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* PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY * The compelling and moving memoir of
forensic psychiatrist Dr Duncan Harding
On April 15, 1920, five bandits robbed and killed a paymaster and
his guard in a Boston suburb. The police charged Nicola Sacco and
Bartolomeo Vanzetti with the crime. They were local immigrant
workers associated with a detested anarchist group. A year later, a
jury convicted Sacco and Vanzetti of murder during a period of
anti-communist hysteria in America. They were executed after six
years of failed appeals, despite proven misconduct by prosecutors
and the judge and a confessed participant in the crime who swore
that the two Italians were not involved. Worldwide protests
erupted. Millions claimed the two were framed and executed for
their political beliefs.Author Ted Grippo takes the reader through
the trial, disclosing and examining new documents and other
recently discovered evidence supporting a conspiracy to frame Sacco
and Vanzetti. While the debate over their guilt may continue for
some, "With Malice Aforethought" will end the argument for many.* *
* *"A comprehensive history of shocking abuses of the criminal
justice system that resulted in the conviction and execution of
Sacco and Vanzetti." -Greg Jones, former First Assistant US
Attorney"An important story revealing the treatment of Italian
immigrants in 1920s America."-Bill Dal Cerro, President, Italic
Institute of America.
Principles of Interrogation discusses the effective and efficient
application of professional attitudes and procedures in
Interrogation. It places much emphasis on the efficient planning of
Interrogation for the achievement of maximum best possible results,
focusing on National Security Issues.
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The Enigma
(Hardcover)
James Clemon, Gilles Monif
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While in Trauma Room 1, Dallas, Texas, Aubrey Rike found himself at
the center of an unparalleled time in history, and in doing so,
assumed the unscripted yet essential role of providing selfless and
heartfelt assistance to Jacqueline Kennedy.The emotional incident
Aubrey shares is at times heartbreaking, and brings unashamed tears
to his eyes as he relates those private moments with Mrs. Kennedy.
Now a poignant memory, Aubrey s experience also reveals some less
than admirable dynamics demonstrated as the result of the death of
an extraordinary leader. Sherry Fiester, Editor
The picturesque vineyards of California's Napa Valley, one of the
world's premier tourist destinations, disguise a tangled history of
lawlessness, depravity and frontier justice. Some crimes were
committed over debts, some for retribution and others in the name
of love. Famed photographer Eadweard Muybridge killed a man for
seducing his wife but was acquitted. Other criminals were not so
lucky and met the gallows, like murderer William Roe, the state's
final public execution. From the Pomo massacre--the first criminal
case heard by the California Supreme Court--to the cold cases that
continue to haunt the region, Napa Police Detective Todd Shulman
decants the crimes of the Napa Valley, memorializing the victims
and honoring the efforts of local law enforcement.
"The Family Debt" is a tribute to the author's father, Giacomo
"Jack" Bianco. He was a man who lived his life with passion for his
family, a man who worked hard at everything he did. His unselfish
nature was exposed year after year, experience after experience.
Giacomo was undoubtedly a family man who never let his family down;
no matter the cost.
Never asking questions, he simply chose to rise to the occasion
time after time to preserve the integrity of his family and to
protect his personal and business interests. He didn't make
excuses, he simply delivered what was required, when it was
required.
Then suddenly one day the core of the family was taken forever;
his life was extinguished. Over time, more questions surfaced, but
unfortunately no answers or explanations. Did he know how steep the
price would be to protect his family?
The detectives and investigators, they were simply told to
"shelve the investigation." This happened only three days after
this horrible murder, a file never to be opened again. Almost forty
years later the same questions still pierce the silence once filled
by a father's voice. His family's thoughts are finally revealed and
shared for the first time.
The May 1927 issue of True Detective magazine dealt with the
shooting of Tommy Evans and subsequent investigation of the case in
the Old 23rd District of Henry County, Tennessee. The True
Detective article read in part, "They told me of the existence of a
'whiskey ring, ' in which it was estimated that seventy-five
percent of the population ... was alleged to have been engaged in
this illicit whiskey business. And it was contended that (Tommy
Evans), a respectable and law-abiding citizen, member of the
minority faction in the moonshine domain, had openly defied the
moonshiners - had became a crusader against them - and died a
martyr to the cause of his convictions. Thus the motive for the
assassination of (Evans) was apparent." The magazine article quoted
a Paris, Tenn., minister, J.H. Buchanan, as saying that, "There are
twelve men in this immediate section ready to stand for
'four-square for the right, ' and there are twenty-five men over
there, and I might be able to name them, who are banded together to
protect and promulgate the liquor interests. The remaining citizens
in this district are in the middle of the road - either in sympathy
with the devil's gang, or they lack the courage to say where they
stand." It was amid such a climate that this book is set. South of
the Mouth of Sandy focuses on the Evans family that settled near
the confluence of the Big Sandy and Tennessee rivers during the
middle part of the 19th century. It traces the ancestry of Tommy
Evans and tells the story of his death on a dirt road and the trial
of his killer.
"Having written about New Mexico history for more than forty
years," explains the author, "it was perhaps inevitable that in
time I should publish a few articles on Billy the Kid. After all,
he is the one figure from this state's past whose name is known
around the world. The Kid's career, although astonishingly short,
nonetheless, left an indelible mark in the annals of the Old West.
And his name, William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, seems locked
forever into the consciousness of the starry-eyed public. "Upon
request," the author continues, "I was able to assemble a
collection of my varied writings pertaining to some of Billy's real
or imagined deeds. Each section opens a small window on an aspect
of his tumultuous life, or casts light upon others whose fortunes
intersected with his. In this book, I have stalked Billy in an
erratic rather than a systematic way, taking pleasure merely in
adding a few new and unusual fragments to his biography. I trust
that readers who have a fascination with the history and legend of
Billy the Kid will find in these pages something of interest and
value. As Eugene Cunningham wrote more than seventy years ago, 'in
our imagination the Kid still lives--the Kid still rides.'" Marc
Simmons is a professional author and historian who has published
more than forty books on New Mexico and the American Southwest. His
popular "Trail Dust" column is syndicated in several regional
newspapers. In 1993, King Juan Carlos of Spain admitted him to the
knightly Order of Isabel la Catolica for his contributions to
Spanish colonial history.
"One of America's most courageous young journalists" and the author
of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Brain on Fire
investigates the shocking mystery behind the dramatic experiment
that revolutionized modern medicine (NPR). Doctors have struggled
for centuries to define insanity--how do you diagnose it, how do
you treat it, how do you even know what it is? In search of an
answer, in the 1970s a Stanford psychologist named David Rosenhan
and seven other people--sane, healthy, well-adjusted members of
society--went undercover into asylums around America to test the
legitimacy of psychiatry's labels. Forced to remain inside until
they'd "proven" themselves sane, all eight emerged with alarming
diagnoses and even more troubling stories of their treatment.
Rosenhan's watershed study broke open the field of psychiatry,
closing down institutions and changing mental health diagnosis
forever. But, as Cahalan's explosive new research shows in this
real-life detective story, very little in this saga is exactly as
it seems. What really happened behind those closed asylum doors?
This eye-opening book uses the case of Ted Bundy to show how a case
against a serial killer is investigated, how problems common to
such cases are overcome, and how the prosecution team marshals and
presents the evidence at trial. The Last Murder: The Investigation,
Prosecution, and Execution of Ted Bundy follows the facts and
circumstances of Kim Leach's disappearance and the investigation
and prosecution of Ted Bundy in rough chronological order, from
Bundy's escape from a Colorado jail in 1977 to his execution at
Florida State Prison in 1989. It provides an inside look at the
intricacies and complications of this historic case that spanned
many states and jurisdictions, documenting how unselfishness and
dogged determination were key to solving the case. The story is
told from the vantage point of one intimately involved in both the
investigation and prosecution of the criminal, clearly showing how
friction between agencies can impede the investigation and how
cooperation can expedite a solution. The book emphasizes the
important role played by circumstantial evidence and forensic
science, explores the impact of pervasive publicity upon such an
investigation, critiques the investigation and prosecution of
Bundy, and offers suggestions on how-and how not-to deal with
"celebrity killers" in the future. Major figures in the
investigation and prosecution vetted the descriptions of events in
which they were involved Extensive newspaper clippings, the
prosecution trial brief, the FDLE case file, and portions of the
actual trial transcript served as sources of reference for the book
Illustrated with photographs of evidence, crime scene diagrams, and
charts demonstrating the relationship of various items of evidence
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Murder, Inc
(Hardcover)
Burton B. Turkus, Sid Feder; Foreword by Peter Lance
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Discovery Miles 9 940
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the best book on the Mafia in Sicily - its origins, its code of
honour, its secrecy and its brutality. A chilling insight. -
reveals how Mafia violence and corruption crept even into every
aspect of Sicilian society, including the police and the church -
and how this was only possible with the help of the American army,
who gave the Mafia, by then all but destroyed by the Fascist
government, the kiss of life when they occupied the island in 1943
- the perfect companion for any traveller to Sicily, and a gripping
armchair read
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