True stories books

PC George William Gutteridge was a well-liked and respected village policeman for Stapleford Abbotts in rural Essex,...  Read More >>

In the early hours of 7 August 1985, 24-year-old Jeremy Bamber claims to have received a chilling phone call from...  Read More >>

In the spring of 1943, a package arrived at a Washington DC address that appeared in no telephone directory. Inside,...  Read More >>

From celebrated writer and former Royal Marine Monty Halls, the untold story of Inverailort, Churchill's pioneering...  Read More >>

He conned 32 police officers. When he got out of prison he sat in a pub and conned a waitress. He picked the wrong...  Read More >>

Quiet Courage is a powerful and deeply human exploration of life behind the badge. Through real experiences and...  Read More >>

A raw, evocative memoir of resilience. After a federal investigation unmasks a decade of deception, J.R. Colella...  Read More >>

'You could call him Paddington,' Adam said, casually, 'Don't name him! I said, as if this was self-evident. Names...  Read More >>

Born in the shadow of the Holocaust, 12 writers show how creativity, love, and hope can emerge from a traumatic...  Read More >>

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In September 2021, Gabby Petito's disappearance became one of the most watched cases in America. The image seemed...  Read More >>

He called himself Dan Cooper. History remembered him as D.B. Cooper. On the day before Thanksgiving in 1971, a...  Read More >>

On September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot in Las Vegas in a car driven by Suge Knight. LAPD officers on Death...  Read More >>

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Quiet Courage is a powerful and deeply human exploration of life behind the badge. Through real experiences and...  Read More >>

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Some crimes are solved. Others are buried. And some wait for history to speak again. In True Cold Cases of History:...  Read More >>

In the autumn of 1937, the Vásquez-Dorn family played a wedding at Budapest's legendary Gundel restaurant. Within...  Read More >>

General adult audience. Targeted at true crime fans, 20th-century history buffs, and readers of investigative biographies....  Read More >>

Blood on the Rails: The True Story of Robert Joseph Silveria Jr. Between 1981 and 1996, a man known on the freight...  Read More >>

Victorian Britain feared many things, but few frightened it more than the woman with access to the kitchen, the...  Read More >>

Victorian Britain feared many things, but few frightened it more than the woman with access to the kitchen, the...  Read More >>

Esta Obra, de dos actos, es una dramatización precisa e intrigante del asesinato del presidente electo Álvaro Obregón...  Read More >>

Education and incarceration share a troubling connection, reflecting systemic inequities that deny opportunities...  Read More >>

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