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A riveting look at life inside a Mafia family."-New York Times bestselling author George Anastasia The world called him a killer. She called him Dad . . . "We were always worried. Always looking over our shoulders . . ." Linda Scarpa had the best toys, the nicest clothes, and a close-knit family. Yet classmates avoided her; boys wouldn't date her. Eventually she learned why: they were afraid of her father. A made man in the Colombo crime family,...
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"This lively and comprehensive activity book teaches young readers everything they need to know about the nation's highest court. Organized around keystones of the Constitution-including free speech, freedom of religion, civil rights, criminal justice, and property rights-the book juxtaposes historical cases with similar current cases. Presented with opinions from both sides of the court cases, readers can make up their own minds on where they stand...
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Raskolnikov commits murder. He then must deal both with the police, and his own guilty conscience. Determined to overreach his humanity and assert his untrammelled individual will, Raskolnikov, an impoverished student living in the St. Petersburg of the Tsars, commits an act of murder and theft and sets into motion a story which, for its excrutiating suspense, its atmospheric vividness, and its profundity of characterization and vision, is almost...
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John Blake
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2014.
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A fast-paced and funny, honest and uncompromising, this is the story of one of London's most connected crime bossesJimmy Tippett Junior is from gangster aristocracy. Son of the legendary boxer and South London heavy, Jimmy Tippett, he has lives his life rubbing shoulders with the most recognizable faces in British organized crime, including Ronnie and Reggie Kray.'Jimmy is a natural raconteur who has led an incredible life as a career criminal; from...
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"Have you ever wondered why people are asked to take off their shoes and have their bags scanned before they board an airplane? Airport security uses high-tech equipment and procedures created by the Department of Homeland Security to make sure that everyone stays safe. This highly-engaging book uses the latest information to explain how the DHS helps during disaster, protects the country's computer systems, and keeps America secure. Students can...
7) Eden
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Archer and Bennett thrillers volume 2
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Winner of the Ned Kelly Award
Justice is good. Vengeance is better.
"A new murder mystery star--Candice Fox may just be your new literary addiction."--Primo Life
"I fool myself that Eden has a heart--that she would at least have trouble killing me..."
Most homicide detective teams run on trust, loyalty, and the shared desire to put killers behind bars. Frank Bennett's partner, Eden Archer,
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Kensington Publishing Corporation
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2015.
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Heather Catterton was a beautiful, beloved seventeen-year-old when her body was found in the brush by a country road in South Carolina. Sweet-natured Randi Saldana's remains were then discovered, charred and unrecognizable, in a wooded area nearby. Bestselling investigative journalist M. William Phelps delves into the lives of Danny Hembree's victims and reconstructs the twisting path from his horrifying crimes to his high-profile trial and conviction....
10) True Lies
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John Blake
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2014.
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When ex-soldier and police officer Ross Slater took on a close protection security job he got more than he bargained for. His job was to provide security for leading members of Greenpeace. But when he mentioned his new career to contacts in Special Branch they came up with an even juicier role for him--as a double agent spying on the activities of the environmental group. With split loyalties, Slater had to tread a fine line between fulfilling his...
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The Case That Shocked The World
In 1991, an 11-year-old-girl was abducted in broad daylight. Eighteen years later, a policewoman at UC Berkeley confronted a deranged man accompanied by two young girls. During questioning the next day, the girls' mother blurted: "I am Jaycee Lee Dugard." Her companion was identified as Phillip Craig Garrido-a convicted drug user, rapist and sexual predator. An astonishing story was about to unfold...
The Evil That...
12) The red taxis
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Benny Breakiron graphic novel volume 1
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Papercutz
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[2013].
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A mysterious taxi service has moved into superboy Benny Breakdown's town threatening to put Benny's friend, taxi driver Mr. Dussiflard, out of business. The more Benny learns about the Red Taxi Company, the more he realizes something isn't right!
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Archangel volume 3
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As the clock ticks for the forest of Archangel, Professor Kelso is one step away from uncovering the life-altering truth about the legacy of Stalin.
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Archangel volume 2
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Fluke tries to find out more about the missing notebook, but his investigation is put on hold when he's pursued by a relentless force.
15) Animal Security
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Following a happy reunion between a young girl and her lost pet, a young enthusiastic wannabe detective creates his own pet detective agency. Tracking him day-to-day with a camera, a friend documents the detective's peculiar career choice and soon finds himself a partner to his investigations.
16) A Cat in Paris
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From the animation studio Folimage comes a beautifully hand-drawn caper set in the alleyways of Paris. Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with a little girl named Zoe, but at night Dino works with Nico, a cat burglar.
17) Jigsaw
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When the owner of a printing shop is found dead, the District Attorney assumes that it was a suicide. But the Assistant D.A., Howard Malloy, suspects that there is a connection with an extremist political group called the 'Crusaders'. When a journalist whose articles had attacked the Crusaders is also killed, Malloy is convinced. With help from the widow of a prominent judge, he conducts an investigation. As he does so, he meets a peculiar political...
18) Winterset
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Mio Romagna is certain that his father, Bartolomeo, was executed as the result of a wrongful murder conviction. More than a decade after the crime, Mio, piggybacking on the work of enterprising journalists, pursues the case's key figures, reconstructing a web of lies based on greed, incompetence, and bigotry against immigrants.
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Archangel volume 1
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While in Moscow to attend a conference about the Soviet Archives, Professor Fluke Kelso meets a mysterious old man with ties to Joseph Stalin.
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