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  • Oscar Slater - A Killer Exposed
    Brenda Rossini
    This is the story of Oscar Slater, a Jewish immigrant in Glasgow, Scotland and two fellow Scottish scammers, Helen Lambie and Patrick Nugent. In the Christmas season of 1908, the trio conspired to rob an elderly, wealthy lady of her diamonds, and, in the course of which burglary, Oscar Slater murdered her on December 21, 1908. All, not some, authors and sleuths who researched t...
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    30,99 €

  • A Body in the Lane
    Elizabeth Long
    Homicide detectives Mark Amos and Zac Harris are called out in the early hours of a cold, wet morning to investigate a naked corpse curled up in a laneway off Exhibition Street, Melbourne. The face of the corpse is twisted in torment. Numerous knife wounds and cigarette burns litter the torso. The experienced detectives have not seen anything like it. There are no clues and the...
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    14,79 €

  • Smash Smash Smash
    Philip Fairbanks
    Millions of people heard these words and shared the viral video with their friends. This mysterious surfing hitchhiker then vanished as quickly as he appeared, only to reappear on many late night talk shows and fan videos. But 3 months later, he was arrested and charged with killing a prominent New Jersey lawyer... in self defense against a sex assault.Who is this mysterious hi...
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    46,35 €

  • Cybersecurity Engineering for Smart Grid
    Mariana Hentea
    This book provides a systematic approach for the design of secure systems and the implementation of a security and privacy program for the Smart Grid and DERs. The focus is on the aspects of building blocks to engineer the security of the Smart Grid, DERs, and systems. The book includes methodology guidelines and a knowledge base to apply analysis and risk management methods to...
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    170,75 €

  • The Adventures of Mulberry Manor, Book 1
    Jay W. Foreman
    When Jade and Teddy’s father leaves to search for their mother, they are dropped off in a suburb outside of nowhere, at a mansion called Mulberry Manor, being watched after by eclectic family friends they have never met. It doesn’t take long for them to realize there is much more to this mansion and this town than meets the eye. Lines between fiction and reality and the natural...
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    16,80 €

  • The Adventures of Mulberry Manor, Book 1
    Jay W. Foreman
    When Jade and Teddy’s father leaves to search for their mother, they are dropped off in a suburb outside of nowhere, at a mansion called Mulberry Manor, being watched after by eclectic family friends they have never met. It doesn’t take long for them to realize there is much more to this mansion and this town than meets the eye. Lines between fiction and reality and the natural...
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    25,36 €

  • Spanish special operations stories
    Jaime Íñiguez Andrade
    This is not a novel or a novelised account; it containsthe actions undertaken by a tough group of fighters, highly trained and never doubting when asked to risk their lives to fulfil a mission: the green berets. Soldiers who nourish and inspire the Spanish Special Operations Units; Units that allow force to be used differently: discreetly if that is what is required, during pea...
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    20,00 €

  • But, Whose Fault?
    Amos Asemone / Fernanda Asemone
    Book DescriptionDo you keep an eye on world events through mainstream media? If so, chances are you have missed out on many essential news stories from countries around the world.While many news outlets will cover European, U.K., and U.S. news in great detail, they often leave out essential news from other continents, especially Africa.And yet, that doesn’t mean that newsworthy...
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    10,38 €

  • Penalty al Vaticano
    José María Gil Cruces
    Cuando el 11 de septiembre de 2001 se produjeron los tristemente célebres ataques a las Torres Gemelas de Nueva York y a otras ciudades de Estados Unidos, habían pasado cinco meses de la prórroga que Bin Laden había dado al país que lo había formado en tiempos pasados. El motivo de este retraso de casi medio año: un partido de fútbol entre el Barcelona y el Liverpool, que el ho...
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    18,04 €

  • Blue Widow
    Sonya Leeding
    A true story of loss and resilience from a Queensland Police OfficerBlue Widow is the harrowing story of Sonya Leeding, whose husband Damian was shot during a botched armed robbery at the Pacific Pines Tavern in Queensland, Australia.Sonya’s no-holds-barred account of the night of 29 May 2011 and the events that unfolded after this tragedy offer an extraordinary insight into th...
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    18,56 €

  • Cartas desde la celda
    Mario Lanero
    Tras más de treinta y cinco años dedicado a la educación canina, Mario Lanero ha llegado a entender las miradas de esos seres maravillosos que son los perros. Fruto de ello son estas cartas que, aunque han sido elaboradas por el autor, bien podrían haber sido escritas por ellos. Cartas escritas desde un lugar en el que no deberían estar.Este libro es el resultado de un concienz...
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    20,75 €

  • Through Windows In The Sky I Fall
    JL MARTIN
    Molly Mae has embarked on a new journey in the opposite direction of where she’d once been headed-and was unknowingly predestined to go due to the sins of her forefathers. Leaving behind the small town in rural Victoria where she was born, she relocates to Melbourne to start a new life. Having battled substance abuse for a decade and haunted by her own secrets and demons, she i...
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    15,40 €

  • Privileged Secrets Book Two
    Sherrie Berry
    Can a monolithic religion hold the keys to absolute truth and sway millions in its grip? Prepare to be captivated by Seeds of Eden, Book One of the Privileged Secrets Trilogy-a critically acclaimed international thriller that delves into real-life experiences.In this thought-provoking tale, earnest seekers after truth find themselves ensnared by the alluring promises of a monol...
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    18,47 €

  • KIDS IN CASKETS
    Carol Bengle Gilbert
    In the single month of January 2023, a typical month in which no large venue shootings resulted in multiple children dying, 150 American children were killed with guns. Eight of them died on New Year’s Day, the same number felled by bullets in Ukraine, an active war zone, for the period January 1 to January 29. What’s wrong, America? Why are American grown-ups derelict in fulfi...
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    10,52 €

  • Talking About Diana’s Death
    Frederick Kirwin
    Who killed Princess Diana on August 31, 1997? TALKING ABOUT DIANA’S DEATH is a comic murder mystery that explores the various hypotheses and rumors surrounding the death of Princess Diana by using the lives of five New Yorkers, two of whom happened to be in Paris on the weekend that Diana succumbed to injuries sustained in a car crash. This royal murder mystery is provocative, ...
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    21,57 €

  • República de milicias
    Bruno Paes Manso
    Fabrício Queiroz, Adriano da Nóbrega, Ronnie Lessa. Los tres fueron protagonistas de una forma violenta de gestión del territorio que ha tomado forma en los últimos veinte años y que obtiene un retrato completo en este libro: las milicias.Desde los escuadrones de la muerte formados en los años sesenta hasta el dominio del tráfico en los ochenta y noventa, desde los sótanos de l...
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    26,00 €

  • The Waterman’s Widow
    Carol McCabe Booker
    Who killed Captain Littleton Condiff? The wife who slept by his side? A robber seeking the small fortune under his mattress? A son desperate to escape the drudgery of his father’s life as an oysterman? His apparently harmless mother-in-law? Perhaps a conspiracy of his wife, her mother, their son? Into this tale of murder at the turn of the 20th century is woven the tale of the ...
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    15,87 €

  • In My DNA
    Lindsey Wade
    Dogged determination and DNA leads Detective Lindsey Wade and her team to the truth behind a thirty-two-year old cold case. In 1986, a young girl in Tacoma, Washington, Jennifer Bastian, went out for a bike ride in a local park and never came home. Later her body was found, mutilated and lifeless, but the case went cold, and Jennifer’s killer was free.The senseless killing of a...
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    24,95 €

  • In My DNA
    Lindsey Wade
    Dogged determination and DNA leads Detective Lindsey Wade and her team to the truth behind a thirty-two-year old cold case. In 1986, a young girl in Tacoma, Washington, Jennifer Bastian, went out for a bike ride in a local park and never came home. Later her body was found, mutilated and lifeless, but the case went cold, and Jennifer’s killer was free.The senseless killing of a...
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    16,70 €

  • Richard Speck and the Eight Nurses
    B D SALERNO
    Late on the night of July 13, 1966, eight of nine student nurses were brutally murdered in their townhouse. They never screamed, they never fought, they never tried to run, and no one could understand why. The eight horrific murders were attributed to Richard Speck, a 24-year-old unemployed seaman with a long rap sheet. One nurse survived by hiding under a bed. She was the crux...
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    23,71 €

  • Jacques maritain y carlos de foucauld
    José Luis Vázquez Borau
    Conocemos a Jacques Maritain principalmente por su aportación humanista y social, pero no leconocemos tanto en su dimensión espiritual y mística. En el libro se muestra como, desde su conversión, junto con su esposa Raïsa, y su búsqueda de nuevas realidades evangélicas en la línea de pequeñas comunidades contemplativas y solidarias, esto se va concretando gracias al testimonio ...
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    12,48 €

  • EMIR MATEO
    Esad Jaganjac
    The novel 'Emir Mateo' was inspired by actual events describing the suffering and senselessness of the war in the Balkans in 1992 - 1995, in which the author and his family found themselves. It is a true event with real main characters, while the other characters are described according to the author’s memory. The novel’s main character is a twelve-year-old boy, Edvin, who find...
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    21,89 €

  • Retrato coloreado
    Antonio Perales
    Retrato coloreado es la historia de una familia pobre, que no humilde.Supervivientes, no agraciados con la fortuna material, pero ricos en la dichade vivir con la prioridad de ser felices.Novela urbana y muy madrileña que transcurre entre los años 1940 y 1958.Las imágenes que rescatadas del baúl de los recuerdos, acompañan al texto,ayudan a introducir al lector en la época y en...
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    15,00 €

  • Murder on Federal Street
    Sean Nam
    'Journalist Nam delivers a knockout debut that shines a light on the underbelly of the boxing industry in 1970s Philadelphia. ...Nam brings ’70s Philly to vivid life and manages to reignite interest in a decades-old mystery. The result is a remarkable melding of true crime and sports history.' -- Publishers Weekly'Nam has been one of this era’s best boxing writers for quite som...
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    17,27 €

  • The Gang Bible
    Jonah Sanders
    Street gangs have taken over our communities to the point that many people believe that they must join the gang to be safe due to lack of knowledge. This book is to highlight some of the most dangerous street gangs and to give the reader information on the gangs code of conduct, history etc so that a sense of understanding can be made and that fear eradicated so that our commun...
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    10,23 €

  • Unbelievable Crimes Volume Three
    Daniela Airlie
    Take a journey with me into the depths of human malice in Unbelievable Crimes Volume Three.In this third installment, I delve into some of the most appalling (yet lesser-known) crimes of our time, walking with you through a truly shocking odyssey of wickedness. I’ve delved deep into the annals of true crime, and compiled an anthology of tales even the most knowledgeable of crim...
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    6,27 €

  • The Girl on the Grill
    Ron Mueller
    The River Front: Introduces Alex as Cincinnati’s first Black female detective.The Girl on the Grill: The murder of a young woman by a local drug distributor.Missing: Alex solves a fifteen year old abduction cold caseMaggot: Alex has a Mexican Drug cartel boss attacking her.Racist: Alex is targeted to be killed by a racist.Votive Candles: A local priest gives Alex a new perspec...
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    11,29 €

  • A Buck Thirty
    RayShawn CharlesEdward Abram
    After losing DB, Rah and Sauce slip into a dark realm, which leads o chaos and bloodshed. Unfortunately though, with agony clouding their vision, their ill-will was misdirected. As a result, unnecessary conflicts sprang forth, and the duo began spiraling down a path of self-destruction...with no regards of the consequences. However, an emotional occurrence eventually brings lif...
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    20,00 €

  • A Buck Thirty
    RayShawn CharlesEdward Abram
    After serving separate prison terms, two brothers (DB and Rah-Rah) are finally reunited. With their cousin (Sauce) always by their side, the trio takes you on a vivid journey of life on the inner streets of Omaha, NE. Through the camaraderie-coated lens of the trio, they somehow reveal the tranquility, as well as the turmoil that’s weaved into the subpar conditions of their env...
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    20,16 €

  • Gunshot in Croatia
    Xiapin Jiang / Xiaping Jiang / Anthony Roberts
    Due to differences of political convictions, religious beliefs, and cultural traditions, the Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991, as Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia fought for autonomy and independence. Under Milosevic’s rule, Serbian military and paramilitary forces carried out a carefully planned 'ethnic cleansing' in Bosnia an...
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    33,35 €