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The scandal. The genius. The murder that shocked America. Frank Lloyd Wright was more than the mind behind America's most iconic buildings—he was a man whose turbulent private life captivated a nation. The famous architect's stormy marriage to Kitty Wright and his infamous affair with another...

Russell Bufalino was considered the most powerful Mob boss of his day, if not all time. But until now, no one has ever traced Russell's career back to the coal fields of Northeastern Pennsylvania, or explored the legacy of the Pittston crime family Russell would inherit. Charles Bufalino, cousin...

Jean-Louis Fiamenghi nous plonge véritablement dans les coulisses de ces unités d'élite, celles qui sont toujours en première ligne lorsque le terrorisme frappe. Le témoignage rare d'un homme au cœur de l'action. Il a connu les grandes heures de l'Antigang du commissaire Broussard et fut l'un des principaux acteurs de l'interpellation de Mesrine. Il révèle, pour la première fois, son rôle capital, porte de Clignancourt : il est l'un des cinq hommes qui se trouvaient dans le fameux camion bâché. Ce camion et ces policiers que personne n'a jamais pu identifier...

In Cartel Nation, listeners are taken deep inside the hidden machinery of Mexico’s drug cartels—a world where criminal networks rival governments, warlords command armies, and pop culture glorifies the very violence that terrorizes entire regions. Through gripping storytelling and meticulous investigation, this book unveils how cartels moved from the shadows into the center of politics, business, and everyday life.

Conquérants, rois, chefs d'États, révolutionnaires ou idéologues, l'inhumanité est leur triste point commun. Au côté des trop biens connus Hitler, Staline, Mao ou encore Néron, découvrez ces autres monstres qui ont offert à la grande Histoire ses moments les plus inhumains, les plus tragiques et les plus détestables. Sous la plume précise et érudite de Philippe Valode, vous parcourez quelques siècles de sièges, de massacres et de guerres.

Per non dimenticare uno dei periodi più bui della storia dell'umanità, tredici racconti ripercorrono le vite dei reggiani deportati ad Auschwitz

Irish missionaries Fr Des Hartford and Fr Rufus Halley travelled to the Philippines, a country divided by violence and sectarianism, in the late 1960s. For many years they lived peacefully in the Muslim-dominated areas of the island of Mindanao, working to bring about a positive dialogue between the Christian and Muslim communities there. But in a volatile environment where kidnappings and attacks were everyday fears, both priests ultimately found themselves caught up in the conflict, to terrifying effect.

In an era before modern forensics and digital surveillance, a group of clever criminals orchestrated a railway heist so precise, it baffled Victorian law enforcement and captivated the public. On a summer night in 1855, as a train carried war funds from London to Folkestone, thieves swapped the shipment’s gold bars with lead and escaped undetected.

In the quiet valleys of southern Utah, in 1857, over 120 men, women, and children from Arkansas were brutally murdered by Mormon settlers and their allies. It was one of the darkest chapters in American frontier history—an event that has long remained shrouded in silence, misdirection, and denial. The Mountain Meadows Massacre is more than a historical crime; it is a story of how fear, fanaticism, and blind allegiance to religious authority can lead to devastating consequences. And for far too long, it has been treated as an inconvenient footnote by those who should have faced it head-on.

FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE PODCAST EPISODE HOSTED BY THE AUTHOR A murdered young woman; a missing wife; a forty-year mystery. In 1986 on Phillip Island, a young woman called Beth Barnard was savagely murdered and her boyfriend’s wife, Vivienne Cameron, went missing. The police immediately jumped...

Una joven y talentosa cantante de música tradicional mexicana es asesinada en un exclusivo restaurante de la Ciudad de México, frente a decenas de testigos. Yrma Lydya Gamboa, de 22 años, recibe tres disparos a manos de su esposo, un hombre de casi 79. Luego de jalar el gatillo, él da un trago a su whiskey y camina hacia la salida con total tranquilidad, como si nada hubiera ocurrido.

“Cinematic, suspenseful, totally immersive.” —Zoë Schlanger, New York Times bestselling author of The Light Eaters “This book is a marvel.” —Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails and In Trees “Masterful reporting. As riveting as any thriller.” —Seth Harp...

12 maggio 1957, ventiquattresima edizione della Mille Miglia, la corsa degli italiani. Una Ferrari guidata dal marchese spagnolo Alfonso De Portago esce rovinosamente di strada uccidendo nove spettatori. Saranno colossali e travolgeranno la corsa, che verrà abolita. A Ferrari vengono ritirati il passaporto e la patente, come se alla guida dell'auto di De Portago ci fosse stato lui. Ferrari viene incriminato per omicidio colposo plurimo, e rischia di finire in carcere per qualche decennio.

This book narrates the events that unfolded during those four days. It is recounted by someone who was there–FBI Special Agent R. Scott Crabtree. Telling his story for the first time, Crabtree takes the listener behind the scenes of the investigation and its race to find the killers before they could strike again.

Il sostantivo “mostro” è di genere maschile. Si dice “il mostro”, non “la mostro”. Che può avere, questo è certo, un significato compiuto in italiano, ma per puro caso, e comunque come espressione verbale e non sostantivale. La figura del “mostro” evoca orchi, giganti, figure mitologiche orribili. La letteratura ne è piena. Naturalmente al maschile….

'Captivating. What begins as a modern horror story slowly reveals itself as something more ambiguous and, ultimately, heartening. Blake is a very winning narrator.’ Julie Myerson A haunting blend of true crime, psychological thriller and paranormal investigation, Hearth of Darkness is a...

This is the never-before-told story of Harold Derber, the debonair British Merchant Navy veteran who pioneered the modern drug trade with his groundbreaking invention: the drug mothership. Through his ghost fleet of drug ships, Derber eventually became the chief supplier of marijuana to post-war America. This gripping true tale follows Derber from humble beginnings in Manchester, England, to his assassination in the sun-kissed streets of Miami.

À travers ces pages, il plonge le lecteur au cœur de dix mois d'audience en revenant sur les dates et mécanismes qui l'ont le plus marqué : sa déposition, son statut de victime et chroniqueur pour France Info, la constitution partie civile de son épouse, les dépositions clés, la prise de paroles des accusés ou encore l'écoute déchirante de la bande-son de l'attentat du Bataclan... Son récit trace un chemin semé d'embûches où la justice, au-delà de la sanction contre les auteurs, répare les victimes et apaise les blessures.

On a winter's evening in 1673, tragedy descended on the respectable Rhode Island household of Thomas Cornell. His 73-year-old mother, Rebecca, was found close to her bedroom's large fireplace, dead and badly burned.

Laura Grillo, carabiniere comandante della sezione forestale di Siena, è stata ritrovata cadavere da alcuni suoi colleghi nella stazione di Greve in Chianti. Era di origine pugliese e aveva 28 anni. L’ipotesi più accreditata per la spiegazione del suo decesso è quella del suicidio.