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![The Wave by L.E. Luttrell]()
The Wave by L.E. Luttrell
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLucy Jones and Kelly O’Brien each have their problems. When they meet in Phuket in December 2004 and share their troubles, the future begins to look more promising. Lucy devises a plan to help Kelly escape from her controlling and violent partner. But a tsunami sweeps through the resort causing tragedy and chaos... -
![This Family Lies: A jaw-dropping psychological thriller by J.M. Cannon]()
This Family Lies: A jaw-dropping psychological thriller by J.M. Cannon
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsExcellent book! Could not put it down... -
![The Cage by Marion Scherer]()
The Cage by Marion Scherer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo friends. One terrible night. A lifetime of pain.When fifteen-year-old Suzanne is kidnapped from a small Northern California town and thrown into the terrifying world of human trafficking, her high school friend Sandy and fired policeman Sgt. Dormer search for her. In the dark underworld of Los Angeles’ gangs and prostitution, they find Suzanne and launch a plan to rescue her.. -
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![A Penny for the Hangman by Tom Savage]()
A Penny for the Hangman by Tom Savage
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUSA TODAY BESTSELLER • In Tom Savage’s chilling novel of suspense, an ambitious reporter is beckoned to an island paradise for the story of a lifetime. But this scoop might just be the death of her. Fifty years ago, on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, two teenagers born to privilege were convicted of slaughtering their parents in cold blood... -
![Asylum Archives Case Study Vol.1: True Accounts From The Insane by Jaron Briggs, Richard Dutcher]()
Asylum Archives Case Study Vol.1: True Accounts From The Insane by Jaron Briggs, Richard Dutcher
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTaken from actual medical files, Asylum Archives uses the delusions and hallucinations of actual asylum patients and turns them into short stories... -
![Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou]()
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsThe full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers... -
![Too Scared to Tell by Cathy Glass]()
Too Scared to Tell by Cathy Glass
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.Oskar's school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar's mother is abroad and he has been left in the care of 'friends', but has been arriving in school hungry, unkempt, and with bruises on his arms, legs and body. Experienced foster carer Cathy Glass is asked to look after him, but as the weeks pass her concerns deepen... -
![The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis]()
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestseller: "It is the work of our greatest financial journalist, at the top of his game. And it's essential reading... -
![Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow Cox]()
Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow Cox
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLonglisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for NonfictionWinner of the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice*A Newsweek Favorite Book of 2021 *An NPR 2021 Books We Love selection *A Washington Post Notable Work of Nonfiction *A Kirkus 2021's Best, Most Urgent Books of Current Affairs selectionBased on the acclaimed series--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--an...Categorized as:
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![The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon, Edward Burns]()
The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon, Edward Burns
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known--and cautiously avoided--by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood... -
![Twisted: The Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Took Him Down by Mary Pilon, Carla Correa]()
Twisted: The Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Took Him Down by Mary Pilon, Carla Correa
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAmerica’s top gymnasts have been show stoppers at the Summer Olympics for decades - the women’s artistic team won nine medals in 2016 alone. But beneath the athleticism, smiles, sponsorship deals, and haul of gold medals was a dark secret: a story of sexual abuse and trauma that, when revealed, became one of the biggest scandals in the history of American sports... -
![Daddy’s Little Princess by Cathy Glass]()
Daddy’s Little Princess by Cathy Glass
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass.Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn’t long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be.Little Beth, aged 7, has been brought up by her father Derek after her mother left when she was a toddler... -
![Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie]()
Mindf*ck: Cambridge Analytica and the Plot to Break America by Christopher Wylie
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor the first time, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower tells the inside story of the data mining and psychological manipulation behind the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum, connecting Facebook, WikiLeaks, Russian intelligence, and international hackers... -
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![A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder]()
A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology by Mike Rinder
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOne of the highest-ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir.Mike Rinder’s parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school, he signed a billion-year contract and was admitted into Scientology’s elite inner circle, the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L... -
![Nicole Angemi's Anatomy Book: A Catalog of Familiar, Rare, and Unusual Pathologies by Nicole Angemi]()
Nicole Angemi's Anatomy Book: A Catalog of Familiar, Rare, and Unusual Pathologies by Nicole Angemi
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnatomy for all by “the Internet’s Most Famous Coroner” (Vice) From “A is for Abdomen” to “W is for Wrist,” Nicole Angemi’s My Anatomy Book offers a unique anatomy manual, accessible to all, serious without taking itself too seriously... -
![Le berceau des dominations - Anthropologie de l'inceste by Dorothée Dussy]()
Le berceau des dominations - Anthropologie de l'inceste by Dorothée Dussy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDorothée Dussy se penche sur les mécanismes complexes par lesquels l’inceste, en théorie interdit et condamné, est couramment pratiqué dans l’intimité des foyers français. À la faveur du réel, et de la banalité des abus sexuels commis sur les enfants, l’inceste se révèle structurant de l’ordre social... -
![Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe by Gavin de Becker]()
Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe by Gavin de Becker
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSafety skills for children outside the home Warning signs of sexual abuse How to screen baby-sitters and choose schools Strategies for keeping teenagers safe from violenceAll parents face the same challenges when it comes to their children's safety: whom to trust, whom to distrust, what to believe, what to doubt, what to fear, and what not to fear...Categorized as:
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![Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux]()
Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it; celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it; and TV ads hailed it as the future of money... -
![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... -
![Beze mnie jesteś nikim. Przemoc w polskich domach by Jacek Hołub]()
Beze mnie jesteś nikim. Przemoc w polskich domach by Jacek Hołub
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsW badaniu przeprowadzonym na zlecenie Ministerstwa Rodziny, Pracy i Polityki Społecznej trzydzieści procent – czyli ponad dziewięć milionów – dorosłych Polaków potwierdziło, że było sprawcami przemocy w rodzinie. Siedemnaście procent skrzywdziło bliskich kilka razy, a trzy procent wielokrotnie.Mężczyźni katują żony i dzieci. Bici synowie dorastają i znęcają się nad swoimi partnerkami i dziećmi... -
![The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton]()
The Jigsaw Man by Paul Britton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsForensic psychologist Paul Britton asks himself four questions when he is faced with a crime scene: what happened: who is the victim: how was it done, and why? Only when he has the answers to these questions can he address the fifth: who is responsible?An intensely private and unassuming man, Britton has an almost mythic status in the field of crime deduction because of his ability to 'walk... -
![Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital by David M. Oshinsky]()
Bellevue: Three Centuries of Medicine and Mayhem at America's Most Storied Hospital by David M. Oshinsky
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDavid Oshinsky chronicles the history of America's oldest hospital and in so doing also charts the rise of New York to the nation's preeminent city, the path of American medicine from butchery and quackery to a professional and scientific endeavor, and the growth of a civic institution... -
![Gwałt polski by Maja Staśko, Patrycja Wieczorkiewicz]()
Gwałt polski by Maja Staśko, Patrycja Wieczorkiewicz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsW 2019 roku polska policja wszczęła około dwa i półtysiąca postępować w sprawie zgwałcenia. Tylko w trochę więcej niż połowie z nich stwierdzono przestępstwo, a wykryto ponad tysiąc sto sprawców. Ofiarą są w przeważającej części kobiety... -
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![We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out by Annie E. Clark, Andrea L. Pino]()
We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out by Annie E. Clark, Andrea L. Pino
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom young activists at the forefront of the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses, a collection of survivor stories that will connect with students and inform and inspire us allAcross the U.S. student activists are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual violence on college campuses. Every day more survivors come forward. But other survivors choose not to... -
![Sara Payne: A Mother's Story by Sara Payne]()
Sara Payne: A Mother's Story by Sara Payne
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings'Thank God we have found her.' Sara Payne's words as she announced that the body of her daughter - snatched and murdered by paedophile, Roy Whiting - had finally been found. In this memoir, Sara tells her personal story. She describes the numbness as she waited for seventeen days, desperate to hear news of her missing daughter, and the terrible moment when her worst fears became reality... -
![Slavery Inc: The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking by Lydia Cacho]()
Slavery Inc: The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking by Lydia Cacho
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIllegal, inhuman, and impervious to recession, there is one trade that continues to thrive, just out of sight. The international sex trade criss-crosses the entire globe, a sinister network made up of criminal masterminds, local handlers, corrupt policemen, willfully blind politicians, eager consumers, and countless hapless women and children... -
![THE BEAST I LOVED: A Battered Woman's Desperate Struggle To Survive by Robert Davidson]()
THE BEAST I LOVED: A Battered Woman's Desperate Struggle To Survive by Robert Davidson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBefore domestic violence hot lines and safe houses were widespread, June Briand shot four bullets into her husband’s head and was sentenced to fifteen years to life... -
![Picking Up The Pieces by Paul Britton]()
Picking Up The Pieces by Paul Britton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe extraordinary and fascinating new book by the author of the award-winning bestseller The Jigsaw ManForensic psychologist Paul Britton can 'walk through the minds' of those who murder, rape, torture, extort and kidnap. He can see the world through their eyes and know what they're thinking... -
![Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota by C.J. Wynn]()
Wilder Intentions: Love, Lies and Murder in North Dakota by C.J. Wynn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsANGILA WAS STABBED 44 TIMES.THIS WAS PERSONAL.On a November morning in 2015, Christopher Jackson waited for his fiancée, Angila Wilder, to pick him up from work as she always did. But this time, she didn’t show—and Christopher’s calls went unanswered. The police found what looked like a scene from a horror movie at their home. The backdoor kicked in. A bedroom splattered with blood...
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