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.
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Author:Lehr, Dick
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Metaxas, Eric
Summary:Who better to face the greatest evil of the 20th century than a humble man of faith?
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Sevigny, Melissa L.
Summary:Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award for History/Biography. Winner of the Reading the West Book Award in Memoir/Biography. Selected as a Southwest Book of the Year Top Pick.
Genre: History and geography, Biographies and autobiographies, Nature and the environment, Travel writing - Author:
Standiford, Les.
Summary:"[An] account of the decades-long attempt to solve the murder of Adam Walsh . . . as relentlessly suspenseful as anything I've ever read." -- Dennis Lehane, author of Small Mercies.
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Hallums, Roy.
Summary:A "vivid, absorbing, and chilling" true-life account of surviving nearly a year of captivity in Iraq (Lesley Stahl – 60 Minutes correspondent).
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O'Neill, Tom.
Summary:New York Times bestseller. Now a Netflix documentary.
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Cullen, Dave
Summary:Ten years in the works, a masterpiece of reportage, this is the definitive account of the Columbine massacre, its aftermath, and its significance, from the acclaimed journalist who followed the sto
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Horn, Stacy
Summary:"Enthralling; it is well worth the trip." — New York Journal of Books.
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Johnston, Bryan
Summary:In 1935, nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser, heir to one of the wealthiest families in America, is snatched off the streets two blocks from his home.
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Isaacson, Walter
Summary:By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius?
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Prendergast, Alan
Summary:A gripping and exhaustively researched, first-time account of a feared gangbuster's groundbreaking battles with organized crime — the KKK — and corruption at the highest levels of government.
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Belkin, Lisa
Summary:"[An] exhilarating, intimate study of fate, chance and the wildly meaningful intersections of disparate lives."—Robert Kolker, New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice.
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Weatherford, Jack
Summary:New York Times bestseller.
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Chernow, Ron.
Summary:The #1 New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review 10 Best Books of 2017. "Eminently readable but thick with import.
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Hazelgrove, William Elliott
Summary:Greed in the Gilded Age is a Gatsby-esque tale of mystery, money, sex, and scandal.