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  • The New Jim Crow

    Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    • Best seller history: 250+ weeks on New York Times paperback non-fiction bestseller list, including as recently as December 2018.• New 10th anniversary preface: covering events of the past decade; we expect to serialize this.• New York Times columnist: Alexander is now a regular op-ed columnist, writing for the daily paper and the Sunday Review. • Tie-in with YA edition.• New cover· New 10th ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Death in Malta

    An Assassination and a Family's Quest for Justice

    **“A chronicle of the sort of silencing-by-murder that we might have thought happens only in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. . . . [and] a son’s distraught but beautiful tribute to his journalist-mother. . . . Exquisite.” —Wall Street JournalA journalist’s spellbinding account of the shocking murder of his muckraking mother and a quest for justice that has reverberated far beyond their tiny homeland**An ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • An American Tragedy

    The naturalist author Theodore Dreiser was obsessed with true crime, keeping track of articles and cases in the early 20th century. The product of this obsession was his 1925 novel, "An American Tragedy", based on a true crime story from New York's Adirondack Mountains region that Dreiser followed. This novel was one of Dreiser's most successful works and has often been hailed as his masterpiece. ... Read more

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  • Depraved

    The Shocking True Story of America's First Serial Killer

    The heinous bloodlust of Dr. H.H. Holmes is notorious -- but only Harold Schechter's Depraved tells the complete story of the killer whose evil acts of torture and murder flourished within miles of the Chicago World's Fair. "Destined to be a true crime classic" (Flint Journal, MI), this authoritative account chronicles the methods and madness of a monster who slipped easily into a bright, affluent ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Solitary Fitness - You Don't Need a Fancy Gym or Expensive Gear to be as Fit as Me

    Charlie Bronson has spent three decades in solitary confinement, and yet has stayed as fit as a fiddle, gaining several world strength and fitness records in the process. Now, in this no-nonsense guide to getting fit and staying fit, he reveals just how he's done it. Forget fancy gyms, expensive running shoes and designer outfits, what you need are the facts on what really works and the motivation ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Abolition

    Politics, Practices, Promises, Vol. 1

    A major collection of essays and speeches from pioneering freedom fighter Angela Y. DavisFor over fifty years, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for abolition and feminism and the fight against state violence and oppression. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of Davis’s essays, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Blowing up Russia

    The Book that Got Litvinenko Murdered

    Alexander Litvinenko wrote Blowing up Russia to reveal in gripping detail how his FSB colleagues in the Russian secret service started an unprecedented 'Islamist' bombing campaign of apartment buildings in Moscow as part the first election campaign of Vladimir Putin. MI6 judged this whistleblowing book to be the reason for his assassination with Polonium-210 in London in 2006. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Last Suppers: Famous Final Meals from Death Row

    One condemned man requested 24 tacos, 6 enchiladas, and 6 tostadas. Another wanted wild rabbit, biscuits, and blackberry pie. And a two-time murderer asked for a can of SpaghettiOs then complained to the press when he didn't get it!Newly revised and updated, the 10th Anniversary Edition of Last Suppers: Famous Final Meals from Death Row contains dozens of intriguing last meals ranging from ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Killers of the Flower Moon

    The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

    by David Grann ...
    **#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE“A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Don't Look Behind You

    Ann Rule's Crime Files #15

    by Ann Rule ...
    Series Book 15 - Ann Rule's Crime Files
    The #1 New York Times bestselling author and true crime master Ann Rule presents her fifteenth volume of the acclaimed Crime Files series focusing on disturbing stories of people in danger, sometimes from strangers and sometimes from the people they know and love.Walking home on a dark night, you hear footsteps coming up behind you. As they get closer, your heart pounds harder. Is it a dangerous ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Hot House

    Life Inside Leavenworth Prison

    by Pete Earley ...
    A stunning account of life behind bars at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, where the nation’s hardest criminals do hard time.“A page-turner, as compelling and evocative as the finest novel. The best book on prison I’ve ever read.”—Jonathan KellermanThe most dreaded facility in the prison system because of its fierce population, Leavenworth is governed by ruthless clans competing ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Echoes in the Darkness

    On June 25, 1989, the naked corpse of schoolteacher Susan Reinert was found wedged into her hatchback car in a hotel parking lot near Philadelphia's "Main Line." Her two children had vanished. The Main Line Murder Case burst upon the headlines--and wasn't resolved for seven years. Now, master crime writer Joseph Wambaugh reconstructs the case from its roots, recounting the details, drama, players ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Life After Murder

    Five Men in Search of Redemption

    by Nancy Mullane ...
    Once a murderer, always a murderer? Or can a murderer be redeemed? Who do they really become after they have served decades in prison? What does it take for a killer to be accepted back into society? What is the chance that he will kill again?Award-winning journalist Nancy Mullane found herself facing these questions when she accepted an assignment to report on the exploding costs of incarceration ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Game Over

    The Rise and Transformation of a Harlem Hustler

    A cautionary tale about the life of former kingpin Azie Faison, who has become the fabric of street legendFaison was a ninth grade dropout who earned more than $100,000 a week selling cocaine in Harlem, New York, during the peak of America's "War on Drugs" between 1983 and 1990. Faison, along with two partners, was an urban prince with cars, jewels, and people -- in awe of this million-dollar ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Rabbit Heart

    A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story

    **A Washington Post “Most Anticipated” Book of the Year • A New York Times “Must Read”For readers of My Dark Places and The Fact of a Body, a beautiful, brutal memoir documenting one woman’s search for identity alongside her family's decades-long quest to identify the two men who abducted—and murdered—her mother"Melding true crime with memoir, Ervin reminds us of what happens when we conflate ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Blood Money

    Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans

    AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIt’s often said that China is in a cold war with America. The reality is far worse: the war is hot, and the body count is one-sided.China is killing Americans and working aggressively to maximize the carnage while our leaders remain passive and, in some cases, compliant. Why?If anyone could crack the code, it’s the renowned nonpartisan investigator Peter ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Aftershock

    by R.D. Shah ...
    Series Book 3 - The Disavowed
    Pride comes before the fall.DSV, the elite secret service tasked with fighting Daedalus, the descendants of the Nazis, are on the run. Framed for a crime they didn’t commit, they are pursued not just by their mortal enemies, but the combined might of world government, as global public enemies number one.Led by special operative Ethan Munroe, the broken and bruised remnants of the once brilliant ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Breaking Blue

    by Timothy Egan ...
    “No one who enjoys mystery can fail to savor this study of a classic case of detection.”—TONY HILLERMANOn the night of September 14, 1935, George Conniff, a town marshal in Pend Oreille County in the state of Washington, was shot to death. A lawman had been killed, yet there seemed to be no uproar, no major investigation. No suspect was brought to trial. More than fifty years later, the sheriff of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Sudden Death

    by Rachel Lynch ...
    Series Book 10 - Detective Kelly Porter
    Scores are dead or injured. But who was the killer’s true target?On a misty morning in the Lake District, two men depart by helicopter from a private estate. Below, they see the stunning views of Wast Water, with Scafell Pike ahead, where fell runners are competing atop England’s highest mountain. It’s at this moment that the pilots lose control, and crash into the mountain top. Runners and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deviance

    Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries

    by Leon Anderson ...
    Deviance: Social Constructions and Blurred Boundaries draws on up-to-date scholarship across a wide spectrum of deviance categories, providing a symbolic interactionist analysis of the deviance process. The book addresses positivistic theories of deviant behavior within a description of the deviance process that encompasses the work of deviance claims-makers, rule-breakers, and social control ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • The Dead Duke, His Secret Wife, and the Missing Corpse: An Extraordinary Edwardian Case of Deception and Intrigue

    by Piu Eatwell ...
    A Book Riot Best Book of the YearGoodreads Choice Award Finalist (History/Biography)“It’s Downton Abbey meets The Addams Family in [this] delightfully offbeat history.” —Library JournalAt the close of the Victorian era, as now, privacy was power. The extraordinarily wealthy 5th Duke of Portland had a mania for it, hiding in his carriage and building tunnels between buildings to avoid being seen. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Enemies Within

    Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America

    Two Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists take an unbridled look into one of the most sensitive post-9/11 national security investigations—a breathtaking race to stop a second devastating terrorist attack on American soil.In Enemies Within, Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman “reveal how New York really works” (James Risen, author of State of War) and lay bare the complex and often contradictory state of ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Terrorism

    An Investigator's Handbook

    This handbook introduces the reader to the field of terrorism investigation. Describing how terrorists operate and how they differ from other criminals, it provides an outline of how terrorism investigations should be conducted. By helping investigators to develop skills and knowledge, this guide helps them to prepare prosecutable cases against terrorists. ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

  • The Assassination of Fred Hampton

    How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

    by Jeffrey Haas ...
    Read the story behind the award-winning film Judas and the Black MessiahOn December 4, 1969, attorney Jeff Haas was in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton's fiancÉe. Deborah Johnson described how the police pulled her from the room as Fred lay unconscious on their bed.She heard one officer say, "He's still alive." She then heard two shots. A second officer said, "He's good and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus