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"Killing the Mob is the tenth book in Bill O'Reilly's #1 New York Times bestselling series of popular narrative histories, with sales of nearly 18 million copies worldwide, and over 320 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. O'Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of this nation's most notorious serial robbers, conmen, murderers, and especially,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 10
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In the very white, very Christian world of Altlanta society in 1958, New York transplant Ruth decides not to tell her new high school friends and boyfriend that she is Jewish, but when a violent act rocks the city, Ruth must figure out where her loyalties lie.
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2017.
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English
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"Using unprecedented, dramatically compelling sleuthing techniques, legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applies his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? It's something every child should experience and every child will love. From Tom's sly trickery with the whitewashed fence, when he cleverly manipulates everyone so they happily do his work for him, to his and Becky Thatcher's calamities in Bat Cave, the...
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"In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by a man claiming to be an FBI agent. Seven years later, Vladimir Nabokov published Lolita, perhaps the most seminal novel of the twentieth century. Sarah Weinman's investigation into how the two are connected is a thrilling, heartbreaking mix of literary scholarship and true-crime writing"--Back cover.
In 1948, Sally Horner was just eleven years old when she was kidnapped by...
7) True blue
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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A former Washington D.C. police cop out to prove herself and a young lawyer from a prestigious law firm meet after he discovers the dead body of a female partner at the firm. As they investigate the death, they start uncovering surprising secrets from both the private and public world of the nation's capital--and what began as a fairly routine homicide takes a terrifying and unexpected turn into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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One moment June Nealon was happily looking forward to years full of laughter and adventure with her family, and the next, she was staring into a future that was as empty as her heart. Now her life is a waiting game. Waiting for time to heal her wounds, waiting for justice. In short, waiting for a miracle to happen. For Shay Bourne, life holds no more surprises. The world has given him nothing, and he has nothing to offer the world. In a heartbeat,...
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The author reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history. This book chronicles the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) fire, and its aftermath, to showcase the crucial role that libraries play in our lives. The author delves into the evolution of libraries around the world, from their humble beginnings to their status as a cornerstone of the community; brings the departments of the library to life through on-the-ground...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Ellie Cavanaugh was only seven years old when her fifteen-year-old sister, Andrea, was murdered near their home in Oldham-on-the-Hudson, a rural village in New York's Westchester County. There were three suspects: Rob Westerfield, nineteen-year-old scion of a wealthy, prominent family, whom Andrea has been secretly dating Paul Stroebel, a sixteen-year-old schoolmate, who had a crush on Andrea and Will Nebels, a local handyman in his forties. It was...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"On December 7, 1941 -- "a date which will live in infamy" -- the Japanese navy launched an attack on the American military bases at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan, and the US Army officially entered the Second World War. Three years later, on December 18, 1944, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which enabled the Secretary of War to enforce a mass deportation of more than 100,000...
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Millennium novels (Stieg Larsson) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 27
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English
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The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong end of a libel case, to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance. Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old, pierced, tattooed genius hacker, possessed...
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Random House
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[2021]
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English
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"Imprisoned in a remote Turkish prison camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around camp, and one day, a Turkish officer approaches Jones with a...
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Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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A fascinating pop-history dive into the stories behind the incredibly impactful crimes--both infamous and little-known--that have shaped the legal system as we know it. When asked why true crime is so in vogue, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Amber Hunt always has the same answer: it's no hotter than it's always been. Crimes and trials have captured American consciousness since the Salem Witch Trials in the...
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Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
�2013
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English
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The definitive 40-film, 24-disc set includes 38 feature films and 2 documentaries. All-new "Eastwood directs: the untold story", documentary by Richard Schickel ; 'The Eastwood factor' (extended version) documentary; hours of special features, including commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes and much more. Plus a 48-page book with select excerpts from 'Clint Eastwood: master filmmaker at work", by Michael Goldman and Lisa Fitzpatrick, preface...
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Berkley
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Fans of Mindhunter and true crime podcasts will devour these chilling stories of serial killers from the so-called "surge" or epidemic years of serial murder. With books like Serial Killers, Female Serial Killers, and Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky has established himself as the foremost expert on the history of serial killers. In this first definitive history of the worst decades of American serial murder, when the number and body count of serial killers...
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Amazon Crossing
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2022.
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English
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The accusations. The suspicions. The devastating impact. This is the true story of the Devils of the Bassa Modenese--the most notorious Satanic Panic investigation in the history of Italy. In 1997 a six-year-old boy questioned by authorities relayed disturbing stories of abuse. The more he talked, the more people were implicated in his shocking revelations. And he was only the first child to come forward. Within a year, fifteen more children with...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
c2007
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English
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Ciudad Ju�arez, M�exico, queda en la frontera sur del R�io Bravo, frente a El Paso, Texas. Por m�as de doce a�nos, aqu�i se ha llevado a cabo un sinn�umero de cr�imenes atroces contra mujeres y ni�nas que incluyen secuestros, violaciones, mutilaciones y asesinatos. Seg�un Amnist�ia Internacional, para 2006, se hab�ian encontrado m�as de 400 cad�averes, sin contar centenares de desaparecidas. Muchos creen que las muertes...
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Barnes & Noble
Pub. Date
�1999
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English
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From the serial murders of Jack the Ripper to the Great Train Robbery, the real-life crimes documented by Scotland Yard rival the thorniest cases of such resourceful fictional detectives as Sherlock Holmes, Jane Marple, and Hercule Poirot. Gathering together a dazzling array of true crime stories, this fascinating history of the world's most famous police department presents detailed portraits of the colorful characters who have left their mark on...
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CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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When it comes to stopping the worst of the worst killers and criminals, there's nobody better than the FBI's Behavorial Analysis Unit. This elite team of profilers has only one mission: sloving the heinous crimes committed by the nation's most cunning predators. These expert investigators brave untold dangers as they unravel shocking cases and face down vicious murders, twisted sociopaths, and violent offenders. The suspense never stops in every mind-blowinly...
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