True stories books

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Michael Calvey is a pioneering US-born financier, who made his fortune in post-Communist Russia. This is the story...  Read More >>

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Drawing on the letters, photographs, drawings, maps and craftwork they exchanged with humanitiarian activists, this...  Read More >>

At the outbreak of the Second World War, a young Scottish professional athlete competing in the Highland Games circuit...  Read More >>

The true story of the corrupt and violent town of Borger, Texas in 1927 - and the legendary Texas Ranger tasked...  Read More >>

This extraordinary book is the definitive account of the murder of Tina Satchwell. Part true crime investigation,...  Read More >>

""An exhilarating, deeply reported true-crime murder mystery and love story that moves like a Netflix thriller.""-The...  Read More >>

The most astonishing and extraordinary bequests and last requests found in people's wills. ""This will is uncommon...  Read More >>

From the outside, Irish dancing seems like a wholesome world of dazzling costumes, intricate footwork and groomed...  Read More >>

This is the story of Joe Mac, a mysterious figure in the Boston underworld, founder of the Winter Hill Gang in the...  Read More >>

A lyrical and unflinching reimagining of Billy the Kid, Daybreak Birdsong Always Wakes Him traces his journey from...  Read More >>

I Stole $16,000,000 is based on the true story of a mastermind of crime -- Herbert Emerson Wilson, former ordained...  Read More >>

A professor's hand around her throat, and his words, ""one way or another, I'll find you,"" kept her silent. Shackled...  Read More >>

This creepy compendium takes a closer look at some of the world's most bloodcurdling mysteries. From demonic possessions...  Read More >>

The hopeful, honest and humorous story of one woman's attempt to finish the challenge left to her by her brother:...  Read More >>

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Atop the Ozark Mountains and in the buckle of the Bible Belt, the murder of an eccentric lawyer reveals a tragic...  Read More >>

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'Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary. People need to read this book, especially if they feel a resistance...  Read More >>

A true-crime-inspired thriller set in 1950s Hollywood that follows three women seeking revenge on the same alluring...  Read More >>

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She started a new life in Boston where she began to experience a series of hazy, horrifying flashbacks. Through...  Read More >>

In 1979, Brenda Spencer, a seemingly average teenage girl living in a nice suburban neighbourhood, made and executed...  Read More >>