Ergebnis für "killer" in Geschichte

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first definitive history of Israel’s targeted killing programs, which have shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the larger world—from the man hailed by David Remnick as “arguably [Israel’s] best investigative reporter.” “An exceptional...

Jeden Donnerstag nimmt der Podcast „Hollywood Kills“ euch mit hinter die glitzernde Fassade des Showbusiness und zeigt euch die dunkelsten Abgründe der Stars und Sternchen.Und wer könnte das besser als Steven Gätjen und Carolin Frey? Der Moderator und Filmnerd Steven kennt Hollywood und das Showbiz wie seine Westentasche. Caro ist Journalistin und Thriller-Autorin, im August erscheint ihr mit Spannung erwarteter Debütroman im Rowohlt-Verlag. Gemeinsam begibt sich das Moderatoren-Duo jede Woche auf die Spur unglaublicher Kriminalfälle aus der Welt des Entertainment.Von einem erfahrenen...

**** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **** WINNER 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards Blackwell's Scottish Book of the Year 'Fascinating and illuminating, this book tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous.' VAL MCDERMID, author of Past Lying 'As well as highly entertaining...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine ...

From a former senior advisor to Senator John McCain comes an urgent wake-up call about how new technologies are threatening America's military might. For generations of Americans, our country has been the world's dominant military power. How the US military fights, and the systems and weapons...

* AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Shortlisted for the Airey Neave Memorial Book Prize Winner of 2018 National Jewish Book Award 'A gripping investigation of Israel's assassination policy' Sunday Times 'Remarkable' Observer 'Riveting' Daily Mail 'Compelling' John...

Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line for the first time, alongside his father and brother, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee, he awakes not a hero but a slave. Betrayed by his jealous and cowardly cousin, the freedom he fought for has now vanished, and he becomes the property of a rich citizen. 

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored assassinations, from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain. Since 1947, domestic and foreign assassinations have been executed under the CIA-led covert action operations team...

There is little more terrifying than those who hunt, stalk, and snatch their prey under the cloak of darkness. These hunters search not for animals, but for the touch, taste, and empowerment of human flesh. They are cannibals, vampires, and monsters, and they walk among us. These serial killers are not mythical beasts with horns and shaggy hair. They are people living among society, going about their day-to-day activities until nightfall. They are the Dennis Rader's, the fathers, husbands, church-going members of the community.

Michael Jackson sold over 400 million records. He changed the music industry. He may also be the most accused entertainer in modern history. The Michael Jackson biopic shattered box office records. The Cascio family — who defended Jackson for twenty-five years — just filed a lawsuit alleging he abused all of their children. Wade Robson and James Safechuck are heading to trial. And the Michael Jackson estate says every accusation is a lie. Music & Monsters is a five-part investigative series from Hidden Killers host Tony Brueski examining every major accusation against Michael Jackson — ...

The revised and updated edition of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's modern classic about the psychology of combat. "An illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experiences of having killed." —Washington Post The twentieth century, with its bloody world wars...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe. In Killer in...

Fans of Mindhunter and true crime podcasts will devour these chilling stories of serial killers from the American "Golden Age" (1950-2000). With books like Serial Killers, Female Serial Killers and Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky has established himself as the foremost expert on the history of...

“A provocative and page-turning work of true crime.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A provocative, eerily lyrical study of the heyday of American serial killers . . . A true-crime story written with compassion, fury, and scientific sense.” —Kirkus (starred review) Named a Most...

“A GRIPPING CLASSIC. Exhaustively researched, The Hunter Killers puts you directly into a Wild Weasel fighter cockpit during the Vietnam War. Dan Hampton lets you feel it for yourself as no one else could.”--Colonel LEO THORSNESS, Wild Weasel pilot and Medal of Honor recipient At the height...

Through conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the vivid memoir of British sniper Craig Harrison. It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have...

History’s Hidden Killers is a true crime history podcast hosted by Tony Brueski, taking listeners deep inside the lives, crimes, investigations, and lasting impact of some of the most infamous killers in modern history. Each week, Tony opens a new case file on one notorious figure from criminal history. Across a focused five-part series, released daily, History’s Hidden Killers examines the full story: the early warning signs, the first known crimes, the escalation, the investigation, the capture, the trial, and the aftermath that still echoes decades later. From names like Ted Bundy, ...

In Man in the Window, Paige St. John, a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter has uncovered never before revealed details about the man who would eventually become one of California's most deadly serial killers. From Wondery and the L.A. Times comes a new series that traces his path of devastation through his victims' eyes.

 The Search for the Green River Killer is the ultimate authoritative account of the Pacific Northwest killing spree that held a nation spellbound - and continues to horrify and fascinate, spawning dramatizations and documentaries of a demented killer who seemed unstoppable for decades. 

NOW A SERIES ON STARZ STARRING SHAILENE WOODLEY * BETTY GILPIN * DeWANDA WISE * GABRIELLE CREEVY * with BLAIR UNDERWOOD “Staggeringly intimate...Groundbreaking.” —Entertainment Weekly “A breathtaking and important book.” —Cheryl Strayed “Extraordinary...A nonfiction literary...