Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books
Clarence Darrow
Attorney for the Damned
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Drawing on untapped archives and full of fresh revelations, here is the definitive biography of America’s legendary defense attorney and progressive hero.
Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, played by Spencer Tracy...
Little Shoes
The Sensational Depression-Era Murders That Became My Family's Secret
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
In the summer of 1937, with the Depression deep and World War II looming, a California triple murder stunned an already grim nation. After a frantic week-long manhunt for the killer, a suspect emerged, and his sensational trial captivated audiences from coast to coast. Justice was swift, and the condemned...
A Death in the Islands
The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Lies, murder, and a legendary courtroom battle threaten to tear apart the Territory of Hawaii.
In September of 1931, Thalia Massie, a young naval lieutenant’s wife, claims to have been raped by five Hawaiian men in Honolulu. Following a hung jury in the rape trial, Thalia’s mother, socialite...
A Target on my Back
A Prosecutor's Terrifying Tale of Life on a Hit List
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Murders don't happen in Kaufman County, Texas, a sleepy community where people raise their kids quietly and drive into Dallas for work and entertainment. In 2013, murder came to town when two professional prosecutors were slain in cold blood, simply for doing their jobs: one in broad daylight in plain...
Dead Man Walking
An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier’s death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified...
PRISON LETTERS
The Complete Correspondence Between Convicted Killer Karla Homolka and Author Stephen Williams
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Inconceivably, as a 20-year-old woman living at home with her parents and 2 sisters, Karla Homolka initiated a schoolgirl killing spree by drugging, raping and murdering her youngest sister as a Christmas gift for her then-fiancé Paul Bernardo.
As newlyweds, the couple fashioned a picture-perfect...
by John McCoist
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
A delve into the world of cults, Deadly cults. This book lifts the lid off the worlds dealiest cults. How the leaders hold power over their followers and lead them into a sinister world which more often that not leads to death and murder. The Rev Jim Jones, Heavens Gate, The manson Family and many many more.
The Prison Angel
Mother Antonia's Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2006
The winners of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting tell the astonishing story of Mary Clarke. At the age of fifty, Clarke left her comfortable life in suburban Los Angeles to follow a spiritual calling to care for the prisoners in one of Mexico's most notorious jails. She actually...
by F. W. Burleigh
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
It’s All About Muhammad is a detailed and very readable biography of the creator of Islam based primarily on the original sources of Islam—the canonical works that form the foundation for Muslim beliefs. It is also illustrated, with 25 black and white drawings inspired by the original literature.
The...
by Alison Weir
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Alison Weir's Mary Boleyn.
Handsome, accomplished, and charming, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, staked his claim to the English throne by marrying Mary Stuart, who herself claimed to be the Queen of England. It was not long before Mary discovered that...
Royal Murders
Hatred, Revenge and the Seizing of Power
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
The motives, means, and consequences of the murders among members of Europe’s ruling families are examined in fascinating detail. Plucking true stories due to their historical significance and sheer intrigue, this book relates violent deaths amid royal splendor and the overthrow of tyrants by oppressed...
All-American Murder
The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Discover the shocking #1 New York Times bestseller: the true story of a young NFL player's first-degree murder conviction and untimely death -- and his journey from the Patriots to prison.
Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reached...
Unnecessary Roughness
Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The revelatory inside story of the trial and final days of New England Patriots superstar Aaron Hernandez, by his attorney and New York Times bestselling author Jose Baez.
When renowned defense attorney Jose Baez received a request for representation from Aaron...
by Sheila Weller
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Raging Heart is so revealing that the book itself became part of the actual O.J. Simpson murder trial. It is the only book to trace the path of O.J. and Nicole’s fatal love story through the eyes of the people who really knew them. Acclaimed journalist Sheila Weller gained the unprecedented cooperation...