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Quick view In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote With the publication of this book, Capote permanently ripped through the barrier separating crime reportage from serious literature. As he reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and... View Details
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Quick view Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca He's an American legend, a straight-shooting businessman who brought Chrysler back from the brink and in the process became a media celebrity, newsmaker, and a man many had urged to run for president. View Details
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Quick view The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq by John Crawford In a voice at once raw and immediate, the author chronicles his daily life as a young soldier in Iraq: the excitement, horror, anger, tedium, fear, camaraderie and the transformation of a group of young college students into something entirely different. View Details
Quick view Last Man Down by Richard Picciotto The highest-ranking firefighter to survive the World Trade Center collapse--and the last fireman to escape the devastation after being buried alive for four hours--tells his story. First time in paperback with a new Afterword. View Details
Quick view The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal by Vicki Croke Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in... View Details
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Quick view The Blooding: The Dramatic True Story of the First Murder Case Solved by Genetic "Fingerprinting" by Joseph Wambaugh The old and the new, the traditional and the up-to-date, combine for one of Wambaugh's most unusual cases, the chilling story of a psychopath whose deeds might have remained forever undetected if a scientist doing research on DNA had not stumbled upon... View Details
Quick view The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation by Ngaire E Genge Lucidly written and spiked with real crime stories, this ultimate readers' guide to the art of forensics is a book that will fascinate the fans of the hit TV series "CSI" and Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta Series. 40 illustrations & photos. View Details
