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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Dave Grossman
Back Bay Books, 1996
on combat
+ Must read for the military or police.
+ Good but the second book is much better
+ On killing review
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Did Lizzie Borden Axe for It?
David Rehak
Angel Dust Publishing / Lulu.com, 2008
An enlightening book for both pro and con LIZZIE followers!
+ No axe for this book!
+ "Key ingredients for a great crime story"
I had the privilege of editing the first version of this book for author David Rehak. This is an excellent, updated version with a new cover that I find appropriate for the book's content.
Did Lizzie Borden Axe For It? is Rehak's first nonfiction book, for which he did extensive research. Rehak ...
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
John Grisham
Doubleday, 2006
Eye Opener
+ Well researched documentation - remarkably written!
+ The worst of times
I honestly didn't know that I was reading non fiction until I was about 30 pages into this book. It kept me interested from cover to cover and it really made me think. It is so terrifying that innocent men and women can go to jail on such little evidence...I will not look at a deathrow inmate the ...
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The Sociopath Next Door
Martha Stout
Broadway, 2006
i see the light
+ Essential Reading
+ all people should read & heed
+ the sociopath next door
+ The Psychopath Next Door
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Wow!
+ Funny, gross, interesting, riveting!
+ All the answers to questions you wanted to ask, but didn't want to say outloud...
+ 4.5 stars-Things to do when you're dead
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McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (Borzoi Books)
Misha Glenny
Knopf, 2008
McDUMMIES
+ Shocking...
+ A Trip Around the World
+ A quickie on the Mafia
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Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Sudhir Venkatesh
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
A great look into a side of America that most people never see.
+ Fun Read during a Recession
+ A must read . . ..
+ A real eye-opener
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Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
Ann Rule
Pocket, 2007
Can't help myself for reading this
+ More Applause for Ann Rule!!
+ Ann Fans Pounce!
Why do we read these true crime melodramas? For the same reason we gawk at car crashes. We can't help our voyeuristic impulses. And we are glad it's not us in the spotlight. This one looks at a Georgia murder where it was obvious the husband did it. The twist is he did once before, too, 14 years ...
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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
David Simon
Holt Paperbacks, 2006
Well written and very accessible, highly recommended
+ Great Book
+ Great book
+ Like You Were There
+ Homicide
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Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (Modern Library)
Hunter S. Thompson
Modern Library, 1999
Hells Angels: a hard to find modern classic.
+ Brilliant writing about a grtty reality in American culture.
+ Hunter at his best
+ One of the greatest writers of all time
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson
Vintage, 2004
Creepy-cool slasher history
+ A Must Read for Anyone Living in Chicago
+ Educational AND fun
+ Devil in the White City
+ Excellent Book
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In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
Modern Library, 2002
The first true crime book is still the best
+ In Cold Blood in a new edition
+ A Commentary on our 21st Century Culture
+ Heart-wrenching
+ Great psychological profile
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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
Mary Roach
W. W. Norton & Company, 2004
Wow!
+ Funny, gross, interesting, riveting!
+ All the answers to questions you wanted to ask, but didn't want to say outloud...
+ 4.5 stars-Things to do when you're dead
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Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal
Ann Rule
Pocket, 2007
Can't help myself for reading this
+ More Applause for Ann Rule!!
+ Ann Fans Pounce!
Why do we read these true crime melodramas? For the same reason we gawk at car crashes. We can't help our voyeuristic impulses. And we are glad it's not us in the spotlight. This one looks at a Georgia murder where it was obvious the husband did it. The twist is he did once before, too, 14 years ...
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McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (Borzoi Books)
Misha Glenny
Knopf, 2008
McDUMMIES
+ Shocking...
+ A Trip Around the World
+ A quickie on the Mafia
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