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| Sayer, Ian: Nazi Gold: The Story of the World's Greatest Robbery - and Its Aftermath
Book Number: 31347
Granada 1984 8vo hardcover 388pp index, b/w illus. good / good d/w. This is a real-life story about the theft of a fabulous treasure - the German national gold and foreign currency reserves worth some #2,500,000,000 at the time of the original investigation - which disappeared in transit following the Nazi collapse in 1945. It is also the story of a mystery and a cover-up which threatened to involve the US Army in Germany, the Pentagon and the Department of the Army in a scandal which predated Watergate by nearly 30 years. Beginning in Berlin in the dying moments of Hitler's Third Reich, the trail shifts to the Nazis' Alpine Fortress in Bavaria, then spreads as far afield as Switzerland, South America and the USSR. At the heart of the robbery lies an unholy combination of former enemies - opportunist US army personnel and unscrupulous ex-Nazis - none of whom have never been brought to trial. The authors' quest led them to a murky, dangerous post-war world of racketeering, corruption and gang warfare. Their reporting, matching eyewitness testimony with recently declassified Top Secret documents from the US archives, sets out to lay bare this crime and American cover-up. This updated edition includes new evidence that throws further light on the crime, including the authors' discovery of the whereabouts of a portion of the missing gold. As a test case Sayer and Botting persuaded the US State Department to initiate ha 14-year-long investigation that culminated in the missing gold resurfacing in the Bank of England under mysterious circumstances in late 1996.
Keywords: Bank robberies Germany Case studies Nazi Gold The Story of the World's Greatest Robbery and Its Aftermath Sayer Ian
Price: $18.00 |
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| Menendez, Lyle: The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez: In His Own Words!
Book Number: 31796
Dove Books 1995 8vo hardcover 263pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. The personal story of Lyle Menendez is based on a four-and-a-half-year intimate correspondence with the author and covers the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez by Lyle and his brother Erik and the court trials that ended in hung juries.
Keywords: Biographies Memoirs General The Private Diary of Lyle Menendez In His Own Words! Menendez Lyle
Price: $18.00 |
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| KERSTEN, JASON: JOURNAL OF THE DEAD
Book Number: 32055
UK: EBURY PRESS, 2002. 8vo. Paperback. Very good. It would be a classic road trip across America. It was the dream of Raffi Kodakian and his friend David Coughlin. Within weeks, Coughlin was dead, killed by his friend, apparently as an act of mercy, whilst dehydrating in the Chihuahuan heat. 304pp.
Keywords: True Story, Chihuahuan Desert, Crime
Price: $15.00 |
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| Steele: Heists: Swindles, Stickups, and Robberies That Shocked the World
Book Number: 32123
MetroBooks (NY) 1995 4to hardcover 120pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.
Keywords: Bargain Books Heists Swindles Stickups and Robberies That Shocked the World Steele
Price: $18.00 |
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| Mark, Robert: In the office of constable
Book Number: 32384
London Collins 1978 8vo hardcover 320pp index, b/w illus. good / good d/w.
Keywords: Mark Robert In the office of constable Mark Robert
Price: $15.00 |
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| Sturrock, Jeremy, (Ben Healey): The Village of Rogues - An Historical Mystery
Book Number: 32498
Macmillan 1972 8vo. Very good copy in same d/w - clipped.
Keywords: Roehampton, Historical Mystery, Bow Street Runners
Price: $22.00 |
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| Kray, Reg: Our Story
Book Number: 32607
London Pan Macmillan 1988 8vo hardcover 159pp b/w illus. good, large owner's inscription on fep, page edges browned. / very good d/w. The Kray twins were convicted of murder in 1969 and sentenced to a "minimum" of 30 years. Ron Kray is in Broadmoor and fears he will never be released and Reg, recently transferred from Parkhurst to Gartree feels that he has been punished enough. In this autobiography the twins, by turns, take over the narrative and set out exactly what happened, when and why and try to explode some of the myths that surround them. As two of the most notorious criminals in British history - once gangland leaders who terrorized the London underworld, they tell of their childhood in the East End of London which was fashioned by a father constantly on the run, a climate of street crime and war-time black-marketeering and the devotion of their mother. Early brushes with the law and their skills as young boxers led to eventual domination of Protection in East London. In the 1960s they achieved a sort of celebrity with their move west when they opened a nightclub in Mayfair and their much-publicised fund raising work for youthclubs. At that time film stars, socialites and politicians were pleased to be photographed by them. However, south of the river was the Richardson family and it was warfare when one side trespassed into the other gang's territory. Also described are the events leading up to their Old Bailey trial and imprisonment. They write of the easy springing of Frank Mitchell from Dartmoor and hint at his whereabouts today and Ron writes of the murder of George Cornell and Reg of his killing of Jack "the Hat" McVitie.
Keywords: Society Politics Philosophy Biography Our Story Kray Reg
Price: $18.00 |
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| Leonard, Elmore: Out of Sight
Book Number: 32608
New York, N.Y. Delacorte Pr 1996 8vo hardcover 296pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. Jack Foley was busting out of Florida's Glades Prison when he ran head-on into Karen Sisco with a shotgun. Suddenly the world-class gentleman felon was sharing a cramped car trunk with a disarmed federal marshal -- whose Chanel suit cost more than the take from Foley's last bank job -- and the chemistry was working overtime. Here's a lady Jack could fall for in a big way, if she weren't a dedicated representative of the law that he breaks for a living. And as soon as she escapes, he's already missing her. But there are some seriously bad men and a major score waiting for Jack in Motown. And there's a good chance that when his path crosses Karen's again, she's going to be there for business, not pleasure.
Keywords: Fiction Literature Mystery Detective Police Procedural Out of Sight Leonard Elmore
Price: $15.00 |
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| Longman, Victoria Jere: Among the Heroes: The Story of Flight 93 and the Passengers Who Fought Back
Book Number: 32958
Simon & Schuster 2002 Large8vo softcover 288pp index, b/w illus. very good+.
Keywords: Nonfiction Current Events Terrorism Among the Heroes The Story of Flight 93 and the Passengers Who Fought Back Longman Victoria Jere
Price: $15.00 |
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| Charlton, Peter: Two flies up a wall: The Australian passion for gambling
Book Number: 33860
Australia Methuen Hayes 1987 8vo softcover 289pp good. Bibliography: p. 284-289.
Keywords: Gambling Australia History Two flies up a wall The Australian passion for gambling Charlton Peter
Price: $9.00 |
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