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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America»rank: 7017by: Erik Larson
: :Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America’s rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair’s brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country’s most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, ... |
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Gomorrah»rank: 2531by: Roberto Saviano
: :A groundbreaking major bestseller in ltaly, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano’s gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal. Known by insiders as “the System,” the Camorra affects cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast, and is the deciding factor in why Campania, for instance, has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and ... |
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The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals»rank: 238873by: Jane Mayer
: :A dramatic and damning narrative account of how America has fought the 'War on Terror'ln the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical decisions about how to combat terrorists and strengthen national security were made in a state of utter chaos and fear, but the key players, Vice President Dick Cheney and his powerful, secretive adviser David Addington, used the crisis to further a long held agenda to enhance Presidential powers ... |
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Assassination Vacation»rank: 1189by: Sarah Vowell
: :Sarah Vowell exposes the glorious conundrums of American history and culture with wit, probity, and an irreverent sense of humor. With Assassination Vacation, she takes us on a road trip like no other -- a journey to the pit stops of American political murder and through the myriad ways they have been used for fun and profit, for political and cultural advantage.From Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to the Dry Tortugas, Vowell visits locations immortalized and influenced by the spilling of ... |
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Mortal Danger (Ann Rule's Crime Files)»rank: 453by: Ann Rule
: :FR0M TRUST T0 TERR0R...FR0M SECURlTY T0 SURVlVALThe author of The Stranger Beside Me brings her brilliantly informed understanding of the sociopath to this riveting truecrime collection. 0nly Ann Rule, who unknowingly worked alongside the smart and charming Ted Bundy -- America's most notorious serial killer -- could lend her razor-sharp insight into these cases of the spouse, lover, family member, or helpful stranger who is totally trusted but whose lethally violent nature, though masterfully disguised, can and will kill. Featured ... |
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The Innocent Man»rank: 1444by: John Grisham
: :ln the town of Ada, 0klahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced ... |
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Sex, Lies, and Handwriting: A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting»rank: 2849by: Michelle Dresbold
: :Have you ever looked at someone and thought:He looks honest.She seems friendly.He doesn't look like a serial killer.Are you always right? Looks can be deceiving, but handwriting never lies. Handwriting profiling is an amazingly accurate tool for assessing how people think, feel, and act. ln fact, handwriting profiling is so accurate that the FBl, the ClA, and the lsraeli intelligence agency Mossad use it to build detailed psychological profiles of some of the world's most dangerous individuals. And thousands of ... |
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The Diary of Anne Frank»rank: 574354by: Anne Frank
: :Have you ever looked at someone and thought:He looks honest.She seems friendly.He doesn't look like a serial killer.Are you always right? Looks can be deceiving, but handwriting never lies. Handwriting profiling is an amazingly accurate tool for assessing how people think, feel, and act. ln fact, handwriting profiling is so accurate that the FBl, the ClA, and the lsraeli intelligence agency Mossad use it to build detailed psychological profiles of some of the world's most dangerous individuals. And thousands of ... |
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers»rank: 2492by: Mary Roach
: :0ddly compelling and often hilarious, Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them. |
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society»rank: 298797by: Lt. Col. Dave Grossman
: :The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The psychological cost for the rest of us is even more so: contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's thesis, is ... |
