True stories: discovery / historical / scientific

Frozen Moment. ..More

Flawless. ..More

In the world's most dangerous trouble spots, a small band of men risk their lives to fly in desperately needed aid. But they are not heroes. Their giant ex-Soviet cargo planes are also riddled with secret compartments, which they fill with drugs, guns, money or people. They deliver anywhere, and they rtake their cut. But they pay a heavy price, many losing their lives to gun-toting pirates, terrorists, hostile state forces, jealous competitors and alcohol. In Outlaws Inc. Matt Potter follows the. ..More

In 2007 Luke Harding arrived in Moscow to take up a new job as a correspondent for the British newspaper the "Guardian". Within months, mysterious agents from Russia's Federal Security Service - the successor to the KGB - had broken into his flat. He found himself tailed by men in cheap leather jackets, bugged, and even summoned to Lefortovo, the KGB's notorious prison. The break-in was the beginning of an extraordinary psychological war against the journalist and his family. Vladimir Putin's sp. ..More

Ineffable Somalia. ..More

The Girl in Alfred Hitchock's Shower. ..More

Moneymakers. ..More

Busted. ..More

The Last Testament of Bill Bonanno. ..More

Slaughter on a Snowy Morn. ..More

An extraordinary journey into the biggest, most impenetrable trafficking network the world has ever seen.. ..More

Imperfect Justice. ..More

This title presents edgy revelations and revealing first-hand accounts, including the inspirations for popular TV dramas as diverse as "The Wire, "The Sopranos" and "Life on Mars". Terrorists, criminal gangs, drug-dealing lawyers, solitary psychos and suspected serial killers all feature as the intended targets in these cops' tales. Using fake identities and complex back-stories, dependent on teamwork to keep one step away from exposure, torture and death, the subjects of this book describe in v. ..More