was to blow up the Glen Canyon dam. Had they succeeded, the structure's collapse would have unleashed a 500-foot-high inland tsunami, surging across the American Southwest and pulverizing everything in its path--crashing through the Grand Canyon, overflowing Hoover Dam, washing away downstream communities and crippling the water supply of Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Los Angeles, and San Diego.


Instead, the truck was pulled over by an unsuspecting small town cop and the outlaws opened fire. After shooting him twenty times, they blasted their way past dozens of police cars and vanished into 10,000 square miles of the harshest wilderness terrain on the North American continent. The pursuit that ensued pitted the most sophisticated law enforcement technology on the planet against three self-trained survivalists. Seventy-five local, state, and federal police agencies; dozens of swat teams; U.S. Army Special Forces and more than five hundred officers from across the country followed the fugitives into a landscape only they could survive.

Nine years later the last of the fugitives was finally accounted for, but what really happened to them remained shrouded in mystery. The first in-depth account of this sensational case, "Dead Run" is replete with overbearing local sheriffs, Native American trackers, posse's on horseback, suspicion of police cover-ups, rumors of vigilante justice, and the blunders of the nation's most exalted crime-fighters pursuing outlaws against the unforgiving backdrop of the Utah wilderness.

More than a thrilling crime story, "Dead Run" is also an examination of the seductive allure of outlaw culture in the West and how it continues to inform national attitudes toward guns, authority and unfettered freedom. Exhaustively researched, "Dead Run" offers a stunning portrayal of an enduring Wild West landscape, where the American spirit is most boldly and confusingly, even tragically, lived.

The Entity - The Vatican Intelligence service (Hardcover): Antonella Colonna Vilasi The Entity - The Vatican Intelligence service (Hardcover)
Antonella Colonna Vilasi
R723 Discovery Miles 7 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Opium Kings of Old Hawaii (Hardcover): John Madinger Opium Kings of Old Hawaii (Hardcover)
John Madinger
R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Terrible Truth about the Truth - A story of a Tutsi Rwandan genocide survivor - When home doesn't feel like home, and... The Terrible Truth about the Truth - A story of a Tutsi Rwandan genocide survivor - When home doesn't feel like home, and when abroad feels far from home (Hardcover)
Emma Kay
R785 Discovery Miles 7 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Rescue Artist - A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece (Paperback, Annotated edition): Edward... The Rescue Artist - A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece (Paperback, Annotated edition)
Edward Dolnick
R383 R363 Discovery Miles 3 630 Save R20 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Baffled and humiliated, the Norwegian police turned to the one man they believed could help: a half English, half American undercover cop named Charley Hill, the world's greatest art detective.The Rescue Artist is a rollicking narrative that carries readers deep inside the art underworld -- and introduces them to a large and colorful cast of titled aristocrats, intrepid investigators, and thick-necked thugs. But most compelling of all is Charley Hill himself, a complicated mix of brilliance, foolhardiness, and charm whose hunt for a purloined treasure would either cap an illustrious career or be the fiasco that would haunt him forever.

The Dark Web - Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (Hardcover): Information Resources Management Association The Dark Web - Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (Hardcover)
Information Resources Management Association
R10,573 Discovery Miles 105 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the digital era, the Internet has evolved into a ubiquitous aspect of modern society. With the prominence of the Dark Web, understanding the components of the Internet and its available content has become increasingly imperative. The Dark Web: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is an innovative reference source for the latest scholarly material on the capabilities, trends, and developments surrounding the secrecy of the Dark Web. Highlighting a broad range of perspectives on topics such as cyber crime, online behavior, and hacking, this book is an ideal resource for researchers, academics, graduate students, and professionals interested in the Dark Web.

The Gorilla Man Strangler Case - Serial Killer Earle Nelson (Hardcover): Alvin A J Esau The Gorilla Man Strangler Case - Serial Killer Earle Nelson (Hardcover)
Alvin A J Esau
R1,071 R927 Discovery Miles 9 270 Save R144 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Someone Would Have Talked (Hardcover): Larry Hancock Someone Would Have Talked (Hardcover)
Larry Hancock
R912 Discovery Miles 9 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Hancock reveals startling discoveries about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the conspiracy to mislead history.

C-1 and the Chicago Mob (Hardcover): Vincent L Inserra C-1 and the Chicago Mob (Hardcover)
Vincent L Inserra
R747 Discovery Miles 7 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Stolen - Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home (Paperback): Richard Bell Stolen - Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home (Paperback)
Richard Bell
R464 R433 Discovery Miles 4 330 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cop Without a Badge (Paperback): Kipps Cop Without a Badge (Paperback)
Kipps
R509 R480 Discovery Miles 4 800 Save R29 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days


WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COP AND KEVIN MAHER? KEVIN DOESN'T HAVE A BADGE. AND HE DOESN'T PLAY BY THE RULES.
"Cop Without a Badge" tracks confidential informant Kevin Maher as he helps the NYPD, the FBI, and many other law enforcement agencies solve cases that range from robbery to extortion to homicide. In the process, Kevin becomes the highest paid CI the DEA ever had.
But Kevin's motives are more complicated than simply money. Having been arrested for Grand Theft Auto at the age of sixteen, his felony conviction prevents him from being what he always wanted to be: a police officer. So now he's out to prove to himself he truly is what he could've been. A cop. Even without a badge.

The Holy Thief - A Con Man's Journey from Darkness to Light (Paperback): Mark Borovitz The Holy Thief - A Con Man's Journey from Darkness to Light (Paperback)
Mark Borovitz
R345 R324 Discovery Miles 3 240 Save R21 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Mark Borovitz was a mobster, gangster, con man, gambler, thief, and a drunk. He's seen it all. In this inspiring memoir, he takes you on a journey from the streets to discovering his soul in a prison cell.

When Mark was fourteen, his father died and his world came crashing down. He stole, gambled, and drank, beginning a twenty-year life of crime, all the while trying to be the good son, the good brother, the good boy, but his life only spun more out of control until the mob put a hit out on him.

After his release from prison, the drinking and thieving continued until, at the edge of oblivion, he experienced a moment of true divine intervention, a startling revelation that saved his life.

Mark Borovitz proved that you can change your life -- profoundly. He is now the rabbi at Beit T'Shuvah in Los Angeles, the House of Return, a rehabilitation facility for addicts of all kinds.

The Holy Thief is the remarkable memoir of an amazing man. It is a true-life gangster story, a passionate love story, and a case of study in redemption. Regardless of your faith, you will find his story tragic, funny, uplifting, and inspirational.

Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, VOL 3 (Hardcover): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, VOL 3 (Hardcover)
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A.
R28,401 Discovery Miles 284 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Five Shot My Story, His Pain (Hardcover): Pamela Jones Five Shot My Story, His Pain (Hardcover)
Pamela Jones
R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Till Murder Do Us Part (Paperback): James Patterson Till Murder Do Us Part (Paperback)
James Patterson; Read by Joshua Kane
R422 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
True Crime Case Histories - (Books 7, 8, & 9) - 36 Disturbing True Crime Stories (3 Book True Crime Collection) (Hardcover):... True Crime Case Histories - (Books 7, 8, & 9) - 36 Disturbing True Crime Stories (3 Book True Crime Collection) (Hardcover)
Jason Neal
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Monfils Conspiracy - The Conviction of Six Innocent Men (Hardcover): Denis Gullickson, John Gaie The Monfils Conspiracy - The Conviction of Six Innocent Men (Hardcover)
Denis Gullickson, John Gaie
R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

On November 21, 1992, Thomas Monfils, an employee at the James River paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin, disappeared. After an intensive search, his body was found the next evening, submerged in a pulp vat. The police called it murder. In 1995, six of Monfils' coworkers were wrongfully convicted of his death, the result of a preordained theory and a reckless prosecution.

Highly detailed and meticulously researched, "The Monfils Conspiracy" reveals the true story of a botched case that landed six innocent men in prison. Through extensive interviews, court documents, police reports, and other documentation, Denis Gullickson and John Gaie present a powerful look at the troubling events surrounding the death of Thomas Monfils and the mistake-riddled investigation that followed.

Gullickson and Gaie trace the futile twenty-nine month investigation between the time of Monfils' death and the conviction, one pock-marked with dead end leads and overlooked evidence. Using solid facts, they lay bare the weaknesses, inconsistencies, and secrets in the prosecution's case and the jury's erroneous rush to judgment. As recently as 2001, a federal judge ordered the release of one of the men, citing a lack of evidence, and further suggesting the original proof as unsound.

Fifteen years after Monfils' death and a dozen years after his coworkers' convictions, "The Monfils Conspiracy" shatters the myths surrounding this case and opens the door to justice-and the truth.

Death of a Policeman Birth of a Baby - A Crime and Its Aftermath (Hardcover): T. Felder Dorn Death of a Policeman Birth of a Baby - A Crime and Its Aftermath (Hardcover)
T. Felder Dorn
R908 Discovery Miles 9 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Nowhere Girl - A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood (Paperback): Cheryl Diamond Nowhere Girl - A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood (Paperback)
Cheryl Diamond
R422 R396 Discovery Miles 3 960 Save R26 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

By the age of nine, I will have lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. I'll know how a document is forged, how to withstand an interrogation, and most important, how to disappear . . . To the young Cheryl Diamond, life felt like one big adventure, whether she was hurtling down the Himalayas in a rickety car or mingling with underworld fixers. Her family appeared to be an unbreakable gang of five. One day they were in Australia, the next in South Africa, the pattern repeating as they crossed continents, changed identities, and erased their pasts. What Diamond didn't yet know was that she was born into a family of outlaws fleeing from the highest international law enforcement agencies, a family with secrets that would eventually catch up to all of them. By the time she was in her teens, Diamond had lived dozens of lives and lies, but as she grew older, love and trust turned to fear and violence, and her family--the only people she had in the world--began to unravel. She started to realize that her life itself might be a big con, and the people she loved, the most dangerous of all. With no way out and her identity burned so often that she had no proof she even existed, all that was left was a girl from nowhere. Surviving would require her to escape, and to do so Diamond would have to unlearn all the rules she grew up with. Wild, heartbreaking, and often unexpectedly funny, Nowhere Girl is an impossible-to-believe true story of self-discovery and triumph.

Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, VOL 2 (Hardcover): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. Encyclopedia of Criminal Activities and the Deep Web, VOL 2 (Hardcover)
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A.
R28,396 Discovery Miles 283 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Murder in St. Augustine - The Mysterious Death of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley (Paperback): Elizabeth Randall Murder in St. Augustine - The Mysterious Death of Athalia Ponsell Lindsley (Paperback)
Elizabeth Randall
R557 R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Save R40 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Criminals & Presidents - The Adventures of a Secret Service Agent (Hardcover): Tim Wood Criminals & Presidents - The Adventures of a Secret Service Agent (Hardcover)
Tim Wood
R771 Discovery Miles 7 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Always Running - La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. (Paperback, Touchstone ed): Luis J Rodriguez Always Running - La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. (Paperback, Touchstone ed)
Luis J Rodriguez
R465 R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Save R31 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles, now featuring a new introduction by the author.
Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, hailed as a "New York Times" notable book, and read by hundreds of thousands, "Always Running" is the searing true story of one man's life in a Chicano gang--and his heroic struggle to free himself from its grip.
By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East Los Angeles gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests and then watched with increasing fear as gang life claimed friends and family members. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and the power of words and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation.
Achieving success as an award-winning poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more--until his young son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story in "Always Running, " a vivid memoir that explores the motivations of gang life and cautions against the death and destruction that inevitably claim its participants.
At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, "Always Running" is ultimately an uplifting true story, filled with hope, insight, and a hard-earned lesson for the next generation.

Can You Help Me Solve This Crime? (Hardcover): Lois K. Chicoine Can You Help Me Solve This Crime? (Hardcover)
Lois K. Chicoine
R909 Discovery Miles 9 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Kennedy Half-Dollar (Hardcover): Mahree Moyle The Kennedy Half-Dollar (Hardcover)
Mahree Moyle
R774 R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Save R89 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After high school graduation, Seely is forced to move out on her own. She reluctantly decides to move to Hawaii and stay with her sister until she can find a place of her own. She is offered a job with a well-known nightclub in Waikiki serving cocktails. There, she is introduced to the dark side of life.

One evening on her shift, she hears ominous words directed at Mark, the assistant manager. When she turns to see who said these words-no one is there. Then the next morning tragedy strikes. Mark is found in a cane field shot to death. Seely suspects the Hawaiian Mafia is involved, but has no solid proof.

When the Mafia starts coming after her, believing Seely knows of the murder, she finds herself plunged into a nightmare. Why are they targeting her? Could she have seen or heard something that she was unaware of? Seely knows her life is in grave danger and decides to leave Hawaii, hoping to escape their clutches-except they are informed of her moves. After many years of trying to figure out her connection with Mark's murder, Seely faces the truth.

From the glistening sands of Hawaii to the white mountains of Alaska, The Kennedy Half-Dollar delivers an eclectic and unconventional true crime memoir of nonstop action and suspense-with background music to set the mood.

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