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Yvan Keller:The Notorious Pillow Killer

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Yvan Keller:The Notorious Pillow KillerA private detective investigates Yvan Keller, a French gardener who murdered elderly clients over fifteen years by suffocating them and staging their deaths to appear natural. Operating between 1991 and 2006 across France, Switzerland, and Germany, Keller killed at least twenty-three confirmed victims, though mathematical analysis suggests the true number ... Read more

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Yvan Keller:The Notorious Pillow KillerA private detective investigates Yvan Keller, a French gardener who murdered elderly clients over fifteen years by suffocating them and staging their deaths to appear natural. Operating between 1991 and 2006 across France, Switzerland, and Germany, Keller killed at least twenty-three confirmed victims, though mathematical analysis suggests the true number
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The Nedlands Monster: Eric Edgar Cooke and the Murder of Perth's Innocence

by Alberto Murphy ...

The Nedlands Monster: Eric Edgar Cooke and the Murder of Perth's InnocenceBetween 1959 and 1963, Eric Edgar Cooke terrorized Perth, Australia, as the "Night Caller," committing eight murders and hundreds of burglaries that transformed the city from a trusting provincial town into a community gripped by fear. Born with severe facial disfigurement and raised in extreme violence, Cooke became ... Read more

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The Nedlands Monster: Eric Edgar Cooke and the Murder of Perth's InnocenceBetween 1959 and 1963, Eric Edgar Cooke terrorized Perth, Australia, as the "Night Caller," committing eight murders and hundreds of burglaries that transformed the city from a trusting provincial town into a community gripped by fear. Born with severe facial disfigurement and raised in extreme violence, Cooke became
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Visual Intelligence

Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life

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An engrossing guide to seeing—and communicating—more clearly from the groundbreaking course that helps FBI agents, cops, CEOs, ER docs, and others save money, reputations, and lives.How could looking at Monet’s water lily paintings help save your company millions? How can checking out people’s footwear foil a terrorist attack? How can your choice of adjective win an argument, calm your kid, or ... Read more

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An engrossing guide to seeing—and communicating—more clearly from the groundbreaking course that helps FBI agents, cops, CEOs, ER docs, and others save money, reputations, and lives.How could looking at Monet’s water lily paintings help save your company millions? How can checking out people’s footwear foil a terrorist attack? How can your choice of adjective win an argument, calm your kid, or
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The Godmother

Murder, Vengeance and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women

by Barbie Latza Nadeau ...

The untold stories of the women who have risen to prominence and notoriety in Italy's mafia—many more ruthless than the fathers and husbands they replaced—and the octogenarian murderer who decades ago blazed a bloody trail for them to follow.In 1955 in a public market outside Naples, Italy, a pregnant teenage widow named Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca encounters the man she believes to be her husband's ... Read more

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The untold stories of the women who have risen to prominence and notoriety in Italy's mafia—many more ruthless than the fathers and husbands they replaced—and the octogenarian murderer who decades ago blazed a bloody trail for them to follow.In 1955 in a public market outside Naples, Italy, a pregnant teenage widow named Assunta “Pupetta” Maresca encounters the man she believes to be her husband's
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The Art of the Con

The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World

by Anthony M. Amore ...

"Must reading for any true-crime fan . . . [a] diverse, colorful crew of art-gallery grifters and scammers . . . Highly recommended!" —Howie Carr, New York Times–bestselling authorArt scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are ... Read more

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"Must reading for any true-crime fan . . . [a] diverse, colorful crew of art-gallery grifters and scammers . . . Highly recommended!" —Howie Carr, New York Times–bestselling authorArt scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are
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Breaking van Gogh

Saint-Rémy, Forgery, and the $95 Million Fake at the Met

by James Ottar Grundvig ...

In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh’s iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter’s biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting’s style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that ... Read more

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In Breaking van Gogh, James Grundvig investigates the history and authenticity of van Gogh’s iconic Wheat Field with Cypresses, currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Relying on a vast array of techniques from the study of the painter’s biography and personal correspondence to the examination of the painting’s style and technical characteristics, Grundvig proves that
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade

A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History

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**NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written—Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom—landed at the heart of one of the biggest scams in modern literary history.“Reading The Curse of the Marquis de Sade, with the Marquis, the sabotage of rare manuscript sales, and a massive Ponzi scheme at its center,felt like a ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written—Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom—landed at the heart of one of the biggest scams in modern literary history.“Reading The Curse of the Marquis de Sade, with the Marquis, the sabotage of rare manuscript sales, and a massive Ponzi scheme at its center,felt like a
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French Connections: Art Heist on The Riviera

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This true crime story about an art heist on the French Riviera and the sting operation mounted by the legendary head of the FBI's Art Crime Unit, Robert Wittman, gives the reader a rare glimpse inside the world of art theft as the story jumps from France to Florida to Barcelona.You couldn't make it up. ... Read more

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This true crime story about an art heist on the French Riviera and the sting operation mounted by the legendary head of the FBI's Art Crime Unit, Robert Wittman, gives the reader a rare glimpse inside the world of art theft as the story jumps from France to Florida to Barcelona.You couldn't make it up.
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The Thefts of the Mona Lisa

The Complete Story of the World's Most Famous Artwork

by Noah Charney ...

"Historian Charney tracks the eventful life of the Mona Lisa in this rollicking account.... The result is both a thrilling tale of true crime and a rigorous work of art history." — Publishers Weekly**, Starred Review**From the artwork to its theft and role in popular culture, the critically-acclaimed book The Thefts of the Mona Lisa (Foreword Reviews, Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Shelf ... Read more

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"Historian Charney tracks the eventful life of the Mona Lisa in this rollicking account.... The result is both a thrilling tale of true crime and a rigorous work of art history." — Publishers Weekly**, Starred Review**From the artwork to its theft and role in popular culture, the critically-acclaimed book The Thefts of the Mona Lisa (Foreword Reviews, Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Shelf
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Possessed

A Cultural History of Hoarding

by Rebecca R. Falkoff ...

In Possessed**, Rebecca R. Falkoff asks how hoarding—once a paradigm of economic rationality—came to be defined as a mental illness.** Hoarding is unique among the disorders included in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5, because its diagnosis requires the existence of a material entity: the hoard. Possessed therefore considers the hoard as an aesthetic object produced by clashing ... Read more

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In Possessed**, Rebecca R. Falkoff asks how hoarding—once a paradigm of economic rationality—came to be defined as a mental illness.** Hoarding is unique among the disorders included in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-5, because its diagnosis requires the existence of a material entity: the hoard. Possessed therefore considers the hoard as an aesthetic object produced by clashing
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Codes of the Underworld

How Criminals Communicate

by Diego Gambetta ...

How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without being detected ... Read more

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How do criminals communicate with each other? Unlike the rest of us, people planning crimes can't freely advertise their goods and services, nor can they rely on formal institutions to settle disputes and certify quality. They face uniquely intense dilemmas as they grapple with the basic problems of whom to trust, how to make themselves trusted, and how to handle information without being detected
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The Vanished Collection

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Translated by Natasha Lehrer ...

"Engrossing ... The book reads like a detective story."―The Washington PostIt all started with a list of paintings. There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn't seen for years, were the names of the masters whose works once belonged to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo, and more. Pauline Baer de Perignon knew little to nothing about Strauss, or about his vanished, ... Read more

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"Engrossing ... The book reads like a detective story."―The Washington PostIt all started with a list of paintings. There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn't seen for years, were the names of the masters whose works once belonged to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo, and more. Pauline Baer de Perignon knew little to nothing about Strauss, or about his vanished,
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