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Paperback. Condition: Good. Inspired by the true story of a young man's false imprisonment for murder, this is a gripping novel about a daughter?s fight for justice against the odds.In his first book for teenagers, Dick Lehr, a former reporter for the Boston Globe?s famous Spotlight Team, has re-imagined a case he investigated to create a compelling story about a daughter determined to prove her father?s innocence. On a hot summer night in Boston, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl became the innocent victim of gang-related gunfire. Amid public outcry, an immediate manhunt was on to catch the murderer, and a young African-American man was quickly apprehended, charged, and ? wrongly ? convicted of the crime.Trell was only a baby when her father was imprisoned, but she has always been certain of his innocence. Twelve years after his conviction, she persuades a down-on-his-luck reporter and a determined lawyer to help clear her father?s name. As they attempt to uncover back-door deals, track down crucial witnesses and unearth vital evidence that will prove her father?s innocence, it becomes clear that some people in the neighbourhood want to keep this information hidden ? at any cost.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Inspired by the true story of a young man's false imprisonment for murder, this is a gripping novel about a daughter?s fight for justice against the odds.In his first book for teenagers, Dick Lehr, a former reporter for the Boston Globe?s famous Spotlight Team, has re-imagined a case he investigated to create a compelling story about a daughter determined to prove her father?s innocence. On a hot summer night in Boston, a thirteen-year-old African-American girl became the innocent victim of gang-related gunfire. Amid public outcry, an immediate manhunt was on to catch the murderer, and a young African-American man was quickly apprehended, charged, and ? wrongly ? convicted of the crime.Trell was only a baby when her father was imprisoned, but she has always been certain of his innocence. Twelve years after his conviction, she persuades a down-on-his-luck reporter and a determined lawyer to help clear her father?s name. As they attempt to uncover back-door deals, track down crucial witnesses and unearth vital evidence that will prove her father?s innocence, it becomes clear that some people in the neighbourhood want to keep this information hidden ? at any cost.…

Hardback. Condition: Fair. The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as"Operation Vengeance" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan'slarger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius whohad devised the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. ?AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL.? At7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Centertyped what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches in history, asthe Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on U.S. bases on Hawaii.In a little over two hours, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, propelling theU.S.?s entry into World War II.Dead Reckoning is the epic true story of the high-stakes operation undertakensixteen months later to avenge that deadly strike ? a longshot mission hatchedhastily at the U.S. base on Guadalcanal. Expertly crafting this "hunt forBin Laden"-style WWII story, NewYork Times bestselling author Dick Lehr recreates the tension-filled eventsleading up to the climactic clash in the South Pacific skies ? frontline momentsloaded with xenophobia, spycraft, sacrifice and broken hearts. Lehr goes behindthe scenes at Station Hypo on Hawaii, where U.S. Navy code breakers first discoveredexactly where and when to find Admiral Yamamoto, on April 18, 1943, and then chroniclesin dramatic detail the nerve-wracking mission to kill him. He focuses on ArmyAir Force Major John W. Mitchell, the ace fighter pilot from the tiny hamlet ofEnid, Mississippi who was tasked with conceiving a flight route, literally tothe second, for the only U.S. fighter plane on Guadalcanal capable of reachingYamamoto hundreds of miles away ? the new twin-engine P-38 Lightning with itsfabled ?cone of fire.?Given unprecedentedaccess to Mitchell?s personal papers and hundreds of private letters, Lehrreveals for the first time the full story of Mitchell?s wartime exploits up to theface-off with Yamamoto, along with those of key American pilots Mitchell chosefor the momentous mission: Rex Barber, Thomas Lanphier Jr., Besby Holmes, andRay Hine. The spotlight also shines on their enemy target ?Admiral Yamamoto,the enigmatic, charismatic commander in chief of Japan?s Combined Fleet, whosecomplicated feelings about the U.S.?he studied at Harvard?add rich complexity. Inthis way Dead Reckoning offers atonce a fast-paced recounting of a crucial turning point in the Pacific war and keenlydrawn portraits of its two main protagonists: Isoroku Yamamoto, the architectof Pearl Harbor, and John Mitchell, the architect of the Yamamoto?s demise.Dead Reckoning featuresblack-and-white photos throughout.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. The definitive and dramatic account of what became known as"Operation Vengeance" -- the targeted kill by U.S. fighter pilots of Japan'slarger-than-life military icon, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval genius whohad devised the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. ?AIR RAID, PEARL HARBOR. THIS IS NO DRILL.? At7:58 a.m. on December 7, 1941, an officer at the Ford Island Command Centertyped what would become one of the most famous radio dispatches in history, asthe Japanese navy launched a surprise aerial assault on U.S. bases on Hawaii.In a little over two hours, more than 2,400 Americans were dead, propelling theU.S.?s entry into World War II.Dead Reckoning is the epic true story of the high-stakes operation undertakensixteen months later to avenge that deadly strike ? a longshot mission hatchedhastily at the U.S. base on Guadalcanal. Expertly crafting this "hunt forBin Laden"-style WWII story, NewYork Times bestselling author Dick Lehr recreates the tension-filled eventsleading up to the climactic clash in the South Pacific skies ? frontline momentsloaded with xenophobia, spycraft, sacrifice and broken hearts. Lehr goes behindthe scenes at Station Hypo on Hawaii, where U.S. Navy code breakers first discoveredexactly where and when to find Admiral Yamamoto, on April 18, 1943, and then chroniclesin dramatic detail the nerve-wracking mission to kill him. He focuses on ArmyAir Force Major John W. Mitchell, the ace fighter pilot from the tiny hamlet ofEnid, Mississippi who was tasked with conceiving a flight route, literally tothe second, for the only U.S. fighter plane on Guadalcanal capable of reachingYamamoto hundreds of miles away ? the new twin-engine P-38 Lightning with itsfabled ?cone of fire.?Given unprecedentedaccess to Mitchell?s personal papers and hundreds of private letters, Lehrreveals for the first time the full story of Mitchell?s wartime exploits up to theface-off with Yamamoto, along with those of key American pilots Mitchell chosefor the momentous mission: Rex Barber, Thomas Lanphier Jr., Besby Holmes, andRay Hine. The spotlight also shines on their enemy target ?Admiral Yamamoto,the enigmatic, charismatic commander in chief of Japan?s Combined Fleet, whosecomplicated feelings about the U.S.?he studied at Harvard?add rich complexity. Inthis way Dead Reckoning offers atonce a fast-paced recounting of a crucial turning point in the Pacific war and keenlydrawn portraits of its two main protagonists: Isoroku Yamamoto, the architectof Pearl Harbor, and John Mitchell, the architect of the Yamamoto?s demise.Dead Reckoning featuresblack-and-white photos throughout.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. From the bestselling authors of Black Mass comes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone.   Drawing on a trove of sealed files and previously classified material, Whitey digs deep into the mind of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, the crime boss and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. He was an American original --a psychopath who fostered a following with a frightening mix of terror, deadly intimidation and the deft touch of a politician who often helped a family in need meet their monthly rent. But the history shows that despite the early false myths portraying him as a Robin Hood figure, Whitey was a supreme narcissist, and everything--every interaction with family and his politician brother Bill Bulger, with underworld cohorts, with law enforcement, with his South Boston neighbors, and with his victims--was always about him. In an Irish-American neighborhood where loyalty has always been rule one, the Bulger brand was loyalty to oneself.                   Whitey deconstructs Bulger's insatiable hunger for power and control. Building on their years of reporting and uncovering new Bulger family records, letters and prison files, Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill examine and reveal the factors and forces that created the monster. It's a deeply rendered portrait of evil that spans nearly a century, taking Whitey from the streets of his boyhood Southie in the 1940s to his cell in Alcatraz in the 1950s to his cunning, corrupt pact with the FBI in the 1970s and, finally, to Santa Monica, California where for fifteen years he was hiding in plain sight as one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. In a lifetime of crime and murder that ended with his arrest in June 2011, Whitey Bulger became one of the most powerful and deadly crime bosses of the twentieth century. This is his story.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. On February 26, 1986, Mafia underboss Gennaro Angiulo was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to forty-five years in prison. In The Underboss, bestselling authors Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill tell the story of the fall of the house of Angiulo. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, aided in part by the Irish Mob's Whitey Bulger, entered the Boston Mafia's headquarters in Boston's North End early one morning in 1981 and began to compile the evidence that would lead to the entire upper tier of one of the most profitable and ruthless criminal enterprises in America. Originally published in hardback by St. Martin's in 1989, The Underboss became a national bestseller. Information uncovered during the course of Lehr and O'Neill's Black Mass investigations adds new dimensions to the story and the authors include this new material-including Whitey Bulger's cagey manipulation of the FBI-in The Underboss's revised text and in a new preface and afterword.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. A new edition of the riveting New York Times and Boston Globe bestseller, updated with a new chapter on the capture of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. On February 26, 1986, Mafia underboss Gennaro Angiulo was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to forty-five years in prison. In The Underboss, bestselling authors Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill tell the story of the fall of the house of Angiulo. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, aided in part by the Irish Mob's Whitey Bulger, entered the Boston Mafia's headquarters in Boston's North End early one morning in 1981 and began to compile the evidence that would lead to the entire upper tier of one of the most profitable and ruthless criminal enterprises in America. Originally published in hardback by St. Martin's in 1989, The Underboss became a national bestseller. Information uncovered during the course of Lehr and O'Neill's Black Mass investigations adds new dimensions to the story and the authors include this new material-including Whitey Bulger's cagey manipulation of the FBI-in The Underboss's revised text and in a new preface and afterword.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. On February 26, 1986, Mafia underboss Gennaro Angiulo was convicted of racketeering and sentenced to forty-five years in prison. In The Underboss, bestselling authors Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill tell the story of the fall of the house of Angiulo. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, aided in part by the Irish Mob's Whitey Bulger, entered the Boston Mafia's headquarters in Boston's North End early one morning in 1981 and began to compile the evidence that would lead to the entire upper tier of one of the most profitable and ruthless criminal enterprises in America. Originally published in hardback by St. Martin's in 1989, The Underboss became a national bestseller. Information uncovered during the course of Lehr and O'Neill's Black Mass investigations adds new dimensions to the story and the authors include this new material-including Whitey Bulger's cagey manipulation of the FBI-in The Underboss's revised text and in a new preface and afterword.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A new edition of the riveting New York Times and Boston Globe bestseller, updated with a new chapter on the capture of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. From the bestselling authors of Black Mass comes the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone.   Drawing on a trove of sealed files and previously classified material, Whitey digs deep into the mind of James J. "Whitey" Bulger, the crime boss and killer who brought the FBI to its knees. He was an American original --a psychopath who fostered a following with a frightening mix of terror, deadly intimidation and the deft touch of a politician who often helped a family in need meet their monthly rent. But the history shows that despite the early false myths portraying him as a Robin Hood figure, Whitey was a supreme narcissist, and everything--every interaction with family and his politician brother Bill Bulger, with underworld cohorts, with law enforcement, with his South Boston neighbors, and with his victims--was always about him. In an Irish-American neighborhood where loyalty has always been rule one, the Bulger brand was loyalty to oneself.                   Whitey deconstructs Bulger's insatiable hunger for power and control. Building on their years of reporting and uncovering new Bulger family records, letters and prison files, Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill examine and reveal the factors and forces that created the monster. It's a deeply rendered portrait of evil that spans nearly a century, taking Whitey from the streets of his boyhood Southie in the 1940s to his cell in Alcatraz in the 1950s to his cunning, corrupt pact with the FBI in the 1970s and, finally, to Santa Monica, California where for fifteen years he was hiding in plain sight as one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted. In a lifetime of crime and murder that ended with his arrest in June 2011, Whitey Bulger became one of the most powerful and deadly crime bosses of the twentieth century. This is his story.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. When the FBI turned an Irish mobster into an informant, they corrupted the entire judicial system and sanctioned the worst crime spree Boston has ever seen. This is the true story behind the major motion picture. James Whitey Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in US history, and all because of an unholy deal he made with a childhood friend. John Connolly a rising star in the Boston FBI office, offered Bulger protection in return for helping the Feds eliminate Boston's Italian mafia. But no one offered Boston protection from Whitey Bulger, who, in a blizzard of gangland killings, took over the city's drug trade. Whitey's deal with Connolly's FBI spiraled out of control to become the biggest informant scandal in FBI history. Black Mass is a New York Times and Boston Globe bestseller, written by two former reporters who were on the case from the beginning. It is an epic story of violence, double-cross, and corruption at the center of which are the black hearts of two old friends whose lives unfolded in the darkness of permanent midnight.…

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Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

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Paperback. Condition: Good. For fans of I'll Be Gone in the Dark, the thrilling true story of a would-be terrorist attack against a Kansas farming town's immigrant community, and the FBI informant who exposed it. In the spring of 2016, as immigration debates rocked the United States, three men in a militia group known as the Crusaders grew aggravated over one Kansas town's growing Somali community. They decided that complaining about their new neighbors and threatening them directly wasn't enough. The men plotted to bomb a mosque, aiming to kill hundreds and inspire other attacks against Muslims in America. But they decided to wait until after the presidential election, so that their actions wouldn't hurt Donald Trump's chances of winning. An FBI informant befriended the three men, acting as law enforcement's eyes and ears for eight months. His secretly taped conversations with the militia were pivotal in obstructing their plans and were a lynchpin in the resulting trial and convictions for conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. White Hot Hate tells the riveting true story of an averted case of domestic terrorism in one of the most remote towns in the US, not far from the infamous town where Capote's In Cold Blood was set. In the gripping details of this foiled scheme, we see in intimate focus the chilling, immediate threat of domestic terrorism--and racist anxiety in America writ large.…

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Hardback. Condition: Good. For fans of I'll Be Gone in the Dark, the thrilling true story of a would-be terrorist attack against a Kansas farming town's immigrant community, and the FBI informant who exposed it. In the spring of 2016, as immigration debates rocked the United States, three men in a militia group known as the Crusaders grew aggravated over one Kansas town's growing Somali community. They decided that complaining about their new neighbors and threatening them directly wasn't enough. The men plotted to bomb a mosque, aiming to kill hundreds and inspire other attacks against Muslims in America. But they would wait until after the presidential election, so that their actions wouldn't hurt Donald Trump's chances of winning. An FBI informant befriended the three men, acting as law enforcement's eyes and ears for eight months. His secretly taped conversations with the militia were pivotal in obstructing their plans and were a lynchpin in the resulting trial and convictions for conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. White Hot Hate will tell the riveting true story of an averted case of domestic terrorism in one of the most remote towns in the US, not far from the infamous town where Capote's In Cold Blood was set. In the gripping details of this foiled scheme, we see in intimate focus the chilling, immediate threat of domestic terrorism--and racist anxiety in America writ large. &nbsp.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The official movie Tie-in edition to Warner Brothers' major feature film based on this bestselling book, scheduled for worldwide release September 18, 2015.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A riveting investigation of the brutal murders of two Dartmouth professors -- a book that, like In Cold Blood, reveals the chilling reality behind a murder that captivated the nation. On a cold night in January 2001, the idyllic community of Dartmouth College was shattered by the discovery that two of its most beloved professors had been hacked to death in their own home. Investigators searched helplessly for clues linking the victims, Half and Susanne Zantop, to their murderer or murderers. A few weeks later, across the river, in the town of Chelsea, Vermont, police cars were spotted in front of the house of high school senior Robert Tulloch. The police had come to question Tulloch and his best friend, Jim Parker. Soon, the town discovered the incomprehensible reality that Tulloch and Parker, two of Chelsea's brightest and most popular sons, were now fugitives, wanted for the murders of Half and Susanne Zantop. Authors Mitchell Zuckoff and Dick Lehr provide a vivid explication of a murder that captivated the nation, as well as dramatic revelations about the forces that turned two popular teenagers into killers. Judgement Ridge conveys a deep appreciation for the lives (and the devastating loss) of Half and Susanne Zantop, while also providing a clear portrait of the killers, their families, and their community--and, perhaps, a warning to any parent about what evil may lurk in the hearts of boys.…

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