Criminals & Outlaws

This New York Times' bestseller features the West's most prominent lawmen and criminals, who tell their stories of fight, death, and survival.In the romantic narrative of the Old West, two larger-than-life characters emerged as the perfect foils for each...

Drawing on an unprecedented access to interviews, diaries, court records and the criminal himself, I is the inside story of Keith Hunter Jesperson, Oregon's "Happy Face Killer" who strangled eight innocent women in the 1990s. The murderer's own words...

Shifting the focus away from the assassination of John F. Kennedy in Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, to 48 hours prior in Eunice, Louisiana, this book explores the prediction made by Melba Marcades, aka Rose Cherami, that the president would be...

Uncovers new facts on the outlaw's life and deathHe gained renown as the sidekick of Butch Cassidy, but the Sundance Kid - whose real name was Harry Alonzo Longabaugh - led a fuller life than history or Hollywood has allowed.A relative of Longabaugh...

Now a major motion picture The first time Billy Moore walked into his cell packed with seventy prisoners, the floor resembled a mass grave, with intertwined arms and legs, and the smell of human feces was so strong he almost vomited. That night,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228835813Author Kon GeorgiouFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312569921Author Lee ServerFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Griffin Trade PaperbacksPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 479g

A captivating story detailing how resilience and inner strength can be combined to overcome mountainous barriers to reach one's full potential. Growing up in Ferguson, Missouri, Stanley Andrisse began making poor decisions at a very young age. He started...

Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was one of the most notorious pirates ever to plague the Atlantic coast. He was also one of the most colorful pirates of all time, becoming the model for countless blood-and-thunder tales of sea rovers. His...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900486279Author Robert KyriakidesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint HeadpressPublisher HeadpressWeight(grams) 346g

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An investigation into the nature of violence, terror, and trauma through conversations with a notorious war criminal by Jessica Stern, one of the world's foremost experts on terrorism.Between October 2014 and November 2016, global terrorism expert...

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More than twelve decades after Billy the Kid's death in 1881, books, movies, and essays about this western outlaw are still popular. And they all go back to one source: The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid, published in 1882 by the man who killed Billy,...

Located on the left bank of the Chao Phya River, Thailand's capital, Krungthep, known as Bangkok to Westerners and "the City of Angels" to Thais, has been home to smugglers and adventurers since the late eighteenth century. During the 1970s, it became a...

This detailed study of the criminal justice system in Victorian Britain highlights the dilemmas facing those responsible for administering justice and protecting society from "the criminal." Encompassing the crimes of the never-identified Jack...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction 2011.Book InformationISBN 9780307277305Author Wilbert RideauFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House...

In George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night Appo made as much as a skilled laborer made in a year. Bad nights...

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In this series, private investigators pick up where the historians left off, taking on a series of major cold cases in history, starting with the mishandling of evidence relating to the life and times of Billy the Kid. Cold Case: Billy the Kid tackles...

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Selig Harry Lefkowitz, alias Big Jack Zelig, was New York's first great gangster boss. Like many of his pre-Volstead contemporaries, his historic impact has been overshadowed by Al Capone and Murder Inc. He is listed in today's crime anthologies...

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Lester Joseph Gillis -- better known to the public and press of the 1930s as Baby Face Nelson -- was one of a succession of public enemies beginning with John Dillinger and progressing to Bonnie and Clyde, Ma Barker, Machine Gun Kelly, and Pretty Boy...

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Few incidents in crime history have been as notorious - yet mundane - as the 1927 murder of Queens suburbanite Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover. Resonant of the foot-loose Jazz Age, it made persistent headlines, led to a sensational trial, spawned...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806168975Author Robert K DearmentFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma Press

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583229255Author Cathy WilkersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 455g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312342166Author Jeffrey ArcherFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 408g

Winner of the 2016 PEN First Amendment AwardWinner of the 2016 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in IntelligenceWinner of the 2016 Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public InterestWinner of the 2013 Peacemaker of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578457734Author Kevin HoggeFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Cold West PublishingPublisher Cold West PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476794327Author Gary L. HeywardFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578552446Author Charlie HopkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Creative Texts Publishers, LLCPublisher Creative Texts Publishers, LLCWeight(grams)...