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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Taking Lives Taking Lives Irving Horowitz "Taking Lives is a pivotal effort to reconstruct the social and political contexts of twentieth-century, state-inspired mass murder. Irving Louis Horowitz re-examines genocide from a new perspective … OL157671W
Collision Collision William S. Cohen "Former Secretary of State William S. Cohen provides a Washington insider point of view in this new political thriller, Collision. Sean Falcone, former National Security Adviser to the president of t… OL17872797W
Bullets into bells Bullets into bells Dean Rader,Brian Clements,Alexandra Teague xxiv, 179 pages ; 22 cm OL19731367W
Heroes Heroes Franco Berardi "What is the relationship between capitalism and mental health? Through an exhilarating mix of philosophical and psychoanalytical theory and reportage - from the suicide epidemic in Korea to the wave… OL19998441W
The killing compartments The killing compartments Abram de Swaan The twentieth century was among the bloodiest in the history of humanity. Untold millions were slaughtered. How people are enrolled in the service of evil is a question that continues to bedevil. In … OL20012583W
The trial of Charles Manson The trial of Charles Manson Bradley Steffens,Craig L. Staples Explores the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and others by members of the "Manson Family," the subsequent investigation and trials, and the strange hold Charles Manson continues to have over peop… OL20632418W
The ship of seven murders The ship of seven murders Alannah Hopkin "On 25 June 1828, the Mary Russell sailed into Cork harbour from the West Indies. Seven crew members lay in the main saloon, brutally and inexplicably murdered by the captain. Survivors revealed a ta… OL24298293W
By Their Father's Hand By Their Father's Hand Monte Francis Neighbors were unaware of what went on behind the tightly closed doors of a house in Fresno, California—the home of an imposing, 300-pound Marcus Wesson, his wife, children, nieces, and grandchildren… OL276675W
A vast amount of trouble A vast amount of trouble John W. Davis In late March 1909, five sheepmen headed east from the town of Worland, in north-central Wyoming, driving five thousand sheep. A few days later the men and their sheep camped on the banks of Spring C… OL3943080W
The fifth season The fifth season Don Bredes In Don Bredes’s Cold Comfort, Hector Bellevance left Vermont for Harvard, graduated into a job with the Boston Police Department, made detective, married, divorced, accidentally shot his partner duri… OL5718789W