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Sin City Gangsters
The Rise and Decline of the Mob in Las Vegas
Sin City Gangsters is an exciting page-turner about how the mob created and controlled modern Las Vegas and then lost it to Corporate America.
ISBN-13: 9781538161234 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Jeffrey Sussman
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AUD $62.99
Stock: 3 in stock
Local release date: 16/12/2022
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Categories: True crime [BTC]Organized crime [JKVM]

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Murder at the Supreme Court
Lethal Crimes and Landmark Cases
True-life reporting on vicious criminals and the haphazard system that punishes themIn 1969, the Supreme Court justices cast votes in secret that could have signaled the end of the death penalty. Later, the justices' resolve began to unravel. Why? What were the consequences for the rule of law and for the life at stake in the case? These are some ......
ISBN-13: 9781633888333 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: PROMETHEUS
Martin Clancy, Tim O'Brien
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AUD $44.99
Stock: 2 in stock
Local release date: 06/12/2022
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Categories: True crime [BTC]

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Al Capone's Beer Wars
A Complete History of Organized Crime in Chicago during Prohibition
Although much has been written about Al Capone, there has not been--until now--a complete history of organized crime in Chicago during Prohibition. This exhaustively researched book covers the entire period from 1920 to 1933. Author John J. Binder, a recognized authority on the history of organized crime in Chicago, discusses all the important ......
ISBN-13: 9781633888326 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: PROMETHEUS
John J. Binder
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AUD $44.99
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Local release date: 25/11/2022
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Categories: True crime [BTC]

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Greed in the Gilded Age
The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick
She might be one of the greatest con artists of all time. Cassie Chadwick conned millions of dollars out of banks by claiming to be the illegitimate daughter of Andrew Carnegie. It was a simple but brilliant con that reflects the ethos and the high-flying greed of the Gilded Age.
ISBN-13: 9781538142905 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
William Elliott Hazelgrove
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AUD $52.99
Stock: 7 in stock
Local release date: 19/11/2022
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Categories: True crime [BTC]Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge [JFH]Organized crime [JKVM]

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Hong Kong Beat:
True Stories from One of the Last British Police Officers in ColonialHong Kong
Sex, drugs, gambling, ghosts, drinking, rugby, overseas adventures - and even some police work. Hong Kong on the edge of empire was a place teeming with triads, smugglers, Chinese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees.
ISBN-13: 9789887792819 (Paperback)
Publisher: BLACKSMITH BOOKS
Imprint: BLACKSMITH BOOKS
Simon Roberts
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AUD $36.99
Stock: 16 in stock
Local release date: 07/11/2022
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Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Autobiography: general [BGA]Memoirs [BM]True stories [BT]True crime [BTC]Humanities [H]History [HB]History: earliest times to present day [HBL]20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW]Society & social sciences [J]Social services & welfare, criminology [JK]Crime & criminology [JKV]

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The First Counterspy
Larry Haas, Bell Aircraft, and the FBI's Attempt to Capture a Soviet Mol
The First Counterspy is the pulse-quickening and traumatic story of spy, counterspy, and an American family unwittingly caught in its web. Until this case, the FBI had never recruited civilian counterspies to catch a Soviet agent.
ISBN-13: 9781493061563 (Hardback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LYONS PRESS
Kay Haas, Walter W. Pickut
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AUD $60.99
Stock: 17 in stock
Local release date: 18/10/2022
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Categories: True crime [BTC]Second World War [HBWQ]Espionage & secret services [JPSH]c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) [3JJH]

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Forensic Files Now
Inside 40 Unforgettable True Crime Cases
In Forensic Files Now, author Rebecca Reisner shares her own gripping retellings of 40 favorite cases profiled on the hit TV show along with fascinating updates adapted from her popular blog, ForensicFilesNow.com, and a Foreword by Forensic Files -creator Paul Dowling.
ISBN-13: 9781633888289 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: PROMETHEUS
Rebecca Reisner, Paul Dowling
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AUD $44.99
Stock: 3 in stock
Local release date: 18/10/2022
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Categories: True crime [BTC]Popular culture [JFCA]Forensic science [JKVF1]

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Gladys
Staying Strong
ICAC’s witch hunt exposed: How ICAC unjustly pursued Gladys Berejiklian in Operation Keppel while targeting her then boyfriend Darryl Maguire MP, failing to recognise how state politics operates.
ISBN-13: 9781922810199 (Paperback)
Publisher: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Imprint: WILKINSON PUBLISHING
Andrew L. Urban
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AUD $29.99
Stock: 144 in stock
Local release date: 20/09/2022
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Categories: True crime [BTC]Political corruption [JPZ]

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Corruption in the Americas
"This edited collection analyzes trends of corruption in countries throughout the Americas. The contributors examine the main actors involved in corruption as well as the linkages between organized crime and state institutions"--
ISBN-13: 9781793627230 (Paperback)
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
Jonathan D Rosen, Hanna S Kassab, Adriana Beltran, Marten Brienen, Fernando Cepeda Ulloa, Hanna S Kassab, Cynthia McClintock, Bradford R McGuinn, Jonathan D Rosen, Michael Jerome Wolff
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AUD $67.99
Stock: 1 in stock
Local release date: 24/08/2022
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Categories: True crime [BTC]