Darkest Hours

Darkest Hours
Author: Jay Robert Nash
Publisher: Chicago : Nelson-Hall
Total Pages: 862
Release: 1976
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Valete 1991 - James Lyons.

Victims Or Villains

Victims Or Villains
Author: Malcolm J. Turnbull
Publisher: Popular Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780879727840

Proceeding from the premise that Jews, negatively depicted according to a range of demeaning stereotypes, are a feature of English crime writing between the two world wars, the author examines why this is so, with reference to recent debate over the profundity of anti-Semitism in Britain, and traces the evolution of fictional Jewish images in the context of socio-historical trends and events. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Almanac of World Crime

Almanac of World Crime
Author: Jay Robert Nash
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1988-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780517625309

Contains stories of history's most notorious frauds and murders, for the elegant con games to the brutal slayings of Murder, Inc.'s contract killers. Defines the dark side of human nature and makes it easy to lay hands on your most wanted criminals.

The True Crime File

The True Crime File
Author: Workman Publishing
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1523514116

"Perfect for newcomers and hardened crime junkies alike, The True Crime File is an impulse gift book designed to deliver the mixed pleasures of true crime across more than 200 stories of mayhem, madness, and survival. Adapted from the perennially popular A Year of True Crime Page-A-Day® Calendar, here is a full celebration of the genre, more than 400 pages packed with tales of slashers and serial killers, grifters and con men, dogged investigators and miraculous survivors, and of course the story behind the immortal New York Post headline "Headless Body in Topless Bar," and so very much more. Compulsively readable, illustrated throughout, and animated with the frisson that comes with discovering there are real monsters under the bed, The True Crime File is a little book that delivers big to true crime fans of all stripes"--

Spies

Spies
Author: Jay Robert Nash
Publisher: M. Evans
Total Pages: 628
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN:

Cloaks, daggars, and skeletons in the closet! Read the secrets of real secret agents.

Terrorism in the 20th Century

Terrorism in the 20th Century
Author: Jay Robert Nash
Publisher: M. Evans
Total Pages: 486
Release: 1998
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Throughout the twentieth century, countless criminal groups have earned infamy by their violent acts of terrorism. Political assassinations, kidnappings, bombings, lynchings and hijackings have stunned the world. In recent decades, terrorism has become an increasing threat, especially when it comes to air travel. Although in this country terrorism is not a new phenomenon, it is one that is growing-and the fear of terrorism is growing faster.

Gangsters

Gangsters
Author: Adam Woog
Publisher: Lucent Books
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781560066385

Discusses the rise of the American gangster including six famous gangsters: Al Capone, "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, Sam Giancana, and John Gotti.

The True Story of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI

The True Story of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI
Author: Deneberg
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 10
Release: 1995-12-01
Genre: Police.
ISBN: 9780590441575

A biography of the former chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on the FBI's impact on the major law enforcement issues of the 1920s through the early 1970s.