Author: Mike Vance
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1455626201
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"These true crime and murder stories between 1895 and 1910 revolve around one untested lawyer who rises from shady character to preeminent defense attorney in Houston. James Brockman seemingly appears out of nowhere to represent clients from gang leaders to jilted spouses, from wealthy storekeepers to drunken on-duty policemen. There are murder cases of jarring violence in which multiple people are shot down in a train station or a courthouse, and there are cases of uncommon humanity and sadness. The stories of these cases cross racial lines, and several tell an instructive story of the segregated Texas that affected so many lives. His career gained national recognition, including his involvement in the most famous American murder case of the young twentieth century, when he himself was murdered in Houston"--
Getting Away with Bloody Murder: J. B. Brockman, the Best Criminal Lawyer in Texas
Author: Mike Vance
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1455626201
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"These true crime and murder stories between 1895 and 1910 revolve around one untested lawyer who rises from shady character to preeminent defense attorney in Houston. James Brockman seemingly appears out of nowhere to represent clients from gang leaders to jilted spouses, from wealthy storekeepers to drunken on-duty policemen. There are murder cases of jarring violence in which multiple people are shot down in a train station or a courthouse, and there are cases of uncommon humanity and sadness. The stories of these cases cross racial lines, and several tell an instructive story of the segregated Texas that affected so many lives. His career gained national recognition, including his involvement in the most famous American murder case of the young twentieth century, when he himself was murdered in Houston"--
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1455626201
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"These true crime and murder stories between 1895 and 1910 revolve around one untested lawyer who rises from shady character to preeminent defense attorney in Houston. James Brockman seemingly appears out of nowhere to represent clients from gang leaders to jilted spouses, from wealthy storekeepers to drunken on-duty policemen. There are murder cases of jarring violence in which multiple people are shot down in a train station or a courthouse, and there are cases of uncommon humanity and sadness. The stories of these cases cross racial lines, and several tell an instructive story of the segregated Texas that affected so many lives. His career gained national recognition, including his involvement in the most famous American murder case of the young twentieth century, when he himself was murdered in Houston"--
Disgraceland
Author: Jake Brennan
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538732130
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, Disgraceland comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book inspired by true stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history. You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious circumstances? Or that Sam Cooke was shot dead in a seedy motel after barging into the manager's office naked to attack her? Maybe not. Would it change your view of him if you knew that, or would your love for his music triumph? Real rock stars do truly insane thing and invite truly insane things to happen to them; murder, drug trafficking, rape, cannibalism and the occult. We allow this behavior. We are complicit because a rock star behaving badly is what's expected. It's baked into the cake. Deep down, way down, past all of our self-righteous notions of justice and right and wrong, when it comes down to it, we want our rock stars to be bad. We know the music industry is full of demons, ones that drove Elvis Presley, Phil Spector, Sid Vicious and that consumed the Norwegian Black Metal scene. We want to believe in the myths because they're so damn entertaining. Disgraceland is a collection of the best of these stories about some of the music world's most beloved stars and their crimes. It will mix all-new, untold stories with expanded stories from the first two seasons of the Disgraceland podcast. Using figures we already recognize, Disgraceland shines a light into the dark corners of their fame revealing the fine line that separates heroes and villains as well as the danger Americans seek out in their news cycles, tabloids, reality shows and soap operas. At the center of this collection of stories is the ever-fascinating music industry--a glittery stage populated by gangsters, drug dealers, pimps, groupies with violence, scandal and pure unadulterated rock 'n' roll entertainment.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1538732130
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, Disgraceland comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book inspired by true stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history. You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious circumstances? Or that Sam Cooke was shot dead in a seedy motel after barging into the manager's office naked to attack her? Maybe not. Would it change your view of him if you knew that, or would your love for his music triumph? Real rock stars do truly insane thing and invite truly insane things to happen to them; murder, drug trafficking, rape, cannibalism and the occult. We allow this behavior. We are complicit because a rock star behaving badly is what's expected. It's baked into the cake. Deep down, way down, past all of our self-righteous notions of justice and right and wrong, when it comes down to it, we want our rock stars to be bad. We know the music industry is full of demons, ones that drove Elvis Presley, Phil Spector, Sid Vicious and that consumed the Norwegian Black Metal scene. We want to believe in the myths because they're so damn entertaining. Disgraceland is a collection of the best of these stories about some of the music world's most beloved stars and their crimes. It will mix all-new, untold stories with expanded stories from the first two seasons of the Disgraceland podcast. Using figures we already recognize, Disgraceland shines a light into the dark corners of their fame revealing the fine line that separates heroes and villains as well as the danger Americans seek out in their news cycles, tabloids, reality shows and soap operas. At the center of this collection of stories is the ever-fascinating music industry--a glittery stage populated by gangsters, drug dealers, pimps, groupies with violence, scandal and pure unadulterated rock 'n' roll entertainment.
Cry Bloody Murder
Author: Elaine DePrince
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The poignant and shocking story of a mother whose hemophiliac sons contracted AIDS through blood transfusions, this work presents a scathing indictment of the blood-products industry. DePrince brings to her story the zeal of a superb investigative reporter and the rage of a grieving mother.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
The poignant and shocking story of a mother whose hemophiliac sons contracted AIDS through blood transfusions, this work presents a scathing indictment of the blood-products industry. DePrince brings to her story the zeal of a superb investigative reporter and the rage of a grieving mother.
How I Helped O.J. Get Away With Murder
Author: Mike Gilbert
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1596980648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
You Don't Know the Full Truth About O.J. Simpson and the Murders that Gripped a Nation. But Mike Gilbert does, and after nearly two decades of being O.J. Simpson's sports agent, business advisor, and trusted confidant, Gilbert is breaking his silence and telling the full story of the man he idolized, but now despises. Gilbert's shocking tale is unlike anything you've read before; it isn't his "version" of what happened--it's the unvarnished truth. The truth about O.J., the murders, and the infamous trial. Not as Gilbert imagined or would like it to be, but how it actually was. Gilbert doesn't spare anyone, not even himself--he helped deceive the jury and feels deeply responsible for the "Not Guilty" verdict.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1596980648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
You Don't Know the Full Truth About O.J. Simpson and the Murders that Gripped a Nation. But Mike Gilbert does, and after nearly two decades of being O.J. Simpson's sports agent, business advisor, and trusted confidant, Gilbert is breaking his silence and telling the full story of the man he idolized, but now despises. Gilbert's shocking tale is unlike anything you've read before; it isn't his "version" of what happened--it's the unvarnished truth. The truth about O.J., the murders, and the infamous trial. Not as Gilbert imagined or would like it to be, but how it actually was. Gilbert doesn't spare anyone, not even himself--he helped deceive the jury and feels deeply responsible for the "Not Guilty" verdict.
Getting Away with Bloody Murder
Author: Mike Vance
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 145562621X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
James Brockman rose from shady character to preeminent defense attorney in Houston, Texas representing clients including gang leaders, jilted spouses, wealthy storekeepers and drunken on-duty policemen. These high-profile true crime and murder accounts take place between 1895 and 1910. They cross racial lines, revealing instances of separate and unequal justice in segregated Texas that had a lasting effect on the city and the state. His career gained national recognition, including his involvement in the most famous American murder case of the young twentieth century, when he himself was murdered leaving a dubious legacy.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 145562621X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
James Brockman rose from shady character to preeminent defense attorney in Houston, Texas representing clients including gang leaders, jilted spouses, wealthy storekeepers and drunken on-duty policemen. These high-profile true crime and murder accounts take place between 1895 and 1910. They cross racial lines, revealing instances of separate and unequal justice in segregated Texas that had a lasting effect on the city and the state. His career gained national recognition, including his involvement in the most famous American murder case of the young twentieth century, when he himself was murdered leaving a dubious legacy.
Bloody Ivy
Author: Chris Bobonich
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481740199
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Inside you will find 13 chilling campus mysteries-unsolved murders that occurred at U.S. and Canadian colleges. You'll get the most recent details of: the stabbing of a young co-ed in the stacks of the Penn State library, the gruesome ritualistic murder of a student at midnight in Stanford's Memorial Church, the controversial death of Suzanne Jovin on a New Haven street which threw Yale into a turmoil, and the mysterious death of Mrs. Jane Stanford, the co-founder of Stanford University. Was she poisoned, and, if so, why was it covered up? There are nine other unsolved murders for you to try to help to solve. Maybe one of you out there holds the final piece of the puzzle.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481740199
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Inside you will find 13 chilling campus mysteries-unsolved murders that occurred at U.S. and Canadian colleges. You'll get the most recent details of: the stabbing of a young co-ed in the stacks of the Penn State library, the gruesome ritualistic murder of a student at midnight in Stanford's Memorial Church, the controversial death of Suzanne Jovin on a New Haven street which threw Yale into a turmoil, and the mysterious death of Mrs. Jane Stanford, the co-founder of Stanford University. Was she poisoned, and, if so, why was it covered up? There are nine other unsolved murders for you to try to help to solve. Maybe one of you out there holds the final piece of the puzzle.
Decomposition
Author: K M Boze
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490721703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Zombies are on a rampage all over the world and keep increasing in number. They live and breath for whatever they can sink their rotten and decayed teeth into. Xyla and her American friends are trying their best to stay alive and free from the zombie virus. On their journey, some might get in contact with the virus while others might even die. Everyone is on the run not knowing where to turn. Xyla knows that this is all her doing, but does she tell Hunter? Will Xyla's European friends be able to come to America and help save the human race? Is Tayt going to be the hero in the very end? Time is something they are running out of.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490721703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
Zombies are on a rampage all over the world and keep increasing in number. They live and breath for whatever they can sink their rotten and decayed teeth into. Xyla and her American friends are trying their best to stay alive and free from the zombie virus. On their journey, some might get in contact with the virus while others might even die. Everyone is on the run not knowing where to turn. Xyla knows that this is all her doing, but does she tell Hunter? Will Xyla's European friends be able to come to America and help save the human race? Is Tayt going to be the hero in the very end? Time is something they are running out of.
Aliens and Cowboys
Author: Jefferson Lang
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595367739
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In the first four years the Bush White House allowed a former lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute to re-write a government report on global warming, editing out scientific conclusions he didn't like. Bush's Interior Department offered to overpay a wealthy Republican donor for oil and gas rights on Everglades land that the government already owns. The Pentagon's inspector general released a report on a lucrative Air Force contract for Boeing that cost too much for planes the military didn't want. Perhaps the White House pushed for the contract because Boeing was a generous contributor to the Bush/Cheney reelection campaign? Former big tobacco employees now working as Bush officials at the Justice Department reduced its settlement request with the tobacco industry from $130 billion to $10 billion. Echoes of Watergate fill the air with names like Enron, Halliburton, and Jeff Gannon (a gay prostitute) being linked to the White House. Bush's failures include lying about Weapons of Mass Destruction to justify the Iraq War, soaring gas prices, privatizing social security, and granting amnesty to illegal Aliens. The press has mostly buried the failures of this administration. But that's no surprise during the past four years the press has been missing in action. Aliens and Cowboys tells the truth about George W. Bush proving he's the most corrupt president since Richard M. Nixon.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595367739
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
In the first four years the Bush White House allowed a former lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute to re-write a government report on global warming, editing out scientific conclusions he didn't like. Bush's Interior Department offered to overpay a wealthy Republican donor for oil and gas rights on Everglades land that the government already owns. The Pentagon's inspector general released a report on a lucrative Air Force contract for Boeing that cost too much for planes the military didn't want. Perhaps the White House pushed for the contract because Boeing was a generous contributor to the Bush/Cheney reelection campaign? Former big tobacco employees now working as Bush officials at the Justice Department reduced its settlement request with the tobacco industry from $130 billion to $10 billion. Echoes of Watergate fill the air with names like Enron, Halliburton, and Jeff Gannon (a gay prostitute) being linked to the White House. Bush's failures include lying about Weapons of Mass Destruction to justify the Iraq War, soaring gas prices, privatizing social security, and granting amnesty to illegal Aliens. The press has mostly buried the failures of this administration. But that's no surprise during the past four years the press has been missing in action. Aliens and Cowboys tells the truth about George W. Bush proving he's the most corrupt president since Richard M. Nixon.
The Smoke That Thunders
Author: Vincent Sperando
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781469799780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Chikankata is a Salvation Army mission in the middle of the barren Zambian bush. While the missions volunteers enjoy some basic comforts provided by the Armys reservoir and utilities, life for the villagers in the surrounding regions is harsh beyond imagination. Its a life where children go without education and basic medical care, where women live at the mercy of men, and where men perpetrate violent acts against each other. At the heart of this story is Dr. Nicky Carter, a woman who has clawed her way out of a Pittsburg ghetto to become a physician and volunteered her services to the Army for six months. Observing the villagers through the scrutinizing eyes of a doctor, she becomes horrified by what she sees, by the brutality of Africas poverty, and is too distressed to notice the natural beauties of the country. Nicky endeavors to find understanding and turns to the three men around her, each from different worlds. Little does she know of the futility of her search and the tragic betrayals and misunderstandings that await her. The only man from her world is an older medical student from Canada, Samuel, who has a romantic vision of the African bush and only compounds Nickys suffering. The two other men, who see the realities that she does, come from vastly different worlds: a local schoolteacher, Musamba, who betrays Nickys trust, and a blue-collar handyman, Mick, whose misplaced humility keeps him from fully reaching out to Nicky. Writing with a relentless and lyrical rhythm that brings home the realities of life in the Zambian bush, the author conveys this world with a precision that could only come from someone with first hand experience and insight.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781469799780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Chikankata is a Salvation Army mission in the middle of the barren Zambian bush. While the missions volunteers enjoy some basic comforts provided by the Armys reservoir and utilities, life for the villagers in the surrounding regions is harsh beyond imagination. Its a life where children go without education and basic medical care, where women live at the mercy of men, and where men perpetrate violent acts against each other. At the heart of this story is Dr. Nicky Carter, a woman who has clawed her way out of a Pittsburg ghetto to become a physician and volunteered her services to the Army for six months. Observing the villagers through the scrutinizing eyes of a doctor, she becomes horrified by what she sees, by the brutality of Africas poverty, and is too distressed to notice the natural beauties of the country. Nicky endeavors to find understanding and turns to the three men around her, each from different worlds. Little does she know of the futility of her search and the tragic betrayals and misunderstandings that await her. The only man from her world is an older medical student from Canada, Samuel, who has a romantic vision of the African bush and only compounds Nickys suffering. The two other men, who see the realities that she does, come from vastly different worlds: a local schoolteacher, Musamba, who betrays Nickys trust, and a blue-collar handyman, Mick, whose misplaced humility keeps him from fully reaching out to Nicky. Writing with a relentless and lyrical rhythm that brings home the realities of life in the Zambian bush, the author conveys this world with a precision that could only come from someone with first hand experience and insight.
No Less The Devil
Author: Stuart MacBride
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473592518
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. What readers are saying about No Less the Devil: 'Ratchets up the tension and keeps it there' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'The plot twist is divine' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'The last quarter of the book goes to an all-time new level' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'MacBride is an absolute master of understated dark humour' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.' It's been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still no nearer to catching him. The media is whipping up a storm, the top brass are demanding results, but the investigation is sinking fast. Now isn't the time to get distracted with other cases, but Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh doesn't have much choice. When Benedict Strachan was just eleven, he hunted down and killed a homeless man. No one's ever figured out why Benedict did it, but now, after sixteen years, he's back on the streets again - battered, frightened, convinced a shadowy 'They' are out to get him, and begging Lucy for help. It sounds like paranoia, but what if he's right? What if he really is caught up in something bigger and darker than Lucy's ever dealt with before? What if the Bloodsmith isn't the only monster out there? And what's going to happen when Lucy goes after them? ________ 'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me... always fast, hard, authentic - and different' LEE CHILD 'There can be no question that MacBride is one of this country's finest crime writers' DAILY MAIL 'Wow. What a ride! Exceptional. A must read.' DEBORAH MASSON PRE-ORDER the gripping new novel from Stuart MacBride: IN A PLACE OF DARKNESS
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473592518
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. What readers are saying about No Less the Devil: 'Ratchets up the tension and keeps it there' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'The plot twist is divine' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'The last quarter of the book goes to an all-time new level' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'MacBride is an absolute master of understated dark humour' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Reader Review 'We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.' It's been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim and Operation Maypole is still no nearer to catching him. The media is whipping up a storm, the top brass are demanding results, but the investigation is sinking fast. Now isn't the time to get distracted with other cases, but Detective Sergeant Lucy McVeigh doesn't have much choice. When Benedict Strachan was just eleven, he hunted down and killed a homeless man. No one's ever figured out why Benedict did it, but now, after sixteen years, he's back on the streets again - battered, frightened, convinced a shadowy 'They' are out to get him, and begging Lucy for help. It sounds like paranoia, but what if he's right? What if he really is caught up in something bigger and darker than Lucy's ever dealt with before? What if the Bloodsmith isn't the only monster out there? And what's going to happen when Lucy goes after them? ________ 'Stuart MacBride is an automatic must-read for me... always fast, hard, authentic - and different' LEE CHILD 'There can be no question that MacBride is one of this country's finest crime writers' DAILY MAIL 'Wow. What a ride! Exceptional. A must read.' DEBORAH MASSON PRE-ORDER the gripping new novel from Stuart MacBride: IN A PLACE OF DARKNESS