True stories books

A re-examination of the story of the Kray Twins.  Read More >>

""Lives of the Criminals"" was originally published in three volumes and sold by John Osborn on Paternoster Row....  Read More >>

This volume - the third of the five-volume facsimile collection ""Key Writings on Subcultures, 1535-1727: Classics...  Read More >>

Using new information that comes from the formerly classified files of the FBI, this book tells the full story of...  Read More >>

Describes author's experience in the Fastnet storm. This book tells of the hopes and choices that put sailors in...  Read More >>

From a prizewinning author and, in Elmore Leonard's words, ""a knockout writer, "" comes a beautifully written and...  Read More >>

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The orchid thief is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy in spite of the fact that he...  Read More >>

The orchid thief is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy in spite of the fact that he...  Read More >>

The Orchid Thief is the true story of John Laroche, an obsessed Florida plant dealer willing to go to any lengths...  Read More >>

Concentrating on the Ploegsteert and Neuve Eglise sectors in Belgium, this book features stories on such well known...  Read More >>

This is the first book to focus on the most fascinating unsovled murder cases of our time - including Jon Benet...  Read More >>

'If this was just a book of McCullin's war photographs it would be valuable enough. But it is much more' Sunday...  Read More >>

A fascinating collection of wartime memories from major political figures, many who are still household names today....  Read More >>

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The extensive bibliography of the Falklands War has one glaring exception, the part played by the legendary Gurkhas....  Read More >>

In 1942 when German U-boats struck with devastating force for the first time against distant targets in the waters...  Read More >>

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In October, 1996, women began vanishing off the streets of Poughkeepsie, New York. All were young, pretty, and petite....  Read More >>

Marshall recounts how he learned the facts from Rommel's widow while delving into the great general's background...  Read More >>

In this true story, Smith lays bare the stark reality of the Second World War as experienced by one young working-class...  Read More >>

This 4th collection of Cleveland crime and disaster features 26 more gruesome, horrible, tragic--and true--tales....  Read More >>

"Who was the evilest of the evil, the baddest of the bad? For the armies of armchair thrill seekers and shudder...  Read More >>

The Ryman family arrived in the Dordogne to follow a dream - to live in France, make wine in a vineyard of their...  Read More >>

Four of the world's greatest murders took place within a square mile of Glasgow's city centre during the latter...  Read More >>