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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24cm
Language
English
Description
"In this memoir that spans dozens of countries worldwide, a young girl and her family adopt one new identity after another and run from both the law and the secrets that will eventually catch up to all of them"-- Provided by publisher.
By the age of nine, Diamond had lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. She didn't know that she was born into a family of outlaws fleeing from the highest international...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
[288] pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The inspiring, dramatic, and heartwarming true account of an escaped convict and his wife of thirty-five plus years who never knew his secret, which captured the imaginations of millions on Humans of New York"-- Provided by publisher.
"The inspiring, dramatic, and heartwarming true account of an escaped convict and his wife of thirty-five plus years who never knew his secret, which captured the imaginations of millions on Humans of New York.Bobby...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
314 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten years after the case was closed by the FBI, Ken Perenyi,an artist with an uncanny ability to mimic the work of the old masters, confesses and describes his thirty-year career as a professional art forger.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
368 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Barbara Stager was known as a devoted mother, loving wife, and dedicated church leader in her Durham, North Carolina, community. When she "accidentally" shot her husband, popular high school coach, Russ, the police were inclined to believe her-until they learned that ten years earlier, her first husband had died in a strangely similar way.
Sgt. Rick Buchanan's relentless investigation into Stager's life revealed a stunning vortex of compulsive...
Author
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
407 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : black and white illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
After her mother's untimely death, Clara Schwartz became distant, withdrawn. Her father, a renowned DNA researcher, lived in a farmhouse outside Leesburg, Virginia, where in December 2001, he was fatally stabbed by what seemed to be a ninja-style sword. Police arrested Kyle Hulbert, a troubled teen--and aspiring vampire. Kyle was Clara's friend, one of a circle obsessed with role-playing games.
Drawing on exclusive interviews with the killer, bestselling...
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
viii, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Ever since she was a teenager, Dorothy Marcic was haunted by unresolved questions surrounding the brutal murder of her beloved uncle, LaVerne Stordock, a respected family man and former police detective. In 2014, she embarked on a two-year mission to uncover the truth behind his death.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xvi, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...