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Find My Killer - Crime Stoppers: Unsolved Homicides (Paperback): Cal Millar Find My Killer - Crime Stoppers: Unsolved Homicides (Paperback)
Cal Millar
R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Highlighted in this book are more than 250 unsolved murder cases from across North America with rewards totalling some $5.5 million. Investigators are hoping people will have information that will help solve some of these cases which are on the files of police agencies and Crime Stoppers units in the United States and Canada. These victims and their families require justice and are hoping those who know who is responsible will come forward and identify the killers.

Was Justice Served? - For the Brutal Murder of Former TIME Magazine Writer/Reporter Julie R. Grace (Hardcover): Ruth Grace Was Justice Served? - For the Brutal Murder of Former TIME Magazine Writer/Reporter Julie R. Grace (Hardcover)
Ruth Grace; Nancy Hoffman
R699 R628 Discovery Miles 6 280 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

During her career, Julie Grace worked for several political icons, including Paul Simon, Alan Dixon, Joseph Kennedy, Walter Mondale, and Jimmy Carter. In 1991, she accepted a job with "TIME" magazine, where she specialized in social issues and was touted as one of "TIME"'s best human drama reporters.

Although Julie appeared to have a solid career, her world began to crumble when the stresses of her job became more than she could handle. In order to cope, she turned to alcohol. Eventually her addiction cost her the job. It was then that she sought help in an alcohol rehabilitation program. There, she met George Thompson, and they soon developed an extremely close relationship.

Unfortunately, the relationship was rocky and George physically abused Julie on numerous occasions. Tragically, on May 20, 2003, the abuse ended when Julie died three days after one of their abusive encounters. George initially confessed to her murder but when his case went to trial, he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter rather than first degree homicide.

Ruth Grace, Julie's mother, was shocked. She blamed the Illinois judicial system for miscarriage of justice. Now, with the help of author Nancy Hoff man, she examines her daughter's case in detail. Read the witnesses testimonies and judge for yourself-"Was Justice Served?"

Homicide 1909 (Paperback): Pat Finn Homicide 1909 (Paperback)
Pat Finn
R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Letter (Hardcover): Ralph Arbitelle The Letter (Hardcover)
Ralph Arbitelle
R623 R567 Discovery Miles 5 670 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Jump aboard and travel along on this unsettling journey through trials, convictions, incarcerations and finally that point of no return. Partner with a desperate father as he decides to take revenge on the person he holds responsible for a series of crimes that tear his life apart.

Compare your actions to those of this man and see how they affect you. What would you do? As I put this together I tried to figure what I would do and I must admit I was shocked at my reaction at times. Whatever your final decision I am sure you will have as many questions at the end as you did in the beginning.

The strange situation that I found myself in was how willing I was to accept this mans solution. I guess we all see things through our own filter and in many cases we are able to justify even the unsavory acts if they are couched in the right set of circumstances.

Good reading.

With Malice Aforethought - The Execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Hardcover): Theodore W. Grippo With Malice Aforethought - The Execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Hardcover)
Theodore W. Grippo
R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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.

Recce - Kleinspan-operasies agter vyandelike linies (Afrikaans, Paperback): Koos Stadler Recce - Kleinspan-operasies agter vyandelike linies (Afrikaans, Paperback)
Koos Stadler
R350 R312 Discovery Miles 3 120 Save R38 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Uit die aard van hul hoogs geheime werk heers groot geheimsinnigheid oor die Recce's, maar nou het een van hulle - Koos Stadler - sy ervarings neergepen. Die boek bied 'n onthullende blik op die lewe van 'n Recce, op hul amper bomenslike fisieke vermoens en kameraderie. Verwag naelbyt-aksie en dramatiese verhale.

Endurance - SAS Soldier. Polar Adventurer. Decorated Leader (Paperback): Louis Rudd Endurance - SAS Soldier. Polar Adventurer. Decorated Leader (Paperback)
Louis Rudd
R250 R227 Discovery Miles 2 270 Save R23 (9%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

In 2018 Captain Louis Rudd MBE walked into the history books when he finished a solo, unsupported crossing of Antarctica, pulling a 130 kg sledge laden with his supplies for more than 900 miles. Louis’ skills had been honed in the SAS, on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, but now – in the most hostile environment on earth – they would be tested like never before. Alone on the ice, Louis battled through whiteouts, 50 mph gales and temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius. It would take all his mental strength to survive.

In this gripping book Louis reveals how a thirst for adventure saw him join the Royal Marines at sixteen and then pass the SAS selection course at only twenty-two. He describes his first gruelling polar expedition with legendary explorer Lieutenant Colonel Henry Worsley in 2011 and the leadership challenges he faced a few years later when he led a team of Army Reservists across Antarctica. And he takes us with him step by painful step as he pushes himself to the limit, travelling alone on his epic and lonely trek across the continent’s treacherous ice fields and mountains.

With edge-of-the-seat storytelling, Endurance is an awe-inspiring account of courage and resilience by a remarkable man.

Beverly Hills Detective (Hardcover): Robert E. Downey Beverly Hills Detective (Hardcover)
Robert E. Downey
R877 Discovery Miles 8 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
tell the truth (Paperback): Keith C Parker tell the truth (Paperback)
Keith C Parker
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
One More Round - Examining a Career in the Combative Courtrooms of America (Hardcover): William C Costopoulos One More Round - Examining a Career in the Combative Courtrooms of America (Hardcover)
William C Costopoulos; Foreword by Honorable Robert a Graci
R800 R704 Discovery Miles 7 040 Save R96 (12%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Setting the Med Ablaze - Churchill's Secret North African Base (Hardcover): Peter Dixon Setting the Med Ablaze - Churchill's Secret North African Base (Hardcover)
Peter Dixon
R646 Discovery Miles 6 460 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

It was Christmas 1942 when eleven young women boarded the troopship Strathaird and braved the attentions of U-Boats in the deep Atlantic. Borrowing a cricketing phrase, they called themselves the First Eleven. But they were not the first to arrive at the Special Operations Executive's secret North African base near Algiers. Code-named Massingham, it was formed by SOE to spearhead subversion and sabotage in what Winston Churchill called 'the soft underbelly' of Europe. Massingham was hidden away at the Club des Pins, a former luxury resort nestling among pines next to a Mediterranean beach. By the time SOE had got to work, there was little luxury left. Setting the Med Ablaze tells the true stories of the men and women of Churchill's secret base. Its life was short. Less than two years after its formation, its job was done. But Massingham played a key role in the Allied offensive in the Mediterranean islands, Italy and France. If you enjoy historical nonfiction, this book is for you.

Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes - A History of Murder and Misfortune (Hardcover): Dianna Higgs Stampfler Death & Lighthouses on the Great Lakes - A History of Murder and Misfortune (Hardcover)
Dianna Higgs Stampfler
R707 Discovery Miles 7 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Escaping Alcatraz - The Untold Story of the Greatest Prison Break in American History (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Michael Esslinger,... Escaping Alcatraz - The Untold Story of the Greatest Prison Break in American History (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Michael Esslinger, David Widner; Foreword by Richard Tuggle
R1,075 R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Save R146 (14%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Vengeance (Hardcover, 2nd Hardback ed.): G W Mullins Vengeance (Hardcover, 2nd Hardback ed.)
G W Mullins
R685 Discovery Miles 6 850 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
How We Disappeared (Paperback): Jing-Jing Lee How We Disappeared (Paperback)
Jing-Jing Lee 1
R293 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R25 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked. Only three survivors remain, one of them a tiny child.

In a neighbouring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is bundled into the back of a troop carrier and shipped off to a Japanese military rape camp. In the year 2000, her mind is still haunted by her experiences there, but she has long been silent about her memories of that time. It takes twelve-year-old Kevin, and the mumbled confession he overhears from his ailing grandmother, to set in motion a journey into the unknown to discover the truth.

Weaving together two timelines and two life-changing secrets, How We Disappeared is an evocative, profoundly moving and utterly dazzling novel heralding the arrival of a new literary star.

Brushes with Death - The Blood of Jesus (Paperback): Richard A. Taylor Brushes with Death - The Blood of Jesus (Paperback)
Richard A. Taylor
R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Brushes with Death: The Blood of Jesus is an autobiographical novel detailing several dangerous encounters that the author experienced living a life of crime. The story also references the author's inner struggle of dealing with his conscience and his moral values as he battles the paradigm of doing wrong when he knows to do right. The book also alludes to the main character's faith and how it kept him safe during his waywardness. The reader travels with Slick, the protagonist as he tryies to resist temptation of money, drugs, women, gambling, guns, alcohol, sex, prison and more. The 394 page novel is factual and based on truel events. Names and some situations have been distorted to protect the innocent and the guilty. This book serves as a deterrent to those youth who are not yet enthralled in but are considering a life of crime. It also serves as encouragement to those still entwined in a life of crime and violence to digress from their actions. The book is in no way a promotion of like activities. The author hopes that his experiences will shed light on the destructiveness of drug dealing and give those who have no knowledge an inside perspective on the who's, what's, when's, where's, why's, and how's of street living. It is sophisticated but yet real; explicit but not trashy.

Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States 1889-1918 (Hardcover): Paul Finkelman Thirty Years of Lynching in the United States 1889-1918 (Hardcover)
Paul Finkelman; Naacp
R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF LYNCHING Published by the NAACP in 1919 to promote awareness of lynching in the United States, this seminal study provides information on the lynchings of 3,224 African-Americans between 1889 and 1918. With a new introduction by noted slave historian, Paul Finkelman. "The book reprinted here is one of the most comprehensive studies of lynching in U.S. history. The NAACP data shows that most lynchings were not about interracial sex-the great paranoia of the southern white Americans. Many blacks were lynched because they had allegedly committed murders. However, many of these "murderers" were never tried and the evidence against them was speculative at best. But other blacks were lynched for no apparent reason, or for some minor transgression of social and racial rules-as understood by whites-such as 'inflammatory language, ' 'insulting remarks to a white woman, ' 'being disreputable, ' or just 'race prejudice.' This last cause-racial prejudice-was indeed at the root of almost all lynchings of African-Americans." -- Paul Finkelman, Introduction CONTENTS Summation of the Facts Disclosed in Tables The Story of One Hundred Lynchings Appendix I-Analyses of Number of Persons Lynched Appendix II-Chronological List of Persons Lynched in United States 1889 to 1918, Inclusive, Arranged by State

Strangeways - A Prison Officer's Story (Paperback): Neil Samworth Strangeways - A Prison Officer's Story (Paperback)
Neil Samworth 1
R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This Sunday Times bestseller is a shocking and at times darkly funny account of life as a prison officer in one of the country's most notorious jails. 'Authentic, tough, horrifying in some places and hilarious in others . . . the author's honesty and decency shine through' - Jonathan Aitken ______________ Neil 'Sam' Samworth spent eleven years working as a prison officer in HMP Manchester, aka Strangeways. A tough Yorkshireman with a soft heart, Sam had to deal with it all - gangsters and gangbangers, terrorists and psychopaths, addicts and the mentally ill. Men who should not be locked up and men who should never be let out. He tackles cell fires and self-harmers, and goes head to head with some of the most dangerous men in the country. He describes being attacked by prisoners, and reveals the problems caused by radicalization and the drugs flooding our prisons. As staffing cuts saw Britain's prison system descend into crisis, the stress of the job - the suicides, the inhumanity of the system, and one assault too many - left Sam suffering from PTSD. Strangeways by Neil Samworth is a raw, searingly honest memoir that is a testament to the men and women of the prison service and the incredibly difficult job we ask them to do. ______________ 'A frequently shocking read' - Daily Express

The Enigma (Hardcover): James Clemon, Gilles Monif The Enigma (Hardcover)
James Clemon, Gilles Monif
R612 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R56 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
North Carolina Moonshine - An Illicit History (Paperback): Frank Stephenson Jr Mulder North Carolina Moonshine - An Illicit History (Paperback)
Frank Stephenson Jr Mulder
R533 R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Save R41 (8%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Kentucky Legends and Lore (Hardcover): Alan Brown Kentucky Legends and Lore (Hardcover)
Alan Brown
R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Real Prison Real Freedom (Hardcover): Rosser Mcdonald Real Prison Real Freedom (Hardcover)
Rosser Mcdonald
R746 R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Save R52 (7%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Thrill Killer of Indy - Herb Baumeister, the I-70 Killer (Hardcover): Brian Lee Tucker The Thrill Killer of Indy - Herb Baumeister, the I-70 Killer (Hardcover)
Brian Lee Tucker
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Bogeyman - Stalking and Its Aftermath (Hardcover): Sherry L Meinberg The Bogeyman - Stalking and Its Aftermath (Hardcover)
Sherry L Meinberg
R725 R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Save R71 (10%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Zoonomia; or, the Laws of Organic Life. ... By Erasmus Darwin, ... The Second Edition, Corrected. of 2; Volume 1 (Hardcover):... Zoonomia; or, the Laws of Organic Life. ... By Erasmus Darwin, ... The Second Edition, Corrected. of 2; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Erasmus Darwin
R1,108 Discovery Miles 11 080 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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