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Another City, Not My Own by Dominick Dunne
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is the story of the Trial of the Century as only Dominick Dunne can write it. Told from the point of view of one of Dunne's most familiar fictional characters-Gus Bailey-Another City, Not My Own tells how Gus, the movers and shakers of Los Angeles, and the city itself are drawn into the vortex of the O.J. Simpson trial.We have met Gus Bailey in previous novels by Dominick Dunne... -
![Absolution by Patrick Flanery]()
Absolution by Patrick Flanery
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this stunning literary debut, Patrick Flanery delivers a devastating and intimate portrait of post-apartheid South Africa, and the perils of taking sides when the sides are changing around you... -
![Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder]()
Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 36 ratings“[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browder’s business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, making Red Notice an early candidate for any list of the year’s best books” (Fortune)... -
![American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind behind the Silk Road Drugs Empire by Nick Bilton]()
American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind behind the Silk Road Drugs Empire by Nick Bilton
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe unbelievable true story of the man who built a billion-dollar online drug empire from his bedroom – and almost got away with it... -
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![Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King]()
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDevil in the Grove is the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.Arguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S... -
![Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior]()
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America by Sarah Kendzior
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior comes the bitingly honest examination of the erosion of American liberty and the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump. The rise of Donald Trump may have shocked Americans, but it should not have surprised them. His anti-democratic movement is the culmination of a decades-long breakdown of U.S. institutions. The same blindness to U.S... -
![Hellhound on His Trail by Hampton Sides]()
Hellhound on His Trail by Hampton Sides
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNATIONAL BESTSELLEREdgar Award NomineeOne of the Best Books of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine, Time, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Francisco Chronicle With a New Afterword On April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened... -
![Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era by Jerry Mitchell]()
Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era by Jerry Mitchell
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn June 21, 1964, more than twenty Klansmen murdered three civil rights workers. The killings would become known as the “Mississippi Burning” case and even though the killers’ identities, including the sheriff’s deputy, were an open secret, no one was charged with murder in the months and years that followed... -
![Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones]()
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn fascinating detail, Sam Quinones chronicles how, over the past 15 years, enterprising sugar cane farmers in a small county on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin—the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, 2 to 3 times purer than its white powder cousin—to the veins of people across the United States... -
![All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire by Jonathan Abrams]()
All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire by Jonathan Abrams
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe definitive oral history of the iconic and beloved TV show The Wire, as told by the actors, writers, directors, and others involved in its creation.Since its final episode aired in 2008, HBO's acclaimed crime drama The Wire has only become more popular and influential... -
![Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz]()
Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe untold story of the other scandal that rocked Nixon's White House: the wild crimes, audacious cover-up, and spectacular downfall of Vice President Spiro Agnew - with new reporting that expands on Rachel Maddow's Peabody Award-nominated podcast... -
![We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City by Justin Fenton]()
We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops and Corruption in an American City by Justin Fenton
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBaltimore, 2015. Riots were erupting across the city as citizens demanded justice for Freddie Gray, a twenty-five-year-old black man who died in police custody. At the same time, drug and violent crime were once again surging.For years, Sgt Wayne Jenkins and his team of plain-clothed officers - the Gun Trace Task Force - were the city's lauded and decorated heroes...Categorized as:
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![Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America by Mamie Till-Mobley, Christopher Benson]()
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America by Mamie Till-Mobley, Christopher Benson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere are many heroes of the civil rights movement—men and women we can look to for inspiration. Each has a unique story, a path that led to a role as leader or activist... -
![Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace by Michael Morton]()
Getting Life: An Innocent Man's 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace by Michael Morton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe spent twenty-five years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He lost his wife, his son, and his freedom. This is the story of how Michael Morton finally got justice—and a second chance at life.On August 13, 1986, just one day after his thirty-second birthday, Michael Morton went to work at his usual time... -
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![American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer]()
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn 2014, Shane Bauer was hired for $9 an hour to work as an entry-level prison guard at a private prison in Winnfield, Louisiana... -
![The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean, Dennis Boutsikaris]()
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron by Bethany McLean, Dennis Boutsikaris
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe definitive volume on Enron's amazing rise and scandalous fall, from an award-winning team of Fortune investigative reporters... -
![JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters by James W. Douglass]()
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters by James W. Douglass
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this fascinating and disturbing book James Douglass presents a compelling account of why President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and why the unmasking of this truth remains crucial for the future of our country and the world... -
![Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips]()
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia, and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America.Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the twentieth century was home to a large African American community that included ministers and teachers, farmers and field hands, tradesmen, servants, and children... -
![Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy by Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel]()
Dead in the Water: A True Story of Hijacking, Murder, and a Global Maritime Conspiracy by Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“A triumph of investigative journalism.” —Tom Wright, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Billion Dollar Whale"Truly one of the most nail-biting, page-turning, terrifying true-crime books I've ever read... -
![All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward]()
All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe full account of the Watergate scandal from the two Washington Post reporters who broke the story. This is “the work that brought down a presidency— perhaps the most influential piece of journalism in history” (Time, All-Time 100 Best Nonfiction Books).This is the book that changed America... -
![Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff, David Corn]()
Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff, David Corn
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency.RUSSIAN ROULETTE is a story of political skullduggery unprecedented in American history. It weaves together tales of international intrigue, cyber espionage, and superpower rivalry. After U.S... -
![Operation Massacre by Rodolfo Walsh, Ricardo Piglia]()
Operation Massacre by Rodolfo Walsh, Ricardo Piglia
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings1956. Argentina has just lost its charismatic president Juán Perón in a military coup, and terror reigns across the land. June 1956: eighteen people are reported dead in a failed Peronist uprising... -
![The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin]()
The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA behind-the-scenes look at the crime of the century and the legal proceedings that followed sheds new light in the arrest and trial of O.J. Simpson, the evidence in the case, and the role of the prosecution and defense... -
![Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein by Bradley J. Edwards]()
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein by Bradley J. Edwards
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the definitive story of the case against Jeffrey Epstein and the corrupt system that supported him, told in thrilling detail by the lawyer who has represented Epstein’s victims for more than a decade. In June 2008, Florida-based victims’ rights attorney Bradley J. Edwards was thirty-two years old and had just started his own law firm when a young woman named Courtney Wild came to see him... -
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![Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb]()
Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion by Gary Webb
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn July 1995, San Jose Mercury-News reporter Gary Webb found the Big One--the blockbuster story every journalist secretly dreams about--without even looking for it. A simple phone call concerning an unexceptional pending drug trial turned into a massive conspiracy involving the Nicaraguan Contra rebels, L.A. and Bay Area crack cocaine dealers, and the Central Intelligence Agency... -
![Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels by Paul Pringle]()
Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels by Paul Pringle
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFor fans of Spotlight and Catch and Kill comes a nonfiction thriller about corruption and betrayal radiating across Los Angeles from one of the region's most powerful institutions, a riveting tale from a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist who investigated the shocking events and helped bring justice in the face of formidable odds... -
![The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi, Molly Crabapple]()
The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi, Molly Crabapple
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOver the last two decades, America has been falling deeper and deeper into a statistical mystery: Poverty goes up. Crime goes down. The prison population doubles. Fraud by the rich wipes out 40 percent of the world's wealth. The rich get massively richer. No one goes to jail... -
![A Colony in a Nation by Christopher L. Hayes]()
A Colony in a Nation by Christopher L. Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York Times best-selling author and Emmy Award–winning news anchor Chris Hayes argues that there are really two Americas: a Colony and a Nation... -
![A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer]()
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power by Paul Fischer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBefore becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda and its film studios. Conceiving every movie made, he acted as producer and screenwriter... -
![Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart]()
Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice.Pulitzer Prize–winner James B...
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