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|  | | Death in the Desert
From his heroin addiction to his mob ties to his murder, Cathy Scott gives a compelling and in-depth account of the tragedy that was Ted's life, and seeks to resolve whether or not he was murdered, allegedly by his live-in girlfriend and her lover. Offering historical pictures of the legendary Binion family, Death in the Desert is a valuable offering to fans of both Las Vegas history and true crime.
span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Multi-millionaire Ted Binion, son and heir to the estate of cowboy gangster and gambler Benny Binion who helped mold Las Vegas, was found dead in his million-dollar home on September 17, 1998. Binion’s girlfriend, a one-time exotic dancer, and her lover, Rick Tabish, a contractor from Missoula, Montana, both were convicted of killing Binion by forcing him to swallow a mixture of black tar heroin and the sedative Xanax. /span>i style="font-family: verdana, arial, helve | |  | | First Lady of Murder: Ann Rules Life and Legacy
First Lady of Murder is a biography of the true-crime icon Ann Rule. It explores the complex personal life and enduring legacy of America's queen of true crime.
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 26px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "PT Serif", serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">In FIRST LADY OF MURDER/span>, acclaimed true crime author Cathy Scott turns that same investigative eye on Rule herself, revealing the complicated, driven, fiercely human woman behind The Stranger Beside Me, Small Sacrifices, and a body of work that changed crime writing forever. Drawing on years of research, interviews, and Scott’s own frien | |  | | Murder of a Mafia Daughter
In-depth book about the life and death of Susan Berman, daughter of mobster Davey Berman, who was fatally shot in back of her head in her own Beverly Hills home.
span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Growing up, Susan Berman’s childhood was idyllic. She was Las Vegas Mob royalty, the daughter of a Mob boss who ran the Flamingo and furnished his only child with anything money could buy. But halfway through her childhood, dream exploded. Susan’s father died without warning during a routine surgery. Next, Susie Berman’s mother died by her own hand the next year when she overdosing on drugs. Susie was whisked away from the only home she’d ever known, | |  | | Pawprints of Katrina
A chronicle of the rescue effort of pets left behind on the Gulf Coast and the largest animal rescue in American history. Foreword by Ali MacGraw.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; ">In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many animals had to fend for themselves because their owners lost them or were unable to care for them. In i>Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned/i>, Cathy Scott documents her experience working with the Best Friends Animal Society triage center to rescue lost animals and reunite them with their owners. Over two hundred stories with accompanying photos describe dramatic and challenging rescue cases with details about the rescues, the examinations | |  | | The Killing of Tupac Shakur-2nd edition
On September 6, 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur was gunned down in a drive-by shooting a few blocks from the fabled Las Vegas Strip. The Killing of Tupac Shakur digs deep into the events leading up to, and following, the headline-grabbing murder.
This in-depth chronicle focuses on Tupac’s double life as an entertainment superstar and a convict, spotlighting his meteoric rise to the top of the world of hip-hop in the context of the dangerous economics of renegade record labels. It examines all the possible motives for Tupac’s murder—the gang connection, the rap wars, the high-level conspiracies—and reveals the failed police investigation of the crime, which remains unsolved. Now in it's Second Edition, having been fully revised and expanded.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; ">Who did it any why?
Poet, movie star, revolutionary -- Tupac Amaru Shakur was the most popular rapper in the world. No one symbolized the violence at the heart of gangsta rap more than Tupac, and he ultimately fell victim to that violence, gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas at the age of 25.
This raw, no-holds-barred account discloses new information, including exclusive photo evidence, about the unsolved murder of Tupac: the failed investigation, the rap wars, the killing of Biggie | |  | | The Millionaire's Wife
The True Story of a Real Estate Tycoon, his Beautiful Young Mistress, and a Marriage that Ended in Murder
span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The beloved son of Holocaust survivors, forty-nine-year-old George Kogan grew up in Puerto Rico before making his way to New York City, where he enjoyed great success as an antiques and art dealer. Until one morning in 1990, when George was approached on the street by an unidentified gunman—and was killed in cold blood./span>
p style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Before the shooting, George had been on the way to his girlfriends’s apartment. | |  | | The Rough Guide to True Crime
"The Rough Guide to True Crime" is the complete compilation of crime's most notorious villains, heinous acts and shocking misdemeanours.
span style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"The Rough Guide to True Crime" provides an unusually wide coverage of crime's most preposterous occurrences and heinous acts; combining in-depth accounts of the most infamous to the lesser known crimes, from conmen to cybercrime, with 'at-a-glance' fact files throughout. From the Moors murders and Harold Shipman, to the murder of 2pac, this guide illuminates the psychology in play behind the most intriguing crimes in history, from the absurd to the appalling. Written by award winning journal |
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