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Before 9/11: A Biography of World Trade Center Mastermind Ramzi Yousef

7/26/2013

He plotted to kill Pope John Paul...to crash a plane into CIA headquarters...to blow 11 airliners flying from Asia to the United States. But it isn't the things that he plotted that he is known for--it's the one that was carried out: the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Today the attack is largely overshadowed by 9/11, but at the time it was one of the most memorable attacks on American soil.

This book provides insight into Yousef life, his planning of the attacks, and, perhaps, one of the most bizarre twists of fates of any Islamic extremist: how he allegedly became a born again Christian while in prison.

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Found: 15 Stories About the Survival and Rescue of Kidnapping Victims

7/25/2013

Our hearts sink when we hear the story: a small child is abducted from their home and vanished without a trace. We cling to our own kids a little tighter knowing that it can happen to anyone. We hope for a miracle, but know the reality is once they've been gone for more than a few days, they will never be found alive. But sometimes, often in the most miraculous ways, they are found--months, even years, later.

The 15 stories here recount the stories of some of the worlds most famous kidnapping cases, and shows how the victims survived the cruelty and were ultimately rescued.

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Hunted on Ice: The Search for Alaskan Serial Killer Robert Hansen

7/17/2013

Beautiful Alaska--a peaceful, natural land where you know your neighbors and don't have to lock your doors. For most people, it's the perfect place to experience nature; for Robert Hansen, it was the perfect place for murder.

Between 1980 and 1983, Hansen went on a murderous rampage killing between 17 and 37 women in the Anchorage, Alaska area. Hansen, a small-business owner and pillar of the community, was also an avid hunter, and used young girls as prey when he decided he needed a more challenging hunt. This book is the gripping account of the hunt and eventual capture of an unlikely killer, who almost got away with it.

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The Trail's End: The Story of Bonnie and Clyde

7/17/2013

In the world of outlaws, few are as famous as Bonnie and Clyde. Their legend has become a folktale in American history, and their crimes have been exploited as heroic.

The real story of Bonnie and Clyde does not carry the glamour of the Hollywood movies that have helped cement their names in American history while portraying them as victims and idealistic lovers. This is the real story of Bonnie and Crime—the brutal, gripping, page-turning story.

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The American Sniper: A History of America’s Shadow Warriors

7/17/2013

In the American Revolution…they were there—there in the Civil War…the Boer War, The First World War… The Second World War…The Vietnam War—they were there in every single American war…in the Shadows; they are the American Sniper.

This book goes way back to the origins—to the very first snipers to ever fight in an American war, and traces there roots throughout American history. Along the way it will trace their training and various weaponry.

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Wrongfully Accused: 15 People Sentenced to Prison for a Crime They Didn't Commit

7/10/2013

Wrongfully Accused: 15 People Sentence to Prison for a Crime They Weren’t Guilty Of

Justice is blind…but it’s not perfect. Everyday, people are convicted or accused of crimes they did not commit. Sometimes the accusations are racially motivated, sometimes they are profiled for the clothes they wear, and sometimes they are just at the wrong place at the wrong time.

The 15 people in this book all share one thing in common: they are innocent, but still sent to prison. You will never look at a court room the same way again!

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Riot! The Incredibly True Story of How 1,000 Prisoners Took Over Attica Prison

7/10/2013

On August 21, 1971, Black Panther leader, George Jackson, was shot dead while trying to escape from California's San Quentin Prison.

Thousands of miles away, inmates of Attica Prison in New York hear the news and believe the death was a racially charged murder.

On September 9, 1971, the unthinkable happens: prisoners riot and are able to completely overtake the prison. This is the remarkably true story—in gripping, page-turning detail!

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Children of Evil: What Happened to the Children of 15 of the Worst Leaders

7/9/2013

What if your dad was considered one of the worst people on the face of the earth? Osama Bin Laden? Benito Mussolini? Muammar al-Gaddafi? Is it possible to live a normal life when your childhood was surrounded by bloodshed?

This book of 15 profiles, tells you what happened to the children of dictators.

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