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The “rollicking” (*The Economist*), “masterfully written” (*The Washington Post*) account of the crypto delusion, and how Sam Bankman-Fried and a cast of fellow nerds and hustlers turned useless virtual coins into trillions of dollars—hailed by Ezra Klein in *The New York Times* as one of the “Books That Explain Where We Are.” Finalist: the Edgar Award (Fact Crime), the Macavity Award (Nonfiction), the Porchlight Business Book Award, the SABEW Best in Business Book Award.

Underground is the true story of Raul Sandoval Jr. who was sitting in a car waiting for two friends to go in and out of a Taco Bell located in Prunedale, California, only to find out his friends had murdered an employee in a robbery gone wrong and was asked to help them flee the crime scene. Now being charged with first-degree murder, Sandoval flees the country and goes to Mexico on an unbelievable journey, when the U.S. government puts him on America's Most Wanted in 2011.

In a small Missouri town in 1992, the body of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless was found in her car, stalled on the side of a road. 18-year-old Josh Kezer was arrested and charged for her murder—even though he was in a different state at the time, as proven by witnesses—and spent the next 16 years of his life in prison. How was Josh imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit? Author Stephen R. Snodgrass expertly unveils the web of manipulation and corruption that led to Josh's conviction.

The bestselling author of Proofiness and Zero explains how to separate fact from fantasy in the digital world. Digital information is a powerful tool that spreads unbelievably rapidly, infects all corners of society, and is all but impossible to control—even when that information is actually a lie. In Virtual Unreality, Charles Seife uses the skepticism, wit, and sharp facility for analysis that captivated readers in Proofiness and Zero to take us deep into the Internet information jungle and cut a path through the trickery, fakery, and cyber skullduggery that the online world enables.

When V.K. Thajudheen, a middle-aged man working in Doha, returned to his hometown, Kannur, after a few years, little did he know that instead of celebrating his daughter's summer wedding, he would be put behind bars for stealing a gold necklace. The local police, smug at apprehending a criminal in record time, wanted a confession to lock it in. Horrified and bewildered, Thajudheen showed proof that he had been busy with the wedding at the time of the crime.

In the early hours of a cold February morning in 1891, the murdered body of Frances Coles was discovered beneath a railway arch in London’s Swallow Gardens. The nature of her wounds, the weapon used to inflict them, and the murder site itself were clear indicators for many that London’s most famous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, had returned. But just how does Whitechapel’s notorious murderer fit in with the facts surrounding the case? Contentious then as it still is today, is it reasonable to assume Frances Coles’ death proved to be the last in the Ripper’s reign of terror?

Despite monumental gains in legal equality over the past decade, including the landmark Obergefell ruling on same-sex marriage, the LGBTQ community still faces harsh disparities in physical and mental health, economic status, racial stratification, and hate crimes victimization. These factors compound for LGBTQ persons of color, low-income individuals, immigrants, and members of the transgender community.

It was a tale of loss and recovery, of courage and sorrow, of horror and inspiration. Tania Head's astonishing account of her experience on September 11, 2001—from crawling through the carnage and chaos to escaping the seventy-eighth-floor sky lobby of the burning south tower to losing her fiancé in the collapsed north tower—transformed her into one of the great victims and heroes of that tragic day.

A German skipper disappeared on Sunday, October 9, 2011, in a valley of Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands. The international press accuses his Marquesan guide of having killed and eaten him. Zyla Tahi tells what went through the mind of the Marquesan guide of Nuku Hiva, a distant descendant of the anthropophagi who captured and ate passing sailors. A true story.

"The Hatton Garden Heist: Unveiling the Greatest Jewel Robbery in History" takes readers on a thrilling journey into the audacious heist that shocked the world. This captivating book unravels the intricate planning, daring execution, and the mastermind criminals behind the infamous Hatton Garden robbery. Through meticulous research, eyewitness accounts, and expert analysis, it delves into the depths of this meticulously planned and executed crime.