Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Flying With The Owls Crime Squad Flying With The Owls Crime Squad Paul Allen x, 291 p., [8] p. of plates : 20 cm OL17410514W
The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures The Role of Community-Mindedness in the Self-Regulation of Drug Cultures Anke Stallwitz This book analyzes heroin users and the drug subculture on the Shetland Islands, an area known for its geographical remoteness, rural character and relative wealth. It fills the scientific gap create… OL20707265W
Crimes of the century Crimes of the century Jim Crawley A look at some of the most notorious as well as the less well-known crimes of 20th century. OL20854318W
Frenzy! Frenzy! Neil Root "We live in a twenty-four hour television news and internet culture. Events are on air and online within hours, sometimes minutes or seconds. This book tells the stories of three infamous serial kill… OL20933878W
Killing Goldfinger Killing Goldfinger Wensley Clarkson 380 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm OL21145693W
The musical milkman murder The musical milkman murder Quentin Falk "Long before the picturesque village of Little Marlow became a well-known location for filming episodes of popular television crime shows such as Inspector Morse, Miss Marple and Midsomer Murders, th… OL24689669W
The Napoleon of Crime The Napoleon of Crime Ben Macintyre The Victorian era's most infamous thief, Adam Worth was the original Napoleon of crime. Worth learned early that the best way to succeed was to steal. And steal he did. Following a strict code of hon… OL2618442W
The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd Donna T. Andrew The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trials of Martin Guerre and O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case—filled with scandal, d… OL4637367W
Life at the Bottom Life at the Bottom Theodore Dalrymple "Life at the Bottom offers a searing account - probably the best yet published - of life in the underclass and why it persists as it does.". "Theodore Dalrymple, a British psychiatrist who treats th… OL8371674W