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"You hold in your hands a true lost classic, one of the most legendary cult books ever published in America. Jack Black's autobiography was a bestseller and went through five printings in the late 1920's. It has led a mostly subterranean existence since then - best known as William Burrough's favorite book, one he admitted lifting big chunks of from memory for his first novel, Junky. But it's time we got wise to this book, which is itself a remarkably...

A young man comes back to his hometown and finds himself in a dangerous situation involving a mysterious woman and a volatile criminal.

"Theo Pincher is good at most things: drawing, tying shoelaces, working the remote control. But he just can't lie--and in the Pincher family, what matters most is being able to lie and pinch things that belong to others. Then his parents decide to visit the diamond exhibition. "Promise you won't pinch the gold diamond?" says Theo. "I promise," says his mother, one hand behind her back. "We'll just take a little look," says Theo's dad. "No touching."...

100 Most Infamous Criminals is an astounding compendium of crimes and their perpetrators. The range of crimes is extraordinary, from the bizarre to the horrific, and from the heartbreaking to the ridiculous. The book includes some of history's most infamous criminals and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, the crimes they committed and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. From the unsolved horror of Jack the Ripper...

After killing a police officer and stealing a car, a Parisian man tries to convince an American student to run away with him to Italy.

Sentenced to sixty-five years in a Texas prison, Damon West once had it all. He came from a great family, in a home full of God, love, support, and opportunities to reach any goal. A natural born leader, an athlete with good looks and charm, he appeared to be the all-American kid pursuing his dreams. Underneath this facade, however, was an addict in the early stages of disease. After suffering childhood sexual abuse by a babysitter at the age of nine,...

Provides information on eight of the most notorious criminals who were caught on the run, including John Dillinger, Adolf Eichmann, and Osama bin Laden.

When Mei Mei, a sixteen-year-old Chinese orphan, travels to Australia to take part in the Australian Choir Festival, she locates her Australian sponser, but she finds that his life is far from how he depicted it.

Haunted by visions of a blond child with an urgent message, Olivia Taylor Jones outmaneuvers her stalking ex-fiancé while investigating how her destiny is being shaped by ancient scripts.

An atmospheric version of the classic Mary Roberts Rinehart mystery play make for television, unseen since its original broadcast in 1960.